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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1988-03-23, Page 4Page 4—Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, March 23, 1988 C mef P.O. Box 400, Lucknow, Ontario NOG 2H0 528-2822 Established 1873 CIRCULATION PAN) Thomas Thompson -Advertising Manager Subscription rates in advance: Rob Bundy -Editor $1790 Outside Canada $6090 Pat Livingston -General Manager S1400 Outside Canada 55800 Senior Citizen Second class mailing reg. no. 0847 Advertising is accepted 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. Trimester approach it's a tough decision and one that most, if not all, politicians are dreading: how best to regulate abortions in Canada. The decision making process, which could last for a long, long time, began last week in Saskatoon when federal Justice Minister Ray Hnatyshyn met with his provincial counterparts to confront the hot issue. The group has no choice but to confront the issue however, in the wake of the recent Supreme Court of Canada decision declaring the abortion law contained in the Criminal Code unconstitutional. The policians at the table were the ball will begin its roll, fortunately aro getting some help in their difficult work through a tentative pro- posal from a group known as the Law Reform Commission of Canada. Following two years of study, this commission has suggested what they call a "trimester approach" to the new abortion law. Basically, the study suggests that abortions could be performed legally without restrictions during the first trimester - the first 12 weeks of o woman's pregnancy. It also advises that pregnancies that have continued into the 12th to 24th weeks could be terminated with the permission of two doctors for specific reasons. Such reasons would include fetal defects or in cases of rape or incest. After 24 weeks, the study suggests, abortions would be illegal and could only be performed if the woman's life is in danger. While no matter what decision is finally made by Hnatyshyn and his cohorts, it is assured there will be opposition. But the proposal put forth by the Law Reform Commission appears to meet contempary social and medical requirements, as well as the spirit of the Supreme Court decision. It also provides the politicians with a relative calm, rational debate on how best to invoke the criminal law without violating the court- ordered principal of access to abortion. But one must wonder - what about thorough and thoughtful educa- tion about birth control (inculding abstinence) for the thousands of young women who find themselves seeking abortions? This too must be considered and implemented along with the new and called for law: While abortions can not be illegal due to the Supreme Court decision, certainly it makes sense to reduce to a bare minimum the need for such a procedure. R.B. 70 years ago March 28, 1918 The Railway Service - The hopes of the people along the Kincardine branch of the G.T.R. were somewhat dashed on learning that the two -train per day service com- mencing on March 28 would continue for Easter traffic only. Without the extra train there wouldn't have been much Easter traffic along this line. The late and early trains, if on time, will run on the time schedule which prevailed before it was taken off, and will be run on March 28, 29, 30 and April 1 only for the present time at least. Grow spring wheat - Owing to the un- favorable weather conditions last fall, the area sown to fall wheat in Ontario was con- siderably below the average. The plants were not strong when winter set in and it is thought that there has been a good deal of winter kill. The view of Dr. Zavitz of the Agriculture College in Guelph strongly advises the sowing of spring wheat, and points out that when the best seed is obtained, the crop SENTINEL EMO IRS should be successfully grown in Ontario. In 1917 there were 182,957 acres of spring wheat in this province. That figure is 21 per cent more than the year previous. 50 years ago March 24, 1938 Tuesday a hot one - Springlike weather that has prevailed for several days paved the way for a real hot wave that accom- panied the official arrival of spring on Monday, when the weatherman sent the mercury to 68. Temperatures continued to soar on Tuesday to an official high of 76 degrees. Not for forty-four years has this temperature been exceeded during the month of March. An all time high, during 51 years of weather recording in the district, was It was my first time. To my surprise, it was the second time for my wife. I approached the experience with trepidation and a little anxiety. I guess I feared I might actually like it. In case you haven't guessed yet, the event of which I speak was...are you ready for this?...a vaccum cleaner demonstration. Back to how we got in a position to invite a slick -looking and smooth -talking vaccum hocker into our happy home. On Tuesday last week we got in the mail a "Tele Notice". You've seen these before pro- bably, and probably threw it out im- mediately like I will next time. Anyway, the scam goes like this - if the number on your Tele Notice matches one of the numbers on the bottom of the page, you "will receive, at no obligation, one of the seven prizes listed below:'. Six of the prizes were very attractive, a VCR, a col- our . television, a microwave, expensive cookware, that kind of thing. The cheapest prize was a trip for two to Florida. It read "Three days and two nights in fabulous Orlando Florida". To claim the prize, all we had to do was call the phone number on the Tele Notice. Now, we rarely buy lottery tickets or the such so we've never won anything in our lives. Excitedly, we made the call and the lady said a representative would drop off our prize the following night. Great! By Wednesday I expected to be watching a new colour TV or a VCR or cooking up a storm in a new microwave. When the appointed time came around, two men strolled up our walk with enough boxes and equipment in tow to house a half dozen VCR's. Once in the door, the speel began. "May we have a few moments of your time before we award your prize?". "Well, okay. I hope we get the VCR," I said foolishly. My wife, in her wisdom, added, "The prize first, then the time." The man with the slicked back hair, gold chains nestled on a hairy chest, and a pat- ter that would make any vote -hunting politician proud, spent much time going over notes and books trying to ascertain what prize it was we had won. When the confirmation was made, it was...you guessed it...the Florida trip. Our "prize" didn't include the flight to Florida, any meals or perks, just two 0P1 TIIE SIDE nights accomadation in an unnamed hotel which would COST us a $20 reservation fee. And it was all down hill from there. Since we'd agreed to seeing his demonstration - how long can it take to show a vaccum cleaner - we sat and listen- ed. The first hour was mildly interesting at best. The second hour was boring as hell. By the third hour of having this fella act surprised at "just how dirty these carpets are", we started to get mad. It took three and a half hours before he got it through his head that we didn't want the stupid vaccum cleaner. Oh, he played a good game, made a con- vincing presentation, but with two vaccum cleaners in the hall closet already (wed- ding presents), there was no way we were going to buy a third...even if we HAD won the VCR. When he and his "helper" finally left at 11:34 p.m., we were thoroughly disgusted at the gall of the scam. The next time a Tele Notice arrives at my house., I'm not even going to see if my number matches the one at the bottom of the page...the prize could never be worth the hassle of listening to the guy...even if it did include the cost of the flight. Unless, maybe, you were in the market for a vaccum. I did learn something else from the ex- perience. I learned that "the average housewife spends 209 hours each year cleaning her home" and that "the human body sheds an entire layer of skin every 27 days and most vaccums on the market aren't designed to pick up that sort of residue from the fibres of the livingroom carpet". Big deal. Have a good week! P.S. I checked to see just how much our "exciting free prize" would cost us. The flight would run us $351 each but we could get a half price coupon for a Coke a Disneyland by sending $5 along with the reservation form. reached on March 18, 1894 with a temperature of 77. Invariably, colder weather followed on the heels of the heat wave and while winter clothing was shed early in the week, residents might be well advised to stay with "red flannels" for a time. Amberly twice visited in series of rob- beries - Huron and Bruce County police are working overtime in an effort to ap- prehend a gand of three robbers who have ten break-ins and robberies credited to them in the past ten days. Police forces have been augmented and a dragnet spread as far south as London. With several clues to work on, a round up of the daring gang is believed imminent. 25 years ago March 27, 1963 Paul plays with Red Wings - Paul Hender- son was in a Detroit Red Wings uniform on the weekend - probably much sooner than he had ever dared to hope. Paul, who was 20 on January 28, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Garnet Henderson of Lucknow and is the first Lucknow boy ever to come up through the minor ranks to the "big time". Paul got an emergency call on Saturday to be in Toronto that very night to join the Red Wings when they played the Leafs. 10 years ago March 22, 1978 Hamilton resigns from Council - Councillor Bud Hamilton resigned from the Lucknow Village Council during the regular mon- thly meeting on March 14. Reeve George Joynt told Council that the people of the town of Lucknow were not misled about the hiring of Robert Symes to do the town's snow removal as indicated in a letter to the Editor which appeared in the Sentinel from Councillors Bill Crump and Bud Hamilton. "The writers of this letter were the only ones misled," said Joynt, "and they were misleding themselves." Joynt added that he supposed that Crump wrote the letter and then "went up and got Bud Hamilton to sign it too."