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Social contract debates
may have hidden benefit
Now that taxpayers have had a brief glimpse inside the
world of government expenditures through the recent "social
contract" deliberations, there seems to be a renewed interest in
the way local municipalities spend tax dollars:
In cities, towns, villages and townships across Qntario,
citizens have actually been comparing costs to needs. They
have been carefully weighing the price of programs against
their value to people. Some have even been recommending,
ways and means to save money and improve efficiency at
"town hall". Many have come to the conclusion that if essential
municipal services are to be maintained, the frills and favours
must go.
Vigilance has paid off in many communities. Hundreds of
thousands of dollars have been chopped from budgets
everywhere. Public confidence is emerging oh so slowly.
Let's keep the momentum. Let's build on what's been
positive about the summer of '93.
Someone has suggested a formula for every municipal
°taxpayer to live by.
Take the total number of municipal tax dollars you pay
each year and divide by 1,000. The answer you get is the
number of times you should go to a -meeting of your local
council each year. It's the minimum amountof interest you.
should show in your municipal council - one meeting attended
for every $1,000 in taxes you pay. •
It's not a bad idea to make absolutely certain the tail does
not wag the dog when it comes to property taxes. SJK
A guest column
'Summer job gives student
in-depth look at Sentinel
' by Paul Los week and, cnances are, you're
Hi. I'm Paul. Yes, the tall, rather going to read something about
goon=likn - -chai4i.ter—that's--been-someone YOU --know: Or—you're
going to find out about a coming
event, HERE, in this area. Or
maybe, YOU'LL even be' in the
paper yourself! You know,
something to cut out and stick on
the fridge or put in a photo album!
And I guess what it really all
means .is that a sense of belonging
and togetherrn�ess is gained. It's
much differehrit than picking up a
Toronto Star, or some other big city
paper. All they talk about is, far
away things it seems. Now, I'm not
saying it's good to be "close-
minded", but T do think that it is of
utmost importance .to be in touch
with the community around you, the
people and places you encounter
each day.
A local newspaper is like an ever-
changing book that is being con-
tinuously written. And who are the
characters, heroes, etc? Real people
like yourselves, living real lives.
working at the Sentinel office all
summer..I've been taking your ads,
making your photocopies, etc. I'd
just like to thank You all for being
such pleasant people to deal with.
It's • something you hope for when
working in a new town. .
I'm from Kincardine. I grew up
there, went to school there, got into
mischief there (you know, kid's
stuff) and finally left' there to go to
school.
I'm taking journalism at Western
University this fall. So naturally,
I'm quite fortunate to have been
doing this type of work. Pat and the
others have been great co-workers
and have also done their best to
show 'me how a newspaper works.
They've had me do office work and
now, obviously, a little editorial
work. '
I think what I have learned most
about a small town newspaper is it
effectively binds a community
together. It's a medium of com-
munication, every week, for
everyone in the area: Businesses
advertise through the paper, you
announce things through the paper,
you thank people through the paper.
You can pick up this paper each
Trivia
How much does Plymouth Rock
weigh?
Approximately four tons.
The Sentinel Memoirs
1923 oats 'produced 81 bushels per acre
70 years ago
September .6, 1923
Oats threshed well - A threshing of oats which
is rarely equalled in Ontario was done on the
fare of Albert Cook, two miles west of Luck -
now. The oats from just 10 acres of land were run
through the machine in two hours and 15 minutes,
and the grain amounted to 808 bushels by weight,
making nearly 81 bushels to .the acre. As they came
from the machine the oats tested 46 lbs. to the
measured bushel.
Lucknow School of typewriting and
telegraphy - Those desirous to taking a
thorough course in typewriting and telegraphy
should file their applications with us now for the fall
term.
Might state the school here is under the sanction of
our head Telegraph Office, Toronto, and every
assistance will be given graduates in securing satisfac-
tory positions, when finished. Canadian National
Telegraph Office, Lucknow.
SO years ago
September 2, 1943 0
The editor writes - The Teeswater. News
complains about gum wrappers, cigarette
boxes and even newspapers, littering the street.
What we'd like to know is how Teeswater gets
enough gum to be a factor in littering the streets. At
that we prefer to watch the wrappers fluttering about,
rather than step in a wad of the messy stuff. But
seriously, the thoughtless discarding of all manner of
waste often makes Lucknow's main drag a sight for
sore eyes too. Strategically located waste paper
receptacles would help to keep the streets clean - if
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the public would cooperate.
Nursing sisters return - Nursing Sisters Mar -
garet Mitchell and itita'DaltQn arrived at their
homes in Colborne Township and Kingsbridge,
respectively, on Saturday after a 5 week's journey
from South Africa, where they spent over a year in
the nursing service of the British Government, caring
for wounded and sick members of the armed forces
brought from the Middle East. %
,
25 years ago
September 5, 1968
purchase Wylds school bus fleet - Gordon
Montgomery of Lucknow has purchased the
school bus fleet of Lloyd Wylds of Ripley and
will operate it along with his former fleet of school
buses.
This brings the number„,pf buses operating from
Montgomery's' toa20, :. •
Buses to Kinloss and Lucknow public schools are
being driven by Mrs. Archie Nicholson, Mrs. George
Whitby, Eddie Thompson, Cliff Robb, Mrs. Cliff
Robb, Bryce Elliott.
Those to Wingham high school are driven by
Harold Austin, Irwin Campbell, Donald Murray,
William Nelson, Fred Riley and John McGee.
Driving to Ripley schools are Ambrose Gamble,
Meff Johnson, Ivan Pollock and Dave Henderson.
Buses to North Ashfield are driven by Bert Mac-
Tavish and Doug Lackie, and to Brookside is Doug
Drennan with a bus still to be arranged.
APPLE PICKING TIME AT KEN CAMERON'S ORCHARD - Left to right, back row; Jim Hackett, Tom
Twamley, Pete Watson, BIN Andrew, BIH Helm, Lorne Woods, Ernest: Gaunt, Sam Gibson. Second
row, Bob Lyons, Watson Webster, Palmer Irwin, Ken Cameron, Mel Greer, Wilfred Hackett, George
Swan. Front row, ? Gibson, Art Gayner, Lorne Webb, Garfield McDonald, Harry Hackett, Jack
Dumin. (courtesy Vera Purvis)
Painting from the mythiceye of the forest
by Marsha Boulton . native people themselves she found the time that she' did not even know
_K TV ANEOOL; B.0—.;-I9^c8;--a- indred-spirit. They_ namedJrer_..:.that_C ads had a National Gallery!
What Canadian artist once,p`oted:
"The woods and sky out West are
big. You can't squeeze them
down."?
Emily Carr was born in 1871, the
same year that British Columbia
entered" confederation: "Contrary
from the start,” was the way Carr
described ` herself in her
autobiography. She had no use for
the tidy conventions of the society
of Victoria, B.C.
She was orphaned at 16, and two
years later her guardian granted her.
permissionto study at the Califor-
nia School of Design in San Fran-
cisco.
On her return, she established a
studio in a cow barn and began
giving drawing lessons to children,
and saving her money for future
studies in Paris and London.
In fact, Carr found the subjects of
her greatest art before she left for
Europe, when a friend took her to
an isolated Vancouver Island mis-
sion called Ucluelet in, 1898. The
tangled, untamed and even
menacing forest environment both
attracted and repelled her, while the
intense artistry of the ancient totem
poles moved her deeply, and in the
Klee Wyck -- the Laughing One,
In Europe, Carr observed the
"new art" of the -Post Impressionists
she discovered "brilliant; luscious,
clean paintings." Her work hung in
the Salon d' Automne of 1911 in
Paris, and there was clear recog-
nition of her talent. When she
returned, to Vancouver and ex-
hibited her paintings, by her own
account the result was "insult and
scorn."
So she turned her back on Van-
couver, packed up her paint' box
and easel and made a harrowing
journey up 'the coast to the Queen
Charlotte Islands and remote native
villages on the Skeena and Naas
Rivers; where she painted the
vathshing villages and totem poles.
Unaple to live from her art, she
became disillusioned and built a
small apnttment house ,in Victoria,
spending ' 15 years IS' 0, landlady,
and augmenting her income by
breeding dogs, hooking rugs and
making pottery.
In 1927, she was invited to
include her work in an exhibition of
West Coast art at the National Art
Gallery in Ottawa. Carr admitted at
It was a turning point. Her work
was enthusiastically received, and
she was inspired by . the artists of
the . Group of Seven, • whose
aspirations matched her own.
"Something has.spoken to the very
soul of me," she wrote in her jour-
nal, finding in their canvases "a
naked soul, pure and unashamed."
A burst of energy followed in
1928, Carr abandoned her tenants
and headed back to the Queen
Charlotte Islands to Kitwancool, a
remote village noted for its impres-
sive totem poles. She captured the
totems with bold reverence, in her
own brooding and solemn 'vision.
In later years, Carr turned her
brush to the large rhythms df the
Coastal rain forest;,, .beaches and
skies. Living ,in a 'dArai'an with 'a
menagerie of pets, she painted the
grand primeval brooding of the
forest, translating the spiritual es-
sence of the light in scenes of
constant visual movement. "At last,
I knew that I must see through the
,e3fe of the totem -- the mythic eye
of the forest," she wrote.
Before she died in 1945, Emily
Carr was in the first rank of
Canadian painters.
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