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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1988-11-30, Page 4Page 4 —mow Seita, Wednesday, November 311, 1588 P.O. Box 400, Lucknow, Ontario NOG 2H0 528-2822 Established 1873 Thomas Thompsorn-Advertising Manager Subscription rates aro advance: Rob Bundy -Editor 61 790 Olirtsinle Canada S6000 Pal Livingston -General Manager S'1 49° Outside Canada 558°0 Semler Citizen Second class mailing reg_ no_ 0847 Advertising is accepted on the condition that in the event of a I poggafahivcat 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 advertiisment will be paid at the applicable rates. ' Let's not forget the big picture Headlines in Canada's leading publications are screaming about the effects of the free trade agreement. Last week, a couple large com- panies laid off workers and are planning to move their operations south of the border. In cods case. the management maintained that the moves would have come about even without free trade. Are these moves a result of the agreement? Are more moves of this nature to follow? Or is the whole thing being blown out of proportion by a media bent on government bashing? It appears free trade will soon become a reality. We've been told there will be losers in the agreement but that the winners will. overall. far outway the losers. We had a chance to defeat the agreement by electing a new government but we didn't. so let's at least let the deal work itself out. Free trade won't happen overnight. It will take literally years to im- plement fully and longer than that to have the bugs worked out. Voters decided to go for it. so let's not start judging it so harshly so early. Besides. there is more than one issue to concern ourselves with. Despite the fact that things like the deficit and environmental issues were hardly mentioned during the federal campaign. they still re- main...and won't go away while we discuss the pros and cons of free trade. The present government shouldn't hove to spend time defending free trade now. Instead. we should be concerned with the carnicopis of other important issues facing our young nation. The fact that Canada owes more money per capita than the United States should be of great concern - certainly greater than we've been led to believe in the wake of last week's election. Sure it was a one issue election, but surprise, the others haven't disappeared. Well, ani great Cagan sporting event has came and gone. The annual Grey Cup game, for the first time ever, pitted two western Canadian teams against each other in the fall classic_ Aerially, one was an eadern team from the west wife the other was a western tears from about as west as you can get The manly west team, which would rather be called west than east„ got named east When a real eastern team, Montreal, folded two years ago. So tip we hared. d. Two we western teams lone east in name airs= ly 1 battled it out for sapr+emacy in Cana- dian football Cam isn't it Can you imagine how hard it's going to be to collect the winnings in the Legion football pool Football is an interesting sport I've en- joyed the game ever since my dad took me outside as a toddler and did what ever dad does with his son - teach him to tackle_ And as soon as I was off the autches, I wanted to be a football player. My dream came true m I o 11,04. I L I when I was an all-star end and guard for the school team. I sat on the end of the bench and guarded the water bottle.._never ac- tually played on the field though, but then I also didn't get brut Football is an ancient game. Cave pain- tings discovered in central Africa show teams of men kicking around the skull of a vanquished may. That of course is the game of soccer - they got the skull by play_ ing football_ This might explain why, in Europe, soc- cer is called football and there is nothing called soccer. In England and Australia, football is called rugby and if .you want to talk about a brutal game, that's it^. Rugby players do all the good football stuff - they tackle and hit and kick - but they do it all without equipment Australian rugby players consider North American football players a bunch of wimps what with their helmets, £aceguards and p H THE SIDE NW by Rob Bundy While Canadian football players may be wimps, at lead they're not stupid"_ The mere padding the 'better, especially since it gets pretty cold around Grey Cup time. The Grey Cup game is uniquely Cana- dian. The game is played at a time of year when snow and freezing temperatures make wzdking difficult let alone running with an inflated pig skin clutched under your armThe Grey in the name, of course, mors to the colour of the in of the spectators and has nothing to do with the Cup, which is salver. The greatest drawback to watching foot- ball at this bine of year is the fart that the cheerleaders must wear heavy down -filled parkas_ No mini -skirted beauties bouncing around the sidelines lere.__they"d freeze to death before the end of the National An- them let alone making it through the gr We Canadians are humble folks. Our football teams don't play a .`World Series"" or try to capture the -Sum Bowl"......they just play for a little Grey Cup_ We don't profess to being , "World Orampiors" or anything hie that___heck, we can't even agree on whether the teams are from the east or the west of our own country let alone where they fit into the rest of the world_ And so the western team from the eastern division beat the western division team in a game played in the east Despite all the drawbacks to Canadian football„ you have to admit the Grey Cup game is a great excuse not to be outside raking leaves_ Because . of this fad, I'll never miss this CFL fall classic_ Have a good lhup, pup, hop) week." 70 years ago November 28,1918 Spotton's meeting - Lucknow and vicini- ty had the chance last' Saturday to hear something of the political storm brewing in North Huron when George Spotton, the in- dependent conservative candidate, gave a speech on "The K; r Band in Tory Land". Mr Spotton accompanied by Mr. Groves of Wmgham who also address- ed the audience. The crowd at the Lucknow Town Hall was smaller than might be expected, any a few over 200 being there. Many of these were from Lucknow and Kinloss where the contest has only an indirect interest_ Flu increases death rate - According to a report recently issued by the Ontario government dealing with health matters, the influenza has a good deal more than doubled the death rate hi this province recently. According to reports from undertakers, the number of deaths throughout the pro- vince due to influenza last month reached 3.015. Deaths from all other causes numbered only 2,900. The report added SENTINEL MEMOIRS that the government does not consider this number 'complete and that the actual number of deaths due to flu are con- siderably higher. 50 years ago - December 1, 1938 Full slate in Ashfield - With opposition for every seat, Ashfield ratepayers will go to the polls Monday to select a reeve, depu- ty reeveand three councillors from a slate of nine candidates who are running for five offices. An election was a certainty on Friday. at a lively nomination meeting, when mat- ters concerning redeption of the Lake Share Railway' Bonds and the printing of council minutes were under fire. For reeve, Samuel Sherwood will challenge Alex MacDonald while current deputy reeve Gilbert Fragile will be op- possed by Arthur Culbert. Lucknow to play ORA - Lucknow In- termediate Hockey Team is this year entered in the Ontario Hockey League. The entry was placed with the league secretary last Wednesday. This year the W.O.H.A., in which Lucknow played last year, was almost deserted. Wmgham has also entered the O.H.A. this season as well as many other district towns with teams. Consideration is ging made at this time to hire a coach for the season. 23 years ago November 27, 1983 All round acclamation - Ludknow's reeve, councillors and public school trustees were elected by acclamati at Monday night's nomination meeting. Reeve George Joynt, the only nomin for this office, was returned for his eighth term.. Members of his council remain un- chaged as well and are M.L. Sanderson, Omar Brooks, Harvey Webster and Bud Hamilton. Ice making is start - The excavation and new fill operations at the Lucknow Arena were completed last week and on Thurs- day and Friday evening a group of volunteer workers was organized by the Lions to lay the plastic pipes. A representative of Canada Ice Com- pany is to be here this week to check and start the ice making machinery. A new era in Lucknow hockey playing is about to begin. 10 years ago November 29, 1978 Being a page is Inn - Jeff Fillmore serv- ed as a page in the Ontario Legislature at Queen"s Park during the fall session and he found the opportunity -fun and challenging" Jeff says he doesn't thing the experience has changed him much. He's learned that he could manage on his own in the city away from home, but he's much the same as when he left. Jeff says he doesn't know if hell persue a career in politics because of the ex- perience but he would be interested in ser- ving as a page in the Federal Parliament in Ottawa.