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City couple bumped into Royals 4,000 miles away

0 Comments | Leicester Mercury, Jul 28, 2010

The Queen’s recent visit to Canada prompted former Leicester man John Newby, who lives in Calgary, Alberta, to contact me with a story about a previous royal visit.

Back in July 1973, John’s mum and dad, William and Connie, (nee Glover), were visiting him and were in the right place at the right time to meet the Queen.

John had emigrated to Canada in 1966, after National Service and an apprenticeship at Bell & Sons, Printers, in Guildhall Lane, Leicester.

He says his parents visited him twice in 1968 and 1973.

John has sent me a write-up in the local paper about the meeting.

The headline says: “After 62 years, finally meet Queen” and the story reads: “For Mr and Mrs William H Newby, of Leicester, England, who have lived all of their 62 years little more than 100 miles from Windsor Castle, it took the Calgary Stampede and 4,000 miles of travel to give them their first close-up meeting with Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip.

“It happened Thursday afternoon in the Kinsmen Centre at Stampede Park.

“The Newbys arrived in Calgary Wednesday to visit son John and his wife of E322 4020 37 St S W. “On Thursday, with grandchildren Kathy, four, and Alan 12, they went to the Stampede, spent some time on the midway, where Alan won a stuffed dog, joined a crowd gathered at Flare Square, moved inside when the gate was opened to a portion of the public, wandered around and found themselves inside the Kinsmen building when Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) officers closed the entrance to further members of the public.

“Somewhat puzzled, they asked the reason for the closing and were told the Queen and Prince Philip would be along in a few minutes.

“Next thing they knew, they found themselves almost elbow to elbow with the royal couple looking at the same exhibit.

“Phillip, spotting Kathy’s stuffed dog, stopped to chat with the little girl.

“She told him Alan had won it at a midway game.

“‘With one shot?’ asked the prince.

“‘Yes, sir,’ declared Alan. “‘Good,’ said Philip as he and the Queen moved along to look at some more RCMP exhibits.

“Thursday night, the Newbys were still somewhat dazzled by the situation. ‘It was incredible,’ declared son John. ‘My parents have lived all their lives at Leicester. There was one time when the Queen and Prince Philip visited there, but the closest Mum and Dad got to them was a few hundred yards away
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VIRGINIA TECH VET CHOSEN TO CARE FOR OLYMPIC HORSES

0 Comments | Roanoke Times & World News, Nov 27, 2007 | by Greg Esposito greg.esposito@roanoke.com 381-1675

A recent addition to the Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech will be spending next summer in China, caring for horses in the 2008 Olympics.

David Hodgson has been selected as one of about 20 official Olympic Committee veterinarians, caring for about 200 horses that will be competing in the games. After a veterinary career that took him from his native Australia to Washington State University and back, David Hodgson and his family relocated to Blacksburg this summer. He heads the Department of Large Animal Clinical Sciences at the vet school.

Hodgson specializes in internal medicine and has a doctorate in equine sports medicine. But he and the other vets at the games will treat a variety of ailments, from leg injuries to coughs and colds commonly suffered by horses after a long trip.

Keeping the horses cool in the heat of the summer in Hong Kong will be another challenge, he said. Because of quarantine restrictions for horses entering mainland China, the equestrian events will be held in Hong Kong, not Beijing. That should benefit the horses, Hodgson said, as air quality problems should not be an issue as some fear it will be in Northern China.

Hodgson has taken two trips to Hong Kong in the past few months and said the venue looks amazing. He has served as a veterinarian in past world championship events as well as at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. He will spend five weeks in Hong Kong, starting in mid-July when the horses arrive.

Until then he’ll be in Blacksburg, his new home. Hodgson admitted that relocating to the New River Valley may seem like an unusual career move for an Aussie with ties to the Pacific Northwest
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Seven by Seven / Seven things you need to know by 7 a.m.

0 Comments | Buffalo News, Jul 27, 2010

1. A Common Council committee is expect to debate a proposed compromise aimed at advancing the Canal Side project. Lawmakers are being asked to approve a land transfer in return for a commitment to spend $10 million in state funds to improve neighborhoods. The Council’s Community Development Committee will discuss the plan at a 1 p.m. meeting in Council Chambers on the 13th floor of City Hall. Canal Side supporters are prodding the Council to approve the plan soon, but some lawmakers say they need more time to review the agreement.

2. Scientific equipment fanciers are sure to flock to the sell- off today of the assets from the defunct high-tech company NanoDynamics at its former home at 901 Fuhrmann Blvd. Cash Realty & Auctions will start the bidding at 10 a.m. Among the items on the block — a CMC Fluid IQS gas detection system, a Durston rolling mill, a prototype nano cement machine used for concrete strengthening and curing exothermic reaction, and a driving range cage with the sensors for speed and distance that the company used to get the golf ball it manufactured PGA-approved. NanoDynamics filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy last July.

3. We loved them as the struggling folk-singing couple on the streets of Dublin in the 2007 indie film “Once.” Now Irish musician Glen Hansard and Czech singer and pianist Marketa Irglova have endured a real-life romance and break-up and still are making achingly beautiful harmonies together as a duo called Swell Season. They make their first Buffalo appearance at 8 p.m
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