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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1978-03-01, Page 1• %.‘•-• 'y First Louer The first draw fbr $1,000 in .the Lticknow District. Community Centre Lottery is to be held today. As of Monday, 1,000 tickets had been .sold leaving a limited number to be sold. If you have not boughta ticket, don't miss out on Centre. 540 tickets were required to be sold for the campaign to break even, and with 1,000 sold as of. Monday the committee has no fears in this regard. McDonagh , said that most people are buying tickets because the 51 chances left to win $1,00O—there is the chance to win the The total deposit from sale of tickets, so far, is $80,197.60. The draw is proceeding even though all (*the tickets have not been sold, said Barry.McDoriagh of the fund raising committee for the Lucknow -District Cornntunity draw and also the' 00ortunity to doriate to the community centre:* He said that many tickets are being purchased by former resid- ents of -Lucknow. • Some tickets are held by a number of people who have gone r ilw toda together to purchase a ticket. A shared ticket allows people to get in on several chances or buy a share of a ticket if they cannot afford to purchase one by themselves. The tickets will remain at the cost of $104 throughout the draw so you should buy a ticket now, and get in on- as many of the 52 chances to win as. possible, said McDonagh. A further list of those who have. made donations• to the ' project' include: Wayne Todd, Wm. Bey- ersbergen, Norm McDonald, Dor, othy MacKenzie, Margaret Gord- on, Jack Baier, Anonymous, George Lockart, Harold Burns, Art Andrew, Doug. Drennan, Robert Farrish, Evan Keith, Terry Wilson, John M. MacDon- ald, Anonymous, Spence McFar- lene, Leonard Stanley, John W. McFarlane, Allan McFarlane, Austin Martin, Norval Stewart, Robt. Rtitledge, Cora MacDon- a141 Tom CleNand, Bruce Hamil- ton, Orma Murdock, Mel Jones, • CONTINUED ON PAGE t3 E $10 A Year In Advance $14 To U.S.A. and Foreign WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1, 1978 Shigle, Copy 25c 24 PAGES • These four Lucknow archers,1eft to right,. Elaine .and Peter Steer, and Caroland Xen Adams, are competing in Canadian and Ontario Championship Barebow Competitions and will also compete in international competition again this year in the United States, Peter is the Canadian .Outdoor Barebow • and Ontario Indoor Barebow -champion, men's division. Carol is the Ontario Outdoor Barebow champion and both the Canadian and Ontario Indoot Barebow champion, ladies' division. Ken is silver medalist in the Canadian Outdoor and Indoor Barebow and the.Ontario Indoor Barebow, men's division, Ken won the Windsor Annual Invitational Archery Championship, men's division, On. Sunday at Windsor University. Carol won the ladies' division .tide at the same competition and Peter placed second 10 the men's competition to !Ken's first. Lucknow archers ,are Canadian .champs Three Lucknow archers hold most of the major championship titles in Canadian and Ontario Barebow competition. Peter Steer who was raised in Lucknow and has' recently moved back; is Canadian Outdoor Bare - bow and Ontario Indoor Barebow champion, in the men's 'division. Carol Adams holds the ladies' division titles fOr Ontario Outdoor Barebow Champion and. both Canadian and Ontario Indoor Barebow Champion. . Carots husband, Ken Adams, • is silver medalist in the Canadian Outdoor and Indoor Barebow and' the Ontario • Indoor Birebow, men's division. Peter and Ken have opened an • appliance dentre in Lurknow after deciding that they may as well join- on a business venture since • they compete against one another • Lucknow s in their sport. • "We are each others competi- ti,on at —archery shoots," says Ken, "The only reason Peter holds the titles is because I don't take the competitions as seriously as, he does, qui I fool around a lot at the shoots." Ken shot his 'Worst scores of the year when he took the silver medals at the; Ontario and ;- Canadian Indoor championships. • , This .is the -third, year that the • • joined a club in London and attended a competition at Kens club where the, two met. They started piacticing together and • .CONTINUED ON. PAGE 2 • ,eakers win three and Peter's Wife, ...Carol, have been involved in competitive archer. • ,Peter enjoys hunting and found hunting with .a bow .to be more challenging than with a gun. He Legion competition • The junior and senior public speaking champions at Lucknow Central took first place in their divisons at the eleventh Elernent- - ary School Public Speaking Com- ' petition sponsored by the Royal • Canadian Legion, • Branch 309, Lucknow,, held in the Lucknow Legion on Friday evening. Brenda Davies, Lucknow Cent- ' ral's junior champion, won the Junior trophy and Dale Gilchrist, Lucknow Central's senior 'cham- • pion, won the. Senior trophy. . •Lucknow Central, Brookside Pub- • lic, South Kinloss Central and St. Joseph's, Kingsbridge competed in the area competition to decide • the. area winners who will proceed to the zone firial's in Goderich. Dale placed first in the senior division of the Elementary School competition with his speech, "My • Life". Second place winner was Heather Ann Stapleton of Kings- bridge, who spoke about "Petti- coat Acres". Other speakers in the senior division were Karen Beecroft, Brookside Public, speaking on • the `.`Plowing • Match"; Beth Gingrich, Lucknow Central, who spoke on the topic, "Mennonites"; Gordon Jamie- son, Brookside Public; who chose - as his topic, "Conserving En - CONTINUED ON PAGE 8 • Easter seal appeal launched today Lucknow and District residents will be receiving Easter Seals in the mail today as the Ontario Society for Crippled Children launches its 31st appeal. The campaign in Lucknow and District is being directed by the • Lucknow District Lions Club who stuffed and addressed the envel- opes to be mailed. Campaign chairman, Ted Col - !yet, said that this mr's object- ive is $1500, half of which will • remain in the community to assist local Crippled • Children. Last year, the local association for Crippled Children purchased glasses, a heating aid and paid for a crippled\ child's summer., camp expenses. If at any time, the local fund requires more money, the local association for Crippled Children • can receive more funds from the . Ontario .appeal.