The smalltown weekly newspaper at home regularly prints a set of excerpts from items it published 5, 10, 20 and 50 years ago. My parents forwarded me an item from this week’s list that reminded me just how old I’m getting, how long it’s been since I was in touch with people from that period, and (surprisingly) how little certain aspects of my life have changed:
Twenty years ago
Warwick Central School won the Super Quiz competition in Lambton County. Members of the team were Peter Agocz, Susan Hoeksema, Scott Burchill, Jonathan Craig, Bob Bork, Peter Janes and Jeff Frayne. Their coach was Mrs. Frances O’Neil.
My sister was also mentioned in the same set of excerpts, as the winner of a public speaking competition.
Those citations pale in comparison to my mother, though, who beat us both by being named on the front page no less than four times.
