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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1988-05-18, Page 4Page 4—Lucknow Sentinel. Wednesday, May 18, 1988 P.O. Box 400, Lucknow, Ontario NOG 2H0 528-2822 Established 1873 K RIf it 0 CIRCO L ATION P.10 Thomas Thompson -Advertising Manager Subscription rates in advance: Rob Bundy -Editor Pat Livingston -General Manager $1790 Outside Canada $609° $1490 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. Students can now try farming Trying to find a summer job is not an easy task for most students. It is, however, a necessary task and can be a meaningful experience. Every year about this time, hundreds upon hundreds of students begin "pounding the pavement" in search of work for the summer..), Some are lucky enough to hove Dad's businessto work at, but so many others are left looking. If you have a young adult in search of summer employment, try sug- gesting he or she go forming. Thanks to the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, this is a possibility. Angela Schlosser and Don Rausser, working with OMAF, have under, taken the job of helping students find jobs in the field of agriculture. There are presently two programs available for young adults between the ages of 15 and 24, Agricrew and Junior Agriculturalist. Agricrew is a program available for students with at least some farm experience and there are many positions available. Agricrew members will be working for various farmers doing jobs such as haying, painting, field clearing and general farm duties. For farmers wishing to hire a four -person Agricrew, the cost is 5110 per day and the crew is responsi- ble for their own transportation and meals. The Junior Agriculturalist program is aimed at youths with little or no farming experience and has participants living with a selected farm family for nine weeks between June 20 and August 19. Participants receive $15 .per day from the farmer and an additional $15 per day from OMAF with every second weekend off. Both these programs ore an excellent way for youngsters to enjoy gainful employment while learning more about the business of farming. Any family living on a farm or any youths in this age category who are interested in these programs, can contact either Angie or Dom t 1-800-265-5170. The positions go fairly quickly so prompt attention to this is recommended. Don't be left poor and unemployed for the summer, try farming. You just might love it. R.B. I had dinner with my grandmother last week and when I asked her how she was feeling, this is what she said: "I get winded playing Scrabble, the gleam in my eye is just the sun hitting my bifocals, what doesn't hurt doesn't work, my back goes out more than I do and I have trouble getting my rocking chair started." Just to emphasize her point, she sank her teeth into - a hamburger and they stayed there. I love my Granny dearly and I'm kinda sad to see her getting old. She olaims not to be able to hear too well (I think she has earned the right to only hear what she wants), and her eyesight is failing. She doesn't eat enough, in her words, "to keep a sparrow alive" and she now walks with either a cane or on someone's arm. But...just turn on a hockey game and watch the youth flow through her veins! Yep, my Granny is one of the original hockey nuts. It, doesn't matter who's play- ing or who wins (unless Edmonton is play- ing), she just loves the game. During intermissions of the Stanley Cup Finals she keeps us amused with stories of how the best way to `watch' a hockey game is on the radio with Foster Hewitt shouting "He shoots, he scores ! " "On radio, the whole game happens in your mind," claims my wisened grand- mother. "It's easier to follow that way." Granny has a scrapbook filled with hockey stories and pictures. Number 99 is her hero and on her fridge is an autograph- ed picture of Wayne Gretzky that says "To by biggest fan". I asked her if she'd would leave that to me in her will but Granny claims she's taking it with her. While I hate the thought of Granny get- ting old, and shorter ( why is it that people get shorter as they get older), I revel in the fact that she still yells at the television when the ref makes a bad offside call. "That stupid ref," she'll say with disgust. "How'd he get this job. And I N THE SIDE thought I was the one going blind." Staying young is all in the mind, no mat- ter what your body may tell you to the con- trary. For my Granny, youth is the seventh game of a playoff series going into overtime. Baseball is too slow. Football is silly and golf is "worse than watching someone fish". Hockey is IT for Granny and as long as there's a Maple Leaf in Toronto, I know she'll be around to cheer. Second part I always wanted to write a two-part col- umn and here's my chance. As you may have noticed in an advertise- ment in last week's Sentinel, we are look- ing for any old photographs area residents may have stashed away in cardboard boxes in the attic. We are planning a special edition of the paper for the Celebrate in '88 Reunion and can use all the help we can get. Also, anyone with fond recollections or in- teresting stories of life in Lucknow 100 years ago, we'd be interested in having those as well. Just jot down your remembrances and drop them by our office on Campbell Street. All pictures will be returned, of course. Also, don't forget to put some thought in- to decorating your lawn, home or place of business for the reunion. Old flags, clothes, ' a wooden washtub - that sort of thing will really make the village look the part when folks arrive for the festivities at the end of June. Have a good week and go, Oilers, go! MY TEACNER bio i r SI ou AND AWKWARD SO I'M APPLY/N& FoR A 3-oB col / A ST iKin/G -MADE U.1IOA/o STUDEN E ' PL 70 years ago May, 16, 190 Don't all think alike - The big delegation of farmers who recently visited Ottawa to protest against the amendment to the Military Service Act, though doubtless they represented a large portion of the population, were not entirely represen- tative of the farmers of Canada. Indeed there is reason to believe that it is those who have given least and done least in the interests of winning the war who are now making the greatest noise. We know of one man in this community who has one of his two sons buried in France and the other in the draft. They have a crop in and a big stock to look after, but this man says he will not quit. "I'll get hired help if I can and if I can't, myself and the wife will take off what we can and the rest can go," he said the other day. That's the spirit which won British and American freedon and is defending that freedom now. Goodsteers - We hear that some bunches SENTINEL f4EMOIRS of good cattle have been sold for as much as 15 cents per pound recently. That makes a good steer worth about $20. It is said that spy and baldwin apple trees show little sign of blossom this season and that the crop of these varieties is likely to be almost a complete failure. 50 years ago May 19, 1938 Electric fence creates interest - Two demonstrations of the working of an elec- trically charged fence, held at the farms of Earl Cranston and John McQuillin last week, created much interest among residents of the district. A single wire, charged with electricity from a small storage battery, is all that is needed to keep farm stock in bounds. The animals become fence -shy after an ex- perience or two with the "live wire" which is not highly charged. It is expected that this trend in fencing will become quite popular on farms all over the country. Farwell messages - Rev. J.K. MacGillivary, pastor of the Ashfield Presyterian Church, will preach final farewell sermons this Sunday. Rev. MacGillivary recently tendered his resignation on the eve of the union of the Ashfield and Ripley congregations, in order that the two churches may have a free hand in selecting a new pastor. 25 years ago May 22, 1963 Lucknow car stolen - Gordon Fisher, our local barber, lost his car temporarily last week in a daring daylight main street robbery. The theft took place last Thursday when the Fisher vehicle was parked in front of their Campbell Street residence. Abandon- ed at the same time was a 1956 model truck stolen on Wednesday at Sarnia. The Lucknow car was recovered that evening in North Bruce on highway 21. Two officers from Walkerton met the car about 10 p.m. As they started to pursue the car it slowed to a point that the driver could jump out. The officers recovered the car and returned it to Lucknow but the man, or men, responsible for the theft escaped on foot over farmlends into a wooded area. 10 years ago May 17, 1978 Hamilton returns to council - Bud Hamilton, who tabled his resignation from the Lucknow Village Council at the regular monthly meeting in March, returned to Council when it met for its May meeting last week. Hamilton resigned when Reeve George Joynt brought up further discussion of a dispute between Council and the Reeve over the hiring of Robert Symes to do the snow removal for the village this past winter.