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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1988-11-02, Page 4Page 4—Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, November 2, 1988 P.O. Box 400, Lucknow, Ontario NOG 2H0 528-2822 Established 1873 PAID BLUE RUQBDN AWARD 1988 Thomas Thompson -Advertising Manager Subscription rates in advance Rob Bundy -Editor Pat Livingston -General Manager 51790 Outside Canada $6090 $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. Crime Prevention Week a time for thought Neighbourhoods in and around Lucknow could be potential targets for br -ins and vandalism if you and your neighbours aren't working together o look after each other. More a d more, people are realizing that they can make the dif- ference i crime prevention. Programs such as Neighbourhood Watch are growing to popularity across the province.' If you don't know your neighbours already, get to know them as this is the first step in preventing neighbourhood crime. Burglary and van- dalism can be . prevented when we keep an eye on each other's property. Crime Prevention Week, October 30 to November 5, is a good time to review home security measures. Note the following . precautions and take a giant step in keeping your neighbourhood safe. If you plan to be away, even for just a few days, inform your neighbours of your plans and give them a number where you can be reached. Consider leaving them a key so they con check your home. Have a neighbour park a car in your driveway and be sure to cancel any regular deliveries which may pile up at your front door. A week's worth of mail and newspapers collected on the front porch is a tell-tale sign that the house is empty and ripe for robbery. Keep your garage and shed doors locked to prevent theft and, more importantly, to stop thieves from obtaining tools which may be used against your or your neighbours. Offer, to watch your neighbours home if they have plans for a vacation. These tips may sound simple, and they are, but such precautions can go a long way in keeping our neighbourhoods safe and free from break- ins. following these suggestions can make your home and your neighbourhood a more secure place to live. Crime prevention is a com- munity responsibilty and a good neighbour watching out for you can make all the difference in the world. Just a minute... Hang on a second... Wait here please... Oh, how often we hear these words. Do you have any idea how much time we spend standing around waiting. I've been away on holidays for the past couple of weeks and it was during this annual sabatical that I came -to the realization that most of us spend more time waiting for something to happen than we do actual- ly making things happen. Over the past fourteen days, I waited more than not. I waited at traffic lights, at the airport, m line-ups, and m the rain. I waited for other people, because of other people, behind other people, and on other people. I waited while sitting, standing, and once while sleeping. I waited on the phone, in the car, and in front of the television. I figure I waited away most of my holidays. I had to wait for the guy to fill up the tank before I even got started' I waited with a crowd and by myself. I waited for just the right moment and I waited to see what would happen next. The worst part of having to wait is hav- ing someone tell you to. "Flight 364 to Calgary has been delayed due to an elec- trical problem. All passengers are asked to wait m Lounge D," "I'm sorry, Mr. Dinglebatt is on another line...please hold." "We don't seem to have that size in stock right now. If you'll wait a moment I'll go ask the manager." Now wait just a minute' A self-imposed wait is one thing (like waiting for the weekend before raking the leaves), but be- ing forced to wait just because someone else tells you to is extremely frustrating. This is indeed a waity problem. For years, I've been waiting for my ship 0 N THE SIDE by Rob Bundy to come in. I've been on waiting lists and in waiting rooms and, quite frankly, I'm waiting for it all to end. I'm tired of waiting, as I'm sure we all are, so I.decided to put some thought into what to do about it. It seems we all have two choices with regards to waiting: we can wait to see what will happen, or, we can make things happen and wait for the results to become apparent. It's not an easy task this making use of wasted waiting -time, but one whose wait is over (not to be confused with over -wait). With a little thought and by making use of the tips I've waited long and hard to develop, we can all decrease our wait time while increasing our productive time. I think the solution I've developed is a good one, though I suppose I'll have to wait for the final verdict. I came to this answer while waiting and henceforth, while still having to wait of course, I can make better use of my wait -time. Yes, I've become a wait watcher and hope to loose some wait very soon. I might even write a book about my discovery, though I suppose most people will wait for the movie. I've even thought of a title - "Everything you ever wanted to know about waiting, and just couldn't wait to ask". So what is it you can do to reduce your waiting time? Well, it's really quite sim- ple. All you have to do is....oh, I see I've run out of room on this page. I guess you'll just have to wait until next week. Have a good wait 70 years ago October 31, 1918 The Price of Newspapers - Newspaper readers here in Canada sometimes think that the yearly subscription prices are high, and sure enough they are a little higher than they used to be. But they are not high as compared with newspaper prices elsewhere. The mail brought us this week a copy of the Cincinnatti, Ohio En- quirer, and at the top of the editorial page we find the following rates of subscription quoted: by mail, one year (including Sun- day) , $14.00; one year daily, except Sun- day, $12.00. The Enquirer runs from ten to twenty pages, or the same as the Toronto daily papers, and is in no way superior to our dailies. As a matter of fact, in spite of the few slight advances of the past two years our newspapers are still very low- priced. Pile up your daily papers for a month and they will look a pretty big dollar's worth as compared with things in general. Your $500 Victory Bond Will Buy: 63 blankets, or 500 overseas caps, or, steel helmets for a company of infantry, or 3 cases of surgical instruments, or, 100 gas masks, or 1,000 lbs. of T.N.T. Stole Cheese at Parmount - The storeroom of the cheese factory at Para - SENTINEL MEMOIRS mount a few miles west of Lucknow was broken into on Monday night and about 500 pounds of cheese stolen. The thief evidently had some knowledge of the lay -out of the place, but he had bad judgment as to the cheese. The six cakes of cheese taken were all of the previous day's make, and too fresh to be readily disposed of. 5.0 years ago November 3, 1938 Hallowe'en Passes with No Undue Pranks - So far as we have learned, Hallowe'en on Monday, brought no wilful damage to village property. Plenty of goblins and witches flitted about and numerous movable articles were to be found almost anywhere, but where they should be. The mounted gun at the Bowling Green was rolled away, and there was the usual amount of "upsetting" which seems to be the favorite "sport" of Hallowe'en pranksters. "Shirt Sleeve" Weather - October which brought near record high temperatures and generally delightful weather, leaves its successor, November, to carry on to date with equally pleasant weather, and fine for getting farm work done, with the possible exception of ploughing, but too nice for business says - The Merchant. The weekend nights brought practically the first hard frosts this fall, but the days were warm with Wednesday actually a "shirt sleeve" temperature. 25 years ago November 6, 1963 Got His Deer at the Crack of Dawn - There does not appear to be many deer in Kinloss Township, nor were there many hunters out for the three-day open season the first of this week. But Earl Harris got one about as quickly as possible. Earl spotted a buck first thing Monday morning. IN fact he waited a few minutes for daybreak to be certain it was a deer, and at three minutes to seven he had made the kill. The Dave Ross hunting party were also reported to get a doe and a fawn in Kinloss on Monday. Joins Husband in Pittsburgh - Mrs. Paul Henderson and daughter Heather, six months, flew to Pittsubrg last weekend to join her husband Paul who is playing pro- fessional hockey this year with the Pitt- sburgh Hornets in the American Hockey League. Paul has secured living ac- comodation for his family in that city. 10 years ago November 1, 1978 Business Association meets tonic: h' - Lucknow Business Association will hula a meeting tonight (Wednesday) at the Lucknow Town Hall. The meeting has been called to make a decision on Christmas store hours and also the November 11 hours. There are other new ideas and business that will come for- ward. In the past the attendance at these meetings has been disappointing. The exeuctive would like to see as may as possible out tonight. Please make a special effort. Car Hits Schmid's Store - Several of the storefronts on Main Street have been get- ting facelifts in recent weeks, but Schmid's Jewellery and China had no intentions of remodelling, until Saturday evening. A car swerved to miss a car, double parked on the side of the street, and hit the front of the store breaking the plate glass window, and the door to the apartments over the store. The storefront was shifted and had to be jacked hack into place. There was no damage to I • , v of the merchandise in the store.