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Clinton News Record, 2015-10-21, Page 5Wednesday, October 21, 2015 • News Record 5 www.clintonnewsrecord.com letters to the editor Reader encourages community to donate and volunteer for community support agencies Dear Editor, October is Community Support month and this provides an opportunity to highlight Community Sup- port Services (CSS), which are critical in helping family caregivers and supporting seniors and persons with physical disabilities to remain in their own homes and communities. In our local communities ONE CARE Home & Com- munity Support Services supports thousands ofpeo- ple. We provide a wide vari- ety of services which help people live independently in their own homes for as long as possible. These ser- vices include Meals on Wheels and Dining, Trans- portation, FriendlyVisiting, Exercise and Wellness, Res- pite for family caregivers, Personal care and Home Support, Adult Day Pro- grams, Supportive Housing, and others. ONE CARE is a well estab- lished, community based, non-profit agency and we have been helping people to live at home for more than 40 years. We also work in partnership with other agencies and health care providers to support people in our communities. The need for these ser- vices is apparent when you look at some of our results. Last year, our dedicated staff and manyvolunteers sup- ported more than 4,700 individuals. For instance, we delivered more than 38,000 Meals on Wheels, provided 76,000 rides through our transportation program, served 15,000 meals at din- ing programs and saw more than 260 people attend our adult day care programs. More than 1,700 people took part in our seniors exercise and falls prevention classes and more than 550 attended our blood pressure clinics. By meeting these needs, home and community sup- port agencies improve the quality of life of clients and their families - and also cre- ate significant cost -savings to Ontario's health system, freeing up desperately needed funds and hospital beds. We are a crucial part of building the strong, sustain- able health care system we will all need in the future. As our population ages, community support ser- vices will become even more important. October is an opportunity for people to get to know, donate, volun- teer and raise their voices in support of community sup- port agencies. We play a crit- ical role in the health of indi- viduals and wellness of our communities. However, there is a large portion of the population that is unfamil- iar with the vital services that we provide. You can help, by letting others know about the services that we offer, by volunteering at our agency, by making a dona- tion, or by keeping informed about the essential work that we do. At ONE CARE our vision is "The caring support that people can turn to and count on." Together we are making this happen by sup- porting our neighbours, our family members and those in need. Together we are making a difference in pro- viding a network of support and care and helping to maintain strong communities. Please contact ONE CARE at 1-877-502-8277 or visit our website - onecare- support.ca for more information. 011ie Henry Board of directors chair ONE CARE Home & Com- munity Support Services OPP BRIEFS Traffic safety campaign makes an impact on Ontario roads OPP officers were kept busy over the Thanksgiving weekend during the national four-day traffic safety initiative called "Operation Impact". Enforce- ment efforts appear to be hav- ing an impact because prelimi- nary statistics indicate that the numbers of charges in two of the four main causal factors in motor vehicle collisions are down over the same period last year. What is alarming to police after this long weekend is that the number of stunt driving charges on Ontario roads are up 71 per cent over the same period last year. Speeding and distracted driv- ing charges are down, how- ever police report the number of seat belt and impaired driv- ing charges are up. Across the province, 478 seat belt charges were laid, and 83 people were charged with impaired driv- ing. Four people lost their lives this weekend in fatal motor vehicle collisions; speed was a factor in two of the deaths, and in one of the fatalities, alcohol was involved. During Operation Impact Huron County OPP officers charged 114 drivers with speeding, one driver was charged with rac- ing, three were charged with impaired/over 80 and two were served with alcohol warn -range suspensions. During the Fall seatbelt cam- paign, which took place from Sept. 23 to Oct. 9, Huron OPP officers charged 54 people with seatbelt violations. Thieves are taking the opportunity OPP officers continue to investi- gate a recent spike in the num- ber of stolen vehicles. Just in the last couple days Huron OPP has had an additional three vehicles and a trailer reported stolen. In each of these latest stolen vehicle occurrences the vehicles were left insecure with the keys inside the vehicle. On Oct. 15 at approximately 2:15 a.m. a sleeping Moncri- eff Road resident was alerted to his barking dogs. He looked outside and saw both of his pickup trucks leaving his prop- erty. The owner attempted to follow the trucks however he lost sight of them at Newry Road. The thieves made off with a blue 2003 Dodge Ram valued at $3,000 and a grey 2004 GMC Sierra extended cab pickup valued at $3,500. The GMC Sierra pickup truck has a large roof rack with a ladder on it. In addition, there was a trenching machine valued at $5,000 in the back of the truck box. Huron OPP is also investigating a theft of a white 2005 Chev- rolet Avalanche that was sto- len from a nearby commer- cial property located on Liv- ingstone Line. The vehicle had been on the property overnight as it was scheduled in for ser- vice the next day. The vehicle was stolen sometime between 6:00 p.m. on October 14th and 10:00 a.m. on October 15th, 2015. The Chevrolet Avalanche had "771" written in pink camo on the sides of the cargo box. The vehicle is valued at approx- imately $10,000. Huron OPP officers are also investigating the recent theft of a utility trailer and diesel fuel stolen from farm property located on Plugtown Line in South Huron. Officers believe the theft took place sometime between 5:00 p.m. on October 14th and 7:00 a.m. on Octo- ber 15th, 2015. The trailer is described as a two axle 2014 AJJS model 821, aluminum utility trailer. The trailer has a flat bed with raised sides and two attached ramps. In addi- tion to the trailer theft those responsible siphoned a quan- tity of diesel fuel from various machines located on the prop- erty. Anyone with information regarding these incidents is asked to call the OPP at 1-888- 310-1122. FROM THE ARCHIVES 15 years ago... • LeBeau accident was set to be the topic of an investigative documentary scheduled to appear on the Discovery Channel, Exhibit A - Secrets of Forensic Science. Four of Sara LeBeau's friends were killed in a one -car accident and she was seriously injured. She was found guilty of criminal negligence causing death for the 1996 crash. Many of the factors that cause the accident were a mystery to police. The OPP attempted to determine the driver of the car through an imprint which was left on the vehicle's airbag. • A flood rising in the south that would deeply affect Huron County farmers. The U.S. government had been assisting its agri- cultural producers and the effects of the policy had spilled over onto Canadian farms and eroded market -balanced crop prices. Money given to U.S. and Europe farmers by their respective governments had thrown off balance the supply -versus - demand commodity prices that was usually dictated by the global market. 25 years ago... . Huron County was the leading corn producer in the province. More than 160,000 acres were planted in com. Wet weather was wreaking havoc with the fall harvest • No explosives were found after a bomb threat was called in to Sifto Salt's Goderich mine. It forced a shut down of operation for over a day. By the time police had arrived at the scene, management had already moved to take precautions as workers had been evacuated. The OPP bomb squad was called from London when a lunch pail was spotted under a conveyor belt in the load- ing zone. 35 years ago... • A fire was intentionally set to the his- toric, three-storey Clinton Hotel causing $500,000 in damage. The blaze broke out just after 2 a.m. sending four guests and the owners and their daughter fleeing. No one was injured as everyone was awoken by a smoke detector. The hotel was burned to the ground also in 1907. • Quick action by crewmembers of coast guard helped save the lives of four men whose boat had overtumed in Lake Huron. Two of the men were from Vanastra. The men were on an outing near the mouth of the Maitland River when the vessel cap- sized where it was spotted by another ship. . A citizen warned council that Clinton would face a "very fast demise; urging it to make a final decision to purchase industrial land for the town. The citizen said there was a concern that foreign investment would snatch up all the land and the town would have nothing to workwith. Council had been looking at a parcel of land to purchase but were waiting on word on how much it will cost to service the proposed industrial site.