The Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-10-31, Page 6Page 6—Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, Oetober31, 1979
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• LUCKNOVV SENTINEL
LUCKNOW ONTARIO
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..•Courage prevents #6.0gfd.jr-.
The fire on•the main street Friday night men on the department:
could have been the scenario for a,
disaster movie, but as the people who
gathered on the streethat night realized, •
it was a drama in real life. The •peoPle
who came running from the burning
building were friends, neighbours and
acquaintances.
A fire is always tragic and the things
that could have happened Friday night,
but didn't, are horrifying to. think about.
Fortunately, there was no loss of life
and property damage is much less than it
would have been, if the firemen had not down the hallway _screaming "fire!" to
been able to bring the fire under control waken the other residents in the building,
as quickly as they did. • allowing them to escape. •
Everyone involved acted quickly with- . He then went back to his •own
._. out panic and it is no doubt one reason apartment to try and put out the fire.
why everyone made it out of the burning When his attempt to smother the burning
building safely. chair with a chesterfield cushion failed,
he grabbed the burning cushion and
Firemen Peter Steer and Ken John- carried it out of the building.
stone will tell you they were only doing .
:their job, but they were, almost overceme •Mr. den Boer is in hospital recovering
by smoke several times and yet, they from second degree burns from his
returned to the building to bring the fire ' attempt to 'put out the fire. •
• under control.
Many people who take determined
The Lucknow l?istrict Fire Department action in a crisis 'situation, act without
is a volunteer. organization and all of the----corisideration for their own safety. They
men whO reported for duty. Friday night act on impulse and afterwards do not
deserve commendation for a job -well consider their action to be courageous..
done. A fire on -the main street can easily
get away and burn a whole section of the • Whether Mr, den Boer will admit iror:-s.
main street, which has occurred twice •not, it takes courage to enter a burning
• before in the careers of some of the older building three times.
• One man deserves special recognition
for his actions Friday night. Hank den
Boer returned to the burning building no
less than three times:
He savrhis wife and children safely out
Of their burning apartinent, .He then re-
turned to save the dog which had awaken-
ed them; probably saving their lives..
Although he cannot remember every-
thing he did that night, as far as can be
determined, it was Mr. den Boer who ran
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The great pumpkin
Daryl Graham's 78 pound 'pumpkin was 'the wand winner in the Cedarhill: Garden Centre
pumpkin growing contest Darylentered the contest last, Spring when he received 'his little
pumpkin plant from the Garden Centre. He planted .the pninpidn plant hhnself and for
it all through summer, watering and weeding it, careftd1Y.. His" parents helped him plant
sunflowers around It to protect it from the sun. This fall When it. was time to judge the
pumpkins, Daryl's weighed in at 78 pounds. Daryl has plan/4 far his Pumpkhi.• He found a
• picture of a jack-o4antern hi a magailne and he wants his mother, Who is nn artist, to
recreate the jack -o -lantern out of his puinpldn Daryl is the son of floYd and D. D. Graham of
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Kinloss Township. •• [Sentinel Staff Photo]
Letter to the editor
Family enjoys Sentinel
To the Editor:
, tin October 4, 1979, my
'father, Roderick Finlayson
MacLennan, died in Detroit,
Michigan, U.S.A. after a
lengthy illness. He was 70.
Please 10411 of his friends in
the Lochalsh, Lucknow, and
Ripley area know.
He is survived by his wife
of 44 years, Janet, and two
sons, Ronald of Troy, Michi-
gan and Bruce of Livonia, •
Michigan and 5 grandchild-
ren. He leaves two brothers,
Frank of •Lucknow and Ken.
neth of Goderich.
1 wanted you to know- how
much the "Sentinel" meant
to Dad and the rest of our
fainily. Even after 52 years in
Detroit, it was his and our tie
with "home" - though Bruce
and myself were born and
raised in Detroit.
Each time I see the
Sentinel,, memories of Bruce
Beach, Grampa (Red Rory)
and Gramma's farm, and
Uncle Frank and Aunt An-
niel home and store at
lAchalsh come flooding back
to me.
••Dad wet very ill during the
last year of his life. My
mother, while not a • nurse,
took care of him at home til
the day he died. Each visit to
my folks home have my Dad
bringing out the Sentinel, me
reading it and then reminis-
cing about mutual memories
and stories from the past.
For these memories I thank
you.
Sincerely,
Ron MacLennan,
Troy, Mich. U.S.A.,
4048 Greensboro
• 48098
• From Queen's Park
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BY MURRAY GAUNT
iler design
sed their concerns as follows: lack of decent
andaffordable daycare facilities, classes
which, are too large, inadequate help for
children with:learning disabilities, inSuffiei-
ent financing for the teaching of English at a r
second language: and long waiting lists for
children awaiting entry to mental-health
centres. They •also complained about an
increase of -only 5 per cent for the province's ,
• Children's Aid Societies. The Honourable
Keith Norton, Minister of Community and
Social Services and. The HOnourable Bette
• Stephenson, Minister of Education addres-
sed the crowd. Mr. Norton emphasized that
servicesto ehildren havereceived the largest
budget increases in the Ministry. Ile said
that by the end ofthe year only a few
Children's Aid Societies will be kept to the 5
per cent ceiling, but that most will have
• received an increase of. 12.7 per cent.
A new comprehensive Ministry of Tran-
• sportatien and Cominunications bus inspec-
tion program will begin October 31.
After that dote, buses found operating 01.1 "
provincial streets and highways without the
appropriate safety insPection stickers will be
removed from service until the stickers have.
been obtained.
Inspections :must be carried out by a
registered licensed -mechanic at one of the
9;000 licensed inspection stations in the
province or at licensed company-owned
facilities. ,
Vehicles meeting the required Standards
will be 'issued two stickers - a safety
inspection Sticker, valid for six months and a
special brake inspection Sticker, valid for 12
months. Both must be displayed pliimin-
ently on the inner surface of the windshield:
A senior Ontario Hydro official blames. a
boiler manufacturer's design for problems' inY
thesteam generating system at the Bruce A
generating station that could take years and
• millions of dollars to solve.—
• William Morison, Hydro's director of
design and development, said the design
concept, developed by Atomic Energy of
• Canada Ltd. and adopted by Babcock &
Wilcox Canada Ltd. apparently didn't meet
. Hydro, specifications, •
A special task force is tneeting almost
daily in an effort to decide what to do about •
stresses that 'occasionally' build up within
• huge steam drums at the nuclear plant. Mr.
Morison confirmed that one of many options
being. examined is a multi -million -dollar
replacement 'of the drums that would require
each of the station's four 791 -megawatt units
to be shut down for months at a time.
• The Ontario Cabinet has shelved inde-
finetely its proposed' resident tithing licence,
Natural Resources Minister James Auld
announced this week. Mr. Auld said that
various groups have expressed Support, for
the licence, which would require Ontario
residents to buy a seasonal fishing licence,
on the ,condition that more money be given
for fisheries management. Currently, only
non-residents must buy a licence to fish. Mr.
Auld said the fisheries program is. , a
high-priority item which has already receiv-
ed $2 million this year. ,
About 2,000 parents, along with many
.children held a rally at Queen's Park this
week to protest against government cut-
backs affecting children. The group expres-