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OOK July 1WTI SARAH OVERSTREET Learning a friends value By Sarah Overs ret The day I packed her belongings Into the Haul it was drizzling and she was crying She was crying be cause she couldn t it her grandma s kitchen chairs into the trailer and be cause she was moving a drive from the town she lived In or eight years and from me her best friend She didn know what the future held and she knew whatever It was she be doing 11 without me just across town I can be a very good ear a calm rational and comforting friend So can she Wed seen each through the suicide of a parent the breakup of a marriage three love fairs the quitting of a job without another one to go to and a fir If wed known what was facing us just in the next few months we have both cried and cried a lot harder I tried lo reassure her because I wanted her to feci better and because I t admit to myself what her moving could mean Well see each other don worry I told her teen hours such a long drive and we get those month in advance plane tickets or weekends I put her kitchen chairs In my pickup truck to take home 1 have these reflnlshcd for your birthday and bring them The chairs moved with me a year later and sat In my barn for another two The veekly phone calls dwindled to monthly We saw each other once a year and tried to ignore the that what wc had feared actually hap Wc had passed from each physical presence except for pearly visits and those were hurried and unsatisfying Now ft has been nine years since she left I have spent my vacations ting In her law office waiting and she has grabbed a few weekends with me shopped for her maternity clothes on her lunch hour and I was away from home when the call came that she d had her baby after a long dif cult labor and a section We are no different from hundreds of thousands of our generation kids who had promised each other re la tlonshlps would always mean more than things be like our blue collar parents who grew up In the Depression and valued security above all lo whom friendship are a necessary casualty in Ihc war for That day in her yard I honestly believed nothing could keep us apart Our took us by surprise and lamed us before we even smoke She got a job In a small college library and started law school night I went to work as a newspaper reporter and found the license to dls cover secrets more Intoxicating than anything I could have Imagined She felt the same way about tan A few extra hours here a weekend there meant the difference between win a case or losing It of getting a story or not We never begrudged the time wc spent our work butgradu ally our jobs became like marathons the runners never seeing the scenery along one inch of the miles they pass Personal events have made us need each other like we never have In our years together a new and trying marriage the breakup of another a birth tor the most part we have gone it alone THE SIGN FA Buying or Selling Lets Discuss Your Real Estate Needs No Cost No Obligation No Pressure Not intended to solicit properties already for sale Bus 8731881 Res 8776262 DAVE BRAIDA COME IN FOR A CLOSER LOOK LETS TALK HORSES Six stall barn fully insulated with water and 3 fenced id docks Lovely 3 bedroom custom built home fully bricked with rm n floor family room and laundry Also included is an pool only 900 MOVE RIGHT IN BEAT THE HEAT With a leisurely swim in your 32 inground pool with full privacy fence Enjoy the detached brick 4 bedroom down stairs bungalow with garage 2 washrooms fireplace and more Asking si MOVE RIGHT IN To th superbly shod bedroom Bui i in stove dishwasher in the Bar otti kilchen plus family room w fireplace Seeing is so phone me today BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY Restaurant and Bar Seals 3200 plus ft build acres lots of parking huge list chattels Included Owner must sell Located In popular tourist area buys all Call me soon on this one ACREAGE I have acres of mixed bush located in the Hillsburgb area with building sites at rear of property Permit available Call today MOBILE HOME Two bedroom mob le home unit 1 2 with eat in kitchen Full piece washroom laundry hookups and forced air heating This unit musl be moved Only 14 BE YOUR OWN BOSS Thriving take out business in Georgetown with lots potential Excellent lease terms All chattels included Only ADDITIONAL PROPERTIES AVAILABLE