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Brenda Radford
Special to the News Record
Didn't we just know that
once it started raining, it
wouldn't know how to quit?
We have had our share of
rain in just a week along with
scorching temperatures still.
I generally enjoy summer
heat, but some days recently
have exhausted even me. On
the other hand I am not
ready yet for fall coolness.
And yet school is less than
two weeks away.
The fire trucks from Blyth
went racing through the vil-
lage again last Friday after-
noon. They were responding
to a call at the intersection of
Dutch Line and Winthrop
Road. A lawnmower had
rolled over during operation
along the edge of the road
and caught fire. No casual-
ties were reported.
In that nasty storm that
rumbled overhead on Fri-
day night, a lightning strike
caused some electrical casu-
alties in the area.
Last week Jeff and Lauren
Johnston and boys moved
from the village into Clinton.
We wish them well in their
new surroundings. Jeff con-
tinues to work at the mill in
the village.
We visited a public grand-
stand on Sunday. As I
watched people of all ages
come and go, it made me
realize all such buildings
should have centre railings
up and down the stairs, if
only for safety's sake.
There was a great deal of
hooplah recently over the
last concert by "The Tragi-
cally Hip". Last Saturday
night there was no shortage
of venues where one could
watch their final concert
broadcast by the CBC from
Kingston. The neat thing
about the viewings was the
monies made for charities.
The band is to be com-
mended for allowing the
country to be a part of their
farewell.
Speaking of bands, "Can't
Buy Me Love" was a hit for
another musical group, the
Beatles. In the midst of the
foursome's incredible rise
to fame and fortune, Paul
McCartney suddenly real-
ized he had the means to
buy any 'thing' he desired.
The thought left him feeling
rather hollow when he real-
ized no amount of money
could buy him what he
really wanted - love. He sat
down that very day at the
piano in his room in a Paris
hotel and wrote "Can't Buy
Me Love':
Something unique about
love is that it is a quality of
life that even when we give
it away, we still have more
and receive more. Paul gave
all of us love with his song.
SWIFT update is
good news for local
Internet providers
Laura Broadley
Postmedia Network
Local Internet providers in
Huron County can rest easy
as recent Southwestern Inte-
grated Fibre Technology
updates indicate they won't
be left out of the process.
Ashfield-Colborne-
Wawanosh Deputy Reeve
Roger Watt, who serves on
the SWIFT board, updated
Huron County council about
the project and its impact on
local Internet providers.
SWIFT was initiated by the
Western Ontario Wardens'
Caucus as a way to build a
high-speed fibre optic
broadband network for all
regions in the province.
Watt said that when he
started the process he
wanted to see local provid-
ers urging council to join
SWIFT, and right now the
process is moving in the
right direction.
At the end of July the fed-
eral and provincial govern-
ments announced it would
be pumping $180 million
into SWIFT, which will pro-
vide "the last mile" of
Huron County with high-
speed Internet. The total
cost of the project is $281
million.
Huron County will be
responsible for $680,000
over five years for its partic-
ipation in the SWIFT
project.
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Contributed photo
Pictured here, the Clinton Optimist Club and Clinton Royal Canadian Legion presents a cheque for $6,761.50 to Childcan, a charity
which supports families of children with cancer. This is the money they raised on their "Ride 4 Kids" Motorcycle Charity Poker Rally
on July 23. In the photo from left to right: Rick Shropshall (Clinton Legion), Jack Armstrong (Optimist member), Kathleen Barnard
(Childcan Executive Director), Simon VanDriel (Optimist member and Chairperson of the Ride 4 Kids), Kathy Krysak (Optimist
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