Thursday, August 18, 2011

Bells ring again at San Buenaventura Mission

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From the Ventura County Star:
“Bells ring again at San Buenaventura Mission”

Months of painstaking repairs, including a new wiring system and a custom ringer, culminated Thursday when the ringing of the bells was restored, continuing a 229-year tradition.

Adding a modern flourish, workers from Taft Electric Co., who did the repairs free of charge, presented Elewaut with a gift: a remote control.

The device is small enough to tuck under his robe, and will allow the affable priest, who prefers to be called "Father Tom" and whose father kept a locomotive bell in the family's backyard, to ring the mission's five historic bells at the touch of a button.

To read the full story, Click Here. http://www.vcstar.com/news/2011/aug/11/bells-ring-again-at-san-buenaventura-m...

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