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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 2013-11-20, Page 5Lucknow man remembered as outgoing and talkative Rob Gowan QMI Agency A young man from Lucknow who died in an automobile crash near Barrie on Monday is being remembered as a hard worker who loved to joke around. John Hamilton, manager of McRobert Fuels in Lucknow, said Friday that New- ton Green, 18, who had worked for him for about five years, was a very ambitious employee who was always smiling. "He was a great kid," said Hamilton. "He was very outgoing and good with the public." Mr. Green died Monday when, according to the OPP, the car he was driving struck the back of a parked fire service truck that was responding to a crash around 7 p.m. in the southbound lanes of Hwy. 400 in Severn Twp. Simcoe County Paramedics and Severn Twp. Fire Service treated the young driver, who was the lone occupant of the vehicle, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. The crash was one of several in the area on Monday as road conditions became treacherous due to falling temperatures and high winds, the OPP said. Hamilton said he hired Mr. Green about five years ago after he had finished public school and came to him looking for a job. Hamilton said his young employee had a way with the older customers. "He liked to joke around, he was a bit of a jokester and it went over well," said Hamilton. "Older people especially do like kids to chit-chat while they were filling up the car, talking weather and stuff like that. He is a kid that would talk to everybody." Hamilton said Mr. Green had started college in September in Barrie and had aspirations to become a chef or a cook, yet he still worked some shifts at the full serve gas bar when he could. "When you go off to school time is limited and you don't always get back home," said Hamilton. "But he was still on our list to help out." Hamilton said Mr. Green also worked some shifts at the Three Creeks Bar and Grill in town. "He came to me and asked me about going there to try to get some experience and I said by all means because if you want to pursue a career like that it would be great for him to get some experience," said Hamilton. "He didn't want to give up this job either and he just kind of floated between the two of us:' Hamilton said Mr. Green was a really good bowler as his parents owned the bowling alley in town and he also played basketball in high school. Mr. Green is the survived by his parents, Ron and Anita Elliott of Lucknow, and his siblings: Richard, Rachel and Charles. He is also survived by his birth mother Tammy Green, of Kitchener, and his sister Starr Green of Mildmay. Visitation was to be held Friday afternoon and evening at the MacKenzie and McCreath Funeral Home in Lucknow. The funeral service was scheduled for Saturday at 11 a.m. at Lucknow Presbyterian Church with interment at the Green- hill Cemetery. Memorial contributions can be made to BGCFS - Founda- tion or Newton Green Scholarship Fund, with cheques made to AMDSB trust fund. Submitted Lucknow's Newton Green, 18, died in a crash near Barrie on Nov. 11, 2013. Green's funeral was Saturday Bruce Power raises II $40,000 for Phillippines typhoon relief Bruce Power and its employees raised over $40,000 to support relief efforts in the Philippines after Typhoon Haiyan devastated the country's central region. Funds will be sent to the Canadian Red Cross Bruce Power held a collection Nov 13 and employees donated more than $20,000, which the company matched, bringing the total to over $40,000. The federal government will also match the employ- ees' contribution. 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