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FORKNI-L Digest - 7 Dec 2003 to 8 Dec 2003 (#2003-57)

Mon, 8 Dec 2003

There are 10 messages totalling 352 lines in this issue.

Topics of the day:

  1. Toronto theater collapses (3)
  2. The theatre that collapsed in Toronto (4)
  3. LaCroix's view of Christmas (2)
  4. <groan>! and a FK moment

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Date:    Mon, 8 Dec 2003 12:32:50 -0500
From:    Libratsie@a.......
Subject: Toronto theater collapses

I'm not sure if any FK alumni performed here, or if it is an FK landmark in
anyway, but I'm sure someone here will know:

TORONTO - Part of a downtown Toronto building collapsed on Monday, trapping as
many as five people.
A wall of the Uptown Theatre fell onto the neighbouring Yorkville English
Academy, trapping students as young as eight years old under rubble, said a teacher
at the school.

The collapse occurred at about 10:35 a.m. ET.

The school was one of several nearby buildings damaged in the collapse.

Demolition work has been underway at the historic theatre, which was to be
reconstructed.

Fire and rescue crews rushed to the scene near the busy Yonge-Bloor
intersection.

Bloor Street was closed between Yonge and Bay streets.

Tow trucks took parked cars away from the area to make room for emergency
vehicles, and workers checked for gas leaks.

The nearby subway lines were unaffected.

The theatre was built in 1920, and served as a venue for movies and live shows.

Written by CBC News Online staff

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Date:    Mon, 8 Dec 2003 11:49:23 -0800
From:    Cheryl Pillsbury <fknight12281992@y......>
Subject: Re: Toronto theater collapses

Are they going to rebuild it?
Cheryl Pillsbury
FKnight12281992@y......

Libratsie@a....... wrote:
I'm not sure if any FK alumni performed here, or if it is an FK landmark in
anyway, but I'm sure someone here will know:

TORONTO - Part of a downtown Toronto building collapsed on Monday, trapping as
many as five people.
A wall of the Uptown Theatre fell onto the neighbouring Yorkville English
Academy, trapping students as young as eight years old under rubble, said a teacher
at the school.

The collapse occurred at about 10:35 a.m. ET.

The school was one of several nearby buildings damaged in the collapse.

Demolition work has been underway at the historic theatre, which was to be
reconstructed.

Fire and rescue crews rushed to the scene near the busy Yonge-Bloor
intersection.

Bloor Street was closed between Yonge and Bay streets.

Tow trucks took parked cars away from the area to make room for emergency
vehicles, and workers checked for gas leaks.

The nearby subway lines were unaffected.

The theatre was built in 1920, and served as a venue for movies and live shows.

Written by CBC News Online staff

He was brought across in 1228
I was brought across in1992
I will always be his Forever Knight
ForeverKnight.5u.com


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Date:    Mon, 8 Dec 2003 15:12:25 -0500
From:    Libratsie@a.......
Subject: Re: Toronto theater collapses

In a message dated 12/8/2003 2:49:23 PM Eastern Standard Time,
fknight12281992@y...... writes:

> Are they going to rebuild it?

I have no idea. I'm just passing along the news article. I doubt at this point
they are even wondering about rebuilding or not, as they are still digging
through the rubble the last I heard.

Does anyone know where this is in Toronto. The address is very familiar to me
so I'm pretty sure I've been in the area. Maybe in relationship to an FK site?

Anyway, this is such a tragedy!

Libs

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Date:    Mon, 8 Dec 2003 15:34:50 -0500
From:    Lisa McDavid <mclisa@m.......>
Subject: The theatre that collapsed in Toronto

I just checked the Toronto Star website, plus I heard from a non-FK friend in
Toronto.  The Uptown was a movie theater, which was under demolition.  The
owners had closed it because it needed to be brought up to code for accessibility,
and are building a multiplex across the street.  One person is reported dead,
fourteen trapped. Because the building onto which one wall of the theater
collapsed is a school, there are children missing and injured. I don't know the
age of the person who died.

I don't know where it is, but Anne -- the non-FK friend -- referred to it as
"the old Uptown Theatre" as if it's a local landmark.

McLisa
mclisa@m.......

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Date:    Mon, 8 Dec 2003 12:40:29 -0800
From:    Victor Roscetti <dragonslair_08060@y......>
Subject: LaCroix's view of Christmas

Here is a poem that I wrote. It's totally from
LaCroix's point of view:


A Vampire’s Christmas Carol
by Victor Roscetti


I truly love the Christmas season,
please don’t get me wrong,
The way you humans fight and feud,
and bustle in the throng.

In packs you prowl like rabid wolves,
to find a parking space,
You all profess “Peace on Earth”,
Yet your acts are a disgrace.

If you would find the perfect gift,
but in another’s hand,
You surely would rip out their heart,
or some such vital gland.

I see it in your human eyes,
the anger, hate and lust,
to buy the biggest, newest gift,
It’s what you surely must.

I see that red clothed beggar-man,
with his kettle and his bell,
you walked on by, ignoring him,
I drained him and he fell.

Shoppers just walked over him,
he lie there in plain sight,
another Santa made my list,
shall I find more tonight?

This is why this season is,
my favorite time of year,
Not for all the trees and lights,
but for despair and fear.

So never shall I say to you,
Bah, Humbug and such,
For I do love this time of year,
so very, very much.


Cool Forever Knight Gift Ideas? Sure, we have them!
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/dragonslair1/dragons_lair_studios.htm

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Date:    Mon, 8 Dec 2003 20:44:01 GMT
From:    KC Smith <tigrlady2u@j.......>
Subject: <groan>! and a FK moment

 I've taken a temp assignment at Amazon.com in nearby Fernley until December
23rd, since we REALLY need the money. We are now working mandatory 60 hours a
week, so if you email me and I don't answer right away, don't freak out! I leave
my house at 4:30 am and don't get home until 6 pm (I catch a bus to work and
it's about an hour commute total). When I get home, I'm tired, sore (I'm on my
feet all day) and all I do is eat and go to bed. I will try to check my email,
but I can't make any promises. Today is my only day off until next Monday.
Sadly, this means I will not have any time to work on my DarkNN Christmas
Challenge contest story. I do, however, want to see LOTS of them posted by all
of you! Remember, the deadline is next Sunday, December 14th!  Good luck to all,
and happy writing!
Also: I had a WEIRD FK moment Friday! I scan in packages to be wrapped and then
sent out, and I came across a piano music CD with the following card to be
attached: "Nigel: Ger recommended this CD, so I hope that you enjoy it. Give our
love to all. Aileen and Ger". Is this freaky, or what??  'Aileen and Ger' lived
somewhere in County Cork, Ireland, and Nigel and his wife (I think the name was
Barbara, but I could be wrong) live somewhere in California. No, their last
names weren't 'Bennett' and 'Wyn-Davies'. One was 'Mulgrew', and I forget the
other. I couldn't stop laughing for ten minutes!
Okay, enough rambling, I have to go start the soup for dinner.
Take care and God Bless you all!

KC Smith
tigrlady2u@j.......
Nick/Natpacker with dark tendencies.
"I've never met a chocolate I didn't like."
http://www.geocities.com/knightlady2u/

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Date:    Mon, 8 Dec 2003 14:55:07 -0600
From:    Nancy Kaminski <nancykam@c.......>
Subject: Re: The theatre that collapsed in Toronto

> I don't know where it is, but Anne -- the non-FK friend --
> referred to it as "the old Uptown Theatre" as if it's a local
> landmark.

Didn't the news article state they had closed Bloor between Bay and
Yonge? So I'm guessing it's on Bloor, and in the downtown area.

Nancy Kaminski
nancykam@c.......

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Date:    Mon, 8 Dec 2003 15:08:48 -0600
From:    Nancy Kaminski <nancykam@c.......>
Subject: Re: The theatre that collapsed in Toronto

For information about the Uptown Theatre, click this link:

http://www.toronto.com/profile/309933/

It's at Bloor and Yonge.

Nancy Kaminski
nancykam@c.......

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Date:    Mon, 8 Dec 2003 21:21:53 GMT
From:    KC Smith <tigrlady2u@j.......>
Subject: Re: The theatre that collapsed in Toronto

Things like this are always tragic, but they are even more so when it involves
children. I will be praying for the safety of those trapped, as well as those
working to rescue them.

KC Smith
tigrlady2u@j.......
Nick/Natpacker with dark tendencies.
"I've never met a chocolate I didn't like."
http://www.geocities.com/knightlady2u/

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Date:    Mon, 8 Dec 2003 16:30:47 -0500
From:    Deborah Hymon <debh@e.......>
Subject: Re: LaCroix's view of Christmas

<Deborah stands up and claps hard>

Encore, Encore.  So LaCroix! :-)

Keep the writing coming, I love it!


Deborah
--aka--Forever Knight's Lady

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http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the_midnight_passions/
http://homepage.mac.com/hymonb/ForeverKnight/
http://www.cafeshops.com/hymooncreations


on 12/8/03 3:40 PM, Victor Roscetti at dragonslair_08060@y...... wrote:

> Here is a poem that I wrote. It's totally from
> LaCroix's point of view:
>
>
> A Vampire’s Christmas Carol
> by Victor Roscetti
>
>
> I truly love the Christmas season,
> please don’t get me wrong,
> The way you humans fight and feud,
> and bustle in the throng.
>
> In packs you prowl like rabid wolves,
> to find a parking space,
> You all profess “Peace on Earth”,
> Yet your acts are a disgrace.
>
> If you would find the perfect gift,
> but in another’s hand,
> You surely would rip out their heart,
> or some such vital gland.
>
> I see it in your human eyes,
> the anger, hate and lust,
> to buy the biggest, newest gift,
> It’s what you surely must.
>
> I see that red clothed beggar-man,
> with his kettle and his bell,
> you walked on by, ignoring him,
> I drained him and he fell.
>
> Shoppers just walked over him,
> he lie there in plain sight,
> another Santa made my list,
> shall I find more tonight?
>
> This is why this season is,
> my favorite time of year,
> Not for all the trees and lights,
> but for despair and fear.
>
> So never shall I say to you,
> Bah, Humbug and such,
> For I do love this time of year,
> so very, very much.
>
>
> Cool Forever Knight Gift Ideas? Sure, we have them!
> http://mywebpages.comcast.net/dragonslair1/dragons_lair_studios.htm
>

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