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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1983-01-19, Page 6editorial L cknew Sentinel, Wednesday, Jam 11, 1903—lase 6 LUCKNO_SENTINEL* .'The Sepog town" Established 1873 THOMAS A. THOMPSON - Advertising Manager SHARON J . DIETZ - Editor . PAT LIdINGSTON - Offiee Manager JOAN HELM Compositor MERLE ELLIOTT Typesetter Business and Editorial Office Telephone S28-2822 Mailing Address P.O. Box 400. Lucknow . NOG 2110 Second Class Mad Registration Number 0847 Stabser4ifinn rate, SIS.2S per _year in rrdes/tee Senior Citizen rate, SI 2.75 per `user I advance U.S.A. and Foreign, MOO per'tear to thence Sr. Q. U.S.A. and Foreign, 536.00 per year in advan e Trudeau's acid tongue You'd think Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau would learn when to keep his mouth shpt. Over 1 million Canadians are out of work and while he's on a trade trip to the south pactific he defends the time for leisure activities during his trip by saying: "I point out to you if I were in Canada now, I'd probably be ending about a week's skiing which every- body else is doing if they're not down somewhere in the Caribbean." Well, Mr. Prime Minister the over 1 million Canadians unemployed and on welfare are not sunning in the Caribbean nor are the many other Canadians who find it necessary to work harder this winter to make ends meet in the hope their jobs too will not fall victim to this government's idiotic economic policies. This isn't the first time Trudeau's caustic remarks have been directed at the unemployed. He was nominated by Pensioners' Action Now for the Marie Antoinette Award, for this advice to the poor, unemployed and pensioners: "It is a common sense matter, when you have a set budget, to spend more or less of it on the aspects which are more necessary to your daily life." In April 1979 he told a group of protesters demonstrating against high unemployment in British Columbia: "Get off your ass - get out there and work." In August last year angry demonstrators followed the governor-general's private railway cars in which Trudeau and sons vacationing demanding his resignation. He greets them with his one -finger salute. In April 1979 Trudeau tells his audience in the rural community of Rimouski, Quebec, "Farmers are professional complainers. They complain about the weather, they complain when there is too much sun, when there is too much rain." One thing is certain, Trudeau is not aware of the cruel and bitter hardship his government's policies have inflicted on working and unemployed Canadians. It is also certain he is not interested, nor does he care. Support minor hockey A meeting of the Lucknow District Recreation Board last week discussed the hockey and skating programs being offered by the board to children of the four municipalities served by the Lucknow Arena. Enrollment in the skating program is down this year but the program is progessing smoothly with parents showing approval of the teaching ability of the skating pro, Olive Lapp. The hockey program is into is first year of A and B teams which replaces the former house league system. Recreation director Bill Hunter said the coaches and managers as well as the parents seem to indicate the B team program is working. B teams are competing against other B teams in the area in games based on schedule of a home and home series. Hunter said the objective of the hockey program is to offer every boy interested the opportunity to play the sport without causing undue financial obligations to the parents. Registration fees are kept lower than most surrounding municipalities with the deficit in the cost of the program being billed back to the municipalities to be paid through taxes. The hockey program deficit is usually wiped out if one or more of the teams in the minor hockey system make it to All -Ontario finals. An All -Ontario final creates fan interest and draws people to the arena. The gate receipts are used to offset the costs of operating the system through the year. When local teams donot make the finals and there is a short playoff season, the costs to the taxpayers increase that year because gate receipts from a playoff series do not materialize. Members of the board discussed ways to increase fan support throughout the year instead of just at playoff time. Fan support for regular games is almost non-existent for some teams. This being Minor Hockey Week it is worthwhile mention- ing that the children playing minor hockey in our town deserve our support even when they aren't winners. These children shouldn't have to make it to their divisional finals, before the people of the community find it interesting to go to the arena to watch a game. Every game all year long is entertaining and exciting hockey. Some of the best hockey in Ontario is being played in the Lucknow Arena every week. Read the hockey reports in this week's Sentinel and you'll find games that saw Lucknow boys involved in real barn burners, hanging on for the tie or losing by one goal in the dying minutes of the game. These childrnen deserve the support of parents, friends and neighbours, but also the community. Make the effort. Pull yourself away from the T.V. or the home video set. Some of, the most exciting entertainment available is taking place in live colourful action at the Lucknow Arena. • • 42 'vitt This picture of the 1960 graduating class at Lucknow Public School was submitted by Freda Button of Kinloss Township. From the left are front, Grace MacDougall, Doug Dickie, Terry Rathwell, Dong Johnston, Ronnie Austin, Roy Button and Joe-ann Conley; second row, Nikki de Jong, Kathleen Leddy, Cheryl Whitby, Anne Ritchie, Lynn Cowan, redtrees Berndadette Leddy, Mary Murdie, Peggy Button and Sherry Jardine; third row, Ross Forster, Ken Kirkland, Gary Johnston; Tom Andrew, Roy Gardner, Glenn Porter, Edward Brown and BW Gardner; fourth row, teacher, Stuart Collyer. by don campbell it was a warm summer's evening in the Caledon Hills, and after Flora had cooked the supper over an open 'fire, the heat was almost unbearable. Yet Neil MacCrimmon made no attempt to leave the table and escape into a more comfortable atmosphere outdoors. He just sat and brooded. Flora knew something was "gnawing at his innards". With the tactful diplomacy of a good wife, she awaiting her opportunity to draw him into a conver- sation which might reveal his thoughts. His dark hair mingled with the sweat an his forehead and Flora was tempted to fling open the cabin door and allow fresh air to enter. However, heat was more bearable than the wee beasties (flys or insects) which would invade her domain, so there was no escape from the dis- comfort. As she glanced out of the window, she saw the trees moving restlessly. There were black clouds gathering and a streak of lightning was seen in the distance, but before the peal of thunder came, she had found her excuse to speak. "We're about tae hae a storm at Redtrees, °' she told her husband. He lifted his head and in a sad voice he said. "och, i ken lass, but 1 no hae a plan tae avoid it. The pride and jeal- ousies o' women can destroy the lives o' men. 'Tis my hope, for the sake of us all, that Kathleen Jamieson and the doctor's wife become friends." Flora had no idea what he meant until he mentioned the names. As soon as he had finished speaking, there was a roll of distant thunder and then Neil too realized they had been talking about different things. The "Friends of Skye" were like a Targe family, living in basic simplicity. The future of the settlement relied heavily upon friendship and neigh- bourliness, and Neil knew that nothing should be allowed to divide his people. But even in families, there are quarrels and sometimes hate. Indeed, in the history of Scotland, stubborn pride has often extended far beyond minor personal , differences, as for example, when brother fought broth- er, and father fought son, on the bloody fields of Culloden. The people of Redtrees had suffered and endured so much together, it would be sheer insanity to allow two women. neither of whom had sailed on the Mavis from Scotland, to divide a people so close to attaining their dreams. In every homestead the feud between Kathleen Jamieson and Jane Cameron was more than just an idle topic of gossip. People feared that they might, through the actions of their womanfolk, lose two prominent men, (Jamieson and Doctor Cameron). both necessary for the well being of the community. In the Chisholm cabin, Elizabeth also had the same thoughts. " 'Tis that irish woman," she told Chippy. "We should never hae allow- ed a foreign woman to bide wi us. Why Captain Jamieson didna choose one of his ain folk tae marry, 1 canna for the life o' me understand." Chippy took his clay pipe from his mouth and tapped it gently on the stone of the hearth. A flicker of a smile came to his face arid there was a faraway look in kiis eyes as he spoke. "i nearly married a foreign woman misel once upon a time. 'Twas in Manderlay and i can see her face the noo. A real braw lass she was." Elizabeth was hurt by her hus- bands's reflections. "Ye would hae wed a black woman like one o' them slaves in the United States?" Chippy's face broadened into a larger grin. "She was no black, a little brown maybe, like the crust of well baked bread, but no black! One thing I'll tell ye, she was a bonny lass and 1 still think about her now and then." Women will never tolerate the fact that theirhusbands could ever have been attracted to another woman. To suppress her anger, Elizabeth went up the steps to do some chores in the bedroom. Since the Reverend Duncan Mac- Leod was also fully aware that the foolish pride and jealousies of two women. could disrupt the harmony of his people, in a roundabout- way, he approached the topic in his sermon. "We are one people with one resolve; to seek escape from oppres- sion and poverty. We must not envy those who have an abundance of gold, for what we have never had, we shall never miss. Our Lord Jesus. Christ was Himself a poor man who had no use for wealth, because He saw it as the root cause of many of life's sufferings. Wealth does not place one person above another. it does not buy honouti or respect, and those who use their gold so buy a false status in life, can never be satisfied by the results." He looked steadfastly, first at Kathleen Jamieson and then at the doctor's wife, Jane Cameron. "What did our Lord say about wealth? it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter into the Kingdom of God." So let me say this. We are thankful for those who give what they can for the benefit of the community, whether it be council, labour, comfort or gold, but the least valuable of these is gold. Let us go on together as people blessed in a proud new land, and equal in the sight of God!"