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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1993-02-24, Page 10Page 10 — Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, February 24, 1993 Eighteen participate in Heart to Heart tourney, Eighteen participahts took part in the first annual Heart to Heart squash tournament held • in Lucknow last weekend. The Lucknow and District Kinsmen took on the sponsorship of the event providing t -shirts for par- tici E ants: A donation will be made to the Heart and Stroke Foundation. Winners are pictured below accepting their trophies from Wendy Herbert, president of the Lucknow Squash Club and Steve Freeman; Kinsmen dele;ate. Ladies division: Wendy Herbert, president; Joanne Todd, runnerup; Joanne Mayer, champion, and Steve Freeman, Kin men deie, ate. Pat Livin, ston hoto Men's A division: Wendy Herbert, president;. John Mayer, runnerup; Luis Posadas, champion; Steve Freeman, Kinsmen rep. (Pat Livingston photo) Men's B division: Wendy Herbert, president; George Brophy, champion; Steve Freeman, Kinsmen rep. Absent Adrian Korden, runnerup. (Pat Livingston photo) OPP and RCMP seize marijuana plants Kincardine OPP and the ,Owen Sound RCMP found 200 marijuana plants at a residence in Kinloss Township. Staff Sergeant Al Neville said the' . OPP assisted with the execution of a search warrant on Feb. 16 when the three to five inch plants were found. Also found were about seven ounces of dried marijuana and a small quantity of hash oil. As a result, an RR5 Lucknow man was charged with cultivating marijuana and a woman was charged with possession of mari- juana., Both charges were laid by the RCMP. On Feb. 19, a 13-yearpold Kincardine area boy's hand got caught in the track of a moving snowmobile along a ditch on Lake Range Road. The boy was a passenger on the snowmobile and lost his balance when it hit a bump, getting his hand caught in the track. The -boy was taken by ambulance to the Kincardine and District Gen- eral Hospital after the Ripley -Huron fire department .was called to help free the boy's hand. The 13 -year-old driver was not hurt. Kincardine OPP have a warrant for the arrest of a 39 -year-old Lon- don man for the Oct. 8 theft of drugs from the dnig locker at the Kincardine and District General Hospital. Staff Sergeant Neville said the OPP will be conducting a further investigation and will then execute the warrant. He also said the man is scheduled to appear in court for similar charges in the Glencoe and London area. Eight cassette tapes found by OPP last week were recovered by their Walkerton owner after they were reported stolen on Feb. 19. The Walkerton woman said 20 tapes were taken from her car while she was baby sitting on Boiler Beach Road. She was able to identify all eight tapes foundby the OPP while the rest remain missing. A parked vehicle on Side Road 25 of Kinloss Township was checked by OPP in front of a resi- dence and the driver isseed a warn on an Alert test. As a result, the 26 - year -old Zurich man was given a 12 -hour suspension on Feb. 20. Also on Feb. 20, a driver stopped for speeding on County Road 15 of Bruce Township was charged for having an open container of liquor. The driver was a 24 -year-old Guelph man. A RIDE check held in Under- wood on Feb. 20 resulted in a 34 - year -old Meaford man charged with driving with over 80 mg of alcohol. He was also .charged with driving with an open container of liquor. A 17 -year-old and two 16 -year- olds have been charged with five counts of break, enter and theft for break and enters at a Huron Town- ship chicken barn between last December and February. DIAMONDS celebrate end of first year The DIAMONDS - united physi- cally challenged people - have been organized for a year. The purpose of forming the non-profit group was twofold: fust, to bring together people with all types of disabilities, 40 provide friendship and under- standing; and second to lobby local politicians for a better comprehen- sion of the problems faced by physically challenged persons in Huron County. At their first meeting, Co - Chairperson Glen McLachlan said: "As far as the County is concerned, we are onlyy one person; if we work together, we are many." Highlights of the year included McLachlan's wheel-a-thon in May 1992, in which he and the DIA- MONDS raised over $1,800 for Children's Hospital of Western Ontario. He is now planning a swum -a -thou for May 1993 at the Vanastra Community Centre to raise more funds for the same cause. Accessibility and transportation were two of the issues tackled by the'DIAMONDS in their first year of operation. A DIAMONDS Trans- portation Committee was formed in 1992 at the suggestion of the Huron County Board of Health. This com- mittee serves as a resource for any community wishing to start up a specialized transit service in their area. The DIAMONDS presented two certificates of accessibility. The first in June 1992 went to Brent Wilson, Sandra Reinhardt and Curt Cooper - representatives of the Royal Bank branch in Exeter. The second certi- ficate was presented to Raymond Scotchmer, Assistant Curator of the Huron County Museum, in January 1993. The DIAMONDS intend to give more access awards: in the future. Speakers attracted good attend- ance at meetings. In October 1992, Wilma Koopman, a former Seaforth resident and now registered nurse with the Neuromuscular Clinic at London's Victoria Hospital, spoke about the importance of communi- cation between physically chal- lenged people and health care pro- fessionals. 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