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A Terry Fox needed today
On the weekend some old enough that people would think they were
foolish to be running and some young people who weren't even born 13
years ago, took part in the annual run named after Canadian hero Terry
Fox.
Letters
DIAMONDS
raise funds
THE EDITOR,
Glen McLachlan of Vanastra,
who is a member of the
DIAMONDS, successfully com-
pleted a swim-a-thon at the
Vanastra Recreation Centre on May
8, raising $2,100 for Children's
Hospital of Southwestern Ontario.
He completed his goal of 200
lengths in approximately four
hours.
This is the second year that
DIAMONDS has raised money for
the Children's Hospital. Last year
Glen did a wheel-a-thon in
Goderich which covered six
kilometers. McLachlan has several
reasons for doing his fundraising.
He and his wife, Sandra, have
supported the hospital since two of
their children were patients there.
Also, as past co-chairperson of
DIAMONDS he wants to make
people with physical challenges
more visible.
On May 31, along with members
Norinne Brindley and Don Forrest,
Glen presented a cheque from the
DIAMONDS to the Children's
Hospital on the Children's Miracle
Network Telethon on CFPL-TV
London.
McLachlan expressed apprecia-
tion to everyone who supported
him by way of pledges and also
those who cheered him on.
Anyone who would like to learn
more about DIAMONDS may call
McLachlan at 482-9581 or Co-
Chairpersons Don Forrest at 482-
7038 or Ron Airdrie at 482-3463.
Our next meeting will be on Sept.
18 at 12 noon at the Huron Adult
Day Centre in Clinton. Lunch will
be provided. Guest speakers
include Linda Girard and Mark
McCormick.
They will be discussing the
provincial government's plans for
changes in long-term care services.
It is important that people who use
these services come to the
meetings. Decisions need to be
made. The DIAMONDS want your
help to express our concerns and
appreciations for the proposed
changes.
If anyone needs transportation
please call Community Information
Services at 1-800-267-0535 or 482-
5666.
Ron Airdrie, Co-Chairperson
The DIAMONDS Organization.
THE EDITOR,
Thanks go out to the community
of Brussels for another successful
fair. Our fair is the showcase to
display the work of the numerous
talented people we have in this
area. Congratulations go out to the
many exhibitors from pre-schoolers
Photo by Bonnie Gropp
to people in their nineties. Without
your entries we wouldn't have a
fair.
Special thanks to the enthusiastic
Secretary-Treasurer, two capable
presidents and the many willing
helpers who devoted many hours at
a busy time of year, to put on a fair
for all to enjoy. It was great to see
our young people getting involved
also. The toy farm implements in
the shavings box were a big hit for
the children.
The displays set up by
commercial producers displaying
the wonderful produce that is
grown in this area were excellent.
This community is proud of the
calibre of young people who
participated in the Queen of the
Fair Competition. Thank you to
the wonderful support of the many
businesses and individuals who
made donations of gifts and money
to support the Queen of the Fair
Competition and the Fair.
A long time Fair goer.
THE EDITOR,
Please allow me to extend thanks
on behalf of all students and staff at
Brussels Public School to the
Brussels Lions for their generous
commitment to completing the
fitness activity area on the school
grounds. Students are enjoying
using the various pieces of
equipment immensely.
The dedication of service
organizations to enhancing
community life in Brussels
contributes in many ways to
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World-wide it's estimated
that more than a half-million
people took part in the run to
raise money for cancer research
and commemorate the
incredible effort the young man
undertook to run across Canada despite having one leg amputated due
to cancer. It's hard to know what was more audacious about Terry Fox,
the idea that a one-legged runner could cross the entire country, or his
goal to raise $1 million in contribution to help fight cancer. He never
made it across the country, having to stop in northern Ontario when his
cancer recurred but the inspiration he gave people, not only in Canada
but around the world, helped raise much more than he had set out to
make. Others took up his cause and, after his death, the annual Terry
Fox run for cancer research funding began. This year the run is
expected to bring in $8.5 million in donations around the world, $3.7
million in Ontario alone. Since its inception runners have raised $106
million in pledges by taking part in the 10 km run.
So Terry Fox succeeded beyond his wildest dreams in raising money
for cancer research. What has been lost, however, is the magnificent
inspiration he gave to people. The continuing participation in the run is
a tribute to the impact he had on people, yet as time passes the true
memories of how he made us feel begin to fade. How we could use the
feeling he gave us now. The country has been in a funk for nearly a
decade now, particularly since the recession set in nearly four years
ago. Worse, we have become cynical about our leaders. The feeling of
many in the country is that they would like to be able to check "none of
the above" when they go to the polls to vote on Oct.. 25.
We need a Terry Fox now. We need to feel good about people
again. We need to look at the reality of our situation and realize that
most of our problems are small by comparison to what others face.
How could enduring a pay freeze, or even a cutback in our paycheque,
seem very important when we would see that courageous man hip-
hopping his way down a lonely highway? How could we feel sorry for
ourselves while watching his efforts to overcome his handicap?
Thankfully, once a year at the time of the Terry Fox run his example
is put before us again. Too bad we couldn't more accurately recall the
spirit he brought to the country. — KR
Beyond control
Another example of the globalization of communications hit Ontario
this week with the news that a British newspaper had broken the ban on
publication of details from the Karla Homolka trial for the murders of
Kristen French and Leslie Mahaffy.
Ontario authorities said they would consider laying contempt of
court charges if copies of the article arrived in the province but rumours
were that copies of the story were already circulating into Ontario by
way of fax machines transmitting copies of the British story.
A judge in the Homolka case had order a ban on all evidence given
at the trial until after Homolka's estranged husband, Paul Teale, has had
his trial for murder of the two young women. He banned American
reporters from the courtroom because he was worried that they might
ignore his ban and, sitting safely on the U.S. side of the border,
broadcast the facts back across the Canadian border.
The situation now, however, is like King Canute trying to forbid the
waves from rolling in. Once borders were a way of controlling what
goes on inside your country but today, with satellites and electronic
communications, it becomes impossible to impose controls, no matter
how commendable the motive may be. What's more, there is something
irresistable about doing something you are told you're not allowed to
do. How long before bootleg copies of the British newspaper story are
being serruptitiously passed around Ontario workplaces and
coffeeshops?
We face a brave new world, a world where borders matter less and
less. We go to the polls Oct. 25 to elect a government that once had
control over much of our lives. With every year that passes, however,
our leaders become more irrelevant. Already, we're told, our
government doesn't have any choice but to go along with free trade and
the globalized economy. Our public agenda is being set, not by
politicians, but by international business leaders.
We are heading for a kind of anarchy in which little can be
controlled and we must depend on the common sense of individuals.
Unfortunately, as the British press showed, that's a faint hope. — KR
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