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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1986-10-01, Page 4Page 4-Lucknow' Sentinel, Wednesday, October 1,19'86 9 P.O. QX 400, Lucknow NOG. 2H0 • .. iApr+U4ApC04ppp�ry0p� 4P944 A44000 P4 Established 1 73 Thomas Thompson Alan Rivett Pat Livingston -Advertising Manager -Editor -Genera&•Manager 528-2822 4A . coNA BLUE RIBBON AWARD 1986 PAW) Subscriptin rates in advance: 5170 Outside Canada $60.00 614.00 Outside Canada" 558.°° Seniorr 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 erroneousitem 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. More initiatives needed t4 crack down. Qin. violence Hollywood I" here come 1ght raow, I'm feeling like I've jumped into srnething that I'm going to regret. It's something I've never done before in all ray 23 ,years, and, after it's over, I might not want to do it again. You see, this mild-mannered reporter is joining the likes of ert Reynolds, Robert Redford, or more appropriate- ly, Pee Wee Herman, as I am embark- ing on an acti ,g career. It all happened so suddenly. I was visiting a friend who happens to have a part in the Goderich Little Theatre's (an amateur acting company) produc- tion of "The Front Page"a comedy - drama about the life and times of reporters at a city newspaper. He ad- vised me I would be perfect for the part of "Schwartz", one of the reporters in the play A being a real life reporter in all. And, besides - the director was hav- ing trouble finding someone to fill the part. I balked at first, pleading my relative inexperience - I've never beenan actor and never, until now, had the mclina tion to, try, . . But, after outlining the plot and throwing a script at me to look over, my friend assured me it would be a lot of fun and - who knows - you !night even ALAN like it. So, With half my brain telling me, "you fool! You're no actor and you know it" and the other half of my brain saying, "It'll be a neat experience - go ahead and try it out for size 9 ", I trudg- ed up the street to the theatre with my buddy to "read" for the director last Wednesday. Much to my delight, the director and her helpers made acting and. reading for the part aneasy chore, coaching me along with the parts while keeping in mind that I was the rankest of rank amateur actors. To be truthful,it was a lot of fun, But I realize that - the work has only just begun with the learning and honing of parts, and the learning of how to take stage directions. Hopefully, my acting debut' won't turnout to be a total disaster. Oh well Hollywood here I come! The Ontario government's SSA million program to crack down on wife -beaters is lust one step down, the long road to breaking the cycle of violence faced by hundreds of innocent women and children;. accor- ding to the Toronto Star. By more effectively prosecuting wife -beaters and increasing family counselling and improving shelters for battered women, Queen's Park will start chipping away !t one of our. least- recognized social' problems. Many still consider wife-beatinga family matter best dealt with in the privacy of the home. Wrong. It is, in the words of AtterneY-General: lan Scott, . "a public act of violence". It is .estimated that four in every ten women are battered by their mates. • The brutality has enormous social costs. It rips families apart. con- demns many women and children to a life of virtual slavery, teaches children that violence is acceptable and puts those who try to in- tervene.at enormous personal risk. Yet, it is the victims who continue to be victimized: Women and children must hide in hostels while the bullies are releasedfrorr police custody within' hours of being chargeif and are often freeto return home. Those convicted often get a mere slap in the wrist most are fin- ed and put on probation. Few go to loll or are ,,ordered to get counselling. °• While families can often get help, there are still few counselling pro - grains for wife -beaters. Queen's :Park; plans to spent $1, million on new programs, but they are primarily aimed at entire families rather than the men who most need help. The. government initiatives, while ad- mirable, are not .comprehensive enough. Scott's pledge to "make •the legal more responsive". to family violence is welcome - but it must be. followed through, as strongly as. government measures against drunk driving. And se must earlier corn- mitments from the province to increase the amount:; of affordable housing. turned away from Ontario's 00 Meanwhile,. women are being shelters. While the government's long term solutions' are being pat In place, where will they stay? Wingham Advance -Times 0 70 years ago October 5,1916 Bruce Battalion for Overseas -It looked like last winter all over again, early in the week, so numerous were the men about in the King's uniform. It was the last leave for a visit home by, the men of,the Bruce Battalion, and most of those who enlisted here were in town and the county round about from Saturday until Tuesday noon, The battalion will be leaving London very soon, and the men had to report backto camp Tuesday night. Business places closed for an hour before train time, and half the population went to the station to see the boys off, School was dismissed for an hour and thechildren formed a procession and marched to the station where they sang a number of patriotic songs while waiting for the train. 50 years ago October 1, 1936 Pall Fair Attendance Showed increase -"I know of no better way to keep the boys on the farm than to give them some good beasts," said the Honorable Dunean Mar-' shall in his address that marked the open- ing of Lucknow's 71st Agricultural Exhibi- tion. The remarks were prompted by the . fine display of livestock that passed by the speakers' stand, a few "mintites previous, noteworthy among which was the number of calves in charge of the members of the Calf Club. ' Both events were newly introduced this year and drew favorable comment from all sides. 4 Arriving here a little behind schedule the honroable gentleman was met at the Town. Hall by fair officials and escorted to the park by the pipe band. Students Stage Sports Day -Supervised by the teachers, with assistance by other interested townsmen, the ''Lucknow High School annual Field Day was successfully staged on Tuesday, when a full afternoon's sports progam saw the students vie for the championship in their respective classes. This annual event is an interesting affair, although it is generally run off before a slim number of spectators, other than the students themselves. George Joynt ran off with the senior honors, with a total of 38 points. Harold Thompson was runner-up with 14. Jack. Cook scored eight firsts and handily won. the junior class with 40 points. John. K. MacKenzie was in second place with 18. 25 years ago October 4. 1962 Fun at Ripley Fair Parade, Lions Committee Discuss Artificial lee -A committee of Frank Thompson, Charles Webster and Harvey Houston, appointed last week by the Lucknow and District Lions Club, attended a special meeting of Village Council on Friday evening to infor- znably discuss the artificial ice project which has beenbrought to the fore with a view to acting or dropping it, Reeve Joynt reiterated his stand of a year or two ago, that if the Lions ,Club put in the artificial ice, Council, so far *the present administration is concerned, would accept it and guarantee to maintain it. It was pointed out that arrangements have been made to have an engineer in- spect the building, which is recognized as the first step. Elect Student Council at LDHS -A rous- ing election campaign for "seats" on the student council of. Lucknow District High School preceded the voting last week. Various methods of "vote So -and -So" were used - wall posters, banners, decorated cars, music sponsored by one candidate, campaign hats, and even shirt- front slogans. On Wednesday at the noon -hour the vic- tory parade was staged with• the elected By Alan Rivett SPEC -IAL RFA(1R'P executive riding in state on a decorated pick-up truck with a musical salute by the by the High School Band which followed up on a decorated hay rack. Other representatives have since been named with the complete personnel of the Students' Council as follows: President, George Gibson; Vice- President, Murray Hunter; Secretary,' Wilhernina Smith; Treasurer, Ken Houston, Press Reporter, Dick Richards; Pianist, Mary Allin, 10 years ago October 6,1976 Leo Club Walk Raises About $850 -Twenty-eight members of the Lucknow and District Leo Club set out Sunday, September 26 to raise money in a waikathon from Lucknow to Dungannon and back. Even with a steady drizzle of rain, which made conditions wet and cold, twenty members completed the 16 mild walk.