On this day, 11 years ago, North Perth firefighters, Ken Rea and Ray Walter, were killed after the roof of a dollar store, engulfed in flames, collapsed on top of them, in Listowel.
On this day, 11 years ago, North Perth firefighters, Ken Rea and Ray Walter, were killed after the roof of a dollar store, engulfed in flames, collapsed on top of them, in Listowel.
Jonesborough launched a new loan program on Thursday for current or future downtown businesses to help cover the cost of building renovations and financing for equipment.
1 Magical Mystery Tour EP WHEN I was a kid I found this “book” that had a couple of records/singles in it. I had a record player in my room so put them on. I think I was seven-years-old. I was blown away by I am the Walrus, and remember feeling emotional upon hearing Fool on the Hill. thus my passion for The Beatles was born. Neither of my parents were hugely into the band so I’m not sure who it belonged to, but my life was enriched by the discovery and a journey into 1960s music was begun. Unfortunately, I have no idea where that collector’s item now is.
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More than one fire chief over the years told Ed Smith he’ll know when to call it quits.
“(They) said there will be a day you say it’s time, and that day came for me and I reached that decision,” Smith, the longtime North Perth Fire Department chief, said Wednesday after announcing his retirement later this year. “It’s time.”
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Smith’s last day is Oct. 31 and will cap a firefighting career that started 44 years ago when he volunteered at his hometown Elma-Logan department in Monkton. He was a mechanic and one of three recruits at the time, back when locals were preferred because they needed to hear the station’s siren when there was a fire.