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6 - Thse Canadien Champion, Fniday, Octalser 20, 2000 SCOMMENT YUPIE#TEri .4ý4 Charity. should begin L N at home Mr. Sweeney INTHE-AIR <t Perhaps someone should remînd Fred Sweeney that charity begins at AI.RIGHT#iS. home. In a letter to Halton Catholic District School Board employees, the director of education encouraged the donation of provincial tax rebates to five Catholîc charîties. . On the surface, his urgîng seems genuine enough, "share the spînt"' by assisting vuinerable members of our society. However, none of the charities listed in his correspondence are Iocated in Halton. Instead, the school board officiai feels rebates of up to $200 should be divided between charities based in Toronto and Hamilton. While Mr. Sweeney's heart may be in the right place, we question whether or not bis actions may be off target. Some school board employees may prefer to help Haiton-based social, health care or edu-_âm cation programrs, or similar programns in communities they cali home. Individuals must be free to weigh personal situations against their moral obligation to assisE less fortuate members of society.AR Mr. Sweeney is free to exercise the right to choose where hîs $200 ..... wiIl be spent. Asking employees to do likewise not only oversteps hîs M E authority, it also places unfair pressure on staff to follow in their boss' footsteps. S---O UR READERS WRITEr Gymnaste couldius sjgnje of~ streeu WWII veteran asks Miltonians to appreciate )ear Itditor; for the money. We felt we hd ..sacrifices made for our freedom on Nov. il Thse Champion lias sssggested the' public is indifférent as to how tIse $500,000 of slot revenues should be spent. Please don't mistake lack of attendance aEt counicil meetings for lack of interest. Our organization, andi perhaps otis- ers, bas been following thse debate with deep interest. We called Town Hall to ask if we shoulti be attending tise meetings, andi were informeti that they were not the appropriate place for delegates to make requests expertise in thse area so did flot malice a presentation. As a small non-profit organization, rae are grateful foar the support from the Town's Grant to Groupa that we've lsad for nsany years. We are pleased witb the direction they have taken witb regards to, thse siot revenues and will bc ready with an enthusiastic preseptation when thse time la rigbi. Donna NIli., Preaiidont Milton Sprlngers Gymnastics Dear Editor; Remembrance Day 2000 is fat approaching. Again we will go to the local cenotaphs. The colour party wiIl dip the colours, and whoever is choaen for the honours will put the wreaths at the appointed place. The bugler will blow "tapa" and the ceremony is over for anoîber year. Is this ailthere isto it? It is ail very appropriate and dignifaed and still it leaves me dissatisfaed for somne reason. Truc, the men and women who gave their ail, and also aIl those that serveti and lived deserve our honour and respect. Wben I viait the Militaay cerne- teries in Holland as well as the civilian ones wbere our beloved comrades rests, I cannot belp but weep. Weep for the lives cut off in the full strength of youth. Weep, standing at the graves of a father flanked by his two sons. Weep for the nineteen-year-old Canadian ooldier, killed on the st day of the war. And then it is appropriate to proclaim that; "Tbey brought the ultimate sacrifice to give us free- dom." How precious and dearly bought that freedom is. How often do we take that free- dom for granted as something that is our due, our rigbt? But consider for a moment (maybe during the minute of silence) bow delicate that free- dom is. Every tin-pot dictator and bis flunkies will tell you that you are not capable to make important decisions: they will do it. Freedom bast. 'Me tens of thousands of cross- es in Military cemeteries across Europe, the Middle and the Far East as well as Africa bear wit- ness to tbe desire of human kind to be free - and tIse terrible coot to guard and maintain that free- dom. As we honour our dead this year, let us again dedicate our- selves to value that sacrifice brought by them, and let us, the beneficiaries, carry thse torch and hand it over to the next genera- tion. Mac Traas <Survivor of thea Resistance in Holland during tise Nazi occupation in WWII) Pud by Steve Nease +THE CAADNAï CHAMIPION Box 248, 191 Main St. E. Tire Cenadima Champion, published every Tuesday and Friday a 191 Main St. E, Miltron, Ont, 191 4N9 <Box 248), is une ot The Metruturd Milton, Ont. L9T 4N9 Prinfing, Pubtishing & Oistributing Ltd. group ut suburban companies whtich locludes: ljaxIPickerng News Advertiser. 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