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Srcnity is true beaty
• The excitement cre$ted by the presen2e of Pope John Paul
among us lingers on, almost' a week after he has left us for
Rome. Charismatic, gentle, approachable, unabashed in his
love for children and the handicappe&yet stern, moralistic
and unyielding in his interpretation of church doctrine, Pope
John Paul's "miracle is to have woven these se . ,rate,; indeed.
opposed, strands into the image.and substanq of serenity,"
asRichard Gwyn of The Toronto'Star describes him.
He captivates us and fascinates us. He's a superstar
celebrity. But he's a religious leader and for many. Canadians
religion has ° . little effect on their lives. Indeed many
Canadians ':disagree ' with his opinions about extra -marital
sex, divorce and theexclusion of women from the priesthood.
He is not afraid to be controversial. He chose British Col-
umbia,.. with the highest abortion statistics in the country, to
speak out against what he describes as the destruction of life
at its very, beginning.
Many Canadians will not agree with his expression of sup -
pert for the controversial economic statement released by
the Conference of Canadian Bishops 'at New Year, 1983. He
appealed "to those in positions of responsibility and to all in-
volved to work together to findappropriate solutions to the
problems at hand, including . the restructuring of , the
economy,' so that human needs bepiit before mere financial
gain,"
• , Yet the beauty of his serenity draws us. ,tohitn, regardless
of, our religious .or non -religious convictions. The tears that
television viewers found filling their. eyespontaneously. The'
smiles and affection of the huge crowds who came to see him.
Serenity is John Paul's true beauty and his lasting gift to us.
Apprciate correspondents
.. One constant criticism of The. Sentinel over the years since.
Signal.Star Publishing has owned the paper has been the lack
of "Lucknow news" in the newspaper,becausethere was no'
Lucknow correspondent to write a column of local news
items, about the people of the village' community. • '
While all of. the surrounding hamlets had correspondents
busy gatheringthe news of the daily happenings in their, area
to report for the paper, Lucknow readers were disappointed
there was no news of the village in a Lucknow column,
Geraldine Schlosser became the village's correspondent a,
little over. a . month ago. and ..our, leaders are thrilled.
Geraldine is doing. a great job and her column is fast becom-
ing
ecoming' one of the best read columns. in The Sentinel. Lueknow
readers have responded to her by calling with their news and
taking the opportunity 'to tell. Geraldine how much they ap-
preciate her writingthe news,
All of The Sentinel's correspondents are doing fine job of
presenting the identity of their. community. While some peo-
ple consider these columns to be gossip, many more people
who live in small.communities know that it isn't being nosy
that keeps our readers :interested in. what their neighbours
are doing, but rather a caring interest in the lives of friends
and neighbours. •
The, correspondents . who . write these columns work
diligently without much reward other than the satisfaction of
writing and the knowledge that their readers enjoy their col -
As with many people they are taken for granted sometimes
and; other times, we are too quick to criticize them for their -
errors, rather than calling. to tell them how muchwe ap-
preciate thein: • "
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how much you .value the news they write about each week or
' better yet, call your correspondent with your news. Let them
know you appreciate the work they do:
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BLUE
RIBBON
AWARD
1984
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Nothing gave the people of'Redtrees more
joy than working together on a project
which would benefit the whole community:
A sense of purpose, and the satisfaction of a
job well done at the end of each day of hard
labour, were important reasons for living in
the days 'of the pioneers. Thu, when they
joined together to build a sawmill, they
worked with cheerful unseTfisTi —resolve,
each man putting forth his very best effort.'
Roderick Lockhart observed their seem- •
ingly indefatigable' will, and in doing so,
reluctantly realized just how little he. had.
contributed to the well being of his fellow
man during, the past years. He Mit ashamed
and inadequate amongst the Friends of
Syke, so when he saw one man at a distance
handling an axe like a novice, he was happy
to remark to Teddy Mur` doch: "It would ap
pear that I am not the only greenhorn in the
Caledon ills!" .
Teddy laughed. "That man, .sir, like
yeself, is ne used tae Chopping trees, but ye
see, that is no really his line o' work: He only
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came tae show us he was willing,tae do his
' share wi' the rest o' us. That gentleman, sir,
though ye dinna recognize him in his rough
clothes, is the Reverend . Duncan
MacLeod!" ,
There was only one man excused from the
hard labour, and that was Doctor Cameron:
He had volunteered to work with the rest of
them but MacCrimmori wisely declined his
service. "I canna take achance on ye being
hurt, 'doctor," he told the physician. "Take
care o' ye hands. Whatever would we do if
we hada serious accident; and ye were not
able tae tend a badly injured man?" '
Whilst the rest of the menfolk were engag-
ed
ngag ed on the sawmill, construction, Teddy
busied himself with . the building of the
Lockhart cabin. Roberick was supposed to
help Teddy; but he was not in physical shape
to work ,consistently. When Teddy was not
looking, he rested beneath ° the trees, the
first good sweat ofhis life causing his
clothes to stick to his skin. Teddy, of course,
was fully aware that Mr. Lockhart was not
REDTREES
by Don Campbell
pulling his weight,but since he.was anxious
to gainfavour. with Lucy's father, he
pretended not to nonce Roderick's reluc-
tance
to work. , .
At mealtimes, Lucy came to the clearing'
with food and ate her meal with.theni on the
site of her new home. She was interested in
the progress of the cabin, (or at least ap-
peared to be), and Teddy was more than
willing to explain the whys and wherefores
of his building methods.
Roderick was notoblivious to the develop-
ing romance between his daughter and the
rough farm lad. Under different cir-
cuiinstances he would have quicly nipped the
affair in the iiud he had not educated and
trained 'ley only to waste her on such an ins
significant person. But he bit his lip and kept
silent., He needed Teddy, at least for the
time being. Later, perhaps, when he was
established in the community, he would take
the necessary steps to .sever the relation-
ship. i
Early in November, Teddy had sufficient
lumber dressed. to commence erection but
because of R;oderick's lack of experience, he
needed more help to plane the logs in .posi-
tion. When he explained this to MacCrim-
mon, the leader decided that he . himself
would assist, . in addition to Chippy
Chishohn, so that the cabin could be com-
pleted before Christmas.
Roderick Lockhart was pleased that the
additional labour had been allocated to the
task,' but was extremely sorry that he would
be under the eye of Maecrimmon. Now he'
would . really have to work! He secretly
wished he had paid more attention when
Teddy had tried to show -him the correct way
to fell trees.
It was one morning when the disaster oc-
curred. Teddy Was" pulling logs' out of the
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