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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1985-04-17, Page 6Page 6—Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, April 17, 1985 gENTIN "The Sepoy Town" ',Established 1873 The Lucknow Sentinel, P.O. Box 400 Lucknow NOG 2H0 Telephone: 528-2822 Thomas Thompson - Advertising Manager Sharon Dietz - Editor Pat Livingston - Office Manager Joan Helm- Compositor Merle Elliott - Typesetter • Subscription rates in advance Outside - $16. Canada Senior Citizens *13.50 Outside •A 9 00 Canada "*(1 $45.0° • . 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 he paid at the applicable rates. BLUE RIBBON AWARD yir , _ Ontario nyaro proposal must be .taken seriously A decision to be made by Ontario Hydro concerning • the 'placement of transmission lines, from the Bruce Nuclear Power Development to London has the poasibility of affecting a lot of People's lives in the area. • Hydro* is presently looking at three options irrtHuron County where a power corridor could exist: The western Mute will run from the BNPD through Ashfield township and end up in London. The •central route is proposed to run through Whitechurch and Auburn to London. The eastern route will run ,through Seaforth and, Exeter toward London. (Mee the study of the. best possible Huron County route is completed in mid June, Hydno will then evaluate. whether they should choose the MI -Mute, running from the BNPD to London of the M3 mite which will run from the BNPD to Esse, near Barrie. This study -is scheduled to be finished in' mid July. • 1 . ' Regardless of where the towers might be located 'in ' Huron County, it will undoubtedly cause a great deal of upheaval to agricultural land as well as to accompanying buildingswhich may have to be levelled in Order to . accommodate the transmission lines. • .1 Tony. McQuail of the Foodland Hydro Committee, a • group committed to keeping hydro towers off agricultural • land, estimates that between 30 to 40 farms will be •, getting towers if hydro decides to run the lines through Huron 'County. • * ' • t a recent meeting at Brookside Public School to elect an' Ashfield representative to sit on' the Foodland Hydro' • Committee, Garry Davidson, a planner with Enron • County, said Hydro has assumed quite rightly that nobody WantS. the transmission lines running through their area. Hydro originally thought the power corridor • would be built from Essa down through highway 401. , The decision tobuild a collider, however, was overturned due to a huge outcry from peoplein the Barrie area Who would be affected., They took their cage to the Supreme Court and won. Now Hydro is searching for the route of least resistance and may have found it in some areas in Huron County. • Although the attendance at some meetings regarding the Hydro proposal haVe been encouraging, the numbers at the last meeting for Ashfield residents was hardly encouraging - barely 20 people showed up for the meeting. If Huron County is to be successfulin keeping Hydro • from building transmission lines off farm land it must • follow the example Of the citizens who fought the same - battle near Barrie. The citizens must be unified into one voice and it must be willing to contribute financially ,to • the cause which may bring extensive court costs.. The • time to act isnow. Otherwise, the Bruce to London Hydro route could become a reality for some area farmers. • Dungannon fire • ,'1* • .4%,"; • photos by Alan Rivett • ..7trir, • 4,,';',A$64.4g0A0 44ea There were very tew days when Doctor Cameron was not busy with his patients but when he had any time to spare, he tried to keep abreast of the progress in medical science. Most of the literature he received came from the Medical College in Edin- burgh, and took as long as three months to find its way to Redtrees. One late afternoon, having dealt with all the major cases, he left Rebecca to tend to the minor dressings and the administration of medic- inces he had prescribed for aches and pains. He went into his study and began to read a medical report concerning the experiments of a man called Simpson. He became so engrossed in his reading that he did not hear Rebecca come into the room and stand by his chair. "All the patients have gone now, doctor. I have cleared the rthings away in the • surgery, and with your permission, I think I will go home." The doctor %yea startled by her voice. He laughed and placed the papers he was reading on the small table by his chair. "Please forgive me, Rebecca. I did not hear you come in. Kindly repeat What you Said." "May I go home fiow please? Everything is finished." "Yes, yes, of course. I was so engrossed in these wonderful discoveries of Simp- son's, I am afraid I forgot about everything else." Ftebecca was interested and asked him to briefly explain, "What hurts me most about my work, is the pain which my patients have to endure during surgery," he said. "Many times I have prayed for some way they could be oblivious during my operations." He rose from his chair and paced the room with his hands behind his back as if in deep thought. Suddenly he paused and a great smile of satisfaction beamed across his face. "I do believe that man Simpson has answered all our prayers." ; "What do you mean?" "Well, he has discovered a method of putting patients to sleep," Cameron said / excitedly. "He administers a substance called chloroform. Do you realize what this means? If I had some of this chemical, I could carry out major surgery -and stitch up my patient while he was asleep. It's marvellous - simply marvellous. I must write and get some of this chloroform as soon as possible!" Rebecca was fascinated by the subject. She sat down whilst he discussed the great advantages which would ensue from Simpson's discovery. "Of course, the man is a Scot. And Edinburgh - why, everybody knows it's the finest medical centre on earth," Cameron said with racial pride. "Doesn't it make you feel proud?" Rebecca admitted that it did. She too was absorbed with working in Medicine and could fully appreciate the doctor's enthusiasm. When his excitement had finally subsided, he looked at her in a very strange and tender way. She had never seen that kind of •light in his eyes before. He went to where She was sitting and took her hands. "It is so wonderful to talk to somebody who understands my work, and having you here during the past few weeks, has made my life so much happier. Please excuse my clumsiness - I am hardly a polished Don Juan. But Rebecca dear - would you - could you marry me?" He blurted out his proposal like an • REDTR,EES By Don Campbell embarrassed little boy, but she was not exactly taken by surprise. From the moment she had met this wonderful, gentle and dedicated human being, she had prayed that the Lord would bring them together. "It will make me very, .very happy," she said, all flushed and smiling with radiance. She rose to her feet and put her arms around him. He was not a forward person, so she felt no guilt by kissing him. At dinner that night with the Macliseds, Rebecca announced the wonderful news. It had nothing to do with the great man called Simpson or his shattering chloroform, discovery. ' "The greatest thing in my life happened today," she said in absolute triumph. "Doctor Cameron has asked me to marry him!"