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More caring needed in society 1 Voo l ikL,.o) "di 'ou a story. One day while at work 1 went out to get something from my car, wicb I don't usually do. There are double doors into the building and a bird was trapped in between the first door and second, flapping its wings and trying to get out. 1 opened tbe door wide sobhe could fînd bis way out, but when 1 came back he was still there, so 1 took off my vest, caugbt bim and tben gently placed bim on the fence. 1 feel tbis is how many peo- ple are these days. We're very sensitive to our surroundings. Sometimes we try to solve things ourselves, but some- times we need tbat extra pair of bands to put us in tbe rigbt direction. You may ask wbat this bas to do with today's life. 'm saddened by tbe news tbat there are some people wbo are lost, especially young peo- pie who seem to bave lost tbeir way Tbey have been left to fend for themselves and have no I alk of the youth who have1 been given tbe freedom to do wbat tbey want, and in tbis freedom have placed tbem- selves in vulnerable situations. 1 remember bearing many years ago that a boy was found under the table in a library He had bad a disagreement witb bis father and ran away rom bis family because of their dif- ferences. Tbis boy wound up at tbe bospital, as bis feet bad become infected from not washing. Tbere are some of us who are weak, some of us wbo can be influenced by otbers, some o! us wbo can be led astray and somne of us wbo don't want to follow any rules. We as a society are bound by rules. Otberwise there would be cbaos. Life bas rules;, we under- stand tbis as being part o! life. 1 beard somebody recently say that an 18-year-old wantS to commit suicide. 1 ask myseîf, wby? Tbis young man needs belp, and quickly, to sort out bis life and put him on the rigbt track. burdie of destructive behaviour and being constructive. Its no different tban tbe litdle bird being removed from wbere be could damage bimnself and placed wbere be could spread bis wings and soar to great beigbts. The state of tbe buman being is very fragile these days. There are so, many stresses and pressure duat we bave to bave tbings to make us feel impor- tant. Tbese are just material tbings, and as tbe saying goes, ,,You can't take it with you." As a society we bave to care for one another. We dont need to like eacb other, but we need to bave a common ground of respect toward each otber. Many people would say we've lost this. Lets tbink before we do sometbing andl make an effort not to injure one anotber. Lets get back to sharing and caring for one another. MARGARET TAHA MILTON We ail need to discourage careless driving from QUIT on page A6 driving is a skill just like anytbing else. 1 would- n't sit bere talking on the pbone wbile trying to write my stories, 50 wby would 1 do so while sur- rounded by two-ton machines tbat can end my existence in the blink of an eye? Tbat sounds somewbat dramatic 1 know, but cboosing to multi-task bebind the wheel simply puts you and others in barm's way Theres no two ways about it. And for those wbo feel the proposed law is bypocritical and needs to, include eating or even drinking coffee, 1 say fine. My Tim Hortons dou- ble-double will stili be bot wben 1 arrive at the Champion. of course eliminating tbe use of celi phones and otber devices while driving cani be done by the lawmakers and police alone. We ah bhave a role to play in discouraging this behaviour. 1 plan to start my part now and refuse to conduct interviews witb people while tbeyre driving. Tbat may present the occasional obstacle to getting my stories done, and Im sure there will be at lesst a couple of instances where l'Il regret this public declaration. But sbedding our convenience-at-all-costs mentality is the only way we're going to stant making a real dent in careless driving. There's so many people to thank for help with run e fro'i SUPPORT on page A6 moments with your pbotogra- pby and to Steve LeBlanc and tbe Champion for keeping everyone up to date on the run. Thank you -Catby Cbucbmacb-Smith for being a part o! our joumney as well. A special duank you to, the Brancier family for co-ordinat- ing our bomecoming. To Alex Brancier, duank you for design- ing such a beautiful reminder o! our journey t will forever be close to our Isearts. Tbank you to tbe Milton Maîl for hosting our homecom- ing and to Mayor Gord Krantz and Halton MP Lisa Raitt for being a part of our special bomecoming. Together, every step made a difference. THE SOPHIE'S RUN TEAM The Canadian Champion, Frday, November 14, 2008-A7 Town's building boom underway tr) 'P I M , .Awith d ithlrrowth 'lime Capsules' are geins of infor- mation extracted from past issues of the Champion and other publications in oner to provide a window int MiltoM' past. Explanatoy comment is sometimes provided to place the situa- tion in context. May 1912 Milton's building boom has begun. R.B. Galbraith bas operations started on a fine brick bouse on Queen St. Jacob Jobnson bas two cottages in course of erection in the East Ward. John Bradley wiil build two two-storey brick-veneered dou- ble bouses on Mil Street and W Lewis bas a frame dwelling boarded in close by J.S. Deacon wiil erect from two to four dwellbngs and S. Dice at least two. Altogether 17 dwellings are already decideil on. A few days ago G.A. Hemstreet was appointed agent for tIse Reliance Loan & Savings Co. of Toronto, wbich ailvances money for bouse building, 60 per cent on the cost of bouses and lots, to be repaid in monthly instalments in from five to ten years. TIse terms are considered reasonable and seven citizens who wisb to own tbeir bornes bave already interviewed Mr. Hemstreet. RE. Harrison bas bad some of bis acreage in tIse soutb part of tbe cor- poration surveyed into streets and lots by Jas. Hutcheon, C.E. of Guelph. He is selling good lots, bigh and dry land, between $100 to $125 eacb. About Il o'clock on Monday nigbt two men found Albert Wenham lying groaning on tIse C.P.R. track just beyond its entrance to the Anderson farm, west of Milton. Wenham bad been run ovex by, it is supposed, a freigbt train, and an ami and a leg were rnangled. He lay between the rails. He was carried w tIse watchnianls shanty at thse dia- mond at the G.T.R. Crossing, where a surgeon gave bis injuries a tempo- rary dressing, after which he was put on an east-bound freight tramn w be taken wo a Toronto hospit al. He died before the train reached Streetsville and bis body was brought back to Milton. Dr. H.A. McColl, coroner, will hold an inquest next Monday Time t Capsules evening. Wenham was English, unxnamred, was 26 years of age, and was an employee of the Toronto Pressed Brick and Terra Cotta Co. He bad been in this neighbourhood for several years. (The inquest later ruled 'We find thut Albert Wenham came to bis death by being rn over by a train on the C.P. Railway between the hours of 10 and il o'clock on the 13th day of May, 1912.) On Monday evening the Boy Scouts were entertained by Mrs. Dent, in xnemory of ber son, Clarence, "the real founder o! the troop.' (Clarence died in january of heart failure. He was 17 and was working in a drug store.) t was an evening of solid fun and cnjoyment and Mrs. Dent received a rousing ovation in appreciation of her kind- ness and hospitality A special meet- ing of the local committee of Boy Scouts will he held. Every memaber of that committee named by the late Rem~ D.S. Houck at bis last public appearance in Milton, as well as al other h-tends of the movement are urgently requested to be present. The work of the Boy Scouts is going for- ward with uraabated interest, thse best tribute to the true leadership of the late Scout Master, Rev. D.S. Houck. For the 24th (of May) the boys are *planning aday of scouting on the fmountain if the weather is 'favourable. Dinner will be cooked îover Scout fires and amnong the cliffs *and caves faniliar to the old neutrals of tbree hundred years ago. (AttIse e Dent funeral Dewitt Galloway was -also named as a Scoutmaster.) ýt000 e T.D. Hume bas bad a plate glass d fr-ont put into bis flour and feed store. ,e This materîal isassembled on behalf o of the Milton Historical Society hy jim r, Dills, who can be reached through the ýy Society at (905) 875-4156. ZMw (1LazWian (Cbampion 555 Industial Dr, MiItEJI- CATHY CHIJCHMACH SMITHI - yor 'Youre, nFrusRrentiv Tel: (905) 878-2341 x2117 cathysflnth@rilhlofcafadiachampiofl.tom Fax: (905) 876-2364 OSTEOPATHIC SERVICES with Meredith Craîgie BPHE hans., CIÇ, CMT, NT.Osteopathy (CC) *migraines * TMJ (jaw pain) *anxiety I depression e lower back pain ewomen's health* whiplash injuries Advantoge9 'I