The Voice of Pelham Dec 9 2015

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Wednesday December 9, 2015 85¢Vol.19 No.40

Panthers players celebrate their first win on Friday in Pelham. PHOTO CREDIT: Fabian Hoggard.

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by ZACH JUNKIN The VOICE

SEASONAL WORKERS HEAD HOME

HARVEY SHINES INPANTHERS’ FIRST WIN

The potential community centre will be located in the East Fonthill development site.

LAND TRANSFER TAX IDEA DROPPEDThe Liberal government announced today it will not extend the land transfer tax option to local municipalitiesPage 4

ATOMS WIN SILVERThe Pelham Mossimo’s Pizza Atom AE Panthers stormed into their recent tournament in Huntsville, Ontario and put on a display of power and speed.Page 8

THERE’S GOING TO BE A RIOTPage 11

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It’s been a long time coming, but the Pelham Panthers were able to secure their first win last weekend as they held on to beat the Thorold Blackhawks in a hard-fought 2-1 victory.

With fall harvest at an end, the agricultural la-bour program that helps Ontario’s fruit and veg-etable industry thrive is celebrating another suc-cessful growing season.

The Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program (SAWP) helped Ontario farm-ers hire approximately 17,000 seasonal workers from Mexico and the Ca-ribbean as a supplement to local labour in 2015.

At last week’s Architectural Design Advisory Committee (ADAC) meeting town staff revealed some of the early cuts that will be made to the design of the Potential Community Centre in East Fonthill.

Town Trims Rec Centre Design,Increases Budget to $37 Million

Pelham, who with the win improved to 1-21-4 on the season, achieved success through a con-sistent, 60 minute game, according to Team Cap-tain Cameron DeFazio. “We played the full sixty as hard as we could, and this is probably the first time we’ve done that this season,” he said. “We’ve also worked in practice to shoot low, and that gen-erated some rebounds for a couple of goals.”

It all may have been for naught, however, if it weren’t for the strong play of goaltender Ste-phen Harvey. Harvey, who made 36 saves on the night, stopped a number of point blank shots early to keep his team in it, and withstood a short-hand-ed barrage in the third to secure the victory.

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On December 1, Ontario passed the Police Record Checks Reform Act, 2015 to protect public safety and strengthen individual civil liberties by removing unnecessary barriers to employment, education and volunteer opportunities resulting from the inappropriate disclosure of non-conviction and non-criminal records, such as mental health information, in police record checks.

Ontario Passes Police Records Checks Reform Act

The new legislation sets the province’s first-ever clear, consistent and comprehensive set of standards to govern how police record checks are conducted in Ontario, and applies to the majority of purposes for which such checks are conducted. It also:

• Defines three types of police record checks: criminalrecordchecks,criminalrecordandjudicialmatterschecks,andvulnerablesectorchecks

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• Standardizes disclosure practices, such as ensuring thatthepersontowhomarecordrelateshastheopportunityto review the resultsprior topermitting its release toarequestingthirdparty.

The new standards are based on advice from the Minister’s Table on Policing and Civil Liberties and reflect the consensus achieved through the creation of the 2014 Law Enforcement and Records Managers Network (LEARN) Guideline. The guideline was developed by a broad spectrum of policing, civil liberties, human rights, community safety, mental health, and non-profit groups in Ontario in response to concerns about the lack of standardization of police record checks.

“Reforming police record checks is all about strengthening individual civil rights and protecting public safety,” said Yasir Naqvi, Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services. “This bill puts clear, consistent and effective rules in place for the first time in Ontario’s history to make sure that Ontarians are no longer negatively impacted by records of police contacts that do not pertain to criminal activity.”

Vulnerable sector checks are completed in cases where an individual is in a position of trust or authority over vulnerable persons, like children or the elderly. In order to keep vulnerable persons safe, the legislation allows for the disclosure of non-conviction information in exceptional circumstances if a strict test has been met.

The Town of Pelham is keeping offices open during the holidays again to continue delivering our residents, businesses, and visitors the best possible service year-round. Town offices will operate with regular business hours (8:30 a.m. until 4:30 p.m.) to ensure there is no disruption to services.

Please be advised that Pelham offices and arena will close December 24th at noon and remain closed De-cember 25th for the observance of Christmas Eve and Day. Town offices will remain closed on December 28th for Boxing Day observance, but the Pelham Arena will be open for the Silverstick Tournament.

Pelham offices and arena will also close on December 31st at noon and remain closed January 1st for the ob-servance of New Year’s Eve and Day. Pelham Transit will operate on a regular schedule except on December 25th – 26th and January 1st during holiday observance.

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Residents Soon to Lose Trail AccessAlthough perhaps not a lot of people will feel the loss, we are about to lose a gem of a walkabout in Fonthill. This is because the Luchetta Estates development on Haist St north of Highway 20 has already obstructed the path giving access from Haist St to the West entrance to the Lathrop property, a beautiful stretch of escarpment woodland and ravine. I understand the owner has obtained all necessary permits to go ahead, but at this eleventh hour could not an agreement be obtained to preserve public access, maybe with a "Luchetta Trail" skirting the new development?

This would not only allow easy access to the forest for those who live in the expand-ing area West of Haist, but also provides connection to the old railroad trail heading off towards Thorold. Surely this would be a fitting addition to the town's 'Walk Friendly' initiative.

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Queen’s Park - Today MPP Tim Hudak congratulated local real estate agents, homebuilders, Niagara Regional Coun-cil and his colleague, MPP Steve Clark, for their hard work fighting against a planned Liberal Government Municipal Land Transfer Tax.

The Liberal government announced to-day it will not extend the land transfer tax option to local municipalities across the region, an idea that was heavily criticized by industry professionals for the added costs it would bring to home ownership. The tax would add $10,000 to the cost of an average home in On-tario, an amount that would push home ownership completely out of reach for many in our province and stall home sales in all municipalities.

“The input provided by real estate agents and homebuilders demonstrat-

ed the tax threatens to increase the cost of home ownership province wide and would price many low and middle in-come Ontarians out of the real estate market entirely, while actually slowing down our economy,” said Hudak.

Hudak added Niagara Regional Council speaking out against the tax highlighted it was a bad decision that would actual-ly harm municipal economies.

“As Leader of the Opposition, I was always opposed to a Municipal Land Transfer Tax, so I am glad to see the gov-ernment is listening to the experts and scrapped this tax grab,” said Hudak.

Hudak credited Leeds Grenville MPP Steve Clark for tabling a motion asking the Liberals not to extend the Municipal Land Transfer Tax.

Hudak Congratulates Industry Leaders As Land Transfer Tax Idea DroppedNiagara area MPP credits work of MPP Clark, real estate agents and homebuilders

On Dec. 3, Niagara Re-gional Council approved its 2016 tax supported op-erating budget of $510.4 million, of which $159 million is supported by Regional property taxes. This budget is focused on maintaining existing services and reinvesting in strategic areas that will enable a more prosperous Niagara, with no overall cost increase for residents.

Residents will see a zero per cent budget related increase on the Regional portion of their property tax bill. For the average household with a home assessed at $240,500, the Regional portion of your tax bill will remain un-changed from 2015, at $1,402.

"Our Council is keeping regional taxes low by approving zero per cent property tax increases which ensures afford-ability for Niagara resi-dents, while making sure that we are focused on delivering the services and programs that will build a more prosperous Niagara,” said Regional Chair Alan Caslin. “This budget enables us to ad-vance transportation ini-tiatives across our region, and foster an attractive and collaborative envi-ronment for the private sector to bring profitable

investment and new jobs to Niagara.”

“We’ve identified over $7 million in sustainable savings and reinvested in strategic areas and re-serves, without compro-mising service delivery,” said Councillor David Barrick, Chair of the Bud-get Review Committee. “This approach ensures that we are able to make valuable investments in the programs and ser-vices that will lead the way to a stronger and healthier Niagara," con-cluded Barrick.

The 2016 tax supported operating budget main-tains programs and ser-vices and provides fund-ing for investments in new areas that will sup-port economic prosperity, including: $1 million in additional investments for inter-municipal transit and the Niagara GTA cor-ridor, in addition to sup-ports for GO transit ; $1.1 million to promote em-ployment and residential growth, in partnership with area municipalities and private sector inves-tors Join us on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube ; Building a healthy and safe Niagara with an ad-ditional $2 million in in-creased investments to better serve residents of Niagara.

Regional Council also approved the 2016 capi-tal budget of $165 million to support the following significant infrastructure projects: $20 million to open lands for business and residential develop-ment ; $10 million to ad-vance GO transit across Niagara ; $50 million to improve Niagara region-al roads and bridges, including $9 million in funding for road resurfac-ing ; $11.6 million to build more affordable housing for residents, including funds received from fed-eral and provincial gov-ernments

Regional Council ap-proved reductions to the 2016 Water and Wastewa-ter (combined) and Waste Management budgets and zero per cent increas-es to the Court Services, Niagara Peninsula Con-servation Authority, Ni-agara Regional Housing and the Niagara Police Services budgets. The to-tal of all operating and capital budgets contrib-ute to the Region’s total 2016 budget of $1 billion. For further information on the Region’s Budget visit www.niagararegion.ca.

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Sustainability is a broadly used term that can mean diff erent things to diff erent people. Often it is used to describe environmental protection eff orts or the fi nancial viability of an organization. In its broadest community sense the defi nition contained in a report issued in 1987 by the Bruntland Commission captures it well. It defi ned sustainability as, meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of fu-ture generations to meet their own needs.

What role could the Pelham Library play in supporting sustainability in Pelham? With such a broad defi nition it would be easy to simply say we are too small to have any major impact so why bother. However, if every-one took that approach not much would happen. The bett er approach is to look for ways to do our part along with others so that the collective impact is noticeable.

There are three major areas where Pelham Public Li-brary can make contributions to community sustain-ability. First, through our internal practices we can make sure we are making eff orts to be good environ-mental and fi nancial stewards. While we can’t claim perfection, we do consider energy effi ciency, paper use, and fi scal sustainability in making operational decisions. Second, through partnerships or awareness of what is happening in the community we can start to connect the various elements of sustainability. For example, one of our staff was recently asked to par-ticipate in a story walk through a local daycare pro-vider which eff ectively combines eff orts to improve literacy and learning with the objective of bett er health through more physical activity. The possibilities in this area seem endless. Third, through a balanced set of program off erings we can provide residents with tools and tips that will enhance their own individual contributions to sustainability which can improve the overall impact.

Do you have suggestions about new library ser-vice opportunities for today that will enable future generations to meet their needs? We would like to hear from you. Contact us at [email protected] with your ideas.

Libraries:Partners inSustainabilityby KIRK WEAVER CEO Pelham Public Library

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NRPS- On Monday November 30th, 2015 members of the Niagara Regional Police Service Special Enforce-ment Unit with the assistance of the Intelligence Unit, Emergency Task Unit and K-9 Unit began an investi-gation into an individual wanted on a Canada Wide Arrest Warrant from Edmonton, Alberta who was be-lieved to be hiding somewhere in the Region of Niag-ara.

Investigation by the Edmonton Police Service had de-termined that this individual had involvement regard-ing a homicide which occurred on April 6th, 2015 in City of Edmonton.

On Monday November 30th, 2015 at 11:00 a.m., Police arrested Shayne Fry in the City of Welland on the out-standing warrant moments before he was attempting to leave the region.

The Niagara Regional Police would like to thank the units and other agencies who helped in this collabo-rated effort. Fry will be held in custody pending his return to Edmonton.

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NRPS - On Tuesday December 8, 2015 officers from the Niagara Regional Police Service

Niagara Regional Police Officers Volunteer to Support Special Olympics Athletes

Mckenzie Rainwater and her mom Linsay were out admiring the ice sculptures on display at the Outdoor Christmas Market in Fonthill on Friday.

will join members of the Law Enforcement Torch Run and the Ontario Association of Chiefs of Police to honour Special Olympics Athlete’s participating in the Special Olympics Four Corners Youth Bocce Qualifier.

The event will take place from 10:00 am to 1:30 pm at the Young’s SportsPlex at 570 River Rd in Welland. Niagara Regional Police Officers will provide a motorcade for the Special Olympics Athletes to the event and will greet the athletes as they enter the facility.The Special Olympics Four Corners Youth Sport Competition program includes: Basketball, Soccer, Bocce and Track & Field.

The program aims to provide quality youth sport competition opportunities to school students aged 13 to 21 with an intellectual disability. To qualify for the Special Olympics Four Corners Youth Sport Provincial Championships in the summer of 2016, participating athletes will compete in their respective sport at one of the 48 qualifying events across Ontario. Members of the Niagara Regional Police Service have volunteered their time to make the 2015 Special Olympics Youth Bocce Qualifier a memorable event for the athletes, coaches, and athletes families.


The town recently hired Ball Construction to help find ‘cost efficiencies’ in light of a lack of Federal or Provincial funding. Ball was tasked with bringing the original $54 million design in line with the Town’s debt tolerance level.

In order to accomplish this goal, a number of recommendations were put forward, including that the multipurpose space be reduced from 6000 sq. feet to between 3000-4000 sq. feet; that non-essential common areas be reduced or eliminated; and that the elevated indoor walking track be moved from the gymnasium area to instead be built around the top of the arena. It was further recommended that the fitness centre be eliminated entirely, as a number of private businesses already meet that need.

At the same meeting, staff informed the ADAC that the project would see its capital budget increase to $37 million. Though staff had originally estimated the Town’s debt tolerance level to be $30 million, Mayor Augustyn explained that staff “realigned budgets and provided the financing room for an additional $7 million over 30 years… an annual payment of approximately $384,000 per year.” Operating costs are to remain capped at $200,000 annually.

Council will review the realigned 20 year capital budget, as well as financing forecasts, at the Special Capital Budget committee meeting on Monday, 4 January 2016.

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While some of these workers will continue their place-ments for several more weeks, many are beginning to return home on a daily basis as they complete their work terms.

“This program has been providing a lifeline to grow-ers across the province for nearly half a century,” said Ken Forth, President of Foreign Agricultural Resource Management Services (F.AR.M.S.), which adminis-ters the program. “Without the steady source of reli-able seasonal workers provided through SAWP, many farmers in Ontario’s agrifood industry simply couldn’t remain economically viable.”

Established in 1966 to respond to a critical shortage of available domestic agricultural workers, SAWP con-tinues to serve the same role today, connecting Ontar-io farmers with supplementary seasonal labour from Mexico, Jamaica, Barbados, Trinidad/Tobago and the Eastern Caribbean States.

Because SAWP is a “Canadians first” program, sup-plementary seasonal farm labour is hired from partic-ipating countries only if agricultural operators cannot find domestic workers to fill vacancies. Approximately 1,450 farms benefitted from the program this year.

Liaison services from each participating country are instrumental in recruiting and selecting top candidates for placement of successful applicants each year and provide workers support on a wide range of issues during their term of employment. Liaison services are open year round.

“About 80% of the seasonal workers opt to return on repeat contracts because they are able to earn far more than they can at home,” Forth said. “They’re able to provide a better standard of living to their families, pay for their children to attend school and learn skills needed to operate businesses of their own in their home countries.”

Ontario’s overall economy also benefits. It’s estimat-ed that at least two jobs for Canadians are created in the agrifood industry for every seasonal agricultural worker employed through SAWP at Ontario farms.

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The holiday season is the perfect time to think about becoming a volunteer host family to a New York City child. Each summer, close to 4,000 children visit sub-urban, rural and small town communities across the Northeast and Ontario, Canada through The Fresh Air Fund’s Friendly Towns Program. By volunteering as a host family for summer 2016, the spirit of the holidays can continue in your home throughout the year.

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SPORTSThe Pelham Mossimo’s Pizza Atom AE Panthers stormed into their recent tournament in Huntsville, Ontario on November 27 to 29 and put on a display of power and speed.

In their first game, the Panthers came out of the gate aggressive and took an early 1 goal lead over the Orillia Terriers which they kept to win the game 1-0 . The team then con-tinued their positive start but lost their second game to tournament hosts, Huntsville Otters.

The Panthers then weath-ered the tournament fa-vorites, the Paris Wolf-pack, losing 3 to 8 but the Panthers showed prowess in scoring 3 goals, more than any other team so far against the Wolfpack.

The Panthers then forged an unbelievable come-

back from a 3 goal defi-cit to beat the Don Mills Mustangs 5 to 4 securing their spot in the tourna-ment finals and a rematch against the Paris Wolf-pack.

With sustained offensive bursts and a stalwart de-fense, the Panthers battled hard however succumbed to the Paris Wolfpack.

The Pelham Panthers Atom AE team left no doubt on the minds of their coaches, Matt Doherty, Chad Free, Steve Karnay and Mike Budai of their uncanny ability to overcome challenges.

Congratulations to the Pelham Panthers Atom AE on your silver finish in the Huntsville Winston Watson Memorial Atom AE tournament. A great team effort!

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The win came as a relief in a season of losses where poor outcomes have not always matched strong ef-forts. “When you lose 24 or 25 in a row, it’s nice to get a win,” said DeFazio. “It should have come earlier, but it still feels good.”

Thorold started strong in the first period, controlling possession and hemming Pelham into their own zone. However, as the period wore on the Panthers began to assert themselves, using their speed to generate a num-ber of good scoring chances off the rush and finishing the frame with a 14-7 advantage in shots on goal.

Pelham came out hungry in the second, asserting themselves with an aggressive, physical style of play led by London Murray and Riley Hollowell who kept the Blackhawks honest with several hard hits along the boards and behind the net. The team’s tenacity would pay off mid-way through the period when Caleb Mus-sat scored on a jam play in front of the Blackhawk’s net to take a 1-0 lead, which Adam Petric doubled a little over a minute later. That’s where the score remained until the dying seconds of the period when the Black-hawks’ Anthony Merante put the visitors back within one.

Thorold pushed back hard in the third, drawing a number of penalties and keeping the Panthers on their heels. Pelham, however, refused to break, and though two goal-line pucks and several posts kept the home crowd in suspense, the Panthers were able to hold on for a well-deserved victory.


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The family of Leo Coffey would like to express their thanks and deep gratitude to everyone who offered their service and support during this most difficult time. To the Niagara Region paramedics, doctors and nurses of Welland Hospital, and especially Jan and Val of the I.C.U., for their efforts, professionalism, care and compassion. To Brooklyn and the staff of James L. Pedlar Funeral home for assisting us with the arrangements, and to Natalie, the celebrant, for a beautiful service. To Goodman’s Florist for the beautiful flowers and to the ladies of the Fonthill Legion for arranging a delicious luncheon. To the pallbearers, his brothers, Mike, Bryan, Paul, David, Peter and Shawn, for carrying him to his final resting place. To our nieces, Amanda and Stephanie, and our nephew, Graeme, for their heartfelt eulogies. To our wonderful friends, neighbours and co-workers for the flowers, donations, food, love and support, which has been ongoing. He would have been humbled by the number of people who attended the visitation and funeral and thankful for the overwhelming support we have received. To our family, sisters, brothers-in law, sisters-in-law, nieces and nephews, aunts, uncles and cousins for springing into action without hesitation at the hospital and during the days leading up to and following the funeral. You lightened the load for us and enveloped us with love and we are truly blessed. To our sons, Jonathan, Brendan and Dylan, he was so proud of the men you have become and the obstacles you have overcome. I know how difficult it was for you to speak from the heart at his funeral, and you did him proud. To our Jenny, for comforting us all. He will live on in the hearts of those who loved him. And because of him, two people will now have “better than perfect” vision. I know he’ll have a good tee off time in Heaven, where he was welcomed by his mother, father and brothers, Gerry and Ron. God bless. Valerie, Jonathan, Brendan (Jenny) and Dylan

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Panicked, the park ranger had just radioed his dispatcher, ``There’s going to be a riot. Send the Mounties!`` From his per-spective surrounded by several dozen angry long haired freaky people and confronted by a very tall Texan who was threatening to kill him it certainly seemed reasonable to presume things would deteriorate. Or, depending on your view, escalate. Which is maybe what you get when you go around threatening to have a person’s dog euthanized.

It was 1971 and in order to keep the thumb-trip-pers, vagabonds, and the other low end visi-tors to Jasper Park out of sight and in `control` local authorities provided a beautiful litt le spot on the shores of the Athabasca River. It was idyllic. Like-minded people gathered togeth-er and would communally cook their evening meal with whatever had been foraged during the day. Someone had hand writt en a sign la-belling the row of tents and shelters along the bank `Penny Lane.`

The people gathered at the free camp came from all over and nearly half were from the US. Most were hardcore travellers and compared to some places where people were able to crash folks thought this was unbelievable. Jas-per Park, the town only fi ve minutes away, an unspoiled river, a crystalline lake, easy access to highways, no one around to bother people; what could possibly harsh this mellow?

As it turned out, a Ranger could. He came on his rounds though the free camp astride a horse. Maybe that’s how the swells travelled the park or perhaps he was looking for a lost critt er but it was gett ing done from horseback.

Send the Mounties, there’s going to be a riotby DAN HOLMAN The VOICE

Then things got lively prett y quick when the afore mentioned Texans` dog, startled from his snooze by the equine appearance, let loose with growls and barks which set the horse to kicking and bucking. The ranger, when he regained control, was plain-ly un-amused and rode away. In the sixties magic of the time everyone thought the matt er was over. How naïve.

The Ranger came back afoot and now not on a very scary horse quickly made friends with the four legged miscreant and by using a rope, took Bows-er into custody. Having brought the situation under `control` he announced to all and sundry that he was impounding the dog and that a fee would have to be paid or the mutt gets it. BAM. Section so and so of such and such and it’s illegal to let your blah blah blah…

Beyond BAM, no one was listening.

The dog’s owner recently having returned from Viet Nam had all he was taking from any authority fi g-ure and was forcefully explaining- using words like `kill you` and others just slightly less volatile- what would happen to anyone touching his dog, ranger or not. Since the big galoot probably hadn’t had $50 in his pocket at one time all summer, maybe all year, our campsite could see his dilemma. Paying a $150 fi ne was simply out of the question.

This was a day when Canadians and even Ameri-cans had considerable respect for the Mounted Po-lice. Hollywood spread the image of the steadfast Mounted Policeman and we had all been raised – North America wide - on romantic images of brave Mounties so when the Ranger called them I know I personally thought there would be a fair resolution now that the RCMP was coming. Meantime every-one waited, bunched as we were, in what could only be described as a standoff .

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Send the MountiesNow remember this was a riot call the Ranger had made. Soon enough a single RCMP vehicle attended. And then one lone Mountie got out. As that policeman strode up to the group people fell away revealing the key participants and clusters of people flanking them. I think everyone was ready for a Sam Steele like speech from the Mountie and a compromise of some sort. The Ranger spoke up, advising the policeman that ``it was all about this dog`` and he gave a tug on the rope. Ex-cept there wasn’t any dog on the other end. In the press of people the Texans` lady friend and her gal pals had conspired and wiggled their way into the centre of the group, untied the rope from around the dogs neck, took it away and had safely hidden it in a tent. There it was, gone.

It was all the cop could do to keep the smile off his face but being simpatico with his brother officer he managed to keep composure. Then we all got a lecture

about loose dogs and Rangers horses and being good citizens. Having impressed upon us whatever it was, they left to their respective duties and I suppose the Ranger got a pretty good ribbing over the `dog` that never was - or got away. In the end though no one was hurt and a minor incident had not been unnecessarily escalated even though it appeared there was great po-tential to do so. A hair trigger actually.

That day I learned there is seldom good reason to dive into the deep end of a dispute even if it involves one-self and regardless how dire it seems, to not panic, to be patient and allow some time for cooling off, to keep the rhetoric well under wraps, to act with measured steps and to take one’s personal emotions out of a sit-uation.

That Ranger had been scared and like a startled driv-er who engages in road rage he too needed to regain his power which he did by `arresting` that dog. Not content with his `victory` he then leveraged the situ-ation by additional heavy handed action. The Texan

also went from zero to outrage in seconds. A lose dog barked, a horse shied and now it’s coming to the eu-thanasia of some mutt. Complete overkill. From that point forward there was no de-escalation possible un-til the arrival of an outside perspective. Most cannily there were people who deferred action, quietly recon-noitred and took appropriate steps at exactly the right time. In the end, they with their laid back approach triumphed over all the considerable passion mustered that day.

Want to lawyer-up road side on some Policeman mid dispute? There will be time enough for that later. Over reacting to perceived hurt or insult? There is yet time for some cool consideration. Want or need to escalate? That can always come later. The question in the end should be do I wish to advance this situation in a way that benefits everyone involved. Right here and now. When you lose that perspective most things that flow from that point forward are going to be problematic.

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