The Our Town - Clarenville Blog by Paul Tilley

(I always find Barbara Dean Simmons Editorials in the   Packet though provoking. In this week's Packet see argues that governments should get on-the-ball with new technology (See: To 2013...and Beyond)  .  I want to take that a step further in relation to Clarenville)    Happy New Year everyone! When I arrived here in Clarenville twenty one years ago, the first person that I met at the College, where I work, was then Principal Steve Quinton.  Steve began to tell me about how he and a group of progressive individuals had lobbied to make Clarenville a hub in the technological revolution.  Shortly after that our campus was hooked to a brand new fibre optic network that connected Clarenville to the world at then’ blazing’ speeds  – through that innovation and initiative we (the Campus and the Town) gained a reputation for practical application of technology. Today we take it all pretty much for granted – we all connect to the internet and use it without a thought.   Techn