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HomeMy WebLinkAboutLucknow Sentinel, 2009-02-11, Page 4Page 4 - Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, February 11, 2009 Lucknow • P.O. Box 400, 619 Campbell Street, Lucknow, 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 Office Administrator: Ruth Dobrensky lucksent@bowesnet.com On leave: Sara Bender Subscription Rates advance gular $30.00•plus GST. Senior. $28.00 plus GST PUBLICATIONS MAIL AGREEMENT. NO. 40064683 PAP REGISTRATION NO: 7656 REIVRN UNDELIVERABLE CANADIAN ADDRESSES To CIRCULATION DEPT P.O. Boz 400, Lucknow, ON, NOG 2H0 Pa any non -deliveries of delivery concerns, please tall 519-5282822. e-mail: l u ck sent@ bowesnet,com "We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada, through the Publications Assistance Program (PAR), toward our mailing costs." UN MEDIA A Qu bs ca MocS4 C a+ai . Phelps deservessecond chance I flunk everyone, including the media, should give eight time Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps a break when it comes to the recent pictures of him inhaling from a marijuana pipe. Yes it's wrong, but is it the worst thing in the world? What if it were a picture of him drinking from a liquor bottle? Marijuana is an illegal substance and he should have been aware of the :espouse he'd get if the photos went public.. He's a young kid : who . made a mistake. He publicly apology and it's over with, so the med • and ' the rest of the world should drop it. Some of the outrage is because he is- thought of as a role model for kids and young ' swimmers. This may : the one aspiring y area- where Phelps s : should be do' the . most damage control. He should care what kids drink of ,Mari have a certain responsi- bility he does r�'apo bility being a public figure, to give kids the right example..` Doing drugs shouldn't be one of these messages., From all ;of the pass he has received, one thing that Phelps comes off as is a genuinely nice person. Smoking marijuana night not be the best image he wants to portray, but it's not like he robbed a bank or killed someone. He is human and he made a mistake and making m i stakes is something young people do. This is something he'll have to learn from. Another concern arising from this incident was the fear that Phelps might be dropped by his sponsors. After his public apology, all of his sponsors accepted his apology and are backing him except for Kellogg's cereal. It is interesting that one mis- take can threaten to take everything away from Phelps He ; has worked hard to get where he is. I guess that's a les- son in itself. It only Y takes one g. to• fall from grace. On the other hand, I think hat sav �s so liked lure= is�. -..fact � that he h and his Olympic story lifted the - spirits _ of . many and people around the world- This bump on the:road will be easily y forgotten when Phelps sets his eyes on London 2012, where he looks for anoth- lO years ago - febryaty 14 1999 - A Dungannon couple celebrated their golden wedding anniver- sary sary on Jan. 29, 1999. Fred and Donna (Moore) Young were mar- ried 50 years ago at the North Street parsonage in Goderch. Fred, a _West Wawanosh Towns, boy and Donna, a Cedar alley (Ashfield Conc. 2) girl met at a dame the old Nile Orange uewater DiitrictBo' rd of Education is holding public consultation meetings across the district the month of 1999:.David Armstrong , board superintendent said 35 attended the meeting in W and 40 attendedthemeeting in Meaford. The number ;of people here demonstrate people do care about public education," Armstrong said. 20 years ago Febary a 1989 t In- n a i1osses bemg an- effort to �n the g incurtedand to of . - residents,the Dungannon - cultural increase die interest a , . decided to they faif and -fes fun .da .Society has . ���nate .clay. s- rYieet'zi held ent�urian at the socY annual This� was � g. on Jan. X24 1989. Wednesday, . �entwas called toac Oen in West Wawanosh°''b 'refire wasout by the .time the men arrived: There -was no t gold Medals l Phelps- if you happen to read y away from the reefer apd stick to the chocolate chip A e • steer *jog delivered ` Ito the Lt crinin- Sales.:Pant had other ideas re his destination and .took corral the beast were - , as. the: steer outwit who were m hot pursuit. $Q years ago Peaty 11,.19 • At the February meeting of 19i 9I Village Council's tentative= pl-.were discussed too .place.. ah, remauung village roadS:Onder eonslruction with a view to eventually completing the hard surface ing of the entire network of _ -pads. • only six people attended the. allatial 'meeting of. the Luckow and District Red Cross Society, held m the first. we*, of 1959.-'i"his didn't permit a uori n for the election:.of oficers and .a.*d meeting has been called,.upon�which Iiii,gesihe-futureof, the organization. • - CHEERS to the generous hearts and people who put eforiYous amounts of dilligence to make the outd000r ice rink for families in . Dungannon. ' The Dungaruion Lion's volunteers .deserve a lot of credit for the effort it has taken to create and maintain - the skating surface under the pavilion at the Dungannon Agricultural Hall. It's been a joy watching everyone from the sur- rounding cornmunitiess having fun skating this winter. Changes of address, orders for subscriptions, and undeliverable copies (return postage guaranteed) are to be sent to The Lucknow Sentinel at the address indicated here. Advertising is accepted on this condition that in the event of a typographical erti r, the por- tion of the advertising space occupied by the emus item together with a reasonable allowance fa signature, will not be charged for, but the balance of the advertisement will be paid at the applicable rates. The Sentinel is available on microfilm at Goderich Library, 52 Montreal Street Ooderich, N7A 1M3 (froin 1875) Goderichlibzary@huroncougty.ca and Kincardine Library, 727 Queen Street, Kincardine N2Z 1Z9 (from 1875 to 1900 Wit Wawanosh Conservation area offers a wonderful area for walking even in the winter. (File Photo)