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In brief
Two -
vehicle
crash
sends
three
to hospital
A two -vehicle crash at
the corner of Hydro Line
Road and Hensall Road
on Aug. 13 at 11:15 a.m.
sent three people to
Seaforth Community
Hospital with non -life
threatening injuries,
reports the Huron OPP.
The crash occurred
with a 2004 Ford Free
Star van, driven by a 21 -
year -old Ayr woman,
was going northbound
on Hensall Road and
failed to stop for a yield
sign.
When it entered the
intersection at Hydro
Line Road, it struck the
side of a 1997 Ford
pickup truck, driven by a
34 -year-old Staffa man,
who was westbound on
Hydro Line Road.
After impact, both
vehicles entered the
ditch and the pick-up
truck rolled.
The two drivers, along
with a 60 -year-old
Hibbert Township man,
who was a passenger of
the truck, were taken by
ambulance to hospital.
Both vehicles were
demolished and Huron
OPP say seatbelts saved
them from more serious
injuries.
Huron East man
charged with assault
A 25 -year-old Huron
East man was charged
with assault after Huron
OPP were called to a
domestic situation on
Aug. 11 at 7:30 p.m. in
Seaforth.
Police report that a 25 -
year -old woman was
pushed to the ground by
the man during an
argument . '
The man is scheduled
to attend court in
Goderich on Sept. 20.
$3,000 in lumber
stolen in Seaforth
Close to $3,000 in
lumber was stolen from
the yard of Harold Smith.
Construction on Birch
Street in Seaforth during
the two weeks prior to
Aug. 13.
Police were told a
person has been entering
the property and stealing
piles of 2x6 boards in
the yard during the early
morning hours.
Anyone with related
information is asked to
call the Huron OPP or
Crime Stoppers.
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Smoking bylaw
coming into
effect on Sept. 4
By Susan Hundertmark
Expositor Editor
While some local
businesses have been urging
employees to join stop
smoking classes for months,
others are happy to wait until
Huron County's smokefree
bylaw comes into effect
Sept. 4 to start removing
indoor
ashtrays.
"I figured if
we had. to do
it, the ashtrays
would just
come off the
table that
day," says
Janet Hak,
owner of
Janet's County
Donut Cafe in
Seaforth.
Huron
County's
Environmental
Tobacco
employees be trained about
what to say to patrons who
light up after the bylaw is in
effect and to create a
smoking policy for each
workplace. As well, she says
designated outdoor smoking
areas with outdoor
containers
for cigarette
butts will be
helpful.
Outdoor
patios at
restaurants
and bars can
still allow
smoking but
the bylaw
includes
company
vehicles
including
tractors and
forklifts as
smokefree
Quoted
'I figured if we
had to do it, the
ashtrays would
just come off
the table that
day,' --
Janet Hok, owner of
Janet's Country
Donut Cafe
Smoke bylaw, which
prohibits smoking in all
workplaces and public
places, with the exception of
long term care facilities and
the psychiatric ward of
Goderich's Alexandra
Marine and General
Hospital, begins Sept. 4.
Local businesses should
begin receiving free bylaw
education kits from the
Huron County Health Unit
this week, which will
include a copy of the bylaw,
questions and answers about
compliance and
enforcement, appropriate
signage and information on
quitting smoking.
"We've been receiving
phone calls from workplaces
that are preparing for the
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bylaw since July and there
have been restaurants that
have already gone smokefree
in anticipation of the bylaw,"
says Linda Stobo, of the
Huron County Health Unit.
Stobo recommends that
zones.
"It's up to the employer,
manager or owner to ensure
compliance with the bylaw
and they should keep a
record of the actions they've
taken to ensure compliance
to protect themselves if
there's a complaint," she
says.
Derck Hill, human
resources director at
Seaforth's Creamery, says
he's in the process of finding
a solution for an outdoor
smoking area at the food
plant. He says the Creamery
is challenged by existing
health regulations that
prevent employees from
wearing the same apparel
outdoors and indoors.
"We're in the process of
constructing an appropriate
shelter and we're in
negotiations with the health
unit about how open it has to
be," he says.
While the Creamery has
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Jason Middleton photo
Huron County Idol competitor, Brandy Leslie, of RR3 Seaforth, performs a song last Thursday.
Huron County Idol will take place for the next eight weeks at Hurley's Celtic Inn in Seaforth.
Contestants vie to become
Huron County's Idol
By Jason Middleton
Expositor Staff
While contestants in Huron County Idol
don't have to deal with the insults of Simon,
they will have to deal with the sounds of
clinking beer bottles, bar conversations and
their own nerves.
Every Thursday at Hurley's Celtic Inn in
Seaforth, up to 20 contestants will be
competing for a chance to be the Huron
County Idol.
Hurley's owner, Sara Morgan said she's
been receiving phone calls from interested
participants in London, Toronto and
Windsor.
"I just hope each night we'll he able to
accommodate the number of people that are
coming out (to perform)," said Morgan.
She said she decided to host Huron
County Idol because there weren't a lot of
places hosting local musical talent.
"This is a really new thing that's
happening and it is trying to recognize and
find the talent that's out there," said
Morgan.
Brandy Leslie, of RR3 Seaforth, said
she's been waiting awhile to perform,at an
"open mike" night.
"About two years ago my younger brother
passed away and I wrote a song for him.
Then I just carried on with song, after
song," said Leslie, who explained writing
the song was like therapy for her.
Although she never taken a guitar lesson,
Leslie said she has written 20 songs.
"I just want to get my music out so people
can listen to it and sec what their opinion is
on it," said Leslie.
For her performance last Thursday, Leslie
performed two of her own songs, One Day
and Life Will Love You.
The judges choose each weeks winner
based on their ability to sing and play in
tune, how they deliver the song to the
audience and if they have rhythm. They also
judge the contestants on how they put their
"own person stamp" on a song and how well
the audience reacts to their performance.
Contestants arc allowed to perform in a
group of up to three performers that can use
only two instruments. Each performer is
allowed to perform two songs, either
accompanied by an instrument or by
karaoke music.
For Mike Francis, of Seaforth, music has
been part of his life for a long time.
As a boy, Francis attended a Catholic
school in Kingston, Jamaica, where he sang
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Radon in Seaforth home prompts action
New homeowners find levels that exceed American radon standards in water and air
By Susan Hundertmork
Expositor Editor
After a routine test for
radon in the air and water of
his new home in Seaforth,
John Picciottoli found high
enough levels in both that. he
is taking remedial action.
The Goderich Street
resident bought three radon
test kits from a North
Carolina company on the
internet and recently received
the results from the first one
that there are 4.3 picocurries
per litre (the Canadian
measurement is 159.1
becquerels per cubic metre).
of radon in the air and 682
picocurries per litre (25.2
bequerels per litre) of radon
in the water.
Radon is a radioactive gas.
that occurs naturally around
the world when uranium in
the bedrock deteriorates.
The Environmental
Protection Agency (LPA) in
the U.S. considers radon gas
in air the• second highest
cause of lung cancer, next to
smoking.
While the EPA in the 11.S.
recommends that
homeowners take action to
John Picciottoli, of Goderich Street West, used radon test kits from
the levels of radon gas in the air and water in his new home.
Susan Hundertmork photo
North Carolina to determine
reduce radon gas levels in the
air if they are any higher than
four pCi/L (148 Bq/m3),
Health Canada recommends
800 Bq/m3 as an upper limit
for radon in the air
"However, because there is
some level of risk at any
level, Health Canada
suggests that homeowners
may want to reduce levels of
radon to as low as possible,"
says the webpage of the
Canadian Centre for
Occupational Health and
Safety.
For water, however, there
are no Canadian standards
Tor radon because both the
federal and provincial
governments "feel the health
risk is not significant enough
to work about," says
engineers Steve Burns, of
B.M. Ross and Associates.
In the U.S., EPA
recommendations for radon
in water are 4,000 pCi/L if
the air is also being vented
but only 300 pCi/L (or 11
bq/L) if not venting the air.
"I guess he might have a
cause for concern using U.S.
standards but there's
certainly a lot of debate if the
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