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How The DeFranco Family Affected Welland

The DeFranco Family

The DeFranco Family

What happens when the kids you know from next door become super-famous pop stars?

To start, your aunt steals their rulers from class.

At least that’s what happened with Sarah’s aunt when the improbable five-piece The DeFranco Family became pop royalty for a couple years in the early-1970s.

Sarah dug deep into how the band’s success — there was a point when only the Jacksons and Osmonds were bigger than them — affected a small town like Welland, Ontario.

To read the full story head over to Aux Out by going here.

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Requiem for a Small-Town Taco Bell: Welland, Ontario

Welland Taco Bell

Welland Taco Bell

There’s a unique phenomenon that only young people from small towns know — the magic feeling of the rare and exotic fast food restaurant in town.

Sarah remembers the lonely Taco Bell that used to be in Welland, Ontario quite well. It was a place where she learned a lot about life and she wrote about it for Risky Fuel’s new friends The Toast.

To read Requiem For A Small-Town Taco Bell head to The Toast by clicking here.

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