April 17: ‘Government and school boards want to make decisions on behalf of students without any of their input. Students aren’t idiots.’ Mask mandates in school, plus other letters to the editor
: Those two should just stay home. The money that would have to be spent protecting and ferrying them around on a visit would be better spent helping Ukrainians or other worthwhile causes.: I am reminded of play-by-play broadcasts on CKEY radio by Joe Crysdale, who called away games played by the Toronto Maple Leafs baseball team.
There were no television monitors in those days, just a ticker tape indicating the at-bats. Mr. Crysdale recreated the games masterfully: Listeners could hear the crack of the bat, the peanut vendors and crowd noise. I felt like I was at the game!In the 1950s, I used to listen to the CKEY radio broadcast of the Toronto Maple Leafs baseball team late at night, under the bedcovers, on my transistor radio.
He enhanced the call by using his imagination and adding from a selection of sound effects chosen to match the play: a crowd roar, a crack of the bat. In addition, they played general crowd noise as background on an eight-minute loop. Every eight minutes, a distinct voice could be heard above the murmur asking, “Who?”Letters to the Editor should be exclusive to The Globe and Mail. Include your name, address and daytime phone number. Try to keep letters to fewer than 150 words.
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