The Lucknow Sentinel, 1989-03-01, Page 1Fifteen young area students competed
at the public speakingcontest, sponsored
by Branch 309 off the Royal Canadian
Legion, last Friday evening.
All of the students made excellent
presentations. The diction and con-
fidence exhibited by the speakers was.
outstanding, giving good reason for the
parents and teachers to be very proud of
their children and pupils.
The junior speakers were Amy Austin,
,Amy Sutherland, Brent Cameron, Adella
Andrew, Becky Martin, Tanya Kikkert
and Brian Lubbers.
Senior speakers included Tammy
Schaus, Diane Ross, Tanya Sutherland,
Heidi Martin, Jennifer Tigert, Michele
Snieder, Karen Lubbers and Lisa
Cairncross.
First place winners Adella Andrew and
Tanya Sutherland proceed to the tone
level being held March 4 in Clinton.
Judges for the evening were Tony Mc -
Quail, Marilyn McIntyre and Karen
Wade.
Oh so pretty! Oh so cold! Friday morning the dregs were
laden with frost and fog hung over the rivers. Temperatures
'The Bruce County Public Library is
forginginto the future. Ithas venturedinto
thefield of computers and automation.
Patrcons,of the Lucknow Library be
, awn* of thefactihebranch does not have
‘easy ,access to „a ,catalogue of ,library
material, in the countrsystem.
iBruee County clic library has par-
licipatedina prOjectwhich-has completed
the first :phase: computerising the
catalogue. his Llibrary revillution has
been, Lbought about through 21 Abrades
joining together to form , a monvrofit
organization Mammas theentario Library
onsortium (0.14`C). OU vrganized the
(data 113000 iniOngtnild the ,production of
the first compactible ratalogue.lihis, pro-
ject was rfunded by 4111 lime levels of
/government - 1044=4, Txovineial , and
Wernher libraries<are: The counties if
Bruce,'Elgin,Basex, Frontenanc, Halibur-
ton, Mum, Kent, Lambton, Lennox and
Addington, Middlesex, tlorthwxiberland,
ford, Stormont Dundas and 'Glengarry
and Victoria; the RegionalMunicipalitY of
Waterloo; cities of Chatham, Peter-
borough, Kingston, Sarnia and 8t.
Thomas; towns of CobourgandPort4ope•
By using the coin:inter and cother new
teelmology,aiperaon,will havelinetantae-
ee,ss toil* catalogue °fall theibooksinthe
system. This service ,can be made
availabletwthe Luelmow Branch, initlarst
a computer system mustbepurehased.
Funding
The LuCknastbeen*Iio
raise =Wiling funds for ithis,purehaae.
donation is a ;positive indica:Am violate
involvement in thetlihrorY•
The ,purehaselithe systentis,Winteo-
ordinated ,by the 014V, than* a grant
cultivating
froxn the Ministry :of Vidture and Coin-
munications. It is Iiivedthatthe Luelmow
Library can raise f.,$1400310 (per systen1).
The remaining41500,00Willbeingthedby
the Ministry.
The mat= purchased will 'become the
PrOPertrof thetcommunity, but it must he
Iletlicatedioltsvnalpuvofte -a Public
Acoess -rattdogue me). Included in the
azionochrome Monitor,
MX -PC With Anal and CDROM op-
tical Ilialt,reader (Hitachi).
Fan Meguall, local librarian stresses
-the ward PUBLIC. Tjie 'BOUM s "user
friendly" and will be accessible to the
public, with assistance frown the library
A/000[21134W. Intotlibraiy loans will be
Aleiielgsgierandlaster,accost0g to Mrs.
All4114031.
A catalogue of this Sizewith,Iibra7loca-
'Tura to Awe •3.,
The annual Legion Tyke Tournament,
for hockey players under seven, is this
weekend, March 4.
Eight teams from Lucknow,
Teeswater, Howick, BlYth, Brussels,
Ripley, Huron, Lucknow and Belgrave
will compete during the day.
The games begin at 9 a.m. and proceed
through the day, with consolation and
championship games at 5 and 7 p.m.
Be sure and drop into the arena and
watch one .of these games. You never
know - one day you may be able to say, "1
saw the Great as a tyke in 1989."
New column in
Sentinel this week
This week's Sentinel introduces a new
column on AIDS information. In an effort
to keep Bruce County residents updated
with accurate on AIDS, the Realth
Unit has instituted •a new AIDS Educa-
tion and Resource Program.
The column will be carried monthly
and is written by Colleen Ro'binson, a
public health nurse and co-ordinator of
the program.
Various aspects will be covered during
the upcoming months. Mrs. Robinson's
goal is to help the public learn the facts
about • and howto reduce their risks
in contracting and spreading the 1.1W.
She also hives to help readers develop
compassion and sensitivity to the needs
of people suffering from AIDS and their.
loved ones.
Responds to
chimney fire
Lucknow and District Fire Depart-
ment was called out to a chimney fire at
the homeof Paul Blake on the lith 'conces-
sion of Ashfield Township, on February
3.
The call was received at approximate-
ly 9:30 p.m. and the department was on
the scene for about one hour.
No injuries or damages were
fietnialder
While beating With Weed May he
eeonomical anti •enjoyable, Chief
Hamilton reminds area residents that it
can also be hanger** if ;WS are not
aware of the :problem that ,can be en
vonntered. A biaild up r,Of 4=99090 and
soot van vAmie b�rdau OntiitOns
rosMatilif intre• Ple0001*OrtiOcheck
your.chimneyifyou barn mod.