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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1987
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Five-year-old Pamela Schneider and
her big brother, 12 -year-old Michael of
Auburn, took their stuffed dog, Big
Ears, on Sunday's walk on a
skateboard. Below, Lady takes a drink
of water at check point 1 while owner
Chyrstal Cucksey, of Blyth, holds onto
her leash.
WILLIAM
THOMAS
Vision for others
Walk-A-Dog-A®'hon helps
provide guide dogs for
visually impaired persons
There were big ones, little ones, shaggy
ones, not -so -shaggy ones, real ones and
even stuffed ones walking, even panting,.
through the streets of Goderich Sunday
afternoon.
It was the third annual 10 km Walk-A-
Dog-A-Thon, sponsored by the Lions
Clubs of Goderich, Clinton, Auburn,
Londesboro and Blyth, and about .30 dogs
and their owners braved the chilly wind
to raise money for Canine Vision Canada.
Dogs of all kinds and people of all ages
took part in what has been called a suc-
cessful fundraising event by chairman
Ed Hagle, of the Goderich Lions Club.
You didn't even need to have a real dog
to participate in the event. Brother and
sister Michael and Pamela Schneider, of
Auburn, strapped their stuffed toy dog
Big Ears to a skateboard and pulled him
along the route with mom Dorothy
leading the way.
Michael Anderson accompanied his
mother Valerie and her guide dog Josh
along the route as did Clinton Lions Club
member Carl Merner.
Although this year's walk raised ap-
proximately $3,250 (about $850 more than
last year's total of $2,400), Hagle noted he
LIONS
lismiammor
was disappointed with the turnout.
"It was a disappointing turnout in
terms of the numbers of walkers
although there was more money raised.
The participants had more pledges this
year," he said.
He added he hopes more people will
consider participating in next year's
walk-a-dog-a-thon since the money goes
towards helping match guide dogs with
visually impaired persons throughout
Canada.
All of the money raised is sent to
Canine Vision Canada, a national training
facility for guide dogs and visually im-
paired Canadians. The centre, located in
Oakville', Ontario, was initiated and is
operated by the Canadian Lions
Foundation.
Money is still being accepted for tale•
event. If you would like to make a dona-
tion and were not approached by a par-
ticipant prior to Sunday's event, dona-
tions are being accepted by Ed Hagle at
G.oderich Plymouth Chrysler in Goderich.
Photos by
Lou -Ann De Bruyn
Walking to raise funds
At Sunday's Walk-A-Dog-A-Thon, these three Goderich friends (from left) Erin Young,
Vicki Bruinsma and Heidi Zoethout decided to let their dogs, namely Patton, Danny
and Goldie, get acquaint ,I before walking the 10km route together. At left, Goderich
resident Marlene Black coaxes her dog Casey into drinking some water. Below, while
some dogs and their owners left the Suncoast Mall before the actual kickoff time, this
group of dogs and walkers left at 1 p.m. The event, which saw about 30 dogs and their
owners walking the route, raised approximately $3,250. (photos by Lou -Ann DeBruyn)
We've got the
Yanks where
we want them
Now that free trade appears to be deader
than a night watchman at Chernobyl, I
think we've got those Yanks exactly where
we want them.
It was frightening there for a while to
hinfederal
mentthink hthatad sec, rometmisedg might our actuallygovern-
be
delivered. Free trade was a real squeaker
but today Canadians breathe a little easier
and the Conservative's record of failure
remains unblemished by accomplishment.
I suppose now the United States will
undertake to din us to death economically
with their cross-border version of Chinese
water torture.
Drip to the forehead: an import duty on
shingles and shakes; drip: duty on potash;
drip: import duties on autos...
On the other hand, our own drips in Ot-
tawa will of course respond in kind which
is like trying to bluff a Las Vegas black-
jack dealer while he's using house chips
and you're playing with a pile of public
transit tokens. Tit-for-tat and we're flat on
the mat faster than Joe Clark can say
Soweto.
And so I suggest we take a different task,
a sort of Canadianized free trade tactic
that could be called "The Ransom of Red
Chief Ronnie."
As of November 1, fresh water is $7,95 a •
gallon, delivery not included, call us when
you're thirsty, Ron.
-Effective i ediately, it'll cost -x-$100
surcharge for eac day a Canadian hockey
player spends in' t e United States., You
don't like it? Go ply hockey with The Evil
Empire. Let's see how the Red Army.team
draws. in Washington and what they pull
out of their equipment bags.
—Moosehead Molson's and Labatt's beer
are now on sale to Americans at popular
prices. In Tillsonburg, Ontario. Only.
Come and get it. Canadian Club. -is
available at the Quebec liquor store in La
Tuque, Quebec. Bring your own ice.
The splendid spacearm, one of the:
greatest advancements in space
technology ever devised by man? We want
our arm back, Ron. Now..We're going to
establish it as a monument to. your
understanding and compassion as. a
neighbor and an ally and we're going to
plant it on our side of the Peace Bridge at
Fort Erie facing America. it's 'middle
• finger will be fully extended toward the
heavens. Please remove hat and place
hand over heart when passing.
Do you remember Charles McVey, Ron,
the American fugitive who sold millions
worth of high tech equipment to the
Soviets. The same Cartes McVey we've
been holding in Vancouver pending ex-
tradiction to the States. We just put him on
an Air Canada flight. CaII Mikhail; Ron -
the plane lands at 10 o'clock tonight
Moscow time.
Are you familiar with Rich Little, Dan
Aykroyd, Michael J. Fox, Alan Thicke,
Jim Carrey, Martin Short, Dave Thomas,
Howie Mandel, Eugene Levy, Jim Unger,
John Candy, David Steinberg, Rick
Moranis, Mort Sahl, Gilda Radner and An-
drea Martin?
Well we're recalling all our comedians.
For good. You guys want laughs replay the
video tapes of Nixon saying he had nothing
to do with Watergate and you saying you
had nothing to do with Contragate and
Oliver North saying he lied, cheated, stole
and shredded to make America a better
place to live.
And Ron, we are not recalling Monty
Hall, under any circumstances.
You might be interested in the new
nioney-maker we Canadians have come up
with to compensate for the lost revenues
resulting from your cruel and unusual tax-
ing of our exported goods and services. We
are erecting viewing stations, each one a
mile apart along our 5,335 mile undefended
border that you so often boast about. All
viewing stations will face south, all will be
equipped with state of the art telescopes
(listening devices are optional) and all are
coin-operated. And it's a funny thing about
the coin slots, Ron. They only accept
rubles.
Think of it as a coast-to-coast window of
vulnerability brought up close and per-
sonal. Next time you pick up the phone in
the upstairs john at the White House in the
middle of the night and it's Mikhail - it
won't just be by accident, Ron.
A lot of people wonder why the whole
world hates America. Not me. What I can't
figure out is why Britain still likes you. Of
course, they don't know you as well as we
do.
And the World Series? After we win it,
it'll take Caspar Weinberger and the boys
of war to get the trophy back.
Oh yeah, I almost forgot. Remember
that cruise missile, Ron, the one you
wanted us to test because you felt our ter-
rain most resembles the desolate outer
reaches of Siberia where it'll be used and
because it snows here in July and we can
all discuss top secrets in Eskimo and no
one will ever decypher the information.
Well I think we got all the bugs out Ron.
See for yourself. We've sent it back to you -
E.T.A. at the Rose Garden is approximate-
ly now.
In the past we've been kind of amus1eo by
this soap opera south in which a bunch of
bumbling blowhearts lay claim to leading
world but this time you've really steamed
us Ron.
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