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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1994-11-23, Page 5M`INTEE Hamilton family honored to accept the Chamber's community service award To the editor: I'd like to take this opportunity to thank Irene Dickie, president of the Lucknow & District Chamber of Commerce, and the members of the Chamber of Commerce for awar- ding my father, Al Hamilton, with the Chamber's 1994 Community Service Award. I had full intention of delivering this message in person at the annual banquet on Nov. 19, but found myself somewhat overwhelmed by the emotion of the moment. My Dad believed, very strongly, in the value of home and family and devoted himself to making life better for both. To understand how and why he accomplished as much as he did, you would first need to know how he defined both home and family. • His 'family' often included someone who needed his help, a warm meal, a place to sleep, a shoulder to lean on or a friendly ear and his 'home'. extended far beyond the walls of any building he ever owned. He saw his community .as his home and the home of his family ,for years to come. He wanted it .to be the best for them... I remember, as a child, being taught that, the words "I don't care" a were the ultimate profanity because they signalled an unwillingness to make things better. He believed and taught us to believe that the only TTEmT0R way anything in our lives , gets better is if we get out there and help to make it better. In Irene's nomination, she wondered if Al's family would feel honored to accept this award on his behalf and to know the community still recognizes his accomplish- ments. Please know that we are 'more than honored. We sincerely thank you for this recognition and we know that such a .gesture made by his peers would have made Dad very proud. >`le spent his life quietly going about his 'community helping to make things better and I strongly suspect he's trying the same thing in his new home. Since that locale should be pretty close to perfection; maybe he's getting a rest. Sincerely, Patricia Lee and family, London; for GI'adys Hamilton, , Lucknow;. Ken Hamilton • and family, Blenheim; Barb Van Diepenbeek and family, Ashfield; Steve Hamilton and family, Edmon- ton, and Joan Chamney and.family, Lucknow. Parent asks others to stress safety to kids To the editor: ' I am a concerned parent asking other parents with children who have ATCs or motor bikes to stress safety to those children. A lot of us have no plates or insurance as our children just use them for fun, out in the open field or on the train tracks. But please, stress to them that the two minutes or soit takes to get off the machine and walk it across the road, could be the short time that saves their life of someone else's. My son had a very close call just a few weeks ago. Tho other person - involved in this accident has been very patient and I 'hope everything will soon be back in order for all of us. If anyone has ideas about how we .can get activities going or a club started for the young people in this community, give me a call. 1 'don't want to sec anyone else get hurt trying to find a place to have some fun:° Sherry Schuit. Radio station recognizes over -looked workers To the editor:' CKNX Radio. would like to recog- nize a group of hard-working people who are often over -looked at municipal election time. . That group is made up of all the local municipal clerks, clerk -ad- ministrators, and their staffs who are involved in all of the mechanics of the municipal election. This covers the many duties from the initial "Calling"; through the coun- ting of the ballots and the clean-up after the fact. The CKNX Radio news department would like to extend its (hanks to all of these individuals for their co-operation. Without their assistance, CKNX AM 920 and FM 102 would have been unable to provide the hourly and half-hourly updates that ran through the evening of Nov. 14, and the 30 - minute summary of results that. aired the following morning at 9 a.m. In total, CKNX Radio news provided • •results from 104 municipalities, including ' eight school boards. The fact that these results are important to the people of midwestern Ontario was em- phasized, when• the CKNX Radio newsroom handled hundreds of callers, on Tuesday and Wednesday, through our municipal election hotline. This response demonstrated that people really do care , about their local elections. Finally, as a point of clarification, we would like to remind the readers of this paper, and the listeners of CKNX Radio, that CKNX Radio and CKNX Television are two entirely . separate companies. The mandate for CKNX Radio continues to be the counties of Huron, Perth, Grey, Bruce and North WeI-. lington...an area CKNX Radio is proud to serve! Ray Baynton, News Director CKNX radio. MPP sets powers of -- attorney f -acts --straight To the editor: Many constituents have called me recently about powers of attorney. They have been alarmed at stories that if they do not assign a power of attorney right away that if something happens to them then the government will take their assets. This is incorrect. The Substitute Decisions Act is a new law that allows you to choose someone in advance to make decisions for you when you are no longer mentally capable. The new law covers two areas of decision- making: decisions about property and finances, and decisions about personal care (things such as housing, health care and nutrition). The law Ivas supported by all three •see Klopp, page 6 I,IIN(L, JUAN PAUL /INN x.'8.4' WAHfit N LINN 5'l s/ nl 554,900. - Vinyl sided 3 bedroom Marne ' oil heat plus woodstove Wheeler St $64,900. - 3 bedroom home, wood floors, 2 bedroom api rear COUNTRY BUNGALOW - finished basement steel shop, 2 acres Brookside 5149.900 555,000 - Country hbme on 1 25 acre lot 3 bedroom, small shed CUSTOM BUILT f bungalow. on private 2 a6res. 2 fireplaces, 3 bedrooms, open concept 5139,900 100 ACRES - West Wawanosh Large brick home, 1 storey barn, 86 workable $135,000 WILLOUGHBY ST. - Spacious, well maintained 2 bedroom home, basement, family room reduced to 584 900 ELGIN ST. - 3 bedroom bungalow, walkout finished basement, deck. garage Reduced to $110,000 KINLOSS 75 acres, 4 bush, 8th concession 552.500 8 ACRES -• edge of Lucknow, 3 bedroom, vinyl sided, barn and pasture 589,900 DUNGANNON - 3 bedroom bungalow with finished basement, insulated workshop. 593,500 $49,900. , 2 bedroom, 3 storey starter home, oil heat. 2 baths, family room , ST. 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