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  •  HISTORY CORNER: Roy McKay #16  

    Alt-London welcomes interesting historical nuggets about London, Ontario and area for 'History Corner'

    ROY MCKAY #16



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    Roy Alexander McKay (b. August 1, 1933; d. December 25, 1995) was an aggressive left-handed baseball pitcher born in London, Ontario, Canada.

    McKay signed with the Detroit Tigers organization in 1952 after spending much of his youth at Labatt Park, including a stint as batboy for the Ontario Baseball Association champions, the 1945 London Majors of the Intercounty Baseball League.

    In 1953 and 1955, McKay pitched in Douglas, Georgia and Idaho Falls, Idaho, before returning to his hometown to play for the Intercounty League's London Majors where he was named the league's most valuable pitcher in 1957.

    In 1958, McKay's best Intercounty season as a hurler, he had a 2.79 ERA and topped the circuit in hitting batters with pitches at 16.

    Off the field, McKay was a specifications writer at General Motors Ltd., Diesel Division.

    McKay managed London's senior Intercounty team from 1969-1972, 1974-1976 and 1981-1982, winning the Intercounty title in 1969 and 1975. The Majors also won the pennant race (atop the regular season standings) in 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1970 and 1975.

    During McKay's years as manager, he was named an Intercounty League all-star four times -- 1970, 1975, 1976 and 1982.

    From 1982 until six months before his death due to a neck injury after falling on the front porch of his Waterloo Street home in June of 1995, McKay was a coach with the London Majors, owned by McKay's longtime friend and protege, Arden Eddie.

    Roy McKay Clubhouse

    On August 1, 1996, the 1937 clubhouse of the London Majors (a City of London-owned designated heritage property under the Ontario Heritage Act as of 1996) was officially renamed the Roy McKay Clubhouse (prior to a London Majors' game), with a commemorative boulder and plaque placed in front of the historic structure with the help of the London Majors, the Intercounty Baseball League and the Friends of Labatt Park.

    A portion of the game's proceeds were donated to the Canadian Spinal Research Organization.

    "I would like to be remembered for being a devoted son and brother, a loving husband, a great father and a damn good friend." -- Roy McKay, 1933-1995

    Roy McKay's son, Alex, played for the London Majors at second base for many years in the 1980s and 1990s and also managed the team in 1996.

    There is a Crimson King Maple Tree planted by the McKay family just inside the front gates of Labatt Park that is a memorial tree to Roy McKay (with a plaque at its base) and McKay's uniform (jersey #16) has been retired by the London Majors.



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  • LONDON, ONTARIO NEWS: Gang of armed thugs assault man fishing with children by the river in northeast London (2)

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  • SHOWDOWN AT CENTENNIAL HALL: The Cab Bosses versus The Disabled and The London Taxi Driver's Association (1)

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  • LONDON, ONTARIO NEWS: Jason William Dahr, 33, charged with second-degree murder in the death of his father, Wayne Dahr, 54 (1)
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  • TAXI WARS REDUX, 2008: Fasten your seatbelt and strap on your crash helmet because the nonsense will be flying fast and furious (6)
  • Whiff of arrogance emanating from CAO Jeff Fielding and human resources staff, just like the days of yore (11)

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  • SOHO NEWS: N‘Amerind Friendship Centre For Sale (1)


  •  Today's Featured Article Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version  
     Title:  LONDON, ONTARIO NEWS: Robert Hall, 70 of Aylmer, is charged and arrested with three more sex-related charges (14 in total)
     Author:  Betty McLarty
     Dated:  Friday, May 09 2008 @ 01:42 PM EDT
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  • The Vanishing of the Bees movie trailer (click on "trailer" on top menu, after clicking here)
  • Brenda Martin now out of jail and goes home to her mom, CTV, May 9
  • Important Civic Meetings (London, Ontario), Monday, May 12 to Friday, May 16, 2008
  • Oil prices surpass $126 a barrel, AP, May 9
  • Hate allegation made against Halifax Chronicle-Herald cartoon, HCH, May 9
  • Passenger train from Vancouver with more than 270 aboard quarantined in northern Ontario after passenger dies, CTV, May 9
  • Tims eats humble pie to avert PR catastrophe, Globe&Mail, May 9

  • LONDON, ONTARIO POLICE BEAT

    BREAKING NEWS: Robert Hall, 70 of Aylmer, charged and arrested with three additionally sex-related charges (14 in total)

    ON MAY 9, 2008, members of the London Police Service Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Section arrested and charged Robert Hall, 70 years old of Aylmer, Ontario, in relation to three additional sex-related charges.

    The charges stem from disclosure provided from an adult male victim who reported being assaulted by Hall around 1963.

    Hall has now been charged in respect to his involvement with five school-aged boys between 1963 and 1974.

    Except for the first victim, all subsequent victims have come forward as a result of media releases.


     IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF GANDHI: An Interview with Vandana Shiva Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version  
     Author:  Betty McLarty
     Dated:  Friday, May 09 2008 @ 03:03 PM EDT
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    VIDEO: Seeding 'Deep Democracy.' An interview with Indian activist-scientist Vendana Shiva.


    SPECIAL SUBMISSION TO ALT-LONDON, COURTESY OF SCOTT LONDON

    IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF GANDHI: An Interview with Vandana Shiva©

    By Scott London

    WHILE MAHATMA GANDHI is best remembered for his campaign to end British colonialism a half-century ago, the greater part of his life's work was devoted to renewing India's vitality and regenerating its culture from the ground up.

    He was a tireless champion of what he called swadeshi or local self-sufficiency. He felt that the soul of India was contained in the village community and that the freedom of the Indian people could only be achieved by creating a confederation of self-governing, self-reliant, self-employed people living in villages and deriving their right livelihood from the products of their homesteads.

    As history would have it, Gandhi's ideas were widely ignored following India's independence, especially his teaching of frugality and resource conservation.

    Like many nations in the developing world, India flirted for a time with socialism but then abandoned it in favor of Western-style market reforms.

    Today all the mainstream political parties in India are committed to a high-tech future, one that will most likely bring short-term economic prosperity to some Indians but not without long-term social and environmental consequences.

    But there is a growing movement underway to reclaim Gandhi's ideas. More and more people, in India and elsewhere, are beginning to question the value of free-market reforms and deregulation.

    As they see it, the push toward economic globalization has had a host of negative outcomes, from deepening economic disparities and overcrowded cities to ecological destruction and the flattening of local traditions and cultures.

    One of the most prominent of Gandhi's intellectual heirs is Vandana Shiva, a physicist and philosopher of science by training who has developed a considerable reputation as a champion of sustainability, self-determination, women's rights and environmental justice.


     CHRW RADIO WESTERN MEDIA RELEASE: "Stories in Sound" Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version  
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     Dated:  Thursday, May 08 2008 @ 03:25 PM EDT
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    VIDEO: A video made in 2006 about legendary Canadian musician, Hamilton-born Jackie Washington, a popular attraction at London's Home County Folk Festival for decades. Produced and directed by Ari A. Cohen.


    AND THE WINNERS ARE ...

    May 8, 2008
    For Immediate Release

    Announcing 94.9 CHRW's 'Stories in Sound' Audio Documentary Contest Winners

    Winning entries will be featured on 94.9 CHRW Monday May 12th, 6-7 p.m.

    AFTER A VERY TOUGH DECISION, the winners of 94.9 CHRW's Stories in Sound audio documentary competition have been selected.

    A panel of six judges scored the 5-10 minute documentaries, with entries submitted from everyone including Western journalism students, 94.9 CHRW volunteers, high school students and community members.

    The first place documentary, Jackie Washington at Eighty-Eight, was created by Allison Brown.

    A look back at the legendary folk and blues musician's life, Brown incorporated interviews with Washington, live recordings and anecdotes from his contemporaries to tell his story.

    Second prize was awarded to Western student Anna Abouzeid for Las Chicas Del Café, a documentary on organic and fair-trade coffee makers in Nicaragua.


     LONDON, ONTARIO NEWS: Five people busted for drugs at 241 Simcoe Street in SOHO; Armed robberies; Grow-op busted Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version  
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     Dated:  Thursday, May 08 2008 @ 12:42 PM EDT
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  • Just another reason to designate Melonville a 'World-Class City', CTV, May 8
  • London's Richmond Row declared 'a magnificent boulevard in a truly Creative City' by bon vivant Controller Gord Hume, YT.COM, May 8
  • Democrats quietly send word to Hillary that it's over, AP, May 8
  • Conrad Black's Florida mansion for sale, Real Estalker, May 6
  • Millions needed to repair New Brunswick's flood-ravaged roads, CP, May 8
  • Papa John's surpasses $1-Billion in online pizza sales, AP, May 8

  • LONDON, ONTARIO, POLICE BEAT

    BREAKING POLICE NEWS: Five people busted for drugs at 241 Simcoe Street highrise in SOHO

    ON WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2008, at 12:45 a.m. London Police Community Oriented Response Unit executed a search warrant to an apartment located at 241 Simcoe Street in SOHO.

    Five people were arrested inside.

    Thirty-three point three grams of crack cocaine ($2,680) was located inside the apartment. A small quantity of Ritalin, oxycontin and hash was also found when persons were searched. $1,971 in Canadian Currency was also seized.

    Michael Sztogryn, 39 years old of London, is charged with possession of crack cocaine for the purpose of trafficking, possession of crack cocaine, possession of cannabis resin (hash) and possession of Ritalin.

    Richard Davies, 44 years old of Kirkland Lake, is charged with possession of crack cocaine for the purpose of trafficking, possession of crack cocaine and fail to comply with an officer in charge undertaking.


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    Most Recent Post: 05/09 11:30AM by doug rogers

     An Open Letter to the Mayor and City Council regarding procedural unfairness and regulatory capture Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version  
     Author:  admin
     Dated:  Wednesday, May 07 2008 @ 05:02 PM EDT
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    AN OPEN LETTER TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL

    The ETC's public participation meeting regarding wheelchair-accessible cabs was a four-hour charade

    May 7, 2008

    Her Worship the Mayor Anne Marie DeCicco-Best
    and Members of City Council
    The Corporation of the City of London

    RE: PROCEDURAL UNFAIRNESS/ REGULATORY CAPTURE ~ Council-approved private meeting(s) between "taxicab industry stakeholders" and the civic administration PRIOR to the May 5 public participation meeting and AFTER the circulation of the notice of the public participation meeting and the original staff report


    NEW STAFF REPORT: BACKGROUND "At its meeting on February 4, 2008, the Municipal Council requested the Manager of Licensing and Elections to meet with the taxicab industry representatives prior to the public participation meeting to further discuss the proposed amendments to the Taxicab Licensing By-law. Following the circulation of the notice of the public participation meeting and the staff report for the May 5th Environment and Transportation Committee meeting, the Civic Administration met with the taxicab industry stakeholders ..."
    The "Added Communications" walked into the ETC's public participation meeting on May 5 at Centennial Hall contained a new staff report that was and is substantially different from the City staff recommendations widely circulated for several weeks prior to the May 5 public meeting, regarding proposed changes to the taxi industry and the issuance of wheelchair-accessible taxicab licences.

    I wasn't able to obtain a copy of the Added Communications at the meeting itself, but if I had, rest assured that I wouldn't have stayed for the full, four-hour meeting because after reading the new staff report the next day, I realized that the public participation meeting was a charade due to the procedural unfairness of permitting "taxi industry stakeholders" to meet privately with the civic administration PRIOR to the public participation meeting and AFTER the original staff report was circulated and the date set for the public participation meeting at Centennial Hall.

    Please be aware that the "taxi industry stakeholders" are not the only interested parties in this situation regarding more wheelchair-accessible taxicabs.


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    Most Recent Post: 05/08 06:46PM by Timberlake

     40 Years Later, (The Late) Martin Luther King Still Silenced Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version  
     Author:  Butch McLarty
     Dated:  Wednesday, May 07 2008 @ 03:09 PM EDT
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    VIDEO: Martin Luther King Jr. speaks about the Vietnam War.


    40 Years Later, (The Late) Martin Luther King Still Silenced

    April 6, 2008
    By Jeff Cohen Jeff Cohen's ZSpace

    SOON AFTER Martin Luther King's birthday became a federal holiday in 1986, I began prodding mainstream media to cover the The Martin Luther King you don't see on TV as he campaigned militantly against U.S. foreign and economic policy. Most of his last speeches were recorded. But year after year, corporate networks have refused to air the tapes.

    Last night NBC Nightly anchor Brian Williams enthused over new color footage of King that adorned its coverage of the 40th anniversary of the assassination. The report focused on the last phase of King's life. But the same old blinders were in place.

    NBC showed young working class whites in Chicago taunting King. But there was no mention of how elite media had taunted King in his last year. In 1967 and ‘68, mainstream media saw Rev. King a bit like they now see Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

    Back then they denounced King's critical comments; today they simply silence them.


     LONDON, ONTARIO NEWS: Robert Marks, 39 of London, charged with sexual assault and robbery Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version  
     Author:  Butch McLarty
     Dated:  Wednesday, May 07 2008 @ 02:47 PM EDT
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    LONDON, ONTARIO, POLICE BEAT

    BREAKING NEWS: Robert Marks, 39 of London, charged with sexual assault and robbery

    ON TUESDAY, MAY 6, 2008 at 4:09 p.m. a woman was walking in an alley off of Dundas Street near Wellington Street when she was approached by a man known to her.

    This man grabbed the woman by the throat and held her up against a wall while demanding money from her.

    The man proceeded to touch the female in a sexual manner and was interrupted by a passing vehicle.


     The presentation given before the ETC on May 5, 2008, by Khalil Al Tarhuni, president of the London Taxi Drivers' Association Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version  
     Author:  Butch McLarty
     Dated:  Wednesday, May 07 2008 @ 02:16 PM EDT
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  • US DIPLOMAT: Cyclone-tidal surge deaths in Burma may reach 100,000, CTV, May 7
  • Inside city workers deliver strike mandate, A Channel London, May 6
  • LONDON TAXI WARS: Disabled census sought, LFP, May 7
  • Burial site found on Plains of Abraham, Ottawa Citizen, May 7
  • Hillary Clinton loaned her own struggling campaign millions, msnbc, May 7
  • 6.8-earthquake hits near Tokyo, Japan, CTV, May 7
  • Oil nears $124 a barrel for another record high, AP, May 7
  • Paul Maurice fired as Leafs' head coach, CP, May 7

  • A SPECIAL SUBMISSION TO ALT-LONDON

    The following presentation was given by Mr. Khalil Al Tarhuni, president of the newly incorporated London Taxi Drivers' Association, before the Environment and Transportation Committee at Centennial Hall on May 5, 2008, regarding the public participation meeting about the proposed changes to the Taxicab and Limousine Licensing By-Law.

    We now know that the public participation meeting was a sham from the get-go as the cab bosses were granted council-approved private meetings with senior City staff prior to the public participation meeting on May 5 and after the staff recommendations were widely circulated and after the public participation meeting date was set and widely circulated.

    The Accessibility Advisory Committee was not privy to this private meeting(s), nor were the London Taxi Driver's Association, who support the removal of the licence cap on wheelchair-accessible taxicabs.

    At this stage of the game, only elected politicians should be permitted to be lobbied, not City staff, noting that after the private meeting(s) with the cab bosses, City staff substantially changed their report.


    VIDEO: The local taxi industry is built on an archaic system of exploitative plate-leasing and profiteering that is completely unacceptable in the year 2008. Still, our elected city council condones and even encourages it. Obviously, Martin Luther King Jr.'s universal message about freedom and equality from August 28, 1963, has yet to get through to them. And to think that Controller Gord Hume solicits ways for London to be a Creative and Innovative City. How much longer will the cab bosses and their intimidating but ignorant bully boys hold sway at London city hall?


    LONDON TAXI DRIVERS ASSOCIATION
    London Taxi Drivers Inc.
    ALL DRIVERS: ONE FAMILY, TEAM WORK

    By Khalil Al Tarhuni

    LADIES AND GENTLEMEN,

    Today, we are here discussing a very critical issue concerning a considerable sector of our society.

    As of today, the City politicians will decide the current and the future mobility of the disabled community in London.

    But before making such a decision, I would like to remind everybody that those disabled people who are sitting in the front rows are our mothers, fathers, sisters and brothers.

    The vast majority of the disabled people all over Canada are some of those who built Canada, and some of those who defended Canada and some of those who maintained the independence and freedom of Canada.

    So once they became disabled, why others are not grateful to them, but to the opposite they treat them with negligence and disregard.

    Who is stone-hearted to deny them freedom of mobility, a better life and better communications? And how many times family of a disabled person have to cancel a family gathering such as Christmas, Easter or a birthday party because of non-availability of accessible cab?


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    Most Recent Post: 05/07 08:05PM by Timberlake

     REGULATORY CAPTURE 101: Where the industry to be regulated dominates the regulator. Clearly this is the case with the cabs Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version  
     Author:  admin
     Dated:  Tuesday, May 06 2008 @ 05:11 PM EDT
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  • Obama solidly routs Clinton in North Carolina, ABC, May 6
  • Burma death toll hits 22,000 from cyclone, CBC, May 6
  • UWO student begins wheelchair journey, LFP, May 6
  • McGuinty says he 'screwed up' on pesticide ban, CP, May 6
  • Oil hits record high of $120.93 a barrel, AP, May 6
  • PREDICTION: $200 a barrel oil within two years, AP, May 6
  • PM's residence needs $10-million in repairs, CTV, May 6
  • FRASER: Canada has lost track of 41,000 illegal immigrants, CTV, May 6

  • ANALYSIS

    REGULATORY CAPTURE: How to put the spin on the ol' Eight Ball and control city hall

    WONDER HOW the longstanding proposal to remove the cap on the number of wheelchair-accessible taxicabs got hijacked so easily at Centennial Hall last night?

    Here is the new report (click on "read more" below) from the civic administration that was walked into the public participation meeting as an "Added Communication" on May 5 at 7 p.m.

    Read it and you'll see that the "taxi industry stakeholders" had a council-approved private meeting(s) with senior City staff prior to the scheduled public participation meetings to ... ah ... iron out a few last-minute details.

    Also note that the City's Accessibility Advisory Committee was not invited to this private meeting, nor were any members of the disabled community, nor the general public.

    Everything was worked out before the public participation meeting, making the public meeting a charade.

    This, ladies and gentlemen, is what is called "Regulatory Capture" where the industry to be regulated has undue influence over the regulator, often to the detriment of the public interest.

    Simply stated, both City staff and several elected officials have folded like a $5 accordion under intense pressure from the cab bosses and their minions.


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    Most Recent Post: 05/07 10:19AM by Timberlake

     SETTING THE RECORD STRAIGHT: Claims and allegation by cab bosses have no merit Email Article To a Friend View Printable Version  
     Author:  admin
     Dated:  Tuesday, May 06 2008 @ 02:44 PM EDT
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    Swarming prompts another charge

    THIS JUST IN: An arrest was made yesterday afternoon in relation to a 17-year-old male assaulted on April 23 2008, on Marconi Boulevard near Noel Street. A 17-year-old male of London has been charged with assault causing bodily harm.
    TAXI WARS REDUX, 2008

    Another drive-by smear against Councillor Orser by a multiple-plate cab boss

    REGARDING the "20-year personal vendetta to ruin the cab industry" accusation/ tirade made by Aboutown-manager supervisor-multiple-plate owner Rick Coburn last night at Centennial Hall (funny how Mr. Coburn never identified himself as an Aboutown manager and multiple-plate owner, isn't it?), here's a fact-filled column that I wrote and published on Alt-London last January.

    It speaks volumes about the credibility of the claims and accusations made by the self-serving cab bosses and their minions.


    CITY HALL ~ OPINION

    Dated: Wednesday, January 30 2008 @ 04:57 PM EST
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    Cab boss's accusations don't hold a thimble-full of water

    JAMIE DONNELLY, vice-president of Aboutown Transportation Limited, made the accusation on live radio (on 1290-CJBK-AM on Tues. Jan. 29) that an unidentified person -- clearly he was referring to Ward 4 Councillor Steve Orser -- has a "personal agenda" with respect to the London taxicab industry.

    Ignoring the fact that everyone on city council has a "personal agenda" -- otherwise they wouldn't seek elected office, let's examine what Steve Orser has accomplished by sitting on a variety of industry advisory committees and taxi task forces, dating back to 1994, before he landed on city council in November of 2006.

    Orser has advocated the following policy initiatives through to their implementation:

  • A Passenger Bill of Rights that is now displayed in each and every taxi-cab;
  • A 24-7, seven-day-a-week, senior's 10 per-cent discount off the regular taxi fare;
  • Emergency flashing lights, Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and/ or in-cab cameras to improve driver safety and reduce police costs.
  • Quite the "personal agenda" that Jamie Donnelly is complaining about.

    And to top it off, now Orser supports more wheelchair-accessible taxicabs to serve the disabled, driven by owner-operators.


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    Tony Joe White explains it all in Polk Salad Annie.


    SHOWDOWN AT CITY HALL

    Monday, June 16 before the ETC

    Where it's
    THE CAB BOSSES
    versus
    THE LONDON TAXI DRIVERS' ASSOCIATION
    and
    THE DISABLED


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    Alt-London has no pecuniary interest in the local taxi industry but actively supports the efforts of the LONDON TAXI DRIVERS' ASSOCIATION to free its members from the profiteering and exploitation of plate-leasing.

    Justice will eventually prevail.

    Slavery and feudalism should be regarded as nightmares from the distant past.

    Freedom for the disabled, freedom for the drivers.


    CRIME STOPPERS
    London * Elgin * Middlesex
    ~ 20th Anniversary ~

    1-800-222-TIPS (8477)



    ELDER ABUSE

  • Learn to recognize the signs

  • How to report elder abuse

  • Financial exploitation of the elderly in Canada is a criminal offence

    Detective Steve McNeil is in charge of the London Police Service's Elder Abuse Unit at 519.661.5515, ext. 5263




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     London Abused Women's Centre  


    THE LONDON ABUSED WOMEN'S CENTRE
    www.lawc.on.ca
    Providing counselling, advocacy and support for abused women.

    217 York Street
    Suite 107
    London, Ontario
    519.432.2204
    E-mail: info@lawc.on.ca

    'Helping abused women for more than 25 years'

    To read a mind-boggling but true story of spousal/ family/ alcohol abuse Click Here.




     Burning Questions Plaguing Humanity  
    Who do you think should be the new coach of the Toronto Maple Laughs?
    Punch Imlach
    Stompin' Tom Conners
    Sonny Drysdale
    Jeff Fielding
    Herman Goodden
    Milton Berle
    Charles Manson
    John Dillinger
    Boxcar Willie
    Sean Twist
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     Burning Questions Plaguing Humanity  
    Who do you think should be the new General Manager of the Toronto Maple Laughs?
    Butch (The Beast) McLarty
    Morris Dalla Costa
    Johnny Bower
    Conn Smythe
    Count Vorga
    Tim Best
    Bozo the Clown
    Toller Cranston
    Angelo Mosca
    Pete James
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     Burning Questions Plaguing Humanity  
    Should the City of London remove the cap on the number of wheelchair-accessible taxicab licences to better serve the disabled?
    Absolutely, yes.
    No, because if Big Jim Donnelly of Aboutown says we shouldn't do it, it must be a really bad move for the disabled
    I'm not sure ... duh
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     Alt-London: London, Ontario, News and Views  




    Imagine if London wasn't so Chock Full of Nuts. Would the Squirrels in Ward 13's Victoria Park be so Frisky, Friendly and Ambassador-like? Probably not.




    DA NUDDY PROFESSOR: Da Liberal Party should have chosen my buddy Gerard Kennedy, no?


  • VIDEO: RICK MERCER REPORT: Stephane Dion's Liberal's do it again! Hilarious!

  • VIDEO: The fantabulous Carole King performing It's Too Late at McLarty Farms Recording Studio in Delaware, Ontario. Live, in-house sound! Classic. FIVE STARS.

  • VIDEO: I Feel the Earth Move (Carole King)

  • VIDEO: Jazzman (Carole King)

  • VIDEO: Locomotion (Carole King)

  • VIDEO: One of Canada's Best R&B Bands, Whiskey Howl, performing Let the Good Times Roll





  • GOOD OL' YANKEE-DOODLE-DANDY RAZZA-MATAZZ

  • Dem. Hillary Roddam Clinton's Campaign Web site

  • Dem. Barack Hussein Obama's Campaign Web site

  • Rep. John McCain's Campaign Web site

  • Rep. Jerry Curry's Campaign Web site






  • LONDON, ONTARIO, NEWS
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    Est. 2001
    Founding Proprietor & Editor-in-Chief, 2001 - Dec. 10, 2006:

    jOe (tHE bIG hAMMER) Waglye, Esq.
    Basking in the glow of his recent multi-million-dollar lottery win. No more cut-rate moonshine for jOe. Nothing but 100-per-cent bonded Canadian Club.

    Current Co-Proprietors & Editors-in-Chief:

    Butch (The Beast) McLarty
    THE PRIME MINISTER OF THE MCLARTY PARTY ©
    'I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Ms. Lewinsky, nor have I ever injected steroids.'


    Betty (The Beauty) McLarty
    THE DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER OF THE MCLARTY PARTY ©


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     Quotable Quotes  


    ONTARIO

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    YOURS TO DISCOVER©


    "... I am committed to sustainable growth and development that is fiscally responsible and not at the expense of our natural heritage system. I will continue to work toward providing Londoner's with the best services in the most cost-effective manner." -- Ward 5 Councillor Joni (The Velvet Hammer) Baechler
    "Never mind the 60 feet, let's talk about the 6 inches." -- American Actress Mae West (b.August 17, 1892 or 1893; d.November 22, 1980) commenting on the distance of 60 feet, 6 inches from the pitcher's mound to home plate in the game of baseball.
    "My wife Betty and and I are both experts in animal husbandry. She's better with the animals than I am but I'm a better husband than she could ever be." -- Canadian writer and Ontario pork producer extraordinaire, Butch (The Beast) McLarty.
    "Elect Orser in Ward 4 and I'll be your FULL-TIME Councillor."
    -- Ward 4 candidate Steve (The Original Honey Boy) Orser. (Well, folks, you elected the Big Strapping Lad, now put him to work on your behalf, along with the rest of your duly elected members of city council!)

    Is Orser still Bored of Control?

    VIDEO: Jimi Hendrix, 1969-1970. Who knows? Who knows if even Steve Orser knows? Even Jimi Hendrix doesn't seem to know.

    VIDEO: Jimi Hendrix performing Machine Gun live at the Fillmore East on New Year's Eve, 1969. More Band of Gypsys.