1.017³Ô¹ÏÍøBill Potrecz/author/bpotreczoutlook-com/Nelson added to Wall of Fame | 17³Ô¹ÏÍørich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="ubu1YAOEJo"><a href="/miller-added-to-wall-of-fame/">Nelson added to Wall of Fame</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="/miller-added-to-wall-of-fame/embed/#?secret=ubu1YAOEJo" width="600" height="338" title="“Nelson added to Wall of Fame” — 17³Ô¹ÏÍø" data-secret="ubu1YAOEJo" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> /wp-content/uploads/2024/11/IMG_9993.jpeg25001878From left: St. Catharines Sports Hall of Fame chair Peter Partridge, Kate Modolo, Mike Modolo, St. Catharines mayor Mat Siscoe. Photo: BILL POTRECZ It is not an exaggeration that without Ted Nelson’s foresight and hard work, Henley Island, as it is today, might not even exist. In the spring of 1948, Nelson, the president of the St. Catharines Rowing Club,...