HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1980-09-03, Page 30Page 6---Lueltnew Sentinel, Wednesday, September 10, 1980
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On the Lluron-Bruce Boundary
There was never any doubt Terry Fox
would run into' Vancouver. to finish his
cross Canada marathon for cancer.
He had the courage and determination.
And he had the guts. For the past 20 weeks
he has run, hoping to raise $1 million for
cancer research. He had doubled his goal
by the-time he reached The halfway mark at
Thunder Bay last week.
He ran on in pain,. his thigh raw and
bleeding. He suffered his pain in privacy
with dignity and ran on so others would not
have to go through what he did three years
aio when he lost his right leg to bone
cancer.
Terry ,has inspired Canadian's as we
haven't been before. He's our hero. He's
touched us all with courage:, warmth and
compassion.
Last week Terry's old enemy caught up
with him on his run. Cancer tumours' were
discovered on his lungs and he had to give,
up his Marathon of Hope to return home
for chemotherapy treatment. Even then, he
promised if he could, he would return to
Thunder Bay to finish his run.
He threw the challenge to us all to carry
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on in the meantime and "go kind of wild,
inspired, with the fund raising".
It's ironic that Terry may raise more
money now than if he had been able to
complete his run across the country,
A local radio station raised over $8,000
Friday morning for Terry's -fund and, a
national TV-telethon on the-weekend has
swelled his $3 million fund to $10.5 million.
Terry's run was gruelling and long but
never lonely. Canadians flocked to the
roadside to greet him when he ran in their
communities. National Hockey League star
Darryl.Sittler and former NHL star Bobby
Orr ran with him on his run. In Hamilton he
met a 10 year old boy who lost his leg to
cancer in June. Greg Scott of Welland flew
to Terrace Bay to run with' Terry for part of
a day. It was for children like Greg that
Terry ran.
"This is why I do it," he said. "Little
kids like him shouldn't have to go through
this stuff."
Terry's gone home now to fight an
enemy he was sure he had already beaten.
It will take his kind of courage and he's
promised he won't give up. Our thoughts
and prayers are with you, Terry.
The Highlands of Scotland, are, both
Wild 'and' beautiful. It is a land of
mountains w ere canopies o ttang
over purple heathered slopes. Deep
glenS, like green oases in a wilderness,
InI4riner, With the restless sounds of burns
and waterfalls cascading, swirling, and
frothing frona 'the crags above, in the
calm days of summer,: those natural res-
v !04
tfi , Peaks on • a-.hackground -of
billowy clouds and blue sky,
The terrain is as hard and as rugged; as
the people who strove to survive upon
thin stoney -soil.' Yet softly, as a mother
grieving for her ahsent sons, it still
appeals to its, children in exile and
whispers the truths and legends of its
past.
The hand of time is slow to change the
contours of the earth and it is man
himself, with all his greed and cruelty,
who constantly. diverts 'the course of
history. Today, Highlanders still live
upon the banks and braes but their
numbers are , few and the - ancient clan
system, (except in the minds of .the
romantics), has virtually disappeared. In
the glens, the way of life is only a shadow
of what has 'been.
On those fertile strips of bottom land,
which are now devoid of people and left to
the wild birds and the deer, one. may still
find traces of the inhabitants who called
such places hoine. There are remains of
nought stone walls covered with moss.:
Here peat fires once burned and the
earthen floors of hUmble dwellings knew
the feet of generations.
All is quiet now, except for the babble'
of water upon the' pebbles. it is only in
our imagination that' we hear the soul
stirring music of pipes playing a lament
for the lost and forgotten glories of the
Gael:-PerhaPS, as we walk awaY'aiiiiour
feet brush through the ferns and wild
grass, we disturb a:•grouse at its nest.
Startled, it rises with a hurry at wings
and calls out its plaintive, ominous cry.
___"Go back go back - go_ back!" 'Is this a
warning not to mingle with the ghosts
who dwell in the silence, or a command to
go back in time? Let us. tell the sleeping
glens that the heritage of the Highlander
still lives on in thelands once called the
"colonies". The thistle was Pulled out by
the roots from the Highland soil 'but it
groWs now in a richer earth, and nowhere
does it bloom so magnificently as it does
amongst the maples of Canada.
_So hoVefar must we grope into'. the
depths of Yesterday? Shall we see again
wretched men-;-inrchains-,-transporled4n_
some stinking hold a .a ship from ,thCir
native land for fighting with Bonnie
PrinceCharlie? Or shall we follow behind-
the pipes into. the American Revolntion
with the regiMent of the Black Watch?
We could of course, scale ,the Heights of
:7.Abfahainwitlithe-Frasers,a1 the Battle of
Ciuebec. But-no, let's start with.a group'60
iinthigrantS leaving-Scotland in the year
1841;
The 'brig, "Mavis", a two malted,
square' rigged vessel of some 250 tons,
lay moored to the quay at' Fort 'Up
her sails furled and - secured.Up the
garigWay, stevedores carried -light cargo
on their backs to the main deck' and, then
down into the bowels "of the hold, The
heavier cases and barrels of. SuP14iPs,
were hauled up onto the ship by meads of
rope and a line of men arranged as if in a
tug-of-war. A ship's Officer directed the
loading operations and shouted orders,
liberally laced with oathf and profanity,
It was one morning in June and the
passengers were due to embark that
afternoon. NevertheleSs, a small crowd of
immigrants waited and watched the pro-
.ceedings, haVing nowhere else to spend
their time.. They were a motley throng
and unlike anything which fiction has
hitherto depicted. There were no bright
tartans, checkered-stockings or silver
buckled shoes. On the contrary, although
they Were undoubtedly dressed in tbeir
very best, their clothes were drab and
common place, like any which could have
been purchased in the 'ewer class shops
of ,Glasgow Or Edinburgh. On the-ground
beside them were the rest of their
.ppssessions in carpet bags„ sacks„.0t
merely wrapped in a piece of old cloth.
They were, both young and old and some
yet babes in arms, feeding from their
Mother's breasts; Poor humble people,
with no excitement or eager -anticipation
on their faces, but rather a look. of
resigned desperation. All had one thing
in common. They were recent inhabitants
of the Isle of. Skye as some of their names
would have indicated - MacLeod, Mac•-,
Donald; or MacQueen. For their; there'
was only ,one Scotland, and they 'were
reluctant to' leave. Yet they were bound
'for a place which should have gi;ftn rise
to new hope - a' new Scotland called Nova
Scotia!
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Want to develop Huron multiple sclerosis society
To the Editor:
This letter is being written to create public
interest in the development of a multiple
sclerosis unit in Huron County.
Multiple Sclerosis is the most common
neurologidal disease of young, adults in
Canada, a part of the world which is known
to be a "high risk" area for MS. But too
often multiple sclerosis is confused in the
public mind with other diseases such as
muscular dystrophy.
Multiple sclerosis is quite distinct since it
is a disease of the central nervous, system
and is usually diagnosed in young adults
who are between the, ages of 20 - 45, their
most productive years. An estimated 35,000,
Canadiani,, have multiple sclerosis which
may cause impaired vision, numbness, logs
of the ability to walk. There- is no known
Cause Or cure for , MS, as yet.
Canada, fiir unknown reasons, is one of
the "high risk areas for MS. Fortunately,
many of the 35;000 Canadians who have MS
can carry on their daily lives with little or no
disability. Othe4 however have to come to
terms with relying on canes or walkers or
wheelchairs. Some must be hospitalized.
The impact of multiple sclerosis affects all
facets of a person's life, physical, social,'
emotional and economic. The burden is felt
Letters
to the
editor
by the family and community at large.
The National Multiple Sclerosis Society
consists of seven divisions across Canada
which are the Atlantic, Quebec, British
Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alber-
ta and Ontario. There are 42 Chaptees
including units, within the Ontario Division.
The objeCtiVes of the Society are threefold:
(1) Research --to find the cause and cure,of
multiple sclerosis. Doctor Jonas Salk,
discoverer of polio vaccine, has said that
every disease "has a time" when resear-
chers appear to be gaining on it, The
California scientist believes MS investigat-
ors .are picking up ares33entum - the odds
have swung in their Eavour.
The MS Society of Canada believes this. In
1978, it allocated over $1 million for
research. The sum was a record outlay for
the 31-year-old voluntary agency, and indi-
cations are that research funding will
continue to grow:
(2) Patient Services - Both direct and
indirect. These services are for people with
multiple sclerosis and their families, provid-
ing both physical and emotional support to
assist in effectively living with the disease.
(3) Education - educational programs are
designed for people with multiple sclerosis,
their families, the volunteers, the heatlh
professionals, and the. community. Up-to-
date literature, films, as well as speakers are
readily available to all groups,
With this brief explanation of multiple
sclerosis, citizens from Huron County area'
are invited to a public meeting, September
22, 1980, at 8:00 p.m. at the Vanastra
Recreation Centre, This meeting will be the
beginning of a "unit" of the Multiple
Sclerosis, Society. For further information
please contact Rita Crump at 357-2335,
Wingham,, Ontari6.
yours truly,
Rosella Spero,
Field Co-ordinator and
• Mary Crober,
District Patient Services
Co-ordinator
Multiple Sclerosis Society
Ontario Divison.
To. The Editor
A controlled Deer Hunt will be operated
in Huron County, November 3 to 5, 1980.
Shotguns and muzzleloaders are the only
weapons allowed during the three day
season.
To qualify for a farmer's deer licence
($10.00) the major portion of the applicl
ant's income must be earned through
farming. Other landowners or those who
rent and reside on at least 50 acres (20.2
hectares) in Huron County must purchise a
resident's -deer licence ($15.00).
The archery season for deer is October
20 to November 2- and November 6 to
December13, 1980. The archery season for
deer is closed for three days of the gun
season for reasons of hunter safety...
tecause the systems are new to Ontario,
deer hunters questions and problems of
interpretation are bound to arise. Any
inquiries or requests for application*to hunt
deer in Huron County should be directed to
the Natural. Resources Office in VVingham.
Norm R. Richards
DiStrict Manager
Ministry of Natural Resources
R. R.. # 5
Winghatn, Ontario