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Man airliftec! to
London after
industrial
accident
in Seaforth
A 68 -year-old Zurich man
was airlifted to London's Vic-
toria Hospital after an indus-
trial accident last Wednesday
at Progressive Turf in Sea -
forth.
Huron OPP report the man
was working on a manlift and
doing electrical work when his
safety harness got caught on a
lever.
The man was taken to Sea -
forth Community Hospital
and then to Victoria Hospital
as a precaution but was re-
leased..
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Howick man, 18, charged
with street racing
An 18 -year-old Howick man
was charged with street rac-
ing on Sept. 17 at approxi-
mately 7:30 a.m. when he was
observed travelling 50 km/h
over the 80 km/h speed limit,
reports the Huron OPP.
A police officer operating
moving radar on Perth Road
178 saw a pick-up truck trav-
elling eastbound at a high
rate of speed and activated
the radar.
Along with street racing, the
man was charged with Person
Under 19 Years Having Li-
quor. His truck was impound- '
ed for seven days and his li-
cence has been suspended for
seven days.
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Food bank planning"
Thanksgiving food drive
Susan 'Hundertmark
While demand at the Seaforth and Area Food Bank re-
mains at "a high level of need," dwindling donations over
the summer have led to the need for a Thanksgiving food
drive, says Seaforth food bank chair Maureen Spittal.
"Donations fall off over the summer. People are away
and they seem to forget about it," she says.
Clients of the Seaforth food bank, however, are up close
to 100 from last year with 281 users in July, 2009 com-
pared to 192 in July, 2008 and 228 users in August, 2009
compared to 129 in August, 2008.
"Our numbers are staying up. People are still being
laid off and they're running out of EI (employment in-
surance)," she says.
Food bank volunteers are putting up a canopy where
they'll accept donations at the Seaforth Foodland from
Oct. 1-3 from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Thursday and Friday
and from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday.
The Thanksgiving food drive follows a successful drive
in the spring when a cube van at the Seaforth Foodland
and a truck at the Seaforth Bakery collected $5,000 in
donations.
"We decided we're going_ to do it every Easter and
• Thanksgiving," says Spittal.
Added help will come this Thanksgiving as well from
Hugo and Friedy Bontrup of Home on the Range near
Londesboro, with a Fall Colours Trail Ride on Sunday,
Oct. 4, when participants will collect pledges for the Sea -
forth food bank.
Riders from all over Southwestern Ontario will gather
to ride from Home on the Range across eight properties
to the Hullett Conservation Area and back between 10
a.m. and 6 p.m.
Home on the Range raised $700 along with a supply of
donated food during a Spring Blossoms ride but with the
additional of a free foal as the prize for the most dona-
tions raised at the fall ride, owner Hugo Bontrup says he
thinks donations will surpass the spring total.
'"I can see we'll make quite a bit. People are ` talking
already and they're really working on their donations be-
cause they want to win that foal," he says.
Bontrup says that while he's fundraised for various
Andy Van Dorp, of Mlddegaal Pools, cleans out some autumn causes such as the Special Olympics, Hurricane Katrina
leaves from the Seaforth Uons Pool In preparation for the annual Relief and the Children of Chernobyl over the past 16
closure of the pool. See TRAIL, Page 2
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