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A 1983 Alfa Romeo Sprint 1.5 Green Cloverleaf, photographed in Queen Square, Bristol, at the June 2017 classic car meet.
Cloverleaf Local Schools 43 (retired) - 1996 Blue Bird GMC. Photo taken September 2004 at Cloverleaf's bus yard.
Cloverleaf Local School District - Medina County
Bus 28 - 1991 International Thomas Vista (RETIRED)
*one of several Vista's that used to be in Cloverleaf's fleet.
Photographed is the abandoned JCPenney in what used to be Cloverleaf Mall in Chesterfield, VA.
With its grand opening in 1972, Cloverleaf Mall was once a popular shopping destination with 750,000 square feet and was home to Thalhimers (later Hecht’s), JCPenney and Sears. As a child, I remember my parents taking me to see Star Trek at Regal Cloverleaf Cinemas.
The mall was dealt a serious blow in 2000, when the JCPenney closed and moved to Chesterfield Towne Center. The following year, the mall’s cinemas closed and, in 2003, the Sears and Hecht’s stores closed.
What were once packed parking lots with people fighting over spaces soon became a concrete desert. My dad taught me how to drive on these empty parking lots.
Chesterfield acquired the mall and 37 adjacent acres in a series of deals in 2004 and bought the remaining 46 acres in 2008. Crosland LLC, a Charlotte, N.C.-based developer, agreed to buy the entire property from the county and build what now is called Stonebridge.
A 123,600-square-foot Kroger Marketplace grocery store, which anchors the development, opened in 2012. Since Kroger opened, Stonebridge has attracted other businesses. Where this photo was taken now stands a Subway and Great Clips.
A 1989 Alfa Romeo 33 1.7 Green Cloverleaf, photographed at the Queen Square, Bristol, classic car meet in September 2014.
Cloverleaf Local Schools 52 - 2019 Blue Bird Vision; Kenworth of Ashland - Ashland, Ohio. Bus was for repairs.
Cloverleaf Local Schools 54 - 1995 Blue Bird TC/2000 FE - Retired; Bus Yard - Lodi, Ohio. Bought used from the Medina County Achievement Center in 2005. Bus has since been retired.
Highway Interchange, Silicon Valley, CA
Taken a few minutes before landing at San Jose Airport. Flying over Silicon Valley always seems to remind me of the computer game Sim City.
Explore #255 | 11/20/2009
Alfa Romeo 33 Cloverleaf (1983-95) Engine 1712cc Flat 4 16v
Registration Number ARO 7 F (Cherished number, originally allocated circa.`967-68 from Hertfordshire)
ALFA ROMEO ALBUM
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The Alfa Romeo 33 was introduced in 1983 as a replacement for the Alfa Sud as a five door hatchback, designed by Ermanno Cressoni of Centro Stile Alfa Romeo, along with a Sportswagon (Estate) designed by Pininfarina
The model received a mild facelift in 1986, Exterior alterations were limited to indicator lens colour changes and minor amendments to grill and bumpers. A 1.8 litre diesel engine was also introduced in some markets.
A second facelift in 1990 saw the release of the Second Series featuring a heavily restyled front and rear ends in line with the new Alfa family look.
At the top of the revised range was the new four wheel drive version, introduced as the Permanent 4 which was renamed to Q4 starting from 1992. Late production 33s also do not suffer from the rust problems of their ancestors, as their frames are galvanized in the manner Alfa Romeo introduced with the 164.
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Shot 01.08-2021 exiting the Silverstone Festival 01.08.2021 Ref 150-009
Trace your finger along the route you would take if your train was coming from the west and wanted to head north. That's what this train is doing at the Matteson interchange as it switches from the ex EJ&E to IC tracks.
This is the former bus #10 from the Cloverleaf Local School District in Ohio. This was a 1969 International Loadstar with a Carpenter body. Note that this bus had radiator shutters which leads me to speculate that this could have been a diesel bus which would have been pretty rare in Ohio during this era. Loadstar chassis began offering diesel engines in 1966 and the DV-462 or DV-550 were the typical engines offered. These engines were based on heavy duty gasoline engines that International used in their truck lines. I believe International also offered a Detroit Diesel 6V-53 as an option as well, which must have sounded pretty wild in a school bus! Photo by Gavin Berwald.
This bird was photographed near the duck pond of Orchid Eco-Village Lodge of Belize.
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Saints and Sinner Chapter Two Mount Royal St Josephs Oratory
The only references I had to Saints in my life were through my Roman Catholic elementary classes and the church. As a child of catholic parents I have to assume that becoming a catholic, a member of the Roman Catholic Church was my birth right. I certainly had no say in it nor was I ever asked if I ever wanted to participate in this organization. In Ontario, Canada where I have lived my life the Catholic Church is a very strong organization that is very powerful in that a large portion of the education dollars in our province are meted out to either the catholic school board or the public school board. When you pay your taxes you are asked on your tax return which board you support. I think this system is under some fire as numerous other religion based organizations are looking to operate their own schools under their rules, they need funding approval to do this. It won’t be an easy nut to crack this two tier system. In my opinion the sensible solution is to have a one tier system only, with no preferential treatment towards any religious bodies.
I have no complaints about my education in the hands of the Roman Catholics. In fact there are times when I appreciate the efforts they made to instill some values in me that come in handy from time to time. Those values include the idea of what is right and what is wrong, though some will argue this point is also taught in the public school system. To those I say, ‘yes, but to a lesser degree.’ Part of our time in catholic school was spent studying the lives of the Saints. In my last year at Our Lady of Victory school we had a priest come to the class room one day and the nature of his chat was very interesting. He spoke about the miracles that various Catholic saints had been party to while they were in their human bodies. For some reason the images that the priest presented of the Saints and their miraculous, cures, manifestations of objects and healing of the ill intrigued me. I remember being overwhelmed by the excitement of his talk, until I was told to be quiet and take my seat as the subject was changed to general Catechism study, this was exceptionally boring, for me, in comparison to the Super Hero stories associated with the Saints.
Any recollection of which specific miracles Father Robitaille was discussing in our grade eight Catechism class have all been forgotten. A quick check on the web tells me of hundreds if not thousands of miracles performed by Catholic Saints over the years. They are all interesting, we have a lot of images of the Virgin Mary appearing to people. One of the biggest miracles is Christs own rising from the dead on Easter Sunday. A man named Joseph of Corpernicus was said to be able to levitate or float this was in the 1630s. As far back as 300 AD Saint Januarius produced liquefying blood three separate times each year. In 700 AD we have the miracle of Lanciano in which the wine and wafers used at communion transform into human tissue said to be the body of Christ. Tawdry by the previous standards Saint Malachy of Ireland was able to prophesise the forthcoming popes, the church is still investigating. Healing is often attributed to the Saints, especially issues involving the limbs of those born with defects. For example thousands have been healed who visited the water at Fatima, their left crutches a reminder of the healing. Obviously, miracles come in all sizes and shapes, bleeding statues are quite common and some have gone under the microscope to be proven true. Faith is indeed a very powerful thing.
The keeping of relics is another Catholic habit. There are over a dozen churches in the United States for example that have body parts of revered persons on display, the arm of Saint Jude one of the twelve disciples is housed in a church in the states, it often goes on display. I myself am familiar with the display of the heart of Brother Andre` of Montreal. As a boy I attended the spectacular St Josephs Oratory on Mount Royal and was impressed with the heart on display but also with the thousands of walking sticks and canes on display in this section of the church. Those devices were all given to the church as mementoes from believers who had their lameness and other maladies cured by praying to Brother Andre`
In the sixth grade I remember my teacher, Miss Christopher asking all of us to come to the front of the class and tell the class something about their family history. Before going that day I had peppered my mother with questions of what my grandfather Noel Lemay did in Quebec. I knew he was a master carpenter, someone who could design and build whatever he wanted all the way from homes to fine wooden work in churches. There were paintings in our house that my grandfather had created, oil paintings that hung on our walls, if nothing else these paintings acted as windows to him, his soul. My mom told me his work was on display in some cathedrals in Quebec and for some reason I remember one of churches name as being St Anne de Beaupre`. At the front of the class I recall being extremely proud of my heritage and to be able to tell the class that my grandfather was a craftsman who had done work in a famous Catholic church.
At the time I did not know that Noel Lemay had actually been a friend of Brother Andre` that they hung around together as friends do. Little was ever said of this friendship. Can you imagine how proud I would have been to tell my class that my grandfather knew Brother Andre`! My recollections of my grandpa are not of a man overly involved in religious activities. As I recall he attended church every Sunday as most good Catholics do, but there was not an overwhelming religious spirit in the house, I am trying to recall if they said grace before their meals, they may have but of this I am unsure. I have seen photos of their living rooms and I see crucifixes on the walls here and there. For many, their faith is held within and that may be the case of the Lemay family who were from Garthby Quebec in the townships. There were thirteen children in all, including my mother Gisele. It must have been an enormous task feeding and providing a roof and clothing for that many children. There would not be much left over for a beer at the end of the week. Though one of my fond memories of grandpa is the time we were staying at his house and before dinner one night he took us fishing on one of the many bridges in Montreal. We got to the spot and he took us to the bridge and got us set up and left Alex and I alone to fish while he went into a Tavern to have a few beers, I suppose having a look for our safety every now and then. It was dark when we got home and we were tired out, just boys of eight and nine.
From time to time I think of the small miracles that have taken place in my own life. The time a car on Brownville Avenue hit me as I errantly ran across the street to deliver the Mt Dennis Newsweekly. I remember getting up off the ground and running all the way home! The police came and saw that I was OK, there were no obvious injuries, dad chided me for not telling them I had been hit by a car. Was that a miracle? Another time, it must have been a miracle when my friend Ken Goobie and I had taken a car for a test ride one rainy afternoon. In a rush on our way back to the dealership me at the wheel, I rolled the car down the embankment of the being built Weston Road cloverleaf that is part of Highway 401. After several mid air turns the car landed plomp on the side of the road, cars speeding by, we escaped up the hill and hid until it was safe. Was that a miracle? One time I was washing down a big foam fire extinguisher system at the Ferranti Packard plant and a wet rag I was using touched the overhead crane that was supposed to have been turned off from power, electricity flowed through me for a bit, as I looked down over the paint vat twenty feet below that had steel spikes protruding upwards, if I had lost grip and fallen, I would have drowned in a vat of rustproofing paint if the fall did not kill me! Was that a miracle? One time a few years later in our hippie days, we were broke, tired of eating peanut butter on crackers, me and a friend headed down town we were going to steal a purse, something I had never done, but we were desperate, we got the little Morris Minor into a nice neighbourhood where there were sure to be old ladies coming from church with their purses held loosely, we drove around these streets, I remember this like yesterday, it was near Eglinton and Yonge and we had spotted someone who we were following, looking for the right spot for my friend to jump out and grab the purse when suddenly the car made this odd mechanical sound, as if a wrench had been thrown into the motor, it scared the shit out of me, we continued till we caught up to our potential client and the same noise happened, as if a spirit from somewhere, another dimension had intentionally prevented the car from going forward, I’ll never forget, it was as if my poor old dead dad was up in heaven and he was watching us and he intervened! Was that a miracle? The time in Windsor when Pete Kalci and I had subleased an apartment for the school year. I woke up in a sweat, this thing, this spirit was inside my chest, I could feel it and I woke up and there was Pete simultaneously waking up in the cupboard we converted into a bedroom for him and he said, “I just had a wet dream, I never have wet dreams!” Was that a miracle?
Using my own examples of miracles I have tried to set the stage for the miracle that my grandpa witnessed one day in Montreal. I know this story as it was told to my Uncle George in 1946 by Noel Lemay. In fact Noel took George to the St Josephs Oratory and showed him the very place where the miracle took place. Now, this is an easier story to accept if you have faith. My Uncle George was a good person a serious Catholic in that he obeyed the Ten Commandments and you can bet that every Sunday of his life since childhood he would have attended Mass on Sundays and observed all the religious ideals of the church at that time. I can’t imagine how exalted he would have been to have been with my grandpa that night they went to the Oratory. George it turns out was in Montreal to act as the best man for my father Alexander Gregory who had gotten our mother in a mothers way. It’s odd to discuss this fact today at my age. I don’t think any of the six Gregory children new that Alex Junior had been procreated prior to the sacred act of matrimony. I really was unaware of this till a few years ago when we saw the civil marriage certificate of my mother and father. It didn’t change a thing, though it would certainly have affected the lives of my mother and father, both Catholics. I suppose it became one of those family secrets that people were prone to keep.
Brother Andre` led an interesting life, He prayed to St Joseph the father of Jesus. He was a sickly boy and I gather that the church took him in when both his parents died. Initially they gave him the job of church porter, cleaning the facility and opening the door when necessary, we are going back to the early 1900s. At some point people with medical issues began to come and see him at the Notre Dame school and he would tell them to pray to St Joseph to help them. Well, they did and many were appreciative, they would make donations to the church. In time, so many were coming after hearing of the miracles that the church built a nice hut for him to meet his followers at the tram stop below the grounds of St Josephs. More healing miracles took place, word spread. The church decided to build a proper building for the people to come and pray and visit Brother Andre` and get his blessing this was in 1904. The first chapel was a humble place, built by friends of Brother Andre` and volunteers but it was all that was needed. As the word of the miracles of healing spread amongst the Quebec population it became necessary to extend the chapel four more times in 1909 in 1910 and 1912 and then again in 1918. It was during one of these expansions that the miracle my grandfather witnessed occurred. I have to assume that Brother Andre` became the ‘Headliner’ at the property that was about to grow in leaps and bounds on Mount Royal. Besides all the canes and walking sticks and braces that were left behind after the healings, one can only think that the collection boxes were situated in prime locations to gather the coppers and dimes and folding money to help the church exist. How else were the expansions done. Though we know through looking at the church archives that many a person honoured their church with sweat and tears as the newer bigger buildings went up as did the reputation of Brother Andre`.
My Uncle George relays the story on a video recorded by his son in law. He says that my grandfather and Brother Andre` were friends. I have tried to confirm this with the living sons of Noel Lemay as this just was not discussed at my family dining table. It may be that I was not paying attention. But it may also be that the incident took place so long ago that only a few view it as a significant phenomenon. What happened would have taken place between the years 1904 and 1918 during that busy time when the first chapel was built and the subsequent expansions and relocation in 1918. Brother Andre` and grandpa Lemay were having a walk one evening when the two of them came across this immense excavation where the chapel was going to be moved to. It is guess work on my part but lets say the hole was twenty feet by thirty feet and twenty feet deep. Brother Andre` wanted to see the rest of the excavation and he floated to the other side of the hole levitating above the ground twenty feet below, a summer wind blew his frock about, when he got to the other side, he looked over to where my grandfather was and said, “come Noel, follow me, you will be safe, don’t worry, I will take care of you.” My grandfather was astonished at what he was seeing, a man floating in the air, but he had not the courage to follow Brother Andre` across the excavation.
There is no doubt that Brother Andre` was a person able to heal. His numerous examples of healing were such that a great church was built, a church that today overlooks the city of Montreal and the deeds associated with Brother Andre` continue to marvel all that come into it and to provide a great degree of pride for Catholics all over the world. I don’t know if this recollection was ever presented to the church authorities at any time and if it were what would it accomplish. For a man like Brother Andre` who was responsible for many miracles another one like walking on air would hardly raise a stir. My Uncle George passed in 2010. On his person, in his wallet was a reliquary bought at St Josephs Oratory, in a tiny worn leather satchel/pouch a few inches square, there is a picture of Brother Andre` and a piece of cloth said to have touched one of his frocks, such was my Uncles faith.
At one time in the sixties a criminal element snuck in to the grand cathedral and stole the heart of Brother Andre` that was on display. A ransom of fifty thousand dollars was demanded but never paid to the crooks. Almost two years went by before the heart was found in the basement of a home in Montreal, not harmed in any way. The church was quick to reinstate it in the Oratory for all to see, even in death Brother Andre` was the Main Attraction.
As in Boston and other North American cities scandals of priestly paedophilia also rocked the foundations of the Order to which Brother Andre` belonged, sums upwards of twenty million were ordered to be paid to those who had been abused.
This is my favourite bird in a nice perch pose. This bird is not generally reared by breeders as the males tend to lose their vermilion colouration when kept in captivity according to Wiki. He kept returning to this perch after flying off to catch insects.
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© Cloverleaf Edward Lai 2014
1985 Alfa Romeo Sprint Green Cloverleaf.
Last taxed in October 1991. Anglia Car Auctions, King's Lynn -
"One of a number of entries from a Cambs based collection of low mileage 70's and 80's vehicles, this unrestored Sprint has covered just 41954 miles in the hands of its four owners and has been in storage since 1991. Remarkably rust free, the car is running and driving and benefits from new timing belts and tensioners along with fresh oil, filter and spark plugs. Complete with original service book detailing six stamps up to 35,000 miles.
V5 present
Recorded mileage 41,000."
Sold for £5670 on an estimate of £3500 to £4500.
This is the former bus #13 from the Cloverleaf Local School District in Ohio. This was a 1969 International Loadstar with a Carpenter body. Photo by Gavin Berwald.
Alfa Romeo Giulietta Quadrifolgio (Type 940) (2010-20) Engine 1742cc S4 Turbo 237bhp
Production 400,000 plus all models
Registration Number VU 64 ZCY (Worcester)
ALFA ROMEO SET
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Designed in house by Lorenzo Ramacciotti at Centro Stile Alfa Romeo as a small family car reolacing the 147 range.and introduced at the 2010 Geneva Motorshow with production from 2009. It had originally been stated by Group owners Chrysler that the car could be built in the USA and marketed as the Milano, however it was later planned that larger vehicles such as the Giulia would be the choice of American buyers. With Giulietta production centred at the Piedimonte San Germano, Lazio (Cassino Plant)
The platform used is Fiat Group's Compact re-engineered from its previous incarnation on such models as the Fiat Stilo, Fiat Bravo and Lancia Delta,
The Quadrifoglio Verde was introduced in 2010 as the top of the range model, powered by a 1742cc turbocharged TBi engine rated 235 PS (232 bhp) The car had a lowered ride height, 18 inch spoked design alloy wheels with a dark titanium finish plus 18-inch 5 hole design alloy wheels as an option; an enhanced braking system, with calipers painted Alfa red; dark tinted windows, sports kick plates, cloverleaf badges, leather and microfibre seats plus sports leather seats as an option; The UK version was originally marketed as the Giulietta Cloverleaf, then Quadrifoglio Verde through '14-'15 before finally being renamed to the Veloce in 2016 until the end of production.
In 2014 the model was refreshed with new trim, better seats chrome-plated frame for the fog lights, and new wheels
In 2016 a second facelift saw a new front resembling the Giulia, new colours, new wheel and altered model names
In 2019 a front facelift with a new nose more closely resembling the Giulia and new engines
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Shot 13.04.2019 iat the GT Cup and MSVR Championships at Donington Park Ref 138-304
Cloverleaf Local Schools 44 - 2006 Blue Bird Vision; OHSAA Regional Cross Country Meet - Boardman Glenwood Middle School - Boardman, Ohio. Bus was fairly new when picture was taken in 2005.
Cloverleaf Local Schools 29 - 1991 Thomas Vista International - Retired; Mike & B Sales - Newcomerstown, Ohio.
Double exposure with a candle and a cloverleaf. This picture I have taken with a multiple exposure app of my Sony Alpha 7II. I developed the raw picture with Darktable and make some corrections with Digikam. HMM!