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Huron Expositor, 2005-07-13, Page 1IN ,` t- T i,K:. Clinical Systems DR. ROBERT SHEPHERD Practice in Psychology 194 Townsend St. Clinton Phone & Fax 519.482.1799 Visit www.inpsyt.com for more information In brief Ag Society gets ready for third annual truck and tractor pull By Jason Middleton Expositor Staff Seaforth is getting ready to be pulled along as the Seaforth Agricultural Society gets ready to host its third annual Tri -Town Truck and Tractor Pull on Saturday afternoon. Tractor pull organizer Pat DeJong said that people should come out "to see all the smoke and dust and li,sten to the power." !The feature event of this year's truck and tractor pull will be Jim Middleton, of the Clinton area, and his high performance pickup truck which runs on alcohol. DeJong explained that the idea of the pull is to see how far each truck and tractor can pull their vehicle with a weighted sled attached to it. Running from 4 p.m. until dusk, the tractor pull will feature trucks and tractors from all over Southern Ontario and some from the United States. DeJong said that there are two classes which are open to the public — a 15,000 pound field class tractor and two and four wheel drive open truck classes. The competition will feature different categories of tractors and trucks. While last year's event was rained out half way through, DeJong said that he's aiming for nice weather this year. "I'm hoping for a nice, warm, sunny day,' DeJong said, adding that he doesn't want it hot and muggy. In order to register for the classes, DeJong recommends arriving between 2 and 4 p.m. on Saturday afternoon. Tickets to the event, which are available at the gate, cost $10 for adults and $5 for children aged 5 to 12 years old. For more information contact Pat DeJong at 482- 7971. Police standoff closes Chalk Street in Seaforth... Wednesday, July 13, 2005 Jason Middleton photo Swingin' away the summer Taking a break from lunch, four-year-old Irelyn St. Onge and her brother Griffin, 3, both of Seaforth swing on the playground equipment at Seaforth Freeze King on Friday afternoon. Sal .251ndudes GST ALBS STREET DENTURE CLINIC Denture Specialist Dean R. McTaggart D.D. Complete and Partial Dentures Denture Repairs Relines & Additions 482-1195 so Albert st., Clinton Huron County drug raids net two Huron East drug traffickers and nine others By Jason Middleton Expositor Staff After two days of drug raids, roughly $130,000 worth of drugs were confiscated and eleven people, including two Huron East men, were arrested. Charges pertaining to the trafficking of drugs were laid. The five month investigation focused on cocaine and crystal methamphetamine distribution networks operating within the County of Huron. "I think this is a significant crack down on methamphetamine and cocaine in the county," said Huron OPP Sr. Const. Don Shropshall. "We're hoping that they (drug dealers) don't consider this to be a safe spot they can sell their drugs," Shropshall said. "We're hoping we can eliminate some of those drugs from our streets and make it a better place for our children to grow up. The investigation was initiated by the RCMP London Drug Section with the assistance of police from London, Stratford, Saugeen Shores and Hamilton. Staff Sgt. Rick Smith of the London RCMP drug section said the purity of drugs reaching street level in smaller municipalities is of serious concern to local communities. "The success of this investigation underlines the effectiveness of integrated operations between the federal, provincial and municipal police services," Smith said. "Cooperation amongst our policing partners in this particular case was focused and demonstrates our mutual effort to reduce both the demand and supply of illicit drugs within our communities," Smith said. During the raids, police seized approximately 450 grams of cocaine, 150 grams of crystal methamphetamine, 30 Percocet pills, 62 marijuana plants and a large sum of cash. The drugs ranged from 86 to 100 per cent purity. "Seizures of 100 per cent purity are unusual at the street level and are a good indicator that the drug has come directly from the lab to the street," Staff Sgt. Rick Smith of the See DRUG, Page 3 County's longest continuous running post office closes its doors after 1.50 years of service By Jason Middleton Expositor Staff After 150 years of continual service, the Egmondville Post Office licked its last stamp and sent out its last letter last Monday. Former customers of the post office, which was located in the Egmondville Country Market, said that they are surprised that the business closed. Egmondville resident Mary Melady said that it was very sad when she found out that the store was closed. She explained that she and her husband. John. loved being able to pick up their mail at a country store. "It's part of its charm. Going to that store and being able to pick up your mail, it was very convenient." Melady said. While Dawn and Tom Papple, owners of the Egmondville Country Market, were not available for comment, a sign on the front window of the business apologizes for the stores closing. The sign also said that the business owners tried hard to keep the store open, but they could not do it on their own. According to the book Tuckersmith Memories. the Egmondville post office was established on March 1, 1885. Egmondville post office's former postmaster Ray Hutchinson said that it's sad to see the business close. "It has a real long history and it is a shame to see it go, there's no doubt about that," Hutchinson said. When he worked at the post office, Hutchinson said that he had done some research and found out that the Egmondville Post Office was the second longest running continued operation post office in Canada. And, according to the Huron East Doors Open 2005 brochure, the post office is the longest continuous -running post office in Huron County. Tom Dalby, communications manager for Canada Post, said that they were notified on the weekend that the business would be closing on Monday. Dalby said that Canada Post was iooking for a place to locate the post office in the community, but they did not find anywhere to locate the business. "We were forced to put it into Seaforth and notify the customers of the post office that they are to pick up their mail in Seaforth." Dalby said. Over 200 people collected their mail at the Egmondville Post Office and Dalby said that their old postal boxes from the Egmondville Country Market were relocated into the lobby of the Seaforth Post Office. "This is hopefully a temporary situation," he said. "We're going to see if there's any businesses that wish to operate a postal outlet in Egmondville." Dalby said that he's not optimistic that a new host business will be found and said that green community mail boxes might be established in Egmondville for people to collect their mail. In April, Egmondville Postmaster Tom Papple asked Huron East Council if they could throw their support behind the Egmondville post office by getting residents of the Bridges development to use its services. Dalby explained that Canada Post is planning on using the green community mail boxes for the Bridges development. Seaforth Golf and Country Club co-owner and Egmondville post office customer Carolanne Doig said that the residents of the Bridges development would have had a great meeting place at the Egmondville post office. Doig said that she's going to miss the convenience of having a post office that was open late into the evening where she could buy stamps. Jason Middleton photo The Egmondville Country Market and post office closed their doors last Monday after serving Egmondville continuously for the put 150 years. The postal outlet was the longest continuous running post office in Huron County.