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After a 14-year-old girl argued with her older sister in Vaughan, Ontario, in February over the relative merits of two figure skaters performing on television, she went to the garage, loaded a .22- caliber rifle, and peppered the family home with seven shots.

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A 64-year-old woman sued her 71-year-old husband in Boulder, Colorado, in June because he had not been able to consummate the marriage in the one month following the wedding after leading her to believe during courtship that he was capable. She claims “severe mental anguish, personal humiliation . . . and financial losses” and is suing for $50,000.

After balloting at a hockey tournament sponsored by the Hartland (New Brunswick) Evangel Assembly earlier this year, Gary Adams was presented the plaque for “Most Christ-Like Player.”

Art accompanying story in printed newspaper (not available in this archive): illustration/Shawn Belschwender.