C6 - The Canadian Champion, Frday, November 9, 2007 M4cfIersi"e - fI-Cochfer 114 Main St. Milton 905-878-4452 Leading with Professionalism. Serving with Compassion since 1953. Please take a moment to pay tri bute and give thanks to al the brave veterans who risked their lives in past andpre- sent, so we might have a utire. WE REMEMBER... www.mckersie-kocher.ca I Peter Hodge Transport Limited TRANSPORT 100 Market Drive, Milton 905-693-8088 Robert (Pie) Lee Life Insurance Agency Lute - Dsam . -AuuIMM l m. Ln.IWs -I s 11 - IM8i F*iS MJ.L) - IM oe eG.fte(4a'33 cee44 Bob Lee bob@robertleeinsurance.com Kim Mitchell kim@robertleeinsurance.com 245 Commercial St. MILTON 19T 2J3 * Off ice 878-5786 e Fax 878-3692 As our Canadian soldiers continue to face adversity abroad, it becomes more important that we remem ber the sacrifices their predecessors made. Halton Region pays tribute to those men and women who put their lives in jeopardy in order to protect the peace and freedom we cherish. Regional Chair I. THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO YOU A Day To Remember Yeah, ail free, and it includes meais, accommodations, and entertainment! Wow! Under one condition, you will leave your wife or husband, your kids, your family and ail friends behind. You wiIl not be able to phone them, fax them, or email them. The only communication is a rare letter. Would you take this offer? Not many people would. How would you feel if there were a war going on? Many people had to go to war and leave their families and the only communication was a rare letter. So, on November llth, we should flot take this day for granted. Let's think about the magnitude of that huge sacrifice, and ail the courage that the soldiers and veterans had. Two minutes of silence to think, and thank the soldiers and veterans for what they did for us. Is that really enough? Our world is 50 full of confusion! Two minutes is almost not long enough to get the last song we heard on the radio out of our head. 'lwo minutes is a very short time to thank someone for ail that our country enjnys today. The closest to war that many of us will or have seen was on September 11. We ail saw the planes bit the tow- ers, then collapse, and ail the confusion. It is awful just to think and watch ail children that have lost their part friends. So when i think of the soldiers who had to leave their wives or husbands, and didn't know if they woul worýder what their last words were. They might return, but they would neyer be the same as they left. i was reading in a local newspaper and it stated that about seventy veterans are passing away each day. That he how many people served in the World Wars. Canada had a larger armny per capita than any allied country inabout haif of them were volunteers. That is a lot of families that were broken up. The World Wars seem like long past history, and many of us forget about what the soldiers and veterans did fo November 1Ilth lets actually think of what they went through to fight for our freedoms that we ail enjoy -~ Remembrance Day a time to re thank you for the many sacrifice Cathy Wall Wh Remembrance Day. wha it means remembering t what they believed in, means being there for i help. It means caring s1 risk your life for them. At eleven o'clock on1 silence to think about fighting for us. 1 think a like standing in Flander. ing your best friend di men feit when they killi 1 think about the man) waiting, hoping they W( them their father or old( 1 had many relatives i In Flanders Fields In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns helow. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and now we lie In Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the foe; To you, from failing hands we throw The torch; be yours to hold it high. If ye break faith with us who die We shah flot sleep, though poppies grow In Flanders fields. John McCrae a- tSt wit tiiteîr eye w