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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 2015-03-04, Page 44 Lucknow Sentinel • Wednesday, March 4, 2015 www.lucknowsentinel.com The Lucknow Sentinel PUBLISHED WEEKLY P.O. Box 400, 619 Campbell Street Lucknow Ontario NOG 2H0 phone: 519-528-2822 fax: 519-528-3529 www.lucknowsentinel.com SUN MEDIA A Quebecor Media Company JOHN BAUMAN Publisher/Sales Manager john.bauman@sunmedia.ca VALERIE GILLIES Editor valerie.gillies@sunmedia.ca lucknow.editorial@sunmedia.ca JILLIAN UNDERWOOD Sales representative j illian. underwood@sunmedia.ca JOYJURJENS Office Administrator lucknow.sentinel@sunmedia.ca MARIE DAVID Group Publisher 519 376-225- ext 514301 or 510 364-2001 ext 531024 Publications Mail Agreement No. 40064683 RETURN UNDELIVERABLE CANADIAN ADDRESSES TO SENTINEL CIRCULATION DEPARTMENT P.O. 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The Sentinel is available on microfilm at GODERICH LIBRARY, (from 1875) 52 Montreal Street Goderich ON N7A 1 M3 Goderichlibrary@huroncounty.ca KINCARDINE LIBRARY, (from 1875 to 1900 & 1935 to 1959) 727 Queen Street Kincardine ON N2Z 1Z9 We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canadian Periodical Fund (CPF) for our publishing activities. Canada pocnaI Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association and the Ontario Community Newspapers Association Val's Views Valerie Gillies The Write Stuff like to think that I have a multi -faceted per- sonality and some who have come to know me might even agree with that. However, it has been pointed out to me that in almost every- thing I do, I am a writer. I suppose you may think that this is a mute point, since I am the one who writes the Edito- rial column every week. Okay, so I write for my employment, as I have done in past positions, as well. But I also write for other reasons, too. In my education in the Therapeutic Recreation field I was taught different styles of writing. There is technical writing which is a specialized field in itself. This is the practice of writing directions, methodology or rules to be followed. Examples of this would be someone who composes the rules of conduct for a workplace, organization or where ever safety is a major concern. Another branch of this specialty is writing owner's manuals or assembly instructions. Reports compiled from statistics or to document case histories and other such important data would be in this group. Text book writing would also fall into this category. In my own experience, I have had to draft up such documents in volunteer positions where groups were just coming into being and ground rules needed to be set, as well as in professional set- tings such as offices, social work and as a recrea- tion coordinator. Correspondence writing is a totally different skill set. Even within this area there are variations that did not exist before. This would include busi- ness and personal letters in the past, but now includes e-mail, texting in all its permutations and even blogging. Personally, I prefer the more formal style to the new shortened codes that are used in the character -restricted means of cyber messaging such as chats and tweets. To me, it seems that the less clearly you state your mes- sage, the more open that communication is to misinterpretation. In some cases, it comes across as unprofessional, as well, particularly when bla- tant spelling errors abound. For many years I have written poetry for my own pleasure, as well as for others as in person- alized greeting cards. Having been involved in music for so many years, mainly as a vocalist, it seemed a natural step to branch out into song - writing. This is not such a natural transition as one may think. The phrasing, sentence structure and types of words used can be dramatically dif- ferent moving from one style to the other. Poetry as written is often not easily fitted into a melody without much editing and even total rewrites. Avery natural trait for writers is to be avid readers. I have often been classed as a book- worm over the years. I found early on that I am much more adept at learning new skills and the- ories if I read about them than to be merely shown by someone. This, along with a lack of other types of entertainment being read- ily available, has nurtured my love of books. Recently I have become more adept at downloading e -books to my laptop, but nothing matches the thrill and connection of holding an actual book and flipping through the pages either leisurely or pour- ing through it with a purpose. Each time I move I try to lighten up my book collection, but I find livery hard to part with my dear friends, as many of them have become. This does not even include my many reference materials such as magazine subscriptions and craft patterns that I have now sorted into bankers boxes on a very large shelving unit. Springing from this is my more recent ability to do research for both personal and business reasons online. I suppose what has triggered this article in the first place is the isolation caused by the harsh weather we have been experienc- ing this winter. It made me realize that when I do get some precious time off of working on the Sentinel, that I do not necessarily take time off from reading and writing. In fact, it is immersing myself in the music, songwriting, correspondence and promo- tions for my entertainment business, mes- saging through social media and reading that helps me take my mind off of work. All of this musing over skills spreading through both work and leisure makes me wonder what other types of activities are so prevalent in others' lives. If you have an interesting skill or hobby, please share your thoughts by submitting your story to luc- know.editorial@sunmedia.ca. I look for- ward to hearing what others do with their precious time. Lucknow News By Ruth Dobrensky Well another cold and snowy month has ended, hopefully now that March is here, the weather will begin to warm up a bit and we can look forward to spring. I was a little depressed a couple of weeks ago when I saw on the news that they were cutting grass in Vancouver and all the tulips, daffodils and cherry blossoms were blooming. Then I looked out my window at a bunch of white stuff which has continued to grow until I can hardly see out the window at all. I'm really looking forward to spring this year, although I've always enjoyed winter, this past winter has been espe- cially cold and I'm looking forward to some nice warm (not hot, I hate the heat) weather with the grass and flow- ers starting to grow and buds growing on the trees. Spring is my favourite sea- son because everything comes back to life and I always feel renewed and want to spend a few hours outside in the warm sunshine every day just to charge up the old bones. Hopefully, those days will be here soon. Another thing that reminded me of warmer weather were the articles in last week's paper about the local tennis court and the Music in the Fields lineup for this summer. You may have noticed an article in last week's paper about the World Day of Prayer service which will be held at the Lucknow Community Christian Reformed Church this Thursday, March 5 at 7 p.m. The theme is the Bahamas, so maybe thinking about the Bahamas will help us to think of warmer weather and balmy beaches. St. Peter's Anglican Church had an "open house" to give away dishes, pots, pans and numerous other things. Many people from the other churches in town, as well as the other churches in our Par- ish came and helped us clean out our kitchen, parish hall and sanctuary. We are happy that everything went to a good home and thank everyone for helping us out. It was also a sad day, as now the church and parish hall have an empty look to them and the reality that we are closed has been impressed upon us. Sympathy of the community to the families of: Franklin Murdie, 72, Point Clark; Jean Gallaher, 80, Clifford (for- merly Howick Twp.); and, Sharon Arnold, 71, Lurgan Beach. Dungannon St. Helen's News Shag Campbell At coffee and tea hour at the Seniors Cen- tre on Thursday, February 19th there were 6 folks for the morning get together and 8 for cards in the afternoon. George Errington had high card with a total of 50 points. The kids are having fun skating and playing hockey on the Dungannon Agri- cultural Society rink. Atlee Stutzman celebrated his 45th birthday on February 19th. Edna and John Miller moved from the St. Augus- tine Line to Creek line recently. There is broomball every Monday evening from 7-8:15 p.m. at the Agricul- tural Society rink. Wear shoes and hel- mets but no skates. On February 14th Stewart Caesar brought a family to the Dungannon Sen- iors Centre when they were stranded due to the severe weather. He got the key and even gave them food. There were 2 adults, 2 kids and the family dog. They were trav- elling from Port Elgin to Wallace - burg. They were finally able to leave about mid-morning on Sunday. Just goes to show what big hearts small town folks have. I know this was not the only case of strangers being helped during that storm. If you have some news call Shag Campbell at 519-529-7734