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Thursday --Sunny. High
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Friday --Mainly sunny.
High 14. low 3.
Saturday --Mainly
cloudy with showers.
High 15. Low 4.
From Environment Canada
In brief
Broomball
teams
Wing
national
After a five-year absence
the Seaforth Juvenile Boys
Broomball Team is
returning to the National
Junior Broomball
Championships.
The Seaforth team, the
Hitmen, earned the right to
participate in the Nationals
after placing second in the
Provincial Qualifying
Tournament in December.
The first -place team
from Embrun is the
Ontario Host Team.
These teams will also be
joined by the Palmerston
Posse, the defending
National Champions.
At the Provincial
Championship in February,
the Hitmen placed third
behind both Embrun and
Palmerston.
The Seaforth Juvenile
Girls team, the Assassins,
will also be participating in
the Championship.
The 2000 Nationals are
being held in the Eastern
Ontario communities of
Embrun and Russell,
south of Ottawa.
The tournament,
featuring teams from
Alberta, Saskatchewan,
Manitoba, Ontario,
Quebec, Newfoundland,
New Brunswick Nova
Scotia and the Northwest
Territories is being held
Manch 30 to April 2nd.
• The Hitmen are in the
process of raising funds to
attend the Nationals and
just held a spaghetti supper
in Seaforth last week.
Any support for the team
would be appreciated.
The Hitmen play in the
Seaforth/Egmondville
Broomball League with
many of its players having
come up through the
ranks of the Blyth and
Seaforth Minor Broomball
Organizations.
The team is composed of
players between the ages
of 16 and 19 from the
Blyth, Seaforth, Walton,
Clinton and Goderich
areas. Team members
include: Anthony de
Boer, Aaron Bakker,
Nathan Hubbard, Jeremy
Phelan. John de Weerd,
Adam Koehler, Matt
Shortreed, Dave Stewart,
Jason Hoggart, Jason
Pennington, Jeff Hakkers,
Curtis O'Donnell, Trevor
Ward, Scott.Dale, Dave
Squibb, Howard Hughed,
Scott McNaughton, Jason
Ve nstra, Brian Wynja and
coaches Robert Hunking
and Scott Leonhardt.
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Pas 9
Suspicious death in Seaforth
OPP Community Services Officer Don Shropshall discusses the
Commercial Hotel on Monday morning.
Scott Hilgendorff
discovery of a body at The
Autopsy results available
but not made public
By Scott Hilgendorff
Expositor Editor
The death of a 49 -year-old Seaforth man was still being
treated as "suspicious" after the results of a Tuesday morning
autopsy could not be obtained by The Huron Expositor after
an extended, 4 p.m. deadline Tuesday afternoon.
The body of Ivan Coleman, was found at 7 a.m. Monday
morning in a hallway inside The Commercial Hotel.
He was a resident of the building but who discovered the
body was not revealed by police. Officers were on the scene
in minutes.
An OPP inspector and more than a half dozen detectives
and officers were on the scene for most of the day Monday.
The Commercial Hotel. from front and behind, was sealed
off as a potential crime scene as police had to treat the -death
as suspicious.
The sidewalk in frontof the building was also blocked.
By noon, the polio tape was removed from the scene
although officers were still present.
OPP Community Services Officer Don Shropshall said
residents in The Commercial Hotel had all been spoken to on
Monday but officers were still speaking with people who
have come and gone from the building which also serves as a
Main Street bar.
Coleman's body had been taken to Stratford General
Hospital for an autopsy which was expected to take place on
Monday but did not occur until Tuesday morning.
Until the autopsy results were received by police, the death
had to be considered suspicious.
However; those results were made available to police,
earlier Tuesday afternoon, possibly ruling out foul play as a
cause. ,
OPP officers could not release the results to the media
without Shropshall who also needed approval from OPP's
headquarters in OriJlia. Shropshall had a speaking
engagement at a school in the afternoon and, at deadline, had
not contacted The Expositor.
Coroner Jean -Marc Comtois, a doctor in Mitchell,
conducted the autopsy but the Stratford General Hospital's
pathology department said it could not release a telephone
number to reach the coroner.
The Huron Expositor called his Mitchell office but a'
receptionist said he was not available, didn't know how he
could be reached and did not think the autopsy findings could
be released to the public.
Pee Wees could still grab All Ontario title
By Brett Jewitt
Expositor student reporter
With game four played -out last
night after press time, Seaforth Pee
Wee 1 Stars were heading into their
second week of playoff action against -
Tavistock; the prize --the All Ontario
title.
"They have had a heck of a season
so far. They have accomplished a
lot," said Gerry McLaughlin.
president of minor hockey in
Seaforth.
In the first round of the playoffs,
Seaforth beat Durham. The next two
series were both victories against
Burfurd and then Dresden.
TV Stars, players between 12 and
14, are now up against Tavistock and,
after a Saturday afternoon game. the
two were tied up with three points
each.
The first game for the All Ontario
was played in Seaforth lat Tuesday,
and finished with a 1-0 victory for
the Stars.
The, next two games were both
played in Tavistock. The first game
ended in 1-1 tie, while the second
game was an upsetting 2-1 victory
for Tavistock.
"It's gonna be a tough final
because were pretty equal teams.
We're all having fun though," said
Ryan Nurse. who plays defence for
88 -year-old plans
dance to raise
money for school
By Susan Hundertmark
Expositor Staff
Eighty -eight-year-old Harold Coleman went to Seaforth's
high school in 1924 and when he graduated, drove his
younger brother Clarence to high school in a horse and
buggy or cutter, depending on the season.
And, as well as being a local school board trustee for 10
years, during which time an addition, including the
gymnasium, was built onto the Seaforth high school,
Coleman also watched his five children and a few
grandchildren attend the same school.
That's why Coleman is footing the bill for a fundraising
dance for the Save the School legal fund for Seaforth District
High School this Friday at the Seaforth and District
Community Centres, where he hopes to raise over $1,000 for
the fund.
"I felt I should do something to do my part.," he says.
"I've been to all the school board meetings they've had about
this and 1 can't see them moving all those'kids to Clinton or
anywhere else. It's a darned shame."
While Coleman is spending $700 to rent the hall and pay
See COLEMAN, Pegs 2
the Pee Wee one team in Seaforth.
The Pee Wees are the only team
remaining in the OMHA playoffs this
season.
They play again tonight. March 22
in Tavistock at 7 p.m. and. if needed,
Game 6 will be played out in
Seaforth March 25 at 4 p.m.
While the kids on the Pee Wee one
team are all enjoying being in the
playoffs. the other teams involved in
minor hockey also enjoyed their
seasons.
More than 250 other minor hockey
players for the J999/2000 season
have put away their sticks and skates
for another season.
The beginning of the year began
for the youth in September when try-
outs started. The teams were decided
by the beginning of October.
"About 30 kids tried out for each
team in September. The top 10
players were then put on the rep
teams and. the rest could play on the
local teams," said McLaughlin.
The players on the local teams
played other teams from Zurich and
Hensall.
The representative teams played
against other teams from as far away
as Dresden and Burfurd.
Minor hockey in Seaforth involves
kids at the age of four to 17.
Players on the rep teams are
See SEASON, Popo 2
Scott Hilgendorff photo
Making magic?
The Court Jester, Dave Browne performed a magic show at the Seaforth library on Saturday
afternoon.
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