Giving the gift of food this season
The Scarlet Maples Canadian Jewels of Penticton gave food to the Salvation Army instead of exchanging Christmas gifts this year. Pictured are Jo Sobool, Carolyn Sugden, Gwenn Campbell, Diana Atkinson, Merle Hein, Valerie Hirt-Weedon and Jean Mcfarlane. responsibility to act in a manner that protects rather than oppresses, and until children are raised to embrace love and care of others, we will continue to have these sorts of incidents come to light – on both sides of the border (for this is a universal problem).
I applaud these brave women coming forward. Perhaps their courageous actions will be a catalyst for much-needed change that will prevent future hateful, self-centered pukes from putting their hands and words where they are not welcome and don’t belong! Tina Stasuik Penticton
M is for Manipulative: characterized by unscrupulous control of a situation or person. Simply put: “he’s a liar, a bully, a hypocrite and has a penchant for minimalizing people.”
P is for Pontification: to assume pompous and dignified airs, issue dogmatic decrees. Simply put: “he is so full of himself that he thinks he’s Godlike and can do no wrong!”
It is hard to believe that so many Americans buy into his rhetoric and would support him to the end of time irrespective of any shortcomings. Yet, they do. The big question might be, “Why?” Ron Barillaro Penticton