The Voice, December 12 2018

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New Mayor, Council, take oaths page 3 Santa Claus visits Fenwick page 8 Inaugural Silver Stick page 14 EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS

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Watch out for the watchdog BY SID MURRAY

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Special to the VOICE

HOLIDAY SPIRITS Fabulous Fenwick Lionness Chris Vernon hands out the treats last Saturday as the Lions' annual Christmas Parade rolled through Fenwick. Story and more photos on page 8. JENNIFER CHORNLEY PHOTO

Our family is blessed to live in a community that values legacy and fully appreciates good neighbours. So to all, we wish you a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and a Festivus for the Rest of Us. Tina

GOOD GUARD DOG is a heck of a thing. A blend of close companion and working animal, they’ve been a part of the human story since before we started writing things down. Modern dogs are trained to do all kinds of things, like track down missing people, sniff out drugs and explosives, and bring down the bad guys in a police chase. But guarding people and property remains one of the most common uses for our canine companions around the world. Every day, people of all stripes use guard dogs in a variety of ways. I was once approached by a man from Hamilton, who pulled into my driveway in a sports car, and announced he was looking for a protection dog. “Okay,” I said, “what do you need the dog for?” He didn’t skip a beat. “Oh, I’m a bag man,” he explained, as if that were the most normal thing in the world. “I pick up money from different businesses.” I had an inkling those businesses weren’t entirely See COLUMN SIX Page 16


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