Huron Expositor, 2015-02-11, Page 1010 Huron Expositor • Wednesday, February 11, 2015
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A Huron East teenager has been charged
with impaired driving and failing to remain
at the scene of a collision after he was found
passed out behind the wheel early Sunday
morning, police said.
Huron County OPP said the man was
spotted just after 7 a.m. by an officer re-
sponding to a call about a Toyota Corolla
that was stuck in the ditch on Browntown
Road near McDonald Line.
A witness reportedly told police that the
car was heading down the roadway on a flat
tire before veering into the ditch.
OPP said the responding officer found
the driver and a male passenger asleep
in the vehicle. Once awaken, the driver
displayed "signs that he was impaired by
alcohol," according to police.
The driver was arrested and transported
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to the Huron OPP detachment for breath
tests. The two samples he provided both
registered over the legal limit, police said.
Upon further investigation, Huron OPP
said they determined that the driver had
been previously involved in an earlier car
collision prior to going into the ditch, which
caused extensive front end damage to the
vehicle,
OPP have since charged the 18 -year-old
driver with impaired driving, driving a motor
vehicle with over 80 milligrams of alcohol,
failing to remain at the scene of a collision
and underage drinking.
He is scheduled to appear in court in
Goderich on March 2.
He also received an automatic 90 -day
driver's license suspension and his car has
been impounded for seven days.
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Seaforth Lions
Club receives
7,500 grant
Huron East council
awards grant
Marco Vigliotti
Huron Expositor
The Seaforth Lions Club will
once again receive a $7,500
grant from the Municipality of
Huron East to help cover the
costs of operating the Park and
Pool in 2015.
Huron East council approved
the decision at its Feb. 3 meeting
as part of the municipality's
annual grant allocation process.
The club received the same
amount of funding last year
towards managing the popular
outdoor swimming pool, though
recently expressed concerns that
rising labour and energy costs
threatened its ability to keep
admission prices "affordable."
In a letter to council, Lions'
chairman Bob Beuttenmiller
urged members to consider the
charitable club's contributions
to the community and financial
pressures when debating the
size of their annual allotment.
"Because of the minimum
wage increase and increase in
hydro and gas charges, we are
finding it a challenge to the Park
affordable to the public," he
wrote in the letter dated Jan. 15,
2015.
According to their annual
financial report, which was
attached to the letter, the club
eked out a narrow $802 profit
last year, recording more than
$56,900 in expenses and $57,040
in income.
Municipal funding from 2014
went towards defraying costs
incurred over the course of the
year, Beuttenmiller says.
The Seaforth Lions Club, he
writes, provides numerous ben-
efits to the community, such as
employing youths as part of its
operation of the Parkland Pool
and offering well -used recrea-
tion spots around Seaforth,
including a ball diamond and
picnic pavilion.
"We employ youth in the area
and last year had nine young
people (working at the pool),
five of which are going to univer-
sity this year," Beuttenmiller
wrote. "Along with the pool, we
have a ball diamond, which is
used 5/6 days a week."
The pavilion managed by the
group, he says, hosts many fam-
ily picnics during the summer,
while the park is a popular
noontime leisure spot.
This year, the club is planning
to repaint the Parkland Pool,
with an estimated cost between
$9,000 and $12,000, according to
Beutttenmiller, who added that
the Lions are also considering
installing new lighting in the pic-
nic pavilion and providing a
fresh coat of paint to the well -
used maintenance building.
Usborne & Hibbert
Mutual Fire Insurance Company
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING
The 139th Annual Meeting of the Usborne & Hibbert Mutual Fire Insurance Company
will be held at the Kirkton-Woodham Community Centre at 2 p.m. on Monday, March
16, 2015 for the presentation of the Annual Report, to elect Directors and to transact
any business that may rightly come before the meeting.
Nominations will be received for the election of two Directors for a three year term.
The Directors whose term of office expires are Jack Hodgert and Larry Gardiner.
Jack Hodgert will stand for re-election. Larry Gardiner is retiring from the Board after
serving for 26 years as a Director.
Article 22: Any person wishing to seek election or re-election as a Director must
file his/her intention to stand for election in writing with the President & CEO of the
Corporation in person at least thirty days in advance of the Annual Meeting or Special
General Meeting called for the purpose of electing Directors.
The 2014 Financial Statements for Usborne & Hibbert Mutual will be posted to the
company's web site. Copies will be available at the company office, 507 Main Street
South, Exeter, Ontario.
Tom Feeney Shelagh Cleary BA, FCIP
Chair President & CEO