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The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, June 28,1989 Runner Raises Funds for Children's Future Cross-Canada runner Kartar Ahluwalia was in Bowmanville on Monday, June 19, and was welcomed officially by Councillor Larry Hannah, from whom he by Chris Clark received a plaque. On either side of the two men are Mr. Ahluwalia's road manager Bob Ireland (right) and Bowmanville Lions Club president Don Allin, Over eight years ago, Canadians Canadians of every description were moved to tears by the determination and courage of Terry Fox as he ran a marathon a day across the country, raising money for cancer research and demonstrating demonstrating that people with handicaps can offer as much to society as anyone else. Similarly, the treks by Steve Fonyo and Rick Hansen Hansen elicited cheers and encouragement encouragement along with millions millions of dollars in donations. British Columbian Kartar Kartar Singh Ahluwalia was so enthralled by Terry Fox's quest that when the young runner was struck down with cancer for a second time, he called the Canadian Cancer Society and offered to complete the run for him. Faced with a number of similar similar offers, the Society delayed. delayed. However, Mr. Ahlu walia never lost sight of Terry's dream and never forgot forgot how inspirational his campaign had been. On March 4 of this year, Kartar Ahluwalia began to retrace Terry's footsteps, commencing in St. John's, Newfoundland and running Hobnobbing with Harvey Malcolm On Father's Day i Each year the second or third Sunday of June is set aside to pay tribute to dear ole Dad. We don't know who actually was responsible for starting the tradition but we suspect it was a combination combination of Greeting Card companies companies and the Retail Merchants Merchants Association, i Bless them or cuss them depending on whether you are a father or one who feels obligated to be sucked ih rather than look cheap. I Fathers, of course come ih assorted sizes, ages, colours colours and personalities. In fact they have very little in common except they have been attributed with the honour of propogating another another generation of children Iwho will probably mess up the world even worse than we have. In many cases they have placed on their children children many of the same dubious dubious characteristics that they #;;• t' t. ti possess. How many fathers have heard their sons and possibly daughters, mutter in complete self-disgust - "Cheese I sound just like the Old Man. I hate myself'! Usually said just within earshot earshot of the patriarch. Even worse they also pass on many of their own personal physical propensities propensities - features etc. For example example how many times do you see a father with a gigantic English nose followed by a youngster with a beak of similar magnitude? Fortunately, now and again they do manage to adopt the mother's image to soften the shock. Of course this may also work in reverse. Unfortunately, Unfortunately, all mothers aren't beautiful. Premature baldness, baldness, grey hair and such genetic genetic eccentricities are the most common hereditary defects defects to be passed on to their hapeless offspring. □ The Bible claims that Man (if not woman) was made in God's image which must be a little disconcert-, ing to Him (not Her) as he views the deterioration of mankind generation by generation. generation. Perhaps speeding up this self-destruction of our moral fibre, is the fact that each generation due to technical advances has a much greater opportunity and a much longer list of temptations to yield to. Anyhow, Father's Day has come and gone and hope you had as big a fuss made over you, all you Daddy O's, as did we. It's a nice feeling,however feeling,however fleeting, to he recognized as "King of the Day" even for a brief period. Being a Grandaddy likewise doubles its enjoyments and adds special dimension to the big day. Vincent Massey School Report -x-n o onn firroro nnrl ■ ■ Lions and tigers and bears oh my! Elephants and giraffes and zebras oh my! Pandas and monkeys and. any other animal you can think of oh my! Where do you think we are? oh my! No other place than the BRANDOM TURN YOUR KITCHEN INTO A GOURMET'S DREAM! Brandom Kitchens can make your remodelling dreams a reality! 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Now back at school the class is doing animal centers that have to do with printing, research, research, reading, thinking, edible animals, puppets and drama, potpourri, and word study. Also the class is sending sending letters to the parent helpers. Mrs. Read would like to say, "Thank-you parent parent helpers for coming with us on the zoo trip." by April Turner Track and Field On June 1st, Vincent Massey had their Track and Field Day. Anyone who got a first, second or third place finish in field events or a first or second in Track went to the final on June 13th. Vincent Massey won the trophy trophy with 304 points. Waver- ley came in second and Central Central School was third, by Gini Sopher. across the countiy toward the west coast. "I decided I must run for children," he said a week ago Monday while in Bowmanville. "Nobody "Nobody has run for the children. children. They are our future, and now it is needed badly." He is running to raise money for the Run for the Children Fund of the Save Our Future organization. He hopes to raise $15 million -- not a lot, he says, for Canadians Canadians to give up for their future. future. "Rick Hansen had a $10 million target and raised $23 million. The money money goes to children's hospitals hospitals in every province for transplant facilities. Right now, our kids have to go to the United States because we don't have the equipment." equipment." Thus far he has raised $354,000. Four years of training has prepared Mr. Ahluwalia for the daily grind of 35 to 40 kilometres (21 to 24 miles) through communities, up hills, and along lonely stretches of highway. At 51, he has been running for much of his life and was a professional runner in India a quarter of a century ago. He runs for about four hours per day and spends the rest of the day talking about his cause to local dignitaries and representatives. He is planning his British Columbian Columbian homecoming for the last week of October or first week in November. On Monday, he visited the Town Hall and was greeted by Councillor Larry Hannah and Bowmanville Lions Club President Don Allin, both of whom promised promised that donations from their respective organizations organizations will follow shortly. A crowd of roughly 20 supporters supporters also turned out to offer encouragment. Mr. Ahluwalia is a Lion and is receiving support from Lions Clubs across the country. He also is sponsored sponsored by the Best Western hotel chain from coast to coast. The determined runner runner said that he is on his third pair of shoes but that no shoe sponsor has come forward as of yet. "One pair lasts three to four weeks," he said. The run is endorsed by the Goh Ballet, the federation federation of Canadian municipali-' ties, and Save the Children of Canada. Besides driving the camper which serves as headquarters for Mr. Ahluwalia, Ahluwalia, road manager Bob Ireland spends large parts of each day on the telephone organizing the next stop together together with activities for the next week and beyond. Gurpreet Sodhi, a 20- 'ear-old university student nome for the summer, was one of several people who greeted the runner on Monday Monday at Newcastle Town Hall. "He felt that children are the future of Canada," she related while waiting for Mr. Ahluwalia to arrive in Bowmanville. "He will be staying at our house tonight (Monday) because the nearest nearest Best Western is in Toronto." Toronto." Following the Town Hall ceremony, Mr. Ahluwalia resumed resumed his 9,110 kilometre journey, plodding west, one step at a time helping to save Canadian children and this country's future simultaneously. simultaneously. Just before leaving, leaving, he summed up the theme of his venture: "We Canadians are one famil and we must help our chi dren." 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