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Coping with all the movies kids love
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"Daddy! Whitt are we doing tonight?" "Hey!" they said to themselves, "Mark's kids
That is what I love to hear from my kids! They aren't obsessing anymore. He must be almost well
•are still young enough that they love to spend time again. Time for a new movie! Pass the mouse-fla-
with their old man! Nothing can come between a vored cheezies!" Now the big difference between
loving father and his children. this production and past ones is that you won't hear
"What would you like to do?" I reply. "OH any of the songs from High School Musical on the
DADDY! HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL TWO IS ON radio, sung by famous artists. This is probably a
AND WE HAVE TO WATCH IT! !" "Oh."
For those of you who haven't heard of High
School Musical, possibly because you have
been on Mars or have recently been deceased,
let me explain: High School Musical is the lat-
est phenomenon to be implanted in the brains
of children everywhere by the parasite that is
Walt Disney?
And it will be the death of me.
Now don't get me wrong. This is
another high quality production from the
Magic Kingdom, standing comfortably
in the ranks of Snow White, Mary Poppins
and The Lion King. They are ALL Worth watching.
"This isn't so bad." You will think to yourself.
"I can watch this."
But could you watch it one a week? How about
once a day? How about once in the evening and
once at night, with a sprinkling of the High School
Musical soundtrack thrown in, every dity for -the
next eight months?
Sorry, 1 think I'm drooling again.
You see, I thought that as soon as I made it
through the endless repeats of The Little Mermaid,
The Lion King and The Jungle Book, I would be
safe. After all, my,kids are finally too old to tie
obsessed with movies anymore.
Apparently, I took ole 'Walter's marketing
department for granted.
good thing, since getting it at home AND in the
car causes such side effects as sobbing, teeth
grinding, receding hair lines and erratic driv-
ing. One guy I knew just blew up...
Unfortunately, the songs WILL stick with
you, including the hit "We're All In This
Together" whose lyrics I have slightly
modified:
We're watching this forever And
you know you'll break down And give
up once you see that We're watching
this forever And we'll but all the stuff
To make Disney's dream... come true!
Me: "Mom, my kids are driving me crazy, obsess-
ing over the new Disney movie that's out!"
My Mom: "Do you mean that stupid Nacho Libre
movie? I can't stand it either!" My Wife: "Oh no.
Nacho Libre is the movie that my HUSBAND is
obsessing over. High School Musical is the one that
the kids can't get enough of." Me: "I don't know
where they get that from..."
My Mom: "I do. I thought 1 was going to go
crazy, reading Chitty Chitty Bang Bang over and
over and over. Pete's Dragon still makes me feel
nauseous." Me: "You look okay now. What's your
secret?"
My Mom: "Laughter really is the best medicine . -I
just love watching you deal with your own obses-
sive kids! It makes it all worth while!"
Crime Stoppers month shows success
Each year Crime Stoppers pro-
grams around the world celebrate
Crime Stoppers Month in January
to highlight success and proinote
their crime fighting initiatives.
In 2008 Crime Stoppers of Grey
Bruce Inc. reached an impressive
milestone as they surpassed the
$30 million mark in seized drugs
and stolen property since inception
in 1987.
Gary . Murphy, the president of
Crime Stoppersinternational is not
only amazed at the success of the
program but is -also pleased with
the expansion of more than 1,200
programs in some 24 countries
worldwide. Cumulative totals of
the 1,200 programs have also
resulted in the seizure of drugs and
recovery of stolen property totaling
in excess of $9 billion.
Letters of recognition have been
received from .Rick Bartolucci of
the Ministry of Community Safety
and Correctional Services, Premier
Dalton McGuinty, OPP
Commissioner Julian Fantino and
Prime Minister Steven Harper, all
extolling the great success of
Crime Stoppers programs through-
out the Province.
Crime Stoppers is a civilian
community organization devised
to acquire infoxmation that assists
law enforcement agencies in the
resolution of crime. Crime
Stoppers pays cash rewards up to
$2,001) for information lead* to.
the arrest of criminals, recovery of
stolen property and/or seizure of
illegal drugs while maintaining
total anonymity to the caller and
complete confidentiality of the
tip."
The Crime Stoppers Program is
made up of three essential ele-
ments: the community, the media,
and law enforcement. The com-
munity is involved through its
local Board of Directors and
through those community mem-
bers who provide tip information
and funds for the maintenance of
the program. The media publicizes
case re-enactments or details a))out
a case not yet solved or a person
wanted on a warrant. Law
enforcement receives the anony-
mous tip information from our
office staff and follows the infor-
mation through to its conclusion
In Grey and Bruce Counties the
local program was formed in May
of 1987. It is a fully functioning,
registered, incorporated charity.
All of Crime Stoppers activities in
Grey Bruce are paid for by the
fund-raising activities of the Board
of Directors, made up of concerned
volunteer members of our commu-
nity. The day-to-day activities of
the program are overseen by OPP
Constable Dean Rutherford, who is
"on loan" to the program on a full-
time basis as its Coordinator.
2008 ushered in technical
advances for Crime Stoppers as
they introduced ."web -tips" which
allows anonymous tipsters' to
report crimes anonymously via a
secure server on the internet. The
web -site is crimestop-gb.org
"So long as there continuedsbe
illegal drugs in our communittAve
at Crime Stoppers of Grey. Bruce
will be there to assist the policein
their investigations."
Constable Rutherford also
added, "Crime Stoppers month
stows us to publicize the success
of our program through statistics
and also allows our program to say
thank you to the citizens of Grey
and Bruce. Because we guarantee
the anonymity of callers to our pro-
gram we cannot' advertise individ-
ual success stories' by telling the
media that a particular major crime
was solved as a result of a Crime
Stoppers tip. I can however tell you
that over the course of the past year
we have shut down major drug
operations, arrested several wanted
persons and provided police with
valuable intelligence information
as a result of tips to our program."
If you are interested in having a
guest speaker talk about Crime
Stoppers or wish to learn more
about how to get involved in the
prow= you can contact the office
at 519-371-6078 or visit their web-
site at crimestop-gb.org
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