Homecoming: The Greatest Party Ever!!

August 7, 2007

City Workers Putting Up Homecoming Decorations Sometimes when a celebration reaches the giddy swirling heights of bliss and thankfulness I imagine to myself that there is a meter out there somewhere that is reading and measuring our level of celebration. If such a meter exists it’s needle must have been spiking well outside of normal ranges for the week of July 27th to August 5th because we here in Owen Sound have been feeling the party vibration! What a week! I’m exhausted, and I would imagine that the keepers of the celebration meter are totally flummoxed.

After all the organizing and planning, city coordinators and volunteers must be giving a sigh of relief that all their hard work resulted in so many people having so much fun. The Meet & Greet tent was such a nice place to be, with old friends finding one another after years, young people competing in talent shows, and absolutely stellar music being performed nightly. Doug Cleverley was everywhere doing everything and yet somehow he never lost his cool. Jan Chamberlain was always full of smiles as she perused the events she was so integral in making happen. We here at theOwen.com would like to send a huge thanks out to Doug and Jan and all of the many many volunteers and city workers who made Owen Sound’s 150th anniversary Homecoming celebrations the thing of wonder that it was.

For we here at theOwen.com however there will be no resting on our laurels. We’ve got an online rideshare board in the works, upcoming provincial elections to prepare for, Summerfolk in just two weeks, and we’re promoting and participating in an evening of live electronic music being presented by Tel Quel at the Mudtown Pottery Studio on Saturday August 11th. Tickets for that show are $5 in advance (available at theOwen.com headquarters, 916 2nd Ave. East Owen Sound) or $6 at the door. We’re not rolling over now that Homecoming is over and neither should all you amazing Owen Sounders! Go ahead, take it easy this week. Catch your breath, but be ready for fun to come!

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Written by adam · Filed Under Photos, Editor's Pick, Events, Community, Homecoming, theOwen

Live from the Hottest Yardsale

July 28, 2007

We are out and about on the street for the hottest yard sale (and yes it’s hot)

Check out a couple pics

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Written by Ryan · Filed Under Photos, Events, Community, Homecoming, theOwen

Playing catch up, some photos…

July 24, 2007

With Homecoming, client work, some new features about to be released and more on the go it is sometimes difficult to keep up with all the interesting things we would like to do here.

A while back Adam wrote a post about a community photo gallery. This is the first crack at implementing the gallery. Now all we need is some “community” photos. If you have a shot to share send it to photos@theowen.com. Are you heading out to local event any time soon? Take the camera and send us a few shots. If you have any questions about how to take part be sure to contact us

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Written by Ryan · Filed Under Photos, Events, Features, Participation

Community Created Photo Album

June 20, 2007

We have yet another great idea and we’re once again totally stoked to get this up and running. Yesterday Ryan and Harper and I went down to the breakwall to catch the setting of the sun and, as you can see, the grain elevators were blazing with light. I thought to myself that the image might come in handy somewhere down the line, so I pulled out my cell phone and snapped a quick picture.

This morning I spent a little time and figured out how to email the photo to my own account and now here we are! So, our inspiration is this: there are literally thousands of you carrying around simple cameras with your phones. What an amazing opportunity to pull together lots of visual content from our area! Why not use theOwen.com as a central point for all your spontaneous cell phone photography? In fact, we won’t even limit it to cell phones. Regardless of the digital device you use to take your community photo, please name the file with your email address, then email it to us at photos [@] theowen.com and together we will begin a community created photo album!

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Written by adam · Filed Under Photos, Community, theOwen

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