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Weddle. - �A
Obituaries - 7A
Recreation - 9A
Births - ISA
Graduates - ISA
Flipping through amail-order library. See page 3A.
Young priest, new thoughts on church. See page 5A.
Two seniors place in Provincial games. See page 9A.
Serving the communities
and areas of Seatorth,
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Seaforth, Ontario
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15. 1990
DOUBLE -DARE YA....Joey Topor is the picture of pride as he plugs the hose on his Seaforth recreation
playground leader on Friday afternoon, but heads for the hills when his victim turns the hose on him for
watery retaliation. Friday's hot sunny weather was perfect for the rec program's Penny Carnival and
sponge toss at the Seaforth and District Community Centres. Elliott photo.
Grits elect Fitzgerald for Huron
BY SHELLEY MCPHEE
HAIST
CLINTON - Liberal en-
thusiasm was running at fever
pitch here on August 9 when
more than 800 Grits nominated
Jim Fitzgerald of Clinton as their
candidate for the September 6
provincial election.
Fitzgerald earned the Liberal
nod for the local party and he
will face off against Ken
Campbell of the Conservatives,
Paul Klopp for the NDPs and
Tom Clark of the Family
Coalition Party in the upcoming
election.
The Liberal nomination night
was one the biggest and most
dramatic events seen in the
history of the local party as
hundreds of people crammed
into the hot high school gym-
nasium in Clinton to choose a
successor for Jack Riddell. Mr.
Riddell carried the local Liberal
flag for 17 years and has served
as Member of Provincial Par-
liament for Huron County and as
provincial minister of agriculture
during his tenure.
His recent retirement from the
political scene opened the doors
for a Liberal contest in the coun-
ty. For Grit supporters, the
nomination meeting was an
exciting evening.
Fitzgerald's win did not come
without a tough fight from chal-
lenger Fred Lobb of Clinton.
A jubilant Jim Fitzgerald hugs his wife Lois following the announ-
cement that he will represent the Huron liberals in the upcoming
provincial election The Clinton resident just edged out Fred Lobb,
also of Clinton The nomination meeting was held at Clinton's high
school on Thursday nigh. (Paul Rudan photo)
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Some 794 people cast ballots
in the first vote that saw
Fitzgerald take a slight lead with
376 votes, to Lobb's 316 votes.
Candidate Eileen Palmer of
Goderich earned 66 votes and
Phil Comish of Clinton brought
in 36 votes. The two candidates
with the smallest percentage of
the votes were eliminated from
the election.
Fitzgerald's lead was not
enough to give him the majority
of the votes. Liberal card carriers
went back to the ballot boxes a
second time to choose between
Fitzgerald and Lobb.
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Premier's tour
stops in Exeter
Ontario Premier David Peter-
son will make a short afternoon
stop in the Exeter area today
(Wednesday).
M part of a whirlwind tour
that begins in Windsor and
moves on to Corunna, the
premier will be in Exeter before
moving on to Stratford and the
Niagara area.
The Peterson contingent, fol-
lowed by a media bus is
scheduled to visit the Huron
Produce Plant in Osborne Twp.
about 1:45 p.m.
Aftcx a short tour. Peterson's
group will visit the Exeter
Liberal Campaign committee
mom on Main Street near the
('anadian Tire outlet.
Peterson, who will meet Huron
riding candidate Jim Fitilierald
and his supporters to tlftcially
open the Exeter office, is ex -
pected to announce a new
program which will be benefit, ial
to farmers.
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Five die in two -car accident
BY SUSAN OXFORD
Five young people were found
dead in a head on collision in the
dense fog of early August 12 mor-
ning. The accident occurred in the
eastbound lane of Huron County
Road 25, 0.3 kms. west of Grey
Township Road 20, 21 on the
McKillop side. Dead are: Jeanne
Elizabeth Saldivar, 21, RR 1 Staffs,
lone passenger of her car; Scott
Bremner, 18, Brussels, driver of the
other car and his passengers: Todd
Rice, 17, Brussels; Neil Pipe, 18,
Brussels; Jason Kraemer, 18, Tees -
water.
The accident was discovered early
Sunday morning by a man driving
with his family; in the dense fog his
car almost hit the smashed vehicles.
He called police from his home and
returned to the scene where another
man had stopped and was protec-
ting the scene. On investigation the
men found there were two cars
welded together from the impact of
the collision.
Goderich OPP and ambulance
arrived at 3:15 a.m. The. Grey
Township firefighters were called to
extricate the drivers of the two cars;
Miss Saldivar was the only victim
wearing a seatbelt. It was the
second fatal car accident they were
called to in the last year and a half.
OPP investigating officer Jack
Straughan said "The boys' car was
in the wrong lane. The heavy fog,
and perhaps the speed the cars were
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JEANNE SALDIVAR
travelling at, could have been fac-
tors in the accident. There is an
indication alcohol was in both
cars."
Post mortems conducted Monday
at Stratford Hospital show the
drivers did not have enough alcohol
in their systems to make them
legally impaired, although alcohol
was present in both.
Jeanne Saldivar had finished her
second year nursing at Fanshawe
College and had practised at
Woodstock Hospital. She graduated
from Seaforth High School where
she had been a member of the
school band. Jeanne worked as a
waitress at Ginette's restaurant,
Seaforth, since it's opening in 1987.
Her employer Dave DeVries said
"Jeanne was a very dedicated per-
son and helped me with many of
the decisions about the business.
She worked really hard and saved
her money to put herself through
college. Jeanne would have made
an excellent nurse because she was
dedicated and liked people."
Jeanne's first cousin Kathy Blake
said she and Jeanne "were always
the best of friends. Jeanne and I
saved our money and went to
California to visit her relatives. It
was the only trip Jeanne had ever
taken.
"Jeanne taught me how to swim
and that saved my life. I was in an
accident last year and the car went
into the Conestoga river. I swam
away from the car to shore.
"I keep wondering 'why Jeanne?'
I'm glad I last saw her Saturday
night at a baseball game in
Mildmay."
Goderich OPP preliminary in-
dications show Jeanne was retur-
ning from a baseball tournament in
Mildmay and the youths were retur-
ning from a stag and doe dance in
Dublin. Police are still inves-
tigating.
McKillop man takes Tory reins
BY PAUL RUDAN
CLINTON - A gymnasium full
of Tory supporters stood and
applauded as Ken Campbell was
chosen to lead the Huron Progres-
sive Conservative (PC) Party in
the September 6 provincial elec-
tion.
Approximately 350 PC delegates
picked the 55 -year-old Mr.
Campbell over Nico Peters. The
nomination meeting was held at
the Clinton high school on August
8.
"I want to ensure you that I'll
give it my very best. I'll be on the
campaign trail every day,"
promised Mr. Campbell in his
acceptance speech. He added that
he wouldn't mind having Mr.
Peters as his campaign speech
writer.
In his opening address, Mr.
Campbell chose not to criticize the
Liberal government. Explaining
his position, Mr. Campbell stated,
"You can't do a thing (about the
government) if you're not in
Queens Park."
The McKillop Township farmer
and business man has been an
active PC supporter for the last 20
years. As a campaign manager for
Huron MP Murray Cardiff, Mr.
Campbell helped the PCs to vic-
tory in the 1980, '84 and '88
federal elections. For the last two
years he served as president for
the Huron Provincial PC As-
sociation. Hc stepped down from
this post upon his announcement
to run for election.
Mr. Campbell said he has been
tempted to run for election before,
but did not because of his
business and other commitments.
Now, his son is running the
business and he says he has the
time to devote to politics.
"Timing is everything," he
declared. "Before, the timing
wasn't right, but now the time is
right.
"I understand the needs of the
people of Huron County. We can
win. I will win. With your sup-
port, we will win."
Tuckersmith Township resident
Mr. Peters will not have the op-
portunity, this time, to run in a
provincial election. In 1987, he
represented the Huron PCs and
finished a distant second to
Liberal Jack Riddell.
Results of the nomination elec-
tion were not released.
A happy Ken Campbell talks to fellow Tories following his election to
represent the Huron Progressive Conservatives in the September 6
provincial election. At his side is his wife Joan The nomination
meeting was held at the Clinton high school on August 8 Mr.
Campbell is from McKillop Township. (Paul Rudan photo)
County has a Family Coalition rep
BY DAVID EMSLIE
CLINTON - Members of the
Family Coalition Party (PCP) have
high hopes for their candidates
this year, and carrying these hopes
to the polls in the Huron Riding
will be Tom Clark.
Prior to Mr. C'lark's nomination
at the August 13 meeting at the
Clinton Town Hall, Paul Dodds,
the legal counsel and campaign
manager for the party province -
wide, discussed the rising
popularity of the F :P.
Although the party was formed
just two weeks prior to the last
provincial election, beginning with
three candidates, but finishing
with 16 at the close of
nominations, they captured, in
some areas, a good number of
votes, and never finished worse
than fourth.
Noting that he feels the PCP
will be in a close race to the end,
if not the winners, in some of
their popular areas, such as
l.ambton and Peterborough, Mr.
Dodds stated, "There are going to
be a surprising number of ridings
where the Conservatives will find
themselves safely relegated to
fourth spot."
Mr. Clark, who ran for th
Christian Heritage Party in the last
federal election, was the only
nominee at a meeting of shout 30
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