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How To...
Contact the Lucknow Sentinel
The Lucknow Sentinel is located at
619 Campbell.Street,
Lucknow, Ontario
NOG 2H0 .
• Phone 5.1 9 - 528-2822
528-28.23 •
' • Fax. • - 528-3529
. Office Staff includes:
.•General Manager/Editor
. - Pat Livingston
•Adver[ising Manager/Torn T.hornpson
Classifieds and Subscriptions
Phyllis Ma•ttheurs-Heli
Pyblisber - TJ, Flynn
All mail should be addressed to
The Lucknow Sentinel', ,
Box 400,
Lucknow. Ont...
NOG 2H0
.Ottice hours are Monday,' to Friday,
8:30 a.m. to 4.3.0. p.m.
For your convenience a. mail slot is '
located beside the front„door for atter
• hours delivery.
The Lucknow' Sentinel is published
weekly on Wednesdays -
Member of GCNA. and OCNA
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How To..
Submit a Letter to the Editor •
To express an opinion or a
viewpoint, .write to "Letter to
the. Editor.” Include your
name address and,• telephone,
nurnber. All letters
will, be .verified
and must follow
the Sentinel's•
.;k . policy.
How To..
Submit News Information
Lucknow to the Sentinel
Newa-is iriformation or a report •
that is submitted after•an event.
Mail or deliver a typedor hand
printed news release or fa'ct-
sheet to ['at Livingston, editor,
gas soon after the event as
possible, Include the who, what;
who, when and where of the
event • and , the name and
telephone number 'of, a contact
is.CYrl to Clarify • %ow.
giant, .points. - Iii
Deadline k• 2`. p.m.
Monday prior to
publicationa date. .
How To...
Handle Birth Announcements
This type of 'information is
normally, submitted to us by
the hospital if the child is born
i•rl . Wingham and District
Hospital. If you Nave ,an out-
of-town birth that would be of
local interest. you may fall Pat
Livingston. • with the
inf'ormatiot or submit it in
w,riting'', which is preferred.
Please be sure names. are
printed clearly and a phone
number and •name •included' as
a contact. There is no charge
for birth's .as long as they do
• not include a.card of, thanks.
How TO..
Submit an Obituary .
Obituaries that appear in ,the
Sentinel generally .. are
• forwarded to the newspaper
by the local funeral director
(MacKenzie and McCreath).
Obituary forms are available at
the Sentinel as a •guideline to
the,information needed. There
is no charge for an obituary
which includes complete
family information ,and is
treated as a news
article. Death
notices on the
classified' pageare
charged for.
How To...
Submit Marriage
Information
Forms to be filled out for
weddings may be picked up at
the front desk of the Sentinel .
office.. -'If. you, have. questions
please Contact Pat Livingston.
How To...
Submit Engagement
1 Notices
Engagement notices can either
be placed ' on the clas,sif'ied
pages as a word advertisement
or in a "happy npte" display
type' advertisements. The•te is a
charge for. both formats. •
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Contact Phyllis or
Norm . at the
S.enti,nel for
prices.
How To...
Obtain Back 'Issues
A limited number .of back
issues are kept on •file at 'the
Sentinel for one year and may
be purchased during.h-egular
office .hours'. However, some
back issues sell out quickly and
We cannon guarantee that any •
'given issue 'will be .available.
The Sentinel is on: microfiche
at the .Huron
County Library,
Godetich.
How To...
Obtain Newsprint Roll Ends
Newsprint rolls are available at
the Sentinel. We also carry a
supply' of desk size, newsprint
pads, and various other sizes
of newsprint note pads, that
can be used to entertain' the
children, for packing,
wrapping,: shelf liners or: table
covers.. Rolls niay •
vary. in •Size.and.
therefore nary in .
cost. . '
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How To...
Obtain Copies of
Photos
The negatives of photos taken
bysSentinel staff are available
at a nominal 'charge, for the
interested person to obtain
reprints from. A portion of the'
deposit is reimbursed when
"the negcitK e- is returned to .the
office. • • . ,
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Get a
Subscription to the Sentinel
'Phone Phyllis at the. Sentinel
or drop into the offiee during
regular hours. ;Subscript/lions
pare. payable in advance.
Address changes may• be
. mailed, dropped off or phoned
into the office. •
Place an Advertisement
Phone 52,8 2822 or •528-2823.
and ask for Tom Thompson to
place • a display ad which .is an ad
with a border around it and
appears .. throughout , the
.newspaper. including the classified
ages,. tri Tom's absence. Phyllis
Matthews • Fielrn may be able to
assist you. You may also bring
yuur,.ad copy to the office. Colour
is avail.'able at an additional
• charge. Deadline for probf ads is
12 noon Wednesday prior to
publication. Classified word•ads
are placed through Phyllis.
•Deadline is 2 p m- Monday for
inclusion in that week's paper.
They are payable •
in-- advance' and -
frequenci,. rates and
r'E'g'ular rates are
outlined 'on the A,'
classified paws.
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