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Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 08, 2012, Winnipeg, Manitoba C M Y K PAGE A3 MY BROTHER JERRY AND THE APPLESAUCE! DREXEL HERITAGE . BERNHARDT . HANCOCK & MOORE . AMERICAN DREW I ain't tellin' you guys how long ago this tale was produced, but the fact that I was a mere mite at the time may give you some idea! My brother Jerry had a longing for applesauce that knew no bounds! He could sniff the applesauce brewing when he was far from home and zipped back to get the best chair to watch the brew gently cookin' and hogged the space without Mom being aware! My parents had a little fruit store on the corner of Burrows and Main St. called V ariety Fruit and it was a real lively little shop that did an excellent turnover in fresh produce - especially fruit! The job of creating this masterful apple concoction fell mainly on my mother with us kids running around fetching condiments and utensils. Mom then cut, peeled and cored the apples, mashing them in the pot as they cooked. The aroma in the kitchen was to die for! To top it all off a loaf of fresh white bread was brought out. This was a time when bread was not yet sliced and we ate it with the applesauce, tearing it off in chunks!! My Mom coulda killed us, but not til we cleaned up the pot, not with water, but with huge hunks of our bread! But I meself had a little game also going on! The company delivering the hot rye bread to our shop was called City Bread and it was the hit of the North End! This bread was eaten in many ways, but was a favourite served with the tastiest butter in town! I don't know how the bread and butter ' shtick' got started, but on Sunday mornings, my Mom would say that she was taking up a loaf of the rye bread and laying down to rest. Mom first straightened out the store as she always did when she wanted to lay down in our suite upstairs. I disappeared downstairs to pile the boxes, but not for long! I snuck upstairs while Jerry piled produce and Mom soon followed me. The feast was superb and we kept it to ourselves! It was magnificent! Gigi would have loved it! By Fred Brick Email: bricks@ mts. net Website: www. bricksfinefurniture. mb. ca Fred Brick owns Brick's Fine Furniture 145 MARKET AVE. 957- 1211 www. bricksfinefurniture. com BARRYMORE . DURHAM . STANLEY . HANCOCK & MOORE . AMERICAN DREW There is no association between Brick's Furniture & The Brick Warehouse BERNHA K "... Momthencut, peeled and cored the apples, mashing them in the pot as they cooked. The aroma in the kitchen was to die for!" BEAT RISING F UEL COSTS - 52 MPG!!! $ 199 mth $ 0 DOWN 60 month lease $ 0 down payment, all payments plus taxes OAC. MODEL BU42EM CA. Dlr permit # 4456 1486 Regent Ave. W 944- 6600 ENHANCED CONVENIENCE PACKAGE 2012 COROLLA CE NOW WITH BLUETOOTH � & HEATED SEATS Mark Johnson Sales / Sales Manager to our Frontier Family Management Team. Frontier also welcomes his wife Carolyn and children Sadie and Brock to our family. Mark has over ten years experience with Toyota products and invites all his customers and friend to drop in for coffee. Rob Townsend, General Manager, Frontier Toyota is pleased to welcome Mark Johnson Psychology works for: Postpartum Depression Manitoba Psychology Society Visit us at www. mps. ca TOP NEWS WINNIPEG FREE PRESS, FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 2012 winnipegfreepress. com A 3 B RANDON - A former CFB Shilo soldier who claimed he was defending himself against a sexual assault was sentenced to five years in prison Thursday in the death of a 21- year- old gay man. Duane Lacquette, known as Jon- Jon to his family, was found Jan. 16, 2010 lying naked in his basement following a night of drinking. Lacquette was the victim of a UFC- style choke hold that strangled him. Jason John Ouimet, a former amateur boxer and a gunner at CFB Shilo, was originally charged with murder but pleaded guilty to manslaughter in late April as part of a plea deal. Ouimet claimed he passed out in Lacquette's basement and awoke to find a naked Lacquette performing oral sex on him. Crown attorney Jim Ross said Ouimet, 31, was so infuriated by the unwanted sexual touching he killed Lacquette when he could have used his superior size and fighting skills to simply subdue him. The case was shrouded in mystery and rumour until last month, when a publication ban on some pretrial testimony was lifted. The testimony raised questions about whether Lacquette's death was the result of self- defence, a consensual encounter gone wrong or gay panic borne of homophobia. Family and friends have said all along they do not believe Lacquette would sexually assault anyone, behave in an aggressive manner or put himself at risk of violence. He was relatively open among his friends about his sexuality, though less so with his family, who said Thursday they have been shattered by his death. " He was not a person with anger in his heart," said Lacquette's uncle, Eugene, who read a victim- impact statement penned by Lacquette's deaf father, Dwayne. " He carried life, humour and love with him and shared that with everyone he met." Many members of Lacquette's large M�tis family sobbed and passed around a box of tissues as victim- impact statements were read Thursday. His grandmother was so overcome with emotion following the hearing she had to be helped down the courthouse steps. On the evening of Jan. 15, 2010, Lacquette was among a big group of friends who went drinking at a Brandon bar. Later, Ouimet, Lacquette and others finished the night at Lacquette's duplex. It was there he propositioned Ouimet, something the defence suggested during the pretrial hearing Lacquette occasionally did in hopes a seemingly straight man might be interested in hooking up. Ouimet insisted to police he wasn't angered by Lacquette's come- on. He told police he'd been propositioned before and it was " kinda disgusting" but easily dismissed. Ouimet was more interested in one of Lacquette's many close female friends who was sleeping in the basement. Ouimet went down to the basement, where he passed out. The female friend went home. Again during Thursday's sentencing, Ouimet's lawyer, Roberta Campbell, said Ouimet's violent reaction had nothing to do with Lacquette's sexual orientation and was instead an understandable reaction to being sexually assaulted. " If I could go back and change everything, I would, but I can't," Ouimet told the Lacquette family in a brief statement. " I offer my deepest condolences to your entire family." Ouimet was dismissed from the military last month. He was posted at CFB Shilo for only about a week before Lacquette's death. Ouimet, originally from Kingston, Ont., will be transferred to a correctional facility there so he can be near his family. maryagnes. welch@ freepress. mb. ca Ex- soldier jailed in gay killing ' He was not a person with anger in his heart. He carried life, humour and love with him and shared that with everyone he met' - victim- impact statement prepared by Duane Lacquette's family Victim strangled in own duplex after night out drinking at bar By Mary Agnes Welch ' If I could go back and change everything, I would, but I can't. I offer my deepest condolences to your entire family' - Jason John Ouimet TIM SMITH / BRANDON SUN A grieving Anne Lacquette, grandmother of Duane Lacquette ( right), is helped down the Brandon courthouse steps Thursday. Jason John Ouimet A_ 03_ Jun- 08- 12_ FP_ 01. indd A3 6/ 7/ 12 9: 09: 59 PM ;