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Editor:

here is one les sanile ans this Old
World. :

Just over a vear age my dog Blackjack

and Po started aur visits to) Cedarview

talge estended care home here in North

y to spend seme time

awomother’s hand. We walk tbe

ents

h sites aw Blac jack somes into

view, F “old border callie with
bad breath. clumsy feet, and no formal
taining as a companion dog, he sure has
made alot of triends, The start has told me
of reactions shown tomy best ttiend from
people who they long age thought bad
withdrawn from lite. Blackjack) stands
patiently as most quietly pet his head. He
knows who the mor ¢ car rubbers are
and will wag his tail and act more like a
puppy for them, He knows the gentleman
who alw: Aries a cookie in his right
front pocket and plays bide and go svek
with it every time we see him. Blackjack
even has the presence of ‘mind to meve to
the free hand of people carrying canes, or
‘pushing Wheelchairs. He accepts mifk

.C. subsid

‘Dear Editor:

Natural gas from British
ing transported
y ta Ontario, and is
beiag: supplied to Ontario

customers at a price far |
than die price charged to con-
“sumers in B.C. The green-

the atrocious price increases
recently imposed on the B.C.

is price gouging |
tion with a market monopoly.
no shortage of nacur- ha
in British Columbia
Pipelines se

returas then with nose rubs
nthe most part he is happy te
puches behind the cars in
exchange for cresting a few dozen siniles
per vai
On the seound floor right by the efe-
sater sit the same three ar tour people
ciery time we come by They all call tor
Blackjack and all caverly pet bun. There
was ong daddy Ponever learned: her name,
who had a smile that could light up 4
roomy and ne matter my moods allowed
me te come home with an equally large
smile of my own, She couldnt sce us ay we
approached, and even though her friends
all called to her that her friendly dog was
here it wasn’t until E knelt down besic le her
and put her doll-sized hand oa Blackjac
muzzle that she would realize who they
re‘talk.ng about. She would. chirp,
wand smile. ‘Fhen she would start ia
are such a good boy,” and,
“Tlove you so much.” Although we visit
three to four Gines a week T never get over
the emotion of situations like this, As the
other residents and some statf would
watch and marvel this kind lady would
always finish offour visit by gently holding

and cause

of natural gas. Th d
suffering.

ya corpora-
to be

ing consunie!

to curb price increases could
devastate the B.C. economy

untold individual

Natural gas price increases
pproved by the — pri
government of B
approval should never have

Blackjack's head between her hands. then
she would fean over and give fem a warm
and foud: kiss on the nase. Se would
promise to come back ay soon cis we could,
and Ined up to char promise every tine.
How can) sav omy day at work was bad
when [get to watch someone «hom Elove
with all my beart (Mackiek i makes other
pea so happy

Today, as mother, Blazkjack and 1
walked the halls and) checked ont the
Christmas decorations P was infornted that
at the age of 102 (and a bind she had

ssed away at few dvs earlie f
ashamed now that TP onever learned her
name, However. that pot withstanding, |

saw her sinile and telt her kindness and if

her heart and her lite are wo be judged on
those owo things alone one can only imag:
ne what a wondertil person she was in
life.

Pecan honestly sav that mv world has
lost a smile, Blackjack one of his best
friends and beoween the two of us our
world is a little bit darker because 07 it.
Tom Cattermole
Cattermole@telus.net
North Vancouver

zing Ontario’s gas

industry.

The government of B.C.
should demand that the gas
company supply their B.C
accounts with natural gas ata
s equal to, or below the
price being charged to con-
sumers in Ontario.

This

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their. unreasonable price
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emment good reason to

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West Vancouver

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