July 23, 2021
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
On July 17 at the Limerick Township community centre from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., volunteers from both Limerick Township and Tudor and Cashel Township hosted a special roast beef dinner and prize draws to offer love and support for a local family, Erica and Teal Tripp, whose infant son Bowen is bravely living with a terminal illness. Hundreds of people in the community turned out for the event, and the organizers ran out of meals before 5 p.m., making this event a huge success.
The Tripp family received this heartbreaking news six weeks ago, when Bowen was diagnosed with a condition called Krabbe’s disease. A rare genetic disorder, Krabbe’s disease destroys the myelin, the protective coating, of the nerve cells in the brain and throughout the nervous system. While there is no cure, they have been managing Bowen’s symptoms and keeping him comfortable with modern medicine, advice, support and care ov
LAST month, as the Scottish Parliament pulled down the shutters in preparation for the May elections, Nicola Sturgeon appealed to voters to put their trust in the SNP’s experience in leadership and governance. It is an experience that many voters may wish to forget. The First Minister had just survived a vote of no confidence for misleading parliament. Her deputy, John Swinney, survived another vote of no confidence for withholding evidence from the Salmond inquiry. The experience of voters after watching Nicola Sturgeon and Alex Salmond fighting like cats in a sack was not a pleasant one. Nor was the experience of confronting the worst recession in our history, while the SNP Government wasted time on their endless and selfish obsession with breaking up Britain.
Fess Parker visits the Sick Kids Hospital. Pic: Herald and Times IT WAS the day the Wild West came to Glasgow, in the shape of a ‘tall, ganglin’ hombre’ called Fess Parker… Famous the world over for playing rugged frontiersman Davy Crockett, the Hollywood star (pictured with Wilson and Stewart Bissell, aged eight and four respectively, from Auchinairn) was only too happy to play-act with local children. He also visited the Sick Kids’ Hospital, then at Yorkhill, where he made a young patient’s day. The lucky lad was able to get his hands on the rifle and was presented with his own Davy Crockett hat.
Scots couple who wed at tragic baby son s bedside plan special tribute for 10th anniversary
Kerri and Gary Alexander, from Aviemore, made plans to hold a wedding blessing on what would have been baby Jamie s birthday.
Kerri and Gary on their wedding day with baby Jamie
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