The Sound of Silence - Clews, Graham
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The Sound of Silence echoes with a voice of its own, for silence is a force unto itself. Its voice can be clearly heard in the repercussions that result from remaining silent-consequences that will spread as surely as ripples on a pond. This echo is theaftermath. Its origin is found in those who chose to remain silent when faced by that which is wrong; for when corruption and evil are ignored, other victims will follow as night follows day. The sound of silence resonates in the anguish of those who would otherwise have been spared the pain, had someone decided, instead, to speak out... Silence…mehr

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The Sound of Silence echoes with a voice of its own, for silence is a force unto itself. Its voice can be clearly heard in the repercussions that result from remaining silent-consequences that will spread as surely as ripples on a pond. This echo is theaftermath. Its origin is found in those who chose to remain silent when faced by that which is wrong; for when corruption and evil are ignored, other victims will follow as night follows day. The sound of silence resonates in the anguish of those who would otherwise have been spared the pain, had someone decided, instead, to speak out... Silence is the strongest ally of the pedophile. It is, in fact, his only real ally. He (nearly all pedophiles are 'he') relies on silence. He's helped by the fact that his sordid actions instill needless shame in his young victims, an emotion that will often keep them silent forever. This is why one pedophile's victims will often number in the hundreds-and most will never say a word… The author remained silent for more than twenty years, as did the other victims in the family in which he was raised. The silence was so deep, that not until two of them reached adulthood did the siblings together realize their father was what he was, and that each was not alone in the knowledge. Even then, they remained silent-for another two decades. It was a silence broken only by a call from the police. That silence haunts them still, for it should never have been…
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Born in York, England, in 1942, Graham emigrated to Canada in 1956 with his family and met his wife Marie in high school. They were married in 1963 and have three children, and six grand children. Graham articled in Edmonton with one of the root firms of KPMG, and obtained the professional designation of Chartered Accountant in 1966. His professional career spanned forty three years. During the first four years he worked in industry, employed by corporations rather than a public accounting office. He held financial management positions in the chemical industry in Edmonton and Montreal (Chemcell Limited), and the aviation and plastics industry (Northwest Industries Ltd.). A strong desire (calling?) to live in the country moved Graham and Marie to Westlock in 1971, and he returned to public accounting. In January of 2009, he retired as senior partner of the firm Clews, Shoemaker, Viney and Friesen. Graham and Marie also owned and operated a farm in the Westlock area, small by Alberta standards: a cow/calf operation with about sixty cows. Over the years, he has also operated a home manufacturing plant building log homes in some of the remotest parts of Alberta, and served as co-chairman of a publicly traded gold company (after a bitter proxy fight). He served seventeen years with the Canadian Armed Forces Reserve, retiring as a captain on reaching the age of fifty-five. Graham has also been quite active in the community, serving on the Tawatinaw Valley Ski Board, the Westlock Library Board, the Westlock Drama Society, the Westlock Scholarship Board, the Westlock Cultural Arts Society, and as a cub master in the Boy Scouts of Canada. He has also served as president of the local Provincial Progressive Conservative Association, the Army Cadet League of Alberta (also on the national board of governors), and the Rotary Club of Westlock. Memberships past and/or present include the Rotary Club, the Edmonton Branch of the Winston Churchill Society, Westlock Independence Network (for the disabled), and Mensa Canada.