Daily Archive for January 4th, 2007

Ball’s Bridge Saved!

A few weeks ago I wrote about an effort to save Ball’s Bridge in Huron County, Ontario, built in 1884, from demolition. I’m happy to report that this morning, I received an email stating that the bridge has been saved. The Huron County Council voted to transfer ownership of the bridge to two local townships, as well as grant $250,000 to rehabilitate it.

This is great news! I wish those involved great success as the bridge is rehabilitated, and I hope that one day I will be able to see it myself.

Additional Note: President Ford

One more thing for the day … somewhere today I read an article about former US President Leslie Lynch King, Jr. (yes, that’s Gerald Ford).

Now, Ford was president when I was born … but I can’t say I remember much about him. Matter of fact, I don’t really remember anybody before Reagan. So … it’s not like I have fond memories of him or anything.

But … this article related an interesting story. Apparently (according to the White House chaplain) Ford was a rather devout Christian who was active in his local church. We all know, of course, that Jimmy Carter made being ‘born again’ a big deal in his campaign.

The chaplain (whose name I’ve now forgotten) related that he suggested to Ford that he also talk about his faith in order to show that Carter didn’t have a monopoly on Jesus.

Ford, to his credit, told the chaplain something like "You know, you once told me that we shouldn’t use our faith in that way."

If that’s true, I have to respect that. I always felt (based on what I’d read and been told) that Carter wore his faith on his sleeve to buy votes. Kudos to Ford for not stooping to that level.

Long Time + No Post

Yes, it’s been several days since I posted. I could try to be funny and say I haven’t posted since last year … but maybe I won’t do that.

Whoops, too late, I did.

Life has been busy. Obviously, there was Christmas, and I was sick. I barely recovered, and Rachel’s family arrived, and I played lots of poker and put off reading Getting Things Done. Rachel’s family left, and I took it easy for a bit. Then my cousin, who has been in Africa for three years (he’s a missionary there) came by. My parents are here now.

The fun doesn’t stop … next week my brother will be here.

I’ve also agreed to play a (very small) role in the musical 1776, despite my most regrettable and generally unpleasant experiences with theater back home with a director who set a new standard for "egotistical."

I only have a small part … I’m playing the part of Joseph Hewes, the delegate from North Carolina. I get to say "North Carolina yields to SOUTH Carolina" several times (if I’m not being interrupted by irritated people saying "Yes, Mr. Hewes, we know!"

I’m not thrilled about "yielding" to the lesser Carolina. Perhaps I’ll ad-lib and say something like "North Carolina regretably and inexplicably yields to the fire-breathing seccesh half-wit no-count yokels from the lesser Carolina" instead.

Speaking of inexplicable … I can’t find any evidence that Mr. Hewes spent the better part of his time in Philly yielding to South Carolina. I did discover that he had been granted more power than any other delegate from any other colony, and North Carolina apparently supported indepedence quite solidly from the beginning. My best guess is that the writer took some liberties in order to  "spice up" the sectional conflict over slavery.

For those of you who are interested, performances are going to be the the first two weekends in February, at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church off of Hixson Pike. I’ll post more information about the performances later …

Some time during all this mess I’m supposed to get work done. :-)

Actually, I’ve gotten quite a bit done this week. I even managed to open a business checking account, which was no small feat because the bank hadn’t ever dealt with an LLC with a sole member … their "account creation" program insisted that they enter two members … and there aren’t. But, it’s done now.

So, I’m all ready to send out my first bill as "4-8-4/IntuiWorx" (my business alias) … and that time should come here in the next few days …

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