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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1987-04-15, Page 34 • • , ;4y.• ' s' •% ,..: , 4 ./.• , • , ,,,,p-„,-7- /,/, ,/..o/./.,,,, ,r.1.,:f ,.: 0',..' f% #: 41 1:1*,gr , 4%/47d,..10-' • ''.. ,fr• 0.....:,:,...4:4, ///7 : i.4 .:••••• , 1' 1 4 , •: ,;:), •/:,,, p • :440000r, 4f, • % • 1040%0 a A fire to a barn on the 10th Coression of Ashfield Township destroyed the barn and con- tents owned by Bernard O'Neill of RR 6 Goderich on April 8 at approximately 10:30 a.m. Damage was estimated at $68,000 to the barn and $30,000 to farm equipment stored inside. The cause of the fire is as yet unknown. (Alan Rivett photo) Barn fire causes $68,000* damages The Lucknow and District Fire Depart- ment was called to a barn fire on Conces- sion 10 of Ashfield Township on April 8. The barn and farm machinery were com- pletely destroyed. Lucknow Fire Chief Bud, Hamilton said an estimated $68,000 damage was done to the barn owned by Bernard O'Neil of RR 3 •Goderich. Also. an estimated $30,000 in farm equipment was lost in the fire. Mr. Hamilton said Mr. O'Neil had been NOTICE Village of Lucknow Regular Garbage Collection Good Friday April 17, 1987 Bertha Whitcroft Clerk -Treasurer riTha n Deere 855 24 horsepower, new dual -pedal hydro- static and cruise control Unique dual -pedal hydrostatic drive kts you change speed and direction on the_go, in high or low ranges. That and standard cruise control keep your hands free for steering and other operations ... keep you productive with less fatigue. Quik-Tatch feature lets you switch attachments in two minutes. Liquid -cooled 3 -cylinder diesel. Optional front -wheel drive. Call for a demonstration. Nothing Runs Like a Deere® U HURON TRACTOR BLYTH 523-4244 • at tne barn the day before the fire to take out hay with no problems reported at that time. As yet, the , cause of the fire is undetermined. • The barn was also being used to store farm equipment for other township farmers. Peter Van' Diepenbeek lost a swather, two wagons and a grain box and wagon, Mike Courtney lost a grain auger, John Howard lost a bean winrower, Henry Drennan lost a swather and George Gibson lost a corn planter in the fire. Lueknow Sentinel, Wednesday, April 15, 1987—Page 3 Survey OPP reveal new findings about drinking and driving A second Ontario Provincial Police survey of impaired drivers reveals distur- bing new information about drinking and driving on Ontario roadways. "We are concerned about the degree of intoxication of impaired drivers in On- tario," said Ontario Provincial Police Commissioner Archie Ferguson, "Our of- ficers find the average impaired driver has .-onsumed the equivalent of eight bot- tles of beer. Compare this to the legal limit of intoxication which the average person reaches after three or four bottles of beer and it's apparent that the drinking driver is a deadly risk to himself and others on our provincial highways." he added. A second unexpected finding revealed that upwards of one-third of intoxicated drivers are repeat offenders. "Some drivers don't seem to learn that drinking and driving is a serious offence with deadly consequences which will not be tolerated in this province," said Ferguson. This survery, the second of three O.P.P. surveys, was conducteil July 25 to Aug. 4, 1986. Information for the first, survey was taken Dec. 20, 1985 to Jan. 2, 1986. The results of this survey support the fin- dings of the earlier survey which developed the following profile of a typical impaired driver: Single, employed, mkle and under the age of 30 (25 percent of the survey total). Generally, this person consumed about eight bottles of beer on average at a licens- ed premise. or a friend's residence and drove his car a short distance prior toa_p- prehension (a distance that was usually within five kilometers of his home. Other Observations: Party hosts continue to let their guests drive away from their homes in a drunken condition. Younger hosts are the least like- ly to insure their guests are in a fit condi- tion to drive; The survey indicated that Northern On- tario has a rate of impaired driving three times that of southern Ontario; A comparison of the two surveys also shows that intoxicated drivers were im- paired to the same degree, regardless of the season. "This tells us that while intensive en- forcement programs such as R.I.D.E. can cut down on the overall number of im- paired drivers, it has no effect on the degree of impairment," said Ferguson. • The results of the two surveys are hav- ing an effect on how the . OPP enforces drinking and driving laws across Ontario. The OPP feels having a better concept of who to look for will allow officers to ap- prehend more drinking drivers. The results of a third survey conducted during the last Christmas holiday season should be available by May. "I believe that we are the first polic.e department to conduct this type of scien- tific study in-house," said Ferguson. "We put a great deal of trust in our fin- dings because of the accuracy of our data. We surveyed all the drivers who were charged with impaired driving rather than taking a smaller represtntative number. In total approximately 1,200 impaired drivers were surveyed," he added. A Jewellery Store and a Whole Lot More: 60AfeCiN4Caft ttlfte • Yes: A Children's Wear Store Iii Lhcknow. Along with their fine line of Jewellery and Gifts, Agnew Jewellery have added on a Children's Wear Department. GN Jewellery & Gifts Children's Wear LUCKNOW After Hours 5283940 528-3532