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‘DITORIAL,

ueen’s message

is loud and clear

The following is an excerpt of the

speech given by Queen Elizabeth during

Canada Day celebrations on Parliament

Hill.

When; two years ago today, I stood here
and spoke to you on Canada Day, I sug-
gested that this great country is "a country

worth working for”.

Iam delighted to be here with you once
again, to share in this day of national
celebration, and, as a member of the Cana-
dian .family,.to wish‘ Canada a happy
birthday ‘on this one hundred and twenty
fifth : anniversary of confederation. We
have -an: occasion, and a country, worth

celebrating.

It is fitting that here, i in the nation’s capi-
tal, and before its Parliament buildings, we
should - ‘celebrate this anniversary. 1 am
reminded ‘that I spoke, when ] was last
here, of the way in which that Canada Day
united Sovereign, Parliament and people.

Today, as Canadians are working to mod-
ernize and improve the constitution, this
unity: of its. three elements i is yet more sig-

nificant.

‘I-kriow that Iam here at-a time when the
Canadian, Jeputation for tolerance and ©
Sommonsense: is being once again put to

We tests) yr gr 3

Yot éade:

include institutional reforms.

“They will, I know, spare | no effort in their
pursuit:of the SUCCESS expected of them: It

 wteoing: to “Graft: a.
new “compromise, “accommodating the dis-
tinctive character of Quebec within Cana-

_da, Tespecting the: historic tights, of the-
aboriginal peoples and maintaining the Ca- .
hadian tradition of fairness,.in areas: that:

Queen Elizabeth li

is perhaps worth reminding those striving
for that success that the real constitution is
not cast immutably on the printed page, but

‘lives in the hearts of the Canadian people. -

By- thinking first and foremost of the na-
tional interest — Canada’s interest — they
will be able to unite all Canadians and, es-
tablish a, constitution which wi ‘
“country well in the decades to. come.

You have inherited a country uniquely.
worth preserving. I call on you all,
wherever you may live, whatever your
-walk of life, to cherish that inheritance,
“and to protect it with all your strength.

'* May God bless. each and every one of
‘you as you go about that task. And may
God bless Canada. :

Having: a dog spayed always.”

seemed” like a quick, reliable

way to limit the population of |
abandoned puppies. Until last ©

week, when we took our five:

month-old blue heeler to the
vet for surgery.

“My first ‘shock was the price, g

: Trough

Bifocals

$90 plus $6.30 GST. Which
adds considerably to the value

of-a mutt, and a Probatly ex
ins: ve, small T-shirt and shaped a

sug torso with a row of
*., Sturdy machine stitching. With

her head through the collar
and one. Jeg. through each

“sleeve hole, she looked like a

greyhound Suited up for a

“race.

_ Except fora blackfly funnel |
‘to her belly starting where the
shirt met her legs, the ‘T-shirt

o. protected her bald’ tummy.

Regular applications of insect
1; repellent helped. She danced
oS -" sideways to avoid the. cool:

"my poor eee of. timing for :
_ the surgery to be done. Thurs-

day. was the second day of our
current. heatwave.
less, fo be in condition ‘for
surgery, ‘the dog had to forego:
water, sand Toad) fr from, 8 ‘p.m.

hespitel

awed at the: bottom ° “of the:
“empty..waler, ‘pail,,and -when-
flung out the water so
” she. ‘couldia
"she clawed: at the mud search-

't drink too much,

ing for moisture...

- Along: with... thirst came.

blackflies, hordes divebomb- : :

ing her shaved abdomen. One.

of ‘thie; instructions for her =:

‘included... covering.
gical take

Nonethe- fet

wilh; :
d: instructions to “

. shade“ and’. "breeze. By”
_ morning, she had lost her hos-

I scissored the slecves from a

spray.

The effects of the anesthesia
* fasted longer than the T-shirt,
<. which she soon ‘split from
IS. sleeve to sleeve,

Although groggy, during the
ride home, she -perked up at

“the welcoming: bark “of her
yardmate, But as I opened the.

truck: door for her to exit, he

oe bared’ hig:teeth and snarled at
‘cher. ‘To safeguard. her’ in her.
“WOOZY state; T tied him:.to the.

iere he* had

Lh: he; no. longer

by Claudette Sandeckl

- the. yard,

“next.

“But _She :

r ei instructed to. ‘ik.

her indoors for five days and
to restrict her activity to walk-
ing on a leash. Hah. Our dogs
come indoors as a rule only

when they nip in through the |

door quicker than I can whip it
shut. I settled on tossing no
balls for her to intercept.
Between the 85 degree
temperature, the blazing sun,

‘iwinges from her stitches, and.

her -overwhelming thirst, she

~ couldn’t rest. She paced about
flopping down |
among: the thimbleberries, un

der the porch, on her favorite
step, | and- eventually in her
house.

At 14. days she will go back

to the-vet to have her stitches”

removed.
Spaying is far from aiick.

_— -
- = pet di out,
- SS Wi nthe ¢ nadie *. ras

peat & Chal x

We're not the only
bilingual country —

VICTORIA --
There are two ways to travel.
The first is that of the modermn-
day tourist, who-has to look at
his itinerary to find out where
he is; the second is to explore.
I had a taste of the latter dur-
ing a brief vacation in the
United Kingdom.
Even: though my roots are in,

dom, periaps because one of
my great grandmothers was a
woman by the name of
Vaughn.

I’ve never been. able to find

“out why she came to Germany

to marry a Beyer, but I’m

. certain that her contribution to

the family gene pool is at least.
in part responsible for my love
of the United Kingdom.

~ "Vaughn is a’ Welsh nanie,

Face it, Hubert, you're part
Welsh: That’s why you like.
Wales, and that’s why you ike
beer."

It was as great a compliment

as you can get froma Wel-

shman, and a dedicated one at —
that.

Bruce Cherry is one of the . —
owners and operators of Back
Roads Touring Co. Ltd, which
makes its headquarters in -
London. What differentiates
Back Roads from the run-of-
the-mill commercial sight-
seeing companies is quality.

All tour guides have univer-
sity degrees, some in history, .
others in related fields. Some
are college professors who.
conduct tours only during the .

"simmer holidays.

The number of participants is
Jimited to 10 per tour, and in-
stead of using hotels for ac-
commodation, Back Toads

puts up its guests in quaint:

farmhouses, country inns and
smaller guest houses, which

allows travelers to meet the lo-

cals and sample something of
the local lifestyle.

Bruce took me and a number
of friends through Shropshire ~
and part of Wales, and it be-
came clear from the start that I

DOGS CAN SIT FOR HOURS

[sat 11 AMAZING anes)

AND HOURS ON THER HOUSES 7

ALL DAY?

Samar DO-THEY
“THINK ABOUT

From the
Capital

by Hubert Beyer

inthis
ivough

‘my OWn.,

” Severn Bridge, ‘the world’s

longest suspension bridge,

connects England with Wales, .

and no sooner are you in

Wales, you see strange-

looking signs...
Your. map says you’re enter-
ing the town of Abergavenny,
but the Sign on the road SAYS -
you're in Y Fenni, You're in
bilingual country.
A sign says END; un-

- , derneath it says DIWEDEDD.

Hey, Canada isn’t the only

- bilingual country. There’s a
. bill before the British Parlia-

ment that will give Welsh
equal status with English in-

Wales, It’s expected to be

passed this year.

'~ Once the law is passed,

Welsh, an old Celtic language,
spoken by about 30 percent of

the people in the south and

close to 80 per cent in the
north of Wales, will have offi-
cial language status.

Parents will then, for in-
stance, have a choice of send-
ing their kids to schools where
the language of instruction is
either English or Welsh. Bruce
explained that it’s been a long
struggle for Wales. A hundred
years ago the use of Welsh
was strictly forbidden. Chil--

_ dren caught speaking Welsh in
" school were forced to weara _

rope around the neck with a -

"piece of wood hanging from it.
The Welsh NOT, or knat as it

became later known,

He also gave us a brief intro-:
duction to the ctrrent econom-
ic woes of Wales. Where there
had been 220 coal.mines in the
Valleys of the south, there are

none now. Uriemployment i in

the Valleys is between 20 and! .

30 percent.

And not all the unemployed |
miners can be retrained for
jobs in the computer industry,
which has found Wales to be a

‘ good place to do business.

"The miners have large and
beefy hands and can’t work on
small parts. As a result, most .
of the high-tech jobs go to

women," said Bruce,

Tourism is, of course, anoth- -
er industry with great potential
for Wales, because it is a truly
beautiful country. Bruce

warned us at the outset.thatas. .
- & Welshman, he might be

somewhat inclined to.ex-
aggerate when he talks about »
“this magnificent and God-
given country."

On the other hand, you only
have to drive over the Black
Mountains on a misty moming
to conclude that it’s nearly im-
possible to overstate the beau-
ty of Wales.

That part of Wales has been
described as "magical country,
half in and half out of a fairy.
tale." How true. The road,
barely wide enough for one

. vehicle, meanders through ©

lush, green valleys, flanked by
steep wooded hills, interrupted
only by the occasional hamlet.
Brice then added the finishing
touch be playing a tape featur-
ing a Welsh male choir.

And as we drove through

» this enchanted country, listen-
“ing to Land of my Fathers, it

occurred to me that I, too,
would want to preserve the ©

‘Welsh culture, history and Ira-

dition if I were Welsh which;

-according to Bruce, I am- one
a eighth.

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