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Brief
Huron East
man
charged with
impaired
driving
A 59 -year-old Huron
East man was charged
with impaired driving
on Dec. 16 at 11 p.m.
after he was stopped
during a RIDE
program on
Jamestown Road in
Huron East.
A 2001 Chevrolet
Silverado pick-up
truck was stopped by
police, who noticed the
driver was displaying
signs of impairment.
The driver was
transported to the
detachment were he
provided two breath
samples, both of which
were over the legal
limit of 80 mg of
alcohol per 100 ml of
blood.
The man is
scheduled to appear in
court in Goderich on
Feb. 16.
Huron officers were
in full force completing
festive R.I.D.E.
programs throughout
Huron County.
Inside...
Toonles for
Teaching...
®Students at Huron
Centennial public school
have raised $1,070 to help
send Zambian orphans to
school. pg.13
Jeff Heuchert photo
Jessica Laycox is a Christmas angel confirming the arrival of baby Jesus on her
cellphone during Egmondville United Church's annual Christmas concert Sunday.
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Santa might not have such a holly jolly
Christmas if it wasn't for all the hard work
his elves do each year.
At least that's the consensus between a
group of kindergarten students from
Seaforth public school.
Haden Flood says Santa gets all of his toys
from the elves.
"They make the toys in the toyshop."
Abby Thomson agrees, saying the elves
are quite the busy workers this time of the
year.
"They make toys and also fun for the kids
and little babies."
"They make them, and paint them, then
wrap them, and then put them in Santa's
bag."
Olivia Riley has the utmost confidence the
elves will be able to make any kid's wish
come true.
"They can make anything."
Mattie McGregor has a different idea of
where Santa gets all those toys.
"At Costco in London," she says, but adds
that the elves do help out with some of the
gifts.
So what do these elves look like?
"Some have pointy ears, and kind of pointy
See TOYS, Page 8
N e
w owner of Egm o n dvi Ile store
hopes to reope
post n office in village
Canada Post, Canada Post
still intends to reopen a post
office in Egmondville, says
communications officer Tom
Creech.
The situation between
Papple and Canada Post "is
still hanging in the air and
for the foreseeable future,
Susan H u n d e r t m a r k
The former Egmondville
Country Market has been
bought by Brian Melady and
while he says it's too early to
say what use he'll make of
the building, he's hoping to
reopen the Egmondville post
office there.
"We're just waiting for the 100 households are hoping
closing date and we're for their post office," says
interested in exploring Melady, of BJM Financial
getting the post office but Services.
we've had no concrete details He adds that opening a
from Canada Post. A post store might also be a
office is certainly the biggest possibility.
demand by residents of While no resolution has
Egmondville," he says. been made yet between
"I don't want to buy it and former Egmondville
leave it sitting empty when postmaster Tom Papple and
See CANADA, Page 2