The Signs are up!!
It has taken longer than we expected, but finally there are signs up on Pleasant Green Road. Many thanks go to Ray Caldwell who contacted me (Shawn) a few weeks after Clive’s funeral. He is a cyclist and a resident of the area. He contacted the county and explained the situation. They sent out a crew and put up 2 signs. One at each entrance to the road. Unfortunately, we are unable to put up any more signs, but at least there will now be increased awareness of the dangers of that road.
I headed out yesterday (Clive’s birthday) to snap a few picts of the signs. I was reminded of how narrow that road is. As I was driving the speed limit, I was tailgated the entire way by someone who clearly thought I was driving too slow. I know that McKinney is continuing to work with the county to set up bike lanes on that road (and a whole lot more - many thanks to Joni Madison!), so hopefully in the future that road can be made safer.
Since the county picked up the tab for the signs, the money we raised for the sign fund has now become a college fund for Clive’s grandson Clarke Adams. I think Clive would have approved.
Share the Road
Helping to ensure the safety of other riders on Pleasant Green Road is one way in which we’d like to honor our friend Clive.
We’re collecting cash/checks for purchasing yellow share the road signs on Pleasant Green Road in honor of Clive.
Depending on how much money we collect, will determine the number of signs we put up. At the very least, we will have 2 signs up at the site of the accident. Ultimately we hope to put up 12 signs along the 6-mile length of the road.
We’ll collect for the next few weeks and then order them. Should only take about 2-4 weeks to ship. Once they get in we’ll organize a Saturday morning to put them up.
Email me at shawncovely (at) gmail.com for further information.
Thanks everyone!
What I said about my dad
What follows is roughly what I said at the two memorials that were held for my Dad. I couldn’t hope to fully give you an idea of who he was or what he meant to me, but this might help give you a tiny glimpse into my Dad.
And he definitely would have wanted me to try and make people laugh.
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From Shara and Mark
A thoughtful note from friends in St Louis. Both Mark and I had the opportunity to work with Clive at McKinney and we had the pleasure of crossing paths outside of work many times as well. Mark shared Clive’s passion for bikes, and I have fond memories of always bumping into him at the Durham YMCA after work. He was an inspiration to us and we keep him in our thoughts.
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Mummy told me a week ago that my G went for a bike ride and turned into an angel.
Mummy says that even though I won’t see G anymore, G is actually with me all the time. She says anytime I need him, he’ll be right there with me, helping me and making me strong - all I have to do is think about him.
Mummy says I carry a piece of G in my heart.
I love my G!
– Clarke
From Becky M.
Clive and I worked on a lot of the same projects, but not often together at the same time. In fact, while we chatted occasionally in the office, I connected with him online more often, goofily enough through Twitter. There are two exchanges I remember particularly. The first was an exchange about always somehow working late early in the week. Clive agreed, and said he started working that Sunday with a goal of stopping by midnight. There’s no doubt he meant it; Clive put in more than his share of long nights to pull out a miracle for a McKinney project. The second was a little more surprising to me at the time. I posted a note about enjoying a big ol stack of blueberry pancakes with bacon on a Thursday that I’d taken as PTO. Clive immediately replied back did someone just say blueberry pancakes with maple syrup and bacon?? Hmmmm. This made me laugh, but also seemed a bit random to me; I hadn’t realized what a thing he had for sweets.
Anyway, these exchanges are admittedly a bit mundane, but they are little scraps of what I remember of Clive. His other posts - work-related comments, or notes about movies he saw and loved or hated — were never without a thoughtful point of view. Professionally, Clive was a pleasure to work with because he was nothing if not earnest and very well-informed. I wish that we could all see him roll back into the office with his bike helmet on, bike in tow.
From Jim R.
Clive was and is an inspiration to me. Why? If he wanted to do something, he just did it.
He wanted to know more about twitter — a quick and fast way to blog on the Web and on mobile phones — so he created his own twitter ID and befriended various twitter leaders. When he was assigned to help revamp the McKinney site, he absorbed absolutely everything about all agency sites, and condensed that knowledge down to one singular point of view for what our site should (Clive would probably have said ‘must’) do.
To my mind, his ability to throw himself at projects wholeheartedly showed a level of fearlessness. I know that I will ask myself am I being fearless enough, in my life’s actions big and small, whenever I think of Clive.
From Alberte L.
Boredom never entered Clive’s world, too many things to learn, too many worlds to explore, too many adventures to search. No day was wasted; a lesson to all of us who insist that life is too short but never really live it to it’s fullest. Clive did.
I’ll always remember his boundless love for his children Sarah and Jason, his voracious appetite for reading, his master of the English language and how he gently corrected my mistakes. Thank you Clive.
And of course, his love for sweets! I’m baking a chocolate cake, just for you Clive.
Eulogy from Corey “Korps” Korpela
This is extreme ugliness, man made ugliness as it always is. How can I talk about such a tragedy in a positive light? The answer is I can’t, but I can at least try.
A man paints a building pristine and white, and along comes a graffiti artist in the night and creates ugliness on one tiny corner of the building.
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Funeral Information
A service will be held in J.A. Snow Funeral Home, Halifax, on June 12, at 2:30 p.m. A Reception to follow service. Brenda requested that it not be a somber occasion and that people not come dressed all in black as she would like people to celebrate his life.
J.A. Snow Funeral Home is located at:
2666 Windsor Street
Halifax, NS, B3K 5C9
Phone No: (902) 455-0531
Service will be held in the Chapel. Parking available.
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