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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1993-02-10, Page 4Page 4'ucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, February 10, 1993 Published Weekly by Signal -Star Publishing, Ltd. at 619 Campbell Sf reel Lucknow, Ont. P.O. Box 400, Lucknow, Ontario NOG 2H0 528-2822. Fax -(519) 528 3529 PCNA 0Established 187, l�l ertuu Thomas Thompson — Advertising Managdr° -Pat Livingston — General Manager —Editor Subscription rates advance: Local Regular S� 8?° plus 1.26 G.S.T .- 61926 Local Senior s1 '5500 plus 1,05 G.S.T . 51 soy Out -Of -Area (40 miles) - Rates available upon request Foreign + U.S.A. 5960•0 Publications mail registration no. 0847 held at Lucknow, Ont. Changes of address, orders for subscriptions, and undeliverable copies (return postage guaranteed) are to be sent to Lucknow Sentinel at the above address, Advertising is accepted on the condition that in the event of a typographical error, the' portion of the advertising. space occupied by the erronr:ous 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. ismisomummial The Bob Rae shuffle Ontario Premier Bob Rae will have a difficult time convincing taxpayers that his new, sleek administration will do much to reduce government and cut expenses. On one hand, he eliminated eight ministries - and with them, eight ministers and of course, eight ministers' salaries.' But on the other hand, he added seven ministers -without- . portfolio - and increased°"the number of ministers on the provincial payroll from 25 in the previous configuration to 27 in this one. But wait. Since ministers -without -portfolio do not qualify for the extra $15,807 per annum earned by regular ministers, there's a potential saving of something like $126,500. Sounds positive. However, when you add salaries and expenses for two extra ministers, ,the actual saving is much less impressive - something like $30,000 over the year to quote one source. Hardly a windfall, especially given our ballooning deficit. True, eight deputy -ministers were eliminated in the shuffle. And the government insists that more civil service jobs are to be phased out - something like .2,500 according, to figures announced earlier by Bob Rae. Would anyone blaine Ontario's voters if they were a bit skeptical concerning this promise? In the midst of the current economic conditions province - wide, can you imagine Bob Rae turfing out another 2,500 persons to join the current horde of job seekers? Is it not more likely the premier would choose some imaginative finagling to keep the lid on voter criticism and disillusionment .that could reflect badly at the polls in the next election? Past experiences with governments of every stripe show that, schemestouted as more efficient and economical, often end up costing more in the long run. It's hard to believe Rae will achieve what so many others have not. Still, we, are willing to reserve ,judgement for just a while longer. If Rae's government proves t� be smarter, cheaper and faster - if government staff is truly trimmed and not just re- positioned, renamed or realigned - we will be among the first to shout, "Well done, thou good and faithful servant". - SJK AMBLINGS;6 by Pat Livingston Two conversations to be savoured T had a interesting visit from Martin Brink last week, who dropped into the office to say hello and bring us up-to-date on things in his life. You will remember in Septem- ber I did a story on Corporal Brink, a combat field engineer, who was visiting his parents Hank and Linda, of Dungannon, prior to shipping out to Yugoslavia. Martin is part of the United Nations peace keeping mission. He was on UN leave for 14 days and spent the time in this area with his family. It took 1011 hours ,actual flying time to get to Toronto. He said his arrival in Yugoslavia was like stepping back 30 years in time. He has,experienced a variety of weather from really hot at first, to a two-month rainy season, to snow. in December. Martin said he and his troop are working hard together and face a lot of challenges. He asked me to express his thanks to those who had wrote him letters and sent gifts at Christ- mas. Martin said the Canadians got together as an army family and enjoyed a few parties during the Christmas season. He said a lot of fun was had at the traditional Mess Dinner when the Commanding Officer and the youngest 'Sapper' change coats and roles, and the Sgt. Major and the oldest corporal do the same. Martin said most of the coats don't fit when exchanged and it is rather humorous to see the role playing. As well the senior officers serve the men during this dinner. Martin had some pictures he shared with me. As I looked at them I realized we truly have no idea what goes on these countries. The destruction was evident, but so was the beauty of the place. Martin isn't quite sure when this tour will end. It could bethe end of March - maybe a little longer -. "it's subject to change" he says. A curious mind While watching the Juvenile hockey game last weekend, I was joined between the second and third period by a friendly little guy. He crawled up beside me on the bench in the wann room, glanced at, me and figured it was safe to stay. He was content to stare through the window watching the ice machine go round and round. It wasn't too long and we were engrossed in conversation - he doing the asking and me attempt- ing to answerhim in language a four-year-old would understand. As we conversed it all came rush- ing back - that time when our youngsters hit the stage where every time you tell or explain something they follow it with "why?". It's been a long time since I was involved in such a conversation but I relish the little bitof time we shared Saturday night. Anyway, my new friend is named Derek. His grandma asked me if I knew who he was named after and I wasn't quick enough to associate his last name as well as his fust with his hockey namesake -. Derek Sanderson. He politely informed me his favourite team was Boston and no matter how many times I said mine was Toronto, he wouldn't change his mind. Gracious, he even wears little winter gloves with the Bos- ton emblem on them. My new friend is a great fan of his dad's as well, and paid him a rather effusive compliment _about his hockey prowess. I don't want to embarrass his dad by putting it in print.. You can see, last week for me was rather interesting - two con- versations with two new friends . on two completely different sub- jects - both to be savoured. • Can you pick out the businesses that occupy this building today. This picture was taken around 1872. (courtesy Rev. BIlI Henderson) 70 years ago February 8, 1923 • Hockey - A senior league game, Lucknow vs Kincardine, scheduled to be played at Kincardine Friday of last week turned out a sort of fiasco, and resulted in Lucknow being ruled out of league for the season. According to information, before the game was many minutes old Allin scored for Lucknow. After that things seemed to go wrong, for within the next three minutes no less than six Lucknow" men '.were "on the fence" for various periods. To the Lucknow boys this looked like pretty. fast playing, on the part of the referee, and the team walked off the ice. This amounted to defaulting, the game went to Kincardine and Lucknow is out of the league for the season. They . would like, however, to meet the team from the Lakeside town in home -and -home games to determine which really is the better team. As to the merits of the contro- versy 'which has developed, we, of course, are not in a position to pass ° judgment but it does seem unlikely that a visiting team after' having scored so early in the game should deserve so many penalties. How- ever, we arc looking forward to a true and lively account of the whole matter from the sporting editor of the Review. 50 years ago February 11, 1943 Mmisters have their troubles - Not the least of those who are having their difficulties with road conditions this winter, are the ministers in this district who are serving rural charges, or whose Sunday duties require them to use the highways. They have been making valiant efforts to occupy their pulpits, but more than once have been frustrated by the elements, including last Sunday, when cancelled services were numerous. No lumberjack - The following poem from "A Lucknow Boy" is anonymous, but comes, we assume, from one of the lads in the bush in Northern Ontario: They're a stubborn bunch of fel- lows, These lads from the home town; This country's hit them pretty hard But it hasn't got them down. When old Jack Frost came out in force Orney froze his nose, And then one day to our surprise, SENTINEL MEMOIRS Gunner got his fingers froze. But let this country do its worst We're all in one piece still, And you can bet we'll all be back In good old APR -IL. "No Lumberjack" Service pay increases - The Department of National Defence has made the following announce- ment with reference to recent increases in dependent's allowances and assigned pay for Army person- nel. The cost of living bqnus will be included in allowance cheques for January. Effective from January 1, 1943, it amounts to $1.40 for a wife without children and $2.60 for./ wife with children for . whom dependents allowances are in force. Also included will be allowances for the third and fourth child, amounting to $1 and $2 respective- ly. The increased allowance for the fifth and sixth children will not be included in'the January cheque, but will be paid by supplementary cheque if the dependent has com- pleted and returned the required forms to the Dependents' Allow- ance Board at Ottawa. 25 years ago February 7, 1968 oot bridge swept away -F Mild weather accompanied by all day rain Thursday and part of Friday last week, caused serious flooding and loss of life in some parts of Ontario. Here in Lucknow and surrounding district, many business places .and resi- dences experienced the worst flood- ing in years. Sometime during Thursday night, the Lucknow "footbridge", spanning the Nine Mile River on Hamilton Street just east of the Lucknow-Holyrood road, was washed out by swollen waters an ice conditions. The bridge is as old as Lucknow itself and has on several occasions been repaired, usually after Halloween. ,It served a very useful purpose for residents in the north- west part of the village and for many ears gave 'them access to schools, churches and friends with -4 out walking out of their way to the Gough Street bridge or dowel main street, A few. years ago, a new bridge was built on Wheeler Street, one block north of main street, and people were not so dependent on the foot bridge after that. However, it was still used by many residents.. The village works department barricaded each end of the bridge Friday norning and then later, the structure was completely swept away. 10 years ago February 9, 1983 Fill it up - Lucknow residents canfill up their gas tank at local service stations confi- dent they are getting the cheapest gas prices around. While Lucknow gasoline prices here have dropped to 29.9 cents a litre and remained there for the past week, vehicle' owners in surrounding towns and cities are not as lucky. Prices in other areas have dropped to 35 cents a litre and some places to 32 cents but only the rare service sta- tion is offering gas at 29.9 cents. Trivia What was the name of the 1973 TV movie that co-starred twice - wed, twice -divorced entertainers Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Bur- ton? "Divorce His/Divorce Hers,"