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Lucknow Sentinel, 2009-07-01, Page 8Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, July 1, 2009 - Page 7 Lucknow Lions have been serving the community for 53 years The • Lucknow Lions and Fiddler's Jamboree, donat- District Lions Club has , ed two electric knives to been serving the communi- the Community Centre and ty for over 53 years. The helped the Agricultural charter date is Jan. 26, . Society with the ticket 1957. booth at the fall fair. The Since last July the Lions Lions also assembled a have been very busy. Lion float and gave out candy member Jack Cameron canes in the Christmas sponsored .an exchange stu- parade. The last project for dent from France. The club the club this year was to assisted at the Lucknow hold a car show for Reunion weekend with Strawberry Summerfest. numerous activities, like Throughout the year the Friday nightht bartending, Lions made donations to participation in the parade several groups. Ainslie : with a float, served 200 DeBoer was awarded the people at the steak barbe- Mel Corrin Memorial cue with cleanup and Scholarship donated by the worked .the arena lunch club. The Wingham and booth on the Sunday. District Hospital received a As the year continued, donation during the the Lions served the com- Radiothon, Further dona- munity in many 'ways by tions were made to the sponsoring the blood donor Salvation Army Red Shield clinic (109 pints collected), Campaign, Hemophiliac working in , the hospitality Association, Big Brothers, tent at the International Sisters of Huron and St. Plowing Match on the John's Ambulance. The •makes busiest day of the match, club also donations hockeyto Lions Club :projects that sponsored` a novice� tournament, sponsored are on-going. Donations ..-. four... �: free skating dates , were made to Lions held the "20th. Anniversary Foundation of Canada for • • Submitted photo The Lions Club committee members include, left to right, back row: Angus -Cline, vice president; Corinne Cline, lion tamer; Allan : Gibson, director; Wayne Todd, director; Torn Hogan, director; Brian Evans, bulletin edi- tor and John Pollard, treasurer. Front Barry Johnston, secretary; Jack Cameron, president and Kathy Todd, past pret dent. the School for Guide Dogs, youth exchange camp, effective speaking for ele- mentary and secondary school, Camp Dorset (c.,ilmp for kidney dialysis) and Hanover Lions Club to start a new club. The clubs money for Guide Dogs walk, Participation Lodge and Camp Kirk, which are Lions Club projects for all of Ontar io."We continue, to collect eye glasses for the.. needy world-wide. Locally theclub cub continues with their sweetheart : draw for groceries and other prizes. The club continues with their can crushing program. This year the group man- aged to collect some cop- per wire, which involved several hours of removing plugs with wire cutters; a job that was hard on every- one's hands The club did their usual cleanup from Lucknow to Holyrood and two miles west of Highway 86. This year saw the com- pletion of the Sight first II Campaign. to raise money for eyesight around the world. The Healing Garden in London Hospital is now complete although it didn't meet the goal set for the area T and also the Community Centre com- mitment : with the Trillium Foundation to renovate the Centre is finished• The club also participat- ed in Project Pride, which promotes patriotism in:: Grade 1 students. Each. child:. receives a flag and certificate 'from the :club. The club also enjoyed a visit with local Lions Club of Auburn and had the annual steak night at. the Community Centre. The . club had members attend the Teeswater 60th Anniversary, as well as regular zone meetings, region rally and cabinet meetings. ,:. The club was saddened when charter member Orville Elliott passed away. President Kathy Todd received the President's Excellence Award for the previous Year's term. The club will be under new leadership as of, July 1 when Lion member Jack Cameron takes the gavel. The club will continue to - serve, collect cans, collect eyeglasses, bartend and assist other groups as well as maintain the special projects like the memorial forest. If anyone is interested in fining the Lions Club, feel free to give any member a call. Then one can join in when ' the club says, "We serve". 1 From page 3 Submitting its wind turbine poli- cy as a comment now means Bruce County at least has a foot in the door for further input.` as the province rolls out the new rules, Hollo said. "As a starting point ' .we want to have our existing policy on record with• the Ministry but we will be making further comments as we wade through," Hollo said. Buy local Bruce County wants its residents to eat local meat. But it's also been warned about the flip side of a 'shop local' campaign. A strict shop local philosophy could backfire, said Saugeen Shoresdeputy mayor Doug Frieburger. which we ship all over the world — are we basically saying to (other markets) `we'll use it all in our area because everybody should shop local- ly' ?`' Frieburger • said. The Homegrown Otto campaign is an effort by the P ork, veal, sheep , aid turkey produc- ers " to encourage municipally -open- sled institutions to use local- meatand producers. They argue that choosing homegrown prod- ucts is an environ- mentally • sustain- able .practice that will be a boost to:. Ontario farriers. Frieburger sup- ports local suppli- ers, he said, but is concerned about how iiistitutonal- izing a buy local campaign could backfire for pro- ducers and proces- sors who count on agriculture and. tourism committee heard Frieburger's - _ warning, : . but endorsed the cam- paign and identi- Ontario meat and poultry as the preferred option. "Bruce beef export business. Bruce County's Lambton College will be showcasing its programs and services in Wingham on July 9th. Visit us at the Knights of Columbus and speak to staff, faculty and stridents, win s and have a look at some of our interactive displays. Whether you are looking to upgrade your's � s. starting a new career or g uating high: school. this interactive event is a great icet©:stadi I* S, "V ►. l\ 7. is a a s. •. . ., _ .�. .�-YI.—_`____ . www rnov,eIinks ca IUrH cift:,►,Gr 1 -800-265-3438 The Goderich Pirates present the 5th Annual: Don Johnston Meflorial SLO-PITCI I TO NAMENT 31, August 1, 2 Men's Teams Entry . z. ,...'�-<.«<..w..+11.^.r�r.••.. r-- -..:... r...;••_.... 1 . •! 0 • $250 Ladies' Teams Entry $250 Guaranteed 3 games Limited spots available Entry deadline - Thurs., July 23 No late entries will be accepted Contact I'svor Bazinet 525.7570