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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1988-01-06, Page 4Page 4--Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, January 6, 1988 P.O. Box 400, Lucknow NOG 2H0 528-2822 Established 1873 Ej PAIO Thomas Thompson:Advertising Manager Subscription rates in advance: Rob Bundy -Editor Pat Livingston -Genera! Manager $1 790 Outside Canada $609° $1490 Outside Canada $5890 Senior Citizen Second class mailing reg. 'no. 0847 Advertising isaccepted on the condition that in the event of a typographical error, the portion of the advertising space occupied by the erroneous.item together with a reasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged for, but the balance of the advertisment will be paid at the applicable rates. 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 SENTINEL MEMOIRS 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 - V 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. 1 ON 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! WONDER WHRT THE BUSS t,AN KiOS ARE PLAYING WITH TMESE DM'S_ 1 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.