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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1989-02-15, Page 40 'Page 4 —.Luelmow'Sentine , Wettrai' P °d' u ! Ir9°Ph tcri4st x.69 id89 .111•1111101f • P.O. Box 400, Lucknow On i .yo ,1' 7Hr 528-2822 Established 187;7 Thomas Thompson - Advertising Manager Subscription rams in advance: Pat Livingston - Genera Manager - Editor 1790 Outside Canada S6lto 49© Outside Canada 0.89© 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 tor signature, will not be charged for, but the balance of the advertisment will be paid at the applicable rates. Ieart disease;bad stats _ - outweight gooa .. February is Heart and Stroke (Month. The first of this°month was the kickoff of the 31st annual fund raising? campaigrrfor'the Heart=and:Stroke "foundation of Ontario°"The.hattle of this;-disease°has come a long Way 'but it still -has a long way to go. facts and figures released by the foundation on 'heart :disease and stroke -points -this out. * -Heart °disease and .stroke: are the leading causes afdeath in .Canada. * Twice as=many.paople die#romiheart9isease and.stroke than :cancer. * :approximately 2;000;000 :1Canadians.suffer from some form :of -heart orr:bload vessel::disease. *Dspite-the pro r ss -made through research, nearly lime in°two ana- Aians ,die °from,,heart :disease , and -stroke. 'That means ev.iy :Canadian -hasz5DI.50 chanco..ior risk. * Every year 40,000 Vxmadians suffer strokes, which cause :damage to the :brain and results in :disability or .:death * Smoking is considered Labe a factor in some30,000.deaths:eachyear, and more of -those deaths area result :of heart and ',blond vessel diseases than -any -other 'souse. * "The.onnual _cost :of -heart diseaseand.stroke in Manacle' is approaching $4,000;000;000. * The Heart -and :Stroke foundation is able to fund .only half its necessary r-esearchannually. Despali, ° .: egloomy facts, progress -has .been made. * Since 1955,deathsfrom (On 37 rake 'have sled ined by;34 .per ;cent,.savingaapproximater °OO Tv t a We:i each year. * .Stroke -related deaths are c ; em-935ng. Since 1980, moths -frmn stroke haverdropped <:by approx enWiYsty fiveper cent a year, largely a result of enactive,hightibiood<pressure°$reatmera programs. * 'Over i 6 Tntiilion :Canadians could re . nice their risk of -heart disease <through:better-awareness sof -and ca cslc laser Mood,pressure. * tNo ,:other form of nmfrdicv reset..a rDriedl sac many lives as car- diovascu►lahLand stroke research , the:, se©iority of ;whish, in Ontario, is funded,by the lieartandStroke 'f. 'foundation. in conclusion, "The factis,had :statistics :stillnutweightthegood.'°ff- forts ly volunteers rand each andhevery -citizen can -help change this. (Clinton _News) 'hon v 9nicc. , chi oes caller's mood In last week's column I complained about phone calls, which I received at home and how provoking I find them. This weeks beef session continues on phone calls or at least the tone of voice of the caller. A person's telephone voice in my opinion echoes the mood of the caller. I'm sure my voice last week, when answering those bothersome calls, got my point across without verbally expressing how I felt about being interrupted. This past week I received a call at the of- fice from an unidentified man (notice I didn't call hirrn a gentleman) . After answering in my usual way, a gravelly voice, in a demanding tone, wanted to speak to "whoever's in charge of your computers." No,"hello, this is so and so calling. May I speak to the person in charge of your computers?" As 1 reply, "I'm sorry, the person in charge of our computers is baste t in our Goderich office," the caller slams the receiver down. What ever happened to politeness? This guy really should take a Bell Telephone course on how to speak on the phone along with a crash course from Miss Manners ! I was boiling when I hung up the phone and the names I called thisman were none too lady like ! He was lucky I didn't know who he was or his phone number because I wouldnot have hesitated -to call back,.give him a piece of my mind and speak to his superior - if he had one. Sure, we can.all have bad days and more often than nought, that fact will be transmitted across the wires to the party you are speaking to. I know there have been days, during my AMBL1NtiS by Pat Livingston employment here, when someone who knows me well will remark immediately after hearing my voice, "having a bad day?" It takes a concentrated effort to keep your voice friendly. What provoked me the most, with this caller, was he was more than likely going to make a sales pitch. Suppose I had been the person in charge of the computers in our office. This guy had cut his own throat the moment he opened his mouth! If he had been the last computer company on earth, I would not have been interested in purchasing any of his products! Presuming he was a salesman for a com- pany, his bad telephone manners reflected on his employer. Perhaps he had a fight with his wife or girlfriend. Perhaps he was under pressure to make a sale. Perhaps he was simply in a "bad mood", or perhaps he is just an idiot! Whatever his problem was, in addition to provoking me, he had hurt himself. Abusiness acquaintance, I speak to regularly on the phone, is reminded by me quite often that his voice has certain in- tonations. A brisk "hello" indicates his mind is still on whatever he was doing when the phone rang. An abrupt "John Smith speaking", indicates an unwelcome -i nteriruptio n I mow to jokingly remind him about his manner in answering the phone, and he has made an effort to change. His efforts have been rewarded because I have noticed an im- provement, although he will occasionally revert to his former abrupt manner. Voice reflects your personality and Turin to nage 6 10 yearsage 'Febniary.13,1919 Local;aad General -Even-February fails to put up any really cold or stormy weather. The.annual Old Time Skate Will be held in Lorne .Rink :tonight It is.thenight when the belles and and beaux of twenty years ago will meet and think of "what aright have been." Lucknow's Brass -Band has been reorganized and i& now meeting regularly for _practice.Members are •enthusiastic and pr-pectsaregood for the town,having a: really good -Band in the near future. The management of ;the Canadian Chautauqua caruieunce :that a circuit in- cluding Lueknow hits -been arranged for and that threetlay festival mill be given here on Mareh.19 20,21. Anexcellent series of programs is announced. yearsago February 16, 939 .Notice -The,Hortictilturel Society invite ll,those inteerested4in=8orticulture in, the Vlllageand vicinity become members. :Nurierystock,, incl g fruit:trees, rose Jambes, shrubs, bulbs, _perennials : are -available at:first cost. Canvassers will call on you -in the near future. -llarvest Lemon 'Crop - Solomon's Greenhouse has -harvested its annual lemon "crop". The -crop Ibis year con- stitutes one ;manunoth lemon, : reasuring upwards, to.12 incixes in eireuciiferenee. It's the size of a mall; grapefruit.'There are somethreeor four;more.lemons of smaller size on this hothouse "tree", whish grows in a pot, and is less -than three feet in height. Dug Out 15 Skunks - Mat °Thompson of , iFhitechure ,:who does considerable trap - ,Ping ,and hunting, "struck it aisle" the, Other (day, .:after dr..oppiing the :in- habitants-dng.nutaldenontbe Moore farm in :; inloss that fns ',Ann 25 skunks. That's the biggest :batch of polecats he everbad%Mat$aid, and:which will net -him a neatsurnas theakinsare.worth upwards to a dollar, Ave understand. New most ,Office -Opened Meslday - On Monday, lucknow's new=Post Office was opened tOE serve :the . public. 'The -date was -February 13, „almost -eleven, months -after excavation -commenced on March_d8,1938, as the .first step ,in the =erection of ,the building. Eammeminamenounimum The ehange.to thenew;poet office :was en- tirely void of .any ,pomp or ceremony. On Saturday notices _were.posted,atthe old ;of- fice, informing the ;public to ;post mail, commencing Sunday at :the new office. Saturday -evening the transfer :w.as made and on Monday morning it, was -a ease of "business .as usual":as Postmaster B.J. Lindsay and Fred Stewart served the p ublic at their new quarters. 25 years ago =Fee wry 19, i$ 4 ?Bob McNay le -Take Over Shiells's Stere at4mberley onMarch 2 -A business tran- saction of considerable interest .and magnitude, ,which has been in the negotia- tionStage for some time, was finalized on Monday. As a result Bib Mackay will take over the Ross Shiells General Store at Axribe rley,effective Monday, March 2. 1 Tp NeArFur,P4otor Wences- There's less than ten days tooto obtain your 1964 licence plates and the new style driver licences, and thosewhodelay much longer may find themselves in the "line- up!, 'The -final clay for obtaining :plates is Fri- day, February 28 and there will be no ex- tension of this deadline. • Locally, the issuing office at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. }LD. Thompson will be openevenings neat week ...as a con- venience to those :who find it difficult to ob- tain their Plates during the daytime hours. The new type driver's licence is obtainable at the local issuing office, in case any con- fusion still exists in this regard. Thereafter they will .be renewable on the driver's bir- thday for )three-year periods. 10 year's-ag© February 1491979 Hydro off ,elghtii+uurs - Hydro power was off in the village for close to eight hours Saturday, when .a breakdown occurred in' the Lucknow substation. A lightning arrestor failed at the transformer •station late in the .afternoon, around 3 a4$ pma SO.Irday. a a