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Kyle MacDonald fashioned the paperclip into a ring and proposed to his long-time girlfriend Sunday5 z' `. z( a% ^# X k
% `7 g4 e' g2 ? 19-year-old town resident Nolan Hubard was awarded a role in the movie! k* h2 H& f; {# h+ o
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MacDonald holds up a giant red paper clip in Kipling, Sask. on Friday, Sept. 1, 2006. (CP / Troy Fleece)
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The sign announcing one kilometre to the town of Kipling, Sask., is seen on Friday, Sept. 1, 2006, along with an paper clip sign addition. (CP / Troy Fleece)
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9 K! u- Z* N# w$ j, B* r Red paper clip blogger throws party in new home3 m& O7 {* c$ w$ W1 Z
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Updated: Sun Sep. 03 2006 1120 PM/ \# p- u3 j7 R. ~/ ~
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CTV.ca News Staff1 \9 C* l! U6 d5 t! Z' j% R3 G8 b
Residents of Kipling, Sask. threw a house-warming party on Sunday for Kyle MacDonald, the blogger who managed to trade a red paper clip for one of the town\'s homes over the course of a year.
0 V! F' O4 C, O/ d: |It was a celebration of a remarkable story, and literally had a Hollywood ending: the award of a movie role to 19-year-old town resident Nolan Hubard.
' r4 W7 Q' Y+ f e! s) T8 d6 ^ \"This has been my dream since I was like 10-years-old,\'\' said Hubard. \"I can\'t stop shaking. I\'m going to pass out.\" ; b# ], t. u# y0 }4 u- S% `
And in a final surprise, MacDonald became reunited with the red paper clip that started it all. He fashioned it into a ring, and in front of a cheering crowd proposed to his long-time girlfriend.
4 t2 S0 j& E) ~% y- o$ i# vThe event was attended by both locals and others who travelled from all over Canada to party with the 26-year-old former Montreal resident. 9 k8 p& A' b" }: X* v
\"There are literally hundreds of people around. It\'s a good party,\" MacDonald said in an interview with CTV\'s Lindsey Hoemsen, outside his new home on Main Street.
# S& W. B8 j1 F\"It\'s not one of those things you can ever really predict happening and it\'s not going to happen on a continuous basis. It\'s a one shot deal, everyone realizes that and we\'re taking the right approach.\" ( \6 h8 K ?$ H9 S( H
MacDonald\'s quest began July 12, 2005 when he decided to play an on-line version of a swap game he played as a kid.
' x* W2 D! k4 J2 D+ N8 q He put a red paper clip up for trade on his website One Red Paperclip. His first trade was for a fish-shaped pen, which he then swapped for: [LIST]& `4 e# z5 S* h7 B/ n
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a Coleman stove;6 Y/ K5 B3 G. \
a power generator;/ V) { U$ p, S" \+ s9 x* `
a keg of beer;0 S# E$ @7 F4 X: Z ]
a snowmobile;
" ]$ t% p. f) Z& \! ja trip to Yahk, B.C.;5 E; S- }' s/ _9 x
a cube van;
! e3 O( R1 K3 A2 Sa recording contract;5 K" D: ~$ I/ X# v
a year\'s free lodging in a Phoenix bungalow;# Q9 a, x6 w( T, T7 e h
an afternoon with rock icon Alice Cooper;
, ?7 e. Q; J4 E7 C6 ba KISS snow globe.[/LIST]That\'s when MacDonald caught the attention of actor Corbin Bernsen, known mostly for his role in the 80s television series \"L.A. Law.\" , l" \% f! o4 t8 T: I8 w' B3 V
Bernsen offered MacDonald a role in his new movie, \"Donna On Demand\'\' in exchange for the snow globe (Bernsen apparently being a collector with an impressive snow globe collection).
! n6 u, e! a$ U# w3 t) \+ cBy this time, the trading had caught the attention of the town of Kipling. Figuring it would be good for economic development, Kipling town council bought a vacant house on Main Street. # H$ y6 \5 T9 R7 g; [
The council offered the home to MacDonald, and he accepted. * T& ]# P* ]. _ P9 U( q
Twelve of the 14 traders came together on Sunday. ; R. F5 e$ F3 E7 e+ k4 o0 R7 x' q2 w; b
\"It will be a first for all of us to finally get to meet each other and see what strange reasons we all came together,\" said Mark Hermann, who traded the snow globe.
* G, d* E* S7 n. b, R Bernsen himself visited the town (population 1,140) last month to start auditions for his film, \"Donna on Demand.\" 3 C4 s2 _( \# `. Y' r e
After the three-day party wraps up Sunday night, the next chapter begins for Kyle as he begins to pen a book about the entire experience. . D* A* r1 h9 h: _4 n2 j
The book, however, is due at his publisher by mid October. ' z- b0 D; s4 ]" @
\"So I kind of have to be a bit of a hermit and make that happen,\" said MacDonald.
- \: X# p7 t4 _# s \"But it\'s good news, and I think people enjoy it, and that\'s pretty much the entire project right there.\"
& V9 z9 e; a6 j, o1 o3 K; E8 `0 | [I]With reports from CTV\'s Lindsey Hoemsen and Tim Cook with The Canadian Press in Kipling, Sask.[/I] |
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