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The Board

Them days you sent a youngster up the road to say there was a game on. Now you send the code, and if a chair's still empty when you deal, one of the regulars takes it.

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Down the road

Well, Sunday after Mass we'd walk it. Start at the gate and go down, and every house along here I'll tell you who's in it.

Don Dunphy (d. 2015)

A 58-year-old injured worker from Mitchells Brook whose 2015 death became one of the most closely examined moments in modern Newfoundland policing.

Don Dunphy, 58, an injured worker who lived in Mitchells Brook on St. Mary's Bay, was shot and killed in his home by RNC Const. Joe Smyth on 5 April 2015 - Easter Sunday. Smyth, part of the premier's security detail, had gone alone to check on social-media posts and said he fired four times in self-defence after Dunphy pointed a rifle; he was the only witness, and no charges were laid. A public Commission of Inquiry under Justice Leo Barry delivered its report, Promoting Public Trust, on 27 June 2017, concluding Smyth used appropriate force in self-defence despite errors in judgment, and criticizing the RCMP for being too quick to accept his account. Dunphy's daughter Meghan pursued a civil action against Smyth, the RNC and the province. The case remains a serious touchstone in Newfoundland public memory - a separate, real person with no connection to any fictional comedy persona.

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On the go

Them days the garden party was the whole summer. Here's what's on the go now, and when.

The kitchen

Well, Sunday the pot was on before Mass and the smell of it met you at the gate. Here's what was in it, and how it's done.

The hall

Them days the hall had a dance Saturday and the kitchen had music the rest of the week. It's still playing. Come in and listen.

The yarns

He said, you know the one about the light on the water. I said, I do. That's a story, mind, and I'll tell you which parts.

Not the house

No, I said, that's not the house. It was down just below there. Go back up the road.

Back up the road