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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1985-03-27, Page 6Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, March 27, 1985—Page 6 tett SENTIN "The Sepoy Town" Established 1873 The Lucknow Sentinel, P.O. Box 400 Lucknow NOG 2110 Telephone: 528-2822 Pat Livingston - General Manager Thomas Thompson - Advertising Manager Sharon Dietz - Editor Joan Helm - Compositor` Merle Elliott - Typesetter Subscription rates in advance • Outside s45 00 16• Canada Senior Citizens •13 so Outside Canada •43.00 Second class'mailing reg. no. 0847 Advertising is accepted on the condition that in the event of a typographical error, the portion. of the advertising space occupied by the erroneous item together with a reasonable allowance for signature, will not be charged for, but the balance of the advertisement will be paid at. the applicable rates. BLUE RIBBON AWARD 1984 Address issues Premier Frank Millercalled an election Monday and Ontario will go to the polls May 2. Election speculation was rampantand the decision was really no surprise. An election has been expected since October; when former premier Billavis,;chose to retire, rather than face the ' electorate and the announcement was imminent since Miller took over the leadership of the Conservative party in January. u ent 'ssues it is province and whether a governmeit ;`c11 ses to 'tconfrorit t1�osZe issues and work to"Find solutions could . deternifie the . fut prosperity of this province , which haad�/depended heavily on its industrial resources ,in die past; Jobs, especially forunemployedyouth, are acritical issue and if the government which•forms following this election does nothing to meet the challenge of the new technology in the work place, Ontario will be left behind and our youth will face a future of despair. The cost socially will be a burden the government cannot. ignore and the social unrest it will -produce could change the very fabric of our society in Ontario. Locally, the, issues in this election will be agricultural including supply management, the beef 'marketing agency ency recommendations and wetland management gbidelines. U.S. farm policy will also affect agriculture and an Ontario government will have to deal with an organized assault. on Canadian imports to the United States. • The commitment to a Bruce energy centre project is also of vital interest to this area. The Conservatives have prninised to proceed, but the project is still progressing slowly. Bruce County's economy has 'suffered from the loss of jobs at the Bruce Nuclear Power development as construction is completed and an agritural sector hit hard by low beef prices and high interest rates. Bruce County looks to the Bruce Energy Centre as its econornic hope for the future, but planning the project to be compatible with the surrounding rural community is a challenge. ' The issues are there and the people seeking election should be prepared to address these issues with concrete statements on what their patty will do if elected. We are likely to get political posturing and false promises of the kind spread thickduring the federal campaign in the fall. A government in Ontario over the next vears will require initiative, ingenuity and imagination. Let's hope this campaign deals with issues and .the winners get down to business. _1 i c-. MASS 7-06K) 1 Sentinel student'reporter Man Street vendor Rivett recorded these Toronto streetvendors on' film as they peddled their wares on a Saturday afternoon. A fascinating study of people, we plan to print more of Alan's pictures, collected over the three years he/ has been a journalism student at Centennial College in Toronto, .in the weeks to come. MacCrimmon made a visit to the MacRorie place one day in late fall. For two days he had not heard the sound of the axe or falling trees and he wondered .what Adam Simpson was doing with his time. He found MacRorie working with a horse on the newly cleared/ land; dragging mots to make a fence at the border of his property. "Good -day tae ye MacRorie - how are ye getting along?" MacRorie reined his horse and walked slowly over to where MacCrimmon was standing near the fence line. "Mile, Mister 1VfacCrimmon - Pm trying tae get this fence finished before the snow flies." "I'd offer tae gi' a hand, but since ye've got. Adam Simpson workin' wi' ye, I suppose that will no be -necessary." MacRorie hung his head and kicked at a piece of twig. He was obviously embarrassed by MacCii nion's statement. 'That Simpson' is still here, I hope?" "Aye' sir.' "ButI dinna hear much noise from yon bush. Di ye have him doing some other chores?" • It was a long time before MacRorie replied and there was a look of profound sadness on his face. "I dinna want tae tell anybody," he said guiltily. "But I suppose ye might as well know. Adam is drinkin' heavy again. I swear I did not gi' him as much as a wet, and I dinna , ken where he got it frae, but he's been drunk these last two days. " MaeCrimmon's face took on an angry look and he clenches his fits. "Where is the loony man the noo?" "He's lying in the barn," MacRorie said in a frightened tone. "Ye'reno goin' toe thrash him, are ye, Mi. MacCrimmon?" "No unless it's necessary," MacCrimmon said between clenched teeth. "But just one toot out o' that whisky sponge and he'll no live tae take another drank - that I promise yet" Without another word, MacCrimmon strode away°towards MacRorie's little barn. He found Adam Simpson sitting on the ground with his back against the barn wall. His eyes were bloodshot and seemed to be staring into space. Still held in in a filthy hand was an empty whisky bottle. MacCrimmon grasped hire firmly by the scruff of the neck and yanked him to his feet. He thrust his face close to Adam an almost spat at liim. "I warned ye I ouldna tolerate any mare of ye drinkin'. Pm a man o' few words Simpson. Ye've had ye chance and ye've wasted it. Stop by my place tomorrow morning. There'll be a wagon leaving. frae Toronto - the last one before winter. And ye, Mr. know-itall mill foreman - ye'll be on it!" • He let•go of Simpson, and since the rnan's legs were like jelly he fell in a crumpled heap on the floor. That evening, .the Reverend • Duncan MacLeod went to the MacCrimmon cabin and Neil judged by , the minister's sheepish attitude, he had not Dome to pay a social call. After the usual small talk, Macleod approadied the reason for his visit. "I heard that you have ordered: Adam Simpson to leave Redtr+ees," he said softly. "Do you really think you have the right to do that?" MacCrimmon was getting used to crossing REDTREES by Don Campbell swords with MacLeod on issues of social policy "Not if I can find, somebody tae keep him through the winter - feed him, bath him when he canna bath 'himself, and nurse him back tae health every time be goes on a drunken spree. Mr. and Mrs. MacRorie dinna want that responsibility and I canna say I blame' them." He smiled in a sarcastic sort of way and concluded: "if ye yesel 'want tae look after the man, then I hae no objection tae him staying here free the winter!" "I certainly would if ;I ,could," , MacLeod said in a half-hearted manner. "If we snake him leave Redtrees in the state he is in - the man could die!" 1VIacCrimmon shrugged his shoulders. "If he dies MacLeod, we hae nothing tae worry about. Then it will be the Lord's responsibility tae judge what tae do wi'im. '