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Lost in place A January adventure best not repeated BY MARJORIE POULI Special to the Voice
B Ron Mascoe at his community mailbox on Concord Street.
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No good deed goes unreported BY DON RICKERS Voice Correspondent Neighbourhood Watch appears to be in full swing in the vicinity of A.K. Wigg Public School. Ron Mascoe, of Oakridge Boulevard, braved the grey drizzle last Wednesday afternoon to access his community mailbox on the street. He had emptied the contents of his
own compartment when something down the row caught his eye. A Toyota microchipped key and remote, along with an assortment of other keys, a plastic whistle, and a tiny Eiffel Tower ornament, dangled from the mailbox door. A curious fellow with time on his hands, and in a mood to play the role of Good Samaritan, Mascoe de-
cided to try to find the owner of the ring of keys. “I walked the entire length of Concord Street and Oakridge Boulevard, trying the alarm key on the remote control, listening for a response as I walked,” said Mascoe. “When I hit Canboro Road with no luck, I turned around to walk back home, and came face-to-face with a
Niagara Regional Police officer.” A resident had seen Mascoe walking the street, pointing his hand at the homes and garage doors, and had called 9-1-1 to report a suspicious, unmasked man casing the area. The affable young policeman did See SAMARITAN Page 16
efore the concert, John dropped me off at the auditorium door and went to park the car. ‘Twas the week before Christmas, when listeners were stirred by a concert of carols and rousing spirituals, sung in the Niagara Centre Academy auditorium, on Epworth Circle, in The Falls. Our children were home, nestled snug in their beds. We were snuggly too, but mostly because we were having a rare romantic and musical night out by ourselves. “The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow gave the lustre of mid-day” to the school below. Like a hub, the school grounds were surrounded by two circular streets, connected by short roads like spokes. Around this was the straight city grid. The oddly shaped city blocks surrounding the school just beg for people to get lost. But we didn't get lost. Well, not really. See COLUMN SIX back page
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