Born into a military family, to serve his country was natural. Progressing from Army Cadet to Reserves to the Regular Force, he joined the Royal Canadian Engineers to learn the trade of Field Engineer enabling ground troops to function in a battlefield. His orientation days of adjusting to orders, discipline and learning to work with others and the good feeling of being “on my own”, Randy shared that “you don’t have to be in a war to feel homesick” and this was mitigated by mail and telephone calls to family. In 1971 Randy was deployed to Germany. As a member of a Field Section, he was nervous about being part of the Cold War but excited to learn his job in relation to the Soviet Union and
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 270 Coldwater is pleased to announce the results of the Coldwater Legion's annual Remembrance Day Poster & Literary Contest. The entries shown are the winners of the Black & White and Colour Poster categories, submitted by students of Coldwater Public School and Coldwater-Moonstone Elementary. Congratulations to winners and all participants! Posters P1C1 – Black & White poster – Primary category (Kindergarten, Grade 1 to 3) 1st place – Samantha Swaile 2nd place – Joseph Freeborough 3rd place – Colton Robinson Honourable Mention – Owen Laughlin P1C2 – Black & White poster – Junior category (Grade 4 to 6) 1st place – Timothy Neal 2nd place – Caleb Richardson 3rd
