The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

Now it's a different prayer There was a time in my life when I liked winter, but I find that time is long gone. Man, I'd stand outside at night, peering up into the heavens of the crisp winter sky, just praying for a major snowfall overnight. I was an avid snowmobiler, and when I wasn't working at home on the farm, I was on my TNT Skidoo, flying across the fields and through the bush, where no human being ever walked at that time of the year. I'd join with a bunch of my snowmobile friends and we'd head off to places like Hillsburgh or drop by the Bushholme in Erin, to `warm up' a bit between rides. We'd go hill climbing at Three Sisters, just south of Acton, where the hills were so steep it was bordering on insanity to ascend them. But the view from the top was outstanding. We'd find ourselves sitting at the top of the hill on the west side of Hwy 7 just north of 22 Sideroad, another great vantage point, where one could see right down to Toronto on a crisp clear February night with no pollution to hamper the view. I was a young 20-something kid, free as a bird from the time I finished chores until it was once again time to milk the cows. I also used to enjoy blowing snow, and clearing the driveway. I'd do my very best to keep the edge of the snow as straight as possible and leave the driveway looking like a perfect Christmas card. Today, even with more sophisticated snow blowing equipment, and a warm, quiet tractor cab, I still derive some satisfaction clearing the lanebut the `fun factor' is no longer there. After an all-night blowing snowstorm, my friends and I used to enjoy the challenge of `corkin' the snow drifts that blew across the country roads. It was so cool watching the cloud of snow fly over the hood of the old pickup, and then we'd turn around Join us on January 19 for our Celebrity Celebration Open House. Special Extended Hours 9AM - 8PM 7 The IFP · Halton Hills, Thursday, January 12, 2012 CELEBRITY CRUISE SALE JAN. 16-30 Ted Brown and go back to see how deep the drift was, and stand there and admire the tracks the truck left bursting through the snow. (Of course, those fond memories don't quite extend back to those occasional times when the drift pulled the truck into the ditch...) The joy is gone in that area too. This past week, I trudged to the barn one evening, with the dusting of snow crunching and my feet slipping and sliding on the ice under it all, and I wondered where all my enthusiasm has gone. I think about the somewhat crazy things we did, I think of the lack of concern about personal safety and I often wonder how some members of my generation got through it all without major consequences. We weren't suicidal, but certainly were fun-loving. But those days are long gone, and I'm now getting to that point in my life where common sense, fiscal financial responsibility and the fact that doing those things now makes things hurt, makes me a bit hesitant to venture down that road. While I reminisce about those wintertime snow-filled silly adventures of my long gone youth, I now go outside every evening to take Hamish the dog to the barn, where he curls up on his bed of straw for the night. And on my return trip to the house, I still stop, and look up into the heavens, to hope and pray. But now my prayer is "Please don't let it snow tonight!!!" OUR DOWN UNDER EVENT ... 2012/2013 Australia, New Zealand & Asia voyages on Sale VËUS $100 Onboard Credit per cabin & FREE Pre-paid Gratuities The Down Under not for you? Don't worry, we have the rest of Celebrity's cruise world on sale! Book one of our selected sailings during our cruise sale and receive up to $100 OBC per cabin, Reduced Deposit & Onboard Coupon Booklet Georgetown Cruise Sale amenities valid on select sailings only. New bookings only and based on availability. Offer valid for bookings deposited between January 16 - 30, 2012. 905-873-2000 328 Guelph St. Georgetown, ON TICO Reg #50018501 Open Saturdays 9am - 4pm w w w. v i s i o n 2 0 0 0 t r a v e l . c o m AGA-BOOM! JANUARY 24 AT 7PM From the veteran clowns of Cirque du Soleil comes an interactive show of mayhem, outrageous zaniness and pure family fun! Children (12 & Under): $20 Adults from $33 905.874.2800 www.rosetheatre.ca of the week Across 1. Handle the party food 6. Auditorium's sound qualities 15. Convex molding 16. Port city in SE France 17. Merry old times 18. Space between margin and line of text 19. Conk out 20. Hutzpah, e.g. 22. Amazon, e.g. 23. Smeltery refuse 25. Freshman, probably 26. "___ bitten, twice shy" 28. Waterproof hip boots 30. Mrs. Bush 32. Black 33. Put up, as a picture 34. Ball field covering 38. "So soon?" 40. "The Canterbury Tales" author 42. Makeup, e.g. 43. ___ line (major axis of an elliptical orbit) 45. Brunch serving 46. Estuary 48. Moors 49. Clip 51. Acclivity 53. Harp's cousin 54. Gloomy 55. Unhurried walkers 58. PC linkup (acronym) 59. Branch that connects with capillaries 61. Cast out 63. One who drools 64. Hindu queen 65. Those who boldly state an opinion 66. Ornamental embroidery Down 1. Physical reaction to fear (2 wds) 2. At hand Removal of roadside memorial a `heartless' act, says cousin Continued from pg. 1 He said he has also spoken to a Town Public Works employee who assured him it was not Town staff who removed the memorial items. "For somebody to do something like this, it's almost like doing it at somebody's grave. It's a very heartless type of person. It's quite upsetting, the family has enough stuff to deal with." Dick Spear, superintendent of public works for the Town of Halton Hills, said Town employees did not remove the items, and would not. He said the roadside memorials are permitted. "They can't be big, they can't steal the attention of other motorists going by," said Spear. Spear said the Town hasn't received any complaints from the public about the memorial. The family plans to put an aluminum cross up behind the guardrail. Kevin asks anyone with information about the missing memorial items or who has a problem with the memorial being there to call him at 905-8668041. 3. Bullfighters 4. ___ Grove Village, Ill. 5. Like Santa's cheeks 6. Organic compound containing CONH2 radical 7. Unit of luminous intensity 8. City government statute 9. A Swiss army knife has lots of them 10. Portugese Mr. 11. Little bird 12. ___ artery 13. Copy 14. Transmitted 21. "___ alive!" (2 wds) 24. Inherited, such as disease 27. Musical mark 29. Swedish shag rug 31. "Bleah!" 33. Exaggeration 35. Metal welding gas 36. Expressed in different words 37. One who is given something 39. 10 liters 41. Trick taker, often 44. ___ and Meara comedy team 47. Closer 48. "___ Town Too" (1981 hit) 49. Runs smoothly 50. Con men? 52. Clairvoyants 54. Arp's art 56. Soft roe 57. Balkan native 60. "The Three Faces of ___" 62. Long-jawed fish CONCEPT 361 Guelph St. (Hwy. #7), Georgetown Puzzle answers at www.conceptford.com "We won't lose a customer over Price" 905-873-1626