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Wednesday, December • , 2009
A meal with Mansbridge
■ Legendary Canadian
Peter Mansbridge sat down
for breakfast in Goderic
this week p9 •
The sounds of Goderich
Ni The sounds of the season has
kicked into overdrive as we
head into the Chirstmas
countdown pg • 25
■ Sports pg 31
Ni Editorial pg 6
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Photo by Gerard Creces
Have you been a good boy?
Santa Claus has been very b.usy in Goderich this past week, as well as
well-fed. Above, Santa makes his rounds at the annual Lunch with Santa
put on by parents and volunteers for the students of Goderich Public
School December 10. Santa also took in breakfast on the weekend - pho-
tos are on page 4.
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Dave _Sykes
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The first significant winter
storm of the season whipped
through the Great Lakes region
last week, and consistent wind
gusts of up to 80 and 90 km per
hour created whiteout condi-
tions closing schools and many
area highways and generally
made for poor driving condi-
tions.
Sustained winds over a 48-
hour period last Thursday and
Friday created lake -effect snow
that resulted in poor visibility
and extreme driving conditions
in an area inland from Goderich
and the Lake Huron shoreline.
For almost two days, portions
of Highways 21, 8, 4 and 23
were closed to vehicular traf-
fic as wind -whipped snow re-
duced visibility to near zero and
caused severe drifting.
Police responded to many
accidents in a four -county area
over the duration of the storm
and encouraged people to stay
off area highways.
One of the main casualties
of the storm was the collapse
of an above -ground salt stor-
age building just after 2 a.m.
Thursday, Dec. 10 that was be-
ing constructed just north of the
Goderich salt mine. Wind gusts
of 115 km were recorded in the
mine area just before the col-
lapse of the structure.
The frame of the structure
collapsed in the wind, but since
the storage facility is not in
use, there were no injuries. The
70,000 square -foot storage fa-
cility, which measures 160 feet
in width and is 440 feet long, is
part of an expansion project at
the mine.
"We are working with the
contracting companies respon-
sible for this project along with
the Ministry of Labour to de-
termine how this occurred and
to understand the full extent of
the damage," a company release
from Communications Manager
Kelly Barton of Compass Min-
erals read. "Because it was not
yet in use, this setback in con-
struction will have no impact on
our ability to provide rock salt
to our many customers who de-
pend on us for their safe roads
and highways.
The building will more than
double the company's salt stor-
age capacity.
Ka -Booms To see before and
after photos of the building
collapse at the Goderich mine
last week, turn to page 16.
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