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COA out of line
With the Olympic Winter Games just a few weeks away, it's time the
Canadian Olympic Association (COA) put their best foot forward.
And it seems they have a bit of ground to make up. „
The COA has taken a lot of deserved heckling over the past year for
some of the silly stunts they have tried to pull off. There was the whole
"lost ticket affair" where only important people and big companies
could get tickets.
There was talk of poor management and misuse of power in the ranks
of the COA and molt recently they°started taking pot shots at anyone,
and they did mean anyone, who thought they could use the word
'Olympic' or '88 anytime before the completion of the games.
The COA has gotten a little carried away in its attempt to protect the
use of Olympic trade marks. Any •business or organization who dares
use a name that refers to the games will be hit with a lawsuit quicker
than a speeding bobsled.
Our Olympic Association hos been way out of line in its threats of
legal action against everyone • from resturant owners to sausage
makers. They even threatened the Greek nation airline who uses the
six coloured circles on their planes. Apparently Olymic Airways were
able to settle out of court by throwing in a few free trips.
Heavens, the COA even slapped the wrists of the Alberta provincial
government for advertising Mount Allen, the site of the games. as "the
Olympic mountain" in their travel brochures.
And let's not forget the '88. It appears the Olympic committee think
they have the rights to the entire year. That's right. They want you to
pay to use the abbreviation '88.
This one particularly hit home when Lucknow's upcoming reunion had
to be re -billed as ,"Celebrate in 1988" as opposed to "Celebrate in '88".
We certainly wouldn't want to face a heavy fine for misusing the year.
Maybe the guys on the Canadian Olympic Committee need a little
lesson en public relations.
The -eyes of the world will be on us starting February 13 when the
flame arrives in Calgary. We'd better pull up our socks and start look-
ing a little better, than we have. R.B.
70 years ago
January 3,1918
Election in Lucknow :We are to have an
election for municipal officers in Lucknow.
Reeve Johnston was returned for acclama-
tion, but there are seven candidates for the
council. Four places are to be filled.
All the councillors of 1917 are standing
for re-election. There are three new
aspirants: Wm. Murdie, Robert Mullin
and George Smith.
There were 'a few other nominations but
only these qualified. The election will be
held Monday, January 7 and it looks as
though the candidates who can do so are
going'to make a thorough canvass of the
village.
The nomination meeting last Monday
was not well attended and there was no
criticism of the way the town business has
been managed. Reeve Johnston reviewed
the work of the council during 1917 and also
explained at some length the doings of the
County Council.
The cold dip - If the weather keeps up the
record set so far since the winter condi-
tions set in,' we are going to have the col-
dest winter on record. We had a cold snap
in November which Mr. W. McDonald, in
charge of weather records, tells us made a
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record low temperature for the month.
And now. December has repeated the trick.
Mr. McDonald stated that the mercury
didn't get above zero all day last Saturday
and at one time it registered 16 below. Sun-
day was lower still with a temperature of
minus 23.
Mr. McDonald says he thinks this will
constitute a new record low for the month.
They will break the law - A resident of
Havelock Street got into the toils of the law
"last week by violating the provisions of the
Temperance Act. He at first showed signs
of fighting and it looked as though the case
would come to "trial, but on the advice of a
lawyer the erring one decided to settle
without the risk of court costs.
He was assessed $225 and costs which
pretty much exhausted the profits from
the illicit trade. He has been under suspi-
cion for some months but the game was be-
ing cleverly played and it was only recent -
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A great discovery was made by your
humble scribe over the recent holidays.
Kids toys have progressed to the point
where they aren't fun anymore.
It's a fact. The latest in technology has
produced toys for kids that the kids don't
have to do anything with...just watch.
We had the fortune of spending at least a
portion of the holidays with the little
cpusins. And when the biggest kid of the all
arrived (me), the competition was on as to
who had the fastest, brightest, longest run-
ning, least skill involved toy:
"Watch this, Rob," said little Richard.
"You turn on this switch and it goes for
hours."
He was talking about a race car set that
kept the cars going without human
intervention.
"Rob, look what I got," said the tiny
voice from under the mop of blonde hair.
"This doll will talk to you all day. You just
set her down and .she talks. Her mouth
even moves."
This particular doll was the latest in the
Cabbage Patch series. Sure enough, and
.much to my amazement, the doll talked for
a heck of a long time and never said the
same thing twice. It even knew if you
weren't holding it and could drink a glass
of water complete with sound effects..
Amazing stuff.
One little cousin, Brad, had a remote
controlled car. And that was the. toy -that
required the most imagination of the whole
lot!
There was a toy dog that walked, sat up,
barked, and did somersaults better than a
real dog. All you did was turn it on.
There was the thing that zapped and
another thing that swung a sword. There
were soldiers that walked unaided and a
bear that sang and told jokes.
Really great toys. Unless you're a kid
wanting to have fun.
I remember when you had to pretend the
doll was talking and you had to push the lit-
tle race cars to make them go.
Now you just flick the switch.
You gotta .wonder what imagination
value these toys give a kid today. Take it
from me, one of the bigger kids on the
block. A kid wants somethingto play with.
Not something that plays with him.
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THE SIDE
I wondered for a while if the kids today
had maybe changed and could derive some
great satisfaction, as well as some educa-
tional value, out of these battery operated,
do-it-themself toys.
Maybe the kids today don't need to have
simple building blocks and stiff legged G.I.
Joes that require imagination to have fun.
Maybe the computer age has made them
transcend "make believe".
Maybe I'm just not a kid anymore.
Since these were rather depressing
thoughts on my part, I dug deep under the
tree and came up with my all time favorite
toy. A barrel of LEGO blocks complete
with little . plastic trees and two sets of
wheels. You didn't have to plug it in so no
one had played with it yet.
' Sneaking away to the back bedroom with
my prize, I began construction - from
scratch - of Bundyville. I was finished the
firehall and was half -way through the
garage when two of the younger tykes
found me.
"What are you doing, Rob," said Lyle
with a puzzled look.
-``Playing," came the reply.
Soon the whole bunch of them were
there. Everyone under ten was on the
floor, making things out of LEGO blocks.
No- batteries. No flashing lights or laser
blasts. Nota beep or mechanical bark was
to be heard.
And it seemed to me the kids were hap-
pier. I know I was. They were using their
minds, not just watching.
Back .in the big living room, Uncle Joe
had the remote control car doing drags
around the coffee table and Auntie Gail
was talking a blue streak to the Cabbage,.
Patch doll.
I bet they wished they had some. LEGO"
blocks too.
Have a good week!
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ly that Constable Cameron succeeded in
gaining the evidence required for a
conviction.
50 years ago
January 6, 1938
Bushell elected as Reeve - Nelson
Bushell was elected Reeve of the Village
on Monday with a majority of 58 votes over
Donald Ferguson. Both men had served on
Council for four years and entered the
reevship contest on the resignation of W.
B. Anderson.
Elected to the Council Board were J.C.
McNab, Campbell Thompson, Herb Mc-
Quillin and 1raser Peterson.
Many of the candidates had a busy day
getting the electors to the polls. A total of
461 votes were cast which represents a
slight increase over the past two elections
here.
Elliott re-elected in Kinloss - Kinloss
Township voters re-elected Richard Elliott
to the reeveship of the township on Monday
with a large majority of 180 votes over
David Carruthers, ex -reeve of Kinloss.
Also, Arthur Graham, a popular young
member, was returned to council with a
total of 343 votes.
10 years ago
January 4, 1978
Reeve opposes snow,removal - Lucknow
Reeve George Joynt and Coincillor Ab
Murray voted against a motion passed by
the Lucknow Village Council to hire
Robert Symes for snow removal until the
spring of 1978 at an increased rate, when
they met in regular sessions on December
13.
Symes is to be paid $1.50 more on each of
last year's rates bringing the rates to
$16,50 for trucks and $19.50 for the two yard
loader. .
Some confusion resulted because some
of the councillors thought the hiring for
snow removal was done in January for the
entire year. Reeve Joynt stated that it was
done front fall until spring only.
Pool levels drop - The water level irr the
Lucknow Swimming Pool was still dropp-
ing when Bill Hunter last checked the pool
before the protective cover drifted in level
to snow and ice.
Hunter was recording a 3 -inch drop in
the water level each week when he asked
local scuba divers Ken Johnstone and Rod
McDonagh to dive down to the bottom of
the deep end to check three hydro -static
valves at the end of November.