When Sault PC candidate Chris Scott told me his real, legal name, I immediately knew how I was going start my SooToday news story. “Christopher Allen Winfield van Scott,” he told me. It had a kind of rhythmic quality that reminded me of this 1936 football novel that I had on my bookshelf as a child. It was never gifted to me. I assume it was a memento from my father’s childhood. I have no idea why the book’s first four lines remain crystal-clear in my mind after 60 years, but they contained a name similar to Chris Scott’s. “His name was Tarly. Tarly Nicholas Theodore Ball. Quite a name. Quite a boy.” I just replaced Tarly’s name with Scott’s and I had my story lead, with a hat tip to author William Heyliger!
When Sault PC candidate Chris Scott told me his real, legal name, I immediately knew how I was going start my SooToday news story. “Christopher Allen Winfield van Scott,” he told me. It had a kind of rhythmic quality that reminded me of this 1936 football novel that I had on my bookshelf as a child. It was never gifted to me. I assume it was a memento from my father’s childhood. I have no idea why the book’s first four lines remain crystal-clear in my mind after 60 years, but they contained a name similar to Chris Scott’s. “His name was Tarly. Tarly Nicholas Theodore Ball. Quite a name. Quite a boy.” I just replaced Tarly’s name with Scott’s and I had my story lead, with a hat tip to author William Heyliger!