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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1985-07-10, Page 6.Page 6—Iucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, July 10, 1985 i1:�4�sCai r "The Sepoy Town" • BLUE RIBBON AWARD 1985 Long road ahead for Premier Peterson Although there is a long road ahead, Premier David Peterson has surely laid extensive future plans°for•Ontario. In the throne speech delivered to the legislature on July 2, Peterson outlined the ' upcoming programs ' the government will begin. By all accounts, Peterson has a • huge order to fill in order to live up to . the promises • outlined in the speech:. • Fast and foremost in his list of claims is his commitment to 'full funding for Roman•Catholic High Schools. He said he hopes to have full funding in place by the Fall. It should • be interesting to•see how he handles all the hurdles he will • certainly encounter in order to make the •full funding a reality. In agriculture, Peterson vows to "assist•family farmers to maintain, their role as the backbone of rural Ontario". - As yet, it is still premature to speculate on what types. of programs the government' will implement. But, one thing is certain; farmers will be expecting a great deal of help ;from Huron-MiddlesexMPP and •• Agricultural Minister Jack Riddell. , • Health Minister Murray Elston,as partsof Peterson's - throne speech, will be entrusted with finding a solution to the sticky issue of extra. billing by doctors to patients. He • will meet a lot of resistance from the medical -community, , but hopefully Elston. can curb extra billing and • put the ' health 'care system in Ontario back on the right track. 'The speech also promises comprehensive programsfor unemployment; 'especially. for the young, with a program which will assure chronically unemployed youth one year's employment. The program will hopefully start by .the end ' of• the summer. • - One of the more contentious issues Peterson is faced 'with is the equal pay for equal .work legislation. As part of • the pact between the liberals and the NDP,. the liberals are required to put this into Legislation. However, the Liberals have stalled, saying that a report on the matter is to be prepared in the near future. This indecisiveness on the part of the liberals has already. caused a rift between the two parties which Might ultimately spell the end of the • alliance. .On the surface; "the" _ contents of the 'Speech is' an • ambitious and sincere attempt tocater to the people of Ontario rather than to • big business.. With the' installation of two cabinet ministers from our area, the concerns of our' community and especially the farming Community should be better. addressed. The voters wanted a change and now • • they've got it. Only time will tell if it's a change for the better. ' • • • A ,R - In the nineteenth century, there were few stonemasons who could equal theskill of the •Scots, and towards •the end of the • summer, the neW community 'hall rose to its 'full height above the rolling landscape of. Redtrees. With every single piece of masonry meticulously shaped and sized from multicoloured field Stone, the walls were a beautiful work of art. As the building neared completion, more and more people came. to gaze upon its rnag• - nificence. The most interested spectator was Neil MacCrimnion. He was delighted With the progress and ' let every mason know how much heappreciated their work ".Twill soon be finished, Mr. MacCrim- mon," the foreman said: "I suppose we'll be drivin' our wagons back tae Toronto soon." MacCrimmon detected a note of sadness in .the man's voice. "Is there no other work we can do frae ye?" the foreman asked: - "Aye, there is. W e• hae tae build' a .braw new church, but. its nae Use starting a building we• canna cover before the snow flies.", Thomas Thompson Sharon Dietz Pat Livingston Joan Helm Merle Elliott Alan Rivett -Advertising Manager •Editor -General Manager -Compositor -Typesetter -Reporter `82822 Subscription rates in advance: s16.00 Outside Canada $45.1" Senior Citizen s13.50 Outside Canada $43.0o Second class mailing reg. no. 0847 Advertising is accept d on the condition that in the event of a typographical error, the portion of the advertising .•' space occupied by thrroneous item together with a reasonable altowance for signature, will not be charged for, but the balance of the advertisement will be.paid at the applicable rates. , "Then we shall no be 'needed again till spring;" the foreman said withobvious disappointment. • • • - ,MacCrimmon had no wish for the stone- , - masons' to quit. There was a distinct possibility they would find other work in • the 'meantime, and would not • be able to return to .build the church. He • wanted these people. They were hard workers and excellent craftsmen. What's more, they were Scots!. -- "I think ye like it here at Redtrees," MacCrimmon said cannily. • "Aye, that we do; sir. Our families are happy here. In fact, given the chande, we'd never leave!" "Then. "'think I hae• an idea which will keep ye here frae the winter. listen tae me 'free a wee while and I'll tell ye what I hae in mind." . • • MacCrimmon told them there were many settlers who had prospered to the point where they were contemplating building new homes. Some of these could • be completed long before winter. "We'll kill twa bird wi' one stone," he • said. "When ye've built the new hames, ye families can live in the aiild log cabins till the spring. ,What di ye think o' that?" he asked triumphantly. • Tennis, anyone? Although this is not exactly a match involving the likes of Boris Becker or•John MacEnroe, tennis is a 'game that can be enjoyed by almost anyone on -a warm, sunny Sunday afternoon. Here, Jim Henderson • (left) and Dave Simpson (top) of Culross Township,; en joya round of tennis at the •Lucknow courts.' The twosome were later joined -by Dave's . sister, Anne, 'for a few games.. (Photo by Alan Rivett) The foreman was delighted and lost no • tirne telling his fellow . workers. about MacCrimmon's . plans. The news also spread quickly throughout the community and it was not long before many would-be new home owners approached their leader, anxious to • have work . started on their property. "Ye cann all hae new hames this year," he' told `them: "There'snae time before winter. We'll hae tae draw lots tae see Who is going tae be the lucky ones. But fust, there is another building which must get. priority.' • That evening, MacCrimmon paid a visit to • Doctor Cameron and outlined this scheme for the new housing projects. "A doctor needs a big hame - what wi' his surgery an' waiting rooms. It's my opinion, the masons should build ye a hoose first. I'm sure ye bride tae be'would like that," MacCrimmon said, glancing at Rebecca and bringing a flush to her face: The doctor was of course pleased with the idea. He had wanted a larger house for a long time, but it appeared that MacCrim- 'mon had forgotten one most important factor. "But the money, Mr. MacCrimmon. ' I don't have the money yet for such an undertaking. Whatever I have got ' must go to the debt which I owe Jane, and as you yourself said, it has been allotted to build the new church." • MacCrimmonreadied into his pocket and pulled out an old leather money bag. He emptied it, and a large number of gold coins rolled on the table. "The Lord has been good tae me and my wife - there's more now than when my auld father first gave it to me when I left the Isle Skye. That should .be enough tae build ye a new hoose - I canna think o' a better use frae it1'' ' "But what about you?" the doctor protested. "Don't you need a new house?" MacCrimmon smiled. It was a gesture which revealed the inner goodness and charity of his seemingly, outward hard character, . "Oc6, no j no yet. Flora and 1 can wait a wee while a Compared tae what we had in Scotland, yon cabin of ours is a castle!"