Letters to the editor – June 16, 2010
To the editor, I cannot believe all the fuss about the proposed beach volleyball. In 2001, the Canada Games committee
CategoryThoughts
How to start a new life
Advice from Mom By Rita Lessard The most popular month for people to get married is June. I suppose people
How it all began
Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard, C.D. It was early November 1953 when my fellow apprentice soldiers and I arrived
We are all to blame for this
Alternative View By Lance Crossley Last month, I took a mid-year review of how I was faring with my 2010
Who’s to blame?
View from the Strip By Casey Lessard I feel a level of simpatico with Mark Reilly. We’re not friends, not
Strip brings home OCNA hardware
The Grand Bend Strip and publisher Casey Lessard took home more awards than any other newspaper in Ontario Friday, May
Greece is only the beginning
Alternative View By Lance Crossley As we are nearly halfway through 2010 – scary, I know – I thought it
Reflecting on mom
Advice from Mom By Rita Lessard Happy belated Mother’s Day to one and all. What a great station in life
Vision of the future
View from the Strip By Casey Lessard I’ll admit that I don’t spend a lot of time in downtown Grand
Being a trillionaire isn’t all it’s cracked up to be
Alternative View By Lance Crossley Your faithful editor, Mr. Casey Lessard, recently gave me 100 trillion dollars. Seriously. Following a
Fashion’s faux pas
Advice from Mom By Rita Lessard What’s with this weather already? A couple of nice, sunny days, and then it’s
The Grand Tour
Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard, C.D. My military career of 18 years took me to many places I probably
Blown away
View from the Strip By Casey Lessard This is the time of year, it seems, when good things start happening.
Why thinking is a bad thing
Advice from Mom By Rita Lessard Daylight saving time: is this a good thing or a bad thing? Whether it
Daylight losing time
Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard, C.D. (Editor’s Note: Please remember that these are memories of a time long ago,
Grand Bend Strip leads OCNA nominations with eight
The Grand Bend Strip leads all community newspapers in Ontario with eight nominations for this year’s Ontario Community Newspaper Awards,
Learning the ropes
Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard, C.D. Arriving at Camp Ipperwash in 1960, I was directed to the battalion orderly
Understanding my moods
Advice from Mom By Rita Lessard By the time you read this article, I will have started my Lenten fast.
War is the new peace
Alternative View By Lance Crossley In George Orwell’s 1984, the ruling party’s three slogans were “War is Peace; Freedom is
ROTF not LMAO
Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard, C.D. “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up!” Those were the words that came
New Year’s hangover
Advice from Mom By Rita Lessard Christmas has come and gone and, on the whole, I imagine most people were
Grand Bend Public School wheelchair accessible playground is a go
It was one year ago this month that it was decided that the Grand Bend Home & School Association would
Grateful for 2009
View from the Strip By Casey Lessard With the mediocre weather and mediocre economy we experienced this year, it’s tough
Happy, uh, New Year
Alternative View By Lance Crossley My wife always makes fun of me after reading my columns because, as she says,
Dung on twigs, etc.
Advice from Mom By Rita Lessard Merry Christmas to one and all. This is one of my favourite times of
Lighten up, Tom!
Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard, C.D. It all began about the middle of November. The weather was perfect for
A tough decision
View from the Strip By Casey Lessard I’m sure Gord Minielly is ready to let someone else be the front
When will our bubble burst?
Alternative View By Lance Crossley Here in Canada, we seem to think we are immune to a housing bubble, so
A few surprises
Advice from Mom By Rita Lessard My wonderful sister Joan treated Tom and I to Remembrance Day dinner at the
Deserving tributes
Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard, C.D. I was privileged to attend the Grand Bend Legion’s Remembrance Day dinner on
A tribute to the best
View from the Strip By Casey Lessard In the wake of Thanksgiving, it’s important to take a moment and consider
The end of the almighty dollar
Alternative View By Lance Crossley I have said this before, but future generations will write about our time as a
The bottom line on sewers
Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard, C.D. (Continued from last issue) The saga of the sewers continued throughout the town
Bingo! I’m thankful
Advice from Mom By Rita Lessard I hope everyone enjoyed the Thanksgiving holiday. We were lucky to celebrate this holiday
Lessons from Saugeen Shores
View from the Strip By Casey Lessard I had the pleasure of driving up the coast a few kilometers with
Milking sacred cows
Submitted by Brad Harness Leader, Reform Ontario First it was the scandal at eHealth Ontario over misspent public dollars, misallocated
To health and happiness
Advice from Mom By Rita Lessard Did you know that happy people are healthier than people who are always ticked
Tom makes a splash
Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard, C.D. Not long after Crediton’s bridge repair was finished and traffic resumed (but not
U.S. health care reform: a lot of hot air?
Alternative View By Lance Crossley In his weekly radio and Internet address this past weekend, U.S. President Barack Obama lashed
Your thoughts on enhancing Main Street
To the Editor, Here’s a bit of verse I wrote about ten years or so ago, With the upcoming enhancement
Gossip column
Advice from Mom By Rita Lessard On Tuesday, August 18, Tom and I attended the annual chicken barbecue for the
Reflections on Crediton
Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard, C.D. It all began many many moons ago. This is the saga of the
Is the recession over – or just beginning?
Alternative View By Lance Crossley On July 23, Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney announced that the recession was coming
The complaints lady
Advice from Mom By Rita Lessard “Hello, Complaints Department. Rita speaking. How may I help you?” This is my new
Reunited and it feels so good
Tales from the 2009 Lessard reunion Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard, C.D. My Sunday morning began at 2:45 a.m.
Monetary reform: necessary, but how?
Alternative View By Lance Crossley (The last in a four-part monetary system series) It is astonishing to see how little
Steamless drive-in
Advice from Mom By Rita Lessard Last week, our son Glenn brought his daughters Olivia and Abby for a two day
Learning to swim
Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard, C.D. My family moved from Windsor to Waterloo in 1944 because my dad was
Have your say on Main Street
View from the Strip By Casey Lessard We’ve been through this process before, but now that funding is coming through,
First step to Main Street fix
View from the Strip By Casey Lessard I am delighted to see that – so soon after the beach enhancement
The danger of derivatives
Alternative View By Lance Crossley (Part three of a four-part series examining the monetary system.) Another danger of having a
Money problems
Advice from Mom By Rita Lessard Congratulations to my young friend Tanya, who has accepted a marriage proposal from her
Feelin’ alright in Jamaica
Keeping the Peace By Tom Lessard, C.D. I think it was 1969 that word came down from the top that
Thank you again
View from the Strip By Casey Lessard I want to send my gratitude to everyone who came to my art
The absurdity of government debt
Alternative View By Lance Crossley (Part two of a four-part series examining the monetary system.) One of the unspoken absurdities