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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1987-03-25, Page 4Page 4—Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, March 25, 1987 +::'?,rr>• •.>;�rl�'?.::'••r.:: r`,;:•':c:':ti<:v.,fq;5'.': .. .'ir. .^' ri'lr?:{moi ::•'firi;F.�.::?:::�:•i:�:i. ..... r.: ...... 4, Afxfo P.O. Box 400, Lucknow NOG 2H0 Established 1873 528-2822 BLUE RIBBON AWARD VL (a 11 ILO CIRCULATION PATO Thomas Thompson -Advertising Manager Subscription rates in advance: Alan Rivett -Editor 317.00 Outside Canada $60.00 Pat Livingston General Manager $14.00 Outside Canada $58.00 Senior Citizen Second class mailing reg. no. 0847 Advertising is accepted on the condition that in4he event of a typographical error, the portion of the advertising space occupied by the erroneous item together with a reasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged for, but the balance of the advertisement will be paid at the applicable rates. Liquor report contradictory When it comes to alcohol, the government has only its own interests at heart, says the Huron Expositor. More than 70 recommendations dealing with the serving and con- sumption of alcohol were released recently in a report by the Ontario Advisory Committee on liquor regulation, and most are either self ser- ving, or a contradiction in terms of what other branches of the govern- ment propose to be doing. the report it is said, reflects the attitudes and expectations express- ed by both the public and industry over recent months. But, considera- tion seems only to have been given to the drinking public, because the report recommends, among other things that; all licensed establishments be given the option to open an hour earlier and close an hour later than at present. It recommends that BYOB be permitted in restaurants that may or may not already be licensed, and it recom- mends that such public places such as movie theatres be awarded the same privileges. At the same time another provincial advisory group says it wants beer commercials which associate drinking with "beautiful young peo- ple" who look healthy, fit and happy, taken off the air, because they ignore the p tentially negative social and health aspects of alcohol consumption. ren't those the same negative aspects the government is ignoring wit its Port -a -snort recommendation. True, the government is also asking for stiffer penalties for underage drinking drivers in lieu of the increased availability of alcohol, but it seems the government should strive to eliminate the problem, not seek to find a solution after adding to it. Reacting to public demand? It appears more obvious the government is reacting to its own need to foster funds and is using the weakness, of the Canadian public, for alcohol, to do so. The government tells us these modifications in the liquor laws will make our province an Ontario of the 80s. but with the 80s marked by world chaos and unrest, increased violence and massive adult and teenage suicides, perhaps an Ontario of the 80s is not the image we should strive to attain. maybe, it's time the government tried to capitalize on the positive attributes of Ontarians, not play on their vices. ...And the survey says Readership surveys. They make me a little uneasy as you open the newspaper to all sorts of criticism - some war- ranted, some not. However, now that the results are known, it wasn't all that bad. To be truthful, most of the 21 respondents had many favorable com- ments about the paper with most hav- ing subscriptions and reading the paper from front to back each week. "It's do- ing a good job, as is" and "I really en- joy your paper" were some of the comments. However, as the old adage goes, if things are going too good, you should be looking over your shoulder. And in this ease, there were some criticisms which, I can assure the readers, the paper will try to deal with constructive- ly in the weeks ahead. If there was one central theme which most people hit on in the survey, it was a general feeling more "local news" should be included in the Lucknow News column. We agree. The Sentinel's Lucknow correspon- dent, Mrs. Geraldine Schlosser, has agreed to continue as the correspon- dent, but people must be more willing to call her with the news. A local "people news" column is only as good as the amount of public par- ticipation in it; with your help. and co- operation the Lucknow column can con- tain the amount of hometown news that people in Lucknow expect. Another criticism of the paper, and a criticism I take very personally. said ALAN the news coverage was "impartial to the point of absurdity". I really thought about the point the writer was trying to make. I concluded this person thought the paper should take more of a leader- ship role, taking a stand on issues affec- ting Lucknow. My response is the Sentinel has in- deed taken a stand on major issues, an example being the proposed arena. In editorials over the past year, the paper has supported the idea of a new arena, contingent upon the politicians and peo- ple involved with the project taking a step back, looking at ALL the con- siderations and coming to an informed decision based on the wishes of the ma- jority of people in the village. Anything less would not do justice to a project of this size. As for coverage of newsworthy events, the goal of any newspaper reporter is to be fair and accurate without bias, and let the readers make the decision of who is right or wrong. If this comment means the paper is doing this to the extreme or to the point of "absurdity", well I guess I'm all for it. In next week's column, I'll express a few more of the suggestions from our readers. Two Lucknow players collide at centre ice during the Lucknow Pee Wee's second game of the Young Canada Week Tournament against Goderich B's. Lucknow defeated Goderich 9-1. (Alan Rivett photo) 70 years ago March 29, 1917 Two Councillors Resign - Controversy over Constable - The Lucknow Village Council suffered a somewhat staggering blow when at the special meeting held last Thursday evening Councillors McCharles and Lyons both handed their resignations °to the clerk. The result is the village now has a council of three - Reeve R. Johnston, W. Henderson, and D. Huston - and the clerk must get busy to fill the vacancies. The resignations appear to have come as a result of the controversy over the ap- pointment of the village constable. Mc - Charles and Lyons favored the appoint- ment of W.R. Douglas, while Johnston, Henderson and Huston favored R.J. Cameron. Douglas had offered to serve as constable for $100 for the year, and Cameron asked $20 per month. Cameron was appointed at $200 for the remainder of the current year (the year ends February 1, 1918) and rather than share in the repon- sibility for this appoi ment the two coun- cillors resigned. 50 ye rs ago March 25, 1937 Marked enthusiasm at arena meeting - A short notice special meeting of the booster club was held in the Town Hall, Tuesday evening to discuss the proposal to build an arena, embodying a community hall, in the village. An attendance of about 40, exclusive of many young budding hockey players, shows there is a growing wave of enthusiasm for the project. The unanimous opinion of ratepayers present favored putting forth an effort to determine the possibility of going ahead with the undertaking and it appears likely that the matter may culminate in being submitted to a vote of the village. The stumbling block in making more definite headway at Tuesday's ' meeting was failure to receive anything' definite concerning . an anticipated provincial grant. ... On the strength of securing this grant. it has been proposed the village issue debentures to the extent of $4,000 and the balance be raised by private subscrip- tions. The estimate to erect the building complete with the exception of lighting is $6,750. 25 years ago March 28, 1962 Farm histories will be welcome - To the Editor - In the last issue of the Signal -Star, they printed an article from your paper about West Wawanosh farms which are still owned by the same families after a century. Charles Girvin and Alexander Pentland were mentioned in connection with township work in the late 1800's. Wilfred Pentland is still on the farm to which his grandfather, Alexander received the crown deed on "this eighth day of September, in the year of our Lord, one thousand, eight hundred, and forty-five". And I might add for the sum of forty pounds! Wilfred got his deed to the farm exactly one hundred years later in October of 1945. Beside his farm is 50 acres belonging to T.C. Anderson, whose grandfather came to Huron County at the same time. The Gir- vins came to Nile at the same time and Harry Girvin owns the farm which was owned by a Girvin in 1879 and was pro- bably bought much earlier. The Finnigans on the 4th of West Wawanosh came about the same time too and some are still on the old Finnigan farms. 10 years ago March 30, 1977 George Chin named to Hall of Fame - Six former Michigan hockey greats were in- ducted into the Dekers Hall of Fame February 12 before the Michigan Wolverines played Denver at Yost Arena in Ann Arbor, Michigan. SENTINEL The new Hall of Famers include defenceman Dan Petermann (1922-25), defenceman Reg Shave (1950-53), right wing John McKennell (1950-53), right wing George Chin (1950-54), left winger Doug Philpot (1951-54) and defencemen Jim Haas (1951-54) . Included among the Old -Timers Weekend activities was the 25 year reunion of Michigan's 1951-52 NCAA championship team and Old Timers game. George Chin, a Lucknow native and presently residing in Calgary, played in the old-timers game. George played hockey for Michigan for three years. New cushions around arena - Lucknow Kinsmen Club has decided to install new cushions or skirting around the ice surface at the Lucknow Arena. The existing wooden boards are in need of paint, repair, and in many cases replacement.