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Times -Advocate, September 1,1993
5'u -rap up
Cattle herds
hit with
virus
SEAFORTH - Three cattle
herds within a 20 kilometre radi-
us of Seaforth have been hit
with a deadly virus.
Bovine Virus Diarrhoea
(BVD) has been diagnosed in
two dairy herds and one beef
herd, reports the Huron Exposi-
tor. A local veterinarian has
said the outbreak of the disease
is as bad as anything he has seen
in his 15 -year career.
There is no known treatment
for the virus. The only protec-
tion offered local farmers is vac-
cination against BVD.
An information night about
BVD is being held at the Sea -
forth Legion on Thursday Sep-
tember 2 at 8 p.m. Dr. Anne
Godkin of the University of
Guelph will be making the pres-
entation.
Blanshard
voting to
end 'dry'
status
ST. MARYS - Blanshard
Township residents will be get-
ting a.chance to decide whether
or not to abandon their status as
a "dry" township.
Blanshard has retained its ban
on the sale of alcohol in the
township siucc the Prohibition
of the 1920s. 'Previous votes to
allow alcohol sales have fallen
short of the 60 percent needed to
reverse its "dry" status.
The September 14 vote comes
at the request of the owners of
the Superstar Hockey Camp,
who are adding a golf course to
their property and wanted alco-
hol sales to be allowed at their
clubhouse for special events.
Another Blanshard golf
course, Science Hill, does serve
alcohol, but under an old agree-
ment that facilities open less
than 10 months of the year were
exempted.
MPP's office
picketed
CLINTON - Huron MFP Paul
Klopp's office was picketed Au-
gust 20 by a group of Bluewater
Youth Centre workers. The
group was protesting what they
were calling an illegal lockout -
the closing of their workplace,
creating three days of `unpaid
leave.
According to the News
Record, the picketers displayed
signs that read "Let's get Ontario
working", "Illegal lock out" and
"Save Ontario's Services".
A union representative ex-
plained the picketing was to
draw the public's attention to the
poor treatment the employees
have been receiving over the
past several weeks.
Nursing
program
returns in
Windham
WING
Way -Wingham
The Wingham
and District Hospital has an-
nounced that its Nursing Assist-
ant program has got a new lease
on life.
The program will continue
into its 52nd year this fall, now
that funds are available through
Canada Employment's UIC re-
training program. The prograrn
allows people presently receiv-
ing unemployment benefits to
enter the healthcare profession
as Registered Nurses' Assistants.
The hospital says the curricu-
lum will remain the same, and
students will still have to write
their exams in accordance with
Ilk College of Nurses Regis -
Med Nurses Assistants stan-
dards.
Connestoga College is han-
dling the management of the 20 -
student program.
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Hands across the Border
Driver injured
Usborne teen aids Iowa flood victims as vehicle
goes out of
control
By Erin Lobb
T -A staff'
KIRKTON - "One woman, Hilda,
just sat on her porch and cried. Her
house was so bad that she had to
sleep in her garage."
This was the experience of Lynne
Hem of Usborne Township who re-
cently returned from Des Moines
Iowa where she helped flood vic-
tims repair the damage done to their
homes.
As pan of the "Hands Across the
Border" program, sponsored by
Sarnia businesses, Hem travelled to
Iowa for one week. During her stay
she helped to renovate, drywall, in-
sulate, and lay new foundations for
10 homes.
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"All of the walls inside the homes
had to be torn out because of the
cockroach infestation," said Hem.
"One house was so bad that even af-
ter we tore out the insides the exter-
minator still declared that the house
was unlivable because of the cock-
roaches."
Hern, who found out about the
program when watching a television
documentary, says that the flood
levels were at one time over the
roofs of the houses, and as high as
the town stoplights.
"The people in the town had 15
minutes to evacuate, the dams were
12 feet high and when the water
started going over the top it didn't
take long for the town to fill up."
Hern stayed at a campsite outside
of town, during the evening, with
the group of people she travelled
with. During her stay Hem made
many good friends who became a
sort of extended family for the
week.
Learning how to do construction
work was no problem for Hern, de-
spite the fact that she had never
done it before. ,
"They taught us everything we
needed to know," she said.
When asked what part of the job
was the toughest, Hem replied that
seeing the homes, and possessions
of the residents' homes destroyed
was the worst
"Whole cars were ruined, and
childrens toys were floating every-
where." She also added that what
she enjoyed most were the looks of
appreciation and kind words from
the people who' were able to retum
to their homes.
Evacuees are currently staying in
Red Cross shelters throughout the
city, and will slowly move back into
their homes, those which are repair-
able, when they are completed.
However that won't be until some
time as tap water is not yet safe to
use.
In the meantime more volunteers
-are needed to donate their services.
If you are able to help call Lynne
Hern at 229-8223 for more informa-
tion.
EXETER - The OPP report two
accidents this past week in their de-
tachment area.
Last Sunday, on Concession 6-7
of Usbome Township, police say a
vehicle driven by Christopher Skin-
ner of RR 1 Michell went out of
control. The vehicle was severely
damaged, but the driver received
only minor injuries. Police say
charged have been laid.
Saturday, police say a van parked
on County Road 2 south of Zurich
was struck by a passing car, driven
by Eileen Currie of Lucan. The .
van, owned by Ronald Bowers of
Crediton, was damaged on the driv-
er's door.
The OPP are also helping to reu-
nite a man with his missing dog.
Police say a black and white Ken-
tucky Blue Tick Hound wearing a
choke chain collar went missing on
Saturday from a cottage on Side
Road 15 of Hay Township. The
owner, Robert Tessier has had to
retum to the U.S.A., but if his dog
is found, he can be contacted at
313-727-3365.
Usbome's Lynne Hem, has just retumed from a trip south of
the border where she aided in the clean-up of the city of Des
Moines. The Iowa city was heavily damaged by the Mississip-
pi flood this summer.
Two cars stolen. several broken into
Rash of auto -related
crime Iinked to late
rimer transients
EXETER - The OPP are dealing
with several instances of break-ins
to parked cars in the area, as well
as several car thefts.
Police report that sometime in the
early hours of August 24, a black
GMC S15 truck was broken into at
Robert Dale Motors in Centralia.
Stolen from the truck was its spare
tire and a plastic tarp.
Sometime during the past two
weeks, police say a camper truck
owned by Kevin Kipfer of -Dash-
wood was broken into. Stolen was
a car stereo (Pioneer Supertuner
KE2000) with speakers.
In the early hours of Friday
moming, a Blue Ford van owned
by Charles Miranti was' parked on
St. Joseph beach. Police say it was
broken into, and stolen were two
sets of roller blades, one set size 9
male with buckles, and the other
size four female with laces.
Early Saturday morning, a grey
Ford pickup owned by Clinton
Barker of Hensall was forcibly en-
tered, say police. Taken was a
black leather cassette case contain-
ing about 70 to
About the sam time, a ,green
Chevrolet Impala owned by Paul
Morrison of Zurich was broken into
while parked on King St. in Hen-
sall. Taken from the car was $10 in
cash and a pair of white -shorts.
About 1 a.m. Friday morning, po-
lice say a 1993 Oldsmobile owned
by Pierre Canton of St Joseph was
Reform Party
opening
campaign
office
GODERICH - The Reform
Party riding association is
launching their election cam-
paign with a grand opening
of their headquarters next
Monday.
Huron -Bruce candidate Len
Lobb will be present at the
ceremony, which will begin
at 4 p.m. A chicken barbecue
will follow the event at 5
p.m.
The campaign headquarters
is at 282-C Suncoast Drive
East in Goderich.
stolen. The car was later involved
in an accident near London. The
two male occupants, who were in-
jured, are facing charges of posses-
sion of stolen property from the
London OPP.
Early Saturday morning a 1987
GMC pickup owned by Robert
Baker of Hensall was stolen. It was
later found abandoned near Bruce -
field, extensively damaged.
Later Saturday, a white Mazda
pickup was found abandoned in St.
Joseph. The truck had been report-
ed stolen from Ingersoll the day be-
fore.
OPP staff sergeant Don Mclnnes
referred to the recent increase in
carr -related crimes as possibly being
a symptom of the late summer sea-
son.
"It's a very transient area this
time of year," said McInnes, who
noted a car was stolen from Clinton
on the weekend and ended up in
Exeter, driven by a pair of "joyrid-
ing" 13 -year olds.
"You get a lot of kids out on the
street and not a whole lot for them
to do," he said, adding that the first
step to preventing such crimes is
for owners to "keep your cars
locked as a deterrent".
While there is little evidence to
link the three early -Saturday crimes
in Hensel!, McInnes said the OPP
will have to consider that as a pos-
sibility.
Correction:
captions
switched
The photographs in last
week's Times -Advocate from
the Centralia College Crops
Update were published with
the wrong captions.
On page 28 the top two
photos had their captions
switched.
The third photo was pub-
lished with an incorrect cap-
tion. It should have stated
that Laurie McLachlan, Nina
Knee and Dianne Hardy were
registering visitors to the
event. The Times -Advocate
regrets these errors.
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