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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1986-07-23, Page 4• Page 4—Lucia-low Serithael, Wduesday9 Jay 239 1986 ox 400, Lucknow NOG 2H0 528-2822 A COi1iA Established 1873 Thomas Thompson Alan Rivett. Pat Livingston Joan. Helm Merle Elliott BLUE RIBBON AWARD 1986 ter_ nir ICO CIRC U.L. AT ION PAW -Advertising Manager Subscription rates in advance: -Editor -General Manager -Compositor -Typesetter $17.00 outsiae Canada s60.0° '14.00 Outside Canada s58.00 Senior Citizen Second class mailing reg. no. 0847 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. ' System almost a reality While governments. tend to be'unwefldy, cumbersome and notoriously slow for putting the spoken word into concrete actions, there are some instances where governments can wade through their own bureaucracy to get the wheels. of progress in motion. For instance, the village of Lucknow is finally seeing Its way clear with the. long-delayed sewage disposal system for the village. For the past 10 years, the way to a viable sewage system for the village has, been paved with good intentions but little has been done to get the project off the - starting blocks until now. Through co-operation with other levels of government, by getting behind the project 100 per cent, and by applying: for various government grants as. they are available, the Lucknow council has overcome. the. obstacles that have faced other councils before them in "orderto get the sewage project on, the right .track. Although councilhas' not .as; yet received ,a. commitment from the provincial. Ministry of the Environment to "complete the whole village under one disposal system, council does have the money In place to have the core area completed with construction expected to start by the spring of 1987. During a recent trip to Markdaie by councillors of area municipalities, they discovered the system which is similar to the one: proposed for Lucknow matched their expectations. Most of all, the odor, which would be foremost in the minds of people living near the facility, was non-exlstent. As for the economics of such a system, 1Vierkdale Clerk G.A. Barlow said it takes one man two hours a day to run the system. As for complaints about odors from the 'plant, he said there have been no complaints since it stalled operations this spring. Best of all, Lucknow has two preferred sites which could successfully' make use of a rapid infiltration system. Both sites are also large enough, that the system can be expanded .,in the event the Whole village is. Included in the system. Some people will only believe progress is being made when the shovel hits the dirt, but the steps leading up to . the actual construction of the sewagetreatment plant are finally taking shape. A. R Sir Archibald MacCulloch was regarded as a typical aristocrat and as such,. most of the down-to-earth people of Redtrees doubted if he could ever blend into the community. Why would a wealthy, high ranking ex -officer of the Black Watch, choose to dwell arrrongst them when he could have lived a life of comfort back in the old country? They found it peculiar that he was unmarried and appeared to have a little interest in the opposite sex. There were rumours that "Sir Archie". was about to purchase an interest in the sawmill.. a ridiculous notion! What use woulda one-armed man be in an industry which relied upon physical strength? The mysterious gentleman could have answered all these questions quite easily` After many adventurous and .purposeful years in the service of the crown, he was looking for another challenge. He might have told those who ridiculed him that the loss of his arm could be replaced by hired help. It took brains to tun a business and he was by no means lacking in that direc- tion. As for romance, until now, the, army had been his one and only love. t What the idle gossipers had overlooked was the fact that the sawmill was presently owned by a very attractive andhighly educated young woman. At first, even Lucy Murdoch her- self did not connect his proposed business partnership with any ulterior `motive. She was secretly delighted when, with feminie intuition, she realizedshe had become the most important factor in Sit; Archie's plans. When the partnership contract had been signed and sealed, she . had no doubts about his inter"tions. "Now that we will depend so much °upon each other, you will realize madam, that I am quite naturally concerned about your future welfare," he said. "Forgive me if I appear to dabble in your personal affairs, but I thinkit is unwise for you to live alone. May I suggest you find a man and his wife to share your house? "I can assure you sir, I feel perfcetly.safe living by myself," Lucy said. "But if it pleases you, I will most certainly make enquiries and see if such an arrangement can be made." "I do not think it will be difficult," 'Sir Archie said, a look of relief crossing his face. "Perhaps a young couple contemplat- ing marriage might find your house an excellent place to commence wedded life. Lucy did not reveal to him at that Food for tho While most of the duties connected with being a corunmuinity journalist are usually a pleasure ,to do from week to week, •there is one aspect of the job which has provided a lot of food for thought for me iatelly. Almost every week, obituary forms come across my desk and I'm expected to put them in some cohesive, readable order. This is where nay problem begins. Upon reading the obituary form, I sometimes find that whoever has written ithas included very little detail about the person, what he did, what he Diked, It's almost as if this person has not done one single thing in his entire life, It irks me, and makes me a little sad to think that a person's very last reference of his time on earth reveals virtually nothing about his contribution to the world. Surely, this person must have contributed something? This brings me to an obituary which appeared recently in the Sentinel. The obituary reveals that the person was a big fan of baseball. Not only was he a big fan, but an •active participant and° came very close to making it in the major leagues, To me, this type of obituary repres- A l _AN ented what thispersona was really like, and what his ambitions were while he was alive. It represents a much more complete picture of the life of a person. When I begin to write these bland, run-of-the-mill obituaries, I begin to wonder what this person was like, and what this person would want me to write for a tribute, But, since I don't know the person, I must stick to the dry, dreary, unvarying items written on the form. It seems sometimes like the names change, but the information is virtually the same. If you are ever in a.position where you have to write an obituary form for a Loved one, please think about what this person was all about while he or she was living and what they would have wanted you to write on their obituary. As a last testimony to the person - it's definitely worth it to elaborate on the lifetime of the person,' Happy Birthday Colborne! By Alan Rivett moment that such a young couple already came to mind = Allan Livingstone and Bridget Sutherland, But because Allan already had a cabin she was not certain if this arrangement would be of interest to them. Nevertheless, she lost no time in visiting the Livingstone cabin on the first available evening and found the betrothed couple enjoying a few hours alone. She felt as though she was intruding upon their privacy but in view of the urgency of the situation,. proceeded to outline the plans for sharing her home. Allan Livingstone was a quiet man and at first, there was no expression on his face to show if he was likely to accept or decline the offer. He walked to the window and looked out across the fifty acres of land which he had learned to farm. "We hae been talkin', Bridget an' me," he said,'n ore to the fields outside than the two women. "I'm no really a farmer, an' wi' all that stonework frae me tae do on the new mill, 1 hae tae make a decision whether or no Bridget an' me will be staying in this auto cabin. Maybe tis time. frac me tae„ hand back this land an' the cabin tae Hamish Murdoch. Aye, maybe its time tae work on the things I ken best." "When the stone work for the new mill is finished, I am quite sure . we shall be needing skilled. hands to work on all the orders which are scheduled to come," Lucy said. "If you will come and live with me, I guarantee you work which will bring in more money than a fifty acre, farm." Allan looked at his bride-to-be and when he saw her face radiant with happiness, he made his decision there and then. "Ye hae made us an offer we canna refuse," he said. "As soon as we are wed, yell hae company in ye house and another pair o' hands tae work in the mill!" If Lucy had foreseen romantic things suddenly happening in her life, she was disappointed. A n ew large stone house for Sir Archibald began to be built on a twenty acreparcel of land near the sawmill, "Why does a bachelor need such a large house?" Lucy asked Archie. "Perhaps the . bachelor is making ar- rangements for it to be fully occupied, madam," he said. "Maybe he intends to raise a family!"