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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1988-01-27, Page 1CELEBRATE IN 19 41 11 6 LUCKNOW'S 130th CELEBRATION JUNE 30 - JULY 3, 1988 PUBLISHED IN LUCKNOW ONTARIO '' e • les. 3T, an. 1988 40t PER COPY The founding meeting of the new Huron -Bruce Federal Liberal Association was held last week in Lucknow. The guest speaker for the evening was Doug Frith, MP for Sud- bury, who spoke on the issues of the expected upcoming election. To the right is newly elected president of the local Liberal association, Dave MacKenzie of Kincardine, and past -president Howard Aitken of Goderich. To no ones surprise, free trade was the hot topic of the evening. (Rob Bundy photo) Sentinel among the best The Ontario Community Newspaper Association (O.C.N.A.) has announced the winners of its annual Editorial Awards Contest and the results indicate that the calibre of community newspapers in this province remains high. The Lucknow Sentinel was singled out as producing the Best Front Page and the Best Overall Composition and Layout of all the newspapers in Ontario included in its class. In the overall category, which takes into account things such as advertising, photography, editorial comment and news features, the Sentinel placed third in the province. Only the West Lincoln Review and the Blyth Citizen placed higher in the overall category for the class. Pat Livingston, General Manager of the Sentinel, says that while the residents of Lucknow appreciate their newspaper 52 weeks of the year, it's nice to get a little provincal recognition from time to time. "It's a real honour to receive the recognition we have from the O.C.N.A." says Pat, "and we intend to maintain the high standard of news reporting we have established for ourselves." The O.C.N.A. Editorial Awards are presented annually and are judged by a variety of editors, publishers and representatives of contributing sponsors of the Association. A redletter day for Lucknow Walter Arnold, Chairman of the Fun- draising Committee for the Lucknow Sports Complex, calls it a redletter day for the Village of Lucknow and the surroun- ding municipalities as they recently got the go-ahead on the sports complex project. All the municipalities, individuals and groups involved with the project are to be commended for their hard work and many long hours in association with this project. The fundraising committee feels they will require an additional $50,000 to com- plete all aspects of Phase One of the pro- ject. Numerous undertakings have been planned to raise these additional funds. Plans include a 50-50 draw and the upcom- ing Lucknow Reunion - Celebrate in 1988, - but private donations from supportive citizens of this project will also be solicited. Treasurer for the group, Rod McDonagh, will gladly accept any dona= tions the public at large wishes to make and will issue tax receipts as required. The Lucknow Sentinel is pleased to an- nounce the appointment of a new 'news cor- respondent for the Village of Lucknow. Mrs. Mildred Loree has accepted the posi- tion and will commence her duties immediately. Mildred will take charge of all the social and feature news arising in Lucknow. She may be contacted at her home by calling 528-3615. The job of a local correspondent is not an easy one and is one which enjoys few rewards. It is through the assistance and understanding of the community as a whole that gets the job done. Local Liberals hold founding meeting By Rob Bundy With the prediction of an election call in July of this year, the new Huron -Bruce Federal Liberal Association undertook its founding meeting in Lucknow's Communi- ty Centre on Wednesday of last week. The meeting was one of a series being held across Canada by all political parties following approval by the Federal Govern- ment of the redistributuion of a number of ridings. This redistribution will see the House of Commons increase its number of seats to 295 from the present 282. . The new riding of Huron -Bruce will in- clude all of Huron County plus the municipalities in Bruce County as far north as Southampton, Carrick T wnship and the Village of Mildmay, un r the new redistribution, will move over e Grey -Bruce. riding. The purpose of the founding meeting held Wednesday was to establish a Liberal Association in the new riding and to allow its members to familiarize themselves with the boundries while adopting a constitution. The guest speaker for the evening was the Honourable Doug Frith, Liberal M.P. for Sudbury and former Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development in the Turner government. He presented to the faithful his thoughts on what the issues of the next election will be and what must be done to prepare for it. "The election call will come m 1988," said Frith, "and I think we can expect that call m July." To no one's surprise, Frith explained that the free trade deal will be the issue on which the election will be fought and said that the party must "examine our position on this issue and explain that position to the Canadian people in our own vocabulary". "We have survived as a country for 120 years by focusing on east -west access," said Frith. "We are opposed because the free trade deal changes our focus to north - south and a north -south focus will make it difficult to focus on being Canadian." He added that the free trade deal is be- ing played on a level playing field but that it's being played under American rules. "The agreement signed on January se- cond is not a free trade deal," said Frith. "It's a Mulroney -Reagan deal. What we need is a multi -lateral approach that gives access to the markets without giving up our east -west focus. "We don't need a bi-lateral trading agreement and I'm "not being anti- American by saying that. I'm being pro - Canadian. "The government did come up with an improved binding dispute mechanism, I'll give them that, but they simply didn't achieve the two main objectives of the negotiations. We did not gain guaranteed access to the American market and we are not exempt from U.S. protectionist laws." In conclusion, Frith explained that the heart of the Liberal campaign in the for- thcoming election will`be to present this opposition of the free trade agreement in a vocabulary that will be understood by the public. "As Liberals, we must find the vocabulary that the people will understand and let them decide which vocabulary they like best," said Frith. "We must show that this is a deal we've paid too high a price for." . New executive With Ruby Weeber of the Liberal Party of Canada (Ontario) chairing, a new slate of executives for the Huron -Bruce Federal Liberal Asssociation was nominated and elected by the forty members in atten- dance at the meeting. Dave MacKenzie, a Kincardine businessman, was elected uncontested as president of the association with Graeme Craig as first vice president and Jac- queline McGillvray • as second vice president. Directors of the association include Janice McGillvray, Paul Steckle, ARIL% Scott and Don Edward. Judy Gates will act as treasurer with Margaret Shortreed handling the duties of secretary. The advisory committee will consist of Eileen Palmer, Tom Chisholm, A.Y. McLean, Howard Aitken, Rod McDonald and Les Tevert. Thirteen district vice presidents were also named at the meeting. Following the election of officers, Presi- dent MacKenzie addressed the meeting and stated that the objective .of the association over the next few months will be to find someone to accept the position of representing the Huron -Bruce Liberals in the upcoming election battle. Reunion progressing All executive members and committee chairpersons involved with the Celebrate in 1988 Reunion recently met to report on the progress being made in the various areas of the plan. At the meeting, Ian Montgomery reported that he is favourably impressed with the plans made to date and is happy with the way the committees involved have faced the challenge. The invitations for the reunion have now been mailed out, however, more are available by calling Mary McIntosh. This weekend, the Reunion Committee will participate in the annual Snowpitch Tournament being held in Bluevale as a means of promoting the Lucknow Reunion scheduled for this summer. While most of the members of the com- mittee are sports inclined, those who are not have volunteered their time to lend moral support, medical aid (which will hopefully not be needed), and to take care of the necessary nourishment required by the players in their bid for victory. Anyone wishing to see this spectacle in snow should know that the Reunion Com- mittee will take to the field for games at 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. on Saturday. All are welcomed to cheer on this great team of community minded activists.