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Huron OPP
Road Watch
fighting
speeding
Huron OPP and
Huron Road Watch are
joining to combat
traffic speeding
problems.
A community speed
sign, which acts like a
radar gun, will be set
up in ,areas viewed to
have speeders,
displaying the speed of
passing vehicles.
The sign will be
located in each
community for two
days providing plenty
of warning for
aggressive drivers.
As well, Huron OPP
officers will be out in
full force with specific
emphasis on seatbelts,
alcohol and aggressive
driving.
In 2002, there were
1,371 auto collisions in
Huron County, up from
1,249 in the year 2000
(O.P_P. 2002).
Speeding reduces the
time drivers have to
avoid crashes and
lengthens stopping
distances, increasing
both the likelihood and
severity of crashes,
says the Huron OPP.
Huron East and Central
Huron face off for CNIB
Egmondville's Bob Fisher and
Clinton's John Bezaire are
challenging each other to raise
the most funds at the Walk for
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Jeff Heuchert photo
Mitch Riley, 7, of Egmondville, looks Tess than thrilled by his first experience holding a fish
at the Lions Fishing Derby on Saturday.
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26'Main St.,
Seaforth.
527-2222
Bridges
celebrates
gran.
openin
Susan Hundertmark
With three model homes open for
display and five or six houses being
built for the first residents of the new
adult lifestyle community, Bridges of
Seaforth celebrated its grand opening
over the weekend.
At an opening ceremony Friday,
developer Bill MacLean expressed his
excitement at seeing the project, begun
in 1994, finally reaching the point
where retired couples can begin moving
in this summer.
"The town asked us what we could do
at the conclusion of that first meeting in
January of 1994, 12 long years ago.
And, I answered they could help to
facilitate the paperwork so we could
begin building the next spring. Talk
about being naive," MacLean laughed.
The 248 -home community being built
within the Seaforth Golf Club will bring
many advantages to Seaforth, said
MacLean.
He said the 500 people living in
Bridges will generate $750,000 in taxes,
$150,000 to $200,000 in water and
sewer revenue and new business to
what he predicted would become a "very
busy downtown?'
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Downtown merchants raising cash for splash
Twenty-four hour slt-a-thon planned to fundralse for Lions Pool
Susan Hundertmark
Seaforth's Main Street merchants
aren't just sitting around watching the
Lions Club make $200,000 renovations
at its pool this spring.
They're going to sit around and raise
money, instead.
The Cash for Splash Challenge, which
is scheduled to run for 24 hours from 4
p.m. on Tuesday, June 6 to 4 p.m. on
Wednesday, June 7, will see downtown
businesspeople seeking pledges as they
sit on Main Street round the clock.
"We were all chatting one day about
what we could do for the pool and we
just went from one thing to another -
we wanted it to be some sort of
challenge," says organizer Christine
Behnke, of the Seaforth Bakery.
"When it comes to the Lions Pool,
there is not a person in town who hasn't
had kids or grandkids taking swimming
lessons there. It's a very important
cause," she says.
"I always know it's summer because r
see five kids together on their bikes
with towels around their necks," says
Behnke.
She says that between her neighbours
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