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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1988-06-01, Page 4Page 4—Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, June 1, 1988 P.O. Box 400, Lucknow, Ontario NOG 2H0 528-2822 Established 1873 Thomas Thompson -Advertising Manager Rob Bundy -Editor Pat Livingston -General Manager v o CMCWLATION Subscription rates in advance: Si 790 Outside Canada s6090 51490 Outside Canada $5800 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. Summer emloyment With the summer season fast approaching, it's time again for local business people to consider the additional tasks their business may produce from now until Labor Day. It's also time for them to consider hiring a student to do such tasks. The Canada Employment, Centre for Students, with locations in Kin- cardine and Goderich, are currently on their annual publicity campaign to solicit the development of summer jobs for the young men and women in the area. This publicity takes the form of personally contac- ting local business people and offering suggestions, posting available jobs, and aiding students in the correct way to find and secure summer employment. The skills students learn in looking for work, as much as the work itself, gives invaluable experience and a solid foundation on which, to build a career. Finding suitable employment is a tough job in itself. Competition is high and good jobs are few. Hire -A -Student offices know this and do their very best to bring employee and employer together for their mutual benefit. If you have a student at home who will be looking for work this sum- mer, why not suggest a visit to one of the area employment centres. They will offer good, up'to date advice, as well as a complete list of available jobs being offered this summer. Be sure to have your student watch for the special articles provided by the Canada Employment Centre for Students included in this and up- coming issues of the Lucknow Sentinel as well. These articles will help students compile resumes, conduct themselves during interviews and find that elusive first job. And for local businesses - it's summer, why not hire a student? R.B. When I first started in this business of writing oh so many years ago, as a copy- writer for a small radio station in Northern Alberta, the only piece of equipment in my office was an old Underwood and a pile of blank paper. For those too young to remember typewriters, they were bulky, noisy things that tapped out letters when the operator struck certain keys. Today, if you .sat me down in an office with a typewriter, I'd probably wouldn't know how to work it. The computer age, while still in its infan- cy, has pretty much made the typewriter obsolete. These days, if you don't know a hard -drive from a floppy disk, you don't know diddly. It's a bit sad really. The image of a newspaper man in a rumbled white shirt, cigar stub dangling from the bottom lip, a half bottle of Scotch in the lower right- hand desk drawer, furiously tapping out an epic expose (imagine an accent on that last `e', my computer doesn't do acRents ) on a battered typewriter is gone. Today, he'd be sitting before a data ter- minal peering at a screeh while the spell - check mode corrects his errors. While we still use terms such as `upper case' and 'bold face', we've added `high- speed multitasking' and `parallel interface cards'. Any office without a modem and database is behind the times and a secretary that can't operate in a `heterogeneous computing environment' isn't worth her salt anymore. I found this paragraph in a recent issue of Business Computer News, see how much of it you understand...."The new line of Halikan laptop 286 maehines is available. The LA -20 is a 10 MHz 80286 computer which comes standard with 640K, AMI BIOS, two 3.5 inch floppy drives, parallel and serial ports and a 1 super twist LCD screen. An optional keyboard adapter can be connected to an external keyboard and memory can be upgraded with a 2 Mb RAM card. Did you get all that? Yea, me too. What really makes me curious is what's next. Not that long ago, a computer such as the one I'm typing this on, would have cost millions of dollars and would ha ve needed a gymnasium to house it. Today, this Compugraphic MDT 350, at the size of a small television set, is a dinosaur in the computer world. This 'new age' we have found ourselves in moves very quickly. Modern technology has propelled us headlong into tommorrow and what tommorrow holds is anybody's guess. With this new and ever changing technology comes a new language. Ten years ago, no one had ever uttered the word `megabyte'. Megabyte is one thou- sand bytes according to my live in com- puter expert, and although I don't have a clue what a byte is, I'm pretty sure it helps calculate the interest on my savings ac- count and is therefore important. Don't feel bad if terms like `back -end database accessible' and `common file server' don't mean anything to you. You aren't alone. What is important is the fact that the computer age is here to stay and as long as our memory boards are com- patible with the binary synchronous com- munications, the decode modules will multitask the application programs. Have a good week! MAkE OKE MISTRICE BUDDY, AND You CAN KISS -MI5 WNoLE OFFICE GOODBYE. WARNING - THE NEW CCM -2010 IS NOT NECESSARILY USER FRIENDLY 70 years ago May 30, 1918 Woolen Mill to open - Readers will be in- terested to know that the Lucknow Wollen Mill will be in operation again this season, and is now open for the purchase of wool. The great demand for woolen goods and yarn will insure high prices for wool and a very active business. We understand that Mr. Furlong is to be again in charge of operations at the mill this season. Tribunal sits again - The local Military Tribunal dealing with claims for exemp- tion held a sitting here on Monday and took the evidence of ten Class B men. The dutioes of the Tribunal are con- siderably modified from what they were at the time of the first session. The local Tribunal does not now grant or withhold exemptions. It simply takes the evidence and this is passed on to a review board which is brought in to deal with the various subjects. As a result of this change, no exemptions were either granted or denied here on Monday. 50 years ago June 2, 1938 Pipe. Band to commence concerts - "Hoot Mon," but it's going to be a big night SENTINEL MEMOIRS in Lucknow this Saturday when the Lucknow Pipe Band makes its first Satur- day night appearance. The band will continue its weekly con- certs throughout the summer, but to mark their initial appearance, Lucknow mer- chants who make this summer entertain- ment possible are joining to make it an outstanding night for shoppers as well. Special values will be offered and this will prove that there is no better shopping place in the district than in the Sepoy Village. Chin family reunited - Worries for the safety of three of their family are now at an end for Mr. and Mrs. Charles Chin of Lucknow. On Friday, their three sons, Jim, Harry and Frank, arrived in Lucknow after a 25 day trip from Hong Kong where they have been living with their grandparents. While the boys were living in com- parative safety in Hong Kong, developments in the Sino-Japanese strug- gle decided their parents to bring them to Canada. They were met by their father on Friday in Toronto. The three boys are unable to speak English. 25 years ago May 29, 1963 Fire threatens turkey barn - The large Turkey barn on the farm of Andrew Gaunt of West Wawanosh nearly fell prey to flames last Wednesday. Early discovery of the fire in the nick of time allowed for the blaze to be extinguished. The men had smelled smoke earlier in the day but were unable to locate the source. Les Ritchie was working in the barn in the afternoon and upon entering the feed room at the west end of the building, was met with dense smoke. A call to the Lucknow Fire Department proved that wiring had started the blaze in the feed room. Kinloss Scouts take trophy - The two troops of Kinloss acquitted themselves with honours last week when two Patrols from Kinloss earned Grade A rankings at the Saugeen District Camporee. Kinloss South, as represented by the Wolverine Patrol, came in first tied with Chesley. 'A flip of the coin brought the trophy home to Kinloss. The Wolverines are led by Douglas Eadie. His patrol met stiff competition as there were thirteen centres represented at the three-day event. Breakin at Ford garage - Gordon Mon- tgomery has had more than his share of breakins, robberies and vandalism this year. Theives struck again on Monday night in what appears to be two unrelated incidents. The garage was broken into and a ham- mer taken to the cash register and the Coke machine. They were unable to get in- to the cash register, or at least, ceased their attempts. 10 years ago May 31, 1978 First events at new centre - The new Lucknow and District Conununity Centre opened last Friday, May 26 when the first event was held in the building. A 25th wed- ding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Bob McIntosh was the first event in the new facility with about 400 persons attending. The official grand opening of the centre is scheduled for late in June. Ashfield is now wet - The Township of Ashfield went "wet" in the liquor vote held Monday, May 29. Residents voted on three questions and 60 per cent of the electorate had to vote in favour of change for the township to go from dry to wet. A total of 62.5 per cent were in favour of the sale of spirits, beer and wine under a dinning lounge licence within the township.