(This letter is part two of a three page editorial.)

Now from the previous post you have just read, you would take it that I was quilty of Fraud and the article was regarding my guilt. Here is the actual article. Note it was written in 1995. This festering miserable vile man is still jealously ranting lies and misrepresenting this out dated article. The article below is as it was sent to me by the Toronto Star by email.

Toronto Star
January 28, 1995
Page: L1 Section:LIFE
Length:1622
Woman's best friend Tougher laws sound good but for stalking victims who live in fear, a well-trained dog brings far more protection and peace of mind
Byline/Source: Bill Taylor Toronto Star Photo Caption: Star Photo (Argue): READY FOR ANYTHING: Diane takes Dexter the German shepherd through an obstacle course as part of his training, Pg. L4 ; 3 Color photos: HER PROTECTOR: Stalking victim Diane hugs her German shepherd Dexter.; BEING PREPARED: Diane guides Dexter through a training drill, above, while at left, another "working service"dog shows his teeth to world-be attacker.

A dog, of course, cannot prevent the phone from ringing and ringing in the middle of the night or the unsigned letter dropping ominously through the mail slot. But it can help keep the fear at bay. It can help bring life back to at least a semblance of normal. And that makes such a dog worth its weight in gold.
"I won't tell you my dog's name," Elizabeth says, "but it means guardian angel."
Elizabeth won't tell her name, either, not her real name. Anonymity means a little more security. And security, too, is worth its weight in gold in this troubled and tormented pocket of society.
Even where this story is taking place can't be revealed. It's somewhere on the Niagara Peninsula, where German shepherds and Belgian Malinois dogs are being trained to be the life's companions of women whose lives are no longer their own.
Women who are being stalked by men.
Some people might call all this vagueness and concealment paranoia. But the people who live with the situation - and that includes Mike, "just Mike," the dog trainer - call it peace of mind.

A stalker is an unknown quantity. He could do anything and that includes going after a person who is helping the victim. He may react violently if he knows his victim is talking about him.
Another woman, "Rebecca," calls it "a crime of silence. People say you're just an attention-getter, so you become afraid to say anything."
Diane, who endured 14 years of it until her stalker was killed last year in an unrelated incident, describes it as being "in a place of total aloneness, where no husband's arms are long enough, no father's love is deep enough to protect you."

Elizabeth tells of how even her husband didn't really understand how afraid she was. As she speaks, her dog barks softly and begins to whine.
"He can tell when I'm stressed out," she says. "I'm in a low period right now. I had a bad day yesterday. You get weary and you can't fight it any more."
"It's like battle fatigue," says Diane, 31. "It's all-consuming to be always on the lookout and afraid that today's the day I'm going to die. And you can't take it one day at a time. You don't feel about getting through today because there's always tomorrow."
Elizabeth's ordeal started a year and a half ago, "when I came out of my driveway and turned left instead of right.
"There's a guy who lives in my area . . . he was there and he started following me. We ended up playing cat and mouse around the streets. I wasn't too concerned. I thought it was a bit weird, that's all. "The next day, I looked out of the window and saw him sitting in my driveway. That's when I got frightened. It escalated. He'd be loitering around my house and I got more and more frightened and more and more withdrawn. It's hard to explain how frightening it is.
"I spent every night last winter at the movies. I hate movies! But I did anything not to be home."

Rebecca says her stalker is her estranged father, who has been persecuting her for as long as she can remember.
"He calls me. He watches me. I never know when he's going to be there. He's tried to run me down with his car. He was charged . . . he got off."
What the women can't explain, to themselves or to anyone, is why.
"I can't understand what this guy wants from me," Elizabeth says. "I'm just an ordinary person. I'm not rich. I'm not beautiful. I'm nothing special, not in any way.

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©Mike McConnery-Baden K-9, 02/15/2006