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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1986-07-09, Page 49 Page 4 Lucknow d thiel, Wecinv day, July. 9, 1986 P.O. Box 400, Lucknow NOG 2H0 528-2522 ‘bif Established 1873 Thomas Thompson Aran Rivett Pat Livingston Joan Heim Merle Elliott -Advertising Manager -Editor -General Manager -Compositor -Typesetter BLUE MOWN AWARD 1986 1 VA. 114,1•F I.CA CI.p,CLLL AT/ PA6F3 Subscription rates in advance: 17.00 Outside Canada $6O.°° $14e°° Outside Canada $58,00 Senior Citizen Second class smiling reg. no. 0647 • 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 will be paid at the applicable rates, • Uota costs need to decl ne Town and city dwellers have often been accused of lack of understanding or even worse, lack of sympathy for the plight of so many of today's farmers. It is true that many townspeople may lack understanding of the farmers' difficulties; chiefly because the complexity of their industry has increased at such a pace in recent years that it is probably true many farmers themselves are more than a bit confused. However, we do not believe that there is any widespread lack of.sympathy for those farm: people who find themselves in financial trouble. That is a•condition in which a great many town and city people have found themselves at one time' or another - particularly if they have lived through the depression b, of the Thirties. At risk of having our editorial head chopped off, we will refer to what one speaker had to ' say about a "Quotas arenkillin le aspectyou," said f Harry Brightwell, g y ".� q g "tweet, MP for the riding of Perth, as he addressed -Abe Ontario Broiler Hatching Egg and Chick Commission at a meeting in mid-May. The Perth MP's remarks were aimed at the high and rising price of quotas in -the dairy and poultry industries and he warned that prices will rise so high that young `farmers won't be able to afford themand they will be purchased by big ,corporations. The price of quotas, according to Brightwell, has risen to the point where they are now the single biggest investnient for the beginning farmer in the milk, egg, chicken and turkey industries, The quota for a full -tune family farm will cost about $300,000 for dairy cattle and about $800,000' for eggs. No doubt the supporters of controlled marketing and the quota system will fake umbrage at this attack on a long-established system, but it is only fair to add that consumers simply cannot believe 'oft -repeated statements that a marketing system which permits. such high costs for quotas does not increase the price of the product. A young farmer who must finance such high initial costfor quota must,: ofnecessity add that cost to the selling price of , his product, to survive, Wingham Advance.. -Times , Sofct squash spores fart d guess I'm what you could call on df your typical armchair athletes. Igor rine, there's no better feeling than sitting down to watch your favorite team, the Jays of course, with your favorite brown beverage and your favorite bowl of Munchies, causing the umpires and the other team while cheering for your favorite `' Due Jay batter to bash one out of the park. Being a sofa squash sports fan is -one of the Dust bastions of truly male domin- ated domain. Wives across North Amer- lea taaust breathe a' collective sigh of relief when the last seconds tick off the clock in the Super Bowl spelling the finish of the endless Sundays when hubby is curled up beside the television watching William "the fridge" Perry lumber over the goal. line . for a touch- down, My first introduction to being a T.V. sports: fan was totally influenced by my 'hockey -mad family and their adoration of the Leafs and Hockey Night in Canada telecasts, Every Saturday night as youngsters we were poised in front of the set waiting,for the Hockey Night in Canada theme to conte blasting 'from the television to 'commence a night with the then.fal ulous Maple Leafs. My affliction for TN. sports quickly spread, especially where. I discovered the fun of watching the Blue Jays at the start of my college days. It was nothing for 20 or so guys from the journalism class to strike out for the local pub (that's "Fathers" in Scarborough; it's a nice place, you should go there some day) and watch the Jays with aabar full of other diehard Blue Jay fanatics. ALAN One time, at the start of another Jays season, we erected bleachers from the couches in the college newspaper office, complete with washroom direction signs, scoreboar pepsi and popcorn. In vogue at the lid.gacher session was to mimic the house announcer at Exhibi- tion Stadium, I don't know his name, but he's got a rather unique way of announcing the batters over the public address system. Here's a sample: playing first base, batting second for the Blue Jays -- Willleeeee tip --haw, Playing .second base, batting seventh for the Blue Jays--.,Domminassso Gar- rseeeeea. See what I mean. Last fall, I also received a dose of the NFL all -day Sunday sofa squash ses- siob, owing to a football pool with Atha employees. at Signal -Star. Alas, my winner choosing skills were not up to snuff and I finished near the back of the pack this year. All the more reason to tune in next year, ',guess, • Footnote • A big thank -you to . Brookside teach- ers eachers Mr. Hooftinan and Mrs. Graham for saving . this reporters proverbial hide after an .unfortunate bout with film development, I owe you one, guys! "I publish the bans of marriage between Allan Livingstone, widower, and, Bridget Sutherland, spinster, both of this parish. This is for the first time of asking,: If any of. you shall know cause or justice why these two shall not be joined in holy matrimony, in the, name of Almighty God, you are com- manded to state your complaint before me, immediately on completion of this serv. ice." The Reverend Duncan MacLeod paused for a few moments and looked at the faces of his congregation. He did not expect the forthcoming marriage of these two very popular, members of the community to create any problems. But as he continued with the remainder of the weekly announ- cements, Katie Murdoch was already rehearsing to herself the statement she would make to the minister in an effort to prevent the marriage. On that lazy, warm summer's evening, the congregation was reluctant to return home at the end of the service. Many of therm stood in small groups around the newly constructed driving shed and exchanged the latest gossip. When the last of his flock had bid farewell to the minister, Katie Murdoch made her move. MacLeod pretended not to see her approach, but the persistent Mrs. Murdoch confronted him before he had a chance to escape back into the :church. "I would like tae hae a few words wi' ye: Reverend," she said. "Tis .about the bans o' marriage ye announced today!" The minister would dearly have liked to forego any conversation with the artful Katie. From past and .often bitter exper- ience, little or no good had ever emerged from anything she had to say. He tried to cushion the blow he felt sure he was about to receive. "Ab yes, the marriage," he said, trying to force a sniile of brotherly love upon his face, "It is a blessing from God that these two young people are at last ableto look forward to some happiness•in their hitherto sad lives." "Twill no be a weddin' planned in heaven," she said, "And ye of all people could hae told them tae wait frac a respectable mourning period tae come tae an end. Did ye tell yon poor gypsy lass she will be gettia' wed tae a murderer?" If the minister had hoped her hatred of her son-in-law would have diminished with Cooling off By Alan J iveu time, he was disappointed. MacLeod won- dered how long she would continue uttering her false accusations, As much as he felt obliged to act with dignity and decorum, he was unable to remain calm any longer. ' `Whatever you might say will not affect my judgement," he said, his voice tinged with anger. "It is the devil himself who. speaks through your mouth and I can assure you, since the rest of the community have raised no opposition, the young couple will be married, whether you agree or not!" To avoid any further confrontation, MacLeod closed the church door instead of going inside. He had no intention of being trapped by this vicious woman. Without another word, he began walking towards his house. "But ye canna deny that ragamuffin o' a stonemason is a murderer," she called out after him. MacLeod stopped in his tracks and wheeled around. His face was flushed with anger. "We have held a meeting to try and discover why your son has disappeared and there is not a shred of evidence to show he a was murdered, But there are ample wit- nesses to prove that Allan Livingstone was in the community hall during the time of your son's disappearance." MacLeod shouted at the top of his voice. "Get out of my sight. I don't want to hear any more about such false and wicked allegations!" He left. Katie Murdoch standing with her mouth wide open. Shewas frustrated and demoralized. There was not a single soul in Redtrees who was likely to listen to her again. In spite of all disasters, life must go on, and in the spirit of the times, the Canadian Scottish pioneers looked to the future rather thou, the past. The rebuilding of the sawmill was far more important than the disappearance (or demise) of one drunken. and worthless individual like Teddy Murdoch. ' At his next sermon, the Reverend Duncan lvfacLcod reminded his Rock: "Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's and unto God, the things which are God's!" ..