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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1989-10-11, Page 4Page 4Sentinel, Wednesday, October 119 1 P.O. Box 400, Lucknow, Ontario NOG 2H0 Established 1873 528.2822; •Fax (519) 828-3528 Thomas Thompson — Advertising Manager Subscription rates advance: Pat Livingston -- General Manager — Editor SIM Outside Canada $60so $14.0 Outside Canada $55800 Senior Citizen Second class mailing reg. no. 0847 Advertising is accepted on the condition that in the event of a typographical error, the por- tion 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 advertisement will be paid at the applicable, rates. Costs The new no-fault motor vehicle insurance proposed by the Ontario government has ".elicited a ;variety of reactions thus far. The legal profession hates it, the insurance people love it, the opposition par- ties arties denounce it and the :people...well, the people haven't really made up their minds. ;But one thing Is -for certain. Somebody has to :pay for it. It may be too,early to really pass judgement on no-fault in- surance.:After a11. °wm haven't heard the :whole story from anyone even though it's a safe assumption that the matter was :studied up and down, sideways end backwards bythose who put forth the idea. Perhaps the most worrisome aspect is this apparent shift away from :expecting .people to take responsibility for their own action., and the recent .efforts of the ;government to cloud the issue of who pays for what and why. JA good :portion of the ills suffered by soCety is brought . on by .our own reluctance -to :see one's duty and to act accordingly. `Think of what you will. W. don't want -to know the Whole truth about anything, lest we Might understand our part in it and Ise compell- ed to do something about it. in this matter of ,health care, for instance, people don't want to know what it's really .costing them 'because then they might :see the wisdom to raise OHIP frrremitims...or cut back :on some servicres...or change the method of delivery :of some :sreices...or pay a user 'fee...or agree that health care is more important : than the :provision ofbilingual services and swap one for the other. None of these alternatives appeal to all the 'people so ° our govern- ment ;performs a mirracle...it relieves 'individuals of :any direct .pay- ment for health care and :promises to deliver :a bigger and :better health care ;service to everyone in the bargain. Who ;pays? Who cares? And the scene is ,set 'for even more abuse by the :people who are :even furtherremoved from their own respon- sibility for their own health and :well-being. It's not likely we can suddenly awaken our people to .a conscious acceptance .of their own actions and their responsibility for :them, or to rouse them to -make better choices for themselves for the good sof all. But It doesn't h.ip :.when costs are ,hidden and taxes are disguised to lullpeople into a state of deep dependency on a very expensive, very in0ffiCient system called government.. Gsoderich Signal=.Star. The Rambler goes truck in Did you ever think you would like to try your hand at another occupation, something far fetched, well at least far fetched for yourself? Yes. I have. Over the years I have often wondered what it would have been like to have been a lawyer. This came about thanks to my first job as a secretary in a legal firm. A number of my friends have heard me say, that if I could do it all over again, I would have paid more attention to the courses I took in high school. Hind sight is great! Oh, I know there are a good number of adults who go back to school and train for a different career. That takes a lot of dedication, mentally and monetarily and I really question if my grey matter would be up to the challenge at this point in my life. I have also questioned the medical and educational fields. Not for long, I have a weak stomach and am short of patience. I've tried farming, but the less said about that the better. Last weekend the opportunity presented itself for me to be a passenger in an 18 wheel rig. (Truckers out there, please forgive ,me if I use incorrect terminology - it was a .crash !) My trip was, what I believe is called, a short haul, that is I didn't get out of Ontario; 'heck I didn't, even get out of this area code! It may have been short, but it was long enough to reinforce in my mind that be- ing a trucker is an arduous job. After being boosted into the seat - those ANBUNGS by Pat Livingston steps are a killer - I was given a quick explanation of the numerous, and I MEAN numerous knobs adorning the dash of the tractor (?) . There was even a radio, which I made sure I did not touch during the evening for fear I hit the wrong button and ejected from this monsterous beast of a vehicle! I sat in awe as the driver actually seemed to know and understand what knobs to turn or pull at different times during the trip. I could vaguely remember when we got our last car having a difficult time figur- ing igur .ing out where the windshield washers were located. It was explained to me that the whin- ing noise I heard was the turbine motor and that pshhhh sound was the air brakes doing whatever they were suppos- ed to he doing. The driver attempted to clarify the air brake system, but to be honest, the clarification didn't stop in the grey matter; as the saying goes, it went in one ear and out the other. It was a wee bit too technical for me. There was no way I could compare it to the four wheeled vehicle I maneuvre around daily. The gear sticks had i pore than four positions, so I was batting zero on this as well. I do enjoy driving a standard, but four gears is all I can handle, although, I have driven a car with five gears, but I recall having a little trouble hitting fourth. We were hauling a 45 foot trailer Turn to page 5 • COMING! COMING! 1 CARNEGIE HALL MINDER THE AUSPICES .OF THE FIRE DEPARTMENT SatUrda), October 25 ONE NIGHT•'oNLV ALBERT VIERRA'S Hawaiian Singers and Piayers FROM THE PARADISE -OF THE PACIFIC; PRESENTING WITH SPECIAL SCENERY AND .ELECTRICAL EFFECTS Note.-- IIaw aiian Singers and players may come and go, but have never seen the real ones until yoke% have seen the Albert Vierra Hawaiians. This is positively a guaranteed attraction or your money will be cheerfully refunded. PRICES: Reserve Seats, 80c. General Admission 55c. War Tax Inculded Seats now on sole at Arnatrog's Drug Store. 'THIS IS NOT A MOVING PICTURE, BUT A REAL SHOW. GO WHERE THE CROWD GOES. GET YOUR SEATS EARLY AND AVOID THE RUSH. ear when? a October 1919 70 years ago October 16, 1919 The Coming Darkness - Lucknow nar- rowly -escaped ':being without electric lights a year ago, and it looks, now. as though the conditionbarely gaped ,then is about to comeupon us now. Mr. Stewart ,stated to us the :other day that it was his intention to stop running the lighting plant on the last day of this month. This course, he explains, is the outcome of an understanding between his . lawyer and Mr. yanstone, who is representing the villagein the controver- sy ,w h has developed over the pur- chase of the plant. The case, it appears, was to have been heard at Walkerton on October 21, but Mr. Va>ristonel bas asked for :a postponexnent until the December sitting of the court, which will be held on December 15. So the chance .of being without lights for the winter, in ,a good :part hof it.; seems pretty y gam. aumniaimmainaimina. NEL 115 111.1111111111111111111111111111111 6.0 ,yam sgo October 12, UV Don't Shoot °Them -- Pheasants are not plentiful in this coinmunity, and at no time is it permissible :to ;shoot them. One of a brood of five birds, .hatched early in the surntner dwell within the village limits and are occasionally to be seen. A =few -days ago one of them was shot, and a bird fancier mho was ;provoked :by the occurrence, makes a plea .to niamrods to "lay off" the -pheasants. Nyal Two 'let' One Sole on All Next Week - Commencing next Monday and continuing until Saturday night, is the ever popular Nyal Two for One Sale at FX. P,tit±i ort's Dnig Sire. Here you buy one Nyall article,„iind °rive .archer, +r *quid value in Nye merObandiae for the regular prime of the .00tte article. -There is a wide range of articles to select froM and the public is well advised to read carefully the Nyal Sale Adverltisment ap- pealing in this issue. With an upward trend in prices it will be doubly wise to take care of your requirements during this sale. 25 years ago October 14, 1964 Attend Conference hi New York City - 1VIontgomery Motors Tractor Division Lucknow, attended the largest world-wide tractor dealer conference very held Oc- tober 10 - 12 in New York City. The meeting, called by the Ford Trac- tor Division ,of Ford Motor Company was attended by approximately 16„000 *dealers and key company personnelesenting mor than . entries of they tree world. �C�ordono ntl t ower and Omar Brooks met with ,fellow -dealers from such well- kown coUntnee:as f r gland, :France and many, as well AS .such ocher nations as soiso Viet Nam, ihxdan, Surinam and Sudan. Eleven New Tweenies in 2nd Lucknow .Brownie Pack - The 4th meeting of the 2nd ,Lucknow Brownie Pack was held on October 6. The Brownies have 11 new tweenies. They are -Gail ;Pritchard, Janine Glenn, Joy Emberlin, Barbara Hamilton, Cathy King, Marion Johstone, Donna Wagner, Jane Comm, Nancy Ritchie, Betty Maize and Laurie Chisholm. 10 years ago October 10, 1979 Herb Clark retires from ministry - A retirement party September 28 marked the end of a career spanning 31 years for Herb Clark of Lucknow. Mr. Clark, out- door recreation supervisor at the Wingharn office ,of the Ontario Ministry a Natural Resources, has served citizens in the area from Oxford County north to :Or= 4 uru We years with snit and previously with the 'department of ,sands and fore . Z'rionds, relatives and fellow -workers gathered ,at the tkham lion Hall to celebrate the occasion.