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Huron OPP are investi-
gating a suspicious fire that
:happened - on March 20 in
the 43006 block of Hydro
Line Road.
Ats around 3:30 a.m., be-
tween 3,500 and 4,4)00 -straw
bales stacked in a field were
found to be on fire.
A passer-by alerted the au-
thorities and South Huron:::
Fire Department, Seaforth
Fire Department and .Clip
ton Fire Department all re-
aponded along with the Hu-
ron OPP.
A large grey cloud of smoke
rising from the pro
could be seen from kilome-
tres away well into the. ' after
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noon., 1
The low is estimated 10
.be around $200,000. There
were no. injuries sustained
and Huron OPP are treating
the blaze as suspicious.
Noah Rego, left, cowers Ids face with his hands at 'Magnetic' Mel Peterson of Mad Science of London tuts the stability of a
'structure he nide with a simulated arthquake Mar 18. The project was part of a "Super Structures Fuf4hop" that brought
together about 20 1lds at the Seaforth Library. Also picturedIs Levi McGrath and Christopher Fritzley. For more, see page 20.
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boys and gids' peewee tams
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to be awarded Medal
Joe Belanger
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Seventy -seven- ear -old John Jew
doesn't think of himself as a hero.
. But others certainly do, especially
his 79 -year-old wife, Kwong Yen.
And Jew says he doubts ,he'll visit
Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean to deceive a
medal of bravery for' saving his wife
from a fire at their Seaforth home on
Feb. 21, 2007.
"I_ don't want to ga," Jew said yes-
terday.
ewterday. "It's too far away. I don't want
to drive all that way. It's six hours."
The well-known and likable Jew is
one : of 36 :Canadians .named Monday
as winners of the Medal o rivery for
their heroism . m ons •
stances. Five . tans • were named
as winnerh ofthe,Stitt of sig for
or N i f -
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displaying heroism in great perh.,
The decorations. will144.- ' ';ded :Out
at a ceremony at Ridea > -- l on a
date to be announced.
a smoke alarm, ran' do taits : and
saw flames and smoke;rtf j rom
the kitchen.
He woke his *ife,, , `a lieep
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in the livingt►"A 'Meir
only exit was bike by
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Jew guided his wife40001.0 to a sec
oiid floor balcony, juniped in bare feet-,:
about six or seven ritettei, g : ,. ' ••
a ladder, climbed up and elpe'- ,
wife down as Seaforth eters ar-
front entrance.
,just did my job as a husband,"
said Jew, a retiree who owned and
ppilivt#1411940WarsAiiies
town.
In fact, it was the second time Jew
saved his wife from a fire, the other
being several years ago when they
lived in a small apartment above a
store,
"It . w,s so long ago, I don't remem-
ber-.. I jst got my wife out," said Jew,
who, .carne to Canada around 1950
and opened the restaurant in 1960.
He retired in the late 1980s.
But Seaforth District fire Chief
Thin .:P who bas: lived in town.
for more t t : • 60 years, remembers
both4ncidents. -
*What he did was absolutely amid -
ed Phillips,d '13*ng Je_r r
as a "meek, calm man who p
won't even apt t acv. ardr -L
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