2015 | June 14-20 Coldwater Cowboys

BY: STEVE MOORE IN THE BLEACHERS BY: MIKE MARLAND R.F.D. DIGITAL VERSION AVAILABLE ONLINE: www.NFLDHERALD.com JUNE 14 - 20, 2015/THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD 99

WISHING WELL: JUST FOR FUN! FUN FLOWER PATTER! Have sum fun with puns, filling blanks of the following statements with the names of flowers. No. 1, for instance, is mum. 1. Among fall flowers, ____’s the word. 2. “____ old grey bonnet…” 3. It’s been a long time since I ____. 4. We’re in a state of Here is a little game that will give you a message every ____. day. It’s a numerical puzzle designed to spell out your for- 5. “When ____ eyes 6. No one should ____ that. tune. Count the letters in your first name. If the number are smiling…” 7. Are you a friend or ____? of letters is 6 or more, subtract 4. If the number is less than 6, add 3. The result is your key number. Start at the upper left-hand corner and check one of your key num- bers, left to right. Then read the message the letters under the checked figures give you. SPELLBINDER: TEST YOUR SKILLS! Score 10 points for using all the letters in the word to form two complete words: CONSPIRE __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ Then score two points each for all words of four letters or more found among the letters. Try to score at least 50 points. Possible twosome — spin, core. Answers — 1. Mum; 2. Petunia; 3. Zinnia; 4. Phlox; 5. Iris; 6. Lilac; 7. Anemone. CAN YOU SOLVE THE MAZE? FUN SPOT! COLOUR BY NUMBERS GOOD SHOW! Hey friend, those are pretty good marks. Add these colours by number: 1: red; 2: light blue; 3: yellow; 4: light brown; 5: flesh tones; 6: light green; 7: dark brown; 8: purple. 100 THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD/JUNE 14 - 20, 2015

vision teaserBY: HENRY BOLTINOFF Find at least six differences DIFFERENCES: 1. Fence board moved. 2. Cap is reversed. 3. Tag is missing. 4. Number is missing. 5. Box top reversed. 6. Pail is missing. JUST MIX AND MATCH! A CATCHY WORD POSER! Each of the numbers 1 and 2 Letters of five 5-letter words, appears in the diagram at left beginning with CATCH, enclosed in a square, circle, dia- form a word square. mond and triangle. Insert num- 1. Intercept and hold; bers 3 and 4 so that no two like 2. Informed; numbers or configurations ap- 3. Hog-like creature; pear in any vertical, horizontal or 4. Shed tears; corner-to-corner diagonal row. 5. Cattle groups. DIGITAL VERSION AVAILABLE ONLINE: www.NFLDHERALD.com JUNE 14 - 20, 2015/THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD 101

SPECIAL PHOTO FEATURE BY: PAM PARDY GHENT A FAMILY TRADITION S pending time on the ocean fish- ing with family is something the ocean in Fortune Bay. The son of a I look forward to every year. fisherman, dad – who later fished himself My sister and her kids head down from for many years – knows all the spots. We Ontario – often with a come-from-away never return to shore disappointed. or two in tow. The more, the merrier, when it comes to cod jiggin’. But this yearly family tradition is about so much more than fish filling a My father was pretty much raised on freezer. It’s an opportunity to connect with who we are by recalling who we 102 THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD/JUNE 14 - 20, 2015

SUMMER SEASON: NGLR’S OREUCNREDAFTIIOSNHAL FALL SEASON: FISHERY JULY 18, 2015 TO AUG. 9, 2015 SEPT. 19 TO SEPT. 27, 2015 Recreational fishers are limited to five groundfish per day (including cod). However, the maximum boat limit when three or more people are fishing is 15 groundfish. This includes tour boats. (dfo-mpo.gc.ca) were. We all have memories of our grandfather and his fishing way of life. The work-worn hands, the sun- burnt face, his sea-drenched clothes and rubbers, his smiling face. My grandmother in the kitchen, peak- ing out through the curtains to see if his boat was back, hearing his rub- bers crunch the beach rock by the front door. And the yarns! The bear in Yellow Cove, the lobster boils, and yes, the fish tales. The good fishing years and the great ones. All relived on the water. DIGITAL VERSION AVAILABLE ONLINE: www.NFLDHERALD.com JUNE 14 - 20, 2015/THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD 103

LAST LAUGH @TheNfldHerald H facebook.com/nfldherald NFLDherald.com QUICK CHUCKLES l Why did the picture go to jail? Because it was framed. l What do you get when you cross fish and an elephant? Swimming trunks. l What season is it when you are on a trampoline? Spring time. H H H SOLO FLYING H H H JOKE OF THE WEEK A new pilot took his girl- One day, the mother allowed friend on his first nighttime the boy to feel the move- T here was a bit of confusion at “solo” flight. ments of the unborn child. hardware store this morning. The six-year old was obvi- When I was ready to pay for my He wanted to be really cool, ously impressed, but he made purchases of gunpowder and bullets, the so as he was approaching the no comment. Furthermore, cashier said, “Strip down, facing me.” small field to land, instead of he stopped telling his teacher making the usual official re- about the impending event. Making a mental note to complain quests to the tower, he just The teacher finally sat the boy to Harper about the gun registry people said: down and asked, “Tommy, running amok, I did just as she had in- structed. “Guess whoooo?” Without whatever became of missing a beat, the control- that baby brother When the hysterical shrieking and ler switched off the field or sister you alarms finally subsided, I found out that lights and said: were expect- she was referring to my credit card. ing at home?” “Guess where...” Tommy I have been asked to shop elsewhere burst into in the future. CONFESSED tears and confessed, They need to make their instructions For weeks, “I think to us seniors a little clearer! Tommy, a six-year Mommy ate old boy, kept tell- it!” ing his first-grade teacher about the baby brother or sister that was expected at his house. 104 THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD/JUNE 14 - 20, 2015