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Looking at Lankin's style
Of all the changes that Premier Bob Rae made in his new
NDP cabinet, by far the most exciting is his choice of Frances
Lankin as Minister of Economic Development and Trade. It.
will be worth watching this very capable MPP as shegets her
teeth into this highly important portfolio which now
encompasses industry, trade and technology and
telecommunications., •
As Minister of Health, .Frances Lankin walked where others
feared to go. She made a huge difference in the administration
of health care dollars and while some of her decisions may not
have been popular, they were necessary and generally useful
first steps toward the overall goal of preseryin$ an affordable
and dependable health care system for generations to come:
Rae has given Lankin clear marching orders for this session.
He has commissioned her to create jobs - jobs for men and
,women who have been disappointed and disillusioned over
long months of fruitless searching; jobs for expectant graduates
who are flooding onto the employment market every year; jobs
for people who want to improve themselves, accept , more
responsibility and increase their income. He has appointed her
-to establish a climate for risk-taking and to stimulate' Ontario's
.businesses and industries to invest, to build, to reach, to hire.
If Lankin's record in the health ministry is any indication of
what Ontarians can expect from her at her new post, look for
things to begin .to happen. Expect radical ideas, gutsy moves
and surprising results. That's Lankin's style - and it's just what
this province needs. - SJ.K
What's a community newspaper?
This is a community newspaper.
It may be more important than you realize. Of all
the press media, it is closest to you and to your
community. It keeps you in touch with neighbour; it
tells you what is going on, and what may soon be
going on, in your community. It is your forum for
ideas when you want to use it that way. It gives good
advice on nearby places to shop, or services to use,
for your convenience and for your support of the
community.
You know all this. But did you ever think of the
community newspaper as a building block in the
foundation of Canada?
Successive generations of Canadians have believed
this, and s� have their federal governments. In a
diverse country with so much geography, the sense of
community is as important as the links that hold us
together. There are nearly 900 English-language
community newspapers across Canada playing that
role every week of the year.
The role is so important that successive federal
governments for more than a century have honoured
an historical tradition of supporting and strengthening
that link. The modest support has taken the form of
postal subsidies so that people can buy their commun
ity newspapers at a reasonable price, whether the
live next door to the press or far away.
Nevertheless, that small subsidy is important, ' for
running a small, independent newspaper is rarely a
very profitable enterprise. More often it is marginal,
but many publishers still work outrageous hours to
run them out of habit, publicresponsibility or maybe
love. But they can't eat love.
Many Canadian. publishers are in trouble, and
seeking or getting government aid as a collective
support to Canadian culture. A difference between
big -city publishers and independent community papers
is that if, unfortunately, a publishing house closes its
doors, at least it is not the only one in town. The
community newspaper usually is. -
A disaster looms over much of the community press
in Canada. The level of historic federal support to
community newspaper publishing has been withdrawn
from the new, profit -driven Canada Post. On March
1, postal rates for community newspapers will at least
double. And guess who will pay?
Making the crisis even worse, community papers
are singled out. Huge subsidies continue 'for corpor-
ations running national magazines and. trade publica-
tions. To mail your community newspaper across
town may cost five times as much as to mail a
heavier national magazine from Toronto to Victoria.
And that's, not where it stops. Community papers
have been getting some revenue by including adver-
tising flyers for their readers. Now Canada Post is in
that business in a big way, while setting the rates for
their journalistic competitors. Unfair?
Community newspaper associations have done their
best to persuade government of the injustice of the
new situation, and of the real threat to many com-
munity papers. The rates will still go up on March 1.
Now that Canada Post is the competitor of the press
instead of a link in its support, it may well be time to
find new directions for the support which has always
been needed to keep a community press alive and
well. No one is asking for more help. But there must
be a better way of channelling it.
We think Canada needs it community newspapers.
Please think about. it.
Martin's Hotel, later known as -Clark's Hotel, where the arena now stands. (courtesy of Rev. Bill
Henderson)
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70 years ago 14y
March 1, 1923 ^•
ucknow shouldn't miss this
Silverwood's Ltd. of Lon-
don want to , establish a
branch of their big cream and pro-
duce business in this district and
regard Lucknow as the best point at
which to locate.
Many have remarked upon' the
large quantities of ,cream being
shipped, summer and winter, from
Lucknow to creameries as far away.
as Toronto and London, to say
nothing . of a number of smaller
places nearer by, and a natural
question has been: Why cannot this
cream be converted into butter here,
and all, this handling and shipping
be avoided?
That is what Silverwood's pro-
pose. to do - to convert the cream
into butter and ice cream right here.
To those who have given thought to
the matter this looks like about the
very best large industry that
Lucknow may hope to get. It would
be a good thing for every farmer
within 30 miles of Lucknow. It is
not too much to 'say That a big
cream and produce business estab-
lished and well conducted at
Lucknow would add materially to
the value of every acre of farm land
for miles around.
' 50 years ago
February 25, 1943
aken to hospital the hard
way - Ex -reeve Thomas
Webster of West Wawanosh
is a patient in Goderich Hospital
with a severe infection in his leg
that developed a few days after he
had slipped on some ice and fallen
on a rusty nail which penetrated
near his knee.
With the Dungannon road blocked
for motor traffic, Mr. Webster was
taken by horse and cutter on seven-
mile trip to the Bluewater Highway
at Kingsbridge, where he was met
by W.T. Pellow and Capt. Angus
MacDonald ' who took him the
remainder of the journey by car.
With the leg swollen, painful and
stiff Mr Webster had to be carried
to the car, and weighing more than
200 pounds, this wasn't an easy
job, and. neither was it easy getting
him in and out of the 'car with a
minimum of distress.
But Tom isgetting along fine
now and hopes to he back at work
very soon.
Spring weather ends - Spring
like weather that has prevailed for
the past few days came to an end
on Wednesday morning with a drop
in temperature below freezing. The
snow really caught it and main
highways are down to the gravel,
although back roads are still piled
with snow. The river through the
village • was running at flood time
levels.
25 years ago
- February 21, 1968
urling, winners - The win-
ning rink at the Lucknow
Curling Club's annual mixed
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bonspiel included Mrs. Harold
Austin, lead; Dr. Jack McKim, skip;
Mrs. Jim Boyle, vice and Larry
Salkeld, second. ,
Discuss kindergarten - It wasn't
a full house by any means, but a
good number of ratepayers from the
townships of Ashfield and West
Wawanosh gathered at Brookside
Public School to discuss the possi-
bility of the formation of a kinder-
garten.class for the pupils of Huron
County School Area No. 2.
The meeting was called by the
school board after having received
a petition from qualified ratepayers
requesting a meeting for the board
and interested ratepayers .to discuss
the matter.
Cold weather and heating prob
lems don't go together as was
found out last week at Lucknow
District High School where furnace
problems cancelled school on
Thursday.
Lucknow United Church was
forced to move their Sunday service
to thehigh school when problems
arose with the heating at the church.
Sunday school classes were held at
the town hall as well. The plight
was found Sunday morning but
quick co-operation by school board,
town officials and Wingham radio
had the Sunday school and church
service operating with very few make this an annual event.
difficulties.
10 years ago •
February 23, 1983 press for a new emergency and
Hospital. presses for new emerg-
ency wing -. The Wingham, and
District Hospital is continuing to
ions plan show. Lucknow
Lions Club will be sponsor-
ing a Home and Garden
Show at the Lucknow DistrictCom-
munity Centre in April. A new
project under the chairmanship of
Bob Struthers, the club hopes to
outpatient services wing at the
south end of the hospital. 1,
Following a closed session meet-
ing, board members, voted unani-
mously to proceed with plans for
the building program, while await-
ing a verdict from the Health Min-
istry 'on its support for the project.
Clyde Reid making second last trip with bread cart around
Lucknow, August 29, 1941. (courtesy of Rev. Bill Henderson)
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