Reid Bennett, police chief of Murphy’s Harbour, is looking forward.to some: - holiday time, spent in the company of — his girlfriend Freda and his dog Sam. That is, he had hoped to do so, but Freda is given a part in a film, leaving him abruptly to’ his own devices, and it looks'as-if tirhe will hang. heavy. Then Bennett is offered $25,000 to find 20-year-old Jason Michaels, who has: taken off for Northern Ontario to join a group of mercenaries who are being — trained for service overseas. It all looks ‘by Andrea Deakin straightforward enough, The mercenary group, Freedom for Hire, is run by a brutal un- principled ex-sergeamt-in the British paratroopers, Colonel George Dunphy, a man who trains green young men seeking adventure and sends them off to fight in foreign wars while he collects the pay. Reid knows that he is up against a professional when hesets ame - dlls: a — . out to bring young Michaels home, What he does not know, Terrace Salvation Army Captain John Harker recently received a donation of $200 from the arenes what puts his life in jeopardy, is the vicious, revengeful nature of = Kermode Friendship Centre, presented by board chairman ‘Ron Bartlett. The money Dunphy and the complexities of the conspiracy Dunphy isin- . donated by the center will be used to help those in need. be, a, volved in. No one is exactly what they appear to be. As Bennett probes deeper, murder follows murder, threatening Bennett’s reputation — and his life. ; nt 1 . : a - | a . | : ee oh Ted Woods never lets up on the tension and excitement In his: : - Leg ion lad les attend CO nvention a 7 ‘s a | new Reid Bennett novel, When the Killing Starts, A fast-moving _ labyrinthine plot, strong characterization and a graphic sense of co Be ; . . soo bly is place make this a gripping novel. Ted Wood’s When the Killing == Contributed by 9:30 a.m. Monday and finished Vernon in 1987, 281 ladies have Starts is published by Collier Macmillan at $23.75. | Lisel Sorensen _ .- Wednesday. at around 2 p.m. passedaway, a Oo . . a ey gan after elections. . “Father in thy gracious Keep-.._- Bill McNeil Presents Voice of the Pioneer is the third ina The 49th Ladies Auxiliary The Ladies’ Auxiliary presi- ing, CT convention to the Royal Cana- dent for the next two-year term Leave we now thy. servant - series based on his radio program and it marks the 20th anniver- . sary of the show. Since many of the reminiscences are of the 30’s and the 40’s, the people interviewed are hardly pioneers, but the sketches do give a vivid idea of the period, However, there are dian Legion got underway: in is Sheila Gauvin, first vice Lor- s/eeping.”’ Prince George May 7 with a raine Irvine, second. vice Pat — a - parade to the Cenotaph. One MacLean, treasurer Ilene Blue, Also present at our conven- --- people like Gordon James Duncan, who arrived in Canada at the - hundred and fifteen flagsled the immediate. past president Hazel tion was Pacific .Command | age. of 21 in 1905, joined the old North West Mounted Police and ‘long parade with a total atten- Stoddart and chairman for the president Derek Eyles, provin- | was eventually posted to the Peace River. Hugh Mackay Ross ar- dance of just under 700 ladies. 1991 convention is Lonie Ander- cial secretary Larry Harrison, rived from: Scotland as 2 lad in 1930 and joined the Hudson’s’ _ Business sessions started at son. Since the last convention in Saskatchewan Ladies’ Auxiliary Bay Company in Northern Ontario. He has some striking and ~ - re , president Emma Carter. and - amusing comments on life in the north. Those who enjoy hia: abl in. a 7k _secretary..Marla Howie, and ’ McNeil’s program will find plenty here to savor. Bill McNeil oo Thi S: week / n sch ool S . Alberta Ladies’ Auxiliary presi- - Presents Voice of the Pioneer is published by Doubleday at. 5 ae oe bee gepeeds las Ce dent-‘Sunny Barton. $24.95. : : ene Ss Bpdday; “June 16, 9 a.m. to be dismissed atficon, ‘Deputy zone commander re 2:30 p.m. — This is Sports Day ‘Thursday, June 22 — Canada Denise Fulljames, incoming ‘We know that we live in a beautiful land, one that can fill us at Parkside Elementary School, Fitness Assemblies will be held zone commander Pat Lovegren with awe, one whose beauty may. contain a sense of the weather permitting, For more in the Uplands Elementar plus 10 other Ladies’ Auxiliary mysterious; but surely strange sights, mysterious events, unusual information, phone the school School gym. - members from the northwestern - _ sightings, belong to lands older in-human habitation. We don’t at 635-3513. . Friday, June 23 — Caledonia zone attended the convention. = have ghosts. ; | Monday, Jane 19 — Final ex-- Senior Secondary Graduation The 1991 convention site is Well... John Robert Colombo is ready to show us that we are aminations begin at Thornhill Ceremonies take place in the under consideration and will be not immune to the mysterious and the unusual, and show us he Junior Secondary, ending on R.E.M. Lee Theatre. The eve- announced at a later date. does in a most entertaining and intriguing collection of tales from Wednesday, June21. ning begins at the Caledonia Anne Payne and Lissi around the country. . Thursday, June 22, 12 p.m. —. gymnasium at 6:30 p.m. before Sorensen would like to thank Margaret Atwood and Graeme Gibson moved into a house This is a Professional Develop- the formal exercise at 8 p.m. at Ladies’ Auxiliary Branch 13 for ment Day at Clarence Michiel the theatre. A parent/grad social sending them to convention as southwest of Barrie. There they were visited by the sound of a : |! woman’s footsteps. A young woman who carries a candle walks Elementary and all students will will follow the ceremony. delegates. through Bishop Fuller House near Thorold, leaving behind her the scent of lavender on the air. The Angel Inn in Niagara-on- the-Lake stands where a three room log cabin burned when the Americans torched the town in 1813. Captain Swayze, a British officer, was tortured to death here by the American invaders in 1812. His spirit haunts the inn, and a portrait of him had an in- explicable tear which used to appear below the right eye. - Manitoba has stories of Mother Damnable; ‘Wampohama, treated like a shaman by the Cree on the shore of Lake Win- ‘GUIDE: Copper ; Grill atthe : G pH yl nipeg. She left behind her a series of prophecies, including one . _ 635-6630 that foretold the birth of Manitoba. 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