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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1989-11-01, Page 5Page 4 --Luck:sow Sexillael, Wednesday, Novealber 2,1989 P.O. Box 400, Lucknow, Ontario NOG 2H0 528.2822; Fax (519) 52843529 Established 18/3 Thomas Thompson — Advertising Manager Subscription rates advance: Pat Livingston — General Manager 81700 Outside Canada 66000 — Editor 614" Outside Canada $558" 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. You can heli find a cine for CF Cystic Fibrosis (CF) is the most common life-threatening heredi- tary disease of children. It takes the lives of more young people than any other inherited disease. In Canada, an estimated one in every 20 persons carries a gene for CF. Because the gene is common, marriages between carriers often occur, about one in every 400. Those living with CF must undergo rigorous therapy programs every day just to stay alive. Research results show that within the last decade the average daily intake of pills that CF patients must take has decreased from 100 to 20. Thanks to new drugs and improved treatment, the median age of survival of CF patients has increased .from under the age of .4 to the 20's. Thirty percent of Canadians registered at Cf clinics in 1987 were over the ego of 18 - ,a greater :proportion of CF adults than almost anywhere else in the world. While some advances have, :been made, research still continues. Supported by the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, scientist are seeking to understand the fundamental defect responsible for .CF and to find an effective control for the disorder. The nature and progress of lung disease in CF, the gastrointestinal and nutritional aspects of the disease, and the search for a test to identify carries of the CF gene also constitute important areas of scientific in- vestigation. Canada is a leader in Cf research but such research requires a great deal of money. Where does the money come from? One place is from ' individuals like you and me Who :donate to fund- raising efforts of :the Kinsmen and Kinettes.:Since 1964 these two groups have 'donated $13 million to .the foundation for its medical and scientific research programs. This Saturday (November 4) the -Kinsmen, 'thanks to the generous support of Chisholm fuels, Lucknow .Service 'Centre, Montgomery Motors, Bud Hamilton fuel* and C.E. MacTavish -Ltd., :Will man their gas pumps and they ask you toPump Your Money into CF for every litre of gas you purchase 3 cents is donated by the parti- cipating dealers. • Of each dollar donated to -the 'Canadian Cystic fibrosis founda- tion, 75 tents is .spent on research and clinic grants. Tom Andrew, :theirmnan of *:his project, reports that researchers believe they will ,have a cure for CF in less than two years! Wouldn"t'it be great to hear "Cystic Fibrosis can be Beaten". Pull into one :of the ;participating dealers this Saturday and toll that Kinsmen manning the pump, "fill it up for CF" 70 years ago November 6, 1919 Mail Carriers Form Union - Mail car. riers on the rural routes throughout On- tario are forming a "trades union" in order to present more effectively their claims for better conditions. A meeting for county organization was held at Walkerton on Monday of this week, and a union was formed. Messrs. Will Douglas and Milton Naylor were the representatives from Lucknow centre. The reason given for the formation of a union among the rural mail carriers is to "better their conditions." Ripe Raspberries - The unusually fine bright weather of October, which has caused the fall wheat to grown almost too long and rank, has caused a number of shrubs to flower a second time, and a number have reported the discovery of ripe raspberries. One party left a nice bunch at our office the end of the week. 50 years ago November 2, 1939 Ottawa Acts in Rabies Outbreak - Department inspectors from both Ot- tawa and Toronto are in the area, and have visited Lucknow this week, in- vestigating the rabies outbreak. So serious is the outbreak viewed that Ottawa has acted to quarantine a wide area, including Townships in Huron, Bruce and Perth counties. The Government regulations applying in these areas are much the same as those adopted by the local authorities. The regulations apply in Huron Coun- ty to the townships of Turnberry, Howick, Morris, Grey, East and West Wawanosh, Ashfield, Colborne, Hullett, McKillop and Goderich; and in Bruce County, the townships of Huron, Kincar- dine, Kinloss, Culross, Carrick, Brant, Greenock and Bruce. The deaths of cattle and hogs, as well as dogs affected, is reported from south of Goderich to the Mildmay district. All domestic animals including birds, are susceptible lo rabies. 25 years ago November 4, 1964 Promoted tothe Rank of Major -ILD. Bud Thompson of Lucknow received notification last week of his promotion to the rank of Major in the 21sat Field Artillery Regiment Militia. Major Thompson qualified for this rank by writing a series of examina- tions in Kitchener and by attending a .Field Officers qualification course at Royal Military College, Kingston, last year. I See By the Sentinel: THAT the In- dustrial Hockey League held a meeting Monday night of this week. The election of officers were as follows; presi- dent, Gerald Murray; vice-president, George Collinson; and secretary - treasurer, George Hackett. The league in- tends to have four teams this year with the first scheduled game November 17. TUAT an unusual pair of carrots were ,harvested:at the farm of Donald Farrish in Ashfield. One carrot was normal but the other had four octopus like arms, two of which were encircled around the normal carrot. They look like a pair of lovers ENI'INEL MEMOIRS with one a little more aggressive than the other. 10 years ago October 31, 1979 Fire leaves seven homeless - A fire on the main Street of Lucknow Friday night sent two people to hospital and left seven people homeless Hank den Boer is in good condition in Wingham and District Hospital, suffering from first and second degree burns to his hands, feet, arms, legs and chest. Ruby Webb was treated in Wingham Hospital for second degree burns to her right arm. She was released from hospital Saturday. The fire started in the living room of the apartment owned by Hank and Alice den Boer above their bake shop, Lucknow Home Bakery on the south side of the main street. It spread into the hallway, adjoin- ing the Grown building, above Bill's Place variety store, east of the bakery. Lucknow District firemen answered the call about 11:30 p.m. and brought it under control in about an hour. Seven people fled the burning building. Weather Memoirs November 1, 1956 - The temperature reached a balmy 23.3 degrees at Halifax (a city record for November) . Two women students from Dalhousie cooled off by swimming 400 m across the Northwest Arm in 10 degree water. November 2, 1988 - A windstorm with gusts to 10,0 km/h hit the Quebec City re- gion, breaking tree limbs and damaging roofs. Meanwhile, a 75•cm snowfall in the Laurentians, north of Trois Rivieres stranded 35 hunters, some of whom had to be evacuated by helicopter. November 3, 1988 - Fort Nelson, B.C. received 38 cm of snow in total during the first seven days of the month, more than it normally receives for all of November. Travel on the Alaska Highway was very difficult. An innovative sales tool! Make someone's day Last week's superb weather conditions proved to me (and a good number of others I spoke with) that we are creatures whose moods change with and like the weather. Personally, I detest winter. I.Iiave no love for winter .,sports - snowmoiiling, .skiing etc. With fall fading fast and the snow that fell recently, any mood changed dike' tl weather. becoming dour. Every day oc- currences heaped themselves on top of each other, until 1 felt like 1 was at the bottom of the ;heap. Once at the ,botton sof the heap, it becomes very 'difficult to pull yourself book :up, grip t atdpositive attitude wetry to maintain anmr" with your We. I'llcall it far der by Pat. Livingston With thebalmy, conditions last week, I could feel ..Myself starting the climb back ups Problems seemed ,less weighty and along with everyone else 1 was in a good'mod And good frame of .mine. I .Was.—given an extra boost by a per- ' o sat me ,xlcoym and let me k8, e was onegrue'd with the vibes OtlanatiAg Eton alp br we •ire on a :downer, loom th n LikaOy the people around oat, be it at hotne or at work, ick up on those feelings. With a .good of my self.co fidepiee reinstated, 1 ,d to work. We should all keep in mind that a hug or an "1 love you" to family, and words or an act of appreciation to fellow employees will go a long way in contri- buting to another human being having a better day and feeling good about themselves. Leading the hectic lives we do, most of us tend to forget these ;little things. I received a little note from former editor Al Rivett, along with his renewal for the Sentinel. Al has been employed at the Ajax - /Pickering News Advertiser since leav- ing Lucknow. M soon as you finish reading this, try' have suggested and ,take notice Li, bo,,,, , on that person's face. Mind yt if you re at work the , hug or AFI Jove , of could very well,be twider'ed. out of place - simply say . "thanks" or offer a sincere compliment! ,Yon will be a better person for it and you will definitely have given that other person A boost. Al and I have talked on the phone oc- casionally since his departure and he has dropped into the office on a flying visit home. During one of our recent conversations, I jokingly asked if he Was Contemplatingmarriage yet. He „replied in thenegative. Guess what? love bug bit him and plans are in the Making for a wedding nest year. Congratulations ,to Al and Rebecca, who is ; also a reporter at the News Adverti- ser.