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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1994-03-02, Page 5y `Younger woman' of St. Helen's vents annoyance with street light story Dear editor: I am writing thin letter • in response to the article in the Feb. 16, Sentinel about the "street Tight" at the St. Helen's corner. Ms Keller failed to do what any jour- nalist fresh oat of college is trained to do - to check the facts before printing an article The "street light" is really just a dusk to dawn light similar to the lights used by many farmers. The St. Helen's WI has not "paid the electric light bills for more than 20 years". The last storekeepers of the store were my parents. They pur- chased the store in April of 1974, and .they did not "object to paying the light bill". They couldn't afford to pay for it. The "donation box" system was in effect before my parents took over the business, and "the bits of money" which were collected were never enough topay for the light bill during the time my parents had the store. As the business started to dwindle; the: light bill became a burden .to bear and rather than have TO THE EDITOR the light taken out, my parents discussed the situation with mem- bers`of the St. Helen's community. The WI offered to take over payment of the bill as a solution. Shortly thereafter, my parents were forced to close the store. Ms. Keller's misrepresentation of the facts has caused my parents and myself understandable grief. As a "young woman" of St. Helen's, I also took exception to Ms. Keller's remarks in the Ramblings column. Her lack of insight into the issue is disturbing. The light on the corner can hardly be considered a beacon. It's simply a light on' the. corner, just as the other West. Wawanosh communities of Dungannon and Auburn have lights in their communities. I also fail to understand why Ms. Keller feels. "the busy younger women" of St. Helen's should become the light keepers, and I find '0 Canada': a great legacy •from page 4 floats, along with participants from neighboring American states. In the 'evening, an assembly of 3,000 vocalists- and musicians per- formed a programme of , ap- propriately stirring works, leading to Lavallee'smighty climax with a composition that has been equated to a simultaneous rendition of "God Save the Queen," "Vive Les • Canadienne" and "Coming Through the Rye." To an awed public silence, con- ductor Joseph Vezina ledthree bands in a rousing rendition of Lavallee's "Chant." The song won the hearts of French Canadians and the approval of the"guests of honor -- governor General Lord Lome and .his wife Princess Louise, Queen Victoria's daughter. With a fresh,. triumph in hand, ,Lavallee then found himself several hundred dollars out of pocket, since the civic committee that had retained him reported with. regret that it did not have the funds to pay him•and the musicians. Such luck seemed to permeate the. composer's career. For example, an opera he had written in Boston was cancelled when the, owner of the opera house was murdered! Lavallee's musical 'accomplish- ments have survived him in com- positions such as "Le Papillon" and his comic opera "The Widow.". However, in the hearts of Canadians the greatest legacy of the maestro can be 'felt in that small - choke of pride that swells whenever "0 Canada" is played throughout our home and native land and around the world. her suggestion annoying and misogynist (sexist). I thank the WI for their sense oI duty in paying 'for the light for these last years; but truly do not feel that the women of the com- munity (young or old.) need to shoulder yet another responsibility. The light is for the benefit of the, entire surrounding community, not just the women in it, just as the lights of Auburn and Dungannon are paid for by all the residents of those communities: If there is any great significance to this situation, it is that the women of the WI willingly took over a responsibility that really belongs to the • whole community and are to be commended and thanked for having done so. Next time you find yourself "co- nfined to your home" Pat, I hope you are able to find a replacement with at least the same journalistic ability as yourself. JoAnne Todd, A "Busy Younger Woman" of St. Helen's Rby Pat Livingston AMBLINGS •from page 4 really want to divulge to their . partners. Some ofittose people, not having enough nerve to do so on a one-to-one basis, appeared on national TV to reveal their secrets to their partners. The most astonishing, for me at least, was a woman who revealed to her boyfriend that she really wasn't of the female sex. The poor guy didn't know what to say when he realized he was falling in love with • another man. Daytime TV is very interesting, and that's putting it mildly, but I found that while laid up with a pain in my back it was very difficult to find anything, other than the Olym- pics, that would pull a person's mind up out of the doldrums. Says alcohol use is high in Huron •from page 3 pointed out that alcohol use is very high in the Huron area. Fetal alcohol syndrome• is a seri ous condition. with no cure, the crowd was told. . "The only difference between a crack baby and one with fetal alco- hol syndrome is'that one (mother) smoked.a pipe." Children are being bombarded with negative images from •televi- sion, according to LeClerc-. 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