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Friday --Mix of sun and
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near 29.
Saturday --Sunny. low
near 16. High near 29.
From Environment Canada
In brief
LeBeau
ruling
Postponed
one week
The ruling on the Sarah
LeBeau trial has been
postponed for one week.
• The ruling to be made
by Justice Tom Granger
of London, which was
originally scheduled for
Oct. 8, will not be made
until Oct. 15 at 2 p.m. in
Goderich.
The trial began last
September and wrapped
up in June. LeBeau faces
11 charges resulting from
the fatal crash in
November, 1996 that
killed four area youths.
The 23 -year-old
Brucefield woman has
been charged with four
counts. of impaired
driving causing death,
four counts of criminal
negligence causing death,
one count of impaired
driving causing bodily
harm, one count of
criminal negligence
causing bodily harm and
one count of driving over
the legal limit.
$3,000 worth
-a-toots-
stolen toots -stolen
from shed
About $3.000 worth of
tools and equipment were
reported stolen from a
shed in Tuckersmith
Township on. Aug. 29.
Sometime between
10:30 p.m. and 7 a.m.
that morning someone
forced open a side door
to the shed at Concession
4, T uckersmith. •
Taken from a
workshop were three
Stihl chainsaws a nine -
inch electric Black and
Decker grinder, 314 -inch
Craftsmans socket set,
14 -inch Hitachi cut-off
saw and other tools and
equipment.
Anyone with -
information is asked to
contact the florin OPP or
Crimestoppers.
Mat stolen
A three-foot by five-
foot floor mat was
reported stolen from
Mac's Milk on Goderich
Street on Aug. 29.
The clerk was cleaning
the store between 3 a.m.
and 4 a.m. the ni;¢ht
before and while washing
the floor. set a mat
outside.
When the clerk went to
replace the mat, it had
been taken.
Plowing Match previewed
Anticipation and activity grows around upcoming international event
By Matt Harris
Lakeshore Advance Staff
Norm Perriman summed
it up best when he told the
crowd of almost 600
people that. "The best gifts
are opportunities, and this
is a good one."
That was part of
Perriman's speech during
media day. ceremonies for,
the International Plowing
Match. which is slated to
go September 21-25 just
north of Dashwood on the
Becker and area farms.
"Huron County has come
through loud and clear on
their mission statement
(for the match)." said
Perriman, chair of the
Ontario Plowmen's
Association. • "I hope
everyone gets what they're
looking for when they
come here." -
Graeme Craig, chair of
the IPM. said they're
ready to welcome the
province to Dashwood.
"This will be an all-
encompassing showcase
for Huron County. with a
wide cross-section for the
area." he said. "The three
and a half years (since the
match was awarded to the
Becker farm) has gone by
pretty quick."
Craig said the economic
spin-off for the area would
be very widespread. He
noted that the benefits
from the IPM in 1994 were
felt in a 60 -mile radius of•
the match site. and he felt
that it could be greater for
Carl Stavros photo
A team of horses pull o plow managed by Bill Turnbull in the official sod turning to mark the countdown to the International Plowing Match in
Dashwood in just a few short weeks
Local lawn bowler
wins at nationals
Carol Carter
part of team
taking
championship
in Toronto
By Susan Hundertmark
Expositor Staff
During only its second
year as a team. a local
women's fours
lawn bowling
team has
be c o,m e
national
champions.
"It's Very
hard just to
win the
provincials
because there
are 16 districts
and sa lot of
lawn bowling
clubs in
Onprio so it's
amazing " to
think we brought home the
gold for all of Canada,"
says team member Carol
Carter, of Mitchell.
Carter, whose teammates
Andrea Weigland, Gloria
Falls and Jo Anne Bugler
all belong to the Exeter
Lawn Bowling Club; is a
member of the Seaforth
Lawn Bowling Club.
After winning tilt
provincials in London in
June, the local team beat
eight other provincial.
champions at the Canadian
nationals in Toronto last
week.
"I'm very proud." says
Carter. "We played very
well as a team and we
stayed very focused and
consistent."
Carter says since the
games can go as long as
three and a half hours.
playing from Monday to'
'Saturday was "mentally
draining."
"I'm a compulsive
shopper and 1 thought
going to Toronto that I
might get into a store or
two but I
was so tired
at the end of
every day
that I wasn't
in one
store," she
laughs.
T h e
Ontario team
won seven of
the eight
round robin
games,
losing only
to Manitoba
whom they
ended up beating for the
gold medal.
But. Carter. . says her
team's 17-11 loss to
Manitoba didn't give the
Ontario team a
disadvantage in the finals.
"We knew we had the
silver at least so we just
went into the finals
thinking why nottry for the
gold as well. And, we
played so well we didn't
have to play the final end,"
Ole says.
Ontario won the gold
medal game against
Manitoba 17-9.
Carol
.Carter
this area.
Landowner. and now
Mayor of the Tented City.
Earl Becker said this is the
start of a celebration he's
been waiting a long time
for.
The Tented City is the
name given to the acres of
land divided into "streets"
where exhibits and events
are set up.
"I was told this would be
here back in August of
1995. so there's been a lot
of anticipation." he said.
"It's an honor to have
something like this come
to the area as well as to be
a part of it."
Current IPM Ontario
Queen of the Furrow.
Andrea' Wills. said the
people of this area should
expect a little something
of everything at the match.
"It's hard to put into
words what to expect." she
said. "Everyone will find
something to their tastes 1
think."
Although the past year
has been very busy for her,
Wills said she relished
every minute of it.
"This has been a
tremendous opportunity
for me to see the province.
and it should be the same
for the next queen.
"Whoever it is. she can
expect the year of her
life."
Lengthy crossing waits
has mayor's concern
Drivers in habit of crossing rail tracks
as warning lights flash while train is sitting there
Because the lights are flashing for so long
By Scott HflQerrdorff and the train is just sitting there. Scott said
Expositor Editor it's become common practice for people to
Trains stopping for a lengthy time at the
Main Street crossing. leaving the warning
signals flashing. has got the attention of
.council who would like the practice to stop.
Mayor Dave Scott brought the matter to
council's attention at its Aug. 17 meeting.
He said Seaforth looks like the only town
where it's become common practice to
drive through the crossing when the red
flashing lights, requiring people to stop and
wait for an approaching train to pass. are
activated.
But Scott isn't blaming the public.
He believes the train is "parked" there
while staff stop and get something to eat
from the donut shop beside the tacks.
drive through the crossing.
"What's going to happen is it's going to
cause people to be lax." said Scott,
concerned one of these times, a train will be
coming and collide with a vehicle whose.
driver has become used to passing through
the crossing.
"If there were arms. they'd come down
and block traffic," said Deputy Reeve
William Tealle, of another style of warning
lights that prevent traffic from passing
through when a train approaches.
"And everyone would have to wait while
they have Iunch," said Scott.
Coun. Heather Robinet said she has come
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Scott Hilgendorff photo
High praise
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