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1. Musical instrument that one shakes7. Horses that take their name from their colour
12. Low pitched male voice
16. A moon of Uranus
17. British spelling for an eagle's nest
18. What gets the pot started in poker
19. Powerful but crude whiskey
20. A make of electric car
21. Put things in some kind of order
22. Puts tasks in order of importance
24. Dead, done for, or just not working
25. ___ Solo of "Star Wars"
26. Russian ruler before 1917
27. Catlike
28. Add alcohol to a drink
30. A low-cut neckline on a woman's dress. This was definitely not on display when for the 130th anniversary of Centennial United Church, where Alanna has been the minister these past eight years, Alanna dressed up (circa late 1800's) in a blouse with mutton-chop sleeves, a sensible long skirt, hat and gloves. No girdle though. There's authentic and then there's crazy. Speaking of Centennial, the "urban garden" at the church that Alanna initiated is still a work in progress. They were able to harvest about five pounds of scarlet runner beans and give them to Rock Bay Landing, a homeless shelter near the church.
34. What the American crowd shouts when their hockey team is playing Canada
36. Birdlike
37. __ City, found at the end of the Yellow Brick Road
41. Archaic word for "steal"
42. Edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants
46. When you think someone with a tic is winking at you
49. "For ___ us a child is born ..." (Isaiah 9:6-7)
50. A very short way of saying "hello you"
51. Asylum seeker. This November Art joined with a number of people in the area to form a group to sponsor a Syrian refugee family. Art suggested they call themselves "Saanich Peninsula Refugee Initiative Group", the acronym for which is SPRIG, which Art thought was pretty catchy, suggesting as it does new growth on a tree. The group elected a steering committee to coordinate its efforts and Art volunteered to be the treasurer. Ever since he has been spending many hours helping to get things going, such as setting up a SPRIG email address, web site, bank account, and all the many details that go into an enterprise of this sort. SPRIG has applied to become a
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"constituent group" of
the Inter-Cultural Association of
Greater Victoria (ICA), which is a
Sponsorship Agreement Holder (SAH)
with Citizenship and Immigration
Canada. Groups like ours have to
be approved by a SAH before we can
sponsor refugees. We have to raise
30% of the estimated total cost of
sponsoring a family of four before
ICA will accept us. That's about $15,000 but I am confident we will raise it and go on to raise the remaining $30,000. Canadians are generous when they are convinced that the cause is good and it touches their hearts. We are impressed at the number of private sponsorship groups that have formed across the country. Although it is a lot of work, it is good work, and Art does not mind putting in the hours. We expect the family we sponsor to arrive sometime in the second half of 2016. Once they are here, we will need to offer them ongoing support to adapt to their new life in a new country. Imagine how hard it would be if you had to move to a Middle East country to live. Learning a new language is only part of it. There are new customs, news way of relating to government institutions, a whole new bureaucracy to deal with. When you look at it this way, raising money is the easier part. Being there for the family for the long run, getting them housing, clothing for our climate, transportation, government services, and so on -- not to mention simple friendship -- is the greater commitment. Our SPRIG website is up and running. Please do visit us at www.sprig.me . 52. The point at which a photo will be sharpest 53. Wynken and Blynken's companion 54. Women who run brothels, for example 60. Short for those who officiate some sports 63. German cathedral city 64. This is also a word that describes the time we spent in the Toronto area this August visiting Alanna's sisters and their husbands/partners: Brigid and Ted, and Colleen and John. Art and Ted are great Blue Jays fans and so Art and Alanna and Ted and Brigid took in a couple games at the Rogers Centre. It was awfully exciting as the Jays swung some big trades and made it to the playoffs for the first time since 1993. Now if you want to get Art started on a rant, ask him how he feels about what he calls the "constructive dismissal" of Alex Anthopoulos, the Jays (now former) general manager, whose shrewd acquisition of players made the Jays run to the play-offs possible. Art swears that if he had been a Rogers customer, he would have switched to another telecom. Alanna also took this visit as an opportunity to get the hair she has kept long these many years cut by Brigid’s hairdresser who “knows how to cut McQuaid hair”. She sent the hair (9 inches) to the Cancer Society to make wigs. Since then she has received many compliments on her new shorter hair style (nearly all from other women who notice things like that). Earlier, in July, we made our annual trip to Seattle for the three-game series the Jays play with the Seattle Mariners every year. If you don’t mind the line-ups to get through customs, it’s fun to make the sea trip between Victoria and Seattle, standing on the passenger deck as the Clipper wends its way through the small islands that dot the passage. And while we are not fans of big cities, Seattle is the best we’ve come across. 66. Biblical verb ending 68. Relating to a part of the eye 69. A picture that uses several shades of the same colour 73. This is what you would call Alanna and Tevne, 8-year-old son of Art's nephew, Chris and his wife, Tara. When Alanna and Tev aren't playing monopoly or some other game that Tevne always seems to win (he makes up the rules, of course), they go on adventures. Not surprising as Art regards life with Alanna as an adventure in itself. One adventure that stands out is an occasion when Alanna was babysitting Tevne. The other kids in his class had been on the double-decker transit buses but he hadn't, so on Remembrance Day they went to downtown Victoria via double-decker bus. The plan was, once they got there, to take an open-top double-decker tour bus. After waiting in vain for the tour bus outside the Empress Hotel for a half-hour in the cold, they headed inside the hotel to have high tea because neither of them had had lunch. How fortuitous to be given a reason to treat oneself to the superlative indulgence of high tea at the Empress! Another example of Alanna's personal motto (as bestowed on her by Art), "Through disaster to success". 74. An approach to religion that is more reason than faith |
75. Citizens of the largest country in
the Arabian Peninsula 76. Conceited people have big ones 77. An often-sprained joint 78. A rant usually fueled by anger 79. Network of intersecting blood vessels 80. What Ford has replaced with aluminum in its F-150 truck 81. Mixed up and confused Down 1. Change perceptibly from one thing to another2. On the side of an animal away from its mouth, from the Latin words for "away" and "mouth" 3. Part of the eye that contains rods and cones 4. Jason's mythological ship 5. You might see her on the arm of an aristocrat (but she's not his wife!) 6. They cast votes against 7. What Art is not planning to do this year, although being 66, he could 8. Word that is shouted in a courtroom to get people to be quiet and listen to what is being proclaimed 9. A semi-polite way to refer to a person's rear end 10. First name of guitarist Lofgren 11. Ocean 12. Rock formed when lava solidifies 13. Sightlessness, from the Greek words for "no" and "sight" 14. "High __", having a "coiled spring" personality 15. Small sofa 23. Wee bit 24. Eager |
27. What a bomb or wrecking ball may
do to a building 29. Antique shop item 31. Any of the eight small bones of the wrist 32. What, according to Yogi Berra, a game ain't until it is 33. Inmate who's never getting out 35. An instrument of the brass family 37. Cousin of an ostrich 38. Small period of time (abbr.) 39. You have to subtract three hours from this to get PST 40. What has to be done to airplanes' wings in snowy conditions 42. A short composition for a solo instrument 43. "Can you __ it?" (Beatnick way of asking if you like something) 44. Buck's mate 45. "The loneliest number" in a song 47. A shag rug made in Sweden 48. Mentioned just before 52. The price of which is low when oil is cheap 54. A person who has been reduced to extreme poverty 55. What barbarian invaders might do 56. Nocturnal wildcat of South America 57. Gliding dance step 58. The hard outer coating of a tooth 59. "Dear __ or Madam" 61. System of government in the Middle Ages 62. When you hit this, you're at your best 65. __ Rica 67. __ down: sprayed with water 69. Coin that cost more to make than its face value 70. What profiteers do to prices 71. Man, Capri or Wight 72. An ingredient of poutine 74. American prosecutors, for short |
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