- names; ‘Like mine.

aoe dringham,:' or.

- ‘The. name 5 brought me. a

~ tot of chaffing when I was a .

* ghild: I -endured’ it with
| impatience, and sometimes ©

with «tears. “Speckled |
Troutfish”. was. one. of the..
juvenile: ‘appellations. laid on™

ot me, and “Specktacles” was ;

another - and those are: just .
‘the ones. I choose to.
| remember. I thought I- must

. be the most unlucky child in _

_-- the ‘world, to have such an.
awful name. Why. couldn't. a

Ihave decent Anglo name like -

or. San-
“almost,

Smith, . or Jones, .

ce! anges) But ut Speck?

- Finally, when al was wae: .

twelve, I approached, my.
father and blurted. out that I
= wanted to change my name.

story put the whole: ‘matter: -

4 was" - expecting him to ‘be.
hurt, but instead he sat down

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This ‘story is dedicated to people. with funny
think everyone who has an

unusual name is shaped to some degree ‘by thei
‘handle’. So many people with odd: names_ spell
them out automatically that it’s. clear to me that
.. Mine is not the only: difficult one. “Speck”, I say,
_ “S-P-E-CK. Like ‘speck on the horizon’. - ee

- with me saat made. ‘me “tell
him what was on my .. mind.

“me. He started’ to tell me. 3 and was smy: own secret. a

about his own childhood, ine ee or actions ; sie

England. “Do. you. know - ‘That was the turnin int 1 | peg
what the kids used to. ‘call - for me.. a a he ing iat to fo ae of poses f from eat ane -

_me?”-he ‘said: “Flyshit!” I take pride in my. name, and” eernee limit ° one ' ial ‘per person, two Per family ¢ every 3 aoe
couldn't” “understand © “the. it : bg ; : e eee

‘to me about ‘fly-specks’, and.

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name that Ta never even 7

After all, my own father had -

increase of 13.6 per cent in

‘Chairman Dick- ‘Kavanagh —
? last. “week, wound up: a
- “successful. and.
: breaking” 1978: campaign.

1130 Lonsdale Avenue, a oy

‘Mainland ‘Campaign < will.
- have. raised: a. minimum. of:
$5,850,000,

; announced at

Fe one of: a line of: ‘Specks’, wand
- The story tumbled out, along: ~ ‘simply. having. that behind
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rage, and’ he “started | to more: bearable. Leven drew | \
_Taugh. I felte even worse. oo 4

But he ¢ wasn't laughing xs inknown to my tormentors

my family
turned: into an’ opportunity
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‘somehow. this: Fang a bell _ 3s.easier. to remember: ‘than
| - many other names! |

connection, so he explained ~

ae © additional | persons. in portrait 99 each -
ae * Suildten. adults. and families welc me |

‘Now, here was a a nick- So, ‘kids, ks got a:

a ‘funny’ ‘name, don't. despair.
Talk: to. your-. ‘dad;

: ‘someone ‘else with the. came:

‘and Tm: ‘sure’ ‘that -

you'll find out things that you.

2 ‘never, knew ‘before. ES

‘heard before. Soméhow, his”

context. mo

‘into a. different |

than that of 1977,” he. told
J Campaign volunteers. 7

Reporting a dramatic _
Lower — Mainland .
“That's the kind of solid”
“success -we: can build on in a,
: ‘the years ahead.” — ce
-record-.
‘Increases in giving. over.
the previous. five years. have ..
“averaged 4.73 per. cent
“compared. to this ° year's” -
figure of AS. 6 percent.” ie .
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final “We would like to remind.

‘This’ year. “the - ‘Lower ©

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short. of the-target of $6.
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Although this figure is just. made. ‘their: donation to:

please do so,.as soon .as |

“SALE.

_ represents an increase of
_ $700,000 over last: year.

| more, than four. fomes greater Ne ,

possible. With their help, we
-may. yet make | our’ “Boal,”
7 Kavanagh added.

on vimorted Scandinavian
furniture

“We set the community a

tough target - and we may. -paiga, -

still, reach’ it,” he com-. partnership | with the. © CQ" eee Po
mented, | Capidian Red. Cross, raises Oo a '
| op furids to. support the work of — ce call accessorie 1S)
“Our ‘community has | ‘ luntary human care itis a

chalked up a percentage in “the © Lower | -

increase’ in giving... sub- | Majaland. ‘Member agencies “a all lar mp
‘stantially ahead of the~ inchude, the Arthritis Society, .
‘average in Canada or the and Girls’ Clubs,
“U.S. and this percentage: is . Pathiily ‘Services .\ and , the
Hopical Society.

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