Pubdate: Wed, 27 Jan 2010
Source: Revelstoke Times Review (CN BC)
Copyright: 2010 Black Press
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Author: Jim Pecora Jr.

GROW OP BRINGS BACK PAINFUL MEMORIES

Re: Chilly weather outs substantial marijuana grow operation, News, Jan. 13.

To the residents of Nichol Road,

I thought I was finished shedding tears over my late father's home. 
Emotions were again dredged up this past week when I was told that 
some parasites of society had turned our last home into a marijuana grow-op.

Dad took great pride in maintaining his home and yard. It was a home 
that he built. It was a gathering place for us where we as a family 
shared birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, special holidays, and as 
life goes, even funerals.

This was not an episode of 'Flip This House' for me. This was our 
family home. Emptying and selling the house when dad passed away was 
the hardest thing I have ever been tasked to do. Without the help of 
some very good friends of mine and my father's, I don't know how I 
would have done it. It was not like an addition was added or that the 
house was repainted. The house was destroyed by a criminal element. 
So it is heartbreaking and personal to me.

Our family and dad's friends will have pictures and memories of being 
there and visiting, maybe listening to one of dad's many railroad 
stories, or being with him downstairs in his woodworking shop. The 
memories are ours to keep but the situation still saddens me.

Some of you on Nichol Road may remember two little markers dad had on 
his front lawn years ago. One read, 'Here lies the last dog to #$%! 
on my lawn', the other, "Here lies his friend the cat'.  If dad was 
here today, I just know he could come up with a third marker.

To dad's old neighbours, unfortunately your new neighbour turned out 
to be a detrimental neighbour rather than someone you could chat with 
or call upon if needed.

Jim Pecora Jr.,

Golden, B.C.
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