(by Eric McCarthy)
O’LEARY – Emily Gray is about to occupy the seat of honour on one of O’Leary’s fire trucks. Members of the fire department will pick up the Youth Olympian at her house in Milburn after classes on Thursday and escort her through the streets of O’Leary before delivering her to a reception at the Maple Leaf Curling Club.
Emily Gray (courtesy WCF)
The curling club is hosting the reception to celebrate Gray’s bronze medal win in mixed team curling at the first official Winter Youth Olympic Games which concluded Sunday in Innsbruck, Austria.