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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1980-09-03, Page 30Page 6---Lueltnew Sentinel, Wednesday, September 10, 1980 The • / "The Sepoy Town" 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 EStablished 1873. Published Weclriesda) General Manager M 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! .1t)(211Y N Sli PubliNher . SHARON ,1, DIFTZ • litlitor HONY ,1011NSTONE Athcriking itnd M1:121 1.1,1 I Business ancl.liditorial Office Telephone 528.2822 Mailing Address l'.0. Box 400, Lucknuw, NOG 21-I0 Second 'Class Mail Regktr.ation Number -0847 Subscription rate, $12 per year in adt ance Senior Citizen rate, $10 per'y ear in advance U.S.A. and;Foreign, $21.50 per yew:in advance Sr. Cit. U.S.A. and Foreign, $19.50 per year in advance: Marathon of Hope 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