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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1988-07-27, Page 510 1 /2 % 1Yr. GIC 10751r$870 C Comp. ann. Same good service, just a new face If you pull into the Lucknow Service Cen- tre today you'll find a new face manning the pumps. The face belongs to new owner Rick Jones but you can bet the service will be as good as ever. Rick, who lives with wife Lillian and two chidren, Christopher and Sonia, on their farm three miles east of Holyrood, took possession of the garage and service cen- tre last Monday from former owner Howard Neable. Rick is originally from Hanover and has been a mechanic for some 15 years. "I'm going to keep up the 'farming," Rick told the Sentinel last week, "but the business will take priority now. I sure hope to have time for both." The new owner of the Lucknow' Service Centre has some immediate plans for the business which include staying open seven days a week. As of Tuesday, you can fill up any day between 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. "I'm going to do my best to get the mechanical bays in full operation as well," USINESS BEAT Rick said. This added service will require the addi- tion of a Class A mechanic which, Rick has discovered, isn't easy to find. Also, Rick tells us the former owner will still have the used cars for sale on the lot adjacent to the garage for at least a short time. "I expect Howard will come and go here for a while," Rick explained. "He'll still have the cars for sale and I hope he'll offer advice until I get a feel for the business." Customers in and around Lucknow can look forward to a grand opening celebra- tion for the new owners of the Lucknow Service Centre sometime in September. Meanwhile, patrons are invited to stop in anytime and offer their best wishes to Rick and his staff in their new venture. Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, July 27,1988—Page 5 Do Bell ads cloud reality? Dear Sir, The ad placed by Bell Canada in July 27 editions of daily papers across the pro- vince is an interesting exercise in clouding reality. The wage offer made by Bell and published in their ad, would be their own calculations, cause a decrease in real wages by the end of the three year collec- tive agreement due to projected rates of inflation. The comments on the pension plan neglect to mention that the company has refused all attempts to make im- provements. They also neglect to mention that their largest subsidiary Northern Telecom has recently negotiated a significantly better indexing plan with other locals of CWC and without the need to take strike action. With regard to contractors, part-time and temporary employees Bell again hides the full story. While it is true Bell's work '''0 THE EDITOR load is flexible we have not called for a prohibition on the use of method which would allow the'employer to be flexible. What we have done is demanded limits on the use of such services. Without such limits the job security of all of our members is threatened as the work force changes from full to part-time or temporary. Most of the part-time employees are guaranteed only four hours per week, the rest of the time they are ex- pected to wait by the phone hoping for a call from Ma Bell that will allow them enough work to pay their bills. Many part-timers have 15-20 years of service and 15-20 years of unsuccessful at- tempts to become full-time. BCE Inc made more than $1 billion in Library takes donation of special video A video of the much acclaimed sexual assualt prevention program has been donated to the Lucknow Library by the Junior Women's Institute. The film entitl- ed Feeling Yes, Feeling No is produced by the National Film Board of Canada. The video is presented in two parts. The first section, for parents, introduces the program and provides parents with infor- mation and skills to increase their children's safety in relation to sexual assault. This portion of the video will be presented for interested parents this Fri- day, July 29, starting at 10:45 a.m. in the library. It runs 28 minutes and everyone is invited. The second portion of Feeling Yes, Feel- ing No is intended for children aged six to 12. It is comprised of three, 15 -minute segments and each segment presents in- formation to the children in a non- threatening manner by actors from the Green Thumb Theatre in Vancouver. A number of children have also participated in the completion of the film. This video is available to be borrowed from the Lucknow Library at no charge for home use. Arrangements may be made to bring families or community groups into the library for viewing. Other videos permanently housed at the local library include Keep Out", a safety film about construction site hazards and Renovation Zone 1 and 2 which provides in- formation about upgrading your home's insulation and heat retaining qualities. Many other videos are available by order. Come in and see what your library has to offer today. Office hours for long weekend Due to the long holiday weekend this Monday, August 1, the Lucknow Sentinel Office will be closed. We would ask that any advertising and all correspondents' material be in this of- fice no latter than 3 p.m. Friday, July 29. This will allow us ample time to organize next week's paper as well as giving the staff time with their families for the holiday. Thank you for your attention to this regard and have a great holiday profits last year and Bell Canada 'con- tributed more than $730 million of that total making the employer the most pro- fitable in the country. Bell's employees are in large part the reason for Bell's success, they are highly skilled and extremely productive. We are pleased to read in the paper that Bell is open to dialogue because every time they have spoken to us they have indicated a clear refusal to move off their present position. We have never considered talking to a wall as dialogue! We can't compete with Bell in paid advertising, nor do we want to try. Our ex- timates indicate that every time Bell goes on such a publicity binge its costs $400,000, which must ultimately be paid by subscribers. It is clear to us that Bell is getting desperate and that the strike is having an impact on their operations beyond what they are prepared to admit. Our members who are Bell employees deserve a real effort by the company to settle the dispute at the bargaining table rather than paid misrepresentation on the advertising pages of major papers. Yours truly Richard Long Vice -President Ontario Region. 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