The strange case of a mystery badger

Jun 16 2008 by Our Correspondent, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

IT was the Annual General Meeting last week at Stainland Community Centre where Michael and I have recently joined the committee.

As we employ a graphic designer in one of our businesses we offered to produce the newsletter which is distributed to every resident in the village. The centre is struggling financially so it cannot afford expensive design and print bills.

After the booklet was distributed, one of the committee members came up to me and couldn’t wait to tell me his exciting news.

On the front cover he had spotted a critter on the pavement next to the Community Centre building. He couldn’t identify it with his naked eye so had used his magnifying eye glass, like the ones jewellers use. When he saw it was a badger everything fell into place.

The village has been plagued by a mystery creature tipping over dustbins and causing mayhem, but nobody had seen it or caught it in the act. So he was delighted with his Inspector Clouseau style discovery.

He had the whole committee discussing it and they planned to get a news story together and contact the council.

I couldn’t stop myself from smirking as the story unfolded as it’s an in joke at my office to hide a badger in pictures we use and our Designer, Graham had sneakily put one on the front page of this booklet. Last Christmas he even cheekily included one on the Christmas Card he designed for us.

I had to get Graham on the phone to explain himself to everyone otherwise I could have been sacked from the committee after only 3 months!