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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1985-04-03, Page 6/ // 9 Lucknow Seniinel, Wednesday, April 3, 1985—Page 6 SENTIN "The Sepoy Town" Established 1873 The Lucknow Sentinel, P.O. Box 400 Lucknow NOG 2H0 Telephone: 528-2822 •Pat LWInstal,- General Manager Thomas Thompson Advertising Manager Sharon Dietz - Editor Joan Helm - Compositor Merle Elliott - Typesetter Subscription rates in advance • Outside *45.°6 16." Canada Senior Citizens, si 9 so Outside *43." Canada 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 Stop Star Wars The • Mulroney gOveinnient's flirtation with the American Star Wars defence initiative, is alarming. To suggest that Canadians should take a lOok atinvolvemerit in. the project because it could mean. jobs for our unemployed. • • To support the U.S. Star Wars research is to commit Canadians to a continual escalation in the arms race. A $30 billion program now, it will grow into a $100 billion • programand become an integral part of, the. American economy. The SoViets:. will. be forced to develop and deploy their own system. of earth and 'space based weapons to shoot down missiles, before: they can reach their targets. Evenif the Strategic Defence Initiative is only partially effective the Soviets will. believe Americans have the advantage to strike first in a crisis, cripple the Soviet missiles and use the space defence shield to weaken .any Soviet response. • . . The ,Strategic Defence Initiative changes the whole ball game: The threat of 'nuclear war was installed by the fact that if one side , made the , first strike, they faced obliteration because the other side could retaliate before ' being wiped off the face of the earth, . • • The Star Wars initiativeencourages both sides to create elaborate earth and space based weapons systems to shield and protect from attack making it possible to consider a first strike. • • Canada bashistOrically stood itsground on the issue of arms control: Canada is for peace and does not become involved in in any project that will lead to an escalation of the arms. 'race. Liberal external affairs critic' • Jean. Chretian is. right when he says that Canada should .not get "into an adventure which Will lead to an escalation of the arms race around the world." Prime Minister, Brian Mulroney and his government should instead find the 'cOnfiderice to , stand up , to President Ronald Reagan and refuse the invitation to join research into the space defence plan. Canada should take the initiative and provide leadership to the oth& NATO countries who have been invited to participate. by • indicating we will not be involved and, that we regret President Reagan 'would use the Star. W ars project as a ' means to test' NATO solidarity. The Mulroney government should be, using its • resources to set forth proposals for peace, to encourage . talks between the Soviets and Americans on arms control and to pressUre Washington and Moscow for real . progress in • Geneva. • Mulroney's infatuation • with Reagan should. not be permitted to draw Canadians into an irreversible escalation of the arms race and a 21st century more dangerous than the world we know today. . • Cruise protest er Alan Rivett attended Sentinel student, report - a cruise missile protest rally at Queen's Park in October and recorded the protest on film. Such demonstrations are rarely staged in our area and Alan's pictures provide our readers with a look at such a rally. ,`Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I shall fear no evil. Fbr Thou are with me - Thy and and 'Thy ' staff they comfort me!" the Reverend Duncan MacLeod said as a prelude to his service. "Nobody knows • the • wisdom of // those words more than our guest Rebecca Barclay: She did indeed walk through the valley of death, a valley which took the life of her brother. But the Lord in' His wisdom saw fit to prOtect Rebecca and to bring her. safely here to' Redtrees. Soon it . will be time for her to travel with the Lord once .more - to spread the word of his gospel, unto those who,, as yet, do not know the name of Jesus Christ" Rebecca felt a little embarrassed at being the subject of the minister's • delivery. But he brought something to mind to which she had given little consideration until now: It Was indeed time for her to move on - she' could not rely forever on the. good /nature of the people she had, grown 'to love so dearly. The Minister's words were not lost upon Doctor Cameron either. It had never bemired to him that Rebecca would leave Redtrees and now he, wondered why, when faced with that possibility, he should feel . . . so coneerned. The good doctor was a man of very ,high principles and had given' little heed to the opposite sex since his wife had left him almost two years ago. Even now, he did, not feel he was ready to entertain even the thought of another woman. Jane, his new divorced wife, still seemed to have some claim upon him - at least, his conscience appeared to tell him so. Doctor Cameron did not hear any more of MacLeod's sermon - he was far too busy wrestling with his mind. Rebecca Barclay interested him more than he felt she should. Was it possible he had fallen in love with the woman and if So, did he really have the right to cant her? These questions could .not be answered in a hurry;but if Rebecca left Redtrees they, Would never be answered. The doctor , needed time to Think. • How could he keep Rebecca here whilst he made up his mind? When the service was over, the doctor paused at the door of the church to speak to, Duncan MacLeod. "May I be So bold as toask what you are having for dinner this evening?" he 'asked the minister. "Chicken, I think," the minister replied. "Yes, that's it - chicken. And of course, my favourite dessert every Sunday evening. Apple pie with cream!" "It sounds really delicious, Duncan," the doctor said with a smile. "Especially the apple pie." "Perhaps you would care to join us Doctor? - you have not had a meal with us for ages." "I think I would like that Duncan. When shall I come?" "About seven o'dOek I should think. That will give us time to take a little sherry." It was an excellent meal and the ladies would have left the gentlemen to drink their coffee alone, if the doctor had not restrained them. "Please, Mrs. MacLeod', Miss Barclay. Do stay at the table. I have soniething I wish td discuss with _bah of you." The doctor appeared a little flushed. He coughed nervously before he continued. "My practice takes me all over the countryside. For some time I have considered hiring a nurse to take care of minor ailments in my absence. It occurred to me Miss Barclay, that you have some nursing experience, and if you have not other plans in mind, 1 should be pleased to REDTREES offer you that position." Rebecca blushed right down to the top of her blouse and she was far too embarras- sed to reply, so the doctor continued. "Of course, even if you accepted my offer, it would be contingent upon you still living here, or finding alternative worn- modatiOn. " "Oh, Doctor!" Mary MacLeod interjeet- ed. "How could you think such i thing - Rebecca leave ,our house,,.1 mean. If she derides to stay On at Redtrees, I wotild-be offended if she lodged mywhere else." "Then it appears as if -Miss Bewley is the only person here who has yet to come to a deciSion," Cameron said. "r do hope you will give it very careful consideration." At last, Rebecca had recovered sufficiently to reply. She smiled at the doctor in a sweet but rather sly fashion. "I shall indeed, Doctor," she said happily. "1 shall indeed!"