Huron Expositor, 2007-08-01, Page 3News
Dashwood, Mt. Carmel
reeling from deaths
Cheryl Heath
The tight -knit communities of
Dashwood and Mount Carmel are
reeling from the shooting deaths of
two of their awn on July 22.
John Becker, a Municipality of
Bluewater councillor, rural -route
mail delivery man and long-time
volunteer for the Dashwood fire ser-
vice, says few area residents can
begin to comprehend the senseless-
ness of the act, which claimed two
longtime community residents and
boosters, William and Helene
Regier.
Sadly, notes Becker, this is not the
first time tragedy has cast its pall
over the Regiers.
In 1976, Helene's own mother was
claimed in a house fire on the same
property William and Helene Regier
came to call home.
The community's response to the
fire was instant, notes Becker, who
recalls volunteer firefighters pooled
their resources in order to purchase
a tanker truck so that type of inci-
dent would never happen again.
"Those things never leave you,"
says Becker.
Today, Becker says, some area res-
idents are second-guessing them-
selves and wondering if more
could've been done to prevent the
double murder, which occurred west
to the region where the OPP were
conducting a manhunt for
Windsorite Jesse Imeson, who was
beiing sought in connection to the
murder of Windsorite Carlos Rivera.
Becker says Bill was supposed to
pick up his brother, Monday morn-
ing, to go the doctor's. When Bill
didn't arrive, a relative checked the
Regier home and found the couple.
Police were then called.
"The whole community is just
shell shocked," says Becker, who
adds a rural -route mail delivery
man, he has occasionally found him-
self calling in suspicious vehicles to
police, but he didn't spot anything
out of the ordinary during his regu-
lar duties.
Becker notes the Regiers were
well respected and'active members
of the community, where they were
especially involved in fundraising at
their home church in Mount
Carmel, which is currently undergo-
ing renovations.
Becker says many people in the
area didn't know about the man-
hunt on the July 20-22 weekend,
which left a lot of people feeling ner-
vous.
He adds since then, police have
been active in attempting to find-
Imeson,
nd"Imeson, who could be in the area,
long gone, or hiding out in one of the
area's abandoned farm houses "right
under their noses."
"It's a real shock to the neighbour-
hood," says Becker. "We will have to
learn to endure it."
Becker is hoping Imeson is caught
so the Regier family and the com-
munity can begin the long process of
healing.
He adds there are residents lock-
ing their doors for the first time.
"You don't know who is out there
any more," he says.
Renewed funding lets library
offer free Internet training
With renewed funding from the Community Access Program (CAP), the
Seaforth branch of the Huron County Library is again offering free
Internet training.
Laura Mero has been hired as a CAP youth intern for Seaforth branch to
help people enhance their computer and Internet skills, and even teach
them how to make a web site, if interested.
"I am delighted that the federal government has decided to continue to
fund this important service," said Beth Ross, county librarian. "The use of
the internet computers at our libraries has continued to grow every year,
and people need to improve their skills to keep up with the fast -paced
changes of the Internet."
In addition to basic computer and Internet skills, the CAP youth interns
can teach people how to participate in online activities such as blogs, wikis,
photo sharing and other social networking.
Training sessions are conducted on a -one-on-one basis, with some special
events also taking place.
You can learn how to start your own blog, build your own website, partici-
pate in online live chatting or anything you might want to learn about
using a computer or searching the Internet.
Interested learnets can make an appointment by calling Seaforth Library
at 519-527-1430. This Internet training is also available at all branches of
the Huron County Library.
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