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1. Tic-___-toe4. What__ is it?
8. Muslim leader
12. Insect attracted to light
13. Ireland
14. Rants
16. Operatic solo
17. Italian for wine
18. Relating to the x and y lines in a graph
19. Canada is becoming a __cultural society
21. Took money for
23. Not seriously
24. Toronto time zone (abbr.)
25. Afrikaner
27. Headlight setting
29. Bic makes them
30. Dodge mini__ . We purchased this vehicle at the end of 2012 when the 1987 Toyota pickup truck that Alanna was driving looked like it was going to cost money to keep running. The vehicle we bought is very practical. There are two bucket seats in the front, another two bucket seats in the middle, and a bench seat in the back that can seat three. The middle and back seats can be stowed into the floor of the vehicle, which turns it into the equivalent of a panel truck. We have had occasion to use it to haul tables and other large things, and its passenger capacity comes in handy for taking members of Alanna's congregation at Centennial United Church to church events (visit http://cucvictoria.com/minister.html to see a nice picure of Alanna and Art taken at her ordination in 2008) . It is Alanna's everyday vehicle. It's enough like a pickup truck to keep her happy (she can look down on mere sedans), although she would have preferred a manual transmission instead of the automatic it came with.
31. Soaking __
34. The kind of hamburger that comes with a side of fries
37. Nickname for Art's favourite baseball team. In late February - early March we travelled to Florida for the purpose of attending some of this team's exhibition baseball games (the Grapefruit League, as these games with other major league teams during spring training are called). The team's home stadium for spring training is in Dunedin. We stayed in a hotel in Clearwater, which is next door to Dunedin. We were joined for much of our time there by Brigid McQuaid, Alanna's youngest sister, and her partner, Ted Weber, who live in Toronto. We enjoyed being with them and had good times together. When we are with Brigid and Ted there is always lots of laughter. Attending a spring training game is different from attending a regular season game. The stadiums are smaller (maximum attendance at Dunedin is 5,000) and you are a lot closer to the players. There were lots of Canadians at the home games and more often than not we were seated next to Canadians from various parts of the country. One thing Art noted in Florida that he wished concession stands in Canada would adopt is that you could order a side of baked beans to go with your hamburger or hot dog. In August we made our usual trek to Seattle to watch our team play the Seattle Mariners (winning two out of three!). While there we visited the Boeing plant where jet airliners are assembled. It is the largest building by volume in the world. Well worth visiting.
38. Organization of Chinese Americans (abbr.)
39. Metal used in magnets
40. Feature of the letters i and j
41. Plural of 1-Down
42. In the past
43. Kind of air pollution
45. With regret
47. Slice off
48. Witch
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49. "Que __, __, whatever will
be, will be" 50. That woman 51. Section of church where congregation sits 52. Extinct flightless bird 55. One of the Great Lakes 58. Billy or nanny 60. In the air 62. Four-door car 64. Opinion. When Art has one of a theological nature, he sometimes expresses it in an article for The Journal, a periodical that can be read online at http://www.corpuscanada.org/the%20journal.html . 66. Female voice lower than soprano 67. Irk 68. Eye part 69. Flower stalk 70. Knock out 71. Fix a tear 72. Male offspring Down 1. Donut shape2. Leaning 3. Chit__ 4. Nickname of Art's youngest grandnephew. Being childless (not by choice but by the way the fertility cards were dealt), we thank Art's nephew, Chris, and his wife, Tara, for allowing us to play the role of "honorary grandparents" to their son. We have had this little fellow stay with us on a few occasions when Chris and Tara had to be out of town, and it has been fun for him and for us. He and Alanna have a ball playing together, whether sword fighting with plastic swords (which can serve as javelins when thrown across a living room), or throwing a frisbee in the yard. Art has taken an interest in his baseball development, buying him a baseball glove for T-Ball in the spring, and playing catch in the off-season. The boy bats and throws left-handed, which leads Art to think that he will have a good future in baseball if he decides to continue with it. Kudos to Chris and Tara for raising the happiest, most good-natured and well-behaved just-turned-six years old boy we have ever encountered. Hint: same first three letters as the main character’s name in “Fiddler on the Roof.” 5. Colourful flowers 6. One who is not yet an adult 7. Chemical compound 8. George Gershwin's brother 9. Rule to live by 10. Passionate 11. Breakfast, lunch or dinner 12. Auntie __ , movie musical starring |
Rosalind Russell 15. Crafty 20. Wild goat found in northern Africa 22. Day the Allies invaded Nazi- occupied Europe 26. United 28. People with connections 29. Play on words 30. Big container for liquid 31. What 4-Down's pet dog, Lily, says 32. Brown shade 33. What 4-Down's pet dog, Lily, wags 34. Control knob 35. Therefore 36. Hiking trail that ends where it begins 37. Slow run 40. Labradoodle, for example 41. Orange Pekoe 43. "___ Loves You" (Beatles' song) 44. Art's oldest sister. We stayed at her and Elgin's home in Kelowna when we visited them and Art's sisters Irene and Pat and brother Johnny in October. They all made us welcome and each contributed to some of the extra pounds we brought back home. Good cooks run in the family. We were saddened by the death of Art's older brother, Ed, in July. Ed was the fifth child of John and Cyrilla Menu. Art, the sixth and last child, was born eight years after Ed. Ed had been battling cancer for three years prior to his death. The initial diagnosis gave him only six months to live. We are grateful that he was with us for as long as he was. His wife, Carolyn, has herself lived with multiple sclerosis for many years, and Ed was her main caregiver. With his death Carolyn has had to go into care and now resides at James Bay Care Centre in Victoria. Art and Alanna visit her regularly to support her as she grieves the loss of her husband and home. Fortunately her sons Michael and Chris and their families live in the area and are doing a good job of managing her affairs. Ed's death followed the death of Art's uncle, Omer, in May of 2013. Omer and his late wife, Margaret, were most kind and hospitable to Art's family and he remembers them with great fondness. 45. Gun (as a car's engine) 46. Raw material of fertilizer 49. Lustrous fabric 50. Weighty 51. Lacking life experience 52. Musical direction meaning "much" 53. Frequently 54. Elementary constituent of matter 55. Psychic power (abbr.) 56. Stink 57. Notion 59. Egg 61. Scottish for a girl 63. New: Prefix 65. Roll of bills |
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