Issue #44 | October 29 - November 4

TABLE OF CONTENTSPublications Mail Agreement No. 0040012044 Registration No. 09027 Return undeliverable items to: The Newfoundland Herald, P.O. Box 2015, St. John’s, NL, A1C 5R7 12 14 CROWN & THE CAUSE SUPER SHEERR Miss Teen Newfoundland and Labrador Mackenzie NTV’s Chief Meteorologist Eddie Sheerr gives us Dove aims to give back to her community through the definitive list of all things Halloween, talking volunteer work and more. childhood memories freaky fears and superheroes.20 MARGARET MALANDRUCCOLO PHOTO 22 QUOTE OF THE WEEK 25 40 “I didn’t want a weekend in the COMEDIC STRIPPERS OUR DIVAS music business. I wanted to be the guy who could play concerts for a When comedy and male strippers collide you get For the 13th year, Our Divas Do Christmas returns, lifetime.” — Alan Doyle the Comedic Strippers; a male stripper parody and carrying on a lineage as a festive institution for improv comedy show heading to Newfoundland. Newfoundlanders and Labradorians. 20 INSIDE THIS WEEK CHRIS HIBBS PHOTO 2 FROM THE ARCHIVES 26 A FINE OL’ SCOFF 43 GHOST STORY DALE JARVIS Celebrating our past Play with your food The old house Respected folklorist and creator of The Haunted Hike 3 WAIT TILL I TELLS YA 27 BABY OF THE YEAR 43 HOROSCOPES Dale Jarvis pens his new collection of ghostly tales of The giant pumpkin patch Reader submissions Life according to the stars our island with Haunted Ground. 4 FROM OUR READERS 28 THIS WEEK WITH JIM 45 TV WEEK NOW AVAILABLE Ghost story archives Free to be just like us Your weekly TV guide ONLINE! 6 PEOPLE 29 HEALTH & WELLNESS 46 MUST SEE TV Local and Hollywood celebs Pap test awareness week A rundown of top TV picks! 12 INSPIRATIONAL 30 SPIRIT OF THE SEASON 72 GET PUZZLED! Mackenzie Dove Evolution of Halloween in NL Train your brain 14 COVER STORY 36 CRIME FLASHBACK 75 COMICS Super Sheerr Tragic victim of coincidence The Herald’s funny pages 20 HERALD’S Q&A 39 PURRFECT PETS 78 KIDS’ CORNER Dale Jarvis Reader submissions Activities, art work, puzzles 22 THE WRITING WORLD 40 LOCAL ARTS & MORE 80 LAST LAUGH Alan Doyle Our Divas Do Christmas Tickle your funnybone 25 ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT 42 SOAP TALK The Comic Strippers Daytime’s hottest topics THIS WEEK’S HERALD CONTESTS! 5 GHOSTBUSTING NL 27 BABY OF THE YEAR 71 NTV LUCKY NUMBER WWW.NFLDHERALD.COM 7 WEATHER PHOTO 39 PURRFECT PETS 74 SUPER CASH PUZZLE 10 SURVIVOR CASTAWAY 71 SNAPPY CASH PUZZLE 79 WIN A BOOK DIGITAL VERSION AVAILABLE ONLINE: www.NFLDHERALD.com OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4, 2017/THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD 1

From the Archives Volume 71 No. 44 70 YEARS AGO this week ... THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD. In recognition of over 70 years of The Published by the SUNDAY HERALD LTD., Newfoundland Herald, we delight in giving 460 Logy Bay Road, St. John’s, Newfoundland. readers a glimpse into our colourful past. Tel.: (709) 726-7060, Fax: (709) 726-6971. A new set of drug dealers were discovered in Mail: P.O. Box 2015, St. John’s, NL, A1C 5R7. the city of St. John’s. Peddlers were found selling tablets containing an unknown drug, E-mail: [email protected]. which they were charging $1.00 for three pills. These Entire contents copyright 2017 were said to be more potent than a half glass of straight © The Newfoundland Herald. All rights reserved. rum and resembled an aspirin tablet. After acquiring a tablet and taking it to the Newfoundland Government SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In Newfoundland and Laboratory, The Sunday Herald could not confirm Labrador – 26 issues for $43.94 + HST, 52 issues what exactly the drug was due to an inadequate sample (1 year) for $82.68 + HST. Call 1-800-901-4901. size. The apparent result of the drug is a roughly four hour buzz in which the user would appear to be loaded PUBLISHING CREED drunk on liquor. “If you abuse POWER you lose it, But if you do not use POWER you also lose it.”1947 Publisher: The Sunday Herald Ltd. OCT 26 - NOV.1 G.W. Stirling Founder: G. Scott Stirling Cover Editor: Managing Editor: Pam Pardy-Ghent Staff Writer: Dillon Collins Shannon Cleary10 YEAR OLD WAYLAYS KIDS MAN IN DRAG LURES CHILD Art Director: Graphic Artists: Laurene Slaney, Erin McCarthy A fair-haired young girl, estimated to be A young man roughly 24 years of age Contributing Photographers: Sara Rostotski,about 10 years of age living in the center had been accused of trying to lure children Paul Daly, Bud Gaulton, Aamie Gillamcity area, roughly in the Flower Hill or in the downtown area of St. John’s. More Guy S. Davis,Stephen Street district, has been hold- troubling, he was doing so while dressed as Contributing Writers: ing up younger children for some three a woman. Danette Dooley, Jim Furlong, Gina Gill,months. The girl had been robbing young- Wendy Rose, Sarah Jane Sheppard, Pete Soucyer children as they made their way to the The man was spotted in the Duckworth Danny Bulanadi,grocery store for their parents. Street and Bates Hill areas, trying to lure Contributing Artist: Brad Crocker a young child into a house, though was One such child, age seven, was robbed of thankfully not successful. This was the Sales/Circulation Manager: .50 cents by the girl. Adults were unable to second time the man was sighted, both Gary Oliver: 570-5246find the 10 year old delinquent. times in the same area of town. Sales Representatives: Kara Puddicombe: 570-5248 Megan Murphy: 570-5297 Circulation Coordinator: Roberta Noseworthy Ron Sparkes Chief Financial Officer: Brenda Hussey Credit Manager: Operations: Adele Burton, Linda Grenning, Laura Waterman Mike Greenland Promotion: PUBLICATIONS MAIL AGREEMENT NO. 0040012044 REGISTRATION NO. 09027 RETURN UNDELIVERABLE ITEMS TO: THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD P.O. BOX 2015, ST. JOHN’S, NL, A1C 5R7Starting at just Print & Bonus Digital* Subscription DISTRIBUTORS: St. John’s, Mount Pearl, 570-5246; $14.38 3-month subscription (13 issues) $27.21 HST included Bayden Bown, Burin Peninsula, 279-0269; 6-month subscription (26 issues) $50.53 HST included Wade Morgan, Trinity-Conception, 786-2539; 12-month subscription (52 issues) $95.08 HST included Diane Arnold, Clarenville/Bonavista, Experience The Digital* Only Subscription 677-2702; Newfoundland Herald’s Allan Miles, Grand Falls/Windsor, 535-0290; 3-month subscription (13 issues) $14.38 HST included John Morgan, Placentia, 227-2622; digital editions. 6-month subscription (26 issues) $27.60 HST included Jennie Nurse, Stephenville, 649-3475; 12-month subscription (52 issues) $53.48 HST included Ron Downey, Corner Brook/Deer Lake/ Pas- Anywhere, Anytime! *Digital versions Include: Desktop & Mobile Editions adena, 632-5918; Call1-800-901-4901 Tina Foley, Gander, 256-3853 Order Online (nfldherald.com) or Mail: (Order Form on Page 72) ISDN 0824-3581 We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada. Nous reconnaissons l’appui financir du gouvernement du Canada.2 THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD/OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4, 2017

WAIT TILL I TELLS YA EDITORIAL BY: PAM PARDY-GHENTTHE GIANT PUMPKIN PATCHW hen my husband and I Blair – with Brody as his young side kick – managed to moved to Mississauga get two of the giant pumpkins to grow… from Ottawa, we moved into a home with a back to another church function; not a hair one weighed in at 325 pounds, the otheryard. What a concept! Or at least it was was out of place. She didn’t even need to topped the scaled at 400.for us. Since leaving Newfoundland we change her shoes. I on the other hand,had been apartment dwellers and hadn’t had to be hosed off in the backyard. OUR PUMPKIN PATCHhad pleasure of grass – at least not be-tween our toes at our leisure – in quite Granny appeared pretty much each There’s something special scoopingsome time. time I ventured out in that garden the out and carving pumpkins you’ve grown first few weeks showing me how to weed yourself, but when they are giant pump- When that first spring sprung we de- and tend and care for the things we had kins there’s an ever larger element ofcided to put in a garden. Money we had. growing. We had a beautiful, productive pride involved. The neighbours all hadSense? Not so much, and we blew way garden that year. to have a peek of course and grandma,too much green on way too much green- the one who had shown us everything weery. GROWING GIANTS knew, asked for some of the seeds so she could try her hand at growing some of Still, ‘pack ’er full!’ was my gardening Both hubby and I learned a lot from her own giant pumpkins the followingtheory, and I filled that 30x10 dirt filled our generous neighbour over the years year.garden underneath our pear tree to ca- and our garden kept getting better andpacity. Peppers, peas, celery, lettuce, better. A few years later, with a little boy We continued to grow pumpkins eachtomatoes, cucumbers and corn, in it all now to impress, hubby decided to try his year we lived away, though none everwent. Wherever I could poke a hole I hand at growing giant pumpkins. Using grew as large as the ones we had in 1999.popped a plant. all of grandma’s gained knowledge, and Still, it’s fun to look back at the year some he picked up from books on the when the house to go trick-or-treatingDOING IT THE ‘RIGHT’ WAY topic, Blair – with Brody as his young at was ours, thanks in part to granny side kick – managed to get two of the and her willingness to share her green- A Sicilian couple and the woman’s giant pumpkins to grow out of the doz- thumb skills in the garden that later be-mother lived on one side of us. The ens he planted. And giants they were; came our giant pumpkin patch.grandmother was about 90 years old atthe time we moved in and she had justset her garden a few days before my at-tempt at our own. It was the Sunday of the May 24weekend and Grandma had recentlycome back from church as I placed thelast of my sprouts and walked out of thegarden – coated from stem to stern inground. A chain-link fence separated ourbackyards, and while I never actuallysaw her scale it, I’m still convinced that’show she appeared before me so swift-ly. While she didn’t speak English, shemade her intentions clear, and draggedme by my bikini strap back to the veggieplot. For the next two hours we workedside by side; uprooting what I had plant-ed and doing things the ‘right’ way. The thing I remember most aboutthat encounter was that Granny walkedout of my garden and went right backPam Pardy Ghent, The Herald’s Managing Editor, can be reached by emailing [email protected] VERSION AVAILABLE ONLINE: www.NFLDHERALD.com OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4, 2017/THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD 3

OLDIES FROM OUR READERS for the razor blade I happened to spy a bible which I always kept in my room.THE DEAD MAN WHO The sight of the bible gave me new cour-LEFT HIS EVIL age, and going over I picked it up, and kissing it said, “Lord save me.” As I did BY F.C.B. (PUBLISHED IN 1947) it seemed as if a light wind blew through my room and the cloud that had been there disappeared. Thinking the whole thing over later and learning that the widow’s husband had been a very hard hearted and evil man, I could not help feeling that in some way or other his evil had been in the room with me depressing me and at- tempting to destroy me. I later moved out of the boarding house and have since become happily married and never have I felt depressed in any way, even when trouble seemed overpowering. To this day I am con- vinced that the evil in that house was just as real as the iron I dug from the ground six days a week. THE LABRADOR GHOST SKULLT his story, one of the most start to feel as if all the troubles in the horrible experiences that world were on my shoulders. Try as I has ever happened to me, would I could not shake off this terrible depression and started to contemplate took place a number of years doing away with myself.ago, when Bell Island was just starting to The more I thought of self-destruc- tion the more enthusiastic I became,become an industrial town. and it seemed as if a voice near me keepI came to the island looking for work prodding me on. Quite by chancefrom a small Conception Bay town and one evening I hap-obtained board with a widow wom- pened to mention to my landlady thatan whose husband had died three there seemed as if a dark cloud came intoyears before. After only being my room every so of- ten, and a horrible lookin her house three or four came over her face which she quickly hid and would saydays I could not help but nothing further. About a month later on one un-feel a strange atmosphere, usually depressing evening I got up from my bed and reached for a razor blade,and at night sitting in for some strange thing was prompting me to slash my wrists. Around me amy room on three oc- dark cloud seemed to hang. As I reachedcasions I imagineda thin black cloud BY MR. HOLLOWAY (1947)come into the bed-room and hover over my bed. O ne of the strange ghost sto- ries ever heard, but whichFor no apparent reason I became can be substantiated by avery moody and depressed, although Ihad managed to obtain an excellent job, number of witnesses nowand was saving money. Every evening I living in St. John’s, took place on an iso-would return to my room lighthearted, lated section of the Labrador coast a fewbut after there only a few minutes would years ago.4 THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD/OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4, 2017 *Images are used for reenactment purposes only and might not be historically accurate.

About four feet from the edge of the boat, Roberts lay in aheap. He was dead and on his neck were small imprints,as of a woman’s hand. It appears that a group of fishermen feet could clearly be seen leading fromlanded on the coast from their schooner the shack to the boat. But wait! Therein the early spring. They pulled the dory were two sets of footprints. The otherup on the snow covered beach and went was the footsteps of a woman and sheto the fishing shack to light a fire. One of apparently had been running, for herthe men whom we shall call Roberts, for foot marks were three or four feet apart.that was not his real name, went out in You could almost see that she had justsearch of wood. A few minutes later he about overtaken him, when Roberts’came back with an empty human skull, footsteps broke into a run too, for hewhich he claimed he found lying ontop of a heap of wood. must have seen that he was be- ing followed. In a lighthearted mood and About four feet fromshowing very little reverence the edge of the boat,for the dead, he called the Roberts lay in aother men and jokingly heap. He wasbailed out the boat dead and on hiswith the skull. neck were smallThe men were imprints, as of ahorror struck woman’s hand. Onwhen they saw the new fallen snow itwhat he was do- was possible to see thating, and attempted to the footprints of the wom-make him stop but he re- an had stopped at Roberts’fused and continued bailingthe boat with it. and then continued on onto the boat and there were no The others returned to the shack footprints to show that she hadand Roberts dropped the skull in the returned.boat and returned with them. That night The boat was empty and the skull hadthey all slept in the fishermen’s shack disappeared. Up to this day, fishermenand in the morning discovered that Rob- of the Labrador still discuss Roberts’erts was not with them. Investigating his death and no one can offer a plausibledisappearance, there unfolded the most answer. Did the ghost return to claimamazing set of experiences ever related. its skull? Only the silent waves on that lonely stretch of Labrador can answer Outside a light snow had fallen during that question.the night and the imprints of Roberts’DIGITAL VERSION AVAILABLE ONLINE: www.NFLDHERALD.com OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4, 2017/THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD 5

PEOPLE!PAGE9LOCAL & INTERNATIONAL CELEBRITY NEWS JUSTIN TRUDEAUAHEAD BY A CENTURYGORD DOWNIE 1964-2017 TRAGICALLYHIPC anada is mourning the he lived “the life” for over 30 years, lucky brain cancer in May of 2016. Instead of loss of a cultural icon, as to do most of it with his high school going away quietly, Downie and The Hip Gord Downie, famous buddies. At home, he worked just as would embark on a final Canadian tour, tirelessly at being a good father, son, with a hometown show in Kingston, frontman of The Tragi- brother, husband and friend. No one Ontario broadcasted across the country. worked harder on every part of their lifecally Hip, has succumbed to his battle than Gord. No one.” Tributes and vigils were held for Downie in the wake of his death. In anwith cancer at the age of 53. The family Downie was diagnosed with terminal emotional press conference, Prime Min-released a statement saying “Gord saidhe had lived many lives. As a musician,6 THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD/OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4, 2017

GOV. GEN. DAVID JOHNSTONister Justin Trudeau fought back tears OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4, 2017/THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD 7saying “We are less of a country withoutGord Downie.” A documentary film based on the fi-nal tour, Long Time Running, was orig-inally slated to air nationwide in midNovember, but instead was bumped upto October 20th in the wake of Down-ie’s death. Likewise, Downie’s final soloalbum is scheduled to hit stands on Oc-tober 27th. Downie and The Hip havewon just about every major honour andaccolade possible in their home-countryof Canadian, including an appointmentto the Order of Canada in 2017. He willbe missed beyond measure. DCDIGITAL VERSION AVAILABLE ONLINE: www.NFLDHERALD.com

PEOPLE!JOHN DUNSWORTH FILE PHOTO DC ENTERTAINMENT MIKE FEEHAN JOINS DC DEAD AT 71 N ewfoundland tion series of Hanna-Barbera Trailer Park Boys star John native and classic cartoon Snagglepuss. Dunsworth has passed away at artist/illus-the age of 71 following a brief bat- trator Mike The new series titled Exit:tle with an undisclosed illness. The Feehan is about to make Stage Left: The SnagglepussHalifax, Nova Scotia native was best some waves on an interna- Chronicles, written by Markknown for his role as the bumbling tional scale, handling theand often boozed-up trailer-park artwork for the DC Comic adapta- Russel, re-imagines thesupervisor Jim Lahey on The Trailer character as a gay South-Park Boys. He was also known for ern playwright DChis recurring role in the supernaturaldrama series Haven. He is survivedby his wife and four children. DC O Most A n y t h i n g You Please -A NOVEL TRUDY J MORGAN COLE W W W B R E A K W AT E R B O O K S  C O M8 THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD/OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4, 2017

FILE PHOTOS PEOPLE!RUMRAGGEDTHEKUBASONICS JANET CULL STEVE MALONEY MAMMA MIA!MUSICNL WINNERS CHER JOINS IN!T he 25th anniver- of the year, Janet Cull, named sary of Music- female artist of the year Iconic pop star Cher has been NL featured an and album of the year tapped to join the sequel to the awards show to winner, and The Kubasonics, big screen adap- who walked away with three tation of Mammaremember. Walking away awards. Other big winners Mia! The former were Mick Davis, Rum Ragged, Oscar winner willwith multiple awards were Clare Follett and Town House. DC grace the screen for the first timeSteve Maloney, who earned since 2010 as she joins the likes ofthree awards including Songwriter Meryl Streep, Colin Firth, Pierce Brosnan in the 2018 se- quel to the box office hit. DCDIGITAL VERSION AVAILABLE ONLINE: www.NFLDHERALD.com OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4, 2017/THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD 9

ALEXANDREA ASHLEY BEN WIN COLEDESIREE $500 JESSICA SHOPPING SPREE SIMONE PATRICKJOE KATRINA DEVON ALAN JOHNLAUREN MIKE CHRISSY RYAN ROARK1. Each week until the end of Survivor, The Herald will publish correct answers will qualify for the grand prize draw. 5. The Herald reserves the right to publish the name and the Survivor: Heroes vs. Healers vs. Hustlers Tribe members’ 2. Employees and immediate family members of Stirling Com- photograph of the winner. photos. Circle the person you think will be the Sole Survivor. Choose correctly and you will qualify to win our grand prize. munications International are ineligible to play or win. 6. The ballot will be drawn from all correct ballots and will The winner will be drawn after the conclusion of Survivor. 3. Contest is open to all NL residents 18 years and older. be final and binding. Prize must be accepted as awarded, There will be no substitutions. The prize has no cash value 4. Only original entries or reasonable facsimile (no photo- with no substitutions and has no cash value. and must accepted as awarded. It is also non transferable. All copies) of the full page from The Newfoundland Herald’s 7. This year’s Suvivor Castaway contest grand prize is a Castaway Contest will be accepted and valid. $500 shopping spree.NAME: PHONE: (709)ADDRESS:MAIL YOUR ENTRY TO: The Survivor Castaway Contest, c/o The Newfoundland Herald, P.O. Box 2015, St. John’s, NL, A1C 5R710 THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD/OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4, 2017

SUBMITTED PHOTOS PEOPLE! BRETT BUDGELL DAWSON MERCER ALEX NEWHOOK NLB CANADA PHOTONL REPPED AT WORLD U17 NBL BASKETBALLT hree Newfound- ans as part of the 66 players to THE ST. JOHN’S landers have been represent Canada in the tour- tapped — EDGE — nament. The annu- to join al tournament runs After much speculation, the from November 5-11 NBL CanadaTeam Canada at the has announced in Dawson Creek the name and2017 World Under-17 and Fort St. John, colours of the British Columbia. The 66 team sched-Hockey Challenge. players will then be divided uled to play in into three teams and faceoff St. John’s. TheBrett Budgell from Par- against teams from the United States, team is set to be Russia and more. DC known as the St. John’sadise, Dawson Mercer from Edge, with their regular season home opener scheduled for Decem-Bay Roberts and Alex Ne- ber 1st against Niagara. DCwhook from St. John’s will participatealongside four other Atlantic Canadi-DIGITAL VERSION AVAILABLE ONLINE: www.NFLDHERALD.com OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4, 2017/THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD 11

INSPIRATIONAL PEOPLE SUBMITTED PHOTOSTHE CROWN AND THE CAUSEMiss Newfoundland and Labrador Mackenzie Dove aims to give back. BY ROBERT SHAWNM ackenzie Dove is not your “The Cancer Society has the crown as a way to bring attention to typical 21 year old. Aside been really supportive in a cause that is near to her heart. from the fact that she has helping me ... I’ve been the unique ability to move really lucky to be able to Upon arriving in St. John’s in 2014,her eyes independent of each other, the put the two together.” with aspirations to become a hospitalClarenville native is an incredibly busy pharmacist in the area of chemothera-young woman. Balancing her time be- — Mackenzie Dove py and oncology, Mackenzie began vol-tween school, work, and volunteering, unteering with the Canadian CancerMackenzie also holds the distinction of to help promote and support communi- Society – Newfoundland and Labradorbeing the current Miss Newfoundland ty events is something that inspired her Division, assisting with the planning,and Labrador. decision to apply for the competition. promoting and organization of the So- Since then, she has used the prestige of ciety’s annual Relay for Life fundraiserPRESTIGE OF THE CROWN as Co-Chair. Earlier this year, encouraged and in- IN MEMORY OF...spired by two previous title holders,Mackenzie competed in the 2017 Miss From there, Dove began spendingNewfoundland and Labrador Pageant, time at Daffodil Place, a facility run byeventually impressing the judges and be- the Canadian Cancer Society for thoseing named the winner. who travel in order to seek treatment, and working hands-on with those bat- “Miss Newfoundland and Labrador is tling the disease at the Health Sciencea lot more than just a girl in a crown and Centre. “I volunteer weekly in the Livinga pretty dress.” Dove says of the posi- Room, fitting patients with wigs, tur-tion. “They’re smart. They’re community bans, and breast prosthesis. I help outoriented. They’re role models for women wherever I can.”in our province.” Dove’s devotion and commitment to Mentioning the ability to use Miss the Canadian Cancer Society and theirNewfoundland and Labrador as a way initiatives stems from her intense love12 THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD/OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4, 2017

of family. In 2002, Dove’s grandmother “I volunteer… in the Living the cause.”was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a Room, fitting patients The Canadian Cancer Society’s firstcancer of the plasma cells responsible for with wigs, turbans, and producing antibodies. breast prosthesis.” annual Daffodil Dash is a 5 km run (or 1 km walk) scheduled for November 18th “She was my role model in life. She was — Mackenzie Dove at Bowring Park in St. John’s. Registra-sweet and kind to everyone she’d meet.” tion is currently open to groups and in-Dove recalls. “Her passing in 2010 real- and Miss NL. The Cancer Society has dividuals.ly changed my life and every year at the been really supportive in helping me andRelay for Lie, I do it in memory of her.” wanting me to use the title to help pro- RELAY FOR LIFE mote them. I’ve been really lucky to beATTENTION TO THE CAUSE able to put the two together. It’s been a The St. John’s Relay for Life is a 12 great partnership and I feel like it’s been hour team event scheduled for Jan.27, This tragic event helped push Mack- really helpful in bringing attention to 2018. Teams of 10 or less alternateenzie on a path that would influence her walking laps around the gym at MUN’sdecision to pursue a career that would Physical Education Building, withhelp and benefit those going through games, prizes, activities and live musicsimilar experiences as her grandmother. sprinkled in between. Registration infoToday, she is in the third year of stud- is available at www.cancer.ca/relayfor-ies at Memorial University’s School of life. Last year’s Relay raised a total ofPharmacy. $30,000. Now half-way through her reign as All proceeds raised from both eventsMiss Newfoundland and Labrador, will benefit the Canadian Cancer Soci-Mackenzie shows no sign of slowing ety - Newfoundland and Labrador Di-down anytime soon. In addition to vision, aiding in research, support andsmaller fundraisers, such as selling daf- prevention strategies for those livingfodils, Mackenzie is already booked for with cancer in our province.two big upcoming events for the Cana-dian Cancer Society. For more infoon the Daffodil Dash, visit them on Facebook, on Twitter and Insta- “I’ll be at the Daffodil Dash on Nov. gram at @DaffodilDashNL, and online at18 as a volunteer and as Miss New- http://www.cancer.ca/daffodildashstjfoundland and Labrador, and I’ll beat the next Relay for Life as Co-Chair For more information on the Canadian Cancer Society, visit http://www.cancer.caDo you know an inspirational person we should profile? Email: [email protected] VERSION AVAILABLE ONLINE: www.NFLDHERALD.com OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4/THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD 13

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! TMNT TALK “I was really into Halloween until I was like 13-14. I’d always wear cos- tumes. I remember my first Halloween costume I was little and I loved the Ninja Turtles. Loved them. That was my car- toon I loved to watch as a kid. I wanted to be, so badly, a Ninja Turtle for Halloween. I told my mom this, and instead of getting me a Ninja Turtle cos- tume she just got me a turtle costume. I went out as a turtle. My brother now calls me turtle because I’m just slowly paced in general and life.” EDDIE SHEERR SHEERR POWERS — HALLOWEEN HEROES — “It’d be great to be ale to do that (con- NTV’s Chief Meteorologist Eddie Sheerr gives us the defin- trol the weather). If I could really con- itive list of all things Halloween. From memorable moments trol the weather I’d be very wealthy. If I and life-long fears, to super powers and an unmatched could have one super power what would sweet tooth, no ghostly corner is left unturned. it be? I would probably like teleporta- tion. I’m always driving to go home, far14 THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD/OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4, 2017 from family. If I could just snap my fin- gers and hang out with my niece in the blink of an eye or here or wherever, that would be a good thing to have.”

SHEERR SCARETHE ULTIMATE HERO: IRON MAN “Iron Man. Robert Downey be. He’s a phenomenal ac- HALLOWEEN FLIXJr.’s Iron Man. I don’t know if tor and he plays that partRobert Downey Jr. is like Tony to a T. All of the Iron Man “As I’ve gotten older horror mov-Stark in real life, but he plays movies are phenomenal, but ies kind of freak me out, but whenit that you think that he could I liked the first one the best.” I was younger I re- ally liked watchingCANDY CORN CRUSH Scream and I Know What You Did Last “Candy corn, I love candy corn. My Summer. Scream iswife hates candy corn. I don’t know (why always a good one toI like it), it’s sugary and delicious. I could watch on Hallow-eat it all day. My wife despises it. I want- een – that movie ised it at our wedding and she wouldn’t al-low it. I’ve got a sweet tooth like some- freaky. I was scared to be alonething fierce for that. I’ve loved candy in my own house for a longcorn as long as I can remember.” time when I was a kid after watching Scream.” BIGGEST FEAR “I have an irrational fear of mascots. Somebody dresses up in a costume, like Buddy the Puffin or even Mick- ey Mouse, Captain Newfoundland. I know I could know the person inside the costume, but it just makes me very uneasy and I don’t know why. That goes back to childhood.”DIGITAL VERSION AVAILABLE ONLINE: www.NFLDHERALD.com OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4, 2017/THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD 15

ST. JOHN’S, OCTOBER 30TH RARE OCTOBER SNOW SQUALLS HAVE SAVAGELY ROCKED NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR FOR DAYS. THE BATTERY. CONNIE DUFFFETT PHOTO APOLOGIES FOLKS. These massive storms have taken all of us here at NTV by surprise. However, ON THE ‘COOL’ SIDE ... this is the largest single snowfall in recorded history!INSIDE NTV STUDIOS: I DON’T UNDERSTAND. ALL THIS FANCY EQUIPMENT IS SAYING IT SHOULD BE WARM.BURNING THE MIDNIGHT OIL ... I AM CAPTAIN NEWFOUNDLAND. THESE STORMS ARE BEYOND YOUR SCIENCE -NTV’S CHIEF METEOROLOGIST TRACKS THE ORIGIN OF THE WORK OF AN ANCIENT CELESTIAL.THE MYSTERIOUS STORMS THREATENING HALLOWEEN.16 THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD/OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4, 2017

QUIT MESSING AROUND DONNIE, Knows now Captain Newfoundland wants to chat with a mainlander. YOU ARE PHYSICALLY ALONE, MR. SHEERR BUT AS YOU OPEN YOUR MIND, YOU’RE NOT ALONE ON THIS PLANE OF EXISTENCE. THIS IS NOT HELPING DECKER, HALLOWEEN IS TOMORROW AND MY FORECAST IS GOING TO UPSET A LOT OF KIDS.THE ABNORMAL STORM SURGE IS THE RESULT OF A MISCHIEVOUS CELESTIAL USING DIMENSIONAL WEATHER MANIPULATION. I KNOW WEATHER AND THAT’S NOT POSSIBLE. POSSIBLELET ME SHOW YOUDIGITAL VERSION AVAILABLE ONLINE: www.NFLDHERALD.com OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4, 2017/THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD 17

PART II: LEGO MY EDDIE!AFTER BEING TRANSFORMED INTO A PLASTIC LEGO, EDDIE FINALLY ACCEPTS CAPTAIN NEWFOUNDLAND IS LEGIT. LOL, MY BAD. What were you APPARENTLY saying about DIMENSIONAL THE FORECAST WEATHER MANIPULATION? IS CALLING FOR EACH YEAR THE WHITE WIZARD, AWESOME ABs AKA OL’ MAN WINTER, DELIVERS WEATHER WARNINGS. THE STORMS ARE A FORM OF POUTING AS NO ONE HEEDED HIS *DOGBERRIES WARNING.* NL FOLKLORE: WINTER-WISE PLENTIFUL DOGBERRIES ARE A SIGN OF A HARD WINTER AHEAD. PUT ON THIS ANCIENT VIKING MOOD RING. IT AMPLIFIES AN INDIVIDUAL’S TRUE SELF. IT WILL HELP IN YOUR QUEST TO BALANCE MOTHER NATURE.18 THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD/OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4, 2017

SUPER SHEERR CLEARS THE ATMOSPHERE AS IF SUPER SHEERR KNOWS THIS IS ONLYORCHESTRATING A SYMPHONY AND USES THE A TEMPORARY FIX. OL’ MAN WINTERPOWER OF THE SUN TO MELT THE SNOWFALL. STILL WANTS HIS RECOGNITION. RENEWS, NL. MARY DUNNE PHOTO DOGBERRIES, WHO WOULD HAVE UTILIZING NTV’S EVENING NEWSHOUR GUESSED? BUT NOW HOW CAN I EDDIE SHEERR GOT THE WORD OUT. SPREAD THE DOGBERRY WORD?BACK AT NTV STUDIOS DOGBERRIES ARE WARNING US WELL PLAYED DOGBERRIES ARE PARTICULARLYOF A SNOWY OL’ WINTER AHEAD. WEATHERMAN THICK TOWARDS MARBLE MOUNTAINOCTOBER 31ST — LIFE ON THE WOW THAT GUYROCK RETURNS TO NORMAL. HAS A SUPEREDDIE’S PHONE COMES TO LIFE. DUPER COSTUME! GREAT JOB THE END ... OR IS IT? SUPER SHEERR! OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4, 2017/THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD 19 THANKS CAPTAIN ... Could I ask one favour?DIGITAL VERSION AVAILABLE ONLINE: www.NFLDHERALD.com

QUESTIONS & ANSWERS BY DILLON COLLINS SUBMITTED PHOTO “It’s a book that will appeal to lovers of ghostDALE JARVIS stories, but also to people who are curious aboutFolklorist, author and notable face for the paranormal in local history...” — Dale JarvisNewfoundland and Labrador, Dale Jarvis discusses his latest I’ve been collecting Newfoundland and Labrador ghost stories for over 20 years.look into the province’s dark corners, Haunted Ground. Some of those have gone into previous ghost story collections I’ve written, orK nown to the masses as the cre- of that. We have a great tradition of folk have ended up being part of one of my ator of the St. John’s Haunted beliefs here in the province, and there are ghost tours or storytelling shows. Hike, author and folklorist a lot of great stories waiting to be found and shared. Our oral traditions, and the Sometimes I’ll hear a fragment of a sto- Dale Jarvis discusses his lat- stories that link us to specific locations, ry, and hold onto it for safekeeping until I remain very strong today. Our history have time set aside to do proper research.est collection of spine-tingling tales of and our geography have helped with that Some of the stories from this book were sense of being from a special (and often like that — little pieces of stories thatNewfoundland and Labrador, Haunted haunted) place. needed more digging. I hear stories oral-Ground, in our latest Q&A. ly, on social media, or find references to Q Take me through your piecing to- intriguing tales in old newspaper clip-Q Why does Newfoundland and gether of Haunted Ground, where pings or archival accounts, and then poke Labrador consistently seem to be did you begin and how did you go about around a bit more in the historical mate-to be such a rich place for folklore, ur- accumulating stories, either historical rial until I find more details.ban legends and the paranormal? It or urban legend? I’d imagine you’ve hadseems every nook and cranny of this many of these at your disposal for years. Q In the extent of your research,place has a story to tell. were there any stories that came to you you were previously unaware of? Newfoundlanders love to tell stories, Any hidden gems that demand a look?and ghost stories have always been a part I love when I come across a story that I’ve never heard before, but which are well-known in their home communities. One example is the story of Red Eyes from Glovertown, a creepy local legend20 THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD/OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4, 2017

CHRIS HIBBS PHOTOS “I walked people through the research and the back- ground of the stories that have gone into the Hike over the past 20 years...” — Dale Jarvis on the St. John’s Haunted Hike.that I’d never heard before. A woman few steps, and vanished before their eyes. Ancient people thought this was the timewho grew up in Glovertown told me that of year when spirits could pass through,story, but she did not know a lot of the de- Q Speaking of Haunted Hike, I un- from one side to the other. It was thetails. When I started to ask questions, it derstand there is congratula- Celtic pagan festival of Samhain, a cele-unleashed a little avalanche of tales, and I tions to be had. Twenty years is quite bration of the end of the harvest season,found out that there were many different the milestone. Are there any special and Halloween also marks the day beforelocal variations of the Red Eyes legends. plans for this particular season of The the feast of All Saints Day where peopleIt’s about an abandoned mill in Glover- Haunted Hike, given that it is such a would honour the saints and pray fortown, which stands to this day, and which big anniversary? spirits who hadn’t yet reached heaven. Itis said to be haunted by the ghost of a 2017 marked the 20th anniversary of is a holiday with a rich history. It’s alsoman who died during the early days of its the St. John’s Haunted Hike, and at the the time of year when the nights get lon-construction, his red eyes still shining in start of the season, I ran a special behind- ger and colder, which is perfect for gettingthe shadows. the-scenes tour exploring the history together to share stories that make you of the Hike since 1997. I walked people shiver. I don’t know if people believe in theQ Were there any stories or legends through the research and the background old stories as much as they once did, but or familiar favourites of yours of the stories that have gone into the Hike lots of people absolutely love Hallowe’en.you knew you had to include in the over the past twenty years, talked about I think it is great to have a time of year, inbook? Perhaps even some patrons of the stories which have been changed or re- the midst of our modern lives, where weHaunted Hike are familiar with? placed, and answered questions about can still celebrate mystery and magic. local folklore, paranormal activity, and For the past several years, I’ve been supernatural belief. It was a fun way to Q What would you say to readersrunning the Ghosts of Signal Hill pro- share some of my own personal history, and observers interested in thegram with Parks Canada, and so I knew and give fans something special. I had a darker side of Newfoundlands historyI wanted to include a Signal Hill ghost great turnout for that, so if there was a de- and lore that may be interested in pick-story. Thousands of people visit the Hill mand, it might be something I do again! ing up Haunted Ground?every year, and many of them don’t knowmuch about its haunted history. Q Being in the throws of the Hal- I’ve really tried with this book to ex- loween season presently, do you plore the history and folklore behind One of the stories I included in the personally feel this is a particularly rich some of our local legends, so it is a bookbook is about a couple who were driving time of year for the paranormal on the that will appeal to lovers of ghost stories,down the hill, and who were surprised to island? Or is that just a load of hokum. but also to people who are just curioussee, in front of their car and in the middle about local history and traditions. Youof the road, a man barely visible through According to tradition, Hallowe’en is can be a true believer or skeptic, and stillthe fog. He was wearing a long, dark grey the time of year when the veil between find something fascinating in the storiescoat and a salt and pepper-style cap. He this world and the next is at its thinnest. I’ve pulled together.turned to face the side of the road, took aDIGITAL VERSION AVAILABLE ONLINE: www.NFLDHERALD.com OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4, 2017/THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD 21

THE WRITING WORLD BY DILLON COLLINS “It really tells the story of my first trip across the country, having grown up in a place that wasn’t sure what country it was in.” — Alan DoyleALAN DOYLE make sure there is enough time for all of the different things, most notably beingAdopting a dual role as author and musician, Alan Doyle a dad and a husband and a son,” Doylereleases his newest album A Week at the Warehouse and says during a month in which he willsecond published work A Newfoundlander in Canada simultaneously release a new book and album. “I don’t take it for granted that itF rom the boy on the bridge man turned solo success story. There’s will look after itself. I put on my calen- to the travelling trouba- choice in which career path to take on – dar ‘daddy time,’ ‘go see mom,’ and when dour, the life and career of frontman, actor, author, philanthropist that’s on the calendar and someone and business owner. All of these things calls me for a gig I’ll say I can’t. I need Alan Doyle has been one require a keen hand and the patience to to schedule that stuff or it won’t sched- balance dozens of spinning plates. ule itself. The balance of it is the hardestfilled with choice. The idea of choice, thing. I’m grateful for time whenever it “It’s the hardest thing I do, balance is comes.”the necessity and the ability to control the hardest thing in my life and trying to Doyle jokes that he wishes “every job Iit have dictated the latter part of the ca- took didn’t start with an airplane.” True, his time abroad cuts into family-life andreer of the fabled Great Big Sea front- leisure, without question, but it is also those critical early touring years that serve as the backbone for his second for- ay into the literary world A Newfound- lander in Canada. NAIVE CANADIAN “It really tells the story of my first trip across the country, having grown up in a place that wasn’t sure what country it was in,” Doyle says. “Apparently, I was born a Canadian, but I didn’t know any- thing about Canada. It might as well22 THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD/OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4, 2017

SHEHAB ILLYAS PHOTO“It came to my mind that I wanted to do the record likethe live concert was – I wanted Cory singing on it andKendel singing on it, I wanted that rhythm section andfor it to sound like a concert with our band.” — Alan Doylehave been Malta. I saw it on TV every differently, and make me realize stuff Canadian music icon Jann Arden tonow and then and my favourite hockey that I thought was unique to here actu- recruit legendary producer Bob Rock,team was from there, but that’s really all ally isn’t and stuff that I had no idea that whose credits include the likes of Mot-I knew about it. I didn’t know what the was really unique to here actually is. Any ley Crue, Cher, The Tragically Hip andprairies looked like, didn’t know what expectations I had about certain places Metallica. At the behest of Arden, Rockkind of people lived in Saskatchewan, were usually wrong. Everything from ge- visited Doyle and The Beautiful Gypsiesor what a mountain looked like or what ography to music to people was all this at a concert in British Columbia and wasthe Pacific Ocean looked like. I certainly great discovery and a journey just to see so blown away by the band and their ra-hadn’t been to a big city or had any idea what Canada looks like.” diating chemistry he agreed to producewhat a skyscraper looked like. Even as a the record. The raw and back-to-basicsteenager and really until Great Big Sea Nothing if not adaptable, Doyle read- A Week at the Warehouse was born.started I had never been to Canada.” ies for his sophomore literary offering just days after the release of his latest “The So Let’s Go record was very much In recollecting the band’s first tour in solo album, A Week at the Warehouse. a pop way to make music with song-the fall of 1993, Doyle confirms that pre- writers who are also producers, with aconceived notions he had of what Cana- RECRUITING BOB ROCK computer and a bunch of virtual instru-da was, and wasn’t, fell by the wayside. ments. You and him or her probably put “It came to my mind that I wanted to the whole thing together as you’re writ- “I wanted to give people the notion of do the record like the live concert was ing it and it’s done. It’s all sort of live andwhat it was like, what Canada looked like – I wanted Cory singing on it and Ken-from a guy at the edge of it, from a very, del singing on it, I wanted that rhythmtiny specific, isolated place and what the section and for it to sound like a concertcountry looked like out the van window,” with our band,” Doyle says. “I startedhe recalls. “As we make our way across thinking about the A-list producers leftthe country I sort of explain the differ- in the world who record music that way.ent things, how travelling across Canada It’s very thin, not many guys still do it.”made me think about Newfoundland Doyle enlisted the help of friend andDIGITAL VERSION AVAILABLE ONLINE: www.NFLDHERALD.com OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4, 2017/THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD 23

MARGARET MALANDRUCCOLO PHOTO and move to Spain on the money, I didn’t want to have concerts so big that I didn’t“I didn’t want a weekend in the music business, I wanted have to play anymore concerts. I want toto be the guy who could play concerts for a lifetime.”— AD play concerts and make records.virtual instruments all mixed together, family, that pre-mentioned ability for STILL IN THE GAMEwhere as this one was totally old school” choice. He’s got it made, as our saltyDoyle says. “Get a band, put it together, adage goes, a reality he never takes for “I would love for the next year and alearn the songs and rehearse them, go granted. half for there to be visible momentumin put up mics and try to capture a live and for it to keep growing. It’s amaz-performance of them from beginning to “As a kid I only had one goal. I wanted ing that it’s still growing. 2018 will beend. That energy and excitement is in ev- to have a lifetime in the music business, my 25th year as an exclusively profes-ery song. It’s so cool.” that’s all I wanted,” Doyle explains.“I sional musician. As my buddy Hawk- didn’t want a weekend in the music busi- sley Workmen says ‘you still have heat It would seem that, for Alan Doyle, ness, I wanted to be the guy who could around you.’ I was never sure what thatthere’s plenty to be optimistic about play concerts for a lifetime. I didn’t want meant, but that’s what he said. To stillthese days. A flourishing career, loving to have the biggest single in the world be in the game at all is a blessing. I’d just love for it to constantly grow a little bit so there is somewhere else that will have us the next week that didn’t have us the week before. Hopefully whoever had us last week when we show up there in a couple of years they’ll have us back with just as many or maybe a few more. Mo- mentum is the most intoxicating thing in the entertainment business. To feel like whatever you’re doing is growing or moving a tiny bit quicker than it used to. That’s pretty awesome.” A Week at the Warehouse is available digitally and in physical formats now. A Newfoundlander in Canada is available wherever local books are sold.24 THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD/OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4, 2017

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENTTHEY’RE SEXY & THEY KNOW IT!When comedy and male strippers collide, you get The Comedic Strippers; a male stripperparody and improv comedy show coming to a NL town near you. BY PAM PARDY-GHENTI t couldn’t be helped. When TOUR SCHEDULE: die hard and we just can’t stop doing our Comedic Stripper Chip (alter ‘special’ moves.” ego, Roman Danylo) picked Oct. 25 - Corner Brook up the phone, this writer Arts & Culture Centre Danylo is excited to be coming to thisasked what he was wearing. “Cords, actu- Box Office: 709-637-2580 province for a series of performances. Inally,” he replied with a laugh. fact one of their first tours took them to Danylo, a stand-up comedian who has Oct. 26 - Grand Falls-Windsor Arts enthusiastic audiences in Corner Brookappeared on Just For Laughs and The De- & Culture Centre and Gander. “We are so glad to be com-baters, has been doing this show for about Box Office: 709-292-4518 ing back, we’ve been trying to make itfour years. Along with partners in crime work for a while.”Ken Lawson, Chris Casillan and Michael Oct. 27 - Gander Arts & CultureTeigen, Danylo, says they’ve just “been Centre - Box Office: 709-256-1081 ‘COMEDY BODIES’working in comedy for far too long.” Oct. 28 - St. John’s Arts & Culture There are a few things to keep inFUN & GOOFY Centre - Box Office: 709-729- mind. ‘‘We want to make sure everyone 3900 or 800-663-9449 knows this is a parody of male strippers, Danylo‘s wife was actually the brain they will not see any horrible things likechild behind the group. “My wife went The concept worked. “I thought, let’s guys in thongs and guys can feel welcometo male strippers and she came back and play fake male stripper characters that to come to our show as well because wesaid the place was packed and everyone have been perhaps doing that job for far always say we feel we have what we callwas going crazy. I thought, we have tor- too long and are now demanding more comedy bodies and our comedy bodiessos. We can do that. And it occurred to respect in their lives by doing an imrpov make them look good, so it’s in their bestme that this was a particular genre of comedy show. interest to come, we feel.”entertainment that everyone knew aboutbut no one has really parodied in a full “What happens, it’s kind of like a shirt- Don’t forget to stick around after thescale show level, and it seems to be a per- less Whose Line Is It Anyway with ridicu- show for your picture with the shirtlessfect match of energies; the fun, the party lous dancing in between because whenev- b’ys. “We love meeting with the audience.aspect of a show like that and the goofy, er the music comes on it’s like old habits It’s the best part of the show. Besides thefun aspect of an improv comedy show.” fact that we get to make people laugh.” For more info, pics and comedy clips, visit www. shantero.com or www.thecomicstrippers.com.DIGITAL VERSION AVAILABLE ONLINE: www.NFLDHERALD.com OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4, 2017/THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD 25

FINE OL’ SCOFF PAM PARDY GHENT [email protected] AHEAD! PLAY WITH YOUR FOODH alloween is all about fun, so A fun website called Fun Made De- guaranteed. From mummy munchies to why not let your mealtimes licious offered up these two fun-with- finger-like finger foods, I hope you have get in on the action, or at least the-kiddies recipes that won’t take a an amazing – and incredibly food-fun – snack time! lot of time but will lead to huge smiles, Halloween!MINI MUMMY COOKIE POPS WITCHES FINGERS • 1 pouch Betty • 1/2 cup vanilla frosting Crocker or other • 1/2 teaspoon neon green gel food sugar cookie mix colour • Butter and egg called • 36 Bugles™ original corn snacks for on cookie mix • 9 red sugar-coated gumdrops pouch Line large cookie sheet with cooking • 1 cup creamy peanut parchment paper. Microwave frosting butter uncovered on High 10 to 15 seconds or until melted and smooth. Stir in food • 1 package (20 oz/568 colour until frosting is evenly coloured. g) vanilla-flavoured One at a time, using fork, dip snacks candy coating (al- into frosting to coat completely; allow mond bark) excess frosting to drip off. Place dipped snacks on cookie sheet in single layer. • 72 candy eyeballs If necessary, reheat frosting 5 seconds • 48 (4-6 inch long) at a time as needed for dipping con- sistency. Cut gumdrops into quarters paper lollipop sticks into 36 fingernail shapes. Place one on tapered edge of each dipped snack, cut Heat oven to 350°F. Make cook- Melt almond bark as directed on side down. Let stand at about 4 hoursie dough as directed on cookie mix package in 2-cup glass measuring cup or until frosting is set.pouch. Roll level teaspoons of dough or microwavable bowl. Carefully dipbetween hands to form balls. Place each cookie sandwich into melted al-balls 1 inch apart on ungreased cookie mond bark to coat completely. Coolsheets. Press paper lollipop stick into completely on waxed paper, about 20half the cookies. Bake 8 to 10 min- minutes. Place remaining melted al-utes or until edges are golden brown. mond bark in resealable plastic foodCool on cookie sheets 5 minutes; cool storage bag. Cut off one small cor-completely on cooling rack, about 30 ner. Drizzle melted almond bark overminutes. Spread 1 teaspoon peanut cookie sandwiches to look like mum-butter on cookies with lollipop sticks; my bandages. Press 2 candy eyeballstop with remaining cookies to make into each of the cookies. Cool com-sandwiches. pletely, about 1 hour.26 THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD/OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4, 2017

ENTER ONLINE AT NFLDHERALD.COM BABY OF THE YEAR CONTEST BABY GIRL OF THE WEEK BABY BOY OF THE WEEKAMELIA NOSEWORTHY PARKER FOLLETTParents: Angela and Michael Noseworthy, St. John’s Parents: Roseanne and Ryan Follett, BurinCONTEST RULES AND REGULATIONS: HONOURABLE MENTIONSEnter by mail to Baby of the Year, c/o The of The Newfoundland Herald and its affili- MIA FELTHAM COLE NEARYNewfoundland Herald, P.O. Box 2015, St. ated companies are not eligible to enter.John’s, NL A1C 5R7; online at nfldherald. • You may enter as often as you wish, though Grand Falls-Windsor Paradisecom; or email [email protected]. Please once your child is chosen as our weeklyinclude baby’s name, parents’ names, date of winner, they aren’t eligible to win again.birth, hometown and contact information. • Photos must be at least 200 dpi, be clearTwo babies will qualify every week. Our Baby and unobstructed (the less accessories theof the Year will be chosen from all weekly better). No photos will be returned. Con-qualifiers. The overall winner will appear on test ends Oct. 31, 2017.the cover of the first issue of The Newfound- • If family members other than parents sendland Herald in 2018. entry, you must include a permission slip• Babies must be under the age of two by from parents or guardians. • At the end of the contest, vote for your fa- Dec. 31, 2017 (born in 2016 or 2017). vourite qualifier by logging onto the web-• Babies must reside in NL. site nfldherald.com.• Employees and immediate family membersSWEET LITTLE PUMPKIN: Liam, son of Jaime A THOUSAND SMILESFillier and Michael Hogan, Conception Bay South. Send in your child’s candid moments and share your family’s happiest moments with our readers. A Thousand Smiles, c/o The Newfoundland Herald, P.O. Box 2015, St. John’s, NL A1C 5R7 or email [email protected] VERSION AVAILABLE ONLINE: www.NFLDHERALD.com OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4, 2017/THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD 27

THIS WEEK WITH NTV’S JIM FURLONGFREE TO BE JUST LIKE UST he problem with small “l” What does freedom of speech mean if the only people al- liberals is that you are free lowed to have it are people with similar views as our own? to be anything in the world you want … except … a right so within the limits of the law. president that opened the doors to Chi-wing conservative. The left wing won’t The whole idea of intolerance from the na but you have to just talk about Wa-let you do that. We saw that AGAIN tergate and call him “Tricky Dick.” Pres-this week in the United States when a left shows up in what is still the “abor- ident Ronald Reagan you will rememberstate of emergency was declared because tion debate.” We understand that abor- was the one that helped along the disin-ultra-right wing nationalist Richard tion on demand is essentially the law of tegration of the Soviet Union but on theSpencer (certainly a piece of work) was the land but is there room for people left you have to remember him for thescheduled to speak. The result was ap- who oppose abortion to hold that posi- “star wars” defence initiative and refer toprehended violence. tion without being called “hateful mi- him as President Ray-Gun. sogynists?”FREEDOM OF SPEECH NOT TRYING TO CONVERT Can I be a supporter of Donald Now all of this came up on my ra- Trump? Is that permitted in your uni- Now I am “of the left.” But I under-dar again because of those posters on verse of the left or do I have to be in lock stand that my role isn’t to convert theMUN’s campus that I wrote about last step with CNN and ABC and NBC and world. I believe in democracy but I don’tweek. They were ones warning us that the rest of the media. Am I allowed to believe it’s the only form of governmentinternational Islam was out to take over hold the opinion that the liberal-arts ed- that works. I also understand that mythe world. By way of explanation and in- ucation that most journalists have come beliefs are just that; I’m not trying totroduction a good friend of mine said to through provides a natural bias in the make them YOUR beliefs or argue thatme he was surprised that in my column world of news? Richard Nixon might they are some form of absolute truth.about the polls of opinion into which the have been a good president. He was theworld was dividing I had referenced thecontent of the posters, but not offered anopinion on whether the MUN postersshould be allowed at all. The answer, for the record, is that ofcourse they should. What does free-dom of speech mean if the only peopleallowed to have it are people with similarviews as our own? There is the real dan-ger. Just because I totally reject the ideasput forth on the MUN posters I certain-ly think those posting have a right to doNTV’s Jim Furlong can be reached by emailing: [email protected] THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD/OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4 , 2017

SAVING BY PAM PARDY-GHENT HEALTH & WELLNESSLIVESPap Test Awareness Week isOctober 22 to 28. A regularPap test can save your life!R outine Pap testing saves lives, and this year’s campaign is targeting seniors or women 50+ because when you look women for cervical abnormalities. The protect you, sex is the biggest risk factor. CSI (Cervical Screening Initiatives Pro- This fall the CSI has reached out toat statistics and trends it shows that gram) is adapting to these trends and are trying to raise awareness to older women all of the 50+ groups across the provincewomen in this age group are at increased about the increase risk of cervical cancer. with a letter campaign and have attended Touching on life style changes as they the 50+(seniors) conference in Centralrisk of cancer. age, the focus is on this fact; age does not NL in September. Those involved rec- ognize there are many barriers to PapINCREASING THE RISK FAST FACTS screening. Main reasons women report for not having a Pap test are due to a lack There are several reasons for this in- • Routine Pap testing recommend- of female providers and because theycluding the fact that screening rates for ed every three years. Women should have no access to a Pap clinic. The CSIthis age group tend to fall off. For some start Pap testing at age 21 and have a has been very innovative and proactive inreason, as women age, they tend to have Pap test once a year for three years in a trying to overcome some of these barriers.less Pap testing. Plus, women over 50 into row. If all results are normal, then Pap70 have more chance of developing cervi- testing continues every three years. SUCCESSFUL INITIATIVEScal cancer mainly because as cervical can- • In Newfoundland and Labrador,cer usually takes many years to develop, only three out of five women have had In 2016 screening rates identified Ste-as women age they are at increased risk. a Pap test in the last 3 years. To reduce phenville/Bay St. George as a priority your risk you must be screened. area for Pap testing. Dr. Kim Gunson Mortality goes up with age, and wom- • Pap tests are provided by your fam- partnered with the CSI Program to offeren who show with advanced stage disease ily physician or regular health care Open Pap test clinics to any women intend to have not been well screened or provider. There are over 70 open pap the area. Over six months, 286 womenscreened in the past 3-10 years. Along clinics in the province that will see any attended the monthly Saturday clinic inwith these trends is a new and upcoming woman for a pap test. Stephenville.risk factor which is putting more aging • Routine screening can find cellwomen at risk for HPV. Many senior changes early, when the changes are In reviewing those who attended, awomen are living much longer and active treatable and cancer can be prevented. significant percentage (57 per cent) werelives and have, through death or divorce, from the under screened and unscreenedfound themselves in new dating and sex- population, 15 per cent were unscreenedual relationships. These relationships or never screened and 42 per cent werehave put many women into contact with under screened while 43 per cent of wom-a highly sexually transmitted virus called en were in the routine screening interval.the human papilloma virus. This virus isvery common and the majority of all sex- The women were very positive in theirually active people have come in contact remarks to the clinic staff. Through greatwith the virus at some point in their life- partnerships and the coordination andtime. sharing of space and services this was a successful initiative. All sexually active women are at riskwhich is why medical health profession- To learn more or to host an informa-als discuss risk factors with young adults tion session with your group or communi-and encourage the HPV vaccine. The new ty, please contact the Provincial Cervicaltrends in sexually active older women has Screening Program at 1.866.643.8719.shown a new spike in statistics in olderDIGITAL VERSION AVAILABLE ONLINE: www.NFLDHERALD.com OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4, 2017/THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD 29

SPIRIT OF THE SEASON A MONSTER WOLFFISH PEERS FROM ITS DEN ON THE BONNE BAY #FJORD IN NEWFOUNDLAND. Halloween was thought to be the most favorable time for divinations con- cerning marriage, luck, health and death. PHOTO BY @DAVIDDOUBILET their homes on this day, and the autumn festival acquired sinister significance,NEWFOUNDLANDTHE EVOLUTION OF HALLOWEEN IN with ghosts, witches, hobgoblins, blackDEJA BOO! With Halloween around the corner, staff here cats, fairies and demons of all kids saidat The Herald have been digging through our extensive to be roaming about. It was the time toarchives and found these spooky gems placate the supernatural powers con- trolling the process of nature. Hallow-BY NISH COLLINS (ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED NOV. 5, 1988) een was thought to be the most favorable time for divinations concerning mar-H alloween has changed a bit Nations Children’s Fund. riage, luck, health and death. It was the over the years ... Hallow- In ancient Britain and Ireland, the only day on which the help of the devil een, in medieval times, was was invoked for such purposes. Celtic Festival of Samhain was observed All Hallows Eve, a holy or on October 31, at the end of summer. ALL HALLOWS EVE This date was also the eve of the newhallowed evening observed on October year in both Celtic and Anglo-Saxon The pagan observances influenced the times and was the occasion for one of the Christian festival of All Hallows Eve.31, the eve of All Saints Day. Gradually, Halloween became a secu- ancient fire festivals when huge lar observance, and many customs andToday it is the occasion for pranks, or bonfires were set on hilltops to practices developed. frighten away evil spirits.children requesting treats In Scotland young people assembled The date was connected for games to ascertain which of themor threatening tricks. with the return of herds would marry during the year and in from pasture, and laws and what order the marriages would occur.CHILDREN’S FUND land tenures were renewed. Many Halloween customs have become games played by children. Since 1965, UNICEF The souls of the deadhas attempted to incorpo- were supposed to revisit Immigrants to the United States, par-rate into the Halloween ticularly the Irish, introduced secularobservance the collection Halloween customs that became popu-of money for the United lar in the late 19th century. Mischief-making on this occasion by boys and young men included turning over outhouses and sheds, breaking win-30 THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD/OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4, 2017

DIY HALLOWEEN HALLOWEEN HAUNTED HIKE 2017 PHOTO hoodlums who would spoil their fun by THEDESIGNDAREDEVIL.COM taking goodies they had collected ...dows, and sometimes damage to proper- BLOOD-STAINED TOWELty became quite severe. One of the nice aspects of Halloween is the activity it brings to children. They You just have to be willing to Trick or treating has now trickled do cut-outs, draw and colour, decorate ruin one of your nice fluffydown to kids on a house to house can- the windows of their home, and some white towels, but the effect will bedy campaign. The tricking has been worth it. —marthastewart.comreversed in some cases, with adults help mom and dad to scoop out aputting sharp objects or some form of pumpkin and create some PROJECTQUEEN.ORGdope in candies or apples. As kind of weird face.we said when we started off, The jack-o-lantern idea DEADLY DECOR BUDDYHalloween has changed a is probably derived frombit over the years. that or a night watchman Black Candles in a Bed of years ago. In Scotland, a Candy Corns. ‘Eddie Special.’STRESSING SAFETY turnip was used, but the native pumpkin was substi- Kids or their parents go toa lot of trouble to dress them tuted in the U.S., and of course Canada.up these days. Traffic is increasing and Let’s hope that this Halloween was asmaller ones are accompanied by olderbrothers and sisters or moms and dads fun-filled and harmless one for all ourin the event they forfeit caution to exu- children. It’s a great time for masqueradeberance, and also to protect them from parties for the young at heart.DIGITAL VERSION AVAILABLE ONLINE: www.NFLDHERALD.com OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4, 2017/THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD 31

SPIRIT OF THE SEASON I noticed that he was just an ordi- nary looking man dressed in a dark suit, minus overcoat, cap or mitts. He was standing erect, hands pressed tight to his sides like a soldier at attention. In a matter of seconds the jogging horse had passed the clearing and the man was sheltered from our view by the neighbouring trees. As he passed out of our sight, Turpin turned to me and said, “Well I thought I knew everybody on the coast, but that fellow is a complete stranger to me. I wonder what he can be doing there. We’d better go back and find out.” I suggested, probably he’s sick and in need of help. Turnip agreed and we left the horse standing and walked back to the clearing, a distance of about 30 yards. On arriving there and looking about, we stared at each other stupid- ly, mouths agape, for there was now no man standing in the clearing. Nothing so extraordinary about that probably, but what completely baffled us was the fact that there were no footprints in the snow.LITTLE LAWN GHOST CLEAN & UNTRAMMELLED BY APK (PUBLISHED IN 1947) There it lay just as clean and untram- melled as when it had ceased falling theO ne day in January 1935, I At 3:00 p.m. we were night previous. The only tracks as far as was traveling by horse and coming down over the the eye could see in any direction, were slide from Lawn to St. Law- long hill that bypasses those made by our horse and slide, and Little Lawn (an uninhab- by ourselves as we backtracked. rence, a distance of approxi- ited harbour). Our horse was jogging along very Relating the odd occurrence to Mr.mately nine miles. slowly, the best he could do Charles Beck at St. Lawrence owing to the poor condition of later that evening, and giv-I was accompanied by Mr. Verneau the road, and we were both talking ing him the exact loca- like two parrots with a grievance. tion where we had seenTurpin, relieving officer at St. Lawrence. the man, he informed GAZING AT A STRANGER me that one winterThe whole countryside was covered with day about 50 years be- Suddenly, our conversation ceased fore, a man on his waya fresh snowfall, the surrounding trees and we found ourselves gazing at a man from St. Lawrence to who stood in a little clearing a few feet Lawn had been overtakenwere completely shrouded with white off the roadside. by a severe snowstorm andand the road itself was covered to a depth had perished. His body, Mr. Beck stated, had beenof about six inches. (As the snow was the recovered in the exact spot where we had seen the mysterious stranger, anddeciding factor in this incident, I would for many years after his death, Mr. Beck continued, numerous persons journey-ask the reader to kindly remember it.) A ing over that road had reported seeing his ghost.cold wind blew from the northwest, anda low drift scudded along the ground.32 THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD/OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4, 2017 *Spirit of the Season Images are used for reenactment purposes only and might not be historically accurate.

INTHNE EHOWRRIBHLEACRREBATOURUE R DIY HALLOWEEN DIYREADY.COMBY GERALD POLLETT, NEW HARBOUR, TRINITY BAY (1947) PARTY SERVING TABLE!T his story which I am about spine and he started to run. As he did he to tell is true in every re- heard the sound of this invisible creature spect, and the man that it running after him making noises much like the galloping of a horse. happened to received such a FEAR GIVING WINGSfright that for weeks after he absolutely On and on he ran, fear giving wingsrefused to leave his house after dark. to his feet, his heart pulsating in his throat and he felt as if he were going toThe story itself took place some time choke. The distance from his home usu- ally seemed only a few minutes away, butago when a young man was returning tonight he felt as if he would never reach there.home here in New Harbour from a re- Finally his home loomed into view,ception he had attended. On his way he and slamming the garden gate behind him he literally flew up the path. Nohad to cross a bridge and walk a little sooner had he done this when he heardway along a section of the road by the a great crash as if the thing which was following him had run head on intolandwash. the gate. The next morning, after spend- JEAN’S CRAFTY CORNER PHOTOSTRANGE NOISES ing a somewhat sleepless night, he GHOST REFRIGERATOR noticed that the gate had been As he walked along he suddenly split in three or four places. DIYPROJECTS.COMheard strange noises coming from Never again would my friendthe edge of the water, and looking venture out alone after dark, PARTY-O-LANTERNdown, although it was a fairly dark and it became imperative that Inight, he saw the water breakingas if something was coming out accompany him. Never from thatof it, and he heard noises like the day to this have we seen or heardgrunting of a pig on the water’s edge. this dark evil menace from the supernatural world, Flashing his light all along the sec- nor have we been able totion from which the noise was explain it in any way.coming he failed to see any-thing, but nevertheless hehad the horrible feeling thatsome strange animal wasemerging from the depths ofthe water. A cold, clammy chill ran down hisDIGITAL VERSION AVAILABLE ONLINE: www.NFLDHERALD.com OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4, 2017/THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD 33

THE HOODED HORROR a hood made of some dead white ma-IN MANUELS RIVER terial. The animal, or whatever it was, seemed to glare at us with two red eyes, BY MISS R. J. (PUBLISHED IN 1947) and utter a hissing sound, disappeared back into the black water and out ofT his summer, I had one of the us sat around talking and just enjoying range of light given out by our fire and most terrifying experiences ourselves in general, and at about 10:15 the rays of the moon. that I ever wish to undergo. p.m., just as darkness descended, we GRIPPED BY PANIC So bad in fact that for prac- thought we heard a noise like the hissing The three of us were so gripped bytically three weeks after I was a nervous of a cat when it is frightened. Thinking panic that we raced along the rocky banks of the river, leaving behind our kettles, plates, spoons and our baskets, and didn’t stop till we reached the rail- way track, which we ran along until we reached Manuels station. Shivering fearfully we waited for the bus to take us back to town. As I said before, it was well over a week before I finally recovered from my horrible experience, and my other two companions suffered the same sort of nervous fright. None of us can explain what the object was that rose out of the water, except that it was real and un- doubtedly alive. But we know one thing, never again will we venture up Manuels River for a picnic. HPEATTPYPHEANRBIONUGRwreck and stayed home from work to re- it was just some animal running around,cuperate. Two other girls and myself had we paid no attention, but the noise stillgone up Manuels River on a half holiday persisted, and as we were only three girlsfor a picnic. We decided to go well up alone we began to feel nervous, thinkingthe river away from the possibly it was a wildcampers which every “... as we were only cat, if indeed suchsummer spring up along animals exist in thisthe river between the three girls alone we country.bridge and the trestle. Suddenly my girl- began to feel nervous, friend let out a gasp,UP THE RIVER BY EDDIE BOWE, GOULDS (1947) thinking possibly it and clutching me by Going up the river we was a wild cat ...” the arm pointed to- T his story is not strictlyfound a delightful spot, wards the middle of speaking a ghost story, but it is the story of a very unusualwhere we lit a small fire the deep pool in which happening which took placeby the side of a deep a dark form seemed to in Shoal Bay, just outside Petty Har-pool, and settled down for an enjoyable be rising out of the water. bour, some years ago, and I can vouch forafternoon and evening. The afternoon Practically hypnotized by fright we every word of this amazing story.passed very pleasantly, and as it was so watched what looked to be the head of One day in midsummer, a younglovely we decided to spend the evening a huge cat with a body which glistened 17-year-old boy, while casting for ca-there and go back to town on the 11:00 and looked like that of an eel. On top of plin, drowned in the shallow part ofbus. Building a bright fire, the three of the head was something that looked like34 THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD/OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4, 2017 *Spirit of the Season Images are used for reenactment purposes only and might not be historically accurate.

the bay. For three days, although the words, and calling out to another boat, DIY HALLOWEENweather was fine, and some 14 boats asked what time it was. Across the wa-criss-crossed around the spot where the ter the reply came back, “Just exactly 10 MARTHASTEWART.COMyoung boy’s body should have been, they o’clock.”were unable to find any trace of him, and GROSS BUG TIGHTS!no one could explain why in the clear The spot where the body had beenwater with so many searchers, it was not found had been crossed and recrossed Glue some realistic-lookingpossible to find the body. dozens of times during the three days bugs to a pair of nylons and before. Although the weather and water you’ve got the easiest costume ever.TURNING TOWARD FAITH were clear, not until that very instant at —marthastewart.com 10 o’clock was the body found. Finally the young boy’s father, who HAVE A SAFE HALLOWEEN!had not been inside a church in over 12 From that day until his death manyyears, and who had not in any way even years later the father of the drowned boyrecognized a priest during that entire never once missed church service, andtime, decided to visit the parish priest in was one of the most regular church goersPetty Harbour and beg him to come to in Petty Harbour.the scene of the accident, and see if hispresence could help the fishermen locatehis son’s body. Approaching the priest, the father,somewhat shamefacedly made his re-quest, and the good priest simply said,“It is not necessary for me to go there,but you be there tomorrow morning at10 o’clock. The following morning the fishermen,some 17 of them, in different boats, wereagain searching in Shoal Bay in the vicin-ity where the boy had been lost. Sudden-ly the father, on one of the boats, lookingdown into the water saw his son’s body.Immediately he thought of the priest’sDIGITAL VERSION AVAILABLE ONLINE: www.NFLDHERALD.com OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4, 2017/THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD 35

CRIME FLASHBACK BY MAX HAINES The driver of the getaway car found the way blocked, so he backed up over the fallen Naval officer. CAPTAIN RALPH DOUGLAS BINNEY trians, froze as the unexpected commo- tion unfolded before their eyes.TRAGIC VICTIM OF The car’s wheels spun as the vehicleCOINCIDENCE took off, driving directly into the captain. The impact made a sickening thud whenH ow often have you heard Later, he was decorated for bravery and it came in contact with Binney, send- that an individual was “in was returned to England. ing him sprawling onto the road. The the wrong place at the wrong driver of the getaway car found the way A SICKENING THUD blocked, so he backed up over the fallen time”? Tragically, it happens Naval officer. He found he could make a As he crossed the street at lunch time, turn just ahead. Again, he stepped on thefrequently. Totally innocent individuals Captain Binney was startled to see a man gas, going over Captain Binney’s body for running across the street holding a tray the second time.do become murder victims. of rings. The man had emerged from a Birchin Lane jewelry store and hurled TRAPPED BENEATH THE CAROn Friday, Dec. 8, 1944, Captain himself into a dark coloured car wait- ing at the curb with another man at the Witnesses were horror stricken whenRalph Douglas Binney, 56, a much dec- wheel. Close on his heels was the store they realized the fallen pedestrian was manager, shouting and blowing a whistle. no longer sprawled on the road. He hadorated British Naval Officer, was non- Binney, along with several other pedes- somehow become trapped beneath the car. Later, witnesses were to relate thatchalantly crossing the street in London, they could hear him screaming for help.England. The captain, a career Navy The vehicle sped away over London Bridge and had travelled about 2.2 kmman, had been discharged after a 30 year before the trapped man became dislodged and was tossed onto the road. Captaincareer, but at the outset of World War II Binney was in terrible shape. He was rushed to Guy’s Hospital, but it was toowas recalled and saw service at Gallipoli. late to save his life. After doctors worked over his battered and broken body for three hours, he died of his injuries. Soon the area was swarming with po- lice. Several eye witnesses to the tragedy gave descriptions of the two men in the car, but these were so general they proved36 THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD/OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4, 2017 *Crime Flashback Images are used for reenactment purposes only and might not be historically accurate.

useless. The entire incident had taken Because the car had been stolen near the jewelleryonly a few minutes, and most people on store and had been abandoned nearby, police figuredtheir lunch hour had only gotten a brief the thieves were local criminals who knew the area well.glimpse of the two men. discussed which of the local rounders act made him a prime suspect. Another About an hour after the robbery, the would attempt to rob a jewellery store member of the Elephant Gang, 26-year-getaway car was found abandoned in in broad daylight on a street crowded old Ronald Hedley, a punk who calledVine Lane, about a half-km from where with pedestrians. They came up with the Jenkins’ brothers his best friends, wasCaptain Binney had been thrown clear of the brothers Jenkins. Thomas was mar- also missing from his regular haunts.the car. It had been stolen earlier in the ried, lived in a tough neighbourhood andday from the same general area. made his living outside the law. Charles Christmas approached. Even with emulated his older brother. Both men bombs dropping, the brave citizenry of Because the car had been stolen near belonged to a gang known locally as the London managed to celebrate the festivethe jewellery store and had been aban- Elephant Boys. season.doned nearby, police figured the thieveswere local criminals who knew the area Detectives paid a visit to Thomas’ Detectives dressed as soldiers visitedwell. They had undercover officers hang home and were advised that he had left pubs, attempting to obtain some clue asout in pubs in an attempt to gain clues as on Dec. 9, the day after the robbery. This to Jenkins’ and Hedley’s whereabouts.to the thieves’ identities. In a pub in Woking, they struck pay- Meanwhile, the jewellery store man-ager told detectives the robbery had beenpulled off as a grab and run job.THE LONE THIEF The lone thief had entered the shop ofThomas Wordley in Birchin Lane andhad smashed a glass display case with anaxe. He had taken off with both a trayof rings and the axe. Detectives had theThames dragged near where the stolencar had been abandoned on the chancethat the fugitives had thrown the axe intothe river. The axe didn’t turn up. Experienced police officers met andDIGITAL VERSION AVAILABLE ONLINE: www.NFLDHERALD.com OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4, 2017/THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD 37

Although they professed their innocence, both men were limp form twice, the second time takingcharged with theft. Two weeks later they were charged the captain with it. In addition, severalwith murder. of these witnesses identified the two ac- cused as the men they had seen drivingdirt. Thomas Jenkins was in the pub with murder. away in the car.drinking with friends. When the soldiers On March 12, 1945, both men stoodrevealed their true identity, Jenkins went Defence counsel placed both defen-quietly with them to a police station. trial. One must keep in mind that war dants on the witness stand. Individually news dominated the media. Allied forces they denied any connection to the rob-CHARGED WITH MURDER had crossed the Rhine. Newspapers bery and the murder. During the trial it were full of the heroic acts of servicemen was revealed that Jenkins couldn’t drive. With Thomas’ help, Hedley was lo- fighting and dying for their country. The This didn’t assist the accused much, ascated at an address on Jamaica Rd., Ber- trial of two small-time thugs was scarcely the prosecution maintained that Jenkinsmondsey. Although they professed their noted. Witness after witness testified was the axe wielding thief and Hedleyinnocence, both men were charged with that they had seen the robbery and the the driver of the getaway car.theft. Two weeks later they were charged car striking and driving over Binney’s THE BINNEY MEDAL After deliberating for only an hour and 20 minutes, Thomas Jenkins was found guilty of manslaughter. Ronald Hedley was found guilty of murder. Jenkins was sentenced to eight years imprisonment. Hedley received the death sentence. Two days before his date with the hangman, his sentence was commuted to life im- prisonment. To this day, a member of the public is presented each year with the Binney medal, awarded to an individual deemed to have performed an outstanding he- roic act during the preceding 12 months. The medal is a lasting tribute to Captain Ralph Douglas Binney.38 THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD/OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4, 2017 *Crime Flashback Images are used for reenactment purposes only and might not be historically accurate.

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LOCAL ARTS & MORE TYLER LEEDS & CHRISTOPHER DEACON PHOTOSOUR DIVAS DO CHRISTMASServing as an appropriate kick-off to the Christmas season, Our Divas Do Christmascelebrates 13 years of festivities for the whole family. BY DILLON COLLINST he first snows have yet to fall tradition for people – they kickstart (our fingers are crossed this their holiday season with Our Divas Do hasn’t changed by the time Christmas and they know they’re going to get that big show and the warm and you read this), and yet there fuzzy that they did before, but there’s going to be a lot of stuff that’s new be-are aisles of department stores adorned sides. I think that’s a big thing.”with coloured lights, decorative snow- WORLD CLASS STAGEmen and candy by the boat-full. Yes, it is From child to adolescence, many of the performers you see on the Our Divasthe unofficial countdown to Christmas, stage across this decade-plus have been there from the start, and that legacy hasand whether yours begins with frost, or surly done wonders for the staying pow- er of the band.Frosty, we all know when the holiday “I’m getting a sense this year that someand yuletide cheer is well underway. of it is from the legacy amongst the per- formers. This year in our dance compa-13 YEARS OF DIVAS “We didn’t conceive that ny we have new dancers. Some of those this would be such a dancers were in the children’s choir 10 For many here in Newfoundland and long term fixture in the years age,” Andrews says. “That’s one ofLabrador TaDa! Events’ Our Divas Do community.” the reasons this can live on as well, theseChristmas is the official call that kicks new generation of performers getting upoff the festivities – a welcomed and fa- — Terri Andrews there and performing.”miliar institution that has been bright-ening hearts and setting off smiles for 13 changes up so much, and the performersyears. change up (is a factor). There are key ele- ments to it that remain the same because “It is remarkable,” says Terri Andrews that’s what people want. It has becomeof TaDa!. “We didn’t conceive that thiswould be such a long term fixture inthe community. I think the fact that it40 THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD/OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4, 2017

“The people who perform on this stage deserve to have a show around them that’s worthy of their talent.” — Terri Andrews While Our Divas Do Christmas is a microphone. We try to keep it top in our cause we are all going there eventually,hub of all things merry and festive, it is minds that the people who perform on or somewhere like it.”also a cornerstone that allows perform- this stage deserve to have a show arounders of all types, with particular respect them that’s worthy of their talent.” In a sneak peek, Andrews shares thatto dancers, to ply their trade at an elite TaDa! is in the midst of hammering outlevel. Adding yet another layer to the ster- their cast for the debut installment of ling reputation of TaDa! and Our Divas the acclaimed production Rent in the “It was this whole concept that start- is the companies willingness to give back spring of 2018 (the company will returned 13 years ago saying there is not a to the community through numerous with their acclaimed rendition of Weplace that dancers can showcase them- acts of charity. This year funds collected Will Rock You in 2019). The casting callselves, that that number of dancers can will go towards the Agnes Pratt Foun- attracted well over 400 applicants, prov-be showcased,” Andrews recalls. “That dation, with sections of the show specifi- ing demand and public favour towardsbecame something that was symbolic of cally designed as tribute to seniors. the TaDa! brand is at an all-time high.divas. SEASON SNEAK PEEK “This will be the full-on Rent in all “When we first conceived this we its painful glory,” Andrews shares. “Thewanted to bring performers here and “We do tend to work with charities themes of Rent are homelessness, HIVbring them home who were world class that the public is not as aware of as some and a lot of very timely things. It’s an im-and show the audiences here that we of the others that have the money for portant show and we’re really proud tohave world class performers. We are the big PR campaign,” says Andrews. be doing it.”willing to invest in having arrangements “With the Agnes Pratt Foundation,done, having lighting, the dance compo- people think it is Eastern Health but Our Divas Do Christmas runs from De-nent and big costumes and having it be people don’t realize that with a lot of the cember 7-10 at the Arts and Culture Centrea world class stage and package around services facilities that are in there it’s a in St. John’s. For tickets visit artsandcultu-you so you as a performer can be seen charitable organization that put it there. recentre.com and for more information onin your best light. It’s not just you and a It’s pretty near and dear to my heart, be- TaDa! Events visit them on Facebook and tadaevent.comDIGITAL VERSION AVAILABLE ONLINE: www.NFLDHERALD.com OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4, 2017/THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD 41

SOAP TALKBY DANA BLOCKJUSTIN cornered Bonnie YOUNG & THE RESTLESS DAYS OF OUR LIVESabout what was really SHARON accused Nick ofgoing on between her making a rash decision. NICOLE bid an emotionaland Victor on Days of farewell to Salem.Our Lives. Mariah was surprised when Tessa ar- rived at GC Buzz with wine and choc- Sami and Lucas shared an emotion- olate. Victor told Nikki that he would ally intense reunion. Nicole broke Eric’s make peace with Nick if she moved back heart. Paul and Sonny’s relationship was to the ranch. Nikki told him that if they strained. ever reconciled it wouldn’t be because of blackmail. Victor stunned Justin and Maggie with his announcement. Sami sought Meanwhile, Sharon accused Nick of comfort from Marlena. While visiting making a rash decision to punish Victor. Mickey’s grave, Bonnie had a fantasy -- Hilary apologized to Victoria and invit- “Whatever Happened to Baby Bonnie?” ed her to be on her show. Victoria agreed Steve and Kayla were thrown when Jus- to do an interview, but on her terms. tin updated them about “Adrienne.” Cane returned from visiting Jill and Sonny turned to Chad and Andre for told Billy that he was now the acting help. Abigail walked in on Sami kissing CEO of Chancellor Industries. Lily Chad. Justin cornered Bonnie about thanked Jordan for being a supportive what was really going on between her and friend. Victor. Steve visited Hattie at Statesville and demanded to know what she did to Wait to See: Ashley and Jack make a Adrienne. Nicole bid an emotional fare- shocking discovery about Dina. well to Salem.42 THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD/OCTOBER 29 - NOVEMBER 4, 2017

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