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Should all be fair
in a battle zone?
1s all fair in love and war?
Apparently so, as the Americans are expressing regret but claiming
the downing of a. civilian airliner in the Persian Gulf was the "proper
defensive action".
In a statement given by the Whitehouse hours after Flight A300 was
mistaken for a fighter jet and fired upon. President Reagan expressed
his "sympathy and condolences" over the "terrible human tragedy"
andat the same time maintained that the attack was justified as the.
warship USS Vincennes was "engaged in a clash with Iranian gunboats
at the time."
One must wonder what his reaction would have been if it was an
American airliner being salvaged from the sea. if Iran had made the
mistake, would he say they acted with the proper defensive action?
In 1983, when the Soviets mistakenly gunned down a Korean airliner
killing close to 300 people, the American President declared his
"disgust that the entire world feels at the barbarity of the Soviet
government in shooting down an unarmed plane."
When the shoe is on the other foot, it's "proper defensive action".
And what is the Canadian government saying about the affair?
Nothing. Nothing except "We always regret any loss of innocent lives.
Until all the details are public, we have no further comment."
When will mankind learn that it must take responsibility for its ac-
tions during times of war? We can't call this tragedy "regretable", we
must call it "deplorable" and make every effort to assure that innocent
civilians, no matter what their nationality, are not part of the killing.
Our government is remiss in not expressing its disgust that the most
sophisticated warship on earth can't tell the difference between a
huge, slow airbus and a small, sleek fighter jet. We should take a stand
and let the world know we hold the Americans responsible for the
deaths of the 290 passengers onboard the airliner.
What happened in the Persian Gulf on the weekend was certainly
regretable, but certainly not proper. R.B.
We had a few visitors over the weekend.
My brother and his girlfriend were up
from Toronto to watch the sunset (they
don't have sunsets in Toronto) and to eat
all the food in the fridge.
Aside from that, the only other thing
they wanted to do was come to Lucknow.
Now little brother has only been to
Lucknow twice in his life. The first time
was last year during th Fall Fair. This
weekend, Qf course, was during the
Lucknow Reunion celebrations.
He didn't know that this long weekend
was going to be anything special in the of
Sepoy Town...and I didn't spill the beans.
We rolled down County Road 1 early Fri-
day morning and the village was alive with
activity.
"What's going on here," asked the
younger Bundy.
"Oh, just another long weekend in
Lucknow," I replied.
"Great. Let's get a hot dog."
By the end of the day he had dunked Ian
Montgomery, whistled at Helen McIntyre
and became a die-hard fan of the Lucknow
Noisy Ladies.
He spent a good deal of the afternoon
wandering through the Lucknow United
Church, slowly meandered down Campbell
Street looking at the window displays and
ate at least two Super Scoop ice cream
cones.
By the end of the day he was exhausted
and amazed at the vitality of Lucknow.
"Nothing like this in Toronto!" he said
on the way home. "All we have is the CN
Tower, and a couple museums."
"And no 401 traffic jams to contend
with," I pointed out.
We were back that night for the
fireworks and you know what He didn't
want to leave!
The fact that this hard-biten city dweller
was so taken by the goings-on in Lucknow
N THE SIDE
by Rob Bundy
immiummumamimmisomas
made me realize how important events
such as the Celebrate in '88 reunion are. If
we can impress Torontonians, well, there's
no stopping us now.
Maybe Lucknow should consider having
such a celebration every year. I'm sure
Ian Montgomery and his executive com-
mittee would have second thoughts about
taking on such a task again so soon, but
consider the possibilities.
If the beer gardens in the arena would do
as well every year as they did this
weekend, Lucknow could have a CN Tower
too. Not to mention two or three Sports
Complexes, a covered stadium for minor
ball and probably a shot at the 2010
Olympics.
We were back for the parade Saturday,
and it wasn't just any parade...it was
MAMMOTH!
Step aside Rose Bowl Parade, take a
back seat Grey Cup Parade, the Lucknow
Mammoth Parade is here.
He loved it.
And here's the point: if a fella from
downtown Toronto, who has only been to
Lucknow twice in his life, can phone long
distance to apologize for eating all the food
in my fridge and to find out when the Fall
Fair is being held in Lucknow, we must be
doing something right.
The classified section of this week's Sen-
tinel has a good number of Thank-You's to
the various committees who put the past
weekend together. I'd like to add my own.
And so would my little brother.
You did a great job, Lucknow. Thanks
for a great weekend.
PERSIAN • &OLF
70 years ago
July 4. 1918
Food regulations - Somewhat stringent
regulations respecting food came into ef-
fect on the first of this month, and these
will be even more stringent on and after
the 15th.
Cooks throughout the country will no
doubt be annoyed, and those who are con-
cerned about good eating will be displeas-
ed. We may be sure though that the Food
Board is not imposing this hardship
without good reason. If we are asked to eat
less bread, less beef and Less bacon, it is in
order that the men fighing in the field may
be fed.
Pipe Band organized - The Lucknow
Pipe Band was reorganized at a meeting
held on June 28, 1918, with Goe. H. Smith
being appointed as president.
Engagements will be taken for local
entertaining, garden parties, celebrations,
etc. Citizens are asked to assist the Band
whenever possible.
50 years ago
July 7, 1938
Induction impressive event - Before a
SENTINEL MEMOIRS
large congregation last Thursday evening,
clergymen of the Bruce Presbytery con-
ducted a most impressive ceremony induc-
ting Rev. R. Colin Todd as minister of the
Lucknow United Church succeeding Rev.
S.T. Tucker.
The service was under the direction of
Rev. J.C. Nicholson of Pine River who con-
ducted the actual induction.
Bounty paid for killing dogs - In their
meeting held June 20, the Kinloss
Township Council decided to pay a $5 boun-
ty to any person shooting a dog or dogs
found actually killing or worrying sheep.
The motion was passed after the sheep
claims of three local men amounting to
$98.50 was paid.
Hydro arrears concern Lucknow - Hydro
arrears that have mounted to a new•peak
of $700 gave Council some concern on
Tuesday night when it was concluded that
"cut-off" was the only action Left to be
taken.
As the first step in reducing these ar-
rears, notices will be sent out allowing con-
sumers one week to reduce their arrears.
Failing this, cutting off the current will
take place.
25 years ago
July 4, 1963
New doors for LCPS - At a meeting of the
Lucknow Public School Board held last
week, $20,000 was levied to provide the 1963
requirements. This amount remains un-
changed from 1962.
New desks have been ordered for the
school and new entrance doors are to be in-
stalled before the school re -opens in
September. On request of the Inspector,
Kindergarten classrooms have been mov-
ed to the ground floor.
Haying party hit by lightning - A group of
five men, haying at the farm of Lloyd
Ackert at Holyrood, were jolted by a bolt of
lightning that struck nearby in the field.
Haying on what is know as "Henry's
Farm", two of the group were on the
wagon, two on the ground and one in the
tractor when all received a "jolt" on the
top of the head.
The bolt struck a direct hit on the ground
60 yards away in a bale of hay which then
started burning. None of the men are
worse for the experience.
10 years ago
July 5, 1978
Tommy wins third championship - Tom-
my Gilmore, 10, of Lucknow, defended his
All Canadian Boys Baton Twirling Cham-
pionship title in Winnipeg on the weekend
and brought home the open solo class
trophy as well.
Tommy has been competing for four
years and has won 23 trpohies counting the
two he picked up in Winnipeg.
Bruce Board approves books - Books
banned and under threat of ban in other
Ontario school jurisdictions were approv-
ed with little comment on Tuesday by the
Bruce County Board of Education.
Bruce trustee George Loucks said after
the meeting that he "doesn't know why
other boards are so concerned with the
books."
"What is objectionable to one person
isn't objectionable to another."
"If you start banning every book that so-
meone objects to, you've only got Little
Red Riding Hood left," said Loucks