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Opinion
Reader urqes drinkeirs to stop completely
Dear Editor:
This afternoon around 5:35 p.m., my
Aunt Mary Blanchard became a statistic.
On Dec. 3, Aunt Mary was walking home
after a visit with her husband who is being
cared for in a nursing home. About two
blocks from her home in Exeter, she was
struck by a car driven by someone who,
according to the newspaper report, was
charged by police with impaired driving.
Aunt Mary survived the impact and "liv-
ed" in a coma until this afternoon.
The Aunt Mary, I remember was a gen-
tle, warm, fun -loving lady. She had a
special way with little children. We all lov-
ed her dearly and are so grateful for the
example she will always be in our family's
life. Her kind hands performed many
menial and other love -filled tasks which
touched the lives of Many. Her brown eyes
expressed the feelings of excitement and
joy and, at times, concern and hurt, as
LETTERS
life's circumstances came her way. She
loved the chance to have a good visit, yet
throughout her conversation she was
_ never negative, but always optimistic and
encouraging.
The Aunt May I saw in the Intensive
Care Unit at University Hospital was an
unrecognizable form; a broken bruised
unresponsive body. As I stared at what I
found to be an almost nauseating sight, I
was overwhelmed by feelings of hurt and
anger. Hurt, because I hated to think of
this precious lady suffering in any way.
Hurt, because I knew how those who loved
her most must be .agonizing over her
condition.
Reader opposes proposal
Dear Editor:
On Dec. 2, Jack Riddell voted in the
Legislature to protect homosexuals from
discrimination. Under this new law, neither
a family with a self-contained apartment for
rent, nor an employer with teenage
workers, will be able to refuse an applica-
tion because of homosexuality.
The nub of the matter is this: Jack (bless
him) apparently believes, as he says in a let-
ter to me, that we should "let homosexuals
live and work where they choose." I don't.
Like 'many others, I believe they should be
kept away from youngsters.
Jack also speaks of a "long sentence" for
"sexual advances to minors." RI web, +h'
no good either, as the damage to the child
will have been done. If timely discrimina-
tion can protect some youngsters from be-
ing molested (and maybe even catching
A.I.D.S.), then we should discriminate.
If you agree, then please phone Jack at
524-9444 and tell him you want the law
changed, and soon.
Yours sincerely,
Peter Edisbury
P.S. If Jack doesn't know it, then many of
us can tell him from experience that a
sizeable package of l° homosexuals have a
craving for boys. Love homosexuals? Sure.
Their practices? Never.
Lights display appreciated
Dear Editor:
On behalf of Council and the Town of
Goderich, I would like to express sincere
appreciation to everyone involved in
developing the Christmas lights display.
This certainly is a community project,
with individuals, clubs, committees, chur-,
ches, organizations and businesses all
helping by sponsoring Christmas displays
and lighting over the years.
There efforts are appreciated greatly. I
have personally received many positive
comments regarding the display. Thank
you and best wishes for a Merry Christmas
and A Happy New Year.
Yours truly,
Eileen J. Palmer
Mayor of Goderich
•
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• We can sum l
up our
holiday
- thoughts for
you in. just
two words.
From
Josef
Alphea
. Mary Lou
HAIR DESI(N �i r
48 East St., Goderich 52 - 1
I was angry – not at the driver of that
car, nor at the judicial system seemingly
so protective of the guilty while the rights
of the innocent are neglected. I was angry
at the alcohol' that transformed a human
being into a potential killer. I am aware of
what alcohol can do. I've lived with the
knowledge of those surviving in poverty
conditions; the children who must live in
constant terror; the wives who have to
leave their homes to protect themselves.
I've heard first-hand about visits to the
emergency ward to see those who wanted
to end it all – visits to the young man lying
on his deathbed, yellowed by the liver
disease cirrhosis. I know it can break down
a marriage, a family, a physical body, but
mostly a human spirit, thus reducing a
person from a human being who con-
tributes positively to our society, to a blub-
bering, smelling, infant -like zombie.
Aunt Mary was 73. You may say she liv-
ed a full life. Yet there could have been so
much more.
She won't be with her children, grand-
children and great-grandchildren to
celebrate Christmas, which also happens
to be her oldest son's birthday. She'll be
missing on all those occasions when
families and friends gather to spend time
together and share their love. She won't be
sitting in that familiar pew and worshipp-
ing as she did so faithfully in her local
church. Someone else will assume her role
as treasurer of the Women's Ministries
group, a position she held for about 20
years.
When my own precious mother passed
away two -and -a -half -years -ago, it was
such a comfort to know Aunt Mary was
there. I needed.her. We needed her.
As I think of all the other statistics I have
heard or read about, I realize they too
were wanted, needed, loved – they too
were robbed of a future.
What we refer to as that "one too
many," has killed one too many.
I'm tired of listening to and seeing that
old cliche, "If you drink, don't drive."
I appeal to all of you on behalf of my
Aunt Mary: Please, don't drink AT ALL! !
Yours sincerely,
Kathy McMillan
Goderich, Ont.
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