Westworld Alberta
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we've got mail Spirit of the Cup Re: "Grey Cup or Bust" (September 2012) Our entire Calgary Grey Cup committee was really pleased with the way Kerry Banks captured the fl avour of Grey Cup. It's an awesome coming together for all Canadians. Our volunteers work hard each year, wherever the Grey Cup is held, hosting events and entertaining at children's hospitals and schools to make sure the wonderful spirit created by our predecessors in 1948 continues. Thank you for letting us all know that it does. –Fletcher Armstrong, Chairman, Calgary Grey Cup Committee, via email Patrol Call Last issue, we asked former school patrollers to visit the AMA School Safety Patrol Facebook page (Facebook. com/AMASchoolSafetyPatrol) and share their memories. Here are a few of the comments we received. I was a school patroller at Edmonton's St. Monica Elementary in Grade 5 and 6. I loved the job and took great pride in making sure my fellow classmates made it home safely. —Helynne Weslowsky I was a patroller at Our Lady of Fatima School, Edmonton, in the late 1950s and early '60s. It was a responsibility that built camaraderie. And the organi- zation continues into the 21st century – quite amazing! —Elaine Anne Merrick Southpark Show 'n' Shine Re: Roadside ("Neon on Whyte," June 2012) I fondly remember going to Southpark Motors, as a 12-year old, with my father to pick up his brand new 1959 Buick in cameo coral. Great memories learning to drive that monster of a vehicle! –Stan Chorney, Cochrane, Alberta Re: Cyclist Counterpoint Re: We've Got Mail, June 2012 It was with some dismay that I read B.R. Harding's complaint about cyclists. We shouldn't be blaming cyclists for riding on sidewalks and pathways: we should be blaming ourselves as motorists for chasing bicycles off the roads. How many of us have parallel-parked and opened our driver's-side door without checking to see if another vehicle (let alone a bicycle!) was coming? In a collision with a motor vehicle moving 50 to 110 km/h, it's going to be the cyclist who is killed or injured. Many motorists seem to feel that the road is theirs and that they shouldn't have to share it with a mere bicycle. Respect goes both ways. –Ed Grant, via email Send your comments to: Letters, Westworld Alberta, Box 8180, Stn. South, Edmonton, AB, T6H 5X9; fax 780- 430-5676; email westworld@ama.ab.ca. Letters may be edited for clarity and brevity. View the digital version of Westworld Alberta online with a computer or mobile device. You'll see all of the stories that appear in print, plus exclusive online content. ama.ab.ca/Westworld I moved to Edmonton from Calgary when I was nine years old. Actually, my parents moved, and they forced me to go with them. In my nine-year-old mind, I'd been abducted. Not that Edmonton was so bad, or that Calgary was so great — except for one thing. Upon leaving, I was forced to abandon the love of my life, Diane Bernard. No one knew this, of course. Least of all Diane. Like all great romances, mine was secret. And tortured. Heartbroken, and powerless to do anything about it, I knew it would be seven years before I could get my driver's licence and return to her. I was doomed to suffer alone and in silence. Then I heard about the School Safety Patrol. This was exactly what I needed! To turn tragic circumstance into noble service. To me, it felt like joining the Foreign Legion, which love's loss had forced all of my heroes to do. I could serve my seven years of isolation in honour and duty. It was perfect. So I donned the uniform, clut ched my paddle like it was the ark of love itself, took my post . . . and waited. □ –Mark Kandborg Editor's Note: Diane, are you out there somewhere? Drop us a line. WESTWORLD >> NOVEMBER 2012 5