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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1984-05-16, Page 6''•••• Al•LY .„ . , . • - .' • • 44,en•o"-A,i1:- POO 101417 to, 1984-4age 6 :i:- 7"57,11T:=7 mr(lArly., A ageeiteilfOn the conditioui porti�n .01 he',WerilSing space occup reasonable allowance for signature, wd Sdverbieminttvillbe paid at the applica „ mrnIingreg no. 0847 •Neal error, the 04„ ',,together with a :.balance of the t, • ; to. bring -Jds pe .0 tog r he athietes who come to com ir national does not get in the way of makiugnew friends, learning. .44* a 0 coming 16;undergtand another e° •• The Olympics have survived political inte past including OatedYof Mun"14.: faith m the resthence of the Olympic moVi this crisis But it is the athietes who suffer It is - ittineteei who' have e;',d�dicated theMselV4514 ;0'y years • • and worked Se„te,,,,reaChlnternitionafininpatition, t0:4130,lifY. It4t4,04 -,,prestigious tam* #100tiseetifice: their goals for political reasons'. • While the Soviet athletes do not tbpfilabbiairbljr4: carriedbymoit Canadian athietes because the stal' •,for their training, they are jUitifit-.• dedicated perseveriineeln4stetieu is4u4atokft411--00 world. They:” cannoktelPAMtbeYgisapPainted4; As with r the United States decision in 1980 to keep their athletes home from the Moscow games, it is only the athletes, who suffer. While many people -believe athletes. train for *only four years prior to each Olympiad, to attair'. their dream of competing at the Olympics, this- just isn't 7 - true.-‘,1,01estie1hletes who compete iii.,146S Angeles orwho must remain it home, have worked for this event since they Were age of 9; 10 �r 11. It takes of'harda‘rork and dedication to reach the international level, of competition in one'S sport. After all.this, it is too much to ask thentliletei'. t: • to stay home. - • , • • , „or :Their sacrifice is too much to p#, especially when 4. nothing is, to be achieved... The ;U.S. boycott of the t1980 Moscow games did not .force Russia" out of Afghanistan. Indead.Russieti trooeis stiltoceupy that country. The Soviet boycott wilt,40 more to damage relations between. the United States and the Soviet Union when Attendance at the gainesTcould have heena positive -step in building a bridge to...Understanding and .communication: betiveenthe two Superpowers... If nothing else is, gained perhapsthe Olympic committee will realize folly of gtagMs4.11e.gatnes iiRussia toitiiketi four yearslaterby gamesi� fhe UnitedStittes, Never again should athletes be asked to stay home because politic-ians ' are playing games". I ' th for lett ,c tly •,Fir vn v 0 he arty • elp Li sear `&0in a icPi ,esu 7g .t.i eal eb aithf Cave Ifolid co 'tiro As Y laeandniake r nuts, '11 then look Evenee xeav ey The Reverend Duncan. MacLeod and Father O'Hare rode towards the village of Weston at the head of the wagon train. Occasionally, MacLeod reined in his horse so *snot to gain too much on the leadvehicle. On the frontwitill'*,1"MicCritittnon and beside him an Irish man called Dougherty and. his vidfC,i Over theiishoulders, a banal Of tittle heads' looked...0444mM the.tree4111ed road and talked' excitedly to the driver. "Andlow far -.would we be after going to this' place called Albion,' sir," one of. the - children questioned. "I dinna ken free sure," MacCrirrimon told them. "But I would say we hae about thirty or more miles tae gae." "And shall we be getting there -tonight?" the youngest one asked'. "Pei sure I ,am weary,with the journey an' all." She was aprOty little girl with golden hair find freckled cheeks. In spite of the many weeks of ocean voyage in cramped steerage quarters, the bloom =of the "old sod" was Still on her face and her eyes had a twinkle %WolkMacCriinmon could notreslit.' What a pity be thought, thatFlora and he had not managed to tit fra little sister for their son.. " - emaemareermstiosase' REPTP,ES by Don Campbell "Och no child we'll no be there .the night," MacCrinimon said. "But dinna fash yesel, tomorrow I promise ye tae be there." He patted the little hand Which was resting on his' shoulder. 'Arid 'twill all,have been worth the long weary journey." They pushed ahead that day and at sunset stopped ' between Weston and Melton, pulling the wagons close to the trees so as not to impede the passage of any other vehicle which may pass that way. There was no ground off the road which could be. utilized as an encampment; all the cleared fields were sown with grain. Having no time to prepare an elaborate meal, they contented themselves with bread and cheese. Therate in a hurry• because of their hunger, but later ‘wished they had delayed their meal for a while. From the suernunding farms and as soon as the chores were finished, the people came to greet diem, bringing fresh milk, bread and corn syrup sweetmeats for the children. It was a warm pleasant evening and the roadway became a meeting place for the local people who came to visit the wagon •train. A little whisky helped to add congen- iality to the gathering, and what appeared at first to be just another stop over on a tedious journey, turned into a festive occasion. In the light .of a large yellow moon, one Irishman played lively music on his concertina. There was much singing, and the sandy surface of the old sixth line was soon to -feel the feet of Many a spirited Irish jig. "It's like Christmas in midsummer," one of the Irish women was heard to say, as she dat down by the roadside to 'rest. "Sure I never enjoyed myself so much since I was a young colleen in County Down." Macerimmon was also in a particularly jovial mood and hearing the woman talk of Christmas, added his own observations. "Well now," he said loudly for everybody to hear. "If ye good frish people have finished with ye-Christnias, we Scots might just as well hae another hogmanay!" He went to the wagon and fetched his pipes. Standing by the roadside he tapped ‘,, • his foot to his owni. music whilst he play some lively. reels. At first, the men Redtrees danced amongst themselves. B soon they .were joitied by some Of the me and women visitors,, who whooped a shouted just as lOudly as the friends of Sky; • "No matter where ye go," old Chip Chisholm said to a new found Irish frien "j bhlooile:m1.13iYthe people pipes, eaeres andYblessedelionwsiothHflienhdlanC They might have carried on the: merrymaking' until the dawn but there w still a long journey ahead of thetti' Reluctantly they all returned to their wago but required no rocking to sink into deq sleep. Before mitrehed eLearet,ired, Dougherty soug Duncan "1 am grateful sir, so I am, to be amon such agtaritibdtil„ehof unselfish people. 11 'eman,sol MacLeod sthiled. There was obviously little whisky sparkling the man's overwhel ing brotherly love. Nevertheless, he sh Dougherty warmly by the hands. "Welcome to Canada," he said.