‘Echelon of idiots’

Dear Editor:

Remembrance Day has slid into the past and by the time this letter  is printed International Diabetes Awareness Day  (Nov. 14) will have come and gone, without fanfare.

For the past six years, the Fergus Lions Club illuminated the pedestrian bridge that links the Fergus Market parking lot to the Riverwalk across the Grand River with blue lights, the international colour for diabetes.

This year we did not. It is sad to have to resort to stopping what was becoming a tradition, however, since we began this event, we have been plagued by an echelon of idiots whose sole reason for being seems to be destroying anything they can.

We have continually repaired, salvaged or replaced whole strings of lights just to maintain the program, but it seems that these morons cannot function unless they do stupid things.

It not only was the blue lights on the bridge that were targeted but also the white lights that the Fergus BIA installed for the Christmas season.

We would gladly return to doing this bridge illumination program, but until dummies either grow up or move on, we cannot justify the time nor the expense.

Brian Martin, Fergus Lions Club