Happy Birthday Rickster!

Just to clarify for the Mayor - Rick isn't sixty, he's a very spry 53.

To honour the birthday boy, the Mayor brought in a cake, which was very sweet but the thought somewhat nullified when he told us there were 72 candles on the cake and he came in brandishing a fire extinguisher. HA! Then after he left, Rick discovered the cake was best before May 14th (today) and was 50 % off at the grocery store!! We had a good laugh at that one and as Gloria McCluskey pointed out, "It shows how frugal he is!" That's a good thing, but I wish I would have known the cake was about to expire when I scarfed down a piece after 11 o' clock. Rick, or as e-mailer Ken called him "the big fancy star"had a good birthday, so thank you for all the b-day wishes.


Rick spoke to Theresa Brien from Regional Police about the investigation into these 2 very disturbing murders in HRM. They are still looking for Trevor Brewster's car. Here's the description of it:


Major Crime investigators are looking for Mr. Brewster’s black,two-door 2004 Honda Civic with Nova Scotia license plate DYS 031 and a‘rainbow bear’ decal on the back left side, just above the taillight. Anyone with information on the whereabouts of his vehicle or whomay have seen anything suspicious at Frenchman’s Lake over the past several days is asked to call 490-5016 or anonymously through CrimeStoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS).

Hopefully they find the car soon and find the person or persons who committed these heinous crimes.


Most everyone disagreed with Rick today in regards to the Facebook situation at Lockview. A few kids were talking about how their teacher was cranky etc. at the school and made some comments about running over her baby with a golf cart. Rick's problem with the situation is that the RCMP were called in. Rick admits he may feel differently because he knows the kids involved. It's a tough call. You have to allow society freedom of speech, but at the same time, all these crazy incidents are happening at schools and it seems like you can't be too careful. Tough call on this one, but I'm sure those kids won't be doing anything similar again.

So anyone else battling this spring cold? It hit me on Saturday morning. Rick Clarke had it when Rick spoke to him last week and I know several other people who have been felled by it. There's nothing worse than being sick when it's gorgeous outside. I hope it's over by next Sunday - that's the Bluenose Marathon and I'll be participating in the 10km. The Bluenose is such a great event and the spectators are incredibly supportive. If you want to volunteer...click on the link to do so!

http://www.bluenosemarathon.com/EN/volunteers/


I would be remiss if I didn't mention something I did on Friday night. I went to see the production of Titanic at Q-E-H, the last production for the school. I didn't really know what to expect, but it was incredible! The orchestra was so professional and there were some stars in the cast! Congrats to everyone involved in what must have been months and months of hard work. After hearing constantly about "bad teens", it was so refreshing to see a bunch of kids working so hard on something so positive.

Well..it's lunchtime for me...so have a great Monday and I'll talk to you tomorrow!

Cheers,

Amber