Letter from the Editor – Sally – July 15/09
Better babysitter than Sally.
Edmonton, do you ever wonder what goes into preparing these kinds of local news stories for you? Let me tell you a story that illustrates the kind of adversity we face on a day-to-day basis (and for anyone who was following me on twitter last night, I’m not even going to bring up the guy at KFC who tried to steal my tripod. Because it just got weirder from there).
Last night I headed off to the north end to do a story on E-ville Roller Derby. I arrived at the arena and was about to head inside, when a child ran up to me and asked if I had a phone.
Immediately, I wondered if he knew the KFC tripod guy and if this was some elaborate scam they were running. I asked him why he needed a phone. He told me some kids on the nearby playground had knives and were going to stab him and his friends.
*sigh*
I asked him how old he was.
“Eleven.”
