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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1996-07-31, Page 5yr Close-up Seaforth jump king honoured BY DAVID. SCOTT Expositor Editor Ile made a career of jump- ing from planes int() remote areas for search and rescue operations and now he's being recognised for his achievements. • Seaforth native Ken R. "Pinky" Hogg, 67, of "Trenton, has put in 950 jumps in his career as a "para -rescue specialist" across Canada with Search and Rescue squadrons before retiring in 1982. He's worked at Armed Forces bases in Vancouver Island, Winnipeg. "Trenton and Greenwood. An ankle injury prevented hint from reaching the 1,000 - lump niark. He joined the Armed.. (Forces in 1948 and spent three years as a paratrooper before joining the Air Force in 1952 and "was pretty well Para -Rescue all of my career." He was interested in parachuting right from the start. Pinky had seven opera- tional jumps in his career Where he put his years of training 10 use. Those were aircraft crash sites in.remote- arcas. fie had extensive med- ical training. in addition to parachuting skills, to help survivors. Jumping at Crash Sites "if they find a crash and there's no way of getting into it, they throw us in," said Hogg in a telephone inter- view from his- home in Trenton. The sites Pinky jumped inter were often heavily wooded, mountainous and remote. "You look after those who .4re alive and td'°gret thein �t. tune of the operations that stands out in his mind was a THI HURON IXPO$ITON, July 31, 191164 Firewood Hard Maple or Ash SLABWOOD [ Limited Time Offer - Call no - $130./17 cu. yd. ruck Load Delivered within 20 miles Mileage charge Beyond That Large Quantity Discounts When You Haul!!! Craig Hardwoods Ltd. X Auburn, Ont. 19-526-7120 PINKY'S PARACHUTE - Is featured at the RCAF museum at Canadian Forces Base Trenton as part of a Search and Rescue display. The museum is presently expanding. high-altitude jump in the mountains of British Columbia at 9,0(0 feet. "We got a couple of people out." On each of the mis- sions. two para -rescue spe- cialists jtirnp to the crash site. Another mission north of Watson Lake in the, Yukon where they rescued a man was difficult because of "the weird winds." To get out of these remote locations, the jump team usu- ally walks to a cicaring.and waits for a helicopter to pick them up and any survivors. Most of his other opera- tional jumps were "body -hag work.'. Pinky admits •he misses jumping but he still keeps busy as the part-time com- missionaire at the Kase in Trenton. RCAF Museum in Trenton Presently the Royal Canadian Air Force -Museum H.R. "PINKY" HOGG - Is pictured here in 1981 receiving the Second Clasp for the C.D. (Canadian Decoration). Pinky is the brother of Doreen Brightrall of Harpurhey. Opp News Marijuana seized in Egmondville On July 21. the OPP arrest- ed Joseph C. Surettc. 22. of St ratfurd, at East Front Street in Egn,ndville for posses- sion . of a narcotic. The seizure included hash oil. marijuana cigarettes and drug paraphernalia. A court date has been set for September 6, 1996. Also on July 21. John Vincent of Seaforth was arrested at Huron County Road 13 for possession of a narcotic. The seizure includ- ed hash oil and drug para- phernalia. • A court date has been set for Scptemhcr 6, 1996. Saw Stolen in Seaforth Between July 17 and 19, a Milwaukee skill saw. serial #7469037 I. red/gray in colour. 7 and a quarter inch blade, s aluc $300. was stolen from a pick up truck on Wilson Street. Seaforth. Vanastra Vehicle Fire ' A 1984 Oldsmobile was set ablaze on Jule 25 between 2nd and ;rd Street in Vanastra. Clinton Fire Department attended and put out the fire. "i'he %chicle and contents were destroyed. Mischief Under $5,000 On July 24 a 1987 Dodge was driven through a corn field at Concession 3. Tuckersmith Township uprooting approximately two acres of corn. Value $1,(XX). A at the Trenton base, which is open to the public, is under- going renovations.. They're building onto the present: site and Para -Rescue will be part of the Search and Rescue dis- play. Featured in the display•is Pinky's parachute and vari- ous photos of the para -rescue specialists. "They have a beautiful museum here and they're col- lecting more stuff all the time." There's aircraft on display outside like T -Birds, a Dakota and Sabre, said Pinky. Drop in and -Visit One of his last most memo- rable visits to Seaforth was in May 1980 when he parachut- ed in from a Hercules plane to visit his sister Doreen Brightall, of Harpuncey, who was working at Seaforth Public School at the time. -We-were having an exer- cise out of London. I)oreen's husband Don was sick at the time sit i talked the pilot into dropping me off over Seaforth. 1 was going to land in the field hchind Doreen's place hut what i had used for a target had moved. So i said to the load master. 'where the heck did my target go?' Just. before 1 left thc•door he said 'it might he hulls.' With my red 'chute on. i got about half way down and said 'the hell with this'." And even though he didn't want to land right in the schoolyard with all the kids around, it was a better option than being chased by a hull. "The children were so thrilled," said his sister. Doreen. A, helicopter landed Hopper's. air field Harpurhey later to pick up Pinky and fly him hack to London. - at in Now that everything is growing it's time to 11 in the "holes" or emery s°tat ooh ...at Te -em 006 — Farm's Vast Selection of Nursery Stock & Perennials Buy 1-1 gal. shrub 1 Get the 2nd... 2 Price da6e� ,raw/ GN D >� YELLOW REGREEN Water Plants — Ted's Tasty Tomatoes COMING SOON... 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