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Lester & Moneesha (not exactly as illustrated). HE LAW-VES YOU, YEAH, YEAH, YEAH HOPELESSLY ROMANTIC? OR A TOTAL WASTE OF AN ALREADY BACKLOGGED COURT SYSTEM’S VALUABLE TIME? Regardless of how you slice it, Blois Nickerson legal beagle Lester Jesudason’s surprise marriage proposal to fellow BN jurisprudent Moneesha Sinha at the Halifax Law Courts last week was, without question, a little bit unorthodox. “I strongly suspect this is a one-time thing,” noted Chambers Judge Deborah K. Smith, one of several people responsible for granting 40-ish Acadia and Dal Law grad Les the latitude necessary to pop the question in her courtroom. But Les’s choice of venue wasn’t the only part of the proposal some might consider a little far afield. Calling 30-something Moneesha his “best friend” and the sweetest person he knows (FYI, he and I have never met), Les brought forward a motion seeking a joinder-of-party order, which is much less like a “hook-up” than it sounds. Essentially, it’s legal speak for “engagement.” Musing he’d been subject to years of “relentless hounding” by his mother Lily, Les confessed to all those present that after knowing Moneesha for three years, he’d finally found the person with whom he was willing to share the rest of his life. Amid Moneesha’s endless stream of teenage tee-hee-hees (Hey! At least she didn’t drop the f-bomb! — ed.), self-proclaimed “good catch” Les promised to look after her and support her, going so far as to promise he would devote a portion of his salary to supplementing her already extensive shoe collection. (Now, THAT’s what I call a commitment! — ed.) Apparently Mauveesha Moneesha owns 20 pairs of purple shoes. 24 ATLANTIC CANADA FRANK APRIL 13, 2010 Judge Debby (not exactly as illustrated). After uttering at least one, “I’m in shock,” an “Are you serious?” and an Ella Fitzgeraldinspired, “Aaaaaaah!” Moneesha agreed to be Les’s wiferoo. The only person in the court more shocked than Moneesha by the turn of events was Dartmouth lawyer Andrew Wolfson, who was far more dumbstruck than lovestruck. On site to deal with a Royal Bank-related matter, Andrew’s first words in his address to ACJ Smith, who admitted she wished Les had chosen a day with a lighter docket, were, “I’m not proposing to anyone.” For the record, Moneesha is the daughter of Dal anatomy/neurology prof Dr. Gita Sinha. Though Les has long lived in the city, I’m sure his Sri Lankan dad, the late Joseph CHATTER BY BUBBLES FRANKLANDER WHO’S THE BRIDE? RBC SECURITIES (I THINK THAT’S WHAT THEY’RE CALLED) SALESMAN, PHIL JENKINS, A LAWYER LIKE GEOFF MACHUM, WHO ACTUALLY PRACTISES LAW, IS ALSO DOING THE GEOFF MACHUM THING. He is remarrying after spending years as the husband of a very high-profile lady. As Geoff Machum is sometimes referred to as the former Mr. Nancy Regan, securities man Phil is sometimes referred to as the former Mr. Sarah Dennis. Sarah is the prez & CEO of the Halifax Herald Ltd., and she runs the province’s Paper of Record. Sarah and Phil split about three years ago, in 2007. They have young children. While South End Sarah, who’s known to enjoy very much hanging out and not offending her Halifax blueblood friends, her ex is more secretive. “I would rather not comment,” stockbroker Phil told me when asked about his betrothed’s identity. “It’s a private matter.” But Phil did say his second wedding will take place sometime this summer. When I guessed at June, he again replied, “No comment.” Really, I don’t understand the need for all this secrecy. Obviously Phil isn’t going to marry some babe he’s ashamed of or wants to keep hidden away in a friggin closet. But maybe, just maybe, it is what it is - he does not want to talk to me. I find that hard to believe. It’s more likely Phil is keeping his wedding a secret from me because he’s actually marrying the eleven secret herbs and spices of Kentucky Fried Chicken. Meantime, his ex, Ms. CEO Sarah, continues to date tennis dude Mark Lever, which, no doubt, pleases her mom and dad greatly. Does Frank Know? atlanticfrank@eastlink.ca Jesudason, is still remembered in Queens County, having taught physics and chemistry at North Queens Rural High in Caledonia and later moulded minds at Liverpool Regional High.
ARTISTS KNOCKED OFF THEIR PEDESTALS BY PHIL I. STEEN MY BOHEMIAN SPIRIT IS REALLY IN THE TOILET NOW, EVER SINCE I GOT WORD NSCAD HAS CANCELLED ALL OUTSIDE PRESENTERS. While initially I thought NSCAD prez Dave Smith came to his senses, and realized that prolonged exposure to artists can give young people unhealthy urges, I’m told, in fact, more BY ART A. PRETIATION SOME SUSPECT HRM COUNCIL’S RECENT DECISION TO INVEST OVER $1 MILLION TO FIX REPEATED BOTCHED RESTORATIONS OF CITY HALL SPELLS BAD NEWS FOR ANOTHER HISTORIC BARRING- TON STREET PROPERTY, THE CITY-OWNED KHYBER BUILDING. As anyone in the artzie-fartzie crowd can tell you, the city has shamefully neglected the c.1888 Church of England Institute, an architectural gem managed in the past 15 years by the mostly volunteer Khyber Arts organization. A March 2010 consultant’s report pegged the Khyber’s renovation needs at about $625,000, an amount our cash-strapped councillors likely won’t be able to stomach spending after OKing the costly City Hall repairs. Some fear this means the Khyber will continue to suffer from benign neglect at the hands of HRM decision-makers. City bureaucrats have done little but “consult” and “study” this landmark property since December 2005, when it handed out eviction notices to most tenants (Frank 470), depriving the Khyber Arts board of much-needed rental revenue needed to fund its nationally recognized arts exhibits. For over four years the building has practically stood empty, with a 28% occupancy rate, providing only an office and a gallery space for the arts org, plus a broom closet-sized office for the N.S. Heritage Trust. To say the building is under-utilized is an understatement. To say the Khyber Arts board is slowly being starved to death by its landlord HRM is closer to the truth. The Khyber’s high-calibre board of directors — including chair, former NSCAD prez Gary Neill Kennedy, NSCAD film prof Bruce Barber, Cox & Palmer lawyer Andrew Sowerby, erstwhile Heritage Trust boardie Wallace Brennan and Sobeys Art Award finalist Colleen Wolstenholme — have their hands tied, prosaic budgetary reasons are behind the abrupt cancellations. As in NSCAD can no longer afford the pittance it gave guest lecturers and artists to drop by for show and tell. One source tells me faculty members had to ring up invitees to sorrowfully spill the sad news that their big day was not to be, depriving students of seeing professional artists up close and personal. This cost-cutting move packs a real double- ARTZ & FARTZ whammy at NSCAD, where many teachers are allergic to practising art. WHAT WILL BECOME OF THE KYBER? waiting for HRM’s Kafkaesque bureaucracy to chart a course of action. Hell may freeze over first. As a vibrant arts centre, the Khyber could be Halifax’s answer to Toronto’s Drake Hotel and Gladstone Hotel, but instead it stands as a monument to municipal indifference to the arts and indifference to heritage preservation. The Khyber Building. The bulk of the Khyber’s estimated $625,000 reno budget is earmarked to install an elevator smack in the middle of the Victorian building. I’m all for improving access for the physically challenged, but isn’t putting an elevator in a registered heritage building going a bit overboard? Does Frank Know? atlanticfrank@eastlink.ca APRIL 13, 2010 ATLANTIC CANADA FRANK 25
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