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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1994-07-20, Page 2Page 2 — Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, July 20. 1994 Cowan Printing & Advertising DECALS - FLYERS - CAPS - SHIRTS - PENS - MUGS JOB SIGHT SIGNS - TRUCK DOOR SIGNS Lucknow .528-2730 Fax 528-3348 Marsha biings back the gold by Scott Hilgendorff • Marsha Farrell is a girl with a golden grin. She brought a gold medal and two bronze medals home with her from the National Special Olympics in Halifax last week. And Marsha, surprised by a police escort, was brought through Ripley with sirens wailing Sunday where more surprises waited. Many of her friends and family lined Ripley's main street to greet and congratulate her. Marsha's parents, Karen and Leonard, were at the Olympics to watch Marsha compete with 240- other 40other members of the Ontario team. Friday, Marsha competed in the 200 metre race, taking her first bronze medal. On Saturday morning, she was up for. shot-put. Her parents were watching from the stands. 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Care Products CERTO 57gBag Regular Crystals SCHNEIDERS Red Hot, Dutch Treet Lifestyle or Regular Dinner , . 450 g Weiners . 89 SCHNEIDERS Olde Fashioned' Lifestyle o Whole or 1 2. 659 kg Hams ■ 99Ib Fresh, Quarters 1 30 kg Chicken Legs ■ Ib SCHNEIDERS THURINGER 99'100 g ' Sausage 4 ■ Ib PRODUCT OF ONTARIO Canada No 1 Snowy, White Cauliflower PROUC PRODUCT OF ONTARIO Fresh Romaine ea Lettuce ■ ea PRODUCT OF U S A No 1 Grade New Crop 3 06 kg Bartlett Pears i.39 Ib PRODUCT OFU S A No 1 Grade 284 kg Juicy Plums ■ b ''But before they had a chance to see Marsha or find the results, Marsha was taken right away for her next event, the 1.00 -metre race. In that race, she tied with., the second place winner with a time of 17.3 seconds. Karen said the judges decided the other girl's head was further ahead than Marsha's. While she was at the podium to receive her bronze, that's when the Farrell''s found out their daughter took gold in the shot-put. Karen 'said they awarded the bronze and then realized she was also to receive her gold. "We knew she had a' good throw." In fact, she threw 7.10 metres. Marsha .said it was hard but she had a lot of fun while she was there. Throughout the week, she. took part in a number of special events with the other athletes including a rock concert' with the police group, Blue Thunder. Last Friday, Karen said they wanted to take Marsha on a tour of Halifax to see theore an and harbor. She said it was difficult to get Marsha to leave all her new friends, even for a few hours.. The night they got back, Karen said, "we had a lot of tears. She missed her friends, already." When they arrived in Ripley, both' Marsha and her parents were sur- prised by the reception. "It was oerwhelming when we got back." And at home, more friends and family were waiting for a cel- ebration. ' "One of the most important people waiting for her was Jason." Jason Farrell is Marsha's cousin and has worked hard as her coach. The next stage for Marsha could be the internationals in Connecticut next summer. Karen said it will by a while before they know if Marsha will be competing. . If she goes, Jason will be busy getting her, ready for one more competition. In a previous interview with 'The Kincardine News, Karen said Jason, deserves ,a lot of credit for helping il Marsha. Marsha was the silver medallist in the 100 and 200 metre laces at the provincials in Sudbury last year. At the regional qualifiers two years ago, 'she broke the record in shot-' ut. Marsha Farrell displays a golden grin along with her gold and bronze medals brought home from the National Special Olym- pics in: Halifax last week. Marsha received a special welcome home to Ripley on her return. (Scott Hilgendorff photo) Speeding is a 'problem •from page 1 with one of the most common prob- lems --speeding. He has pursued one• person who was travelling at 240 km/hr. "When [we] have an accident, it's spectacular." • Because of the speeds, most acci- dents result in fatalities' and Leonard said Friday through Sun- day are the worst three days. He said those are, the days kids are out dancing and partying and often end up in accidents on the way to and from clubs. But the accidents aren't often the result of drinking and driving. "In Belgium, it's not a problem like it is here." Leonard found it "unbelievable" how strict the fines and licence suspensions are for impaired driving in Ontario. He said the most a licence is ever suspended is a couple months. But in Belgium; people carry their driving records with them. For every time a person is stopped, the violation is stamped in their licence. "Their history is always 'with • ahem." That history is taken before a judge each time the person is stopped and is used to determine the person's fines.. Leonard was curious ' about the drug problem. in Ontario and said it is becoming serious in Belgium. Since passage is now open between European countries, it is easy to bring drugs into Belgium. There is everything from hash to . LSD entering the country and many young, people are getting hooked. "They don't work, so they don't make money. Then they break into cars and steal them [to get money]." "It's a vicious castle." On patrol, they make sporadic checks for drugs in vehicles but he said police are concentrating their efforts on the dealers. "There's certain places in the middle of the night where you can't walk because of the problem."