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Page 28. Whiiby Free Pieu. Wednestay. Docemnbo 8,1993 Wnnb Dellowk¶,amre i wowinniWg enies n M Iannabe JÇfitezw'short atmy con tot Med by Lb. fWgity Public Librwzy n7oewv wm 12 otde inLbthets for itoeeg d12 to lM THE SPIRI By Chris Robertuon 17, Ouhawa MjCLaUgblln CVIU,tud I dnt know how long ho bas been bore. For as long as I ca remember he bas always been here, sitting on bis atone 'throne' quietl day after day. Iasked my v thr about the old Indien, he offme in bis chibdhood the old mZiea esetil itting there on bis rock in the centre of the reserve. The obd Indien nover tabked or inoved, rnereby, ob.erved the passing day and what it bebd for the passersby near hiesrockc.The obd Indian would ecan the horizon each day, alwaye looicing .for eomnething, soins sign, the look of aatis- faction was nover Indian'a face. The eomething ho bonged for neyer carne. He wore what today le conidered ceremroial garb by my people, the facepaints sinilar te our ancestors'. Neyer dd I se. hlm bave hie perch on the ebab of rock. Not for food, warmth or Seebtr. No bant of emotion croesed bie agiedoatures. Ho was put upon thie earth for the soe purpose of watcbing. The turnes have clianged end with turne so dld bis people. They boit the old ways and adopted the temptung waye of &SPIritf and%"Silknde' Wrier: udged the bs the white man. Ho stayed the saine, uncha1 , throughout the fail of bis pooplo, rock b.ing the oasis for hlm to rèit the temtations of the worbd. While Mbisuture Chang around him, bis Peple's landselowlyv bean'te abrU The -white man tâok it al ponning bis people in roservations that now dot the map of their once great land. Each generation ho bas looked upon bas alippod further into the grasp ofthe white man. mhe chibdron evental atarted te forrn a new culture, not th Indian way but a forin of the white man's way. I was one of the boys te beave the reservation. The city held the promise ofrnoney faine, the easy 1f.. I beft the. oldman ittin¶ on the rock. mhey looiced the saine as1 cast a final glance; the rock and the old mane were one, b.th worn down and scarred by alb the years they have seen tegether. One night, the old Indien rose up as the reserve lept. He looked out upon the horizon. (Translated froin Indien) "'Born, I was, te watch over my people, not on. tr, but all. I have been on this land ince b.fore remembored. Sbowly my trib. bas chsnged, bosing what we once foug hta o vicioualy for. 'Cane happened, we bot the will te reastas we had before. My trib. has chenged se rnuch that they are no longer my people. moere is no purpose for me te watch anymore." The old Indian ecannod the horizon, bis gaze shifting frorn eft teright. Hue message febi on deaf ears as ho very well undereteod. mhe native tengue ho used was seobd and these 'braveei wero se young ad corrupted. It cid not matter, it was too late, bis peop1e ad choson their path and wakd down it. The old man limbed down off bis throne and walked ailently into the horizon. The old Indian was gono, the nightbhad awallowod him Up. i camne bocic years later, eatablished, woaltby. The ldrman nover caine bacic. The boulder, I was surrised te aee, was gone. It bad survivd for centuries, thon, after the old Indien left, the elernents*wore the rock.away. The rock and the old Inidian bad a bond wbon the old Indian left, the bond was Lroicen. Both the rock and the old Indian woro nover seen again. I had made it, though I was everything - woalthy end estaI>ised. I have ganed se rnuch in my turne off the ireseratuon, yet at the saine tino I have bast even more. THE CHANGING SMILE By Eil myh16, Whitby ÎU CkeLiQUgMlin VI I walic through the heavy doors. I put on rny amibe, a arnile that wilb novor beave rny lips until I wabic out the saine door six hours bater. At turnes during this day rny amile wibl b. forced and false. At otUhrs it wibb b. warrn and true. To everyone but me it will nover change. Each day ia lice the beginning. Whatever tirne, friendéhipa anrnenorios have been sharod the day b.fore are gone and bot. Eacb tirne I roturn it is as if I have nover been and I muet start again at the b.ginning. I approach a lady, who ehould groot me as an obd friend, as if w. have nover met. I pull the roor's only chair close te ber b.d and introduce myself. I speak slowby te ber, oxaggoratung the pronunciation of each "ord, mingMY voice aound forced and'untua The woman maices no sign of acknowlodgment yet aseundoratanda tbe amnile, the aof touch of my band and the encouraging look in rny sys. I asic her about h or health and how ahe is feeling. It is a one-sidod conversation but I understand ber answers. A contonted lookc cornes over ber face and ber body sinka deep into the pillows as I tel ber about hor children who are planning a visit this aftornoon, My emile relaxes andlÏ lot ry hand slip softly from hors. Lice the Uat fali leaf that blows in the winter wind dotermined te hang on tothe branch instead of joining the reat on the ground below, sho gripa my fingortipe, not willing te lot go. Sho bas alroady forgotton my naine and why I bave corne.çYet as long as I do not leave ah. will remomber my face and my sinile. My turne with hor bas corne te an end. A nurse slips inte the roorn and emiles cbeerfully, breaking the silence. I scrawl my initials on the chart at the end of the b.d and hand the clipboerd te the nurse. I walic out of the roorn as the nurse is rnoasuring arnall yellow pilla inte a paper cup. mhe brightnesa of the hospital corridor blonds with the buey sound of people talking and carta being pushod dlown the hall. I checkc the booic in front of me as I push bacic through the heavy doors rnarkod Geriatric Ward and turn te se. rny next patient with the saine bright amilo that bas nover left rny lips. Bete Mrce DoM l*+C M * ML * M& Bet0e9Pizz 70MOSAN D .,MI (Roslan andGaren PazM 0 0 Sears scores 3 in Wrn Maicateel Steebers continued their winning streak in regubar beague play by defeating Ajax-Pickering 7-1 on Nov. 22. A strong defence held Pickering te, onby 20 shots on the Whitby net, whibe the offence of Roy Sears (three goals, two assista), Mark Haynes (two goals), Bryan Crouch (two goals), Paub Gray (three assista), Steve Death and Jason Hotchkiss (two assista each), Mike Robertson and Day. Farquharson fired 41 shots at the Ajax-Pckering goal. The win keeps Steelers in second place, b.hind York- Simcoe, in the ETA western division. Steebers and Halten Hurricanes faced off in the opeming gaine of the Whitby sibver stick tournainent hebd recently, Steelers quickly took controb, carrying the gaine te, Halton. Tom Lawsen in the Whitby net, with some great saves, earned a shutout with fine support froin the defence. Steelers offence put five goals bebind the Halten goalies te win the opener 6-0. Gaine two pitted Whitby against Oshawa. It was a close gaine for the first period. Whitby then tooic charge defeating Oshawa 4-0. Dan Fletcher in the VWtby net gained the-shutout. Game three was a fast-skating, hard-hitting gaine with the outcome in the balance untib the final whistle as Whitby played Windsor Club 240. In the end, Whitby was victorious by a 4-3 score. The three wins in round-robin play placed Steebers in first place and gave thern a bye te the Rcica 4th in sectionals Lori Ricica, a Grade 7 student at Col. J.E. Farewell Public School and a member of the Whitby Figure Skating Club, bas been selected for monitoring, deveoment and assistance by the Canadien Figure Skating Association, eastern Ontario section, througb the 1993 Ontario identification end evaluation prograin. Ricica, 12, skates approimately 12 hours per week and attends summer skate progranis, in addition te ber runxung and off-ice programe t. improve and devebop her skating idlîs. Ricica was fourth overaîl in uvnile ladies competitivo at the S nLife Eastern Ontario sec- tionals held in Trenton Nov. 18- 21. Ricica was eighth ln figures end third in freesicate. She wes second overal l the division at an earlier competition in Cobourg. serni-finals. Steelers faced Brantford Bandits in the semi-final gaine. Bath teanis were deterrnined to win and the gaine seesawed. With orly il seconds left in the gaine, Brantford stole the puck in front of the Whitby net and fired it home, ending Whitby's chance to advance to the final. Scoring for Whitby in the silver stick tournament were Death (two goals, five assiste), Robertson (one goal, five a"ssit), Hotchkiss (three goals, two assists), Gray (three goals, two assists), Sears (four goals), Farquharson (four assista), Crouch (two goals, one assist), Haynes (two goals, two assists) and Ryan McCarron and Adam MacCarl (one assiat each). Steelers face Oshawa for the next league gaei Saturday, Dec. 4, 6:45 p.m., at Iroquois Park pad 2. Tro White, head instructor at Ta. Kywon DoEut. in Whitby, and Thunder, bis senior competitive team, were at Central High School in Oshawa on Friday afternoon to give a seif-dofence demonstration for the Grade 10 gym class. Participating wero White (fourth degree blac beit), Steve Wilson (third degree black belt), Marcel Theberge (red boIt), Jacqueline Frank (red beit) and Luit. Miller (blue boit). They exhibited various self-defence strategies and showedi epamng, brealcing and pattern skilis. The teain will b. competing in an opn martiald arts tournarnent ini Fergus, Ot in January and wfll then b. off to Estafen, Basic. for the national chamnuionshipe on Feb. 24. DEAR READERS: Send us your Christmas poems, short stories, or letters to Santa. We wiII be publishing a selection of these on Dec. 22nd WHITBY FREE PRESS ~ 151 Brock St. Ne Box 206, Whitby LIN 5Sl