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A “sign war” recently started by Speedy Glass in Listowel has quickly ignited friendly rivalries between dozens of businesses and organizations throughout the North Perth town and across Perth County.
Trevor Cork, one of the owners at the Listowel auto-glass repair shop, said he fired the first shot after scrolling through a Facebook post about a similar sign war brewing in Christiansburg, Va., in the U.S.
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“I was tagged in a post on Facebook a little over a week ago, and it was from a small town in Virginia down in the states,” Cork said Thursday. “It was very similar. It was a sign war and I thought, ‘You know what, Listowel and this community can absolutely rock this.’
KITCHENER The sign war in Listowel, Ont. is on. On Monday, the town’s Speedy Glass Repair posted on their Facebook page that the Dairy Queen had accepted their ‘sign war’. On Tuesday, both businesses updated their signs with some playful ribbing. The signs had changed again on Wednesday. The North Perth Fire Department even got in on the action. The two businesses are located right next to each other on Mitchell Road in Listowel.
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Whenever she heard his beeper or sirens next door, Louise Rea would say a little prayer for her husband, a volunteer firefighter with the North Perth department.
Ken Rea didn’t have many close calls working out of the Atwood station, at least that his wife of nearly 36 years knew about, but it was Louise’s faith that fanned the flames of comfort.
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“It was always in the back of your mind what if he didn’t come home?” she said. “You always had that … and nothing would happen.”
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Whenever she heard his beeper or sirens next door, Louise Rea would say a little prayer for her husband, a volunteer firefighter with the North Perth department.
Ken Rea didn’t have many close calls working out of the Atwood station, at least that his wife of nearly 36 years knew about, but it was Louise’s faith that fanned the flames of comfort.
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“It was always in the back of your mind what if he didn’t come home?” she said. “You always had that (thought) and nothing would happen.”