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Pick-up
truck
reported
stolen from
Hibbert
residence
A pick-up truck was
stolen from a residence
in Hibbert on Road 180
outside of Dublin,
reports the Perth
County OPP.
The 1999 Chevrolet
pick-up truck was a
beige 4x4 with a fifth
wheel attachment and
had an Ontario licence
plate FY3138.
It was stolen out 'of
the driveway of the
residence, with the
keys in the vehicle at
the time of the theft.
Anyone with related
information is asked to
call Perth County OPP
at 1-888-310-1122 or
Crime Stoppers at 1-
800 -222 -TIPS.
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Before he melts away
Holli Merrick, of Seaforth, takes advantage of the perfect packing snow on Saturday to
build her first snowman of the season.
Susan Hundertmark photo
Seaforth's
accessibility
receiving
some
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improvement
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Travelling up and down Seaforth's
Main Street in a wheelchair, Glen
McLachlan doesn't want to be too
critical.
It's impossible for him to get into the
front doors of the majority of the
historic storefronts - anything higher
than a one -inch step is not accessible for
a wheelchair - and those that are level
to the ground present other barriers
once the door is open.
.But, the member of the Huron County
accessibility advisory committee says if
the municipality of Huron East and the
storekeepers worked together, they
could solve same of the "little problems"
that make independent accessibility a
challenge.
"I like to shop at home but usually I
can't and sometimes I wonder how long
it will be before we lose our main streets
and have to go to malls since it could be
cost prohibitive to fix our buildings for
accessibility," he says.
But, then he thinks of his favourite
place to shop - Frankenmuth, Mich. -
where the historic streetscape has not
prevented the town from creating a very
accessible environment.
"I love Frankenmuth. If you can't get
in the front door there, they have a rear
entrance clearly marked and they let it
be known it's accessible," he says,
adding that an accessible rear entrance
could be a "fast and cheap" solution for
downtown buildings in Seaforth.
Frankenmuth's chamber of commerce
director Jennifer Tebedo says
Frankenmuth began concentrating on
accessibility in the 1990s and drew up a
hospitality master plan in 2000 that
places a large priority on accessibility.
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