Re: Homes, heroes, heritage and more

Feb 04, 2015

There are so many kinda neat things in the Jan. 29 issue of "the News" that I wanted to comment.

Item first: Sharbot Lake must have done something to get the Creator's attention, that He sent us such a professional visionary as Mr. A. Kovacs to rescue and revitalize the former Dr. Bell’s Seniors Home...his thoughts and plans sound exciting, and empathetic to seniors. Now approaching my 71st birthday, my question must be, "when I finally hit the century mark am I gonna have to marry a wealthy widow so someone can afford to park me there?"

Item next: every time I see, talk to, read about David Yerxa, I feel like I should tell him that he is my idea of "heroic". These days you can be called a hero just for getting out of bed without offending anybody, so I don't qualify. The smile and the spark in David's eyes is a living testament to a guy who "just ain't got no QUIT in him". He is a quiet, soft-spoken, giant hero in my book, and I'm proud to know him.

Item next; one small line about an argument against buying a chain of office for the Mayor of S. Frontenac Twp. Get a life!! With the thousands of dollars of taxpayers’ money that governments of every level squander daily on dumb ideas, you're kvetching about a lousy 5 grand to identify the guy in the crowd who is in charge, and seldom solely responsible for the previously mentioned spending the crowd is engaged in.

Item next: My friend Jeff Green (he really is!) reminiscing about a certain winter's day, clings to his block-headed stubborness by always avoiding the fact that Mrs. Gutowski is not the one who picked the fight! And you wanna bet your bippy that any lawyer worth his usurious rates is telling the survivors to settle. And why is it "a twist of fate" that Mr. Doyle suddenly discovers that the maligned warden was right all along? Maybe he realized you don't always think well while overdosed on testosterone.

Item next, last, and least: I'm very pleased to see so much coverage of the Heritage Festival. I'll be there, even if I have to be carried in on a pallet. I will be the strange man with Bob and Mike, carrying my new, full set of weapons that a retired Scottish soldier might have taken home with him after being mustered out of service. Come visit, even if you do think I'm kinda strange.

Ray Fletcher