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eLanka “Good News” page – By Des Kelly It is indeed refreshing to receive any good news at all these days, so I was more than happy to read this latest e’mail from brother Ian, in Sri Lanka, where he now lives, and where he seems to be very happy. If it were not for Ian Kelly, I wouldn’t be writing ANYTHING now, & so, Ian, “thanks mate, for saving my life, not once, but twice. My brother Ian was one of a few Champion Swimmers of Ceylon, during the 1950’s & 60’s. He was a proud member of the “Kinross Swimming & Life-saving Club in Bambalapitiya, (the hub of “living” in Ceylon, at the time). Ian is three years my junior, twice as large (& @ 82, I still weigh around the 110 kilo mark). As a “singer”, Ian made a very fine swimmer, & it was exactly the opposite ...