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THE INVESTMENT
CENTRE
26 Main St., Seaforth
527-2222
In brief
Woman
seriously
hurt
in crash
OPP . Officers front
Sebringville • ane
Cambridge were called to
a report of a five -vehicle
collision yesterday,.
morning at 7:40 A/M. ='
pick-up truck operated by
Jeffrey Runions age 2+
years of age of KitcheneF
was traveling east, when
his vehicle crossed they
centerline and struck
1997 Freightliner true,
operated by ClintoiV
Hiscock.age 22 years of
age of Brampton. x.
Hiscock's truck loct
steering capabilities, an
struck the trailer of
tractor- trailer unit
operated by Sylvain
Brunet age 32 years of age
of Cumberland, Ontario.
Hiscock's • vehicl
continued on slidint
westbound, striking the
driver's side of a 1996
GMC Pick-up truck,
operated by Mary Dawn
Small age 20 years of age
of Dublin; Ontario.
As a result of the
Collision, Air Ambulance
took Small to London
Health Science Centre, and
Land Ambulance took
Reunions to Stratford
General Hospital.
OPP Officers, with the
assistance of the .Technical
Traffic Collision
Investigation Team had the
highway closed for
approximately seven hours
while the investigation and
clean up was being
conducted.
Police continue to
investigate the collision in
attempts to find a cause.
Damage estimates are not
available aftefa warehouse
was destroyed by fire in
Vanastra early Monday
morning.
Vanastra warehouse burns
The Brucefield and
Clinton fire departments
both responded to the fire
noticed by a passing
motorist on Highway 4.
Thewarehouse, located
on 2nd Street, is owned by
Arnold Manufacturing and
the two-storey building
was used . to contain
namable materials.
A local towing company
towed several vehicles
away from where they had
been parked, near the
building, saving them from
any damage.
OPP and the Ontario
Fire Marshall's office are
still investigating.
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Friendly garden
Rhonda Rathwell and her grandson Austin Whitworth-Blerg of Seaforth work in the Earth
Friendly Garden behind the drop -In centre operated by Rural Response for Healthy Children on
Goderich Street.
Sarah LeBeau appeal
to be heard in Toronto
Sarah LeBeau is appealing her October, 1999
conviction for killing four of her friends in an
impaired driving single vehicle accident on
Nov. 21, 1996, near Varna.
The appeal will be heard in a Toronto court
on Aug. 8.
LeBeau was sentenced in January, 2000 to
four years in prison for four counts of criminal
negligence causing death, and four counts of
impaired driving causing death.
She will also serve a two-year concurrent
sentence for impaired driving causing bodily
harm. LeBeau's license was also suspended for
15 years.
The accident killed Neal Atchison and
Pamela King, of Clinton, and Brian Hill and
Mark Webster, of Stanley Township.
Both LeBeau and Brandon Gardner, of
Vanastra, were seriously injured in the crash.
Cows wander
Seaforth
streets,
owners
continue
searc
Several cattle wandered
down Main Street, two
travelled through a John
Street neighbourhood and
more surprised guests at a
children's birthday party in
Lions Park where a softball
tournament was also taking
place after escaping from
their farm on Saturday.
Gerda and Cor Vanden
Hoven are hoping to get
the rest of their beef cattle
herd back safely after
several panicked cows
found their way into
Seaforth while the rest of
the herd split up for
different Huron East
destinations.
"It's not an experience a
farmer wants to go
through. It's very nerve-
wracking," said Gerda
Vanden Hoven.
The cattle escaped after
two panicked when a
donkey was put in with the
herd on Saturday that,
instead of calming them,
spooked them instead. Two
burst through two fences to
get away from the donkey
that. was chasing them
around and the rest of the
16 head of beef cattle
followed.
As three remained at
large on Tuesday, Gerda is
worried someone will hit
one driving down an area
road or will be charged by
one as they try to round
them up themselves, like
several people tried to do
when some of the cattle
came through Seaforth
Saturday afternoon.
Ruth Hildebrand was in
her John Street home when
Oer kids came running
Inside telling her there
were cattle coming down
the street.
"I thought, 'Yeah, right,'
but sure enough, there
were cattle," she said.
The kids had run back
outside and were standing
on the sidewalk as two
cows came down the street.
"They came and were
staring at the kids," said
Hildebrand.
She made them come
inside knowing there was a
chance they could charge
because she could tell they
were panicked.
The cattle were spooked
from the time they escaped
the farm, east of Seaforth,
because of the antics of the
donkey.
Once in town, people
tried to catch the cattle
themselves with ropes and
trucks but Gerda is
pleading with people to
leave the cattle alone and
contact them directly so
they can be professionally
rounded up.
"If they get cornered,
they will panic," said
Vanden Hoven warning
people to leave them alone
for fear the cattle may
charge and run someone
down, seriously hurting
them.
They also hope not to
lose anymore of the herd
after two were killed
Saturday when some
people tried to use pick up
trucks to round them up.
"You can't chase cattle
with trucks," said Vanden
Hoven. The two were
struck and killed by the
trucks.
She also said anything
motorized, including all -
terrain vehicles and dirt
bikes, is going to scare the
cattle more and make it
that much harder to catch
them.
She said now that they
are free from the farm,
they are reverting to their
natural instincts to survive
and are hiding by day,
travelling mostly in the
early morning and late
evenings.
Vanden Hoven has hired
the Kinsman family near
Staffa who operate a cattle
recovery business.
SN THREE, Page 2
Police seek assailant who fractured Zurich man's skull
By Millie Evans
Lakeshore Advance Staff
Charles Andrew Phillip Barber remained at large
at deadline yesterday afternoon after a vicious
attack that fractured the skull of a 41 -year-old man
in Zurich last Tuesday evening.
An unidentified man is in a London hospital with
non -life-threatening injuries after he was allegedly
attacked by Barber with an object that Huron OPP
won't describe because it may become evidence in
court.
Half a dozen police cruisers rushed to a low-
income apartment building on Zurich's Main Street
around 6:45 p.m. on July 10 to find the injured man
outside. Barber had fled on foot. He and the
weapon have not been found.
A warrant of arrest has been issued for Charles
Andrew Phillip Barber, 38, of Zurich for
aggravated assault. He is described as being white,
5'5" tall weighing 140 pounds, hazel coloured eyes
with long unkempt brown hair. He is missing some
•
upper teeth has tattoo's on his left ; , a German Shepherd dog.
shoulder and forearm of a wolf and Shropshall said the victim was
paw print. Mr. Barber may also sitting outside before the incident.
have a moustache or facial hair. He said there was a struggle
Community Services Officers between the victim and Barber
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Const. Don Shropshall said Barber " .`, who wrestled the victim to the
has been known to frequent the Vit, ground and that's when others
Huron County and London areas so r, came to help the victim and are
this is the area where police are credited with preventing further
searching. injury.
Barber maybe considered armed ,;, "One man walked towards
and dangerous. another male as the verbal
Barber is also wanted by London confrontation was taking place and
police on an outstanding charge of _ then struck the man . in the head
assault and uttering threats, says with an object causing a serious
Const. Shropshall. He has also Andrew are seeking injury," says the police report
received a number of convictions on Charles Andrew PF►inip Be.... Police are not releasing the name
drug and assault charges since 1983. of the victim.
Three eyewitnesses interviewed by police say a Any person who has information on the
verbal altercation occurred between the men prior whereabouts of Charles Andrew Phillip Barber is
to the assault. Both men had been drinking alcohol, asked to call the Huron OPP at 1-519-524-8314 or
says Shropshall. Apparently the altercation began 1-888-310-1122 or by calling Crimestoppers at l-
over chicken bones being thrown onto the yard and 800-222-8477(TIPS).
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