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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1994-09-21, Page 4Page 4 — Lucknow Sentinel.. Wednesday, September 21, 1994 �ntinel Published weekly by Signal Star Publishing Ltd at 619 Campbell Street Lucknow, .Ont PO Box 400, Lucknow, Ontario NOG.2H0 528-2822: Fax (519) 528-3529 Established 1873 Thomas Thompson - Advertising Manager Pat Livingston - General Manager/Editor Phyllis Matthews Helm - Front Office • Subscription rates advance: Local Regular $2000 within 40.ni radius GST incl. Local Senior $1 700 within 40 mi. radius G S T incl Out-Ot-Area (40 miles) - Regular $32.24 - Senior $29.24 G.S.T. incl. Foreign + U S A. $96? Publications mail registration no. 0847 held at Lucknow, Ont. Changes of address, orders for subscriptions, and undeliverable copies (return postage guaranteed) are to be sent to Lucknow Sentinel at the above address. Advertising is accepted on the condition that in the 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. An. up side to ball strike The Fall Classic won't be available this year. There will be no statistics kept, no records set, no honors given. In autumn 1994, North America's baseball stadiums are quiet. The players are at home with their families. The fansare collec- ting their refunds. The baseball season Is over. So what? To tell the truth, it might be a bigger calamity than any of the piay1efs or the owners ever imagined If the fans go on strike in 1995. Even the most die-hard baseball supporters are disil- lusioned and downright mad. It will be a frosty Friday, they threaten, before they will have the same love for the game that has brought them out to the ballparks by the millions over almost 150 years. Without a devoted audience willing to pay through the nose to watch the sport, baseball owners and baseball players are in big trouble. If there Is no interest among those who buy the tickets and pay for broadcast rights,, it will be mighty difficult to meet a payroll and make a profit. This falling -out -of -love with baseball is widespread. Just poll a few of the folks you know who used to be avid ball fans. They'll tell you they have no sympathy for the boys of summer who are proving by their actions that they care more about the $1.6 million average they are paid than the faithful fans who make it possible. They'll give you their opinion about who Is more, greedy, the players or the owners. They'll say how they plan to protest this needless and prolonged work stoppage which has made idols into scoundrels. For the Toronto Blue Jays though, there is one unique fact that could help save the day for them. When baseball resumes next spring - if baseball resumes next spring - the Jays will sutl be defending World Series Champions. Theoretically, the Jays could still win three World Series In the row. That would not have been possible for the 1995 Blue Jays if there had not been a baseball strike In 1994. SJK. Recreation board says thanks to volunteers, To the editor: Ori behalf of the Lucknow and District Recreation Board, I would like to express my sincere thank you to all the coaches, trainers, and parents of minor sports for baseball, fastball, T ball and soccer for the arca. These people give freely of their valuable time and money to main- tain a sport for our youth to help in thcir growth and learning toward adulthood. Our coaches arc a valuable asset to this community and should receive a vote of thanks. Next time you meet one on the street shake his or her hand. In these times when only bad news is heard about our young people, it is time to hear that they arc being well-trained and are responding as responsible in- dividuals. TO THE EDITOR This following letter was received by the Board and we felt the public should read it in part to hear about the soccer program. Erlma Haldenby Chair of Lucknow and District Recreation Board. "Soccer is now over! It has been a very successful season which started in early May and finished on Saturday, August 6 with the chart; pionship tournament." Keep in mind that 112 kids were playing soccer this year. There were four travelling teams which played a total of 54 games. • see Soccer, page 5 The Sentinel Memoirs Temperance was an issue in '24, '44 70 years ago Sept. 25, 1924 Temperance forces get together - "That we, citizens of Lucknow assembled here, place ourselves on record as being desirous of continuing the Ontario Temperance . Act in this province and pledge ourselves to do, all we can to maintain the present law." The above resolution was adopted at a meeting of local temperance advocate, at a meeting called for the purpose of organizations for work in the interests of maintaining the present temperance act, to be voted on Oct. 23. Rev. J. Ferguson Miller, of Penticton, B.C. had come east to tell people of Ontario how government "control" and ale of liquors is working out in British Columbia. • According to Mr. Miller the provincial prohibition law was not being well enforced, resulting in a great deal of illegal traffic, and the present plan of government sale was introduced as a remedy. The change had brought nothing but disappointment. Electors were assured that government control would put a stop to bootlegging, be profitable and reduce taxes. Figures and- government reports prove that it was none of these. • 50 years ago Sept. 21, 1944 iquor traffic holds whip hand A.K. McLay of Ripley charges that the root of the liquor problem lies in the fact that the liquor interests have the whip hand on our governments. He appealed to the people of the United Church to give leadership . to young people by example as well a precept, in fighting this evil thing, and commended the teaching of temperance in public schools as another method which should be of great help on the suppression of the drink traffic. 25 years ago Sept. 24, 1969 Mod bikes are dangerous - "Banana" seats and high-rise handle bars,bicycle gadgets that excite the admiration of modern small fry, are under scrutiny by the Department of Transport. The investigation is the result of opinions voiced by police and other authorities that the new -style, low - slung bikes with their high handle bars and elongated seats arc less controllable, and therefore less safe than standard models. Participating' In the 1994 Miss Lucknow Queen of the Fair were, from the left: Katrina Abbott and Abby -Lynn Knorr, tied for second princess; Karen Miller, first princess; Diane Ross, Queen of the Fair; Gail Daily, Tammy Schaus, Danielle Cranston, Heather Alton, and Tarrin Colwell. (Pat Livingston photo) . The mysteries of Oak Island, N.S. by Lionel Kearns The mystery of Oak Island, Nova Scotia, has tantalized fortune hunters for two. centuries. The saga, began on a summer day in 1795, when a teenage boy, exploring the. island, noticed a tree with a rope - burned branch directly over a peculiar circular depression. The boy began to wonder if something had been. buried there. Could it be pirate treasure? The boy returned the next day with two friends, shovels and picks, and the group started to investigate the .mysterious depression. Less than a metre down, they struck a layer of flat rocks, laid• like paving Stones. At three metres they came to a platform of oak' logs. Someone had put a lot of work into this hole. At a depth of six metres they' discovered another oak platform, and another at the nine metre. level. Their hole was getting very deep. The boys were now certain that the pirate treasure was close, but as the hole deepened, the excavation proved too much for them. Seven years iater,.one of the boys returned to the island with a crew of men, and the digging resumed. More mysterious layers of logs and coconut fibre turned up, and at the 24 metre level the crcw unearthed a• large, flat stone with strange markings on it. They stuck a probe down to test the soft muddy earth below. At 30 metres it hit a hard object. Was it the treasure? The men went to bed, certain that the ; ,1i Io next day would bring them enor- mous riches. Next morning they found the pit filled with water to a depth of 12 Metres. No amount of bailing or pumping could lower the water level. Whoever built Oak Island's "Money • Pit", . as, it came to be called, had created an engineering marvel. Subsequent treasure -hunters discovered a complex of tunnels and channels on the nearby beach, their entrances hidden by tons of coconut matting and loose beach stones. Whenever someone tried' to pump out the hole, water from these channels gushed in to fill it again. Since then treasure hunters have been digging up the island. Well- financed project teams have come in with their steam pumps, power drills and earth moving equipment, succeeding only in making more holes on the island. The walls of the pit have collapsed again and again, sometimes burying the workers. Little• is left of the original artifacts, and the landscape around the pit bears no resemblance to the original scene which set off the search 200 years ago. Millions of dollars have gone down the Oak Island "Money Pit", and still nothing has come up. For ,200 years the mystery has motivated generations of diggers, but they have found no treasure and very few clues to the baffling ques- tion of who constructed the elaborate earth works at the site, why they did it, or what, if anything, lies buried on this tiny Nova Scotia island. Port Aux Basques will mark 50th 'r'0 THE EDITOR To the editor: The Town of Channel Port aux Basques, Newfoundland, has formed a Celebration '95 committee to commemorate the 50th year of the town incorporation, and a Come Home Year is scheduled for July 21 - Aug. 5, 1995, in conjunction therewith. Expatriate residents, who haven't yet received an invitation for the homecoming celebrations are asked to either phonc the Town Hall at (709) 695-7302, or write to: Celebration '95, P.O. Box 70, Port aux Basques, NF AOM 1 CO. Edwina Fudge Bateman Celebration '95 Committee.