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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1987-01-21, Page 4Page 4--Luckiow Sentinel, Wednesday, January 21, 1987 P.O. Be( 400, Lucknow NOG 2H0 Established 1873 ' 528-2822 A CCNA BLUE RIBBON AWARD v. ql F 1Ca CIRCu L ATIO AAIO Thomas Thompson -Advertising Manager Subscription rates in advance: Alan Rivett -Editor 17.00 Outsiae Canada s60.00 Pat.Livingston -General Managed 514.00 Outside Canada $58.00 g$ Senior Citizen Second class mailing reg. no. 0847 Advertising is accepted on the:condition that in the event,of a typographical error, the portion of the advertising space occupied by the erroneous item together with a reasonable allowance for signature, WWI not be charged for, but the balance of the advertisement will be paid at the applicable rates. Ministry set to crack down on violence in hockey If the Canadian Junior Hockey team ` had only ,known that their fighting with the Soviet team at the World Junior Championships recently would bring such a backlash against violence in amateur hockey - they probably wouldn't have done it. The much -publicized fighting incident has resulted in an outcry across the province for a crackdown on hockey violence. And this time, the Provincial Legislature has brought down some tough, new rules to ma a sports, and especially hockey, safer in Ontario. According to a report in the Toronto Star regarding the new provin- cial policy, the government can refuse or suspend funding to' sports. organizations or facilities which do not have adequate safety stan- dards; shut .down or order repairs to unsafe sports facilities such as arenas. Ontario will also spend S1.4 million inothef next 15 months to help amateur hockey leagues to clean up violence and unsafe play. To do this, programs will be organized for trainers, coaches and referees and grants to upgrade equipment. Provincial figures do much to show the need for a concerted effort to reduce violence in sports and especially hockey. According to statistics, about one-quarter of all admissions to Ontario emergency wards were sports related, mostly falling in the 10 to 24 age range. Also under consideration by the government is to improve the of- ficiating of hockey, and to develop one governing body for hockey, to develop better coaching and instructional program. Hockey, more now than ever, has been perceived to be more violent. Whether or not there actually is more violence in hockey now is open to interpreation. In a recent series of stories in the Toronto Star ivhere reporters visited arenas in the area to gauge .the amount of hockey violence - not one incident of violence was discovered by the reporters. However, a program which seeks to reduce the amount of sports in- juries due to sports should be a welcome addition`to the sporting and hockey community. A.R. Article makes Al see Upon leafing my way through the pages of the Toronto Star recently I happened upon an article which im- mediately caught my eye. And, to say the least, what I saw made me more than slightly angry. The article, in the January 14 Toronto Star, tells of a television station refus- ing to air a program by "tele- vangelist" Oral Roberts because of Roberts' continuing pleas for money. It's a fact of life that TV evangelists use their influence and supposed oneness with God to accumulate vast amounts of money, profiteering from the emotional frailties of some people, especially senior citizens. But, what made me sit up and take notice was' the dispicable way Mr. Roberts has of playing with people's emotions and love for God - all in the name of making a fast buck. The latest exploits of the king of tel -evangelism almost hits rock bottom in the lengths he will go to separate people from their money. A passage from the newspaper arti- cle reads as follows: "A television sta- tion's refusal to air evangelist Oral Roberts' recent programs will not. stop him telling viewers he will die if his ministry does not receive $4.5 million by March, a spokesman said yesterday. ..."The 68 -year-old evangelist said $3.5 million has been raised, but he ask - ALAN red ed his followers to preserve his life by pledging the remaining $4.5 million before March." Religious beliefs aside, evangelists such as Mr. Roberts and his ilk continue to make a mockery of religion which serves as nothing more than an instru- ment in which to acquire riches. It's also not the first time these unscrupulous scoundels have dreamed up scams to bilk these people from their money. I vaguely recall an incident a few years ago when fellow evangelist Rex Humbard solicited financial help from elderly people across the country in effort to save his "Cathedral of Tomorrow" from financial wrack and ruin. What can be done about these characters/ Probably nothing. It's a free country and they have every right to the airwaves - if they can pay for it. But, hopefully as time goes on more and more people will recognize these sup- posedly religious people for what they really are - fakes and frauds of the worst kind. .6' 'ik" V)' !�V,y.thi 2"y:¢. Y<%'#�'SY`> %:T"' Winter serenity 70 years ago January 25, 1917 Two nice new stores - Messrs. Ackert and Rathwell were busy the past week moving their stock of boots and shoes across the street into their new store. The new store has just been completed and it certainly is a credit to the proprietors - About everything the carpenter, the glazier and painter could do to bring it up- to-date has been done, so that it would not be out of place even on a city street The front entrance and show windows are of the latest style - deep, narrow entrance with large plate glass on either side. \The interior is roomy and , bright with every convenience for customer and clerk. The rear is fitted into an up-to-date repair shop. St Helens Vs. Lucknow Don't miss it! What/ the big del ate and entertainment in • the Town Hall, Lucknow, Friday evening, February 2. This will be one of the real good things of the season. Ask about the St. Helens - Lucknow debate of late winter. This one will be quite as good or better. Besides, there will be a number of other good things, worth the price of admission. Miss R. Gordon and T. Watson willl give an Indian pow -wow song and dance, and the six sailor boys, who so delighted a Lucknow audience recently with their song, "The British Navy", are preparing another song just as good, for this enter- tainment. St. Helens talent will also assist musical numbers. the program will be neither to long or too short. 50 years ago January 21,1937, Go 1,1937- Go to Ottawa on Tomlinson Scholarship - These two high school students were recently be chosen by popular vote of their scholarships provided each year by W.R. Tomlinson, M.P., Bruce County's representative at Dominion Parliament. The scholarships confer upon Mr. (Gomer) Scott (of Port Elgin) and Mr. (Leonard) McLeod (of Lucknow) the privilege of being the personal guests of Mr. Tomlinson at his Ottawa home during the parliamentary session. While there, they will learn at firsthand how. the government of the Dominion is conducted. Father rescues his three children from mill pond - Three little Hackett brothers were snatched from death about five o'clock Monday afternoon after they had broken through the thin ice on Treleaven's mill pond. it was the heroic rescue efforts Of their father, Caswell Hackett, that sav- ed his entire young family of three sons from a triple drwoning tragedy. Mr. Hackett himself might easily have become a victim of the icy water also. Near exhaustion from the efforts in getting his sons safely out of of the deep water, the rescuer then found the ice repeatedly breaking under his weight and it was with much difficulty that he finally reached safety. The three Hackett youngsters, Gordon, 9; Glen; 5; and J.C. 4; were walking up the ice well out on the pond at a point just north of S.C. Rathwell's residence. 25, years ago January 24, 1962 Ashfield Airman spent Christmas in Italy - Received a belated Christmas card from from F.S. W.A. Drennan, who is overseas with the RCAF. Bill was in Belgium, but at the time of writing was at the Air Weapons Unit, Decimomannu, Sardegna, Italy. The temperature the day the card was written was 89 degrees. The olive crop had just been finished, and the orange harvest takes place in early February, with the trees loaded. Bill, who is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Drennan, says they stilllook for- ward to receiving the Sentinel, and although a lot of names are changed, the places remain the same. Bruce County Council visited Lucknow - Members of Bruce County Council paid an informal visit to Lucknow last Thursday By Alan Rivett SENTINEL evening, to mark the first time in over half a century that members of the County Board have been in the Sepoy Town in a body. ...County council members were, the guests of the Village Council and were ac- companied here by Reeve George Joynt, and welcomed by members of council, M.L. Sanderson, Omar Brooks, Harvey Webster, W.A. "Bud" Hamilton and Clerk E.H. Agnew, who was credited with con- ceiving the idea of the visit, and acted as chairman for the brief ands informal pro' gram of song and speech making. 10 years ago January 26, 1977 Burn -$11,400 church ' mortgage - Lucknow united Church burned the mor- tgage on a $21,400 expenditure for church renovation and imporvement at the Sun- day morning church service. The work was done in the spring of 1974, about 21/2 years ago. A canvass of the congregation raised $8,000: By the end of the first year $10,500 had been paid off.