This page was exported from The Auroran [ http://www.newspapers-online.com/auroran ] Export date:Mon May 6 22:34:24 2024 / +0000 GMT ___________________________________________________ Title: INSIDE AURORA: ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas --------------------------------------------------- By Scott Johnston ‘Twas the night before Christmas, it'd been a long day Planning for that evening, was well underway Despite the last minute rush, and deadlines to meet Santa sat for a minute, and put up his feet. Donning his glasses, he sipped from his tea And drew an Auroran, from the pile by his knee This paper covered that Town, with unbiased views Santa found it the best source, to hear all the news The first thing he read was a bit of a surprise Council this year had voted to reduce its size Next year he need not carry, nearly as much weight If council put out only six stockings, not eight. The Town's old library would be torn down, he read But once that was done they would build nothing instead That was a decision he could not understand Besides, that roof was a great downtown place to land Then Santa read that in fact an option or two For the Square had been proposed for council to choose He was outwardly hopeful, but deep down afraid It'd be twenty more years ‘fore a foundation was laid Glancing at the next page the story to follow About the armory was better to swallow Food and wine would be sold there, as quick as a wink Next year his team might even pop in for a drink Vehicular challenges continued in Town For endless parking chaos no help could be found While Council with patience still hoped it would score Funds for a new exit at Highway Four Oh Four The Joint Ops Centre's debut had drawn a big crowd It was a structure of which the Town could be proud It had all kinds of features, from big ones to small It lacked only funding to pay for it all For the Town's local Bridge Club the year had been hard Playing on in Aurora was not in the cards While for schools good news was there were now more spaces But sadly in portables - unpopular places He then read of a change at Aurora Peace Park The addition of something that left quite a mark For a moment he feared that his team might be harmed But the Light Armoured Vehicle had been disarmed Santa sat back and jotted some notes on his list Then re-read it to make sure nothing was missed He shook his head as he set The Auroran down Every year brought surprises, in that little Town Feel free to e-mail Scott at: machellscorners@gmail.com --------------------------------------------------- Images: --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Post date: 2017-12-20 14:40:50 Post date GMT: 2017-12-20 19:40:50 Post modified date: 2017-12-20 14:40:50 Post modified date GMT: 2017-12-20 19:40:50 ____________________________________________________________________________________________ Export of Post and Page as text file has been powered by [ Universal Post Manager ] plugin from www.gconverters.com