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Whether or not yea have chuldrep or even pounds fier shin had .1
if you, dislike this llttl� creatures,use l would colour becaq .:..
suggest it was impossible not to be drawn to blood.. :
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dr of yo Lindsay'Eberhardt. he:: .. �;�: ,, , ,
tit le Toronto g►.ri w io ...ales. i or life cal a. ,'fit' +took a tear.
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— Lindsay's story is a co npe lwg andheart-:` • The Eberhardt s young MR, titer,';,
wrenching one. Itis the story of a youngster,making re> aarlkable progress in; hos..i ,.
barely,, .• three years of . age and and her condition •has . been" upgru nt that also left.•h#s wifedin: hospital
underdeveloped because of a faulty liveralthough she is" Still'required to stay in the +'hit t serlQus 1191$1100,nother young Chid
that caused I bile "to build up in her' ,,. intensive care uiit. �, , "would a *ow certain death. And still
bloodstream. She was given six months to No doubt the'�ordeat has' eri anremotional ,.' aitiOg
live without the transplant. roller coaster for the"young ., arnily and while: . The story at,least made me look inward. I
Her parents had to suffer throtigh the their daughter's progress is. reason .for . wonder if I couldhave grade that decision if
agony of waiting for a donor, waiting optimism they have never known,the r my own,•,ohild, was facing death. No doubt
ostensibly, for some other child to die, so transplant was also bittersweetfar" the one is so consumed by personal grief in that
couple. A young girl, three-year old Melissa situation that it would take great strength
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their daughter would have a renewed
chance at life..
Certainly, there were no guarantees -but
options simply weren't available. •
Although little Lindsay was nearly three -
years old, she could not walk, she spoke only
a few words and weighed less than 25
Carigg, died of head injuries suffered in a and tutegrity to respond in a .positive
car crash with her mother and her, father , •m gr•
made the quick and unselfish decision, to The story at least serves to reinforce the
offer his daughter's liver to Lindsay. , value of organ donations. If yen ;step and
The Eberhardt's say they never realty think about it in light of the Eberhardt story,
wanted another young child to die sotheir's your authorization can mean the gift of life.
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Lelid helping hand
It's easily discernible from the number of requests a person gets to contribute to a wor-
thwhile cause or sponsor an individual participating in a than of sortie description, that..
there.are.a numbei;,of worthy causes being supported by the people of this town.
No doubt, you have been approached on at least one occasion to sponsor an enthusiastic
individual participating in a walk-a-thon or a ski-a-thon or a bowl-a-thon.
While those requests seem to be made with increasing regularity and at a time when
your available funds seeem to be non-existent, your contributions help to support a
number of organizations and research programs.
Over the past few months, many service clubs and organizations have been staging
various sporting events to raise,money f or _charities, internal programs and research ef-
forts.
Recently the Benmiller Foresters staged its annual snowmobile marathon and riders
from the region again responded by raising over $5,000 in pledges, half of which is com-
, mitted to cancer research. '
The Kinette and Kinsmen groups of Canada are committed to raising funds for cystic
fibrosis research and in the past 20 years more than $4 million has been donated by the
service clubs. The success of that commitment can be seen at the local level as both the
Dungannon Kinettes and their counterparts in Goderich raised needed funds for the bat-
tle against the inherited, life-threatening•disease.
Local bowlers and Kinettes helped out by soliciting more than $1,300 in pledges for the
one -day event at Little Bowl. This past Sunday, over 20 cross-country ski enthusiasts and
three walkers helped raise an additional $1,300 as the .Goderich Kinsmen and Kinettes
held the annual ski and walk-a-thon. The proceeds from the event will be used for cystic
fibrosis research.
Over the weekend, the North Huron Big Brother Association participated in the parent
-organization's annual Bowl for Millions campaign. Again local bowlers and donors
responded by coming through with $3,500 in pledges. The largest percentage of the funds
will stay with the local- organization for summer activities.
The response to any one of these events is not overwhelming in the sense that hundreds
of people physically participate. That's just not the case. •
But each year, for each one of these fund-raising events, there is a small core of par-
ticipants who make the personal sacrifice to gather pledges and participate. Their ef-
forts are certainly commendable.
The donors, however, play an equally important role in the scheme of things and
should.be congratulatedfor their contributions, regardless of amount.
It is .through that sacrifice and generosity that many noble'deeds are aid-witl'be--a-c-
complished. The same applies to the many volunteers who take the time to canvass for
March of Dimes or the Heart and Stroke Foundation and other organizations committed
to bi ttling crippling and life-threatening diseases -.-
To those who ride, or ski, or walk, or bowl or simply sponsor, you can feel proud for
participating and playing a small part in a noble cause. D.S.
The scenic trail
• By. Dave Sykes
POSTSCRIPT
JOANNE BUCHANAN
IBM
I detest my glasses. I. always have and I
always will-Glasses•-are=one-big-pain-inthe,
anatomy and I'm sure most of you who wear
them will agree. These of you who - don't
wear them, can count yourselves lucky.
Perhaps if I'd been wearing glasses. since
I was a kid, I'd be used to them by now. But
I've only been wearing them since my col-
lege days. A friend noticed that I washunch
• ed over in a chair with my homework about
an inch away from my face.
"I think you need glasses," she kindly
.suggested.
"No I don't. I just feel comfortable sitting
this way," I lied.
"Well, look up and tell me what time that
clock on the wall says over there," she
pointed.
I squinted at the clock and couldn't read a
single number on it. I couldn't even see the
hands.
"I rest my case," said my friend. I had to
admit she was right. I made an eye appoint-
ment that afternoon.
The day I got my first pair of glasses, I
was absolutely amazed. "I can see! I can
see," I ran around excitedly telling total
strangers all day long.
I remember sitting up in the stands at a
hocitey garbs -diet evehing: i could actually
see the players' faces and I could also see
the score board and the clock. Before I had
otten my glasses, everything at such a
stance -had been one bi uir
But it wasn't long before the joy of my
new-found ability to see was replaced by my
annoyance ano resentment at the inconve-
ni€nce:of _having to depend_en glasses.
began to wish I had eaten more carrots
when I was younger.
Although I've been wearing glasses for'
several years now, I still only put them on
when absolutely necessary (i.e. when I
desperately need to see something). And
when I am wearing them, I am forever
clunking them on things. I answer the phone
and bang the receiver into the side of my
glasses. I open my mail box and hit myself
in the glasses with the lid.
I have also sat on my glasses, dropped my
glasses, lost my glasses and fallen asleep
with my glasses on, only to wake up and find
that the arm of them has been imbedded in-
to the side of my head.
Winter is a particularly tough season on
people who wear glasses. If you spend any
length of time outside where it's cold, your
glasses steam up the minute you step inside
where it's warm. You stumble around until
they become unfogged. If you try to wipe
them off, they become smeared and smudg-
ed.
I am finding that my exercise class also
poses a glass -wearing problem. I need to
wear my glasses so I can see the routines
our instructor is showing us. But the minute
I start fogging or -jumping up and down, -
glasses threaten to fall off my face. This
problem is compounded when I work up a
sweat. At this point, my glasses slide down
my nose-and--again-threaten-to fall off -my
face. So I usually end up ripping them off in
disgust and fake the routines the instructor
is demonstrating (and my fellow exercisers,
thought I. just couldn't do the steps because I
wasunco-ordinated! ).
It is dangerous being around children if
you wear glasses. Sometimes, my friends'
kids will hop up onto my knee and acciden-
tally bang into my glasses, crashing them
painfully into my nose and causing me to see
stars.
Glasses particularly fascinate younger
children. If you ever hold a young child too
close to your face, your glasses are the fust
thing he or she will grab for (unless you are
wearing pierced earrings).
Sometimes when I'm not wearing my
glasses, I make a real fool of myself with
people. 1 either say an overly -friendly hello
to total strangers because I think I
recognize them or I don't bother to speak at
all to someone I know well. Without my
glasses, I am always trying to guess who
people are as they approach me and
sometimes I ,ars wrong. So, if I 'know you
and happen not to speak to you, it's not that
I'm being a snob. It's just that I don't know,
who you are until you're about an inch away
from my face.
Presently I am really worried because ' I
think my eyes have deteriorated again.
--Even-with--my-glasses-on; -I-have-a tendency
to squint at the television set: But I'm afraid
to make an appointment with my op-
tometrist in case he recommends a seeing
eye- dog—this--time. -All--wigs considered,
though, a dog might be a heck of a lot easier
for me to look after than my glasses...
Yes, the town council had to appoint a
council member to fill the vacancy created
when the deputy -reeve resigned recently.
No, the town council did not have to appoint
a runner-up in the 1982 municipal election,
to replace the councillor who had been
chosen to the position of the deputy -reeve.
No, the council could not have lived with the
vacancy until the fall election.
There seems to be some public
misunderstanding of the procedures and
policies for filling mid-term vacancies on
municipal councils. The Goderich town
council has had two such vacancies during
the current term, both resulting from
resignations for personal reasons. The coun-
cil not only filled the positions properly, as
can be expected, but did it well and with
good reasoning.
Bound by the Municipal Act, a council
cannot appoint an "outsider" to the office of
mayor, reeve or deputy -reeve ; only a coup-
• til member is eligible.
To fill the subsequent vacancy of a coun-
cillor, the council is at liberty to appoint any
person who is qualified to be an elector in
the municipality, under the Municipal Elec-
tions Act. It speaks favourably of the town
council that by advertising the position it
gave all interested citizens an opportunity to
apply and to be considered.
The council also had an option to pass a
'-squieing an elecc(ion to be held to fill
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the vacancy, but this rather costly under-
taking was no serious consideration at this
stage.
This special election option disappears
where a vacancy occurs after the 31st of
March of an election year. After that date
the council "shall" fill the vacancy by ap-
pointment. The vacancy need not be filled
where it occurs ".less than forty-six days
prior to n rnination day for the election to be
held in that year."
This is the election year. November 12 is
the day. Since nine people had entered their
names for the recent council vacancy, it in-
dicates considerable interest in municipal
government participation - and that is a
very good thing. It is to be hoped that the in-
terest will continue and increase and that
there Will be a wide variety of candidates in
the fall.
Among the recent candidates there were
several persons who have attended council
meetings and worked on boards and com-
mittees. This was ' a consideration - and
rightly so - in. the selection of the two coun-
cillors who have been appointed during the
council's lifetime. They have shown their in-
terest in municipal workings realistically;
they have demcinstrated their reasoning and
judgment in related situations.
While I always encourage more people to
run in elections, there is one type of can-
didate wham I fail to understand. It is the
person who runs for council without ever
having shown the slightest spark of interest
in its work, without attending any meetings,
studying a report or glancing at an agenda.
Such a person strikes me as someone who
has no idea of the scope and character of the
scenario he or she would be entering, the
pressures he would be facing, the fair and
informed judgment the public interest
would demand at all limes, the sheer E
volume of work to be done. To be sure you
can do it better - or even just as well - you
must know first what is being done.
Far from discouraging anyone from runn-
ing for elected office in the fall, I am inviting
the future candidates, in their own interest
and for public benefit, to gain at least some
modest degree of understanding of the
down-to-earth workings and potential of the
position, whether on the municipal council,
board of education or public utilities com-
mission. There is enough time left -to put
positive thought and definite effort into the
intentions, in order to be regarded as a wor-
thwhile candidate in the fall.
If you carry the burden oi' a grudge, try, to
leave the useless load by the wayside. If
you are a single -issue promoter, make an ef-
fort to broaden your scope in the meantime.
Plan to come to us, the public, with a -
positively prepared serious offering of con-
structive ideas, info -fined proposals and a
fair and open mind. Nothing less will do.
Imimmunel
ELSA HAYDON