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Seaforth smokers have differing
opinions about new smokefree bylaw
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matter to Scott because he doesn't notice it.
"As soon as I leave 1 light up," said
Scott.
Janet's employee, Bev Beaver said that
she knows the'air. is cleaner, but doesn't
notice it much.
"1 don't notice a big difference myself.
On the other hand, when people come in
and they were smoking I can smell it on
them," said Beaver.
She said that restaurants should be not be
exempt from the bylaw, hut social places
should.
"A cigarette and coffee go together," she
said.
Sean Trottier, a cook and bartender,
agrees restaurants should be covered by the
bylaw.
"I actually think it's kind of a good thing
because really as a smoker I don't think it's
right to effect other people with my, basically,
habit," said Trottier.
"So if other people don't smoke I shouldn't be
subjecting them to second-hand smoke and whatnot,"
said Trottier.
He explained that a lot of patrons to the
Lager House are not happy with the bylaw.
"A lot of people really don't like it, they
really don't like it at all. A lot of them are
really ticked about it," said Trottier.
"Some of them have even said they're not
going to come back until it goes back to
smoking again, but they've all come
back."
Trottier, who lived in Kitchener where a
similar bylaw has been in effect for
several years, said the bylaw shouldn't
worry business owners for long.
"At the beginning it is going to cause a
bit of a decrease in business for a lot of
the small businesses," said Trottier. 'It
does effect them and it does hurt them, but
is - welcome to the rest of the world."
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from Canada. They're really
being treated royally," she
says.
But, she says the down
side is dealing with
alligators, one of which they
found dead on an
expressway,
spiders and
red ants,
which are
biting and
making
workers itchy.
While the
workers could
be done in
Florida this
week, she
says there's a
possibility Jared's crew
could be moving on to
Georgia to help out there.
"There's more work to do
in quite a few other States,"
,she Says. •
Jane Muegge says she's
heard from her husband Len
a few times since he left on
Sept. 9 and says she watched
the news reports showing
"quite an impressive convoy"
of hydro workers crossing
the border.
"It's amazing how many
people from Canada and thc
U.S. are helping out down
there. It's (Hydro One's help
is) a wonderful showing of
Canadian support." she says.
As she watches the
Weather Network everyday
on television, Mueggc says
she's a little worried about
her husband but she also
feels for the people of
Florida.
"The trauma must be
incredible after being
evacuated three times in a
month. I know there was lots
of cheering and lots of hugs
for the workers in the
neighbourhood Len was
working in because they'd
been without hydro for over
a week," she
says.
Muegge
was watching
the recent
progress of
Hurricane
Jeanne Friday
and while
Ivan hit on the
opposite coast
from where
Hydro One
workers are located, it looked
like Jeanne might be heading
up the Atlantic coast.
Mucgge's not certain when
her husband will be returning
home but Manchee said the
workers were scheduled to
be in Florida for two weeks.
"If Florida Light and
Power needs thcm for more
than two weeks, we might fly
the first crew home and fly
replacements down. We're
taking it day by day and it
depends on the progress
they're making," he says.
Manchee adds that Florida
is funding the relief effort,
with no costs going to
Ontario hydro customers.
"We're not sacrificing any
staff tither since it's only 25
to 35 per cent of our regular
compliment down there. We
have other resources we can
deploy if there's an
emergency up here,",he says.
Quoted
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work but
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Hydro One
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Susan Hundertmark photo
Cycling for cancer
Linda MacDonald was one of 52 participants in this year's
Terry Fox Run in Seaforth, which raised $3,175 on Sunday.
While fewer people took part this year, the total raised was
higher than last year's total of $2,786.
Roof blown off
house, but family
in Jamaica is safe,
says Lammerant
By Susan Hundertmark
Expositor Editor
A brief phone call from
Jamaica to Egmondville on
Friday evening put all of
Joyce Lammerant's fears to
rest.
While the roof was blown
off her mother's house, all
her Jamaican relatives are
safe and well.
"It was a hricf
conversation because my
sister was calling from her
cellphone. She wanted to let
us know that they were all
right. At least I know they're
all safe now. That's
important," she said
Monday.
While hurricane Ivan hit
thc cast coast of Jamaica
with 225 -kilometre per hour
winds and pounding rain a
week earlier, Lammerant had
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been trying for a week to get
ahold of her family.
Lammerant's mother,
sister. son and six
grandchildren live in
Jamaica where she grew up.
She said the phone lines
had just been restored the
day her sister called. But, on
Friday the hydro was still
out.
"The roof got blown off
the house when they were in
it but there was no major
damage. There are no
basements in Jamaica - you
just sit around the table and
wait. There's nothing else to
do but keep the door
closed," she said.
While Lammerant's family
members live near Montego
Bay. 100 miles from
Kingston, which received
the greatest impact from
hurricane Ivan. she said the
whole island was lucky that
the eye of the storm did not
hit Jamaica.
"That's a blessing because
if the eye had hit, it would
have been a lot worse," she
said.
Lammerant will be
sending extra money home
with her cousin, who comes
to Exeter every summer as a
seasonal worker, when he
returns to Jamaica on Oct. 2.
Donations from her
church, Blyth's Church of
God, might also be included
in her care package.
"I'm not going to do a
fundraiser but it was
mentioned at my church on
Sunday and my church is
very supportive. It's not a
public thing. I will accept it
but I'm not asking," she
said.
Bettianne Hedges, of the
Canadian Red Cross,
Oxford, Huron and Perth,
said donations are also being
accepted for hurricane relief
efforts in the Caribbean,
including medical and
building supplies, through
local banks including the
CIBC and TD -Canada Trust.
Spokespeople from both
banks in Seaforth say they
can accept donations for the
Red ' Cross but haven't
received any yet.
"No one's even enquired
about it," said Seaforth
CIBC branch manager Deb
Brindley.