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Huron OPP
need
• to defend
themselves
when
New Year's
party turns
violent
A New Ye*%s Eve party
at the Seaforth Agriplex
turned volatile when party-
goers refused to go home
and attacked police.
"Four officers were there
for security and the event
turned violent quickly at
the end of the evening,"
said Sr. Const. Don
Shropshall, of the Huron
OPP.
"Four hundred people
were there and it broke out
into scraps all over.
Officers were cornered and
there were bleeding
victims. I don't think I've
seen anything like it in my
30 years as, a police
officer,"he said.
Two officers had to
empty their pepper spray
canisters to defend
themselves against the
crowd and Shropshall said
one officer told him he was
involved in four different
scuffles.
"Two officers had to go
back to back to fend
people off as the crowd
closed in on them. The
officers told me there were
times they felt unsafe," he
said.
And, because police
cruisers were vandalized in
the parking lot and the
cruisers' antennae were
removed, officers at the
Agriplex couldn't radio for
back-up during the brawl
between 1:30 and 2 a.m.
The party was hosted by
a local ball team for the
second year and
Shropshall said the officers
were on duty because of
problems experienced the
first year.
He said police will be
meeting with the liquor
inspector to determine
whether it's appropriate for
the team to qualify for a
liquor licence next year.
He said charges have not
been laid yet because
officers were too busy
during the scuffle trying to
defend themselves. But,
while no charges have yet
been laid, investigations
are continuing to see if
charges arc possible.
"The issue is not going
to be settled quickly.
Officers are still trying to
gather enough evidence for
charges," he said.
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Year in Review, 2003...
page 2, 3,Sand 9
Sara Campbell photo
Lisa and Paul Vandendool, of RR 2 Kippen, hold their firstborn baby, Sean Michael, who was
born Jan. 2 at Clinton Public Hospital as the Seaforth area's New Year's baby.
New Year's baby is late
Christmas present
for Kippen-area couple
By Sara Campbell
Expositor Staff
He may be the area's first baby of the year,
but to Paul and Lisa Vandendool, of RR 2
Kippen, their new baby boy is a late
Christmas present.
Sean Michael was born on Jan. 2 at Clinton
Public Hospital at 4:36 a.m., weighing 7 lbs..
4 oz.
"He's two days early but he still seems like
a late Christmas present. And the best present
ever," said Lisa, of their first child who was
expected to be born on Jan. 4.
"We made an appointment with the midwife
for next Tuesday but we knew we wouldn't
make it," said Paul, sales and field service
manager for the Hensall Co-op.
With their pregnancy, the Vandendools, both
26, planned to have a midwife, Susan Wilts,
of Blyth.
"It's just to have the continuity of care,"
said Lisa, a nurse at the University Hospital in
London and part-time nurse at the Seaforth
'Community hospital.
"Hospitals just let you go that day while
she'll (the midwife will) be there that day and
the following week," said Paul.
Lisa said she began to feel labour pains at 3
p.m. on New Year's Day.
"We contacted the midwife at 8 p.m. and
.she told us to let her know when the
contractions began and then we could decide
when we felt we should go the hospital." said
Lisa.
Af about midnight, she said they arrived at
the hospital. She added that they weren't
expecting to have a boy.
"Most of my friends and family members
thought it wa.'r going to be a girl so we had a
girl's name already picked out." said Lisa,
adding that they didn't pick a boy's name until
that night.
Sean was the favoured name of the couple
while Michael is after Paul's middle name.
Lisa said the pregnancy and labour went
well without any complications. They
returned home from the hospital by noon that
day.
"He's had Tots of new visitors all day." said
Paul. "Most of our family and friends were
here to see hire before supper."
'There was a lot of pressure from my family
since this is the first baby on my side." said
Lisa.
"it's going to be different lifestyle here for a
while but it will be a nice change," she said.
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London man
wants to form
another Jr. D
hockey team
in Seaforth
By Susan Hundertmark
Expositor Editor
While a London man has approached the Seaforth and
District Community Centres board about starting up another
Junior D hockey team in Seaforth. Ontario Hockey
Association president Brent Ladds predicts an "uphill climb."
"It's not impossible but it is uphill," Ladds said Monday,
citing a lack of local involvement reflected in the debt owed
by the Seaforth. Junior D Centenaires during its final two
years of operation.
Rick Agar, of London, approached the Seaforth arena
board at its December meeting with a proposal to start up a
Junior D team two years after the Centenaires failed to put a
team on ice. A
"During their recent tour of the facilities, they felt that with
some hard work, they had no reason but to believe that they
could make a Junior D club successful in the community
once again." said minutes of the December arena board
meeting.
The minutes also stated that the arena board is in favour of
a Junior. D team forming but that it might have to share ice
time with the Brussels arena.
"All we did was look at it." said Huron East Clerk
Administrator Jack McLachlan, of Agar's plans to form a
Junior D team. .
See UPH(U.,, Page 2
Huron has first
influenza A death
By Sara Campbell
Expositor staff
One Huron County resident has died from influenza A but
the Huron County Health Unit will not be releasing any
further details to protect the patient's privacy.
"Deaths due to flu are very unfortunate but not unexpected,
especially for those who are at high risk for serious flu
complications." said Dr. Beth Henning, Huron's medical
officer of health, in a press release on Monday.
Henning said that those at risk for flu complications include
the elderly, very young and those with chronic health
conditions.
To date, there have been several confirmed influenza A
outbreaks in seven Huron County Tong -term care facilities
with five outbreaks already declared over. in addition, four
SN SEAFORTH, Pogo 2
Water quality and a new home for Seaforth
daycare were hot local issues in 2003
Jan. 1, 2003
Two years after the
amalgamation of Huron
East, Mayor Lin Steffler is
celebrating the cooperation
between representatives of
the five former
municipalities.
"We had 12 different
personalities and five
communities to put together,
and there was a time I wasn't
sure if there was alight at
the end of the tunnel but it's
all come together. We're
now five fingers on the same
hand," says Steffler.
With over 226 donors,
over 200 of them pre -
booked, at the Seaforth
blood donor clinic on
Friday, the Canadian Blood
Services had their best clinic
yet in Seaforth.
Huron East heritage
property. owners will he
meeting in the new year to
brainstorm ideas and debate
the effectivenessi of tax
rebates.
Moyer began
planning for the
Jan. 9 meeting,
after she was told
by Huron East Mayor Lin
Steffler to come -back with
more information about the
costs and additional details
of the rebates during her
recent presentation to Huron
East council.
Jan. 8, 2003
While she didn't arrive on
her due date in time for
Christmas, Claire Lillian
Mitchell did the next best
thing and was born as the
Seaforth area's Ndw Year's
baby. The eight -pound, 11 -
ounce blond -haired baby girl
was 11 days past her due
date of Dec. 21 and came in
a hurry on New Year's Day.
Visitors are being asked to
use a hand sanitizer at the
doors of both the Seaforth
Manor and Maplewood
Manor to try and prevent the
spread of the Norwalk virus.
• With fingers clenched
Year in Rcview, 2003
around the arm of his chair
and the occasional tear
rolling down his face, Reg
Dick, of Seaforth, had all the
hair waxed from his chest,
raising $800 for the Seaforth
Cooperative Children's
Centre on New Year's Eve.
Jan. 1S, 2003
Before agreeing to the
$57,690 proposal from
American Water Systems
(AWS) for a water supply
master plan and
environmental assessment
report for Seaforth, Huron
East cowl.'decided last
Tuesday to try and find
another engineer to tender
for the project within one
week.
The Seaforth and area
Foodgrains Bank Project has
raised $287,604.55 over the
past 10 years, a total that
grows to $1.4 million when
matched with
Canadian
International
Development
Agency (CiDA) dollars.
"Seaforth was one of our
first projects and it's been a
model for many around the
province because it's a one
of our most successful and
viable projects. They've
stuck to it for 10 years and
it's a remarkable
achievement. it all adds up
over 10 years,",says Jim
Cornelius, executive director
of the Canadian Foodgrains
Bank.
As real estate values for
farm land increase, the tax
burden is shifting from
urban to rnral wards in
Huron East,
Deputy -Clerk Brad Knight
told councillors last
Tuesday.
After receiving the 2003
assessment roll, Knight said
Grey. McKillop and
Tuckersmith have all seen
increases to farmland
assessment from 15 to 28
per cent while the residential
assessment in Seaforth only
received a small increase of
three per cent.
Jan. 22, 2003
After contacting four
engineering firms that work
for Huron East,
Administrator Jack
McLachlan received a tender
last week from Gamsby and
Mannerow for the town's
water study.
Council instructed
McLachlan at its Jan. 7
meeting to try and find a
second tender for the job
when a tender for $57,690
was presente4 from
American Water Systems.
Despite an unsuccessful
attempt last year to get a
community policing.
committee operating in
Seaforth, . Const.
Dave Ciillan, of the Huron
See VANASTRA, Page 2