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Promotionalfilm crew in Orono end of WWII. But, for many, such as Babcia and ber family, there would be a few more years of wandering the planet as displaced people searching for a home -- a place where their grandch ildren can be born in freedom. Forty-five years ago last week, the seed was planted when a boat travelling from Mombassa, Kenya land in Halifax, Canada. On this boat was ail there was of a Bajoreks from a small village in Poland. t no longer exists. But, two generations have sprouted from the ashes -- in another place,, like seeds borne on the wind. Last Thursday morning, the a promotional video being filmed the Municipality of Clarington. downtown core was in a buzz at to attract new business and Pictured is Bike Patrol Officer the signs of another film crew on indu stry, and to show the Cons table Lawson, from the the main street. attractive neighbourhoods and Durham Regional Police, greeting No - flot a movie this time, but communities such as Orono, in passers-by. by Helen MacDonald "We came to Canada so you could bc born," said my Aunt Angela to ber eldest grandchild, Jessie. He pondered this for a moment, then said: "Well, tbanks. Th at's pretty heavy!" Tbey camne as 'DPs'. Forty-flve years ago last week my Babcia (grandmother) and ber surviving six children landed in Canada after crossing the same ocean Columbus crossed. For over 500 years, Europeans have been crossing this vast body of water, bringing witb themn their dreams and hopes to-this magnificent land. Babcia and ber children (my father among them) were just a few of the millions of displaced persons lookingfor a home after the war in Europe. For a place to raise their famnilies and eventually see their grandchil dren born in frecdom. They didn't bring much. Only their memories and their backs stiff and strong with ambition. Hope. They bured most of their memories. Who wants to remember war? But, they quickly put their backs to work i tomato fields, tobacco fields, apple orchards and finally in North America's booming automobile industry. Their backs grew strong with a nation wbose industry rose from' the ashes of war. Immigrants need homes. Homes need beds, tables, refrigerators, televisions. A car i the driveway. Neigbbourhoods needed scbools. There is a continent-wide bahy boom. I arn a member of this generation of hope. 1Babcia mis sed the famnily gathering last week. She died nearly two years ago after living a life which stretched beyond tbe reality of the universe, struggling for ber family. Aunt Angela reminded us -- the woman -from, whose body and back came the labour of motberi ng was absent. But, ber memnory lives in ber children, ber grandchildren and i ber great grandcbildren -- Jessie's generation. The generation of my sons. Kyle and Garrett know of the comfort and love a family can enjoy only in freedom. Freedom fromn war. Freedom from slavery. Freedom from natural catastrophe. Born into freedom like me having only glimpses of news headlines of what it means to not be tree. In June, we watched old soldiers remember D-Day. The day 50 years ago that began the MUNICIPALITY 0F Clrig On ONTARIO Request for TENDER& SEALED TENDERS for the Contract specified below, submitted to the Corporation of the Municipality of Clarington, Office of the Clerk, 40 Temperance Street, Bowmanville, Ontario, LiC 3A6, are invited and will be received by the Clerk until the specified closing time and date: TENDER CL94-37 - Lawson Road Reconstruction, Courtice CLOSING TIME & DATE: 2:00 p.m. (Local Time) TUESDAY, AUGUST 30,1994 The work for the Corporation of the Municipality of Clarington under the direction of the Director of Public Works, involves the reconstruction of Lawson Road to urban standard including earth excavation, curb and gutter, bot mix paving, storm sewers and sanitary sewers for a length of approximately 360 metres. Plans, specifications and tender forms can be obtained at the office of' Totten Sims Hubicki Associates, P.O. Box 910, 513 Division Street, Cobourg, Ontario, K9A 4W4, fo 'r a $40.00 (including GST) non-refundable fee payable to the Consultants. An Agreement to Bond and a bid deposit in the amount specified in the tender documents must accompany each bid submitted. The lowest or any tender flot necessarily accepted. Mrs. Lou Ann Birkett, A.M.C.T.(A) Purchasing & Supply Agent Corporation of the Municipality of Clarington, Municipal Building 40 Temperance Street Bowmanville, Ontario LMC 3A6 Telephone: (905) 623-3379 Ext. 268 Totten Sims Hubicki Associates 513'Division Street P.O. Box 910 Cobourg, Ontario K9A4W4 This project is funded through the CanadaOntario Infrastructure Works prograrn. e' jobsOnal Canadfl' THE CATERING CONNECTION SOCIAL CATERERS Our Specaity]O FamiIy Style Roast Beet Dinner Weddings - Anniversaries - Business Functions Hockey - Basebal - Bowling Banquets HOT - COU) - BUTFFETS FRED, PATRICIA, RODNEY STORSBERGEN Box 416, Orono, Ont. 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