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Huron Expositor, 2007-06-20, Page 211, Carmunnock Model. Suite Now Open for Viewing! INELCOME TO... RITZ LUTHERAN VILLA A. CONTINVING.Q • • 7..11.- et A Charitable Organization Established In 1974 Inquiries Welcome! (519) 348-8612 www.ritzlutheranvilla.com • RITZ � VILLAGE by the THAMES • Four Home Suite Sizes • "Missing Link" Amenity Centre • Dining Centres • Service Packages to meet a variety of needs • Security info@ritzlutheranvilla.com St. George St. RR#5 Mitchell. Ontario Caring is our reason for being Page 2 June 20, 2007 • The Huron Expositor News Huron County residents getting the message about smoking regulations, says health unit Susan H u n d e r t m a r k With 25 Huron County people charged under the Smokefree Ontario Act during its first year, Pam Scharfe, of the Huron County Health Unit, says the community is getting the message about smoking in public. "They understand the law is here to provide protection from secondhand smoke and protect youth from getting hooked," she says. The province celebrated the first anniversary of the legislation recently, with Minister of Health Promotion Jinn Watson saying the anti- smoking legislation is one of the toughest in Ontario. "The strategy is in fact working," he says, pointing to a 99.9 per cent compliance rate in Ontario bars and an 18.7 per cent decrease in tobacco consump- tion. "That's 2.6 billion fewer cigarettes smoked," he says, adding that the 789 new liquor licences issued since June, 2006 show that busi- nesses are not failing the way it was predicted when the leg- islation came into effect. Scharfe says the health unit has heard no complaints about the legislation but is instead hearing praise. "We're hearing from people that it's so nice to go out and hear a band playing at a bar or restaurant without having to worry about someone smok- ing," she says. 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It had a nimble seat and to get into it, we stepped on the running board and then on two steps on the hack fender on the right-hand side of the car. "It had six cylinders and ran so quiet you could hear the grass hitting the bottom. I bought it from a man who used to come and visit us and our dog and we never heard him approaching until he drove around the corner of the house. "He bought it second hand in Montreal and drove it to Saskatchewan, where I bought it. This was in the hungryThirties and times were really tough. I had wintered in pulp camps and logging camps and so was able to buy it. "When war broke out in September 1939, some farmers from our dis- trict got jobs in an armour Mate factory in Galt (now Cambridge). Ontario. A friend of mine asked if I would drive him and his wife down to Galt. We could not go through the States because we were at war and they were not. There was no road around the top of the Great I so we had to go across take Superior by ferry boat. "When we finished crossing, the boat crew didn't know Iiow to start my car to unload it. A couple of wires hung down under the dash and 1 twisted them together to turn on the starter. Then 1 drove the car across a couple of planks from the ship to the dock. "On our trip to Galt, we could not go more than 30 miles an hour because the radiator was badly plugged with Stop Leak. if we .vent faster, the water pump would pump the water up faster than it could run down through the rad and the water would run out the overflow pipe. It took us a week to get there. "Doug and i each got a job at 35 cents an hour holding heavy armour plates on an anvil while another man pounded them straight. A year later, I drove hack to Saskatchewan with a couple of other guys from the same area. My tires were worn out so i traded an old tire for another at the rubber salvage pile. But 1 still had no spare so i sold the car to a friend for $50. "i later joined the army, went to England on the Ile de France, went to Normandy by landing craft, and came hack to England by Red Cross ship on a stretcher." Visit CarStory online at www.CarStory.com. Email: bill@carstory.com or write Bill Sherk, 33 Oak St. E., P.O. Box 10012, Leamington, ON N8H 2C3. teens. "We're making sure they're well informed but even when the test shoppers admit they're underage, some are saying, `That's okay' and sell- ing them cigarettes anyway," she says. "You're not doing youth any favours buying them cigarettes since you could be ensuring they'll be hooked for life to a very expen- sive habit," she says, adding that retailers found guilty of selling to minors twice in five years will lose the privilege of selling cigarettes for six months. Since retailers get warnings before they're charged, 57 were warned after selling to youth the first time - the 19 were charged after the second offence. After 16 were warned about smok- ing in a public place, one person was charged and after 26 were warned about smoking in the work- place, three got tickets. Of the 19 warned about failing to warn employees about the legisla- tion, one was charged. Employers also have had to be warned about 'They understand the law is here to provide protection from secondhand smoke and protect youth from getting hooked,' -- Pam Scharfe, of the Huron County Health Unit laid in Huron County are relat- ed to retailers selling cigarettes to youth younger than 19, Scharfe says that issue is the biggest local challenge under the Smokefree Ontario Act. "We still have people selling cigarettes to kids. The major problem is not asking for ID," she says, adding that retailers are obliged to ask for ID to anyone who looks under 25. Even with 15 and 16 -year-old test shop- pers, who under the legislation must visit stores twice a year to determine compli- ance, Scharfe says retailers are selling to putting up no smoking signs and get- ting rid of ashtrays. Retailers have also had to be warned about new laws regulating countertop displays and having open cigarette packages, which can be an indication that single cigarettes are being sold to youth. The health unit is obliged to do educational vis- its and during the first year visited 350 tobacco venders, 101 restaurants and bars and 114 work- places. The health unit also made 729 inspections dur- ing the first year, giving 307 warnings.