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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1994-07-20, Page 1PUBLISHED IN LUCKNOW, ONTARIO Wednesday, July 20, 1994 55d G.S T. Included Highway 86 accident claims three lives A head-on collision west of Wingham last Thursday night claimed three lives and left one man in critical condition. Wingham OPP report that around 10:21 p.m. July 14, a westbound Oldsmobile driven by Otto Linde, 30, of Lucknow, and an eastbound Porsche driven by Dr. Stewart Anderson, 35, of R.R. 5, Lucknow collided on Highway 86, half a kilometre west of the Maitland . River Bridge. Linde apparently pulled out to pass another vehicle in the westbound lane and struck the oncoming Anderson car. Dr. Anderson is a chiropractor in Wingham. Fire crews, ambulances and both Wingham Town Police and OPP responded to the scene. The highway had to be closed. The fire department extricated three of the victims. Linde was pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger in the Anderson vehicle, 16 -year-old Kevin Rintoul, son of Barbara -Rintoul, R.R. 2, Lucknow, was also pronounced dead at the scene. A second passenger, 17 - year -old Patrick Magee, son of (Dr.) David and Lynne Magee, Wingham, died ' in London Friday after he and Anderson .were airlifted to London's Vic- toria Hospital from .Wingham, shortly -after midnight. OPP Constable Rick Shute is continuing his investigation. Port Albert teen listed as critical. A two -car collision on Hwy. 21 north of Goderich, just across from the Point Farms Provincial Park, claimed two lives and sent • two people to the South Campus, Victoria Hospital, London, on July 12. Seventeen -year-old Mark .Chil- ton, df R.R. 3, Goderich (Port - Albert) was airlifted to London, where he is currently listed in critical condition., • The ,condition of Anne Bell, 34, of Toronto, one of two pas • - sengers' in. the .second car; is unknown at this time. 1 Thedriverof the second car, Douglas Bell,, 65, of Stratford, and ' his sister, Marguerite Kilesar, 61, of Brandon, Manitoba, were both killed in the accident. Goderich OPP continue to investigate the -accident. 'Blue Knight' patrols with OPP by Scott Hilgendorff A Blue Knight was on patrol in Kincardine last week. • A deputy chief from the province of Liege in Belgium spent a day on patrol with Kincardine OPP officers last Friday. Michael Leonard was vacationing in Kincardine and wanted to see how, police operate in Ontario. Blue Knights is the nickname officers are given in Belgium., Leonard, who speaks only French, went on patrol with Constable Pat Gonzalez who provided translation. Leonard, whose role is similar to that of the OPP, patrols in one of nine provinces in. Belgium. Belgium is about the same size as Kincardine OPP's District 6. Within his province, there are 200,000 people with an 80 -man police force. In, the country, there are more than 10 million people. Leonard's duties are restricted to the highways. • Within the small towns and cities, there are municipal police as well as officers from Leonard's division who are assigned to the town. And while. on patrol, he Said, _"they carry machine guns and also riot guns." The uzis are kept in compart- ments inside their cars but they carry a smaller sidearm. "Because [we] deal with terror- ism, that's what [we] carry," he said. However, he said terrorism is not. a, daily occurrence. There are also 'special forces which carry night -scopes and more advanced technology to deal with any threat of terrorism. As an officer patrolling highways, he said they rarely take their uzis with them. "Since 1950, [we've] had only six officers die in [my] province." ' But none of those were from guns or violence. They were all from traffic accidents. "In the . province, there's only been one known shooting of police." He said that involved two detec- tives who were escorting a prisoner. The prisoner got a hold of one of the detectives' guns and shot them. On the major highways, the mini- mum speed is 120 km/hr. Leonard drives a -Porsche to deal •see Speeding, page 2 Michael Leonard (left), a deputy Chief from the province of Liege in Belgium spent a day with Kincardine OPP Constable Pat Gonzalez (right). Although they carry machineguns and riot guns, Leonard said terrorism is not a daily occurrence. (Scott Hilgendorff photo) Lucknow man returns to Normandy on 50th anniversary of D -Day by Pat Livingston "Memories of friends" drew Bob MacKenzie, of ,Lucknow, back to the. shores of France's Normandy coast as the 50th anniversary of D - Day was marked on June 6, 1994. Mr. MacKenzie was in the RHQ Battery, part of the .19th Canadian Army. Field Regiment. He was part of the second wave' that landed at Courseulies, in 1944. Along with three buddies - Stu Geddes of London, Keith Brown of Vancouver and Ken Gryde of Sar- nia, Mr. MacKenzie left on May 31. to take part in some of the special events that were scheduled. They landed at Gatwick, England where they spent three days and took part in the opening ceremonies for the new Canadian monument beside Buckingham Palace. From there they crossed the English Channel by . boat, from Southampton to Cherbourg, France, and then travelled to Caen. While in Caen, the Mayor of that city presented French medals to the veterans in recognition of their contribution in liberating France. Mr. MacKenzie said that Caen "was really hammered in the war." The city has been rebuilt and he said it is really quite beautiful now. This was not Mr. MacKenzie's first trip hack to Prance: He was there for the 40th anniversary in 1984. He said he noticed• a big difference this time from their "very low kcy" attitude in '84. "They treated us like heroes; even the little kiddies. It was a different generation." Their trip continued on through Belgium and. Holland, where he said, "they were always so recep- tive." The group of 40 flew home to Canada from Amsterdam on July 12. It was a trip that brought back memories for Mr. MacKenzie; but not all bad ones. It was also a time to recall interspersed happier memories. Bob MacKenzie, Ken Gryde of Sarnia and Keith Brown, of Vancouver, on the beaches of Normandy. (more pictures on page 3) Education scene i Public school teachers reach 3 year agreement by Amy Neilands CLINTON - The Huron County Board of Education and the cot}n= ty's 371 elementary school teachers have reached gm agreement regar- ding the implementation of the Social Contract Act and related provincial agreements. After 11 months of negotiations, the act will be implemented locally in the schools, said Jeanne Dionne, humanresot]rces administrator for the Huron County ' Board of Education. • The Social Contract was introduced by the Ontario government in June 1993, in their attempt Ito save money within the social services sector of our economy. The ' government has given these services the amount of money they are to cut back on and it is up to them on how they will do this. The teachers, represented by the Huron Women Teachers' As- sociation and the Ontario Public School Teachers' Federation, have agreed to the contract which covers the three years, June 1993 to March 31, 1996, of the Social Contract. A 4.75 per cent reduction' in staff for both 1994-95 and 1995-96 school •see Class, page 3 High school teachers' wages frozen for 2f years by Amy Neilands CLINTON - The Huron County Board of Education and secondary school teachers have reached a two year agreement for the. 1994-95 and 1995-96 school years. The approximately 271 teachers represented by the Ontario Secon- dary School Teachers' Federation - District 45 have • accepted the agreement which provides for no salary increases for the next two school years. However, the dental plan benefits will increase. Effec- tive April 1995, the current 1992 Ontario Dental Association (ODA) fee guide will Increase to the 1993 ODA fee guide and in r-\pril I990 the 1994 ODA fee guide will be augmented. Through -the agreement, a com- mittce will' be 'established which will address concerns in positions of responsibility, benefit p15ns,.' gratuity plans, on-call provisions/snow days, retirement of teachers, and federation lea\ c lan- guage. The committee of up to SIN members w ill represent all partt� s equally. said Jeanne Dionne. human • resources administrator t r th; Huron Count Board of Educ.Iuim. Alio addressed In the a�,rcement were the needs of tcachcrs`I1 .t ti,itc ,f illnea. accident, or dis,lhtlu\ . •see Address. page 3