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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1981-03-04, Page 5t w d'y 11 SENTINEL JOCELYN slnuER , Pablisber SHARON J Mfg • Editor ANTHONY N. JOHNSTONE: Advertising and • General Manager " PAT UVINGSTON Office Manager • MERLE ELLIOTT . Typesetter JAN HELM : 'Composition Business and Editorial Office Telephone 528-2822' Mailing Address P.O. ;Box 400. Lucknow. NOG 2H0 Second Class Mail.Registration Number -0847 te ressbly Ontario voters are being subjected to their fourth election in less than two years. This time it is the provincial government which seeks a mandate. The issues are plenty in this provincial election. Ontario's economic growth is stagnated, companies are going, out of business and many are unemployed through layoffs. Our wealthy industrial base isn't working as smoothly as it once did and the government of Ontario in thenext four years will have ..to make some tough decisions. Ontario's richest resource, farmland, is threatened by foreign ownership and urban development. Farmers are finding it increasinly difficult to farm successfully, caught in a vise betweenescalating land prices and outrageous interest rates. Small business in,, Ontario is faced with, the same problems as the farming industry. Manyfarmers and small businessmen ask why a government which can. spend millions of dollars to attract a new plant to Ontario for the car industry, won't give the same kind of support to our : farming .industry, and small ,businessmen, • what comprise the:, backbone of Ontario's economic base. Locally the Bruce Economic. Development will present a real challenge to the government elected March 19. Rapid growth .uncontrolled could spell ; disaster for this riding's communities, its. farms and town, its people and their .: lifestyle. ` ' There are many social' ,problems in our. province which will require capable management, over the new few years. Lack of daycare facilities, declining enrollment in our schools, the quality of lifestyle of our senior •citizens, ' the need for chronic care beds to care for our increasing elderly population, the lack of adquate reasonably priced housing for many young families. The list of issues in this provincial election are many. It is the-Aresponsibility of every Ontario voter to become knowledgeable about these issues and:. to get out to all candidates' meetings ;to find .. out what the candidate in their ridings are going to do aboutthese issues if elected. The next four years are crucial, to Ontario and its people. If you, have the right to vote, exercise that right, but do it responsibly. Learn about the, issues and get to know the candidates inour riding.. . Ask u'estions'. -find- out if -the y g q candidate you wish to support has the answers. Take the responsibility thatcomes with the opportunity of a free vote in a democracy. Prepare to make a knowledgeable decision' : on March 19. y • High, fast running water undermined the uouth-west abutment of the Crozier bridge on concession, • b of, Ashfield Town ship Causing the bridge deck to drop about two feet. As Township coaudlisurveyed the damage and closed the bridge last Wednesday. it Iseh the bridge will remain closed, Man May or June. Similar damage was done to the bridge. doting spring runoff, in 1948 when the' bridge had to be replaced. These pictures of the brldse taken in 1948 were contributed by J. K. Reid of Ashfield Township. • By Don Campbell . . It was calm in Halifax harbour with scarcely a breath of wind. In semi -darkness, the jolly -boat crew of the • schooner Kingston Lass bent their backs to the oars as they . towed the ship towards the harbour entrance. Captain Jamieson stood on the fo'co'sle directing the jolly -boat on a course which would guide his ship through the dark outlines of vessels lying at anchor. • "Give way port! That's it lads. Now all together - pull . her steady! ": . Towards the harbour entrance, choppy sea merged with the calm water and the jolly -boat bobbed ,up and down as it towed the schooner out beyond the break- water. • Captainp Jamieson, waital until his ship was well clear of the harbour and then called out. "Haul in the bow line! Standby for'ard. Let go .anchor. Come alongside jolly -brat's crew!" The Kingston Lass turned slowly on the tide and the gentle wind. The boat crew waited until the schooner had found her position, then brought the boat alongside the ship_' d aboard, where it was winched Suddenly, another boat emerged from the pre -dawn darkness. It was propelled by six oarsmen with a coxwain at the tiller, and it Moved swiftly towards the schooner. The coxwain called out. Ahoy there Kingston Lass! Permission to come Captain Jamieson considered his, reply and shouted: "Come aboard lively then.. am about to put to seal" ' A rope ladder was dropped 'and the man from the boat 4.. . climbed up:onto the deck. Captain Jamieson was waiting for him. "Are you the captain of this vessel, Sir?" "That 1 am!" "We are officers of the Sheriff of Halifax and we are here to take into custody one Neil MacCrimmon and a woman called Flora Fraser. In the name of the law, you are to hand over the prisoners, if they are indeed on board your ship." \ "And the law shall be obeyed to the letter," Captain Jamieson said sternly. "Let me see the warrant for the arrest." The man was taken by surprise and. obviously embarrassed. `I do not have a warrant, Sir. The magistrate is not available at this hour of night and we were obligedto act quickly on our own initiative." Captain Jamieson smiled and there was a triumphant look on his face inthe light of the deck lantern. "As 1 said, the law shall be obeyed to the letter. Indeed I do have the two people you seek aboardmy p sh' , but you have no warrant and thus I must inform you that you have no power to make an arrest!" The roan tried to object but Jamieson brushed away his protest with a wave of his hand. `'Good day to you Sir, arid unless ' you wish to voyage with me up themighty St. Lawrence, 1 suggest you leave my ship." He turned away from the .fiabbergasted official and called out to ' the crew. "Make ready for sea. -.All hands to the rigging. Loose the topsails and standby to weigh anchor!'" • r involvement crucial Dear Editor: For some time now ,the general public has been in- volved in the planning pro. cess of Hydro Electric Power Development in On- tario. For example, the farm eommunitV, during a period from 1975.79�,� helped � ye�l�p�e d� �p�r provide vital agricultural Informa- . Um to Ontario Hydro via the ;`Working ' Group" on agricultural methodology. Farm ° organizations represented on the "Agricultural Working .• . Group" are: The Ontario Federation ..of Agriculture, The . National Farmers Union, The . Christian Farmers . Federation of On- tario, . The Ontario Cat- tlemen's Association,' The Soil andCrop Improvement' Association, and The. Con- cerned Farmers of . the United Townships. We, ; as the Huron Power Line Com,' are con- vinced that this kind of in- volvement by the public .sec- tor is very keenly crucial in assessingenergy needs, and determining the criteria by which those needs are met, in order for all of society to benefit. The Royal Commission on Electric Power Planning, during their hearings, followed a very open and participatory procedure, and in their recommenda- tions urged Ontario Hydro to. do the same. We have been expecting a • Southwestern. Ontario study (which hasbeen available in draft form since' theend of October -' early November 1980) to be released by, tario Hydro. This study is::ex- pected to propose a 500 K.V. power. line to be constructed from the Bruce .Nuclear' Power Development and run south through Huron County to serve the Southwestern Ontario grid and possibly ex- port surplus power to the U.S. A considerable amount of correspondence to and from Ontario Hydro, the Ministry of Environment; and Premier Bill Davis urging a release of this study as soon as possible has to date failed Turn to pager When there was sufficient canvas, unfurled for the ship to respond to the rudder, Captain Jamieson took his position at the wheel. With a screech of the capstan and a rattle of chain, the anchor was lifted. The Kingston Lass headed east and out to sea. Nein MacCrimmon and Flora Fraser stillsat in the captain's cabin. They had heard the sheriff's officer come aboard but were totally unaware of the conversas, tion which had transpired. The movement of the ship told them that the Kingston Lass had put to sea and they were anxious to know by what stroke of fate they had been given a temporary reprieve. When the ship was fully rigged and on course, Captain Jamieson joined them. Well thpn, we have started our journey to Muddy e York or Toronto I believe they call it .now. Be of good cheer. We ,have time to consider what course of action can be taken when next we meet with the authorities." He smiled mischieviousl'y, but the faces of the young couple remained grave. .f "We canna escape, Sir." - Neil said softly. The Reverend MacLeod has told us that. We have broken the law he says, and' he is vexed because we did not surrender to, the sheriff." . The captain patted MacCrimmon gently . on the shoulder. "There are good, and bad laws. In Scotland a laird can burn a man's hone and then demand that the poor fellow be hanged for stealing a loaf of bread for his bairns." He thrust his chin forward in defiance. "I'll bide by the law, MacCrtniiion, but 1 have no remorse if I twist it a little to serve my conscience!"