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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2003-12-10, Page 1Canada l & , 'on & Sharon FinlaMedd Mortgage Consultants "Finaly, a company that starts with a discount" 14. -fp \ t�I. ."., .,t „ I, 45I'1I527-I13.()11 i,I!INTEE CARTIER PARTNERS FINANCIAL SERVICES I : If:j:l:ll 26 Mali St., Seaforth 527-2222 In brief Local driver charged after OPP cruiser crashes into stairway near Legion A Seaforth area resident has been charged with improper turning and a Huron OPP cruiser has been seriously damaged after an officer was responding to an emergency call at the Seaforth arena. Huron OPP Sr. Const. Don Shropshall said that on Dec.7, at. 3 p.m., an officer was travelling northbound on the Main Street in Seaforth to respond to the call at the arena where a woman was having a heart attack. Shropshall said a vehicle turned in front of the cruiser causing the officer to lose control and leave the road. He said the cruiser then hit the main entrance stairway to the Seaforth Legion and continued across Huron. Street to crash into the side stairs of a building on the northwest corner of Huron and Main Streets. "No one was injured thankfully but the cruiser had extensive damage to the front and the driver of the other vehicle was charged," said Shropshall. However, he said Dorothy Dupee, 63, of Clinton, who was watching her grandchild playing hockey at the arena, was taken to the hospital by ambulance where she was later pronounced dead. Youth charged in knife inddent at St. Anne's A 16 -year-old male from Goderich fias been charged with assault with a weapon, after a knife was pulled out during an argument on Dec. 2 at St. Anne's Secondary School, reports Huron OPP. Two male students were in the smoking area at around 11:30 a.m. when they got into an argument about the one youth's girlfriend. As the male was walking away, more comments were made causing the youth to become upset and pull a knife out of his pocket. Other students intervened and convinced him to leave. The youth was released into the care of the parents with several conditions and is scheduled to attend court in Goderich on Feb. 12. Inside... Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2003 One in m lives in poverty in Huron Social agencies discuss increasing demands from county's poor By Jennifer Hubbard • Goderich Signal -Star Staff With approximately one in 10 people in Huron County living in poverty, local agencies are concerned with the increasing demand for their services. Representatives from Huron service agencies met in Goderich recently to brainstorm their thoughts concerning Huron's hidden poverty status and the creation of a social justice committee. "We all recognize that these issues exist and we want to do something, but what?" Lynne Bonnett of the Huron -Perth Community Legal Clinic asked during the Nov. 24 meeting. "Right now all we do is talk about what we see.- It's time to take the next step." Citing a 2001 Needs Assessment Report of Huron and Perth Counties, compiled by the Huron Perth Community Legal Clinic, Bonnett explained "despite various perceptions, income levels are generally lower in Huron and Perth than in the rest of the province for low-income individuals and families." Huron County Health Unit's 2001 statistics show the county's median income of people over 15 years of age to be more than $3,000 less than the provincial median. Also, approximately 14 per cent of Huron County residents depend on social assistance for income. Ontario's percentage for social Ike SOCIAL. Paw ! Wes Vick and Graham Nesbitt By Sara Campbell Expositor Staff As more than 250 people showed the spirit of Christmas at last year's blood donor clinic in Seaforth, the Canadian Blood Services are hoping this year to have "The More The Merrier." The Canadian Blood Services will be holding a blood donor clinic on Friday, Dec. 26 at the Seaforth Public School from 10 - 4:30 p.m. "With our holiday campaign theme, we hope people will help to make the season a little brighter by donating together with family and friends," said Susan Barron, of Canadian Blood Services. This year's theme, "The More The Merrier," for the campaign, is encouraging Canadians to make plans to donate with others. Canadian Blood Services have estimated they will need to collect 124,000 units of blood nationally, between the campaign period, Nov. 17. to Jan. 12, to meet patient needs. "In Southwestern Ontario alone, we need to collect more than 23,000 units. The need for blood grows each year," said Barron. Vick drawing on sports work ethic and medical research as he pursues five-year goal to walk again or the University of Western Ontario have been delayed until he can earn his driver's licence for a vehicle with hand controls, Vick The same work ethic that earned him a spot is not sitting still. on the St. Marys Lincolns and the Stratford Up every day at 6 a.m.; he's spending his Cullitons is what Wes Vick is drawing on as days researching spinal cord injuries on the he pursues a five-year goal to walk again. internet, training at the St. Marys YMCA with "My goal is in 2008 to be back walking. his brother Luke, working on physiotherapy I'm up for the challenge. I've definitely with a local massage therapist and tutoring worked hard - that was my motto all through students at Seaforth Public School. sports and nothing's changed," he says. "There's always something to do," he says. Vick, who "wheeled over" to the Expositor Vick was approached by his former teacher office to talk about the upcoming benefit Georgina Reynolds a few months ago and game for him in Seaforth on Dec. 20, is offered a volunteer job at the public school moving full steam ahead towards many goals, when he felt up to it.A few weeks ago, he regardless of the dirt bike accident that left started helping students with their math and the 22 -year-old Seaforth man paralyzed from book reports in Carolyn Griffin's Grade 6 the waist down last July. class. Although plans to finish his business "As soon I was well enough, I decided to degree in London at either Fanshawe College See TRAINING, Page 2 By Susan Hundertmark Expositor Editor Dublin garage destroyed Friday by fire St aktribcn soaartearn backitOnt IreinntL Page 16 Sara Campbell photo Mitchell firefighters responded to a •call to a 162 Union St. garage fire on Friday. While the garage was destroyed, neighbouring buildings, including a house a metre away, were not damaged. Expositor Staff The owner of a garage, at 162 Union St. in Dublin, that was destroyed by a fire, is just thankful no one was hurt. The Mitchell and District Fire Department responded to the garage fire at 2:30 p.m. on Dec. 5, at a residence owned by Darlene Duddy. behind G. G. Goettler's on Mill Road. Mitchell and District Fire Chief Bill Elliott said the fire was accidental. "A person living at the residence was working in the shed and had an accident with solvents," he said. Elliott added that the home, no more than a metre away from the garage, had some siding melted from the fire. No other neighbouring buildings were damaged. "We're just lucky no one was hurt," said Duddy, who was at work during the fire. Duddy said her boyfriend was at the home repairing a heater on a vehicle in the garage which may have sparked the fire. She said a 1979 Buick was also in the garage and was not insured. "The 'garage acted as a rec room for us as well. There was a table, chairs, fridge and other furniture for when friends came over we could play cards or something," said Duddy. "There were thousands of dollar$ of tools in there too. It's just going to be hard to add everything up " Along with the wide variety of tools in the garage, she said there was a large shop vacuum and air compressor but no total for all the property damaged has been finalized. She added that two pet cats inside the garage were not harmed. Duddy said she hopes to rebuild the garage in the future.