Dear Editor:
Re: Mayor and MLA go head to head, Burnaby NOW, May 24.
So Mayor Derek Corrigan and MLA Peter Fassbender are having differences of opinion regarding transit issues, we see. Well, upcoming is an event that can give them both a chance to settle their differences "man to man," if they so wish.
This coming July, the Aldergrove Fairdays (www.aldergrovefairdays.com) along with the Thunderbird Fast Draw Club of Langley (www. thunderbirdfastdraw.com) host the sixth annual Celebrity Fast Draw Shootout, at high noon on Saturday, July 20, at Aldergrove's Athletic Park.
This event is held in conjunction with the World Fast Draw Association Sanctioned Canadian Fast Draw Championships, which run all weekend along with other farmer's challenge events at the fair.
The celebrity event is open to both men and women and invites are sent to local celebrities. Representing the Burnaby NOW, reporter Jennifer Moreau won one of these events - as a matter of fact, the very first one she entered!
I will send our invitation to Mayor Corrigan, along with MLA Fassbender and others. I should warn Mayor Corrigan though, Mr. Fassbender has won this event twice now. However, there will be a training and practice session prior to the main event.
This will be held on Friday evening at the Langley Rod and Gun Club, details will follow on the invites.
One thing, this is a fun event, no politics, please. (Although that is not a mandatory requirement.)
Blank ammunition is all that is used, and the targets are 4" diameter balloons.
Competitors, using old west-style six guns, are timed by modern electronics clocks, which are calibrated in the thousandth of one second. Western wear is recommended, though not mandatory, except for those competing in the championships.
MLA Mary Polak and MP Mark Warawa are the defending champions from 2012. May the best man and/or woman, win!
D. Robinson, vice-chair, WFDA area 20 (B.C.)
