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Guido · 11-24-2000, 08:27 PM

Well, Orillia is quite a strange place... I don't understand why they are as backwards as they are. From what I've been told there is about 10 families with "All the money" and they control what goes on... It took 2 generations to change the "Tourist and retirement town" stature the town started to create just after WWII. But hey, it's where I live.

The city put up new signs about a year and a half ago, and I haven't seen the "Home of Gordon Lightfoot" Signs since.

Here is the Orillia City website, and it looks to me as if it's the one city council has put up.
http://www.city.orillia.on.ca/

I don't know why Gord always seems to take a backseat to others from Orillia, although in the past 5 - 10 years he's got a hiking trail named after him, as well as a small auditorium in the Opera House.

Heck when he helped finace a hockey rink here about 25 years ago, all they did was put up a picture and small plaque saying that he helped them out...

But as soon as Brian Orser (He's not even from Orillia, just practiced there) won silver for figure skating at the Olympics, they renamed the same rink "The Brian Orser Arena"

Orillia is definatly strange... As I said before, I'd love to see a Gordon Lightfoot Museum or even a Statue...

If you all start a petition, I'll sign it. I think it's a shame on how they treat him myself.

At anyrate, I don't mind taking pictures for people to scan in, but Orillia is now under about 6 - 8 inches of snow. I think you'd like pictures better from the summer.

But I'm on my way to Orillia, to my parents place tonight, as soon as I post this here. I'll see if my Dad has any good pictures of Orillia, Or the Mill at Marchmount, or Coldwater... (All the surrounding areas)

Problem is, is that I don't have a scanner. Also too, I would just like to tell the webmaster that I like is trivia page. I only scored 9, but I had to laugh, cause I did better than my Dad.

At anyrate I have really hard question for people.... I don't know if the webmaster wants to post it or not, but if he does, I can send it to him.

I might be able to come up with a highschool picture of Gord if I can get access to a scanner.

At anyrate, I'm off, and let me know if you start a petition, I'll gladly sign, and can even "Hand deliver" it to the mayor or bring it up at a City Hall meeting, (which is televised locally) if we get enough names.

11-24-2000, 08:27 PM	#223
Guido Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: River Falls, Wisconsin, USA Posts: 5	Well, Orillia is quite a strange place... I don't understand why they are as backwards as they are. From what I've been told there is about 10 families with "All the money" and they control what goes on... It took 2 generations to change the "Tourist and retirement town" stature the town started to create just after WWII. But hey, it's where I live. The city put up new signs about a year and a half ago, and I haven't seen the "Home of Gordon Lightfoot" Signs since. Here is the Orillia City website, and it looks to me as if it's the one city council has put up. http://www.city.orillia.on.ca/ I don't know why Gord always seems to take a backseat to others from Orillia, although in the past 5 - 10 years he's got a hiking trail named after him, as well as a small auditorium in the Opera House. Heck when he helped finace a hockey rink here about 25 years ago, all they did was put up a picture and small plaque saying that he helped them out... But as soon as Brian Orser (He's not even from Orillia, just practiced there) won silver for figure skating at the Olympics, they renamed the same rink "The Brian Orser Arena" Orillia is definatly strange... As I said before, I'd love to see a Gordon Lightfoot Museum or even a Statue... If you all start a petition, I'll sign it. I think it's a shame on how they treat him myself. At anyrate, I don't mind taking pictures for people to scan in, but Orillia is now under about 6 - 8 inches of snow. I think you'd like pictures better from the summer. But I'm on my way to Orillia, to my parents place tonight, as soon as I post this here. I'll see if my Dad has any good pictures of Orillia, Or the Mill at Marchmount, or Coldwater... (All the surrounding areas) Problem is, is that I don't have a scanner. Also too, I would just like to tell the webmaster that I like is trivia page. I only scored 9, but I had to laugh, cause I did better than my Dad. At anyrate I have really hard question for people.... I don't know if the webmaster wants to post it or not, but if he does, I can send it to him. I might be able to come up with a highschool picture of Gord if I can get access to a scanner. At anyrate, I'm off, and let me know if you start a petition, I'll gladly sign, and can even "Hand deliver" it to the mayor or bring it up at a City Hall meeting, (which is televised locally) if we get enough names.