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Lucknow Sentinel, 2009-04-22, Page 24• ft , • Page 4 - Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, April 29, 2009 • P.O. Box 400, 619 Campbell Street, Lucknow, Ontario, NOG 2H0 phone: (519) 528.2822 fax: (519) 528-3529 www.lucknowsentinel.com >�a ev- Publisher, Advertising' Manager: Pat Livingston lucksentads@bowesnet.com Editor: Garit Reid lucksented@bowesnet.com Office Administrator: Ruth Dobrensky ucksent@Bowe suet. corn • On leave: Sera Bender Subscription Rates advance: .. Regular $30.00 plus OST Sou* $2801 bus GST PUBLICATIONS MAIL AGREEMENT. NO. 40064683 PAP REGISTRATION NO. 7656 RETURN UNDELIVERABLE CANADIAN ADDRESSES TO CIRCULATION DEPT: P.O. Box 400., Lucknow, 'ON, NOG 2H0 For any non -deliveries or delivery concerns, please call 519-528-2822. e-mail: lucksent@bowesnet.com • "We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada, through the Publications Assistance Program (PAP), toward our mailing, costs. " Changes of address, orders for and undeliverable copies (wenn postage g)ae so be sent to The Lucknow w Sattinet/I e address indicated here. Advertising is ac epted'on the condition that in the event of a typographical` enror, the por- tion of the advertising space occupied by the erroneous itan together with a reasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged for, but the balance of the ackv rtiseme nt drill be paid at the applicable rates. the Sentinel is available on tni«nfilin at: Goderidt Ley, 52 Montreal Street Goderich, N7A 1M3 (from 1875) 0odcrichli6cary@huronoounty.ca Library,and Kincardine 727 Queen Street,Kincardine N22 Z9 (from 1875 to 1900 & 1935 to 1959) UNE,131 A AQu*b a MAk dw Concentration is It seems that the Ontario govern- ment will soon be passing legislation .that will make it illegal for drivers in the province, while driving to talk on' their _phones, text, use their hand- held music devices, hand-held GPS systems or ' their smart phones like BlackBerrys.' People will, however, be allowed to use wireless headsets and Bluetooth devices to talk on the phone. How am I going to pass my time on my drive home .if I can't peruse my iPod while texting on my phone? If you couldn't tell, I was being sarcastic there. 1think ` it's an excellent idea that people will actually have to concentrate more on what's happening on the road, rather. than what's happeningop l their phone. Hopefully.this new law that will take effect this fall will reduce the number of car. accidents. I would like to see the statistics on car acci- v key on the road dents after a year of this law and compare it to the previouis year. There is no doubt it will be signifi- cantly lower. I would have to say I'm guilty .of talking on my phone. and texting while I have been driving, but I respect the law -and I do feel it has a place because I know I've tended to drift over a little into the other lane when I have -been on My phone. I guess what. I'm trying to point out is, I don't need to look thro lh my Pod when diving, I can just leave it on _ shuffle. also don't need to be talking on the'.phone while I'm driving unless it's an emergency. For those who don't know calling 911 won't be :covered by the : law. For me it 'won't be that big of a deal because it's important. to . keep your concentration on the road 100 per cent of the time. Better safe .than sorry. Why can't people fifldWoJkhefe;? Dear Editor, Looking for a job? Joe Smith started the day early. Having set his alarm clock (made in Japan) for 6 a.m. While his coffeepot (made in China) was percolating, he shaved with his electrical razor (made in Hong Kong). He put on a dress shirt (made in Sri Lanka), designer' jeans : (made in Singapore) and tennis shoes (made in Korea). After cooking his breakfast with his new electrical skillet (made in India) he sat down with his new calculator (made in Mexico) to see how much he could spend today. After setting his watch (made in Taiwan) according to his radio (made in India), he got in his :car (made in Germany), tilled it with _gasoline from somewhere in the world and contin- ued his search for a good paying North American job. At the end of yet another discourag- ing and fruitless day he was checking his computer (made in Malaysia) to look for new jobs. Joe decided to relax for a while, so he put on his sandals (made in Brazil) and .poured -himself, a glass of wine (product of France). Then Joe turned on his TV (made =:in Indonesia) and then wondered why he can't find a good paying job in North America. - Jann S. Nielsen 362 Ross St. Lucknow, Ontario Annual ham drive raises $.750 The Bruce Children 'are Special Foundation tied up its 8th annual Easter Ham Drive in the first week of April, profiting approximately $750. Thank you to all the people who sup- ported this fundraiser. Without sup- porters, the fundraiser would not have been deemed a success. The. Bruce Children are Special Foundation is a non-profit organiza- tion that .was established to receive and • direct donations to the needs of children served by The Children's Aid Society of the County of Bruce. The Ester Ham Drive is a yearly fundraiser for the Bruce Children are Special Foundation, in which they sell hams for Easter to raise funds for their programs. This year pepperettes were added as a new option. The funds raised will go towards the Summer Camp .Prog&arn For more informati oh about the Bruce Children are Special Foundation, please call Cherie Borho at 1-888-807-7773 ext. 262. Sentinel -rnoire jO years ago - A p!rOl 2& 1999 - Bruce County taxes are going down this year, but home- ownerrcan expect to see that saving offset by expected increas- es in the municipal portion of the tax bill. Council had a draft budget calling. for a 3.9ver cent tax cut. By the end of the day councillors approved a $17.4.; .pillion budget that will see taxes drop: 9.1 per cent. ,▪ The Coffee House for Cancer, hosted by students at FE MadillSecy School, raised close to $800 for Cancer last Iriday, April 23, 1999. Barb Ross was the $1,000 winner in this year's Spring Fling (1999), a fund-raiser df the Wingfiam and Area Seniors Day Centre... 20 Y4tars+ - April 26, 1989 • Three proposals to alleviate flooding in Dungannon went wn the drain Thursday.About 60 residents a public lic meeting to discuss the engineer's pre . nyort about the age problems in the - "Lucknow.inor Sports held their second annual hockey t last Friday evening. . Guest speaker was former: wite, Ken Fanish, who is a lawyer, having from Harvard University. Fanish said everyone should provide themselves {with agoodionsensoring for life after k ey. - The annual Lucknow and-DistrictKinsmenskate-a-thon on Man* 13,1989 raised a total of $1600 after expenses for com- munity service .work. Ser years ago - 4pritA 1959 - Between 250 and 300 Parents and other interested persons, attended an open house at Lucknow Public School last Friday night. Hours of work and preparation on the part of the teach- ers were evidentthroughout the classrooms of the school, and parents. could not help but be itnpressed by the -_modern .,. day teaching methods. • At a meeting of the Ludmow .and District Red Society on Friday night, it was decided to p•i ern type collapsible wheel chairs. Remember when... . •,rbl...•},y;:to.M'S,40);5Y4t70ai•Nv A ribbon cutting ceremony was held to officially open the new Ct nmunity Living building in-Lucknow Lucknaw on April 23, 2008. Community Living South Huron board members include, let to right: Roxana Bell, Hugh Barr, Ken Gleason (resident, front), David Dingmen (resident), Bruce Shaw, Dinny Veldhor st and Rob Kugler (residents), Grant Monteith, john Dehondt, Joanne Davis, Rick Hundey and Paul liirnbull. (File photo)