The Lucknow Sentinel, 1988-10-19, Page 4Page 4—Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, October 19, 1988
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Where were your
Whether it was apathy, disinterest or plpin old busy-ness on the part
of the people of Lucknow, Kinloss, Ashfield and West Wawanosh, the
Lucknow and District volunteer fire fighters must feel, unappreciated
and terribly disappointed.
For four nights, the firemen held open house at the firehall in con-
junction with Fire Prevention Week. They were prepared to show peo-
ple a film. They wanted to demonstrate the equipment they use and
they wanted to let everyone know they take their work seriously.
But very few citizens took advantage of the opportunity to meet the
firemen.
It's the way of the world in 1988 to beg off all kinds of civic respon-
sibility. After all, everyone is run off his feet. Each day is a struggle.
Making a living takes all one's energy - and more.
But for the volunteer firemen who selflessly serve year round in time
of emergencies involving property and human life, it's difficult to
understand why hardly anyone came by to show support for a great ef-
fort on the community's behalf. - SJK
Hats off to Bruce schools
Bruce County residents should stand up and cheer. Bruce County
Board of Education should take a bow. An exceptional morals and
values program may have been in place in Bruce County schools for the
past 10 years, but it is just now that citizens here have begun to realize
just how innovative it is - just how far ahead of the crowd the Bruce
County program has been running.
In fact, it just may be that Bruce County is setting the pace for all
other provincial public schools to follow where morals and values
education is concerned.
Or, to put it even more bluntly, it may be because of progressive
thinking such as has been demonstrated by the Bruce County Board of
Education, that recent legislation involving use of The Lord's Prayer in
Ontario public schools has been enacted. Bruce has proven it can be
done.
The interesting thing about the Bruce program is that it does not put
people of differing views at odds with each other. Far from it. The Bruce
approach treats everyone with dignity and respect. It offers something
for everyone - and seems to be offending very few.
Wiarton's Al Leader was very much at the forefront of this excellent
program. He admits that it was a stressful undertaking to meet with,
hear and consider the ideas and opinions on the Bruce County public
about morals and values, about religion and faith.
But it was worth the effort, according to Leader. It brought about not
only a program that happily integrates the common moral attitudes of
people inside and outside the Judaeo-Christian community, It presents
the best of every viewpoint represented in Bruce County. And for the
people who believe that The Lord's Prayer still has a place in the public
school system in Ontario, it allows The Lord's Prayer to be used as part
of a well-balanced. structured format that recognizes viewpoints other
than the Christian viewpoint.
Even with the new approach in Ontario, Bruce County's strategy like-
ly won't change much. That's because Bruce schools are already practis-
Ing exactly what the' Ministry of Education is proposing - offering a
well-balanced program that teaches youngsters something of the
mosaic of beliefs and attitudes in the province in 1988. And they are
doing it deliberately, tastefully, harmoniously - and successfully. It's a
tremendous accomplishment. - SJK
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Jack becomes
third alarm clock
I'm sure you are all noticing the days
getting longer and early risers are now be-
ing greeted by darkness rather than ,sun-
shine and blue skies.
From now until spring, I have great dif-
ficulty in hauling this body out of bed when
the alarm goes off. These wet, dark morn-
ings are not conducive to rising, but rather
to snuggling down under the comforter and
staying there a little while longer.
Alarm clocks have even lost effec-
tiveness. At least the normal type have.
In our home we have, or believed we
had, two alarm clocks.
One in our room that softly awakens you,
first with a flashing light and a couple of
minutes later, the buzzer goes off and
keeps going until you turn it off. Obviously
electric.
Son's is a windup that goes off with a
blast that causes his 6' 4" frame to rise to
the ceilng in shock. I must adinit I pur-
chased it for him and I tried out quite a few
in the store to be sure I was getting the
noisest one.
On a recent morning, the alarm had
gone off in our room and I was catching a
few more winks. I was jolted out of this
snooze by another alarm, one I hadn't
heard all summer. The noise of this alarm
was much different and more insistent. It
was also 34" long and weighed 11 lbs. and
the call was a screeching
meow....meow You guessed, it was our
' cat Jack.
I raised myself to my elbow and peeked
over the bed. Sure enough, it was him, with
an indignant look on his face, as if to say,
"it's 7:15 and I'm ready to go out": My
reaction was to tell him to get lost, which
of course he ignored. There was no button
to turn him off and even though I covered
my head, I could still hear him bawling. Ig-
noring him was the worst thing I could
have done. Thoroughly ticked off with me,
he jumped on top of the bed, up to the head-
board and proceed to do a catwalk along
the one inch wide headboard, all the while
meowing.
I finally gave in, got up and let him out.
After analyzing this problem, I realized
that during the summer I am up earlier,
usually at the same time he would start
prowling around. Our schedules coincided
Rby Pat Livingston
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and there was no problem. However, with
the coming of these dark mornings, I have
become lazier but Jack has no intention of
changing his morning schedule. I should
be thankful, for in the ,winter I really do
need an extra alarm to get me going'
Cats are an amazing species. Have you
heard it said that pets take on some of the
personality traits of their owners° Better
that than humans taking on traits of their
pets'
After viewing our cat for a period of
time, I have come up with the following
likenesses:
- he is very demanding. I could be called
demanding. When I call the rest of the
family I expect them to rise on the first
call NOT the sixth.
- the look in Jack's eyes could be compared
to mine on those very FEW occasions I
have been known to lose my temper.
- cooler weather makes him lazier, (not in
the morning) . He likes to cuddle up to a
member of the family for added warmth.
- when his dish is empty he lets you know it
is feeding time. This reminds me of a
member of our family.
- if he's in a bad mood and you are attemp-
ting to play with him, he is not adverse to
showing his claws. It has been said that I
have a sharp tongue when in a bad mood.
Of course I DON'T AGREE with that
comment.
Some cold winter night why not compare
your personality traits to those of your pet.
Might be difficult if your pet is a bird or a
fish' Seems to work best with cats and
dogs.
While I believe our cat has taken on a lot
of my traits refuse to Pompare my per-
sonality in a vay, shap or form to those
of our Siberian Husky. That one I leave up
to hubby'
Oby Rob Bundy
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