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On the surface farmers andoctors mig i t not
seem to have a lot in common.
After all, the former is often seen as a man of
plaid with giant weathered hands and a deep
seated attachment to the land while the latter is .
usually viewed in awe as one with a gift of heal-
ing hands and a mind dedicated to science and
humanistic principles.
Arid yet, these two professions are intrinsically
important to .a stable society.
Without food producers, a nation cannot feed
itself.
One needs to look no further than a national
newspaper to read about the never-ending
famines in developing countries to discern what
happens when a country is without a safe food
supply.
By the same token, health-care professionals
are equally important in the recipefor a stable
society. Again, one needlook no urt er , an 'a
developing country to see what of eos
ensues : when there simply aren't .enought ors
and nurses available tokeep innoculated
against basic 'dseases and informed about emerg-
ing and deadly viruses. •
And ,yet for reasons that continually defy com-
mon sense, both the federal and provincial gov-
,- ernments seem unable to comprehend the devas-
tating scenario being sown simply because no one
is taking a look at what the demographics are
suggesting will be the Canadian face come 20
years or so.
Indeed, figures show one in five Canadians will
be 65 or older come 2031, which is 25 . years down
the road.
Meanwhile, the stats of today show both the
average of physicians, nurses and farmers is clos-
er to retirement age.
It seems a lot of lip service is paid by the powers
that be about how important it is to ensure a solid
society for future generotitms to boy.
In the interim, however, those: sable powers are
failing to see that the infrastructure is withering
from neglect, and a never-ending failure to realize
that without one's health - and that includes a
safe food s ply - there is no other issue worthy of
being bro ugI t to the table.
The (Clinton News Record
Moving day meant climbing a
mountain of stairs in the heat.
This past weekend my
girlfriend Lindsay and I
moved into our first apart-
ment together in
Stratford.
And as a result, my body
is a little worse for wear.
I've got a blister on my
thumb . from disassem-
bling my bed frame, a
Targe, very -stubborn splinter in my finger
from the book shelves I assembled, and
extremely sore arms and legs from all of the
lifting and carrying boxes, desks, dressers
and everything in between, up three flights of
stairs - on a very hot Saturday afternoon!
Lucky for us, we had the help of both our
families, who without, the move would have
been all but impossible.
But what was maybe. the most difficult
mountain to climb the entire weekend was
negotiating with Lindsay as to where I could
put some of my things, other than just throw-
ing them all into the spare room.
And I'm glad to report my persistent nag-
ging over most of Sunday paid off, and I did
get a few ofmy sports and movie memorabilia
items on display in the main sitting area.
On Sunday we headed to the grocery store
to stock up. What I was hoping would be a
nice break turned into another daunting
adventure.
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By Jeff
11euchert
Now, instead of just
buying bread, milk, and
canned and microwaveable
foods, we're buying pasta
and chicken, that requires
real cooking - and an extra
long time at the store.
When it was all said
and done, I had paid an
exorbitant sum of money
for our food, which was overflowing from the
shopping cart.
Then it was back to the apartment and up
the three flights of stairs with our groceries -
then down and up and down and up again -
on what was another hot day.
As I write this column, on Monday (July 31)
there's still some finishing touches required
inside our apartment before we're entirely
done, but we're close.
However, after, spending only two nights
there so far, thanks to a lot of hard work from
everyone, it's already beginning to feel like
home.
Unfortunately for us, the same can't be said
for Lindsay's cat, who amidst all of the excite-
ment left us a little surprise on our bed, that
we didn't discover until we got into it late
Sunday night.
"Not much?" The Middle East
is exploding with violence
and missies and you
say "Not much"?
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