“What’s that, Mommy?” asked young Fionn Kelly of Kristin Olson as they meandered down Mackenzie Avenue on the Saturday. Clearly, this youngster had never seen a gumball machine before. Fortunately, this candy rocket may be the only one in Revelstoke. Long ago, when I was Fionn’s age you couldn’t go to a supermarket in most towns and cities without running a gauntlet of mechanical candy dispensers and nickel rides on rockets and horses, fire trucks, police cars and what-not. My mother was not a fan of these mechanical bandits and used the word “No” to good effect. David F. Rooney photo
