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BLUE
RIBBON
AWARD
Government fundin
potential disaster
Whether they knew it or not, the provincial govern-
ment opened up a. hornet's nest when they tackled the
subject of full funding for Roman Catholic schools from
Grade 11 through Grade 13.
Throughout the election, the candidates effectively
failed to address the issue for fear. df reprisals during the
campaign. As it turned out, the issue ;snowballed after
Lewis S. Garnsworthy, an Anglican Bishop in Toronto,.
who at a press conference compared Bill Davis' handling
of the whole full funding affair to the•way Hitler handled
the abolition 'of Catholic .education in Nazi Germany.
Now, the government finds itself in a no win situation.
With the consent for 'full funding ..by Bill Davis, it has
resulted in some bitterness from the Christian
perspective which culminated' in Garnsworthy's rather.
' unfortunate comparisons.
A particularly lucid arguement was put forth in an
article by Toronto Star religious. columnist Tom Harpur
concerning the full funding of Catholic schools.. ,
Harpur's arguemetit and -the crux of Garnsworthy''s
displeasure is the fact that Anglicans and Protestants are
forced to send their children to .private schools or send
them to public schools which are, for all • intents and
purposes, devoid of`religious teachings while the Roman
Catholic schools receive full state support.
He went on to say it's not a question of bigotry, but the
majority of voters in the last election thought it was more
• a question of fair play and the failure on the part of the.
government to have an open debate on this sensitive
issue; Moreover, the government has somehow over-
looked that Protestants and Anglicans care as deeply as
Catholics aboutthe type Of religious training their
children are receiving in the school, systems.
He says, from his prospective, that ideally the children
of all faiths. would . be better educated and more tolerant
of others if they were all in the same school system since
most faiths hold similar views at the core of their
religion. He also states that temples, synagogues,
churches.and other houses of worship should be the place
where religion is bestowed upon their children and not
the schools. Since we can't turn the back the dock, other
forms of compromise must be found.
In .the future, the government must not ignore this
issue, but put forth a diligent effort to make sure the
issue doesn't get out of hand: The only reasonable
solution to this question at present is to give full public
• funding to all faiths alike. It may be a costly proposition
but it seems the only right thing to do. A.R.
Skippin
along
Photos by Alan Rivett)
Brenda Van Osch (left) and Cara Stright put a little razzle-dazzle into their skipping by trading places during St. Joseph's
Community School's skip-a-thon Thursday, Thirty-eight students skipped in teams for two hours and (raised nearly $1,200
for the Heart Fund. (Photo by Alan Rivett)
Spring came to the Caledon Hills like a
beautiful young woman embarking , upon
her very first love affair. She was timid and
shy- not at all certain that the time was
right for her debut. She made brief passes
at the rolling. land as if to tantalize the
earth with the promise of a short but all
fulfilling life cycle of abundant fer�ty.
Then suddenly, in complete abandon, she
cast away the last fihnsy garment of winter
and caressed the land with maximum
warmth and affection.
There is nothing more essential to any
country than its agricultural potential. By
the sweat of the farmer's brow do we
indeed eat bread. With each single furrow
cut behind a team of horses or oxen, the
hardy . people of Redtrees layed the
foundation for another year of survival. It
was a slow, tiring process from dawn till
dusk, the ploughman stopping only briefly
to take food or to wrestle some stone from
the earth and carry Rico the fenceline. And
supporting each man's dedication to the
land was a woman, in her own way,
contributing perhaps more to that struggle
for survival than the man himself..
The animals too felt the restless urge of
spring. Young cattle, suddenly released
from their long winter's imprisonment,
frolicked in a dance of freedom on a carpet
of fresh green grass. A host of gaily
coloured birds flittered amongst the
maples and around the MacCrimmon barn,
a new crop of lambs called plaintively to
their dams or silently wiggled their tails as
they took nourishment from swollen
udders.
Redtrees became fully industrious. The
lumber mill resumed its productivity,and
work began on the excavation for the
basement of the new community hall. But
nothing was more important than prepar-
ing the land for seeding. As the Reverend
Duncan MacLeod said: "Give thanks to
God for His promised. springtime as ye go
forth to seed the land He has bequeathed
to us.
Lan Jamieson prepared to make a
journey to Toronto to hire stonemasons for
the work on the community hall. He
decided to take a wagon so that he could
also collect supplies whilst he was there.
Chippy Chisholm was anxious to go with
him. No doubt keen to escape from his wife /i REDTREES
for a few days.
"I dinna .ken why we want tae be
runnin' off tae Toronto wi' Captain
Jamieson. I'm quite sure he'll no be
needin' ye tae hold his hand," Elizabeth
told Chippy. "Ye've got mare than enough
work here tae keep ye out of mischief."
"Och, I'll only be awa frae a few days,
Lizzie. It will be good frae me tae see
Toronto again."
When she saw the nostalgic glint in
Chippy's eyes she knew only too well what
attracted her husband to Toronto. k
"Ye and Captain Jamieson are birds of a
feather," she said spitefully. "Ye can
never foget ye sailin' days - and the syicked
times ye had when there was nobody tae
keep ati eye on ye. When ye get another
look o' them ships, it wouldna surprise me
if we never see either one o'ye again!"
"Dinna fash yesel, Lizzie," Chippy said ;
with a crafty smile. "I'rn too old tae be
climbin' the riggin' and as free them
wicked times - I'll never be young enough
tae see them again."
So Chippy gathered a few things
by Don Campbell
together to put into his old seaman's bag
and Lizzie baked fresh bread and scones to
sustain him on his journey. They walked
together up to the. General Store where the
Jamiesons were checking over their list of ,
supplies which Ian wouldpurchase in
Toronto.
It was almost noon before the wagon and
team was ready to leave on the journey. It
brought a tear to Lizzie's eye when Chippy
took his old clay pipe out of his mouth and
kissed her on the cheek.
"Ye're a braw woman," Chippy said.
"A wee bit cantakerous at times, but a
braw woman frae a' that."
Lizzie pushed him away in feined
embarrassment.
"And ye are a silly old man, Chippy
Chisholm. I am a fool tae worry about ye -
but I canna think what I would do wi'out
ye!"
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