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|The South Marysburgh Mirror 19] DAY IN CHILD PARADISE - Cont'd from page 13 Waiting for the Sunrise - Cont'd from page 18 to the doctors have a wide smile on their faces and a warm| welcome regardless of who they might be facing. The can- cer is after all one of the greatest leveler absolutely no dis-} tinction is made on age, sex, religious belief and colour of skin. We are in the same boat battling the waves and rain and snow. To close this narrative, lessons from the Bhagavad- Gita of India may serve to sum up the collective will of the inmates at the Lodge. Arjuna, the great Prince, with his vast army behind him is facing a formidable enemy who appears to be at least of equal if not stronger force across the divide . To complicate matters, Arjuna’s enemies are his near kin - uncles and cousins. As he faces his enemy he declares to his charioteer, who happens to be Sri Krish- na , the divine incarnation, that he cannot possibly take up arms and kill his kin whom he declared have wives an children who could become orphans . Krishna tells Arjuna that he cannot lay down his arms- he must fight and not to give in to evil. The message of the Gita is not so much a war on the plains of battle but rather a war of the ying and yang-right and wrong. It is this message of Krishna that has infused the people at the Lodge. They are all in there fighting with all their strength to beat off the invader. This determination and optimism to beat off the attacker is a hallmark of every woman and man at the Lodge. The inner spirit and buoyant attitude toward the cancer attack are crit- ical to the recovery :they no doubt supplement the medi- cal intervention. The inmates know that to abandon the sunrise would be their sunset. - Ken Koyama, 24 Maitland St.. Picton, ON KOK 2T0 613-476-5500 Dedicated to all who are in their fight of their lives Black Crick Chicks - Cont'd from page 1 consisted of Barb Guernsey (team captain), Annette Keogh (co-captain), Jane Shannon, Hazel Hobson, Rita Taylor, Ju- dy Plomer, Karen Cowan, Brenda Bond, Erika Wolff, Irene Robb, Sonia McMillan and Gianna Angheloni made sure that there was someone from the team on the track at all times. The total event raised over $320,000 for The Canadi- lan Cancer Society and the Black Crick Chicks raised $4,407 lof those funds. This event is in its 7th year running and has raised many funds for the Cancer Society. It is a fun filled evening which runs from 7pm Friday till 7am Saturday with a luminary cer- lemony at 10pm, theme laps throughout the night, agame of hot potato at 3am, a limbo contestsat5am and lots of people to talk to. The free Tim Horton's soup, coffee and dough- nts helped keep everyone awake too. You may ask why do we do this walk throughout the night and not the day. The lanswer is that ‘cancer never sleeps' so surely we can handle lone night without sleep. Anyone from the Black Creek ‘Community who would like to join us next year can call Barb at 613-476-3757 or send her an e-mail at barb, guemsey @sympatico.ca we'd be glad to have you join Just remember that it is and all night 7pm till 7am com- mitment (you do not have to walk that entire time but it's d that you do spend the time at the event with the rest of the team) and that a $10 registration fee is required land each participant is to raise $100 in pledges. THE LAST WORD - Cont'd from page 20 Bill Yates, Friend of the County. p.s. On a less serious note ‘A selfi ish fool is a person who says it’s nobody’s busi- ness what they do!’ And finally: “Most people are willing to change, not because they see the light, but because they feel the heat.’ And it sure has been HOT in our beautiful County these past few weeks. Have a great summer.