Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1993-03-03, Page 4„,e. ,r, i, .' i _ ., +„'N ..,,,, .{ n. - L. Page 4 — Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, March 3, 1993 o frj- . .:c13S .:i>:.............s;a {::?; .'.:r: `..t<� % 3>:; 3: .,,..:•;3::, 's�l:l kx.:? •,.:`k,-..'.2._....,.,�..,�;v�. Published weekly.by Signal -Star Publishing Ltd at 6.19 Campbell Street Lucknow Ont. I P.O. Box 400, Lucknow, Ontario NOG 2H0 528-2822: Fax (519 528-3529 Established 1873 * C A baw le ��� cp J Crww cueav Thomas Thompson — Advertising Manager Pat Livingston — General Manager/Editor Phyllis Matthews — Front Office Subscriptionorates advance: Local Regular $.1800 plus 1.26 G.S.T .- 51 926 Local Senior $1 rJ00 plus 1.05 G.S.T .- 51 605. Out -Of -Area (40 miles)- Ratds available upon request Foreign + U.S.A. $9600 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 erroneous item together with a reasonable allowance for signature, will not be•charged for, but the balance of the advertisement wilt be paid at the applicable rates. And here's .Super Dave! Looks like Dave Cooke, the new "super” minister of the "supper ministry of education AND colleges AND universities AND skills development will need to be 'Super” Dave. In fact, it might help if he were "Super"man. A recent survey of Canadians reveals that many believe the education system is deteriorating in this country and Ontario. residents are the most dissatisfied. The Angus Reid -Southam News poll found fully 50 percent of Ontarians think children are getting a worse education now than 25 years ago..What's more, 77 percent of Ontarians support standardized testing of students across the country. Forty-six percent say that the school system fails to train young people for our .modern economy. Thirty-one percent say the school system is worse than school systems in other industrialized countries. Cooke, a former school trustee for the Windsor Board` .of Education, has his work cut out for him; While taxpayers have. their concerns about education, so do school boards and teachers. School trustees and administrations arelooking for relief from financial strains imposed by mandatory education programs. What's more, they would like to see a more fair method of distributing' the education dollars in the province. Teachers want an orderly, planned, common-sense approach to education from the first day of school to graduation and beyond. They also would like to feel they are consulted about educational matters at all levels - and that their viewpoints are trusted, appreciated and at least considered. The new education minister has already referred to some kind of public inquiry with a view to reforming the educational system from top to bottom. He's called for a "partnership" with. parents and teachers to make sure government understands what people expect and that the people grasp the problems, government faces in delivering those expectations. The current school system that is ,evolving as parental in nature - called on to be social conscience and moral guide as well as acedemic instructor and job trainer - is taking its toll on society. As costs mount, so does the confusion, the mediocrity, the wasted potential. Cooke • needs to find some correct answers Ontarians will accept before too many more classes graduate to the workforce, or this province is going to be in deep trouble in the global marketplace. That's' a 'suer" order for his new "super" ministry. It will demand a `super" effort to achieve it. - SK RAMBLINGS by Pat Livingston All is not as it appears in research I have just read a watered down version of results from another research project. This one truly hit home. We all know that the researchers require "guinea pigs" to observe, or test, to come up with conclusive results. I had a prime candidate for this project. He's the older of the two males I live with and I'm sure he would have been in the percen- tage of volunteers who didn't run true to form. A Brock University psychology professor and a graduate student, after one year of research, have deduced that caffeine makes your ears react faster. Would you not agree that if a person is a coffee addict, we could presume that per- son would have excellent hearing? Makes sense to me. his? I drink coffee, but I drink the But then there is always a certain decafe variety. percentage who do not fit in with While research may suggest that sensible deduction. My spouse is imbibers of caffeine perceive one in this case. Being a coffee sounds sooner, if the grey matter addict his ears should perk right up shuts down and suggests "do not with' any little sound. I'd like to respond" it doesn't matter how know why then, when he is in front much coffee my spouse drinks - of the bube tube; is it necessary for he'll still be "hard of hearing." me to repeat myself when talking to - The results of the professor's him? Why is it he never hears the research are not all favourable. The cat bawling during the. night? Why same caffeine that induces your is . it he never hears those weird hearing actually delays your hand little sounds in the house that I reaction time: So, even though you hear? Why did he never hear Nur:.- hear a bee buzz sooner, you'll swat ber One Son sneaking into the later. house late when he had a curfew? A -word of caution to non -caffeine Why is it only me that can hear drinkers - don't decide immediately sounds in the car engine that don't to become a caffeine person. It is 'seem right'? , reported that the "changes involve Why is my hearing sharper than Less tirne than the blink of an eye." McQuail says NDP strategy will create jobs It is important to recognize that it will take years to undo and reverse the legacy of the corporate agenda which Mr. Mulroney followed. Canadians want , and deserve an alternative plan. Recently NDP Leader Audrey McLaughlin released a "Strategy for a Full - Employment Economy". The docu- ment is 60 pages in length and describes new initiatives in 12 major economic ' areas. It is designed to create jobs by moving to a "smarter" and a fairer econ- omy. The plan would develop 500,000 more jobs than current proposals without increasing taxes for low and 'middle income Canadians. It includes proposals, for. national infrastructure, child care and invest- ment programs as well as support for Canada's farming, communities. It proposes phasing out the GST and bringing in wealth taxes (which exist in most. developed countries). It would scrap -the Free Trade Agreement and the N+th, American Free Trade Agreement and would work through GATT and other international forums to ensure trade meets human needs. Canadians are tired of a corporate vision that views us as a source of cheap raw materials. We .need this vision of Canada as a community and. a country where we work together to meet our needs within a sustainable economy. If your readers would like a copy • of the 6 • page summary of the "Strategy for a Full -Employment Economy" they should contact me. . Yours sincerely, Tony McQuail, 528-2492 RR#1, Lucknow, Ont, NOG 2H0 To the editor. ' The recent resignation of Brian Mulroney as Prime Minister may gladden many and sadden some, but it will not solve the serious prob- lems with which his policies have left Canadians. As we look at the devastation of the Canadian Economy during the Mulroney years, 'it is important to remember that the .process of shift- ing the tax burden to the middle class and poor as well as the free trade . negotiations were started under the Liberals. Both have fol- T'O THE EDITOR lowed a transnational corporate agenda, when in power. Mulroney earned theaanimosity,,of the Canadian people by refining to an an form the ability to say one thing and do the other. The Jobs, Jobs, Jobs slogan in support of a free trade deal he knew would devastate Canadian manufacturing is • 'rha ' the saddest exam . le. 1955- Spring cleaning at St. Helen's Hall. Back row, telt to right, Grace Gammie, Ruby McDonald, Jean Aitchison, Janet MacPherson, Ada Woods. Front row, Tillie Gaunt, Irma Forester. Gladys McDonald Is standing in the door way. (Courtesy of Jean Aitchison). 70 years ago March 8, 1923 Better livestock train in town - During the months of March and April a Better Livestock Train will tour Ontario. The train was made possible through the cooperation of the CPR and CNR, Dominion Department of Agriculture, • Ontario Livestock Exchange and The Industrial and Development Council of Canadian Meat Packers. The purpose of the train is to display to the farmers the proper type of purebred and commercial livestock of the following classes: dairy cattle, beef cattle, sheep, swim and poultry. In addition to the stock carried for demonstration purposes, there will be purebred bulls and purebred boars and sows carried for sale to meet the requirements of the farmers in those sections where they may be in need of good purebred stock. This livestock train with demon- stration coaches, lecture cars, etc., will consist of 16 cars. The cars are, arranged corridor fashion so that there will be the greatest conveni- ence and comfort for visitors. The poultry section will carry on. culling demonstrations where required. 50 years ago March 4, 1943 To release pupils for farm work - The Ontario Depart- ment of `Education is again making provision for the release of school boys and girls for farm work, who will be granted Depart- ment certificates on recommenda- tion subject to certain conditions. Such a release is restricted to enlistment and to actual farm work in the fields and in the farm build- ings of those who are producing food from the land. Those so released for employment on the farm must be engaged for a period of at least 13 weeks,although the period need not be coptinuous, as arrangements may be made between the employer and pupil for a short SENTINEL MEMOIRS period of holidays at a suitable time during July and August. Present retiring member of fire company - At the regular meeting of the Lucknow Fire Companya surprise presentation was made to 'Mr. R.H. Thompson, one of the oldest members of the company iii point of continuous service. R.H. has been a member of the Fire Company for almost 40 years. His resignation was recently accepted and J.L. McMillan installed as his successor. Fire Chief Austin Solomon spoke briefly in appreciation of Mr. Thompson's long and faithful ser- vice on the brigade and R.T. Douglas, also a veteran member of the company, presented him with a tri -light lamp and occasional chair, with best wishes. Red Cross showers - the Cana- dian Red Cross Society has issued an appeal for toilet articles . for the women in uniform in Great Britain. These courageous women, including Canadians, have undertaken to do a man's job in manning defence guns, searchlight batteries, and anti-air- craft guns, as well as many other duties which they perform in all kinds of weather. One of their greatest needs is for toilet articles, essential needs to tidiness and cleanliness and uplift- ing to the morale of ,these women. The holding of showers is sug- gested to secure these articles, and locally one has been arranged to be held at the . home of Mrs. Cecil McAlpine. Items suggested are soap, toothbrush, toothpaste or powder, laundry soap or soap flakes, cold cream in small jars and wrapped in a wash cloth, hair nets, Kleenex, combs, tape lines, face powder, lipsticks, hair pins, bobby pTs, safety and plain pins. ' 25 years ago February 28, 1968 Iucknow Bowling Alley sold - The Lucknow Bowling J Alley has been sold to a Nile area couple, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Horton, with possession to be obtained on March 1. Mr. and Mrs: Gilbert Campbell operated the business since Novem- ber of 1966 when they purchased it from Lammert and John Van Der Veen of Lochalsh. The former United Church shed was "made over" by . the Van Der Veens and was opened as a bowling alley In April of 1963. Closes business - Orland Irwin, who has been operating a garage on Ross Street in Lucknow, one block south of the arena corner, will close his business this week. Orland has operated the business for 51 years and will commence work as a mechanic for C and M. Transport. 10 years ago March 2, 1983 0 FA president meets area farmers - The president of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture met with Huron and Perth County Federation representa- tives and ideal bank and trust offi- cials.