THIEVES TAKE MORE THAN POSSESSIONS - THEY BREAK HEARTS.Byline: Dennis McCarthy Dennis McCarthy may refer to:
You've got to hand it to George Young George Young may refer to: In politics:
How many fathers out there would put on a full bunny suit The protective clothing worn by an individual in a clean room that keeps human bacteria from infecting the chip-making process. The outfit makes people look like oversized rabbits. every Easter eve for the past 16 years, and go hopping around the backyard lawn hiding eggs while his children looked on laughing from the living room window? And how many men would give up every Christmas Eve for the past 20 years to tip toe into the homes of dozens of kids in the Valley, including his own - putting presents under the tree while the children looked on from another room in awe? And how many fathers would take each of his six children out to dinner alone when he felt it was time to break to them the bad news that there was no Santa Claus Santa Claus: see Nicholas, Saint. Santa Claus jolly, gift-giving figure who visits children on Christmas Eve. [Christian Tradition: NCE, 1937] See : Christmas Santa Claus ? Like I said, Young, a Ventura County fireman, definitely has flair. ``The funny thing was George always took breaking the news about Santa Claus harder than the kids did,'' his wife, Linda Young, is saying Wednesday, rummaging through a few bureau drawers in her Canoga Park home looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a picture of some stolen property. There has been a theft at the Young home recently. Someone stole 16 years of their memories. ``He's got sleepy sleepy characterized by sleep. sleepy foal disease see shigellosis. sleepy staggers see hepatic encephalopathy. eyes, with this wonderfully, funny look on his face,'' Linda's saying, still looking for the picture. ``His ears are crooked crook·ed adj. 1. Having or marked by bends, curves, or angles. 2. Informal Dishonest or unscrupulous; fraudulent. crook and hanging down all floppylike. ``We're prepared to offer a small reward if anyone finds him,'' she says. Yep. The Easter bunny bunny delivers chocolates, etc., to children. [Western Folklore: Jobes, 487] See : Easter is missing. Stolen from the Youngs' shed where they store Santa Claus, as well. Fortunately, the thieves didn't get him. It's easy to have a few laughs on a story like this, but when you get past the smiles, you run smack dab into that ugly truth again. People just don't care
"Don't Care" is a 1994 (see 1994 in music) single by American death metal band Obituary. what they steal - whether it's the walker of a woman with multiple sclerosis multiple sclerosis (MS), chronic, slowly progressive autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system attacks the protective myelin sheaths that surround the nerve cells of the brain and spinal cord (a process called demyelination), resulting in damaged areas who I wrote about Sunday, the Youngs' old Easter bunny costume, or my kid's baseball and tennis equipment. Yeah, we got hit over the weekend, too. But we were lucky because the kids who stole the equipment pawned it at a neighborhood store where they sell second hand sports equipment. It was found, and all three high school-age kids were caught. And, get this. They all come from well-to-do families living in homes that go for $500,000 and up. They had plenty of their own sports equipment, the detective handling the case told me. They were just kids from the highlands, as it's called in my community, coming down to steal from my kid in the flatlands
Flatlands is a type of terrain similar to savanna and grassland. . When confronted in front of their parents with the evidence, each of these kids broke down and cried like babies, the detective said. Cried like my 11-year-old kid did when he went out to play a ballgame Saturday, and found all his gear stolen. Why'd these kids do it? Kicks, a little thrill, some extra spending cash? Who knows? The point is thieves never think about the effect the theft will have on the people they're stealing from. Not the monetary effect, but the emotional effect. The Young's over in Canoga Park know that they've been a blessed family, Linda says. Great kids, a full life, never been the victim of a crime before. Maybe they shouldn't feel so bad or upset at the loss of an old costume, but their feelings go well beyond the theft, Linda knows. They go back to the baby faces of kids now grown and ready to leave home - faces that lit up with excitement and belief as they watch the Easter bunny hopping bunny hopping an abnormal gait in which dogs use their hindlegs simultaneously and symmetrically, rather than advancing one at a time and the legs tend to be greatly extended behind the body before being moved forward. A clinical feature of spinal dysraphism. around their backyard lawn hiding eggs. Feelings that go back to years that no amount of money can ever replace because you can't buy old memories. You can only enjoy them. ``Our youngest is 9 now, the last of the believers,'' Linda is saying. ``We know that pretty soon Bill won't be needing that bunny outfit anymore, but it's been such a great part of our family's life growing up. ``We kidded around about having it stuffed and standing in one of the corners so the kids will never forget the good times we had at Easter,'' Linda said. After finding the outfit stolen, Linda called over to Magic World Costuming in Chatsworth to see if they could buy another one just like it, but they don't make Easter bunnies anymore like they did 16 years ago. Strange you should ask, though, a clerk at the store told her. They had just gotten a call from someone wanting to know if the store sold the feet and hands from the very same old costume Linda was asking about. Linda smiled. It was the thief calling, she knew. When he stole the suit, he left behind the bag with the feet and hands in it. So, if you see an old Easter bunny hobbling around the Valley with no hands or feet, give me a call. There's a small reward being offered for his whereabouts where·a·bouts adv. About where; in, at, or near what location: Whereabouts do you live? n. (used with a sing. or pl. . A footnote Text that appears at the bottom of a page that adds explanation. It is often used to give credit to the source of information. When accumulated and printed at the end of a document, they are called "endnotes." to Sunday's column on Zena Hasan, the woman with multiple sclerosis who had her new walker stolen. Many of you have written or called offering her a used walker, or help with buying a new one. The co-workers at the company where Zena works have taken up a collection, and raised the money to buy her a new walker. ``But I want to thank everyone for thinking about me, and wanting to help,'' Zena said. ``It has made my family realize just how many good people there are out there. Thank you.'' MEMO: Dennis McCarthy's column appears Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: The Youngs' Easter bunny costume, now missing, can n ever be replaced. |
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