Lakeshore Advance, 2012-06-06, Page 1letters to the editor
Dear Editor,
Mr. Harper, Mr. Mackenzie, Mr Layton -1 under-
stand that there will be a vote in Parliament today
to 'extend the mission' in Libya. Firstly -to call this
a 'mission' is obtuse. This is not a mission, it is a
war against a sovereign nation that has threatened
no one. When did a peace keeping nation like
Canada decide that war was the way to ensure
„peace? Gadhaffi only did what our police did,
G. older an obscure law, at the G20 in Toronto.
Canada and NATO are committing acts of
genocide against innocent Libyans while
justifying it as 'protecting the people from their
leader'!! Some of the same 'logic' used in
Afghanistan -to bring them democracy. 'there are
thousands of Afghanis who will never know life
again because of us.
It is truly sad that Canada has bought into the
1984 mind -set that is now being practiced 011 the
planet. We as a country have no right to demand
that another nation act the way we demand or be
'wiped off the map'! We have killed innocent
people and yet act as if they are not as dead
because they were not killed by their own
leader??? When did our country lose its way??
I pray that our representatives have the courage
of our convictions in this vote today, We do not
want war. The planet is not a playground where
'my dad can beat your dad' mentality exists. We
are supposed to be adults and work out any
arguments without killing. 1 expected more of our
country but 1 guess those days are gone. I cannot
pretend I understand every reason for our
behaviour, but sadly, it seems as if the planet is
being herded to WWI1I and Canada is helping
lead the way. And we are killing innocent people
for our own promotion, 1 guess it is true that
people don't matter, power does?
War is NOT Peace, and Freedom is not
Slavery -when s'111 our government realize that?
Yours truly,
Rebecca Gingrich
Princeton, Ontario
Unique year end for WI book club
Grand Bend WI
Lakeshore Advance
Grand Bend Women's Institute Book Club held
their unique year end potluck luncheon on June
9. Seven interesting books were read and
reviewed this year. For our potluck luncheon a
dish associated with your favourite book was
made. An awesome lemon dessert and
a pistachio salad depicted the Book of
Awesome. Dainty sandwiches and a baby
themed centre piece was characteristic of Family
Tree. Sauerkraut, sausage and homemade bread
were examples of food in the story Plain
Truth. Kabobs made of melons,kiwi and
strawberries typified grub in half Broke
1 lorse. Salad and shepherd pie are also associ-
ated with Half Broke 1 lorse.
The book reviewed at this meeting was Double
Trap by John Melady. 'chis murder/triad centered
at Goderich and Seaforth was a favourable read.
The next book to he read by September ti, 2011
is The help by Kathryn Stockette. The club
members are reminded to bring airy extra
reading books to the next sleeting. 'these books
will be donated to a local organization.
For information concerning our book club
contact Barb Kilback at 519.213.1 163.
St. Anne's celebrate
Mlkenna Lane
Lakeshore Advance
We had a fantastic week at St. Anne's with (many
celebrations, including our Graduation Mass and
our Outside-a-paloo•r.a Nlass, BBQ and church
picnic. Our Student Cabinet and our Grade 12
Graduates went on Retreats and we had our final
dance of the year.
It is now time to Quiet Down and begin to get
ready for exam preparations. We wish all St. Anne's
students a productive Quiet Week and hope that
everyone is well prepared for exams, which start
on Tuesday, June 21".
Our annual Commencement exercises will be
held on 'Tuesday, rune 28'h at 7:00 p.m. sharp. This
is a wonderful community celebration as we
Canadian
Cancer
Society
celebrate the Graduating (:lass of 2011. We are stn
grateful to all °four community partners who have
supported St. Anne's graduates with scholarships
and bursaries to assist them with their post-
secondary studies. We also wish to thank all of the
companies and organizations in our community
who have offered apprenticeship and co-op place-
ments for the students of St. Anne's.
This will he our last entry for the 2010/2011
school year, as we head into exams next week.
Thank you for reading this weekly column and for
all of your support, It has been my pleasure being
the Minister of Public Relations. Please look
forward to reading next year's weekly column so
that you can keep up to date with our Huron
County I sigh School. We wish all of you a happy
and relaxing summer. Mikennn Lane.
Societe
canadienne
du cancer
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Wednesday, June 15, 2011 • Lakeshore Advanc? 5
Granny's
Summer reading
Rick Hundey
Lakeshore Advance
Local author, Rick Hundey, will be
publishing a third work of fiction this
summer. His first two were mystery
novels revolving around Grand Bend
private investigator, Jack Been t lis latest,
The Garnished 'Truth is a collection of
short stories, many of which feature
characters from those earlier Jack Beer
books, Death at the Bend and Coiling -
wood Fakeout.
'Ihe Lakeshore Advance is serializing
one of the stories from 'l'he Garnished
Truth for your summer reading
enjoyment.
For those who wish to buy an early
copy of 'The Garnished Truth' (or
Hundey's other two books) watch for
the book launch at the Exeter Public
Library or contact the author online at
www.rickhu ndey.fauxpop.(v or by entail
at rickhundeyofauxpop.ty.
(Hundey will donate the royalties
from the sale of the first one hundred of
his latest book to the South Huron
Hospital Foundation,)
By way of i)ltroduction to the first
instalment of 'Granny's Ring Box; the
story took shape after 1 iuntley's friend
David Scott, a local playwright,
suggested there had to be an intriguing
mystery behind a Ktllli ad be came
across. After you read the 'Granny's Ring
Box,' we think you will agree he was
right.
Parti
1n the last instalment, PI lack Beer
leaai'ns that his old friend Liz Washburn
is missing and that her ex is looking to
do her harm. Meanwhile, lack is very
suspicious of the motives of the person
who called hila, Liz' sister. She looking
for Liz but for what reason?
After hanging up on the dial tone, l
descended the one dight Of stairs from
my office t0 the coffee shop below.
Sheila, my girlfriend, agreed to find the
website for me, but not before I
explained that 'Lost and founts' was an
old friend, who alight be in trouble. And
not before I assured her my 01(1 friend
could afford to pay for my time, which
was as close to a sure thing as the town's
next newborn living long enough to see
the Leafs win the Cup.
1 emailed 'host and found,' and
offered my help, without revealing my
full name, figuring I'd use our history
together as my ace up the sleeve. The
times she spent coming down from her
highs or up from her lows, curled up on
my battered office couch at the (rand
Bend police station, had to be worth
something.
When she founts out she had nabbed
herself a real live P1, Liz Washburn
gushed all over the world -wide -web in
gratitude. Oh, and she ended her email
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Rick Hundey
reply by promising to pay me in full, For
Lir., booze and reality never did get
along too well.
As I drove the back roads that lead to
London, 1 wondered what damage the
years had done to my friend. I expected
the worse. One year counts as two for
the t1i'lltlk who iiutkes an effort to pace
her consumption, or more for the ones
who really pound 1t hack:
Then, 1 considered whether she'd
given up the bottle for some other
addiction, like eating or web -surfing.
But 1 knew better than to abide false
hope.
1 found her apartment, approximately
speaking, and the reality 1 was trying
hard to wish away, slapped int' in the
face.
1 guessed she evils soillt'where above
the ground flour memorabilia store,
mid -block between Clarence and
Richmond, 011 Dundas Street, the Cate'`
main east%vest drag. I asked 1lie store
owner, a greying, pony -tailed roan who
called himself Free tVheeler, if he had
an Ozzie Smith rookie card in the ser ret
stasis 1 figured he kept behind the
counter. But 1 struck Out. Mind von, 1 got
a hash bit wlte'n free Wheeler, which I
guessed was not his real name, told me
tvhert' I'd most likely field the dour for
Liz Washburn's room.
1 turned right at the southeast corner
of I:ret''s business and made my way
down the narrow alley that separated
two four -storey buildings, typical of
nineteenth century London. I danced
around debris that was mostly unidenti-
fiable, short of closer inspection. But
then it wasn't the health Department
who hired me.
A grouping of rusted single digit
numbers told me to push through a
paint -hare, windowless door. 1 climbed
a grimy closed -in staircase only to be
brought to a dead stop at the top by a
rotting steal Of vomit, old urine and
general decay.
1 nearly retreated from that shadowy
hallway but held my nose instead.