The Lucknow Sentinel, 1989-10-04, Page 5Lucknow 'Sentinel, Wednesday, October 4, 1989—Page 5
Reader offers her suggestions for iniproving The Sentinel
Dear editor:
This week with my Copy of the Sentinel
l received a renewal notice with a note
attached that comments were welcome,
"it is your paper." Well, I love to give
suggestions and here are a few off the
top of my head for "our paper."
1. It needs to be more fun. More
interesting.
2. Headlines, front page news should be
local. Politics we read daily in the city
papers. Include major headlines from
local towns - we come from a rural area
- we know people in Ripley, Teeswater,
Belgrave etc.
3. Involve service clubs. Ask them to pro-
vide you with an update or pictures of
the club in action - it will give them
publicity. When they're having an
"event", have them. assign a newspaper
representative to take pictures and send
a story, perhaps then the event would get
coverage and none would complain
because "the newspaper didn't show up."
(Do you know how often I've heard
that?)
4. Have -a cartoon contest for school
children. Weekly, you could publish a
cartoon drawn by a student. Teeswater
has .a regular cartoonist - he's a student
and does cartoons about local things. 5.
Why not advertise for volunteer
photographers, to submit candid or spon-
operation
taneous pictures. Everyone likes pictures
in the paper - locals like to see
themselves and those out of town
subscriptions can see old friends. 6. What
about street interviews with people. Ask
a simple question about current issues,
local or international and publish
opinions.
7. Personally, I'd, "can" the Ramblings
column and replace it with a story for
children. Short stories could be written
for a school project. Why not encourage
the children to be a part of "their
paper", at the same time teaching
writing and English, or open it up to
Seniors to tell a story from days gone by.
We have .many senior citizens in town
that would have interesting memories,
I'm sure they would love to share if they
were given encouragement.
8. Drop the rule that all birthday pictures
must have a full name under them. It
takes away all the fun in guessing who
the picture is of. Other local papers do it
- Teeswater, Wingham, London, Toronto,
why is Lucknow so special?
You asked for suggestions - you have
them. None of these should cost money,
just effort. We need more interesting ar-
ticles about people and things in our own
area. Did you realize that on August 16,
1989 you ran a four paragraph article
that the Huron County Dairy Princess
contest was looking for competitors, yet
one of our own area girls (Janet Lane R.
1 Holyrood) won the Bruce County Dairy
Princess contest and all that was written
was a two paragraph brief not even men-
tioning where she was from. Teeswater,
on the other hand, carried a "pre con-
test" write-up about the local entries and
a picture.
I must congratulate you on the work
you do, I'm not condemning your work,
TO THE EDITOR
merely offering a few ways to add some
fun to your paper (sorry, our paper). I
get tired off hearing people say "there's
nothing in the paper." There is, or there
could be.
Joan Chamney.
Workshop offered on child
Working with survivors of child sexual
abuse, the non -offending parents and the
perpetrators will be covered in a two-day
workshop on "Child Sexual Abuse: Work-
ing with Adults." The workshop will be
held at Knox Presbyterian Church in
Goderich on Oct. 19-20.
One in a series of workshops sponsored
by the Community Child Abuse Coor-
dinating Committee, it will be of interest
to police, lawyers, judges, crown at-
torneys, teachers, child -protection
workers, mental health workers, health-
care professionals, politicians, shelter
workers and journalists.
Featured speakers include Dr. Howard
Barbaree, associate Professor of
sexual abuse survivors
Psychology at Queen's University and Co -
Director of the Kingston Sexual
Behaviour Clinic. Dr. Barbaree has been
involved in research and clinical practice
in the area of adult male sexual of-
fenders since 1976 and is the co-editor of
three books on the assessment and treat-
ment of the sexual offender.
Also, Connie Coniglio of the Counselling
and Career Development Services at the
University of Western Ontario will talk
about sexual abuse survivors, and Meg
Lewis of Family and Children's Services
of London and Middlesex will lead a ses-
sion on non -offending parents.
Anyone interested in registering for the
workshop should contact Family and
Children's Services at 524-7356.
Eyesight needs
your help
Dear Editor,
On a hill overlooking the town of Rocky
Mountain House, Alberta, is a special
spot that has been shared with a friend
over many years. Each fall, we climb up
to .a place high enough to overlook the
rolling hits and river valley. The trees,
all turning in color, present a patchwork
of radiance and beauty that is stunning
to behold. We sit, without saying :a word,
and it seems like :our. souls communicate;.
we truly are one and at peace with the
world.
The work of Operation Eyesight
Universal is like climbing that hill. Each
year, thousands of dollars are raised and
distributed by this registered Canadian
charity — dollars freely and generously
given by people from all across this great
land. Beauty and radiance are in the
faces of the men, women and children in
Third World countries where the precious
gift of sight restoration is received.
The task is enormous, the work im-
mense, and the patchwork of color is
every bit as large and intricate as the
rolling bills. The need for greater efforts
speaks out and seems to point the way to
more control and prevention of eye
diseases ins developing countries. Much is
being done and can, be done to eradicate
the causes of blindness, especially in
children.
As we pause this Thanksgiving • to
reflect on our fortunes, we can give .the
precious gift of sight to a cataract patient
in the Third World for just $25. Imagine
how thankful that person :will be to see
the beauty of nature!
Operation Eyesight Universal can be
contacted in Western Canada at P.O. Box
123, 'Stn. "M", Calgary, Alberta T2P 2116
or in Central Canada at No. 202 - 1719
Lawrence Ave. East, Scarborough, On-
tario M1R 2X7.
Ken R. Shelley
17627 - {61 Ave.
Edmonton, Alberta
T6M 1115
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