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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1988-04-06, Page 4Page 4—Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, .tprpl 6, .,988 P.O. Box 400, Lucknow, Ontario NOG 2H0 528-2822 Established 1873 Thomas Thompson -Advertising Manager Rob Bundy . -Editor Pat Livingston -General Manager Subscription rates in advance: $1790 Outside Canada $6090 81490 Outside Canada 85890 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 allowancefor signature, will not be charged for, but the balance of the advertisment will4be paid at the applicable rates. Spring garbage Now that the April showers have begun their duty of clearing away the remnants of winter from the streets and walkways of our fair land. it is easy to see that people eat more salt and vinegar chips than plain. We can also accurately speculate that people are drinking more Pep- si than Coke and that fruit juice drinks in those little boxes are becom- ing more and more popular. And how do we know these things? Simple. Take a look around you the next time you're out for a walk. The evidence of what we thoughtlessly discard is plain to see. In the ditches, in the alleys, on the sidewalks, almost everywhere but where such refuse 'should be. There is nothing more frustrating when out for a walk, in the spring sunshine, along a winding path, keeping an eye open for signs of flora and fauna, than to constantly come across debris. Bags of plastic hamburger containers from the golden arches. A box of chicken bones from the colonel and maybe a couple of Fanta cans thrown in for good measure and a touch of colour. It's quite disgusting really. Here's a good project for some group, possibly for one of the local schools: organize a spring cleaning task force. Send the students out, armed with a garbage bag each, and give points or marks or whatever for the first bag filled, or the heaviest. Not only would this help clean : blem for the time being but maybe this would teach the yc=ration how stupid it is to lit- ter. We're not saying it is only vho thoughtlessly drop that gum wrapper on the street, but if ' ,r.ied lust how "yukkie" it is to have to clean up after someone els,., ,noybe the next generation could be litter free. Then, when April showers came, all we'd find is May flowers, not potato chip bags. R.B. 70 years ago April 4, 1918 Kegs, cases and jugs - April 1 having been set by the government as the last day for delivering booze from points outside the province of Ontario, the platform at the Ripley station after the arrival of the noon train last week looked like the store house of a small distillery. Kegs, cases and jugs containing the "crater" literally jammed the platform. No doubt, many saw the necessity of preparing for the future a panacea for all the ills that human flesh is heir to. Farmers look for seed - We learned from a local dealer last week that quite a number of farmers in the vicinity of Lucknow have been sending to outside houses for various seeds, especially clover and timothy seed. Of course that is all right when one can save money by it - as much as $2 per bushel on clover. See, at any rate, what local dealers can do for you before you send away for seed. The best you can get is No.1 SENTINEL MEMOIRS Standard, and if the local dealer has that, the other fellow can do no better. 50 years ago April 7, 1938 Flood of names - There were no less than 54 entries received in the Arena Club's "Name the Arena Contest". As many of these entries are likely to contain a number of suggestions, it will entail con- siderable time and effort to decide upon a winner. A meeting of the Arena Club will be call- ed shortly to deal with these entries at which time it will also be decided when and how the winner will be announced. Excavating progressing - Good progress is being made in clearing away the debris By Rob Bundy It's been one of those weeks for your bumble scribe here, what with the Easter holiday cutting the week short (I'm not complaining! ), Pat being home sick and leaving the workings of this office in my hands, and all those calls about the wild turkey sightings! Yes, for a few moments there, I was sure Pd lost it...my mind that is. Attacked by turkeys on a county road indeed. But the number of cans of support from other folks who saw these Unidentified Feathered Ob- jects was very reassuring. I thank you. Be sure to look for all the details we could find out about these birds elsewhere in your Sentinel. Next week is National Wildlife Week in Canada, so I've gone to my "strange but useless information file" to dig out some interesting facts about animals. It seems to come at a good time what with all this turkey talk around town. Did you know that North America pro- duces 1.3 million tonnes of birdseed an- nually? 'Tis a fact. Here are some others: New Zealand is home for twice as many sheep as people. The largest lobster ever.caught weighed 44 pounds, 6 ounces and measured three feet, six inches. It was fished out of the waters off the coast of Nova Scotia in 1977. There are no skunks on Prince Edward Island. The most monagamous of all animals are "klipspringers" (small antelopes of Eastern Africa). Males of the species rare- ly stray more than five metres from their mates during their entire lifetimes. Have you ever heard a giraffe mumble? Probably not as giraffes have no voice box and therefore can make no sounds. The oldest age ever attained by a com- mon goldfish was 41 years. His name was Fred. See, we know just about everything here at the Sentinel. But let's see just how much you know... What do you calla group of partridges? How about a covey. And what name would you give to that group of Blue Jays perched on your back ON THE SIDE fence? Officially, the collective noun for such a gathering is a party of Jays. How about owls? Our sources tell us two or more owls in a group are called a parliament. Here are some other animals that have unusual collective nouns to describe them. See how many you know and look for the answers at the end of this column. I'll put them upside down so you can't peek. A of bears. A of elk. A of rhinoceros. A of turtles. A of hogs. A of goats. A of ravens. A of toads. A of apes. And, a of larks. Don't cheat now! Anyone who can get more than half of those correct without peeking will win an evening with our Advertising Manager, Tom Thompson...who is a bit of an animal in his own right. Second prize will be TWO evenings with Tom. • By the way, what do you call a group of advertising salesmen? How about a hassle. Sorry Tom. I took the abuse last week...now it's your turn. Have a good week! •swel jo uoilellexa ue 'pay •sade jo ssaupmaigs v • (auo leg° aim j) speoj Jo 1o113f y •SUanuJ JO Jap.mtu y $leas jo dtJ; v •s3oy jo ij11P V 'saIpnl jo ateq v SOUTyJ jo gse,IJ' •sJeatl jo glols v : s.Ianisuy T M COLLECTINIG FOR THE- HUMANE SOC1E T Y. on the post office site. From four to five truck loads per hour are being hauled away and during the four days that work was underway last week, a rough estimate would be approximately 125 to 140 loads than were drawn out and disposed of for filling behind the Community Hall. Forty-four hours is the maximum work week on this job. 25 years ago April 3, 1963 Voters to polls Monday - On Monday, electors across the Dominion will go to the polls to elect a government to carry on the nation's business for the next four years - or such is to be hoped. Locally in the ridings of Bruce and Huron, the campaign has been energetic but "clean". Candidates so far as it has been possible, have used the personal ap- proach, with nuclear arms about the only issue that has been raised. In Bruce there is a three-way contest to win the riding which for several terms was represented by Andy Robinson, Pro- gressive Conservative. Seeking to hold the seat for that party is John Loney, while aiming to bring it back to the Liberal fold is John MacKenzie. Alex Scarrow is runn- ing as the independent. 10 years ago April 5, 1978 Board backs away from volunteers - The Huron County Board of Education decided Monday not to get involved with the use of volunteers to oversee tutorials for Grade 12 and 13 students out of school, due to the current secondary school teacher's strike. The board decided to shy away from the volunteers because of the potential liabilities, a small number of qualified volunteers and the possibility that the volunteers could be labelled as strike breakers. John Cochrane, director of education, recommended that the use of volunteers in the schools not be considered. He said that the effort to find people willing to volunteer may not be wasted though since the names of those people will be made available to students and parent groups looking to set up study groups.