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

THE NEW TANNER THURSDAY, JULY 22, 2004 Congratulations Jim McKnight on celebrating your 90% Birthday on July 19/ 04. Love your. family © Love Mommy & Daddy OPP warns about money marketing Wellington OPP is again reminding consumers to use caution when responding to any telemarketing or mail flyer that requests sending money. Recently there have been reports of residents in North Wellington receiving mailings for opportunities to wotk from home. In some cases, the consumers have sent cash and have yet to re- ceive anything back. Old gun to repel Russians The only working WWI Brit- ish field gun -- known as an 18-pounder -- in private hands is getting Acton's Fred VanSickle more and more invi- tations to military events and ceremonies. VanSickle, a member of a WWI, 20th Battalion re-enact- ment group, just returned from an event at Fort George in Niagara-On-The Lake, and also recently took the field gun, made by Bethlehem Steel in 1918,to the Colonel John McCrae House in Guelph for Canada Day. VanSickle purchased the field gun several years ago from the government of Finland that had been given the gun as war aid by the USA in 1939 to help fight the advancing Russians. The gun was last fired on maneuvers in 1994, and has since been made inoperable and fires blanks. Here are tips to help rec- ognize a scam. 'If it sounds too good to be true, it is. -You must pay first before receiving anything. -You must give them your private financial informa- tion. 'They will only acceptt cash or money order, rather than a cheque or credit card (cash is untraceable). 'It's a limited opportunity and you're going to miss out. Legitimate companies have nothing to hide, the OPP notes. Be cautious. Check them out; request de- tailed written information, a call back number, refer- ences, and time to think your decision over. Legitimate business peo- ple will be happy to provide that information. They want the "bad guys" out of busi- ness, too. If you suspect you may be a target, or have already sent funds, be assured you are not alone. There's help from Phone Busters, national de- ceptive telemarketing call centre, operated by the On- tario Provincial Police. Phone Busters can be reached by calling toll free 1-888-495-8501 or go to their website for information on the latest scams at www.phonebusters.com. BIG GUN: Acton's Fred VanSickle's pride and joy is this British field gun -- known as an 18-pounder -- that he takes to military events and displays. -- Frances Niblock photo Letters ---9 Feels justice not served To the Editor, I read the letter in last week's paper called 'a time for healing'. I was very up- set by this. The sister was saying that she feels justice has been served, no one feels it has. Killing some- one with a gun is not a mistake. I do not feel that it is right that this guy killed someone, accident or not, and did not even get a year. The Young Offend- ers Act needs to be changed to 16. If you can drive at 16 you are an adult because a car is as deadly as a weapon if not more so. She also said her brother has to live with what he has done. That is a little more justice then I guess be- cause we live with it everyday and that will never go away. Once your brother is done his sentenc- ing he will have a perfect life again. My mom said "she wanted to slap him across the face and ask why." 1am glad your brother is in counselling because I know I could not live knowing I killed someone. 1 only just turned 18 and I could not imagine living knowing that I killed someone. Then again it re- ally is not a big deal to any- one, especially the justice system, considering you only get three years in to- tal when you are under 18. You and your family are not the ones who need to be sorry. You did not do anything. Your brother needs to be sorry. Until we hear that then nothing will change. Lagree it is time for heal- ing. Ours will take a lifetime yours .... About two and a half more years. But the forgiving process I do not think will ever happen. Brianna Getty. Perils of chewing tobacco To the Editor, I can still remember my first and last time trying chewing tobacco. One rainy summer night years ago we were in Gus's garage being bored. Some- one suggested trying chewing tobacco to break the boredom. So I hopped on my mo- torbike and picked up a piece of chewing tobacco at the store. After about a dozen chews we spat out the awful stuff and rinsed out our mouths with beer. Gus swallowed some of the juices and was sick for most of that night. I learned that night that chewing tobacco was' not worth the money and we wasted some good beer. i Yours. truly, Norman Foote PS. When I was a kid I knew an old farmer/handyman who thought stop signs were inyented so you could spit out your chewing tobacco. thenewtanner@on.aibn.com