Day 94- June 22- Gil Dares

Election Day. I was working the last few weeks to see a new face representing Yarmouth in the provincial legislature, Zach Churchill. It was a fantastic day, an exciting day. I was still tied up with the girls, who had a seemingly endless need to shop. We spent most of the day at the mall, or other stores around. We also had tickets to cheap night at the theatre to see Karate Kid 2.

During the movie, I couldn't stop wondering how the elections results were turning out. I am pretty sure, Gil, who was one of the campaign managers for Zach's campaign, was also very eager as those results came in from the polls. I know Gil from when I was a kid, he was the father of my elementary school classmate, Matthew, and my brother's classmate, Sarah. Esther and Gil were always very active in our little school, as were my parents. The school was very close knit, so we all felt a very tight kinship by virtue of the "Milton connection". After high school, I was a colleague and roommate with Sarah, Gil's eldest daughter, during a summer in Bar Harbor working for Nova Scotia Tourism. It was a very memorable summer and I enjoyed working with Sarah immensely!

During the campaign, I only worked with Gil for two days when we was driving the truck for canvassing. He was a lot of fun. Cheers Gil! Thanks for the photo!




Theme song for today: Roxanne by The Police (Gil used to work for the RCMP for years, that's how I remember him most. He is now managing the Mariner's Centre.)


(I have learned a lot from Zach, from canvassing and thus from the election. Here is the itemized list of a few of my lessons:

1. Rectangular shaped door bells tend to work longer than round button door bells.

2. Grape tomatoes are addictive.

3. If you are a sign maker, find anyone in the phone book with the last name "Rose", their houses almost ALWAYS have a special "Rose" sign in front.

4. Do not ring ornamental bells outside of people's home, the chains tend to be so rusty they break. But I digress...)