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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 2016-12-28, Page 44 Lucknow Sentinel • Wednesday, December 28, 2016 me 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 [P] POSTMEDIA JOHN BAUMAN Group Manager, Media Sales john. bauman@sun media.ca ANGELA RIVETT Multimedia Sales Representative arivett@postmedia.com JOYJURJENS Office Administrator lucknow.sentinel@sunmedia.ca TROY PATTERSON, Editor 519-396-2963 ext. 104 TPatterson@Postmedia.com DARRYL COOTE, Reporter 647-869-7720 DCoote@postmedia.com CURTIS ARMSTRONG Group Director of Media Sales - Grey, Bruce and Huron County Postmedia carmstrong@postmedia.com P: 519-376-2250 x514301 Publications Mat 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 1 Z9 The Lucknow Sentinel is a member of the National Newsmedia Council, which is an independent ethical organization established to deal with editorial concerns. For more information or to file a complaint go to www.mediacouncil.ca or call toll free 1-844-877-1163. We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canadian Periodical Fund (CPF) for our publishing activities. Canada 1 ocna Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association and the Ontario Community Newspapers Association www.lucknowsentinel.com Bookmark sales raise $842 for Wes for Youth What started out as a grade 10 religion summative, turned into something much larger for Avery Cleminson, a stu- dent at Sacred Heart High School. She began her final project with a mission to cre- ate awareness and donate some proceeds to Wes for Youth. With a personal goal of selling 12 hand -drawn book marks, Avery turned her summative into a full time job, creating over 500 book marks and raising over $842. Avery will be at the Wes for Youth Hockey Tournament on Jan, 11-12 to sell her remaining bookmarks for $2 each, to bring awareness to teen mental health. Pictured: Avery and Yolanda Cameron show off her fundraising bookmarks. Purple Grove WI meeting celebrates the spirit of the holidays The Christmas meeting of the Purple Grove Women's Institute was held at the home of Marilyn Reid. President Janet Rhody wel- comed all the members and guests to the meeting. Joyce Far- rell read the Scripture. Acting secretary Cheryl Bridge read the minutes of the last meeting. She also reported that we raised $51 for the Education Fund at the silent auction at the last meeting. The roll call was answered by providing gifts for the Ripley and District Christmas Ham- per. In the spirit of Christmas the members decided to donate money to the WES for Youth agency, to the Women's House of Bruce County and to Sleeping Children Around the World. The ladies had brought a gift each and a fun exchange took place. We were all so thankful that Largaret McInnes was able to be with us for the meeting. Marilyn and Donna Swann demonstrated a craft, a nifty little snowman. Everyone enjoyed being crafty and all the visiting that went along with it. Maureen Collins and Deanna Scott provided a tasty lunch and the meeting closed with a good old-fashioned carol sing. On Saturday evening the community gathered at the Purple Grove Community Cen- tre for our annual concert. Our faithful M C Heather Finnie kept the program rolling along. We were pleased to have num- bers by the David and Irene Collings family, the JP and Col- leen Greenwood family and we even had imported talent from Walkerton when Mandy and Don Zuk's twins helped out. Fran Farrell brought out her guitar and led us in a sing -a- long. One of the mandatory songs was Fran's composition of Here Comes Santa's Cows. We then went into a rousing rendition of Jingle Bells and wouldn't you know it Santa came all the way from the North to hand out gifts to the assembled children. It was a good evening of visiting and enjoying our neighbours. After the concert and the Centre was tidied up, Chairman Rob Thompson called the Cen- tre Annual Meeting to order. Secretary Heather Finnie reported that we are half way in our fundraising efforts to get a new well drilled. Various fund raising thoughts were brought forward. One way that we will fund raise will be our monthly games/card parties starting in February. After considerable discussion it was decided to raise the rent for a day to $75. Our spring clean-up will be held in April. Rob thanked everyone for their participation in the Com- munity Centre. LUCKNOW NEWS All the best in 2017 - Canada's Sesquicentennial - from Lucknow News Ruth Dobrensky Happy New Year and wel- come to Canada's Sesquicentennial. To everyone out there who will be celebrating at parties this New Year's Eve, have fun, but, please don't drink and drive. Royal Canadian Legion Branch 309 will be holding their annual levee on New Year's Day which gives every- one the opportunity to thank the Legion for all they do for our community and for them to thank all of Lucknow and area for the support given to the Legion. The new year gives us all the opportunity to turn the page on the past year, so to speak, and to start afresh. Perhaps there's something we can change about the way we've done things in the past, perhaps a new way to look at life and take on a new challenge. Hanging up a new calendar or opening a new day timer, all nice and clean with nothing written in it as yet, the possibilities of what we can do are endless. Thanks to all the churches who held special Christmas Eve and Christmas Day ser- vices for everyone who wanted to share in the true meaning of Christmas with- out all the commercialism that we had thrown at us by TV, Radio and the retail world. It was lovely to sit and quietly reflect on what began as a simple birth, in a little place called Bethlehem, on the other side of the world, and what it has come to mean to so many people the world over. For those of us who are still eating left -overs from Christ- mas and cleaning up after endless visitors have finally gone home, take a break, sit down, put up your feet, have a cuppa of something, (maybe with a little some- thing extra in the cuppa besides tea or coffee), and take a deep breath. It will still be there tomorrow. Smokey, George V and I wish you all a happy, healthy and prosperous new year. Health Unit reports that rabid skunk has been found in Huron County The Huron County Health Unit has been notified that a dead skunk from the Blyth area has tested positive for the rabies virus. A skunk from the Blyth area that was destroyed and submitted for testing on December 14, 2016, was found to be infected with the virus. The Health Unit would like to take this opportunity to remind the public to avoid contact with wild animals and ensure their pets are immunized against rabies. Dogs and cats often get into fights with wild animals. If you witness a fight, or ifyour dog or cat comes home with injuries from a fight and you believe it may have been bitten or scratched by a rabid animal: Do not handle your pet as there may be fresh saliva from a rabid animal on its coat; Isolate your pet; and, Contact your local veterinarian Help control the spread of the rabies virus by being a responsi- ble pet owner. Make sure that all dogs and cats, including those in the barn, are vaccinated against rabies. Pet owners are required by law (Regulation 567/90) to have all cats and dogs three months of age or over immu- nized against rabies. To reduce the risk of being bit- ten by a rabid animal avoid han- dling any wild, unknown or stray animals. Parents are encouraged to teach their children to stay away from any animal they do not know. If you see a baby animal that appears to be orphaned, leave it alone. Chances are its mother is nearby. The possible danger to you outweighs the good you might do for the animal. Notify the near- est animal control agency or humane society branch instead. If you or someone in your family makes direct contact with an ani- mal that may have rabies, seek medical attention immediately. For more information, contact the Huron County Health Unit at 519-482-3416. If calling long dis- tance, dial 1-877-837-6143. For more information, check out our website atwww.huronhealthu- nitca