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Hideous crimes hit home.
It's often a cruel and sick world we live in and the events of the last few
days prove this fact to be true.
This week an 11 -year-old girl, who innocently left her home to have her
picture taken with friends on the same track team was, in . true
premeditated fashion, raped and murdered by the most vile and
dispicable ,form of human being who posed as a photographer.
In another equally appalling crime, a two-year-old girl was found dead .
In a dumpster in London. Her father has been charged with 'the second-
degree murder of his 'infant daughter. •
What is to distressing about crimes of this sort .is that they are not
happening on the tither side of the world, they're happening within a ,
four-hour drive from Lucknow.
While crimes 'like these rarely happen in a rural ..area, our cormunity
can be no less vigilant in insuring the safety, of our.. children: °s A
community can no longer afford not to `.`streetproof'' their children 'in
order, to have them know what constitutes a stranger and how to avold
them.
Pollce forces, especiaily the Goderlch OPP,' have instituted. a whole
program in the educational, system which: deals with the concept of Street
proofing, complete with a recently -Made, fibril dealing In an under-
standable way on the subject. '
in the world whicht we live In today, we can no longer be lax In :the rural•
areas as to thesafety of children.
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Royal Weddin gijity!
ALAN
Sure you probably won't admit it,
but ]I'll bet you were one of the 300 odd
million people who. on July 23 woke up
at 4:30 a.m., dashed downstairs,
whipped up some English crumpets
with marmalade and tea, and, parked
yourself in front of the TV set to see
randy Prince Andy get hitched to the
infamous Pattie Fergie,
Resisting the thoughts of two or three
more hours of sleep, you couldn't bear
to miss all the royal pomp and circum-
stance, the lavish wedding attire, and
the wedding nuptials carried out at the
fairy tale setting of historic Westminst-
er Abbey where royalty before them
were married.
Personally, the lofty English pair and
their goings-on are so far removed from
my everyday life that the Royal
Wedding1excited me almost as much as
taking the garbage out on Saturday
mornings.
However, the whole affair made for
some interesting light reading with all
the mostly humorous stories about the
pair popping up daily in the news-
papers, The royal tidbits surrounding
the wedding were nothing, short of the
"Enquirer" style, of journalism with
every bit of information,the more
.revealing the better, designed to salt
the curiosity of Fergie and Andy fans
everywhere. -
Poor Fergie? She has been the butt
(excuse the pun) of many cruel and
downright scathing stories about her
rather bulgy posterior. Countless stor-
ies since the royal romance began have
poked fun at Fergie and her weighty
derrierre. Even a record was made and
played over British radio called "Fergie
is a Fattie". One report from an inside
source said she was banging her bottom
against a wall in order to lose those
excess inches.
Will this silliness ever cease?
For people like myself who are totally
indifferent - (except as a basis for a
column) about the social news of the
royalty, the constant news of the life of
Chuck and Di following their wedding
was pretty hard to take, But Fergie and
Andy? Well, it could be ' royalty's
answer to The Young and Restless.
With the return of the Jamieson family
from Scotland, the business of the general
store returned to normal. But unnoticed by.
the majority, was the gradual overall
change in life at Redtrees t?vhich inevitably
occurred in `the name of progress. At first,
the immigrants from Skye were satisfied
with the minimum requirements for
survival,which were not always available
to them in the old country. As the years
slipped away and the people had more than
enough for the needs of a simple existence,
some farmers fell ; nto the trap of greed.
Petty jealousies emerged, and a,few of the
more foolish delighted in bragging, about
their wealth to their less fortunate neigh-
bours. The minister did not fall ipto this
category,ry and deplored the lossof those
simple values of life which had united them
when they first came to Canada. From the
pulpit, the Reverend Duncan MacLeod
repeatedly reminded his flock: "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."'
It would have been ridiculous hov+rever,.
to imagine the people could enjoy their
newafound prosperity without relinquish -
int; some of the customs and traditions they
had brought with them from Scotland. The
thriving young country was a refuge for
many races and the predominent language
es were I nglish and French. The children
of the pioneers spoke less and less in their
Gaelic tongue when they were obliged to
mix with the "foreign" settlers. Change
was unavoidable and MacCrimmon was
one of the first to recognize this fact.
"If we are tae accept the bread o' this
land, we'd best be ready tae fight frae ltd".
MacCrimmon always reminded any. young
man who questioned the need for a militia.
MacCrimrrron also saw the necessity for
a more conventional form of local govern-
ment. In the beginning, he was chosen, as
the leader of the community, but now he
decided to hold an election and let the
people choose a reeve and council by secret
ballot. But who was the most obvious
choice to be reeve? The answer was the
newcomer, Sir Archibald MacCulloch, and
MacCrimmon approached him with regard
to his nomination.'
"I only have experience in leading
military men," Sir Archie told hint. "You
are far more qualified than 1 and the people
trust you. Besides, in spite of the loss of my
right arm, my queen has been graciously
pleased to give me the command of the
militia in. the Dufferine and Peel district.
"But I thought Colonel MacDougal
already had that command,"
Sir Archie smiled in an odd sort of way
and a merry twinkle came to his eyes.
'"Until now, that was perfectly true,:' he
said. "But since 1 out*ranked him in the
regular army, '1 shalt have to find another
post for Sir Alexander."
"Ye ,ut-ranked him,, sir?" MacCriminon
asked in amazement.
• "Yes indeed. I am a Brigadier General,"
Sir Ai hie said with a chuckle,. "1 am sure
Alex will remember 1 was his commanding
officer when we served together in India.
MacCrimmon was not usually a talkative
man, but this latest piece of choice gossip
was soon flashed around the community.
The people were very pleased to know that
the source of militia command would in
future be centred at Redtrees. Katie
Murdoch was particularly interested,
"I shall be askin' Sir Archie tae make
some enquiries as tae what yon puppy o'
Macflougai did the my poor lass,'" she
said, delighted with the prospect of
opening an old wound.
So in spite of the fact that some
semblance of normality returned to Red-
trees with the Jamiesons, the community
was never quite the same again. There was
sufficient exciting activity to keep the
tongue waggers busy for a long time. The
most interesting topic of conversation
centred around Sir Archie himself. The
people were forced to admit that he did not
seem to be such a high and mighty. In fact,
he was a welcome addition in their midst.
Lucy was very pleased with her partner's
newfound popularity. Unfortunately, she
had little chance to meet him for business
or social purposes. As soon as the
construction of the new sawmill had begun,
he left for Toronto. It appeared he would be
a most efficient business operator.
"What the new sawmill will need, is the
best engineer to recommend the latest type
of equipment which should be installed,"
Archie told her. "1 intend to search until I.
find him!"
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