Meet Garry, our JP

Way back in May ’04, Daorcey and I thought it would be great if we could have James officiate at the ceremony. Alberta at the time was giving out permits that allowed people to be Justices of the Peace for one day and thus could legally conduct a wedding cermeony. Instead of having a stranger we would have a good friend and also someone who wouldn't charge us money to marry us. Unfortunately, people were messing up and there were too many mistakes so Alberta said no more tomfoolery.

Since we didn't know any mounties or captains, we had to pick a regular JP. We thought picking a new one would be hard. Turns out there are only three in the Bow Valley region. Only two had e-mail addresses and only one replied to our e-mail. That was Garry. We haven't met him yet. I'm sure we will, hopefully before the ceremony.

In the meantime, we needed some legal stuff from him so we sent him an e-mail. This is his reply.

DAORCEY & NATALIE: I HAVE BEEN AWAY ON BUSINESS. I WILL SEND YOU A NEW CEREMONY BOOK/MEMO, ETC. THE ADDITIONAL COST WILL BE $1,000.00(AMERICAN). ONLY KIDDING, NO COST. AFTER YOU GET YOUR MARRIAGE LICENSE, WE SHOULD MEET IN EARLY/MID JUNE. I CAN PHONE YOU LATER, BUT EVERYTHING IS READY FROM THIS END. I PHONED MOTHER NATURE FOR THE WEATHER ON THE WEDDING DATE, BUT SHE HAS NOT RETURNED MY CALL, BUT NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS. ALSO, I WILL REQUIRE THE FULL NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF THE TWO WITNESSES. HAVE A GREAT WEEK END. REGARDS, GARRY

So he seems funny and likes to yell. Daorcey quipped that Garry won't need a sound system to conduct the ceremony. He reads like a funny guy so we'll see in early June.