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Staffa man
charged
with
impaired
driving
A 26 -year-old Staffa
man was charged with
impaired driving and
driving with over 80
mgs of alcohol in his
blood when he was
stopped by police in
Bluewater on Sept. 15
at approximately 10
p.m.
Huron OPP stopped
a northbound vehicle
on London Road near
Exeter that was seen
driving in the
southbound lane at a
very slow speed with
no taillights.
The vehicle drove
into the ditch when
stopped by police.
The driver was found
to have nearly three
times the legal limit of
alcohol in his system
when he provided two
breath samples at the
Exeter OPP
detachment.
He is scheduled to
appear in court in
Exeter on Nov. 29.
Huron at IPM...Brandon
McGavin, of Walton, brings
home the hardware from
the 2007 IPM...pg 34
9 25
gst included
Wednesday,
September 26, 2007
Susan Hundertmark photo
Isaac Hany, Grade 6, of Seaforth Public School, puts some effort into his participation in the
Terry Fox Run held at the school last Friday.
'World Record Walk' being
held at Vanastra Rec Centre
Susan Hundertmark
Women from the aqua -aerobics class at
the Vanastra Recreation Centre and
school -aged children using the facility
will be trying to help Ontario earn a
world record on Oct. 3 at 12:30 p.m.
The anticipated 30 participants will be
walking one kilometre as part of the
"World Record Walk," Ontario's
challenge to break the Guinness World
Record for the largest number of people
walking one kilometre at the same time.
The current record is held by Western
Australia with 100,915 participants in
September 2006.
The event is being planned by Green
Communities Canada to encourage
people to create a "walkolution" that
creates a culture of walking to deal with
problems .of obesity and global warming.
Berard said she heard about the event
through the Huron County Health Unit
and decided to offer a local walk "just to
get out and be part of it."
"It's a good opportunity to let people
see we have these trails marked out for
them," she said, of the walking trails the
municipality created in Vanastra,
Seaforth and Brussels a few years ago.
"We're hoping to attract a large group
of people. Maybe people will see our
posters and decide to join us," she said.
The aqua -aerobics group will be
meeting that morning for their regular
class, enjoying a potluck brunch and
then walking a four kilometre poker
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arenas
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Aaron Jacklin
Public access defibrillators are on
their way to the Vanastra Recreation
Centre and arenas in Seaforth,
Hensall and Brussels, according to
David Lew, manager of Emergency
Medical Services for Huron County,
based out of Goderich.
Sixteen of the units - known as
Automatic External Defibrillators,
or AEDs - have been purchased for
public facilities across the county.
"EMS, through the county, is really
kind of the spearhead to move this
forward in conjunction with the
Heart and Stroke Foundation," he
said last Wednesday, noting that
EMS will be looking after the
training and following up on any
calls where the AEDs are used.
"We have them here already," Lew
said. "We're meeting tomorrow with
a group of representatives from the
parks and recreation group."
Lew explained these would be the
people responsible for the units.
"What we're doing, basically, is
training the trainers and then they
will be able to train as many people
as they want in their particular
area," he said.
Lissa Berard, facility manager at
the Vanastra Recreation Centre,
wasn't at the meeting but does look
forward to the technology.
"It would be a good thing to
have," she said, noting that
cardiorespiratory emergencies are
often due to physical activity.
She said a lot of their clientele are
seniors and that it will be good to
have the security the AEDs would
provide.
• "We are all trained in doing CPR.
Everyone is trained in the facility.
We are able to provide a service.
This would be a better -quality
service," she said.
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