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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1981-06-24, Page 6A Prigs 6®Lne*mew Seadnel, Wednesday,, June 24, 19111 The OW SENTINEL "The SepoY'Towel" . Establlebed'1873 JOCELYN SHRIER Publisher.. SHARON J. DIETZ - Editor, ANTHONY N: JOHNSTONE - Advertising and General Manager PAT LIVINGSTON Office Manager MERLE ELLIOTT - ,,Typesetter JOAN HELM - Composition Business and Editorial Office Telephone 5282822 Mailing Address P.O: Box 400, Lucknow, NOG 2H0 Second Class Mail Registration Number -0847 Subscription rate, S13.50 per year In adv.nce Senior Citizen rate, S11.S0 per year In *doom* U.S.A. and Foreign, S23.00 per year In advance Sr. Cit. U.S.A. and Foreign, S21.00 per year In advance olish workers.' eroic stand The rise of Solidarity,, the workers movement in Poland, is a particular embarrassment to the Soviet Union and: its East Bloc allies because it is very difficult to denounce the uprising as the action of . "Bourgeois reactionaries" or other counter-revolutionary forces. The massive outrage against The oppressive. Soviet -domin- ated system : is being Ied by the very group the system is supposed to be geared towards - the common working man. While the threat of a Soviet invasionis ever present, there is Tittle likelihood of military action unless the Polish government, itself, falls. The Soviets must avoid, if at all possible, the prospect of having to send in tanks to crush a workers' rebellion. Trueenough, they have resorted to military intervention in the past, but times are changing. This isnot. the 1940s or 1950s. The Eastern Bloc.is not a solid mass of support for Soviet policy. Countries like Romania and Yugoslavia would frankly frown as unwarranted intervention. Polish workers are simply demanding that the promises made to them under Marxist theory are brought to fruition. They are told they are living in a workers' 4paradise when in fact they are ruled° by government and . Communist Party bureaucrats. Much of the workers dissatisfaction stems right fromtheir factories. They havetoiled under incompetent and insuffer- able party appointed managers for too many years. They are tired of watching their own standard of living decline because. of stupid decisionsmade by other people. Many might wonder why these workers seem so defiant with the military might of the Soviet Union poised on the border. Quite simply, you can push people only so far. After that, they no longer fear danger. Most people have a sense of personal dignity - call it pride, call it honour -' which is essential to their own sense of self respect as a human being. The Polish workers have taken a stand. They know they have reached a point of no return. They will wild or they will die trying. Let no one underestimate their determination. • —Glengarry News report from queen 8' Ey Murray Elston, M.P.P. Ilatuen-1 00'] • Ontario Hydro Legislation which would allow two major BILD programs to ,proceed received second reading on Tuesday.. The bill was originally introduced' by the Minister of Energy on May 28. One aspect of the bill authorizes Ontario Hydro to undertake a Resid- ential Energy Advisory Program which will encourage greater efficien- cy, .conservationand safety in the use of electrical power in homes. Ontario Hydrowill offer advice and . inspection services to homeowners, as well • as providing loans of up to $2,000 at attractive interest rates for the pur- pose of installing equipment and. material in accordance with REAP: A . second aspect of thebill gives Ontario Hydro the authority to prod- uce, sell supply and deliver heat energy, such as steam and/or hot water, as a primary product of that corportation.. This amendment is especially im- portant to the development of the Bruce Energy Centre, as it will permit Ontario Hydro to sell steam or hot water to the Ontario Energy Corpora- tion as part of a scheme to develop industries, greenhouses, and fish farms at the Bruce Energy Centre. Co -Op Health Services The Minister of Consumer and Commercial Relations introduced leg- islation which was rapidly pushed through three readings within an hour of its introduction. The bill freezes the $378,000profit realized from the sale of two : Metro Toronto properties ,bought with funds from the now defunct Co -Operative Health Services edtrees Organization. In effect, the bill will.do something the Supreme Court of Ontario recently refused to do, in that it prevents Co-op's fired general manager and "lawyer from taking the money held in trust at Montreal Trust. Thousands ..of subscribers lost hund- reds ofthousands of dollars in unpaid claims when Co-op closed .down last February. Consolidated Headings , Legislation providing for the con- solidation' of hearings is currently before the Justic Committee, after receiving Second Reading. The Com- mittee is currently dealing with many interest groups' protests which have arisen due to the bill's quick passage. It is expected that the legislation will be reported back to the House on June 23, at which point it will 'receive Third Reading. In situations . where there would. have been, separate hearings under.. individual acts, the Consolidated Hearings Bill provides that a single hearing would be held on all matters under the various ;existing. acts. the bill is, applicable to twelve acts, including the Environmental„ Assess- . ment ..Act, the. Environmental Protec- tion Act and the. Ontario Municipal Board Act. The passage of the ; Consolidated Hearings ' Act would mean that, instead of holding a number . of separate hearings on the proposed transmission lines from the Bruce Nuclear. Plant, only a single hearing would be held to deal with all matters. Dioxin In .Fish The Minister of the Environment has stated that he was mistaken when he recently said that a form of dioxin had been found in the fish of the Great Lakes. Only fish from Lake Ontario have been found to contain TCDD, the most toxic of the 75 -member familyof dioxin emicals. Insura nchce6 Inereafises The Minister of Consumer and Commercial Relations has stated that, insurance companies are justified in raising carinsurance premiums by up to twenty per cent, because provincial. government monitoringshows that the cost of claims has far surpassed the rates. Mr. Walker says that consum- ers have been getting a bargain in auto insurance over the past few months because of the skyrocketing cost of repairs. Toronto East General According to an investigator of medical care at Toronto East General Hospital, the Ontario Governmentwas already planning secretly to give itself the power to take temporary control of public hospitals even before it knew the results of the enquiry. In late May, a . senior Health Ministry official apparently asked the committee to get their report out quickly so that the legislation could be introduced. The legislation has already been tabled. Meanwhile, the Executive Director of the Ontario Hospital Association has accused the 'Minister of taking- advantage .of East General's problems to justify giving the province far reach- ing ,powers over public hospitals. The Minister expects legislation, giving the Cabinet the right to appoint one or more inspectors to investigate the administration and medical care at Ontario's 250 public : hospitals, to be passed . before the summer recess Nursing Home Week. I would like to tell the story And have it understood That we are not old and hairy And our Pinecrest Home is good. Sure, we have seen a few years A great deal of this land We do not want your tears We would rather shake your hand. We are under new ownership Yes and management too They db not shoot from the hip They hand it straight to you. We also have a staff Find, thoughtful' and pretty We can always have a laugh For they are really witty. Some are thin, others fat All capable and dedicated They catch our troubles off the bat Which leaves us quite elated. We wish that you would come Within our walls sightseeing Everything clean within our home And seeing is believing. Now that it is really spring We have our outside chairs We listen to the birdies sing An answer to our prayers. There is something we have learned Life is not what you make it Natures whims cannot , be spurned Life is how you take it. All the world we would like to tell In this our little poem We would like to stand and yell ' This is our Pinecrest Home. Aubrey fl[lggins. By Don Campbell Whilst the Reverend Duncan MacLeod rode into Richmond Hill to find a doctor, Pierre Bechard lay upon the wagon at Blake's Folly. Hamish tended to his friend and Flora encour- aged him to eat a little soup. The hopes of Bechard to finish his log cabin had suddenly come to an end, at least for the winter. "It is best I return to my mother's house in Quebec," he said. "But I am concerned for you Hamish. If you stay, can you close up the little house before winter? I don't think so. It will take another man to help and one who is experienced in building." MacLeod returned with bad news. The doctor was away from home and was not expected to return for several days. Bechard called the minister to his side and whispered to him. "There is only one thing for me to do. I have to go back to my people in .Quebec. So I must journey down the long road to Toronto and board a ship before the winter freeze. You have been kind Padre. Do you think you can persuade Blake to lend me his wagon, and let my friend Hamish drive me down Yonge Street? Reluctantly, Blake agreed to Bech- ard's request. Secretly he saw the answer to the etnbarrassinent Pierre would cause by remaining at Blake's Folly. Part of the agreement was that Hamish should gather up "supplies" whilst he was there. (Blake's whisky was running low). "Drive slowly all the way," Mac- Leod told Hamish. "At the very best it ' will be a painful journey for your friend. I shall ride on ahead as fast as 1 ° can, find Doctor Cameron and send him back to you. He will meet you somehwere on Yonge Street between here and Toronto." Duncan MacLeod mounted .his horse like an accomplished equest- rian. Except for his clerical collar, nobody would have guessed he was a minister. In his wanderings he had acquired an odd assortment of cloth- ing more fitting to the Canadian climate. These were "payments in kind" - part of the Sabbath collections for his religious services. A leather cord was attached to his round black hat and tied in a bow under his chin. Beneath his overcoat was a thick wolleri. garment which filled out his otherwise slim figure. Upon his feet fie wore a pair of old riding boots and the hands which held the reins were protected with long sheepskin gloves. He looked rather comical as he said his farewells. The cold wind had brought ;a ruddy colour to his cheeks and he tried to sniff away the "dew drop" which had formed at the end of his nose. "Give my best wishes tae' Doctor Cameron," Flora told the minister. "And please ask him tae visit me before summer." She blushed. "Ye can tell him, I've got a wee MacCrimmon Who will be knocking on the door of Canada!" Neil was absolutely flabergasted at Flora's remarks. "Ye didna tell me ye were carrying a babe! It's sae soon. How can ye be sure?" Flora smiled, a soft sad sort of smile. "Och! I know," she said. "Yis not the first time I have been with child!" MacLeod sensed he was in the middle of a delicate domestic situation and decided it would be an approp- riate time to leave. After cautioning Hamish Murdoch to take care of Pierre Bechard,he urged his horse into action and cantered off down the driveway. They looked to the comfort of Pierre and prepared him for the long journey. Fresh hay was brought from the barn 'to form a soft bed ort the wagon. He was covered with his own blankets and ' • finally the. canvas of his tent to protect him from the cold. Hamish Murdoch brought .Pierre's tools to the wagon but the Frenchman told him to leave them behind. "When I hire a man, I expect him to stay at his work," he toed Hamish. "You told me that Highlanders were strong men. Are you going to quit before you've finished the job? You'll be paid Hamish, and we'll find another man in Toronto to take my place." He smiled painfully and sarcastically at Blake. "Don't worry monsieur. The next axe you hear chopping itt my bush will be held in the hands of a Protestant!" Neil drove with them to the end of the laneway. He was concerned about Hamish taking the long journey down Yonge Street, and he whispered so that the prone figure of Bechard would not hear; "I'ni worried about ye Hamish. Ye didna tell Blake ye never handled horses before! Hamish smiled, mischievously: "He never asked me, so there was nae need tae tell him. There has to be a first time for everything!"