"Ten Bridges Seven Churches No Stop Light" is a riveting tale of small town people living exciting lives.<br><br>This journey will have you hanging onto the farm sleigh as the team of draft horses fall through the ice. Ring the alarm bell on the assembly line and tell the car and truck manufacturers to fix it before you push the start button. Everett and Rose take on the largest company in the world and you can work with them to correct the problem. Hide in the dark with Manley, a World War II sniper, as he tries to stay alive to get home. Go on the fall deer hunt, fall in love, with teenager Jake Payne and learn how the lure of the hunt is more than the hunt. Visit Ruthie in the auto wrecking yard as she teachers her younger brothers to take apart wrecks for parts. Gentleman there is only one Ruthie. Fall in step with Jack Wilson, the Ice Man, as he walks backwards towards global warming. He has more opinions that an arena filled with coaches at playoff time and if you can't find yours he will give you one. Try to catch up to Fargo and Rusty as the two brothers enter the monopoly world of alcohol. <br><br>Like the Ouse River that flows through town and meanders on its way to Rice Lake, life carries our characters on numerous side trips where they did not plan on visiting. <br>Hang on to your copy for dear life. These small town people deliver a big message. Make a bowl of popcorn; grab your favourite drink, and then curl up for a good read.
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Rodney Earl Andrews. Ten Bridges Seven Churches No Stop Light
Acknowledgements
About the Author
Chapter One. Jake Payne and The Fall Deer Hunt
Jake Payne
CARE OF SLATE
Back To The Norwood Camp
The Funeral. Saturday, November 7th, 1960
Epilogue
Chapter Two. Sniper World War II
Chapter Three. Sometimes Teenagers Bump Into Love
Summer Jobs
Chapter Four. Ring The Bell, Stop The Line, Re-Tool
Epilogue
Chapter Five. The Brothers and the Bottle Trade
The Power of Advertising
Rusty At Head Office
Frank Gets A Car
Monday Morning
The Successful Cheese Maker
Chapter Six. Horses On Thin Ice
Epilogue
Chapter Seven. Walking Backwards You Stand Up Straighter
Epilogue
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Linda Butler read my very first rough cut and survived to read another day.
Daryl and Peter Neve gave me a few books to inspire and sound advice of their own.
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Jake was anxious to bag his second deer and make it two years in a row. Last year for his first hunt, Jake was partnered with his Uncle Ken. This was standard procedure in training new hunters, teaching them the rules and procedures of working, hunting, and having fun at camp. Uncle Ken told Jake about an old buck that had been sighted for a number of years but never shot. Each year a buck grows more points on the rack, and as it gets older, each new rack gets another point. Many hunters count the points, which they believe gives the age of the buck. To survive, a buck has to be wise and skittish and avoid being shot or eaten. This old buck, that everyone talked about, would have a record rack for magazines to write about.
Jake, at thirteen, and his Uncle Ken were on their run when the buck appeared. They looked in wonder as this thin old deer stared back at them. Growing out of its head appeared to be a full-grown staghorn sumac tree. Before Jake could take aim, the buck bounded over the hill and was gone. Jake, not knowing that you can never catch a deer, made a snap decision to run after the buck up the rise to see where it had gone. Uncle Ken could not keep up to the young lad and followed behind. At the top of the hill he saw Jake lift his rifle. He heard a shot. The buck had stopped and looked back, as Jake broke over the hill. This fine old buck stayed in perfect formation for a clean shot.
