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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1988-03-30, Page 4Page 4—Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, March 30, 1988 P.O. Box 400, Lucknow, Ontario NOG 2H0 528-2822 Established 1873 y[ RIF ICD CIFICIII ATION vwlo Thomas Thompson -Advertising Manager Subscription rates in, advance: Rob Bundy -Editor Pat Livingston -General Manager S1700 Outside Canada $6090 51400 Outside Canada $5890 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. Unjust treatment? A spokesman for the John Howard Society recently told a parliamen- tary committe on justice that Canadian courts should not be allowed to hand down sentences of more than 20 years, even for the most violent of crimes. The John Howard organization provides help for people in jail and after they have been released. The comments made by Society spokeman Wesley Crogg last week coincided with convicted child murder Clifford Olson's request to be released from solitary confinement citing "unjust treatment" as the reason. Gregg said long prison terms, such as that given Olson for the murder of at least 11 children, do not protect the public. "Harsh sentences do not help anybody," he told the committee. Fortunately, members of the federal committee didn't agree with Mr. Cragg and responded by saying, "The Canadian Public does not want men like Olson on the streets. They want him locked up forever." The John Howard Society, which no doubt does some good work with recently released prisoners, has lost a lot of credibility in the eyes of the public with the statements made by Cragg and it appears that there is no way parliament would consider limiting the most severe prison sentences to 20 years. Men such as Olson, whose family was eventually paid a reported $ 10,000 for his confession and the location of the bodies he hid follow- ing a series of grisly murders, should never come out of jail. Imagine what the families of the murdered children must think when we start feeling pity for such men. Olson should never get out from behind bars and, in many ways, even solitary confinement is too good for the likes of him. Lock him up and throw away the key and don't even consider lessen- ing the maximum sentences handed down to murderers. How can a man convicted of multiple violent crimes against society get "time off, for good behaviour"? We may not have to give them the death penalty but we certainly don't have to give them a break. R.B. You know those little yellow signs you can get to stick in the back window of your Car? The ones that look like tiny Yield signs and say silly things like "Grandpa on Board" and "Ex-husband in Trunk"? Well, I need some help this week. On Thursday, while travelling between Dungannon and Lucknow, I was following an old, brown GMC truck. The fella had one of these signs in the back window and no matter how close I got to his back bumper, I just couldn't make out what it said. It was either "Lover on Board" or "Liver on Board" and I would be quite in- teresting in which it was as I keep a list of these things. Anyway, if you can help, drop me a line. Okay, on to the topic of the week...spr- ing. It is this time of year that a youngman's fancy turns to thoughts of motorcycles...or some such thing. While spring officially sprung last week sometime, there are other ways of telling it is here. Here are the ten most recognizable hints that, in fact, spring is upon us: 1. The basements floods. 2. The sap starts running. Some start driv- ing but most just run. • 3. Simpson Sears releases its Christmas Catalogue. 4. The basement floods. 5. The winter coat you ordered from last years' Sears catalogue arrives. 6. The backyard turns into a mud wrestling arena and every child under the age of fif- teen falls into it. 7. The basement floods. 8. Large birds start making deposits on new or recently washed cars. ON THE SIDE 9. Baseball season winds up and hockey season winds down. 10. The basement floods. Yes, dear reader, it won't be long before the barbeques' are out, as will be the leaves, and the sweet sounds of trailer homes will be heard resounding throughout the county. - Of course, having just typed that state- ment, I have cursed us with at least one more major snowfall before April showers give way to May flowers, but someone had to do it. This year it's my turn. Lots of good things happen during this season...basement floods aside. College and University students start returning home to look for summer work and live off the folks for a few months. Fishermen start biting at the bit and the cultivators and seeders are hauled out of the shed and prepared for work. We get a couple of nice days off this season. Easter is this weekend and, thankfully, allows us working stiffs an ex- tra day to digest the Easter ham. May br- ings Victoria Day, which has a special place in this humble scribe's heart at it is his birthday that day as well. By the way, I'll be 110 this year according to my nephew. It's time to clean out the garage, oil up the lawn mower and search in earnest for that screwdriver you lost on the backyard just before the first snowfall last October. Spring's sprung, so enjoy it! Have a good week. IF Goo HAo WANItt) uS To SET- THE ET"THE CLoCKs AHEAD 'BY AN HOUR. HE (,douWN'i HAVE MADE DIGITAL WAYd-kES 50 HARD To R� - SETa 70 years ago March 31, 1918 Lucknow is favoured - The Dominion Chautauqua Festivals is one of the most popular entertainment movements in all of Canada. Their programs are of the best, of rare musical merit, educational and instructive. Canada will have more than five hun- dred Chautauqua Festivals during the comming season and a dozen or so local businessmen have interested themselves in securing such an attraction for Lucknow. They have put up a guarantee for the requiredamount with any suplus to be given to patriotic purposes. The dates secured are April 26, 27 and 29. Programs will run during the afternoons and evenings on these dates. Lucknow soldier attains distinction - Lieut -Col. A.J. MacKenzie arrived in Lucknow last week after three years ser- vice overseas during which time he had been engaged in hospital work in England and France. In May last year he was promoted to the rank of Major and given command of Moore Barracks Hospital. Col. MacKenzie left on Monday for Toronto where he will be occupied in SENTINEL MEMOIRS medical supervisory work for some time. 50 years ago March 31, 1938 Post Office work started - On Monday, March 28, 1930, one of the major fires in the history of Lucknow completely destroyed the village's hotel, the Cain House. On Monday of this week, eight years to the day, work clearing the debris com- menced as the first step in preparing for the building, during the next few months, a new )Federal Government Post Office on the site. Tons upon tons of bricks and other rem- nants of the once imposing hostelry, have been removed. At present this is being hauled for filling at the rear of the arena. Four or five men, including a couple of local workers, are presently engaged at the site and they generally have an au- dience of onlookers curious to see what relics may be unearthed from the eight- year-old tomb. Name the arena contest - Already there have ,been some fifteen entries, contairung we know not how many names, -0( for the Arena Club's Naming r'nntegt. The contest is open until Saturday neh • Club members will judge the nal, IL and the one approved and ad p. 1 will win for the submitter a cash prize of $5. As many names as one can think of may be submit- ted at one time. 25 years ago March 27, 1963 Price war hits Lucknow - The gasoline 'price war' has come to Lucknow, with ser- vice station operators dropping the price last week by ten cents a gallon to 30.9 cents. The war is not of local origin. It has been in effect in some areas for some time in- deed and, we undertand, is a gasoline com- pany affair with large surpluses suggested as one 'reason for the price drop. Whatever the reason, motorists are not complaining. High school nearing completion - The new addition to the Lucknow and District High School is now nearing completion, although it is considerably behind the date ', ch was set tentatively when the project rmenced. The "break through" into the main building was made recently and last week, Board members were out on a "buying trip" for furnishings for the new addition: 10 years ago March 29, 1978 Teachers remain off the job - When Huron County's 4,500 secondary school students left for school on Tuesday morn- ing any hopes that classes would be held were dashed when the county's 270 striking teachers chose to stay home. Tuesday was the first day since February 23 that the teachers had the op- tion to return to the classrooms and after an Ontario Secondary School Teachers' Federation executive council meeting Monday night the teachers elected to con- tinue the strike now in its 23rd day. The teachers were invited back to the classrooms by the county board of educa- tion on March 20 when the board lifted its teacher lockout at the county's five high schools. Legion buys drugs - The Lucknow Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion has decided to send $250 worth of drugs to St. Vincent Island for use in' the veterinary practice of Dr. Brock Cleland, formerly of Lucknow, who is working on the Caribbean island.