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New cellphone law
Ontario's new Hiles prohibiting cell-
phone use while driving will go into
effect .Oct. 26, the government
announced 'last week and I for one
am happy for that. It's hard enough
to text and walls, let alone drive a
motor vehicle. Fines won't be given
out until February, which will
give drivers ' a three month
grace period to learn the new
law.
I know from personal expe-
rience, when I bought my first
cellphone about five years ago I learned
to text for the first time. I have to admit
that I did it a few times while driving
and that would be the last toric I did it
because I almost got into two accidents.
People should have enough time in
the day that they can wait a few minutes
and leave their phones alone while they
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are driving. It's a lot easier to text or call
someone when you are outside of
your vehicle, trust me.
Now that I have an iPhone, I
wouldn't even think of texting or
calling someone while driving;
for anyone who has an iPhone
knows that they keyboard is on
the touch screen. You pretty
much have to look at every
key you press to get it right,
Another thing with cell
phones these -: days is the
screens on most of them are really
Wight. If anyone is trying to text and.
:drive at night, it's like they are shining a
flashlight in their face.
I'm glad the provincial government
has implemented this law because
nobody needs to be talking or texting on
phones while driving.
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Goderich Livery :offers great film experience
Dear Editor,
I read with interest Garit Reid's
piece (Sept 16) about longing to
attend T.W.F (the Toronto International
Film Festival) some day.
There is a lot of buzz sur- D the
rounding the festival and
the stars who attend, but
most folks go for the chance to seeing
interesting movies. And if it's the
movies you care about, then I would
remind your . readers that many of
these films which screen at TIFF do
come to our area through the
Goderich Livery Film Group. In co-
operation with the Film Circuit, a
division of TIFF, the circuit acts as an
alternate distribution network for
movies across the country. Their man-
date is to bring great international
films to small towns like ours. The
Goderich Film Group
ttOr screens films at the Park
tars Theatre in Goderich once a
month and hosts a two day
film festival in early April every year.
On occasion, . the group has had gala
screenings with the director present to
take questions from the audience.
Bottom line is that you can get a taste
of the 'TIFF experience right here at
home.
People should be informed about vaccine
Dear Editor
This is in response to the Public
Health article in last
week's paper, entitled,
HPV vaccine beingO the
offered to Grade 8 girls.
'While it may be true that
two of the four strains of HPV pre-
vented by the vaccine cause about 70
per cent of all cervical cancers, a reg-
ular pap smear is still the best defence.
I checked out the August 2009
Journal of the American Medical
Association, which Public Health ref-
erenced, but was unable to find any-
thing which could be described as an
excellent safety record. What I did
find was reports of thousands of
adverse events, including at least 32
deaths ! Some of the articles also ques-
tioned the effectiveness of Gardasil in
fulfilling its stated purpose, that of
preventing cervical cancer.
EditorLet's not
, forget we are
talkingabout girls in Grade
8, and that abstinence is the
best way to avoid the . sexu-
ally transmitted disease, HPV. I would
encourage the parents of girls in
Grade 8 to check out the (Aug. 19)
article on the JAMA website, and
related articles, there, and also those
on - the website,
www.judicialwatch.org. Gardasil is
not just another routine vaccination
for your daughter. Be informed!
Jean Hedley, Director, Region 2
Alliance for Life Ontario
seThoirs
10 years ago - Oct. 61999
- A Lucknow family welcomed teenage exchange student
Chloe Durand, 14, of Montpellier, France. She will spend three
months with Dayle and Jeff Taylor and their three daughters,
Sarah, Melissa and Megan. Chloe arrived Aug. 8, 1999 where
she attended FE Madill Secondary School in September with.
the family's oldest daughter, Sarah,who is also 14
- Former Port Albert resident, Don McKenzie was unknow-
ingly on: his path to becoming the Senior of the Year ,1999
wh6 the MacKay Centre for Seniors board of directors sat
down with a list of names of people to nominate for the award
sponsored by the Ontario Government. McKenzie was a unan
imous decision.
20 years ago - Oct. 4. 1989
▪ Lucknow canines, Jake and:Benjie, along with their mas-
ters, Nancy Becker and Isobel Shepherd raised $1340 for
Canine Vision dada during the annual walk-a-dog-a-thon on
Oct. 1, 1989.
Mrs: Viola irvvnxt cel
ebrated-her 90th birthday, with a fam-
ily - dinner'heeld in her honour, at the home of her daughter, Ruth
Hastings. Born on Sept: 11, 1899, the. former Viola Jamieson is
a daughter of the late John Jamieson and Isabella :Gaunt. She
.: and her husband, Roy, farmed in West Wawauosh Twp: before.
retiring to Lucknow in 1968.:
50 years ago OcL 7, 1959
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Paul H n -is scheduled. to report in Hamilton on
-Friday for a tryout at- .the. Detroit ,Red Wings junior hockey .
school.. The players reporting will be sized up as Junior 'A' or
`B' material. Paul is just 16,, but a free -skating lad with goal
coring ability He is the -son of Mr. and Mrs. Garnet
Henderson.
A skunk, which nipped Mrs.- William M. MacDonald on
the ankle last Wednesday, has been proven to be rabid. This
*ill require Mrs. MacDonald to commence taking anti -rabies
• inoculations. Mrs. MacDonald dispatched the 'skunk with a
gun after it bit her on the ankle.
Clio' Staehli, left, of Nevchatel, Switzerland, is stayed with Ruth
Montgomery, right, of Lueltnow, on a three-month school exh-
cange program in 2004. (File photo)