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PUBLICATIONS MAIL AGREEMENT NO. 0040012044 REGISTRATION NO. 09027 RETURN UNDELIVERABLE ITEMS TO: THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD, P.O. BOX 2015, ST. JOHN’S, NL, A1C 5R7 CONTENTS Year 67 • No. 29 MAJORIE CLARKE THE 13TH FLOOR NL DOG COVER STORY Page 19 Page 24 ET CANADA NTV’s ‘ET Canada’ goes inside the world of celebrity, dishing the dirt and snagging exclusives! Page 13 Page 16 INSIDE THIS WEEK 2 FROM THE ARCHIVES 44 TASTES OF NEWFOUNDLAND QUOTE OF THE WEEK 10, 30 and 40 years in our past Summer desserts 3 WAIT TILL I TELLS YA 46 SOAP TALK “Music can be a fleeting thing. You Successful successors Daytime’s hottest topics are very popular and then it fizzles. 4 LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 47 STRANGE BUT TRUE Not too many people reach the Publish or perish Is it really true? pinacle of music like Great Big Sea, 8 PEOPLE 47 MOMENTS IN TIME and maintain it.” — Ralph O’Brien pg. 27 Local and Hollywood celebrities A look at history 13 INSPIRATIONAL PEOPLE 48 PUZZLES AND BRAINTEASERS FEATURES Marjorie Clarke Train your brain with clever puzzles 16 THE 13TH FLOOR 51 WHAT’S GOIN’ ON 13 REACHING FOR THE STARS Mystery solved Upcoming events around the province One of 11 children, Bell Island’s Marjorie 20 COVER STORY 53 TV WEEK Clarke, an internationally-recognized hairstylist, Big Brother 15 Your guide to the best on TV this week has worked with some of the world’s biggest 23 POLITICAL WATCH 54 TELEVISION WORLD stars, from Brooke Shields to Gwen Stefani! Compelling evidence for Park cuts? What’s hot this week? Staggering student debt 55 SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS 16 THE 13TH FLOOR 27 MUSIC Action-packed sports An Italian geologist believes he has the answer Ralph O’Brien 56 MOVIE MAGIC to the mystery of the Loch Ness Monster. 30 NEWS IN BRIEF A sneak-peek at movies on TV Federal Liberals demand action; 77 HOT TICKETS 19 WHO WANTS HORS D’OEUVRES? Government washing its hands What’s new in theatres and video stores Government allocates funding for innovative 31 NEWS IN PERSPECTIVE 93 THE PUZZLE PAGE Argentia fish facility. Watching the tide Get your pencils out 32 THE HERALD ARCHIVES 94 HERALD BOOK BONUS 24 NEWFOUNDLAND’S GENTLE GIANTS Law of the ocean The Master Key System The Herald takes a closer look at the 35 SALUTE TO COMMUNITIES 95 COMICS Newfoundland dog and its special place in the Mount Pearl Captain Atlantis, Phantom, Archie, Spider- province’s rich history and culture. 39 GHOST STORY man, Garfield, Amber Waves, Mister Breger, Breakdown Cats & Dogs, Laff a Day, Popeye, In the 27 RALPH O’BRIEN 39 HOROSCOPE Bleachers and Out on a Limb The founder of Sons of Erin, Ralph O’Brien, not Your life according to the stars 100 KIDS’ CORNER long out of the pub business, has rediscovered 40 CRIME FLASHBACK Activities, art work, puzzles and more his love of recording. As O’Brien prepares to The man they could not hang 102 SCENES OF NEWFOUNDLAND release his very first solo album he sits down 43 REGATTA RIPPLES Readers submit their photos with ‘The Herald’ and reflects on why now is RMM and Toyota teams to beat at Regatta 104 LAST LAUGH ‘About Time.’ Tickle your funnybone MOUNT PEARL Page 35 32 LAW OF THE OCEAN CONTESTS Prior to 1729, fishing admirals governed in Newfoundland, but the law wasn’t nearly as 5 LUCKY NUMBER important as the catch. 10 KISS TICKETS 35 SALUTE TO MOUNT PEARL A city within a city 45 BABY OF THE YEAR 50 SUPER CASH PUZZLE 93 SNAPPY CASH PUZZLE 103 PHOTO July 21, 2013 The Newfoundland Herald 1

From The Archives 39 YEARS AGO this week... Volume 67 No. 29 This week in history, now that ABBA William Rowe is resigning his THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD. seat in the House of Assembly Published by the SUNDAY HERALD LTD., to spend a year in the South of France, Logy Bay Road, St. John’s, Newfoundland. rumours are circulating that former Tel.: (709) 726-7060, Fax: (709) 726-6971. premier Joey Smallwood may contest Mail: P.O. Box 2015, St. John’s, NL, A1C 5R7. the district of White Bay South. In fishery news, The Herald has learned E-mail:[email protected]. there is unrest among the deepsea fishermen off New- Entire contents copyright 2013 foundland’s south coast and that trawlermen there may © The Newfoundland Herald. All rights reserved. soon strike. In other news, there is still much confusion over the new traffic law permitting drivers to turn right SUBSCRIPTION RATES: In Newfoundland and on a red or amber light. South of the border, no matter Labrador – 26 issues for $44.27 + HST, 52 issues what President Nixon does now, history has already sen- (1 year) for $82.63 + HST. Call 1-800-901-4901. tenced him. In music news, Waterloo by Abba sits at num- ber one followed by Andy Kim’s Rock me Gently. PUBLISHING CREED “If you abuse POWER you lose it, But if you do not use POWER you also lose it.” 30 YEARS AGO this week... Publisher: Geoff Stirling Cover Editor: G. Scott Stirling • This week in history, Mr. T might Editor-In-Chief: Mark Dwyer seem like a mighty, mean, muscled man, but he’s also a fine friendly fel- Staff Writers: Pam Pardy-Ghent, low. The star of The A-Team is on this week’s cover. Sarah Jane Sheppard • In local news, one of the most sig- Art Director: Shannon Cleary nificant changes on the Newfound- land music scene over the past Graphic Artists: Janice Keels, Laurene Slaney decade is the growth of folk festivals. One of the most successful is Corner Brook’s Hangashore Festival. In Contributing Photographers: Scott Bowering, fishery news, there seems to be some movement and the tension might be lifting between the FFAW and Bud Gaulton, Aamie Gillam, Sara Rostotski FPI. Andrew Crosbie and Richard Cashin have met. Contributing Writers: Guy Davis, Danette • Internationally, this summer is shaping up to be the summer of great tours. The Jacksons and Bruce Dooley, Jim Furlong, Valerie Morgan, NJR Ryan Springsteen are selling out. Contributing Artist: Danny Bulanadi Sales/Circulation Manager: Gary Oliver 570-5246 Sales Representatives: Debbie Gollop: 570-5263 Stephanie Piccott: 570-5215 Bruce Springsteen Pam Wall: 570-5205 Circulation Coordinator: Judy Furlong Chief Financial Officer: Ron Sparkes Credit Manager: Brenda Hussey Operations: Steve Dray, Roberta Noseworthy Promotion: Mike Greenland 10 YEARS AGO this week... PUBLICATIONS MAIL AGREEMENT NO. 0040012044 REGISTRATION NO. 09027 • This week in history, The Herald looks at Newfoundland’s own Rick Mercer RETURN UNDELIVERABLE ITEMS TO: who graces our cover. As star of the THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD show, The Rick Mercer Report, Mercer is quickly becoming Canada’s favourite P.O. BOX 2015, ST. JOHN’S, NL, A1C 5R7 funny man. DISTRIBUTORS: • In local news, St. John’s hospitals have St. John’s, Mount Pearl, 570-5246; more than enough nurses right now, Bayden Bown, Burin Peninsula, 279-0269; so is the nurse shortage over? Not a chance, says their Wade Morgan, Trinity-Conception, 786-2539; union. In other news, reporter Ryan Cleary looks at the Diane Arnold, Clarenville/Bonavista, report of the Royal Commission on Renewing and Strengthening our place in Canada. 677-2702; Allan Miles, Grand Falls/Windsor, 535-0290; • In entertainment news, film lovers are excited as the John Morgan, Placentia, 227-2622; 3rd Annual Nickel Independent Film and Video Festi- Bruce Hulan, Stephenville, 645-2309; val takes off. Local performers like Mark Critch are Ron Downey, Corner Brook/Deer Lake/ ready to hit the stage. Pasadena, 632-5918; Tina Foley, Gander, 256-3853 Mark Critch ISDN 0824-3581 We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Periodical Fund of the Department of Canadian Heritage. 2 The Newfoundland Herald July 21, 2013

WAIT TILL I TELLS YA by pam pardy-ghent SUCCESSFUL SUCCESSORSTHE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD Idon’t write much about my life in Ontario, but I will now. For about 10 years I worked for the very well Things that are easily acquired or obtained, without any ef- known computing and printing company, Hewlett- fort or sacrifice, lack value and are easily lost? Well, how many times have you heard it said that anything with a Packard. Back in my day, HP was big on training and any- pulse, as long as it ran Williams’ colour blue, could get thing they could provide that helped their employees grow, elected? Williams, who despite a series of setbacks, still en- personally and professionally, they offered it. While I joyed the highest voter approval rating in Canada at 67 per worked out of both the Ottawa and Mississauga offices, I cent when he left office, said in a recent interview for took a lot of courses and spent a great deal of time out of Macleans; “If you stick around for too long, you start to my cubicle and inside a corporate classroom. believe your own bulls--t.” Williams obviously got it. He So, I must be some smart, right? Well, that’s debateable, knew he couldn’t possibly be successfully replaced. In that but one theme that arose during much same article Williams admitted that of my training was the makings of a Dunderdale, his then-deputy and his great leader. I was, after all, like many hand-picked replacement as premier, in that up-along rat race, on the fast learned of his retirement plan only (wheel) track as they say, and bigger and hours before the announcement was better management positions were made. And she had a chance of suc- most certainly in my future. Of course, cess? To totally botch a famous movie a move home changed that path, but as quote: He had her failing from ‘hello.’ the saying goes, all was not lost. And the Orange Wave? Some Quebec GREAT LEADERS ... seats were not hard earned. But while formal schooling is While some of the nuggets I learned great, the proof is in the pudding. back then have long since left my GRITTY SURGE brain, a few things stuck with me. Like this tidbit: the best leaders are those Liberal interim leader Dwight Ball who guide others as if all are possible is fighting to keep his job. Ball spent successors. In other words, great lead- the past year and a half appearing to ers don’t require control. And an “I’ll almost play second fiddle to many in just do it myself” attitude? Such a his caucus. If any Liberal MHAs had thing should never exist. Leadership, I “The best leaders are those something to say, they said it. Ball was taught, is about giving – knowl- seemed content to stay somewhat in edge, skills and tools – so others can who guide others as if all the background. And the polls, at shine. Great leaders are never afraid are possible successors.” least in the beginning, reflected that. that someone better might come along Not many viewed Ball as a leader. if an opportunity arose. We were taught that the greatest Fewer still saw him as a potential premier of the province. of leaders should never be missed when away and that a But, if the polls are to be believed, slow and steady some- testament to greatness is the fact that things run just as times does win the race, and Ball and his “everyone is a smoothly when the boss is in as when he, or she, is out. leader” approach seems to be gaining momentum. See, That brings me to politics. Danny Williams, as amazing there is something to that leadership stuff after all. Or is as he could be, and in spite of the incredible things that there? happened in this province while he held the reins, was not, The federal Liberals are riding high with Justin according to my old textbooks anyway, a great leader. The Trudeau, and suddenly the provincial Liberals are also evidence? The party, under Kathy Dunderdale, faltered rel- doing well. Don Mills, who heads up polling company CRA atively swiftly once he packed it in. recently tweeted: “Surge in Liberal support federally has The same goes for the late Jack Layton. No question, likely helped Liberal counterparts especially in NB and that man had something special and a country, even those NL.” Interesting. So, maybe Ball’s strategy has nothing to who couldn’t quite embrace his politics, felt that he was a do with his rise in popularity. great man. But a great leader? Not according to my learn- Danny Williams moved on to the surprise of many. Jack ings he wasn’t as the NDP, under Tom Mulcair, will be Layton’s cancer death left a nation in mourning. And Justin lucky to hold on to opposition status after the next election Trudeau, as young and as hip and as popular as he is, won’t if polls, and coffee shop talk, are any indication. be around forever. Election success doesn’t mean success Familiar with the saying that goes something like: to infinite, especially if a popular leader bows out. Pam Pardy Ghent, The Herald’s Staff Writer, can be reached by emailing [email protected] July 21, 2013 The Newfoundland Herald 3

Letters to the editor ABOLISH THE SENATE Dear Editor, living in Alberta. Now, however, the arguments At a recent community street fair in Van- for reform and especially abolition are infused couver I was encouraged to sign a petition call- with national moral outrage as the democratic ing for the abolition of the Canadian Senate. As sensibilities of Canadians across the country are IT’S A FACT! a long-term advocate of Senate reform I can engaged. The Senate has moved from bring ir- In 1933 the Newfound- only applaud this initiative, for al- relevant to being offensive. land legislature voted itself though abolition and reform are Also, abolition now has an artic- temporarily out of exis- tence, ending 79 years of seen as competing options, the ulate champion. The NDP always responsible government. The next year, Newfound- most likely path to reform runs advocates of abolishing an institu- land accepted a constitu- tion similar to those in through abolition. Let me explain. tion in which they lack any repre- place in the directly-con- trolled Crown colonies. A There is no question that re- sentation and which could frustrate country voluntarily giving up self-government is un- cent Senate expense scandals have an NDP government should one usual, yet many other soci- eties also experienced a loss increased the public’s appetite for ever be elected, has understandably of faith in democratic insti- tutions during the Great abolition by broadening and deep- if opportunistically leapt to the head Depression of 1929-’39. ening an already pervasive cyni- of the abolition parade. And, we are — www.heritage.nf.ca cism about all things Senatorial. told, reform would be just too diffi- More importantly, the scandals cult. The premiers will never agree, have transformed discontent with PM Stephen Harper and privately fear newly empowered the Senate status quo from a west- Senators who would challenge their ern issue into a truly pan-Canadian issue. As authority in speaking for their province. Thus long as Senate reform was primarily a western the odds of obtaining the unanimous provincial Canadian crusade it lacked resonance in the consent required for substantial reforms, and rest of the country. Few were interested in giv- which in turn would require constitutional ing even more power to wealthy and pugna- change, are extremely long. cious western Canadians, particularly those Moreover, the only existing reform model, COX’S COVE, NL Jonathan Cumming Photo BEAUTYOUTPORT NEWFOUNDLAND The Newfoundland Herald is proud to showcase talent from our readers all over the province. Scenes of Newfoundland and Labrador has inspired budding photographers and helped share the picturesque landscape and personality of this truly beautiful place. Got the picture? SEE PAGE 102-103 4 The Newfoundland Herald July 21, 2013

Letters to the editor the Triple E model first launched in the 1980s when western regional representation and a democratic check Canadians were seeking new routes of national influence, is show- on a House of Commons too frequently dominated ing its age. As the country’s demographic and economic centre by one party and one leader. The institutions and norms of Cana- drifts west, the equal representation of western provinces in a dian parliamentary democracy already concentrate political power more effective Senate could un- to an alarming degree, and it is hard dercut rather than reinforce the to imagine that Canadians would be West’s new leverage. More funda- enthusiastic about placing even mentally, a reform movement more uncontested power in the driven by alienated westerners hand of the Prime Minister. It would makes no sense in today’s Canada, be, should be a very tough sell. In much less tomorrow’s Canada. short, a successful drive for abolition Hence the argument for aboli- requires that a newly-designed Sen- tion; let’s just get rid of this anti- ate be waiting in the wings, ready to quated and embarrassing roll out when the old Senate disap- institution, let’s sweep the deck pears. Canadians should give serious clean. However, although abolition consideration to abolition, but do so may seem a simpler path to follow There is no question that recent Sen- in the realization that abolition is than reform, it is not. Abolition ate expense scandals have increased not an alternative but rather a step- and reform face the same constitu- the public’s appetite for abolition by ping stone to reform. The hard work tional hurdle; either would re- of designing appropriate representa- quire, with the exception of minor broadening and deepening an al- tive institutions for democracy in reforms, unanimous provincial the 21st century still needs to be content. Abolition would not allow ready pervasive cynicism about all done. us to bypass the difficulties and un- tings Senatorial. If the movement for abolition grows, Senate reformers should ex- certainties of constitutional change. pect abolitionists to come knocking at their door. Hopefully the Moreover, I would argue that the necessary support for aboli- door will be thrown open enthusiastically. tion from Canadians and their provincial governments could only Troy Media columnist Dr. Roger Gibbins is the former be secured if other institutional methods are created to ensure President and CEO of the Canada West Foundation. July 21, 2013 The Newfoundland Herald 5

...to the editor The first thing we do is rake the whole potential slate over the coals and lobby for some potentially messianic figure to emerge from the heavens and save us all. Politics and Leadership Each evening, during The NTV Dear Editor, Evening Newshour and The The Liberals are about to select a new leader and I am sure NTV Sunday Evening New- shour, join Danielle Butt to many Tories are secretly knifing their present leader in the back see if the number on the based on a bit of recent polling, and as in the past we start shoot- cover of your Newfoundland ing our own. What is it with Newfoundlanders regarding provin- Herald matches one of the cial leaders? The first thing we do is rake the whole potential slate three LUCKY NUMBERS on over the coals and lobby for some potentially messianic figure to screen. If so, the first person emerge from the heavens and save us all. to call NTV at (709) 722- Get off your asses, friends, and start working on our problems 5015 within 30 minutes will... instead of looking to a father/mother leader to take us by the hand and whisper in our collective ear ... “I’ll make everything right.” * Every eligible qualifier must provide NTV with the winning Herald Cover. All we need is an intelligent, experienced and well-educated person with integrity and the interest and energy to help define and prioritize our goals and some sensible strategies to reach those goals. We still talk as if we are completely helpless and po- litically impotent as if a new leader will solve everything for us while we sit back on our asses and watch his/her wand work its magic. Drop that Commission of Government mentality foisted upon our people decades ago by a pack of stuffy English commis- sioners who starved our population and cast us away with secret negotiations and deal making (read Greg Malone’s book). We’ve come a long way since Confederation and the funding of education and health has been stupendous while our home-grown leaders have shaped our industrial and natural resources wealth to fund our goals. Of course, we have had some disengaged lead- ers many decades ago that evolved from money who sat in the House reading newspapers while the business of the House swirled about their heads and never once looked up. Conversely, we’ve also been fortunate to have had some quality leaders who were just stymied by the lack of funding. Finally, in 2013, we have many potential quality leaders, an educated population and we have the funding. Let’s bring those three factors together and stop looking to the clouds for that “deus ex machina” to rescue us. Let’s look to our forefathers and foremothers who had very little wealth but survived with dignity and let us take an inspiration from their accomplishments in the midst of poverty and let’s look to ourselves and our new generation's accomplishments. Aren’t you just proud to be a Newfoundlander Labradorian? I am. I’m also proud to be a Canadian. We in this province are like a small group of mis-stamped coins from the Canadian mint – a Canadian coin but just slightly different. And what a unique cul- ture we have woven as a consequence of that minute difference! Aubrey Smith, Grand Falls-Windsor 6 The Newfoundland Herald July 21, 2013

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10 AARYN GRIES SPENCER CLAWSON GINAMARIE ZIMMERMAN BIG BROTHER CONTROVERSY It appears that some contestants participat- go make some rice.” The 22-year old has been ing in the 15th installment of NTV’s hit summer reality show, Big Brother, dropped from her talent agency. have forgotten a major fact of the game: The world is watching and listening. Zimmerman, said of African-American Several members of the cast have contestant Candice Stewart, “(she) is on been caught on camera, uttering some pretty nasty racial and ho- the dark side, but she’s already dark.” Zim- mophobic slurs. The comments were first heard by fans who sub- merman has been fired from East Coast scribe to the 24-hour-live feeds as well as Big Brother After USA Pageant Inc. Dark. “We are actually thankful that this show It didn’t take long for the story to be picked up all over let us see Ginamarie for who she truly is as the world, and has resulted in some dire consequences we would never want her to be a role for the house guests in- volved. Aaryn Gries & Gina- model to our future contestants,” they marie Zimmerman have been fired from their jobs said. Spencer Clawson is also on rocky while Spencer Clawson’s treads thin ice. ground with his employer after he Gries called a homosexual praised hitler and used several gay house guest ‘queer’ and told Korean-American house slurs. guest, Helen Kim to “shut-up, Fan outrage forced CBS to make a comment regarding the in- cidences, although that’s not enough for many who think all three should be removed from the game. The kicker? As Big Brother cuts all contestants off from the world, Gries, Zimmerman and Clawson have no idea just how bad they need that $500,000, un- aware they are now jobless until the game is finished. – SJS ################################## 8 The Newfoundland Herald July 21, 2013

JULY 21, 2013 MARTHA STEWART ‘SEXTING’ Given her five Perhaps her most bizarre mo- month stint in jail ment on the talk show was spank- several years ing Cohen with a paddle. Stewart back, we all know 71- did deny ever going to a strip year-old domestic diva club or doing acid while on Martha Stewart has a less the show and publicly than wholesome side. But expressed her sympathy sexting? Even we’re sur- for embattled food net- prised. work star, Paula Deen. Appearing on the late night talk show, Watch What “I feel sorry for Happens Live with host Andy Paula Deen. She’s a Cohen, Stewart recently admitted ANDY COHEN public figure and I she’s been known to send a ‘sext’ or know you have to be two in her day. When asked about taking part in a three- extremely careful some, while Cohen assumed the answer would be no, being a public fig- Stewart replied with a coy grin and “maybe.” Oh, and she’s ure.” Should we ex- also had a one night stand. pect proper etiquette for ‘sexting’? – SJS Sexting, threesome, one-night stand, spanking … but Martha Stewart won’t go to a strip club or do acid. ROYAL BABY WATCH As Duchess Kate’s due date ap- tographs will be on the steps of the hospi- proaches, we’ve seen little of the momma-to-be herself, as she pre- tal, according to royal tradition. “While it is pares for the arrival of her first child, but rest assured, the world is waiting on a deeply personal and private event, the standby. As of our press deadlines, there are already photographers camped out Duke and Duchess of Cambridge realize at St. Mary’s Hospital in London where Will and Kate will welcome the newest this is a time of national celebration and royal. It’s been reported that unlike many other royals who voluntarily that there will be vast interest in the baby,” a chose c-section, Kate plans on a natural palace spokesman revealed. “They real- birth and c-section only in the event of an emergency. The world will receive the ize many people will want to share in happy news after the baby’s time of birth, gender and weight are written on a golden their happiness.” easel outside of Buckingham Palace. As for his/her name, the public could be waiting The Royal Mint has commissioned a little longer on that one. The first pho- 2,013 special silver pennies to be given to British babies born on the same day. Will and Kate’s bundle will be officially known as His or Her Royal Highness the Prince or Princess of Cambridge. – SJS “The Duke and Duchess of Cam- bridge realize this is a time of na- tional celebration and that there will be vast interest in the baby.” July 21, 2013 The Newfoundland Herald 9

‘EXPLOSIVE’ JULY 21, 2013 An Australian teenager is facing criminal TWITTER FEED charges after claiming he brought a bomb to a Pink concert in Melbourne. As the punk pop busy. By the time her Truth About Love princess took the stage the troubled teen tweeted, tour of Australia clues up, she will have “@Pink I’m ready with my Bomb. Time to blowup performed 46 concerts, entertaining an es- #RodLaverArena B***h.” timated 500,000 fans. The singer is certainly used to unpleasant circumstances during Police were called and found the boy using his Twitter profile picture and immediately removed her concerts. Earlier this year, him from the concert. He was arrested and she stopped mid-song, when a released but is expected to be charged on child could be heard crying in summons. The boy has now made a the audience. The little girl statement, saying his tweet was upset because the older was an innocent ref- women she was with were erence to Pink’s fighting. Pink scolded the song Timebomb, a women, and invited the bonus track on her little girl on stage with latest album. her. — SJS “It was meant to be “It was meant to about drop the effects, be about drop the music, everything – the effects, the just drop it all,” he said. music, every- thing – just Pink has yet to address drop it all.” and the incident and that’s because she’s likely too The Herald wants to reward readers with KISS! Newfound- landers and Labradorians love this province! They also love their music, and KISS is def- initely one of the greats! Well, we may have your way in to the show. Send us your pictures and/or stories. Tell us about your favourite place, or just what you like about this province of ours and you could win 4 KISS tickets for August 4th. Deadline for entries is July 24, 2013. Send your entries along with your name and mail- ing address to: P.O. Box 2015, St. John’s NL, A1C 5R7 Fax 726-6971 or e-mail: letters@nfldherald.com 10 The Newfoundland Herald July 21, 2013

JULY 21, 2013 SHE SHOOTS, SHE WEDS! Canadian bombshell Elisha Cuth- bert best known for her roles on 24 and Happy Endings has fi- nally married long time love, Dion Phaneuf of the Toronto Maple Leafs. The pair tied the knot in Summer- field, Prince Edward Island in a tra- ditional, close knit ceremony with friends and family. The groom wore a classic black tux and bow tie, while the bride wore a long-sleeved lace bothered too much and have a real summer gown and kept her long blond hair down in away from the hustle and bustle of our loose curls. The recep- tion took place at their lives,” Cuthbert said of their love for PEI. summer home in the area and they left the The couple have been together since church in a vintage Camaro SS, Cuth- 2008, and got engaged last September. bert’s wedding gift for her groom. At the beginning of their relationship, “It’s such a they battled some bad press when fel- quiet place that we can be low hockey player, and Cuthbert’s for- ourselves and not get mer flame Sean Avery told media, “I just want to comment on how it’s be- come like a common thing in the NHL for guys to fall in love with my sloppy sec- onds.” The words of a sore loser. Congrats to the happy couple! — SJS NEWFOUNDLAND – THE MOST FRIENDLY Abacus Data has released its second annual best and some work to do to change perceptions about its business worst provinces poll. British Columbia and Alberta climate.” scored highest on the top-line categories: Alberta got best marks for ‘best managed,’ ‘lowest While it would be nice to get that perception changed, taxes’ and ‘best place to open a business.’ While many from this province would dis- agree, B.C. won the distinction of having ‘the most beautiful scenery’ and being the province ‘Canadians would most like to visit.’ QUEBEC WORST MANAGED NL Tourism Photo Of the 1,000 polled, Canadians seem to have a low opinion of Quebec: La Belle Province was voted the ‘worst managed’ and the ‘worst place to open a business.’ Four out of ten Canadians also said that Quebec had the ‘least friendly’ people. Drum roll please, the ‘most friendly’ people – ac- And, drum roll please, the ‘most friendly’ people – according to the respon- cording to the respondents of this survey – live in dents of this survey – live in Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador and Labrador. Said an Abacus spokesperson; “Newfoundland and the province is expected to be the runaway leader in eco- Labrador (coming) second on worst place to start a busi- nomic growth in Canada in 2013, and it’s pretty great to ness is a surprise. It’s now a have province but it still has be known as friendly! — PG July 21, 2013 The Newfoundland Herald 11

JULY 21, 2013 SAD DAY AT CIRQUE DU SOLEIL While the death of a Cirque du pit below the stage. Soleil performer in Las Vegas The show momentarily continued, has been ruled accidental by then stopped. Minutes after the acci- the Clark County coroner’s office in dent, a recorded announcement in- Nevada, the news isn’t any easier to formed audience members that take. refunds or vouchers to future shows In a statement posted on its website, would be offered, and the crowd was the office says the death of dismissed. The founder of Sarah Guillot-Guyard was Cirque du Soleil said in a accidental and related to statement that his tight- multiple blunt force knit performance com- trauma. The 31-year-old pany is “completely woman died after she fell devastated” by the death more than 25 metres while of the 31-year-old per- performing in front of an former. audience at Las Vegas’s SARAH GUILLOT-GUYARD “I am heartbroken,” MGM Grand hotel. Guy Laliberte said. “We Witnesses told the Las Vegas Sun are reminded with great humility and that the accident occurred during a respect how extraordinary our artists fight scene near the end of the Ka, are each and every night. Our focus which combines acrobatics with mar- now is to support each other as a fam- tial arts and puppetry. ily.” Guillot-Guyard was being hoisted The incident was the first stage ca- up the side of the stage when it ap- sualty in the company’s 29-year his- peared that she detached from her tory, Guillot-Guyard was a mother of safety wire and plummeted to an open two. – PG ### WHAT HAPPENED AT ROSWELL? ### It’s been a fixture of popular culture for decades, but 66-years-later the infa- Festival. mous UFO crash at the Roswell Army “There were these I-beams about 12 to 18 inches Air Field is more mysterious than ever. On July 8, 1947, a press release from the long, and the most unusual part of that was the base informed the public that the military symbols or writing on the inner surface,\" Marcel Jr. previously told this reporter. \"I thought, at first, it had found the remains of a crashed fly- was like Egyptian hieroglyphics, but when I looked ing saucer. Shortly after they released a closer, it seemed more like geometric symbols of second statement saying they were some kind – it was wrong and that the debris came from very strange.” – SJS Project Mogul, a secret program of atmospheric balloons used to detect Soviet nuclear tests. As for reports of alien bodies being found, the mili- tary says they were simply crash test dummies used in experiments. Many people don’t buy that, in- cluding Jesse Marcel Jr. who was 11 at the time and spoke of what he saw at the recent Roswell UFO As for reports of alien bodies being found, the military says they were sim- ply crash test dummies used in experi- ments. Many people don’t buy that… 12 The Newfoundland Herald July 21, 2013

STORY BY INSPIRATIONAL PEOPLE DANETTE DOOLEY REACHING FOR THE STARS One of 11 children, Bell Island’s Marjorie Clarke, an internationally-recognized hairstylist, has worked with some of the world’s biggest stars, from Brooke Shields to Gwen Stefani! Marjorie Clarke made a vow to herself at age 17 that she’d make people feel special, just like the hairstylist had made her feel – just hours before her high school graduation. The Bell Island native had no idea that she’d not only commit to training as a hair- stylist but would end up styling the hair of some of the world’s top celebrities including Gwen Stefani, Christina Aguilera, Pamela An- derson, Brooke Shields and Brigitte Neilson. DANILO’S TALENTED TEAM Clarke was in Vienna, Austria, in May working alongside celebrity stylist Danilo of America’s Next Top Models. Danilo handpicked Clarke as one of his team of a handful of stylists from around the world after she clinched the North American Hairstylist of the Year Award in Las Vegas in 2005. She’s was part of Danilo’s team that gets celebrities ready for the runway at both the Life Ball in Vienna and during New York Fashion Week. Touted as the largest annual AIDS charity gala in Europe, Life Ball raises money for AIDS research while educating people about “He sang the praises of the people of Newfound- the disease. land.” – Marjorie Clarke, on meeting Adam Lambert MEETING AN IDOL Eden is best known for her starring role – alongside Clarke’s involvement in Life Ball has given her the op- Larry Hagman – in the sitcom. portunity not only to work on celebrities but to rub “I stopped and spoke to her because I grew up with I shoulders with people like Donald and Ivana Trump and Dream of Jeannie and I was star struck when I saw her. Hilary Swank. She had the same beautiful Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and Elton John smile as I remembered,” were among those who spoke at this year’s Life Ball. Clarke says of the American Like previous years, Clarke came home from Vienna film and television actress with some very special memories – not the least of which who celebrates her 82st was meeting American Idol’s Adam Lambert and chatting birthday on Aug. 23. it up with I Dream of Jeannie star Barbara Eden. Life Ball holds its opening While she didn’t get to work on Eden’s hair she did ceremony outside Vienna’s have a conversation with her at the airport. She told the city hall as well as a gala and movie star she’s always been one of her biggest fans. fashion show. Celebrity stylist Danilo handpicked Clarke as one of his team of a handful of stylists from around the world after she clinched the North American Hairstylist of the Year Award in Las Vegas in 2005. July 21, 2013 The Newfoundland Herald 13

INSPIRATIONAL PEOPLE: MARJORIE CLARKE Touted as the largest annual AIDS charity gala in Europe, Life Ball raises money for AIDS research while educating people about the disease. This year’s theme was “One Thousand and One Nights.” Clarke says she was also delighted when Information on the Life Ball website (www.lifeball.org) she recognized Lambert although he was in notes that during the Life Ball song 2013, interpreter Adam costume. Lambert (dressed as Ali Baba) came under the spell of the treasure of the 40 thieves, who were accompanying his per- “There was this beautiful looking man in a formance by their dancing. turban and this gorgeous Arabian costume. I kept looking at him and then I shouted out The U.S. singer, famous for his ex- ‘Adam Lambert!” Clarke laughs. traordinary voice and flamboyant-the- atrical performances, was the first “He said, “Yes, I’m Adam?’” openly homosexual pop artist who The two chatted briefly. Lambert told signed a contract with a major music Clarke he’d visited Newfoundland. label in the U.S. the website notes. “He sang the praises of the people of Newfoundland,” she recalls. “At the end of the song, the famous Clarke says it was great to be dancing near Ivana Trump words ‘Open, sesame!’ showed their meaning at the Life Ball, as they fully at a cocktail party during Life Ball. Both opened the stage for the first time. had similar hairstyles, she said. About 270 protagonists – harem girls, belly dancers, musicians of a Turkish or- “I was on the dance floor and she was chestra as well as the debutants – began right next to me. What she didn’t know to move together according to the was that I started dancing with her,” motto ‘Alles Leben’ (‘All live’) and accompanied by the Clarke laughs. 1001 Nights Waltz by Johann Strauss Jun,” the websites continues. An obviously pregnant Fergie per- formed and hosted the ball while Hilary Swank and Melanie Griffith also made an appearance. Robert Cavilli also hosted the event, which raised over $2.5 million for AIDS research. HUMBLE BEGINNINGS One of 11 children, Clarke got her first taste of what it’s like to feel special when she sat, for the first time, in a salon chair. “I had saved my money to get my hair done for my graduation. I was really nervous … I had no idea what to expect.” The hairstylist was the only one on Bell Island at the time, Clarke says. With the high school graduation that evening, she was extremely busy throughout the day. “But she was totally focussed on making me look and feel beautiful. And when I left that day I felt my purpose in life would be to help other people feel just like she made me feel in that moment.” Feeling beautiful was a special feeling. One Clarke was- n’t used to. While her parents (both died while in their 50s) encouraged her to reach for the stars, Clarke says hers was a family of very limited resources. “I always had a sense that I wanted to be more, do more Former U.S. President Bill Clinton and Elton John were among those who spoke at this year’s Life Ball. 14 The Newfoundland Herald July 21, 2013

INSPIRATIONAL PEOPLE: MARJORIE CLARKE Clake was part of Danilo’s team that gets celebrities ready for the runway at both the Life Ball in Vienna and during New York Fashion Week. and have more. That’s what drove me. Because when the women who find themselves there. She and you are growing up and all your neighbours have her staff at the Hair Force in Mount Pearl also more than you do, that gives you a sense of inferior- partnered with the high school on Bell Island to ity.” empower students to feel good about themselves. Self-confidence is the key to success, Clarke says. The owner of Hair Force in Mount Pearl, While she looks forward to Life Ball with great Clarke has won numer- enthusiasm, Clarke finds the most satisfaction helping ous national and inter- those closer to home. Those who really need the help, she national hairstylist says. Giving back to your community keeps you humble, awards over the years. she says. “I truly believe you get what you give.” She’s in her element when she’s working on a client’s hair. “When you do what you love to do you won’t do it in an average way. And that applies to any per- son, any industry, any passion,” she says. Clarke has given back to her community in spades. She supports Iris Kirby House giving makeovers to some of ABOUT LIFE BALL The Life Ball is one of the biggest AIDS charity events in the world. The aim: to help affected people in an extraordinary way and to fight against the taboo status of HIV/AIDS in our society. Therefore, Life Ball is an exuberant festivity that year after year cele- brates life and makes a loud and sounding state- ment in the fight against HIV and AIDS – resounding across the boundaries of Vienna and Austria. The international attention is particularly necessary, since the Life Ball serves as the voice of HIV positive people or people suffering from AIDS. The threat through AIDS is still present in the whole world; the HI-virus is deadly. HIV and Numerous people are dedicated to the Life Ball and AIDS can affect everybody regardless of gender, age, social status or sexual orientation. This is its goals and volunteer their time and commitment. the reason why it is of the utmost importance Without these ‘Life Ball Angels’ the impressive real- to continue fighting the virus. ization of the Life Ball wouldn’t be possible. Not allowing the serious background to be forgotten, among other things, thought-pro- would not be possible. voking moments during the opening ceremony at the city hall The city of Vienna with its generous support also greatly square and moving speeches of international AIDS activists contributes to the Life Ball. The Vienna city hall as an event lo- make for necessary awareness. The fundraising via the Life cation particularly shows the cosmopolitanism, tolerance and Ball and its actionism with the aim to raise donations for im- social responsibility of Vienna. The Life Ball was the first AIDS portant aid projects, are significant and indispensable instru- charity event worldwide to take place in a political building. ments in order to publicly discuss the topic of AIDS and create Furthermore a high number of national and international public awareness. commercial partners that contribute with both money and al- Numerous people are dedicated to the Life Ball and its goals lowances in kind to the success of the ball, make the Life Ball and volunteer their time and commitment. Without these and the work of the supporting organization AIDS LIFE pos- “Life Ball Angels” the impressive realization of the Life Ball sible. — Source: www.lifeball.org July 21, 2013 The Newfoundland Herald 15

T H 13 FHE ERALD’S LOORTH COMPILED BY THE HERALD STAFF — There are no shortages of mysterious phenomenon left to explore — Editor’s Note: Every day, stories of the strange and bizarre are reported on by various media sources, and ‘The Newfoundland Herald,’ on occasion, likes to delve into these unique and intriguing stories for the benefit of our readers. We hope you enjoy these forays into the unique and unusual. NELWOFVOUENDTLHANEDEURSNAENDXLPABLRAAIDNOREIADNS Is it the mystery? The intrigue? Perhaps it’s a little of both. Whatever the reason, The Herald provides readers with the latest and greatest this mysterious world of ours has to offer! The Herald may be mixing things up a bit this time most hitting it, gained attention. around, but we thought we’d start off this 13th floor And now, to ruin all the fun, an Italian geologist be- series with one mystery that may finally be solved. Accounts that some kind of creature has called Loch Ness lieves that he has the answer to the enduring mystery of home has been around for centuries, with the earliest the Loch Ness Monster. According to him, the answer isn’t biological, but geological, and the reports of the sightings going back around monster can all be traced to a fault line that runs under- 1,300 years. Modern day sight- neath the lake. ings, that often included fuzzy images, began again in 1933, as The blurry photos that have surfaced over the years, reports of motorists seeing some and even the film and video footage that’s been captured, sort of mysterious creature cross- has been explained away before. Floating logs, other ani- ing the road near the lake, and al- mals, like otters or fish, a Greenland shark, and of course total hoaxes has been offered up as explanation. Some of Italian geologist Luigi Piccardi, who specializes in using geology to explain myths and historical events, believes the explanation for these sonar sightings is easily explained. 16 The Newfoundland Herald July 21, 2013

THE HERALD’S 13TH FLOOR the more compelling evidence, though, has been sonar sightings, as expeditions to find the creature have pinged sound waves through the lake water that returned im- ages of what could be a large object moving under the lake’s surface. So, what is this about a fault? The Great Gen Fault is a strike-slip fault that runs right under Loch Ness and Italian geologist Luigi Piccardi, who specializes in using ge- ology to explain myths and historical events, believes the explanation for these sonar sightings is easily explained. Back in 2000, he published a paper linking the Or- acle at Delphi to an active fault that runs di- Accounts that some kind of creature has called Loch rectly under the temple of Apollo there, and Ness home has been around for centuries, with the he says that the tales of the Loch Ness Mon- ster are also linked to this fault line that earliest sightings going back around 1,300 years. runs right along the bottom of Loch Ness. So, is this mystery solved? That’s for Herald readers to nounced saysh), which is a persistent sloshing back and decide. forth of the lake water that can be caused by earthquakes FAST MOVING OBJECTS but is more commonly due to wind, could possibly ac- count for them as well. Some of the earliest accounts have mentioned tremors Will scientific explanations deter people from believ- occurred before and after seeing the monster and ing in Nessie? Not likely. The legend will persist, tremors in underwater fault lines can cause particularly because Nessie isn’t the only lake clusters of bubbles to suddenly form and monster legend out there. rise to the surface, and sonar signals One was sighted on Lake Simcoe in can bounce off these clusters just as the ’70s and other parts of Canada they would a solid object. The have reports of many different lake tremors can also set up waves monsters living in bodies of water through the water that can cause from British Columbia to our anything that happens to be float- very own province of Newfound- ing in or on the water (bubbles, land and Labrador. While some logs, debris, etc) to move along at are perhaps hoaxes, several have a pretty good pace. Account for become persistent legends. A sightings of fast moving objects in creature named Ogopogo appar- and on the lake, even ones that can ently lives in BC’s Okanagan Lake. keep up with a motorboat? Perhaps There are similar tales of a monster says this science guy. called Manipogo that supposedly hangs out in Lake Manitoba and Lake MONSTERS IN OUR WATERS? Winnipegosis, and another called Igo- pogo (or Kempenfelt Kelly) that lives in Lake Also, the original account was of a man who was Simcoe. Muskrat Lake, northwest of Ottawa, is ap- apparently dragged under the water by a monster as he parently home to another sea monster named Mussie. was swimming in the lake. If that man swam right into a Central Newfoundland’s Crescent Lake in Robert’s Arm cluster of bubbles, which would have a lower density than has a monster known the water around it, there wouldn’t be enough force from to the locals as the water to keep him afloat and his own weight would “Cressie,” this animal have pulled him below the surface. has been reported as But this seismic fault line isn’t the only possibly sci- being eel-like in ap- entific explanation for these events, as a seiche (pro- pearance and averag- Tremors in underwater fault lines can cause clusters of bub- bles to suddenly form and rise to the surface, and sonar signals can bounce off these clusters just as they would a solid object. July 21, 2013 The Newfoundland Herald 17

SCARY SINKHOLES THE HERALD’S 13TH FLOOR — SWALLOW UP ANYTHING IN ITS PATH — ing between five and 15-feet in A car and unsuspecting driver length. And remember this dropped into a sinkhole in Toledo, Ohio. The woman needed a ladder past winter? When strange, to clamber out of the hole. mysterious holes began ap- In other news of the spooky, sink- holes are all the news. Scary, as pearing in the ice on Dawe’s who knows when or if one will occur to swallow up anything in its Lake near Badger? An amateur path, and mysterious, because a cause often seems far from easily grasped, astronomer said a large hole, like it or not, sinkholes are happening. measuring about 55 metres by Jeffery Bush, 37, died when a hole opened up while he slept in the bedroom of his central Florida home. A 60 metres may have been This past winter, caused by an object that fell strange muysterious video shot by a contractor from the sky. At least one local holes began appearing who examined the hole just had reported hearing a loud in the ice on Dawe’s before the home was de- noise, perhaps a sonic boom, Lake near Badger. molished showed the sink- in the area either before the hole had grown to the point that it had swallowed holes were discovered. A gash of at least 15 me- the bed and the body com- tres appeared where the pletely. All that could be Dawe’s Lake’s ice cover was hard at the time and was ramp used to be, cutting seen was dirt. Bush’s body off one of the entry was never recovered. Yet approximately a metre thick, with no snow cover. The points to Pasadena. another sinkhole incident made splashing headlines area where this happened was disturbed (wave-like pat- recently, this time a car in Toledo, Ohio, and the unsus- pecting driver, about 10 feet underground. Reports said tern of ice piled up at one edge and brocken ice). Some that the woman, Pamela Knox, was fine, she just needed a ladder to clamber out of the hole and authorities had said the hole looked more like something come out, not to pull the car out using a crane. But sinkholes happen in this province as well. A went in, to the lake. sinkhole at St. David’s in 1985 collapsed a driveway in that community. The sinkhole was about two metres in So, true or false, we all love a good monster story, tales diameter and between six to seven metres deep. The City of Corner Brook is now investigating a sinkhole on of lake monsters will likely continue, regardless of what Upper Country Road. The road is closed to traffic until further notice while the city investigates. science has to say about it all. The closure will affect the section of Country Road between the Park Drive/ LOCH NESS MONSTER Boone’s Road intersection and O’Con- nell Drive and traffic had to be FASCINATING FACTS ABOUT NESSIE rerouted. There was another small sink- hole on Curling Street near St. Mary’s She lives in the Loch Ness lake in the Scottish highlands. Church. The Loch never freezes. Jeffery Bush died when a hole opened up while he slept in the bedroom of his The photo was later discovered as a hoax and became known central Florida home. as ‘The Surgeon’s Photo’ as the photographer refused to be 18 The Newfoundland Herald July 21, 2013 associated with the image. Residents around the Loch created an old wives tale to keep their children away from the lake. They said that a beast lived in the Loch who transformed into a horse when it was hungry and waited for a traveller to climb on its back. It would then gallop into the loch and eat its victim. A recording of a dark object heading towards Fort Au- gustus in 1960 is “classed as the greatest piece of evi- dence for the Loch Ness monster.” Some believe the Loch Ness Monster is a plesiosaur, a type of dinosaur. The most famous photo of the Nessie is possibly the most monster is of her head and famous cryptid (a creature neck, taken in in 1934. whose existence has been suggested but not yet proven) in the world. Nessie is said to have two humps, four flippers, a tail and a snake-like head. An average of 20 sightings are reported every year. In 2009, a man claimed he saw the Loch Ness Monster on Google Earth. There are 106,000 results on YouTube for the Loch Ness Monster. The Loch Ness Monster isn’t the only creature said to in- habit Scottish waters.

FISHERY NEWS WHO WANTS HORS D’OEUVRES? Government allocates funding for innovative Argentia fish facility BY PAM PARDY-GHENT One day after the 21st anniversary of the July 2, Years of research and preparation were carried out by 1992, Canadian government imposed moratorium the company before proceeding with this phase of the on the Northern cod fishery, some good fishery project. news was announced. Dandy Dan’s Fish Market will soon develop a new line of seafood appetizers for production at ENTERING NEW MARKETS its Argentia facility with assistance from the provincial Government. Derrick Dalley, Minister of Fisheries and “We have done a significant amount of work to get to aquaculture, announced $70,440 in this point, and feel we are ready to bring a great seafood Fisheries Technology and New Op- portunities Program funding to help the company create and mar- ket cod hors d’oeuvres for markets throughout the country. $70,000 IN FUNDING “Through our Fisheries Technol- ogy and New Opportunities Pro- gram, this government continues to support new projects that are pro- moting greater financial success and enhanced employment within our fishery,” said Dalley. “More than $70,000 will be provided to support new production, marketing, “Through our Fisheries Technology and New and promotional efforts that Opportunities Program, this government could lead to increased long- term employment opportunities continues to support new projects that in Argentia and surrounding are promoting greater financial suc- areas.” cess and enhanced employment The funding will support a wide range of company activities, including produc- within our fishery.” – Derrick Dalley tion training for new staff, the development of new packaging, the creation of marketing materi- product to the marketplace,” said Dan Meade, owner als, and participation in trade shows such as the Gro- of Dandy Dan’s Fish Market. “I thank the provincial gov- cery Innovation Show in Toronto. ernment for its support, and look forward to entering into EXPANDING ITS OPERATIONS new markets with unique hors d’oeuvres that create a lasting impression on consumers throughout Canada.” “The provincial government is committed to support- Budget 2013: A Sound Plan, A Secure Future included ing economic development, and this investment has the a $2.2 million investment in the Fisheries Technology potential to create enduring employment in the process- and New Opportunities Program, ing sector,” said Felix Collins, Minister for Intergovern- which has promoted innovation mental and Aboriginal Affairs and MHA for Placentia-St. in our billion dollar fishing and Mary’s. “I wish the business all the best as it expands its aquaculture industry by assisting operations at its Argentia facility, and look forward to see- more than 200 research and de- ing their new product in stores.” velopment projects since 2008. “More than $70,000 will be provided to support new production, marketing, and promotional efforts that could lead to increased long-term employment opportunities in Argentia and surround- ing areas.” – Derrick Dalley July 21, 2013 The Newfoundland Herald 19

COVER STORY NTV’s ET Canada goes inside the world of celebrity, dishing the dirt and snagging exclusives! BY SARAH JANE SHEPPARD Delivering entertainment news with a unique Cana- news team and just how difficult it can be to stay on top of dian flavour, NTV’s Entertainment Tonight Canada stories that can change in an instant. Two installments of has quickly become a popular show with a reputa- this series have aired to date. The first from inside the 2011 tion for getting it right. Launched in 2005 as Canada’s an- Toronto Film Festival and the second, the 2012 Grammy swer to Entertainment Tonight in the U.S., with energetic hosts, behind-the-scenes exclusives and Awards. The latter truly showed the ET Canada team up to the minute details on your favourite on their toes as they scrambled to readjust the celebrities, ET Canada has come up with the red carpet show to reflect the shocking news of perfect concoction for success. Co-hosted by Whitney Houston’s death. Cheryl Hickey and Rick Campanelli, ET Canada The Conversations series has allowed for a has even spawned two spin-off shows, ET very candid view of some of the world’s hottest Canada: Behind the Scenes and ET Canada: entertainment acts. Through extended long-form Conversations. interviews, ET Canada has shown an in depth side The Behind of celebrities like Micheal Buble, One Direction, the Scenes show takes Coldplay, Carrie Underwood, Katy Perry and Nick- viewers into a rarely leback. During the One Direction episode, Cheryl Hickey seen aspect of enter- got the boys to open about dating, actually getting Louis tainment news report- and Liam to admit for the first time to being in relation- ing, highlighting the ships. A great exclusive for ET Canada, but a little painful to hear for teenage girls all over the world. The Colgate Optic White Selfie Contest is asking viewers to submit their best 'selfies' for a chance to win passes to the upcoming Toronto Film Festival. 20 The Newfoundland Herald July 21, 2013

ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT CANADA: WEEKDAYS AT 8:00PM ON NTV During the One Direction episode, Cheryl Hickey got the boys to open up about dating, actually getting Louis and Liam to admit for the first time to being in relationships. A great exclusive for ET Canada, but a little painful to hear for teenage girls all over the world. ET Canada Live is another more recent component to about their summer blockbuster, The Lone Ranger, while be added to the ET Canada network of programming. It’s Sangita Patel hit the red carpet for the LA premiere of White fast paced and delivers entertainment news, literally, right House Down, starring Channing Tatum, Jamie Fox and as it’s happening with the help of social media like Face- Maggie Gyllenhaal. ET Canada is definitely spreading a bit book, Twitter and Instagram. The show also boasts some of Canada all around the world! pretty cool guests, including Canadian rockers Hedley. ‘T’ IS FOR ‘TEAM’ ET Canada has also become known for its great contests. Viewers have had the chance to vy for concert tickets to So far, we’ve mentioned a lot of names from the ET major shows, including the highly-anticipated New Kids on Canada family, but just who are these reporters in search of The Block reunion tour. The current contest, a joint effort all things entertainment? With Hickey and Campanelli put forth by ET Canada and Colgate Optic White, called the manning the co-host desk, the rest of the team is made up Colgate Optic White Selfie Contest, is asking viewers to sub- mit their best ‘selfies’ for a chance to win passes of Sangita Patel, Roz Weston, Matte Babel, Erin Ce- to the upcoming Toronto Film Festival. Each bula and Natasha Gargiulo. Hickey is, without a week, one winner and a guest of their choice doubt, a central character in the entire opera- are chosen. tion. On board since the show’s 2005 debut, SIZZLING SUMMER Hickey has beauty, charisma and brains. She has easily become Canada’s Mary Hart. Summer is a busy time in the enter- Hickey first got her feet wet in broadcast jour- tainment world, from major events like nalism when she began working at a local the Cannes Film Festival to glitzy red car- cable station when she was pet premieres of summer blockbusters. just 16. Never looking Committed to taking viewers right to the heart of all the action, ET Canada’s Siz- back since, she went onto to work in all fields, from radio and television zling Summer sees the entire reporting news, to writing and co-anchoring. She team spread out across the globe providing in- even worked as a news chopper reporter side scoop and behind the scenes access to star- before finally making studded events. the leap to entertain- ment reporting. As a Just last week, ET Canada correspondent, part of ET Canada, Natasha Gargiulo tweeted pictures from her ex- Hickey has been to clusive on-set interview with hunk Paul Walker. many major events, Best known for his role in the Fast & The Furi- from Cannes to the Oscars, Golden ous franchise, rumours have been swirling that Globes and Gram- Walker could be up for the role of Christian mys. She is well Grey in the film adaptation of last year’s scan- respected in the dalous literary hit, 50 Shades of Grey. Gargiulo industry and loved got Walker to set the record straight in the full by viewers, espe- interview set to air on an upcoming episode of ET cially because of how Canada. open she is with her Gargiulo also tweeted pictures from her sit down personal life. with Canadian funny guy, Jay Baruchel, about host- ing his first Just for Laughs Gala in Montreal. Cor- While she’s respondent Erin Cebula also snagged an interview with Armie Hammer and Johnny Depp to chat Natasha Gargiulo, Erin Cebula and Roz Weston are correspondents with ET Canada. July 21, 2013 The Newfoundland Herald 21

ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT CANADA: WEEKDAYS AT 8:00PM ON NTV ET Canada has shown an in depth side of celebrities like Coldplay, Nickelback, Carrie Underwood, Katy Perry and Michael Bublé. been with the show viewers have with Canadian music group Drag- seen her get married to Rogers onette, Johnny Depp and Queen Lat- Sportsnet producer Kevin Foley, and ifah and also reported from the 2013 welcome two children, son Jaxson in Cannes Film Festival back in May 2009 and daughter Nyla, born just a where he snagged an exclusive inter- few months ago. Hickey is actually view with Leo DiCaprio. on maternity leave right now, as Sangita Patel temporarily fills in. Just one month before PATEL’S BIG STEP UP her daughter’s birth, Hickey, looking gorgeous in a black lace gown, hit the red carpet for the Canadian Screen Also like Hickey, viewers have connected with Campan- Awards. She was nominated for Best Variety Host. While elli on ET Canada as he openly celebrates personal mile- she may be away from the ET Canada hosting desk for now, stones. Last year, Campanelli married long-time girlfriend she’s still keeping fans in the loop, active on Twitter, shar- Angie Smith. The couple’s special day was chronicled in ing pictures of new baby Nyla. Hello Magazine Canada, where the former temp got candid about his luck, both good and bad, in love. “From the start, ‘RICK THE TEMP’ I wanted her for the rest of my life,” he told the mag while also opening up about son Noah, from a previous marriage, Hickey’s right hand man is Rick Campanelli, a name that who played the important role of ring bearer. Speaking of will be familiar to Canadian television viewers. Campanelli his first failed marriage he said, “I didn’t put too much pres- was once known as ‘Rick the Temp’ as the winner of Much sure on finding my true love because I knew she was out Music’s 1996 MuchTemp competition. He became an in- there. You go through tough times, but I’m a pretty positive stant favourite and remains one of Much guy.” Music’s most prolific personalities, having been a video jockey, co-host of Much on De- While Hickey is off, Campanelli is joined by Sangita mand, Writer of the Much Music Count- Patel, a well known Canadian personality down and co-host of the Music Music Radio out of Toronto who has had recurring Countdown. Campanelli left Much Music stints on The Weather Network and in 2005, after the announcement he City Television. It’s a big step up for would be heading over to ET Patel, but she isn’t worried about Canada as a reporter. It was a dif- the A-list interviews. She has al- ferent, slightly more formal plat- ready interviewed Brad Pitt on a form for Campanelli, but it seems previous red carpet at the Toronto all of his broadcast skills and tal- International Film Festival. And, ents crossed over, as after a brief she built a bit of a reputation off stint as a reporter he was named that too. Pitt looked as if he was permanent co-host alongside going to skip all media, so Patel Hickey. Like his co-host, Cam- yelled out “I’m pregnant and I’m panelli has been busy canoodling cold,” as she knew Angelina Jolie with the rich and famous too. was pregnant at the time. Pitt Most recently he’s sat down immediately went over to her and gave a full interview. To Matte Babel and catch Hickey, Campanelli, Patel Sangita Patel round out and the rest of the ET Canada the ET Canada team. team deliver the best in enter- tainment news, watch NTV weeknights at 8:00 p.m. 22 The Newfoundland Herald July 21, 2013

POLITICAL WATCH COMPELLING EVIDENCE FOR PARK CUTS? This is the time of year when tourists flock to the Budget cuts saw staff positions eliminated from the province. According to NDP Environment and Con- Witless Bay Ecological Reserve, the Cape St. Mary’s re- servation Critic George Murphy, MHA St. John’s serve and the Burnt Cape Ecological Reserve. In total, East, now is not the time for cuts. Murphy recently reit- over 70 per cent of the staff positions at provincial parks erated concerns about budget cuts that elimi- and reserves were cut in nated staff positions at the Budget 2013. province’s ecological re- serves and parks. HIDE EVIDENCE In the House of Assem- “In the interest of bly on April 16, Murphy transparency and account- asked the minister why he ability, I ask that the min- cut so much educational ister show the people programming from the affected by these cuts the Department of Environ- core mandate review that ment and Conservation. recommended the cuts,” The minister then accused Murphy of not having “faith in said Murphy. “The govern- these people carrying out the core mandate.” ment has said they need ‘compelling evidence’ in order to consider reversing any of the budget cuts, yet they hide STILL WAITING FOR AN ANSWER any evidence they have for cutting the positions in the first place. “While I’ve come to expect evasive non-answers from “These cuts will hurt our tourism industry. The min- the minister, the question still has to be asked – why were ister and this government need to stop these positions cut?” said Murphy. “The people of the with the shell games – show us the ev- province are still waiting for an answer on this, and many idence so we can have a proper debate, are rightfully calling for the cuts to be reversed.” or reverse the cuts.” “These cuts will hurt our tourism industry. The minister and this govern- ment need to stop with the shell games – show us the evidence so we can have a proper debate, or reverse the cuts.” – NDP MHA, George Murphy STAGGERING STUDENT DEBT The MP for St. John’s South-Mount Pearl, who to do that … during the annual general meeting of the also happens to be the New Democratic critic for Canadian Federation of Students, Canada’s oldest and Post-Secondary Education, spoke out recently largest student organization.” about student debt. Speaking in the House of Com- mons, Ryan Cleary said the average student debt in Cleary said he welcomed those students and said he this country – in terms of federal and provincial loans supported their fight for affordable and accessible edu- – stands at $28,000. cation for all Canadians. “Your fight is our fight,” Cleary stressed. This is how Canadians are expected to begin their careers? he asked. “I say expected, because if the debt isn’t bad enough, the unemployment rate for young Canadians is 14.5 per cent, more than double, dou- ble, other age groups.” Cleary says this is the first gener- ation of young Canadians not to live as well as their parents with pensions and benefits under constant attack. “Canadian students have much to talk about and they’ll get the chance “If the debt isn’t bad enough, the unemployment rate for young Cana- dians is 14.5 per cent, more than double, double, other age groups.” – NDP MP, Ryan Cleary July 21, 2013 The Newfoundland Herald 23

HERALD SPOTLIGHT The Herald takes a closer look at the Newfoundland dog and its special place in the province’s rich history and culture. BY SARAH JANE SHEPPARD There are many things that come to mind as symbols foundland breed are classified as working dogs and there of Newfoundland and Labrador. Patchwork quilts, are many different theories about their origins. Some salty beaches, a steaming hot plate of fish and brewis, sources believe the breed originated from dogs indigenous fishing boats and even George Street. Newfoundland Dogs to the island and big bear dogs brought by the Vikings in also belong on such a list, but the characteristics that make 1001 A.D. This actually sparked the theory that Newfound- these dogs such a special part of the province’s framework land Dogs are descendants of black bears, although it seems goes much deeper than just their name. that logic is more folktale than plausible theory. Another theory suggests that the Newfoundland breed started as Ti- Often referred to as “gentle giants” or “Newfs” the New- betan and Malaysian dogs that after being introduced to the island’s isolation and rugged conditions gradually devel- oped webbed feet and grew larger. One belief that appears to be common in many sources is that the introduction of other breeds such as Spaniels, Pyrenees and Mastiffs brought by early European settlers resulted in the Newfoundland Dog we know today. Accord- ing to the Canadian Kennel Club (CKC), when Newfound- land became a British colony in 1610, the breed, both mentally and physically, was firmly established and remains one of the very few breeds native to Canada. The Newfoundland breed are classified as working dogs and there are many different theories about their origins. 24 The Newfoundland Herald July 21, 2013

HERALD SPOTLIGHT: NEWFOUNDLAND DOG They have become known for their ‘ster- ling gentleness and serenity’ which some say, in part, can be attributed to the breeds earliest bond with the Beothuk. The dogs were officially named in 1775 when George with young girl laying across its paws and a stormy ocean Cartwright, a British explorer, referred to his dog as a New- in the background; Newfoundlands made an early name for foundland. Cartwright’s dog was actually used for carrying themselves as water rescuers. Most breeders, including the mail and was subsequently honoured by being depicted on CKC, recognize the Landseer as a variant of the Newfound- a stamp released in 1887 and was even featured on a later land Dog, but the Fédération Cynologique Internationale stamp with George VI of England. Newfoundland Dogs were recognizes it as a separate breed called Landseer European able to help in many areas of work and, according to the Continental Type (E.C.T.). Encyclopedia of Newfoundland and Labrador, in the early 1800s “Newfoundland dogs of all breeds and types provided All colours aside, one thing that isn’t interchangeable St. John’s with labour valued up to $5,000 a day.” from the equation for a Newfoundland dog is its size and GIFT FROM THE GODS love of water. The average height of a male Newfoundland Dog is 28 inches, com- Aside from their incredible qualities as working dogs, the pared to 26 inches for females, while the Newfoundland Dog is also known for its extremely kind average male tips the scales at 150 lbs., temperament, making for the ultimate companion. They compared to an average weight of 120 lbs. have become known for their “sterling gentleness and in females. The largest Newfoundland on serenity” which some say, in part, can be attributed to the record weighed a whopping 260 lbs. and breeds earliest bond with the Beothuk. The Beothuk are be- measured over six feet from nose to tail. lieved to be Newfoundland’s native resi- Despite their size, Newfoundlands are not dents and the little information left behind inactive dogs and have a long history of about their culture suggests they thought water rescue. With an innate desire and of the Newfoundland Dog as a gift from ability to swim, webbed feet, a heavy water resistant double the Gods and therefore depended on them coat as well as being “well muscled and co-ordinated” as de- for help as well as demonstrated stong af- scribed by the CKC, Newfoundland dogs are incredibly ef- fection towards them. ficient in and suited to water. Newfoundland Dogs were known to help early fishermen Despite nearly reaching extinction sev- pull their nets and other gear from the water, but most im- eral times, in part because horses became portantly strong and the animal of choice for work, as the agile enough to save colony of Newfoundland grew the New- people from drowing. foundland Dog became a symbol of the evolving life and Described by the New- culture of the island. In 1917 a “Newf” actually became the foundland Dog Club as official mascot of the Newfoundland Regiment in WWI. “the ultimate water Sable Chief, likely the most famous Newfoundland Dog, was dog” a Newfoundland presented to the Second Battalion and after being fatally Dog’s thick coat is great wounded was “stuffed and later placed in the Newfoundland for swimming in cold Naval Military Museum in the Confederation Building.” water, while their “deep chest and large lung ca- WADE IN THE WATER The traditional colour of a Newfoundland dog is black, al- though some breeders recognize brown, black and white and grey, the rarest, as official colours as well. The black and white Newfoundland is particularly special and is re- ferred to as a Landseer named after Sir Edwin Henry Land- seer, an English painter who featured them in many of his paintings. One painting completed by Landseer in 1856, en- titled Saved, depicted a black and white Newfoundland Dog Sable Chief, likely the most famous Newfoundland Dog, was presented to the Second Battalion and after being fatally wounded was “stuffed and later placed in the Newfoundland Naval Military Museum in the Confederation Building.” July 21, 2013 The Newfoundland Herald 25

HERALD SPOTLIGHT: NEWFOUNDLAND DOG Newfoundlands were known to help early fishermen pull their nets and other gear from the water, but most importantly strong and agile enough to save people from drowning. pacity” allows for long distances and the muscular tail is Pilot is the pet of Edward Fairfax Rochester in Char- said to act almost like the rudder of a boat propelling them. lotte Brontë’s classic 1847 novel ‘Jane Eyre’. Some Newfoundlands do need training in water rescue, but the dogs are believed to have natural rescue instincts often Beyond being a beloved fixture of Newfoundland evident if its owners are swimming; the Newfoundland may culture and heritage, Newfoundland Dogs have swim around them in an effort to herd his or her owners been the desired companion of many famous fig- back to shore. ures both fictional and historical. Porthos, a Landseer Newfound- FAITHFUL PET land Dog owned by famous writer J. M. Barrie served as the There are several famous stories, some historical, others inspiration for Nana, the Darling here say, about the Newfoundland Dog’s amazing rescues family’s pet in Peter Pan, Presi- at sea. Many believe that a Newfoundland Dog saved dent Ulysses S. Grant’s first dog Napoleon Bonaparte from drowning in 1815 after his was a Newfoundland named famous attempted escape from the Island of Elba, Faithful, Robert F. Kennedy while it is historical fact that in 1832 a Newfoundland owned a Newfoundland Dog Dog by the name of Hairy Man, helped his owner Ann named Brumus, Pilot is the pet Harvey of Isle aux Morts save 180 people over a pe- of Edward Fairfax Rochester in riod of three days after the ship, Despatch, went Charlotte Brontë's classic 1847 aground three miles offshore. Harvey’s heroic efforts novel Jane Eyre and a New- foundland named Lou is the with the help of Hairy Man were rec- companion to Officers Ma- ognized on July 17, 1987, when the honey and Shtulman in the Canadian Coast Guard commis- 1985 movie Police Academy 2. sioned their new ship, the Ann Harvey. The Chesapeake Bay Re- Robert F. Kennedy owned a triever and the Labrador Re- Newfoundland dog named triever are two breeds directly Brumus and Newfoundland descendant of the Newfoundland named Lou is the compan- and are also known for proficiency sion to Officers Mahoney in water. and Shtulman in the 1985 Today, the time of hard work for movie ‘Police Academy 2.’ Newfoundland Dogs is far behind, as most are now faithful pets and a favourite sight for tourists, and why not, after centuries of helping New- foundland’s earliest people make a life here, these furry “Newfs” have earned the right to stand on all fours and just enjoy it. AT DOMINION RECYCLING LTD. WE PAY TOP PRICES FOR: Dominion • Copper • Lead • Brass • Stainless Steel Recycling • Aluminum • Batteries • Radiators • Converters Also suppliers of structural steel and tubing 100% NEWFOUNDLAND OWNED AND OPERATED “Support Your Local Metal Dealer” Derm Power, owner/operator Limited 377 Empire Avenue, St. John’s, NL A1C 5M5 Tel: (709) 753-6158 • Fax: (709) 753-6136 • e-mail: [email protected] 26 The Newfoundland Herald July 21, 2013

STORY BY LOCAL MUSIC & MORE PAM PARDY-GHENT The founder of the Sons of Erin, Ralph O’Brien, not long out of the pub business, has rediscovered his love of recording. As O’Brien prepares to release his very first solo album he sits down with ‘The Herald’ and reflects on why now is ‘About Time’ Ralph O’Brien looks every bit the part of an Irish mu- amazing talent, wonderful talent here in Newfoundland. It’s sician. As he sits in the board room at The Herald, amazing. The music coming out of here is tremendous, and tunes like The Barley Mow, one of the many O’Brien maybe bands like ours, like the Sons of Erin, helped inspire helped make popular in his days with the Sons of Erin, im- the new young ones that are out there making beautiful mediately come to mind. music, and maybe we’re still inspiring today’s generation as the music is still around. But who knows, really. Still. It’s a “WONDERFUL TALENT” nice thought, isn’t it, love?” NTV viewers know O’Brien’s music well, as songs his band recorded in the NTV studio, like The Streets Of London, are still played regularly. O’Brien says he “gets a kick” out of see- ing those early videos. “They were done in 1980 and they are still on NTV, which is so amazing. I listen to them when I catch it on, and I’m quite amused. They were done well,” he begins. Those recordings, while amusing and entertaining, also makes him quite proud. “Kids now are listening to this, and I’d like to think they’re somewhat influenced. There’s NTV viewers know O’Brien’s music well, as songs his band recorded in the NTV studio, like The Streets Of London, are still played regularly. July 21, 2012 The Newfoundland Herald 27

LOCAL MUSIC & MORE: RALPH O’BRIEN “I get up for a song or sometimes when I’m asked. Sometimes it’s a good idea and sometimes it’s a bad idea.” – Ralph O’Brien business; Mark Hiscock, Chris Ryan, Larry Foley, Kevin Evans, Greg Walsh, Chris Andrews, Robert Kelly, Mike Han- rahan, Allan Ricketts, D’Arcy Broderick, Darrell Power, An- Bud Gaulton Photo drew LeDrew, Con O’Brien and more made up the Erin’s Pub Fish ’n’ Tackle Choir. “We had cars coming down full with guys wanting to be on the album. It was something,” he says. O’Brien bought a new camera and took pictures as the musical magic oc- curred in the studio. But, there was a little bad news to fol- low. “I lost the camera. Maybe at Erin’s. The camera (a Canon) would be nice to get back, but I’d love to get those Yes indeed, it is a nice thought. But there’s fact there as pictures. They are precious to me. Such great memories well. When Chris Andrews, frontman for Celtic folk band were made that day with the lads,” he says. Shanneyganock, and Bob Hallett, member of Great Big Sea, There will no doubt be more memories. O’Brien’s official bought Erin’s, a popular Water Street watering hole, from release of About Time will happen July 24th at 8:00 p.m. at O’Brien, they spoke to The Herald about the bar’s previous the LSPU Hall in St. John’s and many of those same musi- owner. “Erin’s Pub is an institution. It’s where (Bob) Hallett cians will join O’Brien on the stage as he celebrates the re- and I both started our careers. So buying this place is no lease of his first solo album. chore, it’s more like a passion and a calling,” Andrews said “MUSIC CAN BE A FLEETING THING” shortly after taking over the bar. Bob Hallett agreed. “There’s something to be able to say Ah, the music business, sighs O’Brien, it’s such an inter- you own the place where you got the start in your career,” esting creature. “Music can be a fleeting thing. You are very he said in an interview with The Her- popular and then it fizzles. Not too ald. “(Erin’s) is the original home for many people reach the pinacle of traditional music in St. John’s, and music, like Great Big Sea, and main- there’s a 26-year history there of folk tain it. (Sons of Erin) started back in music and the people who love that 1968 and we did very well but I al- kind of music and tradition, like my- ways knew that there was going to be self, owe (O’Brien) gratitude for being a time come when I didn’t want to be so dedicated to the music,” added An- travelling. I lived out of a suitcase for drews. almost 30 years. So we bought the “AN OPEN INVITATION” bar. And then, like my album title, I found it was About Time to end that Was he sad to be selling after 26 stage of my life, and now I’m back at years of operation? O’Brien, with a the music,” he says smiling. twinkle in his eyes, says no; “These On returning to his first love, guys are coming up and they are going music, O’Brien smiles. “This album to keep the music up. And that’s fine by “All the best musicians in the speaks to my love with music and the me.” Besides, O’Brien says he has “an city agreed to play on it ... We music that we did on this new album open invitation” to play at the bar any- is songs that you pick up all over the time he likes. And should that invita- have one particular track years and you hear something and tion ever be rescinded, O’Brien laughs called Dublin Town or it could say,’ my that’s a lovely song. If I ever and says; “I’ll break down the door, get a chance I’m going to have a go walk up and say, ‘Move over Chrissy, be called Fly me Home, and at that.’ All the songs are different, I’m coming in!” we had 24 vocals on it.” and special, for different reasons. It’s On his new album, O’Brien says the – Ralph O’Brien country, it’s skiffle, it’s bluegrass, it’s name, About Time, could mean many ballads.” things. “It could mean, it’s about time I did it, or it could be Some of the songs are very moving, like Through the more about actual time. You know, what is time? My wife Eyes of a Child. “Listen and get the feel of it. The song says; first suggested the name and I ran with it.” ‘if I could see the world through the eyes of a child, what a O’Brien says he had a lot of support from the local music wonderful world it would be’. The interesting thing, when I community. “All the best musicians in the city agreed to play recorded that, there was this thing down in the States where on it, and they just wanted to be on it. We have one partic- beautiful children were shot and killed (Sandy Hook Ele- ular track called Dublin Town or it could be called Fly Me mentary) and the song took a brand new meaning. It sud- Home, and we had 24 vocals on it.” denly had a new identity. I felt the innocence of children The list of names is incredible, a who’s-who in the music while (singing) and if that innocence prevailed, what a won- 28 The Newfoundland Herald July 21, 2012

LOCAL MUSIC & MORE: RALPH O’BRIEN “There’s a lot of very Irish in Newfound- land, not necessary all Irish directly but in the ways and the things people do and in their attitude …” – Ralph O’Brien derful world this would be. We’d be living in a different Bud Gaulton Photos world altogether,” he says. know in advance, I don’t drink, I really MAKING NEWFOUNDLAND HOME don’t. I’m very respectful of the music. But if I was going out and having a kind of a Speaking about a different world, O’Brien loves telling relaxing evening, I might have just an stories of ‘back in the day.’ The first time he and his band, extra two pints and so consequently what Sons of Erin, played at the old Strand Lounge in St. would happen, (my performance) might- John’s, there were four people in the audience. At their n’t be as good as it was, or not as good as very next gig, the place was packed and the lineup to get it should be, but you’re allowed that at my in stretched back to where the theatre used to be. age,” he laughs. There’s little question that a musical legend like Ralph “It was incredible. After that it wasn’t very hard for me O’Brien would sound great, extra two pints or not. His smile to adopt Newfoundland as my home and I love it here still lights up his entire face. today. There’s a lot of very Irish in Newfoundland, not “The love of the music. The love of this place. There’s al- necessary all Irish directly but in the ways and the things ways something to celebrate here, isn’t it?” people do and in their attitude … I had lived in Toronto, I had lived in Vancouver, I had lived in Los Angeles, but this always felt like coming home. I remember back when the flight would be coming in (after we had performed away) and we’d start clapping as the flight landed because we all felt so at home.” Of course, breaking the news to his Dublin-born wife that Newfoundland would become home wasn’t easy. When she first heard that he was contemplating moving to Newfound- land to live, O’Brien admits that his wife “went mad.” The reason? “She wasn’t im- pressed or amused with the weather at all,” he says with a laugh. But that changed, and both grew to love this province – weather and all. RESPECTING THE MUSIC On what’s next, O’Brien says what will be will be. He plans on performing from time to time, sometimes planned, sometimes not so much. “I get up for a song or sometimes when I’m asked. Sometimes it’s a good idea and sometimes it’s a bad idea. When I play normally, when I’m booked and Join O’Brien at the LSPU Hall on July 24th at 8:00 p.m. For tickets call 753- 4531 or book online at www.rca.nf.ca Name: Cheque VISA MasterCard AMEX Address: Card #: Province: Exp.: Postal Code: Signature: Mail to: Subscription Department, P.O. Box 2015, St. John’s, NL, A1C 5R7, Tel: 709-570-5394 or 1-800-901-4901 July 21, 2012 The Newfoundland Herald 29

NEWS IN BRIEF FROM AROUND OUR PROVINCE FEDERAL LIBERALS DEMAND ACTION Judy Foote, Member of Parliament for Random- The Conservatives, she says, Burin-St. George’s, says the federal Liberals are are ignoring this harsh reality taking steps to address the growing concern of while spending millions of dollars youth unemployment in Canada. on advertising a job creation pro- gram that doesn’t even exist. In Newfoundland and Labrador the adult unem- “Anyone who watches television ployment rate is 11.6 per cent. When we focus has seen an ad by the Harper gov- specifically on young people between the ages of 15 ernment touting its new Canada and 24, the youth unemployment rate in the Job Grant, promising $15,000 for province is 17.6 per cent. According to Foote, “Ac- unemployed workers who need tion must be taken to reverse this troubling trend.” training. The truth is the Conser- vatives are using taxpayers’ “To do this, immediate focus must be on factors money to advertise a program driving high unemployment and underemployment, that doesn’t exist rather than ad- the need for improved skills training and education, dressing youth unemployment.” as well as concerns about the growing practice of unpaid internships,” said Foote. The Canada Job Grant pro- gram has yet to be negotiated “While visiting communities throughout Ran- with the provinces, and requires buy-in from employers as dom-Burin-St. George’s I have had constituents tell well. The concept requires Ottawa, the province and the em- me they are struggling to make ends meet and having difficulty ployer contribute up to $5,000 each toward the training of a worker. “Legislation to create the federal training grant is still providing for their families. Furthermore, months away from being considered by Parliament,” she says. an increasing number of young people “This is another example of the Harper government failing to graduating from college and university pro- consult with other levels of government, and taking their part- grams have huge debt loads, and absolutely ners for granted. They are doing nothing to address the grow- no guarantee of finding a job that will en- ing problem of adult and youth unemployment.” able them to start paying back the money they owe. In many cases they end up re- turning home to live with their parents. ” “Action must be taken to reverse this troubling trend.” – Judy Foote GOVERNMENT WASHING ITS HANDS? Liberal Tourism, Recreation and Culture Critic Eddie Islands MHA noted this is not a comprehensive estimate, and Joyce says he is disappointed that government washed there is a need for a full engineering review that would iden- its hands of the West Coast Training Facility by allow- tify the necessary repairs. ing the doors to close on this critical piece of infrastructure for the residents of the Bay St. George region. “Since the closure … tenants with equipment in the building have been left to fend “It is very unfortunate that government for themselves with no insur- was unwilling to work with the Stephenville ance on any of their assets left Town Council to keep the facility operating,” in the facility,” added Joyce. said Joyce. “It clearly shows that the plan to “Government has abandoned close the facility was ill-conceived and hastily the residents, both providers done.” and users, of the Bay St. George region by arbitrarily The West Coast Training Facility closed on Friday, June 28th, after government failed closing the facility. What options are left for those people?” to reach an agreement with the Stephen- Joyce noted that government’s latest offer of $300,000 ville Town Council that would have pro- vided funds to carry out upgrades to the comes nowhere near meeting what is required to bring the facility, estimated at $750,000. The Bay of facility up to standard so the town can realistically consider taking over the facility. “Government has abandoned the residents, both providers and users, of the Bay St. George region by arbitrarily closing the facil- ity. What options are left for those people.” – Eddie Joyce 30 The Newfoundland Herald July 21, 2013

NEWS IN PERSPECTIVE THE NEWFOUNDLAND HERALD by jim furlong WATCHING THE TIDE It was just after the last election that I last wrote about “lots of coverage” phrase for a while from anywhere near the provincial Liberals. I was kind to them because I the provincial Liberal party. Interestingly enough, the can- thought they had done remarkably well by latching on to didates in the leadership race aren’t just from “that old gang Kevin Aylward as the leader to take them to the polls. They of mine” running in that they have a couple of candidates were troubled times for the party but Aylward, although an that represent a new face to the party and a new urban face anointed leader, emerged as the man of practical political at that. knowledge that kept the party together. Aylward didn’t win his seat but he basically saved the Liberal party by a strategy THE TOM OSBOURNE FACTOR that had the party concentrating its meagre resources on “winnable” seats in the election which meant seats outside Both Bennett and Antle would appeal to the Board of of St. John’s. Trade crowd should they win and, while it isn’t exactly my cup of tea, it is an important political reality especially when It was a weird strategy but it obviously worked. When the you are looking for money. It is an interesting mix of can- dust settled and the votes were counted the Liberal party re- didates and I am most curious as to the direction in which mained the official opposition – much to the surprise, dis- the party will head. It is alive really because of rural may and perhaps disappointment of the press that had been boldly and incorrectly predicting opposi- tion status for the New Democrats. NDP SLIPPING Since that time the prospects for the Liberals have taken off. With Aylward gone, first Yvonne Jones and then Dwight Ball sort of grew into the position of Leader of the Opposition and both showed surprising strength. Jones, in par- Paul Antle, Dwight Ball, Cathy Bennett, Jim Bennett and ticular, was strong in the House of Danny Dumaresque all want to lead the party. Assembly. The Liberals have, of course, been aided and abetted by a PC government whose strength. There is also the new method of weighted voting fortunes continue to spiral downward. It just seems to get that will keep the leadership race from becoming just an worse for them. The New Democrats also seem to have been event for “city slickers” so we shall see. It is impossible to be unable to broaden their base of popular support significantly elected and form a government without both urban and away from the downtown “Rocket Bakery” set. They may rural support. The PCs have that strength and that’s about have reached their high water mark. I haven’t done any it. The Liberals don’t have a St. John’s seat and the NDP, polling on that but there just a buzz on the street. Those re- with one notable exception, still haven’t really broken out cent polls I mentioned seem to have had Conservative sup- from under the downtown “Rocket Bakery” label. They are port slipping to the Liberals so that the Liberals and the great on Duckworth Street but how they are doing in the NDP are in a virtual tie although the likeable NDP leader foot of White Bay is another matter. Lorraine Michaels remains popular. What interests me now as well is how the new vibe in the SOLID GROUP OF CONTENDERS Liberal party will influence the decision of Tom Osborne as he wrestles with his political future. When he jumped from Now the Liberals have stretched out before them the the PC caucus to sit as an independent I would have given lovely prospect of a summer and fall leadership race with a odds that he would wind up with the NDP. Now, given the nice healthy field of five candidates. Paul Antle, Dwight Ball, polls and the upcoming Liberal leadership, I’m not so sure Cathy Bennett, Jim Bennett and Danny Dumaresque all anymore. I am sure that I love politics as want to lead the party. That is so much as a situation than a spectator sport and these are great times better than holding interviews and having a back-room of in politics. “There are tides in the affairs of “politicos” appointing a leader. The leadership race ought men,” wrote Shakespeare. Watching the to get them lots of media coverage. You haven’t heard that tides is a great way to spend your time. Will the new vibe in the Liberal party influence the decision of Tom Osborne as he wrestles with his political future? NTV’s Jim Furlong can be reached by emailing: [email protected] July 21, 2013 The Newfoundland Herald 31

THE HERALD ARCHIVES STORY FIRST PUBLISHED AUG. 2, 2009 Prior to 1729, fishing admirals governed in Newfoundland, but the law wasn’t nearly as important as the catch. BY ANDREA PENNEY The origins of the legal system in Newfoundland can William Keen may be credited for bringing the court be traced back to the days of the Fishing Admiral, system to Newfoundland. As a wealthy merchant and owner the men who were often feared and were our first of waterfront property in the early 1700s, he was so con- taste of local government. Some ruled with an iron fist, cerned about a lack of law enforcement in St. John’s that he while others controlled the conscience, each ruling the paid out of his own pocket to send accused individuals and land by the law of the ocean. witnesses to testify against them to England for trial. 32 The Newfoundland Herald July 21, 2013

THE HERALD ARCHIVES: FISHING ADMIRALS At the time in Newfoundland there was no jail secure enough gallows on his property was used to hang three men and one to be sure to prevent escape – or warm enough to be sure to woman, part of the gang that attacked him with a knife and a keep the offender alive through the winter. There was no news- musket. There was talk he kept his earnings under his bed. The paper in which to report crime either. While ship’s captains had woman who was executed for her part in Keen’s death, Eleanor been customarily assigned the role of peace officer when they Power, had been part of an otherwise all-male gang that in- were first to sail into a harbour, they did not over-winter in New- cluded her husband. She would be the first woman executed in foundland. There had never been law enforce- St. John’s but not the last. ment on the island between October and May. FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE According to the Encyclopedia of Newfound- land and Labrador, in the winter, settlements Keen was the instrument of a justice sys- entered a “general state of anarchy.” tem new to Newfoundland. Traditionally, just ISLAND’S FIRST GOVERNOR as the most preferred fishing rooms, those in sheltered harbours with broad beaches, were Keen’s lobbying for a court system paid off. claimed on a first-come, first-serve basis, so In 1729, the Crown appointed Henry Osborn, were the island’s offices of law and justice. The commander of the Royal Navy escort that captain of the ship most favoured by the At- protected the annual convoy of departing lantic currents would claim the position of English ships, the island’s first governor. One Fishing Admiral when he was first to cross the of his first activities was to raise money for threshold of an empty harbour. He was helped court houses and jails. He taxed every fishing by navigational skill and personal ambition vessel to build them. This was especially oner- but would be chosen by nature, by the wind ous for the smaller short-term operators and, and ocean current that brought him across incidentally, if the tax had been challenged in the Atlantic first – a journey that could take court, the case would have resulted in Os- up to three weeks. It was not a position that born’s prosecution. could be bought or traded between associates. The power of the fishing captains to en- The mariner who knew how to keep the com- force law and order had taken such a reversal plex machinery of ship and crew in competi- that no longer were these independent busi- tive shape earned it. nessmen responsible for keeping order, but Admiral Henry Osborn Originally, ships from diverse nations now owed taxes to the people who replaced NEWFOUNDLAND’S FIRST GOVERNOR shared harbours. To promote a sense of fair- them in their position of authority. ness, every Sunday, over wine and a meal, the When Osborn became governor, he appointed Keen to the title of Admiral would change hands. In time, the number of role of justice of the peace and Keen would spend the next 20 English fishers jumped – from about four vessels in 1573 to, years enforcing justice among the residents of St. John’s, Quidi just 40 years later, 250 vessels carrying 5,000 men – and the of- Vidi, Petty Harbour, Torbay and Bay Bulls. fice of the Admiral was no longer rotated. Now, the first captain At first, murderers were still to be transported to England to arrive held the title for the summer. A Vice Admiral and Rear for trial but, by 1750, Newfoundland’s courts were given the au- Admiral, captains of second and third ships respectively, were thority to hear and judge all cases (except treason) and Keen expected to assist the Admiral, also known as the “lord.” Col- was the first to be granted this new power. Now men could be lectively, they policed all those who would arrive in the harbour legally hung in Newfoundland. The last Newfoundland hanging after them. took place in 1942 (Canada eliminated capital punishment in Admirals did not have the authority to execute or imprison 1976). a man. In serious cases, offenders were to be shipped back to Between 1750 and 1791 Newfoundland’s court sentenced 10 England for trial. It is true that in the 1700s, whipping was con- men and one woman to hang, primarily at Fort Townsend be- sidered a practical punishment. Men did not carry cash, no mer- cause its high ground overlooked the town. A gallows was also chant was likely to advance unearned money to a crewman so temporarily erected at the end of Keen’s wharf in downtown he could pay a fine, and imprisonment was costly and consumed St. John’s. After 20 years as justice of the peace, Keen resources. But while there are stories of tyranny, there is no ev- was murdered in own home and the temporary idence men were whipped at the orders of ship’s captains. Harper Collins Illustration St. John’s, Newfoundland 1789 July 21, 2013 The Newfoundland Herald 33

THE HERALD ARCHIVES: FISHING ADMIRALS The Admirals did not look for trouble. They had come, after Along with hundreds of other settlers, he was taken prisoner, all, to make money from the cod that stopped at Newfoundland transported to Placentia, and imprisoned from March until during its seasonal migration. June. Keen, disposed to formal The successful preparation of approaches, wrote a report about a catch required vigilance. In his experience. June, men worked 18 to 20 Upon finding the town flat- hours a day. And when the crew tened, Holdsworth, on the other had the cod split, salted, and laid hand, gave up fishing and be- out under the sky, their work came a privateer. Armed with was not complete. In order to dry cannons and smaller rotating thoroughly, the cod needed four guns that could spray a ship with good weather days out of seven grapeshot, he pursued French for a period of six weeks. If it merchant vessels, overpowered looked like it might rain, the their crews and took their cargo. split cod had to be turned water- Privateering was legal and a com- proof skin side up. A drop of rain mon profession among English on the white inner part of the mariners. England liked to think fish could lead to rot; if it went The unconquerable fort at Placentia of its cod fishery as the training unnoticed, and a spoilt fish was ground for its defenders and had bundled with others, transmitted bacteria could ruin the whole gone so far as to make it law in 1670 that one in five mariners batch. leaving England would be an inexperienced “greenman.” During the period of the Fishing Admiral’s rule, there were THE FRENCH AND ENGLISH few women on the island, few children, and little property other than that which was necessary for the industry of each ship. The The Fishing Admiral conducted his business in a volatile en- family was not the main social unit on the island. During the vironment. The French and English carried out raids against winter of 1700, the off-season, about 4,000 people inhabited each other’s settlements periodically. In 1704, Captain Michael Newfoundland’s English Shore which extended from Bonavista Gill saved the townspeople in Bonavista with his crew of 24 fish- to Trepassey. Meanwhile, about 1,000 people lived on the French ermen. In that case about 150 French along with their Abenaki shore. Most men had no intention of raising a family on the is- Indian allies were made to withdraw. He earned them only an- land but were over-wintering between the two summers for other year of peace, however. which they had committed themselves to merchants. It would In 1705, all the English communities in Conception, Trinity be 1750 before women made up even 10 per cent of the popu- and Bonavista Bays were burned. St. John’s was gutted; hun- lation and the over-wintering population rose to 7,000. The Ad- dreds of townspeople were forced to transport their own goods miral, expert in matters relating to the fishery, would therefore to the French fort in Placentia. And William Keen of course was be called on to settle disputes relating to fishing territory, equip- caught up in an attack four years later and hauled off with an- ment, and the use the shore-side forest, shared by all. other 300 prisoners. The French fort in Placentia seemed in- TO THE DEATH vulnerable. It withstood a 1711 attack by 15 Royal Navy vessels supported by a total of If William Keen was representative of the 4000 armed men. In effect, Placentia with- new style of justice, Arthur Holdsworth, on stood a force of approximately the same size and off Admiral of St. John’s harbour, was one as the total over-wintering English popula- of the last of the old school. In 1700, after a tion. card game, Holdsworth engaged his oppo- After the Treaty of Utrecht in 1711, how- nent, who happened to be an officer in the ever, the French gave up all land rights in Royal Navy, in a duel (it was reported that Newfoundland and abandoned Placentia. both men were also interested in the same There would be a final military invasion of lady’s affections). Holdsworth won the duel; St. John’s by the French in which the town his opponent did not survive it. Dueling was would be held for three months, but that legal at the time, and, in fact, the final duel would not be until 1762, long after the days of leading to death would not occur until almost Fishing Admiral Holdsworth and Justice of 150 years later, in 1826, at Rennie’s Mill River the Peace William Keen. in St. John’s. The year following the duel was Artifacts from the 18th century and earlier Holdsworth first season as Fishing Admiral of are not plentiful. Fishing Admirals settled dis- the important port of St. John’s. Arthur Holdsworth putes without leaving written records. Judge It is possible that Arthur Holdsworth and Prowse in his famous History of Newfound- ST. JOHN’S FISHING ADMIRAL IN 1700 land contrasts the Police Magistrate in his William Keen crossed paths. But they did not see each other in 1709. That year, Holdsworth arrived in St. “simple and sober black” with the Fishing Admiral “besmeared John’s harbour only to find that the settlement and all property with pitch, tar and fish slime.” But at the time of Prowse’s birth had been burned to the ground. This would be the third time in 1834, the Newfoundland’s court system was a respectable 100 that the French, operating out of their first official colony on years old. Generations separated him from the captains who, the island, Plaisance, today’s Placentia, had attacked and burned no doubt, he would have enjoyed interviewing. The unconquer- St. John’s in 12 years. Unlike Holdsworth who had been on the able French fort at Placentia, however, can still be viewed today Atlantic, Keen was in town when the French troops arrived. at the Castle Hill National Historic Site. 34 The Newfoundland Herald July 21, 2013

THE NEWFOUNDLAND S TO CHERALD PRESENTS ALUTE OMMUNITIES A CITY WITHIN A CITY Jim Costello Photo As a sister city to Newfoundland and Labrador’s a lucrative farming operation. John Lester contin- capital, St. John’s, Mount Pearl is the ued to develop land in the Mount Pearl area, in- third largest community in the cluding Fairmead which is the site of province. It is also the 20th largest metro- Lester’s Farm and Market today. politan area in Canada. A popular residen- At the turn of the century Mount Pearl tial area, which also houses sports arenas, became an area of affluence, drawing in the shopping areas and restaurants, Mount wealthy, with a horseracing track, and as Pearl is most definitely a bustling city. funny as it might sound today, even a summer retreat area for residents of St. The establishment of Mount Pearl John’s. The community’s population dates back to the mid 1800s, when increased during the summer, over Commander James Pearl and his time leading to more and more peo- wife, Lady Anne Pearl, arrived in ple opting to live in Mount Pearl per- Newfoundland with a crown grant of manently. one thousand acres (4 km²) of land, a re- Mount Pearl held its first election in 1955, nam- ward for Commander Pearl’s 27 years of distin- guished service in the Royal Navy. The estate the couple ing Hayward Burrage, the very first mayor. The town was built, was eventually named Mount Pearl. incorporated that same year and in 1988 was granted city status. As of 2011 statistics, Mount Pearl has a population Commander Pearl died suddenly in 1840, after which of 24,284. Lady Pearl returned to England in 1844. Running of Mount Pearl was taken over by Englishmen John Lester, and when Lady Pearl died, she left 100 acres of land to him which she called ‘Anna Vale,’ which is present day Glendale. Glendale was eventually sold to Andrew Glen- denning, another familiar name, who turned the area into Mount Pearl is a popular residential area, which houses sports arenas, shopping areas and restaurants … a bustling city. July 21, 2013 The Newfoundland Herald 35

SALUTE TO COMMUNITIES: MOUNT PEARL Lestersfarmmarket.com John Lester continued to develop land in Mount Pearl, including Fairmead which is the site of Lester’s Farm and Market today. TRAILS, PARKS & PLAYGROUNDS Mount Pearl, the tragedy of the S.S. Florizel, the There is a lot to see and do in the city of Mount Pearl. Royal Naval Reserve, and The over 60 parks, playgrounds as well as several in- Amateur Radio Station door/outdoor community and sports facilities and Admi- V01 BZM,” the City of ralty House Museum & Archives, are linked through 70 Mount Pearl website explains. kilometres of beautiful forested walkways. Many exciting events are scheduled throughout the Admiralty House is great place to soak up a bit of his- year as well. There’s Christmas as the Glacier, the Mount tory. “This historic site was constructed in 1914 by the Pearl Frosty Festival, Mount Pearl Youth Week, Oktober- Marconi Telegraph Co. during WW1 as H.M. Wireless Sta- fest Craft Fair, AAMP Arts in the Park Series and many tion for the British Royal Navy. The museum now houses more. The city also celebrates its own with an annual Cit- displays about early communications, the history of izen of the Year award. “Each year, a resident of the City of Mount Pearl is named Mount Pearl Citizen of the Year. This event is held annually by the Kinsmen Club of Mount Pearl, in partnership with the City of Mount Pearl and is held in conjunction with Volunteer Week. People of Mount Pearl take time to recognize the out- standing citizens in our community. Every Community Group has a special person and this event offers groups a chance to thank them with a nomination so they can be recognized for their outstanding volunteer work within their community,” the guidelines state. As a hub Admiralty House Museum is a great place to soak up a bit of history. Sunserve Window & Door A division of Window Pros Ltd. 36 The Newfoundland Herald July 21, 2013

SALUTE TO COMMUNITIES: MOUNT PEARL There are over 60 parks, playgrounds as well as several indoor/outdoor community and sports facilities. for sports activity, Mount Pearl is home to two ac- dard) soccer fields and national standard baseball field. tive arenas, The Glacier and Smallwood. It’s a gorgeous facility for all seasons. The Glacier Arena was built in 1993 and is a CITY DAY CELEBRATIONS! three level multi-purpose complex and includes two 85’ x 200’ ice/floor surfaces (one ice surface One of the most popular events of the summer, is the was recently added), numerous dressing rooms, Mount Pearl City Days Celebrations. This year the cele- pro-shop, first aid room, referee’s room, board brations are running from July 19-21 and include a wide room, meeting room, snack shop, viewing room, variety of events for the whole family. Over three days, cafeteria with full kitchen service and standing residents will enjoy a family pig roast, outdoor movies, room viewing, lounge with standing room view- classic car and motorcycle show, a family fun day, family ing, 12 viewing booths, a 991 fixed seating gallery variety show with special guest Wonderbolt Circus, and capacity and a concert capacity of 3,000. The Glacier is the host of many community events in- cluding: Daily recreational skating; sports competitions such as figure skating, ice hockey and gymnastics; trade shows and exhibitions; and family, youth and adult special events and concerts. The old Smallwood hockey rink, built in 1977, has now been transformed into a multi-purpose indoor turf facil- ity (mostly for soccer). The 33,400-square-foot facility also includes dressing rooms. It is located in the Small- wood RecPlex adjacent to the city’s multi soccer complex (two national and one international artificial turf stan- July 21, 2013 The Newfoundland Herald 37

SALUTE TO COMMUNITIES: MOUNT PEARL For visitors to Mount Pearl there are several great places to hang your hat. the Prince and Princesses Pancake Breakfast. On July 21, the Mega Birthday Blitz and concert will be an entertaining conclusion to the celebrations. Perform- ers including Blueliners, The Replacements, Ignition, Siochana, Red Line, Shawn Basha & The Superstars,The Punters and Masterless Men will all get the crowd going for the night’s biggest act, beloved NL folk group, The Once. Aside from the Pancake Breakfast, admission to all events is a non-perishable food item. Fun and free, you can’t beat that! WELL BALANCED CITY For visitors to Mount Pearl there are several great places to hang your hat. This includes Hotel Mount Pearl, the Greenwood Motel and The Tree House Executive Suites. Hotel Mount Pearl is centrally located on the bor- der of St. John’s and Mount Pearl, and provides restau- rant services and a fun evening out or a social gathering at Browning’s Pub. The Greenwood Motel/Hotel offers 20 rooms plus a two-bedroom housekeeping cabin, a public garden and lush nature area. “The surroundings offer a rolling lawn among mature trees beside a rushing river, a babbling trout-filled brook (licensed fishing al- lowed) and a gushing falls,” their website boasts. Mount Pearl is a well balanced, city within a city. One of the most popular events of the summer is the Mount Pearl City Days celebrations, this year running from July 19-21. 38 The Newfoundland Herald July 21, 2013

BREAKDOWN Ghost Story The bus broke down just outside the town where I lived as a boy. The driver said it would be at least an hour before a replacement bus would ar- rive. SEARCHING FOR HOME I decided to look for my boyhood home and see if it was still there and if it was being lived in. I eventually found the place. It was somewhat rundown but otherwise exactly as I remembered it. I hesitated about knocking on the door but finally did and got the surprise of my life when it was I decided to look for my boyhood home and see if it opened by an old school buddy, Charlie An- derson. We greeted each other warmly and was still there and if it was being lived in. I eventually he invited me in. found the place. It was somewhat rundown but other- OVERWHELMING GAS FUMES wise exactly as I remembered it. I didn’t say anything but the place stank “That place was totally destroyed in a gas explosion sev- of gas as if the heaters had been left on. I had to get out eral years ago, the sole occupant was a man named Char- of there and quickly. I said a hasty goodbye, stopping off lie Anderson. There’s nothing there now but a vacant lot.” at a bar for a cold one. There I got to talking with a local and told him of visiting my old home. He looked at me as I consider myself a reasonable, sane person, not given if I’d lost it. to wild imaginations. As the bus pulled away I tried to make sense of it all, but never did. LIBRA: WORKPLACE H HPOLICY CREATES ANXIETY ERALD OROSCOPES ARIES (March 21 to April 19) Your zeal up that strong Lion’s heart with a full SCORPIO (Oct. 23 to Nov. 21) The work for challenges usually works well for measure of courage, and face it with the week keeps you busy tying up loose ends you. But this week it’s best to avoid continuing support of family and friends. and checking data that needs to be veri- jumping into new situations without VIRGO (Aug. 23 to Sept. 22) Watch your fied. The weekend offers a chance to more information. Vital news emerges expenses this week so you can have a fi- relax and restore your spent energies. by the weekend. nancial cushion to fall back on should SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22 to Dec. 21) This is TAURUS (April 20 to May 20) Once things tighten up later this month. not the best time to go to extremes to again, the Bovine’s patience pays prove a point. Better to set a sensible goal now and move for- CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS!off as that pesky problem works ward. There’ll be time later to take the bolder course. itself out without taking too CAPRICORN (Dec. 22 to Jan. 19) # #much of your valuable time. A new task opens interesting possi- bilities. A step-by-step progression is the GEMINI (May 21 to June 20) better way to move ahead. Tak- Those suggestions you want to JUSTIN BARTHA #SELENA GOMEZ DANIEL RADCLIFFE ing shortcuts could be risky at share need to be set aside for a this time. Important news ar- while so you can focus on the job JULY 21, 1978 # JULY 22, 1992 # JULY 23, 1989 rives on the 31st. at hand. There’ll be time later to BORN You handle challenging situations with boldness AQUARIUS (Jan. 20 to Feb. 18) put your ideas into a workable Avoid getting drawn into work- format. THIS WEEK: when necessary and caution when called for. place disputes that should be CANCER (June 21 to July 22) Be handled by those directly in- sure about your sources before volved. Instead, spend your en- you use the information in any decision Money matters ease by the 31st. ergy developing those new ideas. you reach about your new project. Some LIBRA (Sept. 23 to Oct. 22) Uncertainty PISCES (Feb. 19 to March 20) You still of the data might be out of date or mis- over workplace policy creates anxiety need to be prudent about money mat- interpreted. and confusion among your colleagues. ters. But things start to ease by the end LEO (July 23 to Aug. 22) A sudden chal- Don’t be surprised if you’re asked, once of the week. A weekend encounter with lenge might rattle you at first. But pump again, to help work things out. an old friend brings welcome news. July 21, 2013 The Newfoundland Herald 39

THE MAN THEY COULD NOT HANG! The setting was the picturesque fishing village of Babbacombe on England’s Devonshire coast. Miss Emma Ann Keyse, a wealthy spinster, lived there in a comfortable but rather isolated cottage on a cliff facing the sea. We have to go back more than 100 years to bring several servants, including two sisters, Eliza and Jane you the strange tale of John Lee, but the trip is Neck, who had been in her employ for 40 years. Elizabeth well worth the effort. The setting was the pic- Harris had been her cook for two years. She was a half- turesque fishing village of Babbacombe on sister to the footman, 18-year-old John Lee. England’s Devonshire coast. Miss Emma Ann Keyse, a wealthy spinster, lived there in a comfortable but rather A SECOND CHANCE FOR JOHN isolated cottage on a cliff facing the sea. She maintained John was no angel. He had worked briefly for Emma when he was only 14-years-old, but left to join the Navy. Upon leaving the service, he was employed as an under butler in Torquay, but didn’t last long. John was caught stealing the household silver plate and was sentenced to six months imprisonment. Despite his checkered past, Emma took a chance on him for the second time. It is believed she may have been influenced by his half-sister, Elizabeth Harris. On the night of Friday, Nov. 14, 1884, the Keyse home, known as “The Glen,” was occupied by 68-year-old Emma and her four employees. Emma ran a tight ship. Every- On the night of Nov. 14, 1884, the Keyse home, known as “The Glen,” was occupied by 68-year-old Emma and her four employees. 40 The Newfoundland Herald July 21, 2013

MAx HAiNEs CriME FlAsHBACK thing was done to a rather strict routine. That Friday kitchen uncovered a blood-smeared table knife in a night she retired to her bedroom on the second floor, drawer. There was no way the murder could have taken where she read a book for some time. Jane Neck made place without John’s knowledge. A can of paraffin oil was her mistress a cup of cocoa and left it in the kitchen, as kept in the pantry cupboard within 2 1/2 feet of his bed. was her custom. Jane then checked the doors and went to The can had been full prior to the murder. Now it lay un- her bedroom, which she shared with her sister. Elizabeth corked and bloodstained. Harris was already in bed, as she hadn’t been feeling well that day and had retired to her room earlier in the evening. John Lee came home around 11:00 p.m. and went to bed. He slept on a folding bed on the first floor in the pantry. EMMA’S NIGHTCAP Some time after 12:40 a.m., Emma must have picked up her cocoa and returned to her bed- room on the second floor. She prepared for bed, putting on a nightgown and woolen jacket. Emma then left her bedroom for some unknown reason and went downstairs. About two hours later, Elizabeth Harris was awakened by smoke entering her room. She got out of bed and roused the Neck sisters. Eliza ran downstairs through dense smoke. She heard Emma Keyse had been murdered and her killer had John Lee shout, “What’s the matter?” She con- obviously set several fires in the house, not caring tinued on to the dining room and almost stum- bled over Emma’s body. John ran from the whether he killed all her staff as well. house, seeking assistance. He found a few fisher- men and was soon joined by the Coast Guard. They put The door of the pantry cupboard could not be opened out three fires in the house, which had been set with without disturbing John asleep on the bed. paper and paraffin oil. John was arrested and charged with the murder of Emma Keyse had been murdered and her killer had Emma Keyse. At the time of his arrest, the lining of his obviously set several fires in the house, not caring coat was found to be saturated with blood. The coat also whether he killed all her staff as well. The fires had been reeked of paraffin oil. quickly extinguished. When someone asked for an axe to On Feb. 2, 1885, John Lee stood trial for murder at Ex- chop away damaged rafters, John produced a hatchet, eter. In addition to the physical evidence, Elizabeth Har- which normally was kept in an outside shed. The hatchet ris testified that there had been bad blood between John was bloodstained. A REVEALING INVESTIGATION Investigators found a half cup of cocoa in Emma’s room. They deduced that, after fetching her cocoa and returning to her room, she went downstairs again. From a haircomb and blood- stains found in the hall, it was ascertained that she had been attacked there and dragged from the hall to the dining room. The hatchet produced by John was compared to the wounds on the dead woman’s head. They matched perfectly. Emma’s throat had been slashed from ear to ear. A search of the John was arrested and charged with the murder of Emma Keyse. At the time of his arrest, the lining of his coat was found to be saturated with blood. The coat also reeked of paraffin oil. July 21, 2013 The Newfoundland Herald 41

CriME FlAsHBACK MAx HAiNEs and Emma. John had been planning on changing jobs would say that he didn’t really know what was and had threatened Emma if she would not give him a going on, but figured he was still alive. character reference. He told his sister, “If she does not, I will level the house to the ground.” For the second time, John was removed. A carpenter After the English jury deliberated for only 40 minutes, John was found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging. The sentence was to be car- ried on Feb. 23, 1885. The hangman arrived in Exeter the day before that fatal date. Although the weather was wet, he conducted all the necessary tests on the scaffold. Everything was in readiness. JOHN’S PREMONITION The night before he was to die, John confided to the prison chaplain, Rev. John Pitkin, that he had had a dream whereby he stood on the gal- lows with a rope around his neck when something strange happened which had stayed his execution. The convicted murderer was led to the scaffold. The hangman placed the rope around his neck as the last words of the burial service were spoken. The bolt was drawn. Nothing happened. The trap door didn’t swing open. In After the English jury deliberated for only 40 minutes, fact, it didn’t budge. The hangman John was found guilty and sentenced to death by hanging. yanked the bolt a second time, with the same results. He tried again. Ab- The sentence was to be carried on Feb. 23, 1885. solutely nothing happened. John was removed from the trap door. The mechanism was summoned to plane down the edges of the door so it was oiled. Weights were placed on the door to test it. The would swing open freely. The door was tested, this time bolt was pulled and the trap swung open. Everything with weights equal to the weight of the condemned man. worked. Lee, who hadn’t winced during the whole exer- The bolt was pulled. The trap door swung open and the cise, was again placed on the trap door. Rev. Pitkin again weights crashed to the ground. Just to be sure, the pro- commenced praying. The bolt was pulled. Once more, the cedure was repeated. The mechanism worked perfectly. door failed to open. The assistant hangman gave the door All was ready. Rev. Pitkin began praying for the third a swift kick. That did no good whatsoever. Later, John time. John was placed on the trap door. The hangman pulled the bolt. Nothing happened. This time, Rev. Pitkin refused to continue. John, near collapse, was removed from the platform and returned to his cell. That same day he received a reprieve and was sent to prison for an indeterminate length of time. After spending 23 years in prison, John was released in 1907. He married and emigrated to the United States. John Lee, who became famous as “the man they could not hang,” died of natural causes in 1933. louis st. laurent was inundated with pe- titions to save Jack’s life. so was the Pre- mier of saskatchewan, Tommy Douglas. All of the protests, letters and petitions were to no avail. 42 The Newfoundland Herald July 21, 2013

Royal St. John’s Regatta STORY BY NUMBER FIVE REGATTA RIPPLES RMM and Toyota teams to beat at Regatta 1997 BUTTERNUT BREAD Members of that great Butternut Bread crew included, left to right: Perry Cahill, Sean Budgell, Chris Barton, John Handrigan, Mike Jardine, Albert Gibbons and coxswain Mike Summers. Butternut Bread had an excellent showing at the Royal St. John’s Regatta are well in place and 1997 Royal St. John’s Regatta with an unassum- favourites for various race winners have been estab- ing record breaking row in the male amateur lished. race, setting a new time of 8:57.14. There was little an- ticipation of a new record prior to the Regatta and While at least two top crews missed the time trials, overall the Butternut record setters never did receive the overall predictions for championship winners are the credit they deserved. in place and are very unlikely to be upset. It all should come together for a fine Regatta, especially if the Preparations for the on-water activities of the 2013 weatherman is on side. A male and two female crews of ish second. Other finalists crew opened its record of six sliding seaters were among should be Neal and Prudential consecutive Regatta men’s those that missed the time trials Reardon with Central Dairies, championships? because of mainland competi- India Gate and maybe Max 2 One very familiar voice will be tion as they prepare for Canada contending for the other berth. missing from the Regatta this Games rowing. Based upon their Toyota Plaza with coxswain year. Tom Stone, who has been times in previous races, they will Robert Roche, Mark Perry, Je- an excellent announcer for the be listed in Regatta Day races. remy Kavanagh, Chris Quinton, Regatta for years and years, will This is the best way to handle a Guillaume Dauphin, Paul not be around this time out. Ed tough situation. Hussey and Brent Payne had the Williams, who made the calls for Roebothan, McKay and Marshall best time trial showing of the Discovery Day races, will reinforced their spot atop the 9:50.33 and will be pushed by likely be at the microphone. senior female crews with a fine the missing sliders Max Men. Did you know that Cyril Peach time trials and a nice time of 3M, Torbay Munn Insurance and owns a remarkable winning ca- 5:30.35. The crew of coxswain Blue Water look like the other reer at the Royal St. John's Re- Gord Delaney, Jennifer Carroll, Regatta Day finalists. gatta? Between 1968 and 1975, Beth Davis, Tina Hunt, Jackie Did you know that the first live he rowed with 12 Newfoundland Handrigan, Shawna Walsh and CJON Television coverage of the Light and Power crews that won Meghan Dalton are the female Royal St. John’s Regatta oc- races on Quidi Vidi Lake and crew to beat. curred in 1959, the same year added one victory with Crosbie Look for the sliders Max 1 to fin- that the William Summers Jr. Services. July 21, 2013 The Newfoundland Herald 43

TASTES OF NEWFOUNDLAND BY JANICE KEELS [email protected] SUMMER DESSERTS: Squares and bars are a delicious way to end your family gatherings We’ve been experiencing great weather and it’s While our family is visiting, we will have many get to- hard to believe that we are halfway through July gethers which will in all likelihood be potlucks. Dessert already … summer is quickly flying by. Like generally falls to me to provide – something I’m all to many throughout our province, we are looking forward to happy to do. In preparation, I decided to search out some visits from many relatives from across the country. The squares that were light and summery. Taken from It’s bulk of our family will visit the last two weeks in July and Summer here are two bar recipes that will be the perfect first two weeks in August. dessert to accompany any meal. SNICKERDOODLE BARS 2 1/3 cups all-purpose 1/2 cup brown sugar GLAZE flour 3 eggs 1 cup icing sugar 1 tsp. vanilla 1 to 2 Tbsp. milk 1 1/4 tsp. baking powder CINNAMON FILLING 1/4 tsp. vanilla 1/2 tsp. salt 1 Tbsp. sugar 3/4 cup butter 1 Tbsp. cinnamon 1 1/4 cups sugar Heat oven to 350°F. Spray bottom only of a 13x9-inch baking pan with cook- ing spray. In small bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt; set aside. In large bowl, beat butter with electric mixer on high speed until creamy. Beat in sugars. Gradually beat eggs and vanilla into sugar mix- ture until combined. On low speed, beat in dry ingredients until combined. Spoon half the batter into pan; spread evenly. Sprin- kle cinnamon-sugar mixture evenly over batter. Dollop teaspoons of remaining batter evenly over cinnamon-sugar mixture. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until golden brown and toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean. Cool completely, about one hour. In small bowl, stir glaze ingredients until smooth and thin enough to drizzle. Drizzle over bars. For bars, cut into six rows by four rows. MOJITO BARS 3 Tbsp. light rum 2 cups all-purpose flour 2/3 cup fresh lime juice 16 mint leaves, 4 eggs Few drops green food 1 1/2 cups sugar chopped 1/4 tsp. salt colour 3/4 cup butter, softened 2 tsp. grated lime peel 2 Tbsp. milk 1/2 cup icing sugar 1 Tbsp. icing sugar In small bowl, Add remaining quarter cup of flour and salt, mix with whisk combine rum and until blended. Mix in lime peel, lime juice, food colour and chopped mint. Set milk. aside. Heat oven to 350°F. Lightly spray 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray. In Place strainer over medium bowl; pour rum mixture into large bowl, mix butter and half cup icing sugar together with strainer. Press mixture with back of spoon through strainer to electric mixer on medium speed. Mix in one and three quarter drain liquid from leaves; discard leaves. Mix strained liquid into cups of the flour on low speed, just until well combined. Press egg mixture, with whisk until well combined. Pour over par- in pan. Bake 22 to 25 minutes or until set and lightly browned. tially baked crust. Bake 25 to 27 minutes longer or until cen- Meanwhile, in large bowl, mix eggs and sugar, with whisk. tre is set. Cool completely. Sprinkle with icing sugar. For bars, cut into six rows by four rows. Store bars in the refrigerator. HANDY HOUSEHOLD HINTS BY JOANNE DERSON Sunburn can be soothed with plain vine- Aid. Leave on at least five minutes. gar. For the back, arms or legs, soak a cloth Lush lips and lovely nailbeds are only as far in room temperature vinegar and lay it on away as your pantry. Use olive oil applied the affected area for 15 minutes, then rinse. directly to lips and nails to moisturize. For the face, soak a cotton ball and lightly Cover wart completely with duct tape. dab on burned areas. Leave it on for six days. On day seven, re- Bug bites can be treated with banana peel. move the tape, soak the wart in warm water Use a small piece of the peel laid white side and use a pumice stone or emery board to down over the bite. Secure with a Band- rub the dead skin off. Repeat until it’s gone. SOOTHE YOUR SUNBURN WITH ROOM TEMPERATURE WHITE VINEGAR. 44 The Newfoundland Herald July 21, 2013

BABY OF THE YEAR ENTRY FORM THIS WEEK’S WINNERS Baby’s Name OH GIRL! OH BOY! Parents’ Name(s) Residential Address Child’s birthdate MF Telephone number SOPHIE NOSEWORTHY AUSTIN PIKE Please note: If family members other than par- Daughter of Aaron and Nichole Son of Kelly and Robert Pike, ents send photo of child, you must include a Noseworthy, Grand Falls-Windsor Port aux Basques written permission slip from parents or the child’s guardian. Send your completed entry HONOURABLE MENTIONS form and photograph to: Glenn Andrews Sydney Carter Cameron Abbott BABY OF THE YEAR CONTEST St. John’s Botwood Gander c/o The Newfoundland Herald A THOUSAND SMILES P.O. Box 2015 Send in your child’s candid St. John’s, NL, A1C 5R7 moments and share your family’s or email [email protected] happiest moments with our readers. RULES & REGULATIONS LITTLE PRINCESS It’s time to enter your baby’s picture into the an- Gianna, daughter of Nicole Kean and David nual Newfoundland Herald Baby of the Year Wareham, Torbay, is using those big, adorable Contest. All you have to do is fill out the entry blue eyes to melt Mommy and Daddy’s hearts. form above and send us a recent photograph of your baby. Or you can email information and a high-res photo to [email protected]. Ba- bies must be under the age of two by Dec. 31, 2013. Two babies – a boy and a girl – will qual- ify every week. Our Baby of the Year will be chosen from all weekly qualifiers. The overall winner will appear on the cover of the first issue of The Newfoundland Herald in 2014. CONTEST RULES: • Babies must be under the age of two by Dec. 31, 2013 (born in 2012 or 2013). • Photos must be larger than wallet size, a clear, unobstructed closeup preferred. • No photos will be returned. • Photos must be received on or before Oct. 31, 2013. • Employees and immediate family members of The Newfoundland Herald and its affili- ated companies are not eligible to enter. • Winning babies must reside in Newfoundland and Labrador. • You may enter as often as you wish, though once your child is chosen they aren’t eligible to win again. • The judges’ decision is final. July 21, 2013 The Newfoundland Herald 45

SOAP TALK A SNEAK PEEK AT THE LATEST NEWS RECAPS BY FROM NEWFOUNDLAND ’S TOP SOAPS DANA BLOCK Twitter seems to be becoming conflict #GH #loving it.” Storms soon responded with, Jen Lilley central in the world of social media. The “maybe her Maxie, not mine :).” As for fans, most recent feud sees soap actresses they went off the deep end, criticizing Lilley Kirsten Storms (GH) and Jen Lilley (Days) in for her comments. Things got so bad that Lil- some hot water with each other, and fans. ley wrote a lengthy response. From 2011-12, Storms was on medical “Please untag me if you are posting nega- leave from her role of Maxie on GH, and the tive tweets. This whole thing has been blown role was temporarily filled by Jen Lilley. Since way out of proportion. I simply wrote a tweet, Storms’ return, Lilley was offered the role of which was only intended to be funny regard- Theresa Donavon on Days and took to Twitter ing my portrayal of two characters. I wasn’t recently to compare characters. commenting about Kirsten or her perform- ance as Maxie at all,” she said in part. “I feel like Theresa could kick Maxie’s ass with one hand tied behind her back. #Days vs The claws, er, the tweets are out. THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS was determined to find Steffy. Meanwhile, Hope was busy forgetting all about Liam by getting to know Wyatt in- Cane planned a romantic evening for Lily. Phyllis ex- stead. Liam flew to Paris, where Steffy told him that she plained to Jack why she kissed Kyle. Nick found Summer could never have children. Hope in Chicago and told her that he wasn’t her father. Michael got a cold reception from Wyatt’s tore up the divorce papers and seduced Lauren. Carmine mother, Quinn. Wait to see: Katie was falsely accused of giving Fen the drugs that caused decides to hit Bill where it hurts. his overdose. Jeff asked Anita what secret Chelsea was keeping. Chloe was a good friend to Billy during a rough GENERAL HOSPITAL patch in his marriage. Victor decided to have a fundraiser for Nikki’s disease, multiple sclerosis. Wait to see: Jef- Sam wondered if Franco could frey’s meddling forces Chelsea to take action. be a potential bone marrow donor for her son. Silas and Ava shared a DAYS OF OUR LIVES tense reunion. Brad caught Rafe awoke from his coma and had a strange Michael and Kiki in a pas- reaction when he saw Sami. EJ and Justin set sionate kiss. Ava told their plan in motion to take over DiMera Tracy about her past Enterprises. Kristen feared that her secret with Silas. Patrick would be exposed. Jennifer reluctantly speculated that Britt agreed to hire Theresa and then watched was lying about hav- in horror as she flirted with JJ. Sami and ing to be on bed rest. EJ had a passionate encounter after a huge Franco refused to incriminate Sonny or fight. Adrienne and Justin continued to re- Shawn. Sam visited Heather, hoping that she main at odds. Kristen began having doubts was a bone marrow match for Daniel. Molly was about her diabolical plan. Sonny spent the night partying with Brent. Jennifer warned thrilled that Rafe was staying in Port Charles. Time Theresa to stay away from her son. Wait to was running out as Daniel grew sicker. Wait to see: see: Brady overhears Kristen’s heartfelt con- Maxie is ready to confess. fession. ALL MY CHILDREN THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL Online: Zach and Lea received the miss- ing piece of the puzzle in the mysterious Brooke asked Hope and Rick to forgive her. Liam was still confused about why death of Uri. Will it be enough to clear Steffy left and therefore had a hard time Zach of murder or further incriminate moving on without her. Katie told Bill she him? Colby baited Celia into helping wanted a divorce. Hope couldn’t keep her- her plan a gala for Chandler Media. self from thinking about Wyatt. Karen took Katie’s side over her own brother’s. Liam ONE LIFE TO LIVE SILAS and AVA shared a tense Online: Nora warned Viki about Dorian’s reunion, on General Hospital. true intentions. Bo discovered a new sus- pect in his latest murder investigation. Dani was stunned by what she found at the Palace Hotel. Natalie and Destiny’s double date went awry. 46 The Newfoundland Herald July 21, 2013

HJOilLlLJYaWcksOonO’sD BY SAMANTHA WEAVER BY TONY RIZZO The Impossible Oscar-nominee STRANGE… BUT TRUE Naomi Watts stars as Diana in the film about Princess Diana’s last It was actor-turned-politico Arnold two years. After Prince Charles, Diana Schwarzenegger who made the follow- dated Dodi Fayed, who died in the fatal ing sage observation: “Everybody pities car crash with her and who’ll be played the weak; jealousy you have to earn.” by British actor Naveen Andrews. He is best known for The English Patient Those who study such (1996), the TV series The Ten Com- things say that explorer mandments (2006), 114 episodes of Lost Christopher Columbus NAOMI WATTS and the first seven episodes of the up- had blond hair. coming SYFI 12 episode series, Sinbad. Andrews also is in the reboot of The Black Lagoon (as in The A New Yorker named Ashrita Furman Creature From the Black Lagoon), originally to be produced by holds the world record for the most Guillermo Del Toro and written by Del Toro and Clint Eastwood. world records: He has set 462 of them Eli Roth was set to direct, and Eastwood, an uncredited lab and currently holds 160. Among his exploits are the technician in the 1955 Revenge of the Creature, also was to star. longest yodel (more than 26 hours); the longest dis- Also cast were Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Josh Brolin, Michael tance travelled via acrobatic somer- Biehn and Julia Adams, of the original Creature films. Univer- saults (12 miles, 390 yards); jumping sal Studios won’t say anything except, “Whatever incarnation up steps on a pogo stick (1,899 steps of this franchise we come up with will be released in 2014.” in 57 minutes, 51 seconds); the fastest time skipping through a Princess Diana called Hasnat Khan “the love of my life” and marathon (5 hours, 55 minutes, 13 was devastated when he broke off their relationship. Apparently, seconds); running the fastest mile he couldn’t handle the constant press attention surrounding with a milk bottle balanced on his her. Khan will be played by Canadian actor Cas Anvar, seen in head (7 minutes, 47 seconds); creat- small roles in Argo, Transformers: The Revenge of the Fallen ing the largest popcorn sculpture (20 (2009), and as Haakim Habib on NCIS. feet, 10 inches tall); underwater hula hooping (2 minutes, 38 seconds); the most candles • July 14, 2012: Suicide bomber attacks a wedding reception burning simultaneously on a cake (48,523); the and kills 22 people and injures 22 in northern Afghanistan. longest rally while playing table tennis with an egg (14 hits); and the fastest time for • July 15, 1888: The Bandai volcano erupts on the Japanese orange peeling and eating (3 oranges in island of Honshu, killing hundreds and burying many nearby villages in ash. The eruption left an 8,000-foot crater in the 1 minute, 9.72 seconds). earth. In the aftermath, the ash from In the Middle Ages, chicken Bandai dimmed the sun slightly world- soup wasn’t just comfort food for wide for months. those suffering from a cold; at the time, it was considered to be an aphrodisiac. • July 15, 1870: Manitoba becomes fifth Canadian province and Northwest Ter- Scientists at NASA ritories are created. are working on develop- ing a kind of space • July 15, 1996: Prince Charles and broom. The device will Princess Diana sign divorce papers. use a laser to • July 16, 1988: Wayne Gretzky and sweep de- PRINCESS DIANA Janet Jones wed in Edmonton. bris out of the • July 16, 1999: John Kennedy Jr., his way of the International Space Sta- wife Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, and sister-in-law Lauren Bes- tion. sette are killed in a plane crash off the coast of Martha’s Vine- yard. The Piper Saratoga aircraft was piloted by Kennedy. If you’re like an average person, the time you spend blinking in one day adds • July 16, 2005: Canada becomes the fourth country in the up to about 30 minutes of shut-eye. world to legalize same-sex marriage. THOUGHT FOR THE DAY: “Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.” – H.G. Wells July 21, 2013 The Newfoundland Herald 47

THE NEWFOUNDLAND PUZZLES & BRAIN TEASERSHERALD’S WEEKLY EACH WEEK TRAIN YOUR BRAIN WITH CLEVER PUZZLES! The Newfoundland Herald challenges readers to a collection of brain building activities. ANSWER US THIS … 1. Re- move a letter from each of the words given and rearrange the remaining letters to form new words. The 10 words will all fall into a certain category. For example, given the words DEAR, ANGRY, and RENEGE, you could drop the ‘A’ in DEAR to get RED, drop the ‘N’ in ANGRY to get GRAY, and drop an ‘E’ in RENEGE to get GREEN. These would all fall into the category of ‘Colours.’ The tough part is getting all 10 words. EPOCH, EXPEL, WRIST, BUNDLE, INWARD, REPUTE, UNSEAT, ASCRIBE, MEMOIRS, PHRASING. 2. Can you decipher this rebus: M1y 1Li1f1e. — braingle.com SNOWFLAKES There are 13 black hexagons in the puzzle. Place the numbers 1-6 around each of them. No number can be repeated in any partial hexagon shape along the border of the puzzle. STICKELERS ANSWER: © 2013 King Features Syndicate. All rights reserved. 1. a. censuses, b. bison, c.CryptoQuote © 2013 King Features Syndicate. All rights reserved. bureaux, d. secretaries gen- eral, e. diagnoses, f. brethren, g. crises, h. vertices. 2. table does not belong with the oth- ers. All of the other objects have handles. 3. There are 16 students in line. Answers — 1. chop, peel, stir, blend, drain, puree, saute, braise, simmer, garnish. These are all recipe directions. 2. For once in my life (four ones, in my life). ANSWERS/SOLUTIONS To check your answers, flip this © 2013 King Features Synd., Inc. page upside down. 48 The Newfoundland Herald July 21, 2013

By TERRY STICKELS PUZZLES & BRAIN TEASERS 1. What are the plurals of the following words: By Linda Thistle a. census f. brother is brothers or Draw a star in exactly 10 of the empty squares in b. bison. ____ the diagram below so that each numbered square accurate indicates how many immediately adjacent c. bureau is bureaus or _____ g. crisis squares (horizontally, vertically or diagonally) con- tain a star. d. secretary general h. vertex is vertexes or e. diagnosis ____ 2. Which one of the words below does not belong with the others? ladle skillet suitcase table hairbrush pail 3. Kelsey is stranding in a line with other students. She is fifth in line counting from one end and 12th in line counting from the other end. How many students are in the line? © 2013 King Features Syndicate, Inc. by Donna Pettman July 21, 2013 The Newfoundland Herald 49