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Eitertaiineit Tempers rise in Logan Lake over New Years baby scandal Saturday lebruarvZO 1KI Page 11 eirs View fiat and Intrigue an largely re ilt iLled o I he larger Oh from time juicy and I crops up in a em I re if j that has managed to attract a suitable contingent of scoundrels and ne Ottawa Is pretty good that way But as anyone who has lived In a small town well knows you must turn to rural Canada If you re In search of a truly toe curling eyepopping super market calibre brouhaha Thus we read that he village of Logan Lake has been spill down the middle by a bitter dispute over the Year s baby Apparently the whole mess began Logan Lakes New Years baby was born on Jan This in itself gives us a clue to the sue of Logan Lake In fast paced metropoli likt Toronto and Montreal the New baby hurtles into the world at the sin ke of midn ght In Logan Lake the New Year baby saunters along in to catch Groundhog Day Small Newfoundland fishing out posts figure they re doing pretty well it they can produce a New Year sbaby by July And I understand there northern Alberta where the New Year baby is now In any case the proud mother of the Logan Lake baby forward to claim her valuable a pack of Pampers a meat cheise tray three videos and a varitly of other gifts valued at about JIM And then all what not broke loose arc being withheld on the grounds that the mother ix not a true resident or Logan Lake having merely lnlo her parents home there on Dec In a sense this reaction Is under given he usual small town definition or a newcomer as anyone whose great great grandfather was born elsewhere This Is related to the famous smalt town habit of regarding everyone as his father youthful offspring which explains why vllfages invariably have three or four yearolds who are still called But there much more to the Logan Lake situation than this According to the news reports street scuttlebutt has it that the mother deliberately to Logan Lake just in lime to product the New Year baby and col the loot This you will admit is an nary notion All of a sudden you gel this image of crafty bigcity women lusting after those three videos and that pack age of Pampers descending on the suspecting hamlets of Canada Just in time to give birth to the New Year baby Your first response might be to scoff But hey have you checked the price of Pampers lately I have and so I already broached the subject with The Love of My Life When we decide to get pregnant she going to have to agree to a couple of conditions she to nave to have the child sometime In January and she going to have to be prepared to re locate temporarily At the moment I have my eye on doodle Corners If someone us to the punch there we J try But I digress And we haven even touched on the most sensational aspect of the Logan Lake baby scandal The mother of the Jan main tains she is completely innocent or propriety and charges wait for It that she Li being denied her rightful prizes Tor political reasons It seems the daughter of one of the al dermen and the wife of the district clerk treasurer are both expecting and the accusation is that a high level decision has been made to give New Year baby honors to one of them Obviously this accusation Is so that no columnist dare comment GEORGETOWN LITTLE THEATRE PRESENTS PACK OF LIES WRITTEN BY HUGH DIRECTED BY NEVILLE WORSNOP PRODUCED BY DOROTHY HUNT JOHN ELUOTT THEATRE Feb 19 20 24 25 800 pm Tickets 6 Box Office 8773700 CENTRE 2 BMGO- 700 A UNIQUE FACILITY WITH ADEQUATE PARKING 7NITES90 DABBER INFORMATION LINE 8730666 JACKPOT 100000 WIRY ONTARIOS FUN SPOT PRIZE BOARD upon It for fear of Inviting a seven fig Still insight into the nature of political scan in the different areas of the country In Ottawa politicians are brought down for neglecting to divulge THEYRE HERE A WIDE VARIETY OF Balsa Wood Balsa Wood Planes Accessories 20 OFF ALLS PLUS ALL YOUR FAVOURITES Doodle Art Jigsaw Puzzles Oil PaintbyNumbers Remote Control Cars Educational Toys Models Trains Georgetown Hobby Toy Inc 310GUELPHST Red Roof Plaza GEORGETOWN 8776988