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The Lucknow Sentinel, 2014-11-26, Page 3MADD and OPP Combine to Prevent Impaired Driving Project Red Ribbon and RIDE Begin Valerie Gillies Editor, Lucknow Sentinel A stormy November 19, 2014 marked the kickoff for both the Huron/Bruce "Pro- ject Red Ribbon" through Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) and the Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere (RIDE) program through Huron and South Bruce OPP. For the first time, Lucknow was chosen as the holiday season kick-off location for the two programs as being on the border of Huron and Bruce Counties. President of the Huron/Bruce chapter of MADD Barbara Rintoul met with Constable Adam Janes of the South Bruce OPP and Sergeant Russ Nesbitt of Huron OPP to begin stopping vehicles for the RIDE pro- gram and giving out the red ribbons from MADD. Valerie Gillies/Lucknow Sentine Motorists entering and exiting Lucknow on November 19, 2014 were the first to participate in the RIDE programs and Project Red Ribbon as South Bruce OPP, Huron OPP and the Huron/Bruce chapter of MADD joined to kick off the programs for the 2014-15 holiday season. call 1,866-734-9425 or visit wwwmeclicalertoca (TCMedicAlert LeL Yew Lye Lip. Zifitos Chad Mann 519-357-3015 www.kruzinmannlimos.com A Division of Lloyd Collins Construction Ltd. The Mission Statement for MADD is "To stop impaired driving and to support vic- tims of this violent crime." To do this MADD Canada sup- ports victims, brings about changes to impaired driving legislation, raises awareness and educates the public, partners with local enforce- ment agencies, liaises with the media, educates you and raises funds to support local programs. Their research concludes that every day, on average, 4 Canadians are killed due to impairment related crashes and 175 more are injured. The South Bruce Detach- ment of the OPP provided local statistics gathered from 644 RIDE programs. The highest incidences of impared driving occured mainly on weekends with 30% being on Fridays, 27% on Saturdays and 19% on Sundays, with single digit percentages the remaining 4 days. The locations with the highest occurrences were Brockton with 39.21%, fol- lowed by Kincardine at 21.56%, Arran-Elderslie 17.64%, South Bruce 13.72 and Huron -Kinloss 7.84%. Of these, 88.23% were male drivers. The age of drivers recorded from under 19 to 73 years old revealed that impaired drivers were mainly in the 19-23 yr -old Wednesday, November 26, 2014 • Lucknow Sentinel 3 Valerie Gillies/Lucknow Sentinel The Huron/Bruce chapter of MADD Canada teamed up with South Bruce OPP and Huron OPP to kick off both the Project Red Ribbon and RIDE programs for the holiday season in Lucknow, November 19, 2014. From left: Constable Adam Janes of South Bruce OPP, MADD President Barbara Rintoul, Sergeant Russ Nesbitt of Huron OPR range at 27.45%. The next highest groups were tied in the 34-38 and 54-58 coming in at 11.76%. There were no impaired drivers recorded in the 64-68 ranges with the next lowest group being under 19 at 1.96%. Stats were not provided for Huron County at this time. Red ribbons for MADD's Project Red Ribbon are avail- able from MADD Huron/ Bruce, the MADD Canada website at HYPERLINK "http://www.madd.ca" www.madd.ca, Allstate Insurance Company of Can- ada offices and at participat- ing retail stores throughout South Bruce and Huron County. THANK YOU LUCKNOW GOOD FOOD BOX RECEIVES DONATION OF SUPPORT Volunteers of the Lucknow Good Foo Box would like to thank the Power Workers Union for their recent donation of support. The Good Food Box program is a fresh produce purchase and delivery system that makes purchasing vegetables and fruit easy and affordable for everyone in the community. 111s operated by approximately 150 volunteers. It is an excellent way to help people living in Bruce County increase the amount of fruits and vegetables they consume; encouraging healthy life style choices. For more information contact Program Coordinator Catherine Brown 519-528-5132 Volunteers pictured: Ken Brown, Doug MacDonald, Marg Wilson, Catherine Brown, Stacey Wellstead and Shirley MacDonald. 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