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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLucknow Sentinel, 2009-01-07, Page 4.10 • • Page 4 - Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, January 7, 2009 Lucknow P.O. Box 400, 619 Campbell Street, Lueknow, Ontario, NOG 2H0 phone: (519) 528-2822 fax: (519) 528-3529 www.lucknowsentinel.com Publisher, Advertising Manager: Pat Livingston lucksentads@bowesnet.com Editor: Garit Reid lucksented@bowesnet.com Offie Administrator: Ruth Dotrensky lucksent@. bo-wesnet.corn leaye: Sara Bender Subscription Rates advance: Regular $30.00 (incl. postage & gst) Senior: $28.00 (incl. postage & gst) PUBLICATIONS MALL AGREEMENT NO. 40064683 PAP REGISTRATION NO. 7656 RETURN UNDELIVERABLE CANA- DIAN ADDRESSES TO CIRCULA- TION DEPT. P.O. 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The Sentinel is available on microfilm at: Goderich Library, 52 Montreal Street Goderich, N7A 1 M3 (from 1875) Goderichlib @huroncounty.ca and • Kincardine Library, 727 Queen Street, Kincardine N2Z 1Z9 •r• .».»-.:.. •.:•••• J-. •. •• r..• •• • y SUN MEDIA Hockey is Canada's identity There are many Canadians who continually question what our identi- ty as a nation is and they usually can't put their finger on it. When hockey is put on the table, it is sometimes scoffed at as not being serious enough. ',.Should our identity be our humanitarian . work across the world? Our military? How people think we are polite? Those things don't come. to . mind = right away, but g .,. hockey does. It might _ not be the most important thing in the world, but we Canadians take great pride in it Does it matter if it's just a game? No, because - it's something that polarizes us..* a nation, something that .alot of Canadians have in com- mon. Even if you aren't a sports fan you have loved ones who live and breathe hockey. It's _something that is imprinted in our DNA. It'sfsomething we as Canadians can turn to when having a bad day or let's say a bad economy. " Take a" look at the 1972 Summit Series. People (took off work and. classes were` let out to watch the eighth game of the series. When have things like that hap- pened in. Canada? Did that happen during the signing of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982? It probably didn't, but it did when Paul Henderson scored that historic goal. This brings =ire back to the recent hockey .game where Canada and Russia played one of the best Woirld Junior games in its history. xY. • Like me, a lot of Canadians were gluedto their TV as Canada scored the tying goal with just sec- onds lefty. I was jumping around and hollering when Jordan Eberle scored _ the goal. It was so , exciting; to watch it and to be a part of it because I'm Canadian. Nothingelse gives me that kind of national pride like watching Team Canada play their.. hearts out for their country. It might be just a sport, but, it's a sport that Canadians love. It's some- thing in life that doesn't have to be taken so seriously and it unifies us as a nation. eanaua not in banana republic Dear editor, This is just a shortreply to Mr. Tony McQuail's letter ofa few weeks ago regarding the situation in Canada's Parliament. The last I beard Canada isn't in a banana republic as of yet and since the Conservatives won the last election as a democracy, let's let them take us out of the mess that unions have helped create. The world is in a crisis and now is ' not the time to havejt bunch of self- serving party leaders backed by a party who only has an interest in breaking up the country and at the same ,time trying to _ take away the votes of Canadians. NDP leader Jack Layton is adamant the 'Conservatives didn't receive 50 per cent of the vote and they should step aside. Please remind Mr. Layton that he himself didn't receive 50 per cent of the vote in,his own riding. The country and the world markets would shudder if the NDP had some control of the finances of Canada. Peter Steer, Lucknow Is coalition right way to go? It appears that our new representa- tive in parliament, Ben Lobb, is unaware of the rules by which a par- liamentary democracy is governed. In a recent interview he stated that -'hav- ing three opposition parties forming an unelected government that included the Bloc Quebecois would be unde- mocratic. Since he is new to the job I guess I'll have to school him. First, all the members of parliament are elected and are legally entitled under our democratic system to form a coalition government if they lose con- fidence in the ability " of the ruling ' party to govern, so the notion of an unelected coalition is utter rubbish, -as is the idea that it is undemocratic. Mr. Lobb's second mistake was in stating that the . coalition was com- prised of three parties, one of these being the Bloc Quebecois. In fact, the coalition is made up of TWO parties -. the Liberals and the NDP. The Bloc did not join the coalition but simply offered to support it in parliament. I sincerely hope that these mistakes merely represent gaps In Mr. Lobb's understanding of our system of, gov- ernment and the current crisis. D. Purcell, Porrt Albert Sentinel • mous s 10 years ago - January 6. 1999 - Blizzard like conditions closed dowel the area again over the weekend and extended i11ta Monday Jan. "4. Roads, schools and some businesses were closed as snow and high winds made driving impossible. Renowned Canadian fiddler Eleanor (Reed) Townsend and her five-year-old granddaughter, Isabella Montidied in an early morning Dec. 31 house ffre in Barrie. Isabella is the daughter of Catherine Monti of Dungannon. - A . slight reprieve was felt New Year's Day, but la Saturday another s stem sweptt through the area. Snowblowing and shoveling kept people busy digging out only to turn around and find everything full again. - Anyone attempting entry.. to the post office on Dec.'28 :was greeted with an ice covered walk and steps which proved haz- ardous. On checking, with the Ideal. post office, The Sentinel was advised _ that the tender for cleaning the sidewalk, steps and ramps was looked after by a . district office. The stage one preliminary report of the Huron County waste : management master plan has now been completed and is available for public and government review. Estimates indi- =cate. that within 20 years all landfill sites currently operating within the County will have reached capacity. Technical Sergeant Daniel W. Armstrong, who: is is the son of Rev. Harry D. and Annabelle . Armstrong of Lueknon r, was awarded the United States Air Force Commendation Medal. SO years ago - January 7, 1959 - Mr. and Mrs• Alex MacDonald observed them'50th wed- ding anniversary at their home in Ashfield Twp, on Dec. 30. A family dinner was held to mark the occasion Friday, Dec. 26 ▪ Fire early Monday morning of Dec. 29, 1958 completely gutted a portion of the home of Mrs. Robert Armstrong in Dungannon. The house commonly known as the "old hotel" is located on the north-west comer of the main intersection. Submitted photo The weekend storfl on jam 2-3 1999 resulted in large piles of snow accumulating throughout the village of Lucknow. (File photo) ., .