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Drive-by Shootings at Huron & Highbury on Sunday August 1st.

Taped-up Window of TD Bank at Highbury & Huron Where Bullets Hit

3 Other Cars were hit in the Incident

To read the Complete Story in the London Free Press click here.

To read the Complete Story in the London Free Press click here.

This newsletter has the latest information on activities for pet lovers in the London area. It also has valuable information for the care of your four legged friends.

As Stompin' Tom Would Say...Another Load of Tomatoes (Potatoes)

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Our Little Balcony -  It is Possible

Five years ago I started growing cherry tomatoes, patio tomatoes and a few other varieties on my balcony. I imagined the idea growing as "Balconies in Bloom" with people growing one flower or whatever they liked.

I floated the idea to the Kipps Lane Initiative people but it went nowhere. Community Gardens are great but apartment dwellers would get to see their balcony gardens every morning and all day.


This year I doubted I could keep the tradition up after two moves. But a visit to Heeman's Greenhouses just outside London off Dundas Rd. netted me some beautiful plants with a few  weeks head start of growth. We've just started harvesting the tomatoes. I buy a plant for a friend in the TransGlobe buildings each year and I learn how it does by email. Great Fun!

Ahh Summertime! A Time for Vulnerable Children and Youth

to Sell Chocolate Bars in the Stifling Heat!

I know you have seen them. They are usually under 15 years old. Some are much younger. They stand by banks, dollar stores, grocery stores. They stand anywhere there are a lot of people. They sell chocolate bars and almonds for obscure charities that you've probably never heard of or seen on television.

Welcome to the world of Chocolate Bar Brokering. A charity wants to raise money. It hires a broker to find a bunch of kids to sell the chocolate bars. The broker keeps some of the money. The kids are paid a bit of the money and last but not least, the charity is paid some of the money. It is legal.

A few years ago I looked into this when I found a very young pre-teen selling chocolate bars in front of an A & P in mid-February. I found an article by A Kitchener journalist which explained the practice. Although the practice isn't illegal, it should raise questions in the minds of parents who sign permission slips for their kids to go with strangers and sell chocolates. In the case of this article, the kids were actually taken out of town and one of the children called home frightened, begging for someone to get them.