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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 2016-09-28, Page 16 Lucknow Sentinel • Wednesday, September 28, 2016 St. Helens Fish Fry Kathy Todd Secretary St. Helens Hall Committee The success of the St. Helens Fish Fry continues each year. Unfortunately, we cannot increase our capacity as our fame grows due to the size of the hall and the limited volunteers we work with. We can only sit a maximum of 350 people during the serving time. The tickets get sold out earlier each time we have a fry. The rainyweather did little to deter those who stood in line for the dinner. The fish fry began in 2005; two years after the Township of ACW took over the owner- ship from the St. Helens Women's Institute. After working for three years with Lake Smith Conservationists we were on our own. We have been growing great since then. With the money from the fish fry and our Valentine's Day dinner we raise enough money to make several important improvements to this hall. In the near future we will be installing a new storage cupboard, new counter top and making improvements to the bathrooms. During the last two years we have offered to let the area students help us with this event. This is a way for them to make up their vol- unteer hours that they have PERFORMING AT THE KINGSBRIDGE CENTRE 84675 Bluewater Hwy. (Hwy. 21) Saturday October 1st at 8:00 pm (Doors Open at 7:OOpm) The Pleats Brenda Manderson, Laurie Dalton, Nicole and Nick Reid "The Pleats" play a variety of music with multiple instruments! This adaptive quartet plays everything from Gospel to modern, Celtic to Bluegrass. A lively and entertaining ensemble. Refreshments available to do in order to graduate. Their help has made it easier for the older volunteers and we hope to inspire them to continue with their participation. We would like to thank the students and of course our customers who have been great during the last several years. The big winner of our draw at the last fry was Deb- bie Gammie. Congratula- tions to her. Scone crokinole scores are in for Sept. 21 Six tables of players enjoyed an evening of crokinole at the Scone Schoolhouse on Sept. 21. Topping the score for the men was Neil Cook with 64 points, Al Carter was second with 56 and a close third was Clare Kuepfer with 54. Neil also topped the twenties with 46, Clare had 39 and Ron Hodgins was third with 35. Cathy Kuepfer was top lady with 53 points followed by Linda Simkins with 47 and Vera Gutzke placed third with 43 points. Jo -Ann Carter topped the twenties with 49, Cathywas second with 31 and Doreen Sulkye had 28 for third. Lucky door prize winners were Vera, Shirley Hebert, Clare and Larry Hennessey. In other crokinole news, the five Scone players that attended the sanctioned tournament on Sept. 17 in Belleville with the following Police - Huron County OPP RESIDENCE DESTROYED BY FIRE This morning at 5:51 a.m. members from the Huron County OPP Detachment along with North Huron Fire Department responded to a house fire located on Black Line a few kilometres east of Wingham. Upon arrival fire crews encountered a fully engulfed house fire. The fire was extinguished by the fire crews however the spread of the fire completely destroyed the bungalow. Two occupants were able to escape the fire without being injured. The estimated dollar value of damages to the res- idence is approximately $250,000. Investigators from the Office of the Ontario Fire Marshal are on scene to assist with the investiga- tion. At this point the cause of the fire is undetermined. Investigators would like to speak with anyone that may have information about this fire. Should you have infor- mation please contact Huron County OPP by calling (519) 524-8314 or 1-888-310-1122. Shouldyouwish to remain anonymous, you may call Crime Stoppers at 1 -800 -222 - TIPS (8477). IMPAIRED DRIVER CRASHES PICKUP A21-year-oldmale driverhas been released from police cus- tody following an Impaired Driving collision that took place on Friday, Sept 16, 2016. Just before 4:30 p.m. Huron CountyOPPandHuronCounty Paramedicswere dispatched to a rollover collision that took - PARH THEATRE onkel GoDEr UCl- 519 S24 7811 FOR MOVIE INFORMATION... www.movianks.cra ulo di3aei71-800-165-343B place on Conservation Road just east ofWildlife Line. The subsequent police investigation revealed the driver of a GMC Canyon pickup truck was travelling eastbound on Conservation Road at a high rate of speed when the pickup entered into the conservation area. The vehicle continued eastbound on the narrow gravel roadway whereupon the driver encountered a large gate that was closed across the roadway. The driver attempted to steer around the gate however he lost control of his vehicle. The pickup impacted the gate and a large boulder causing the vehicle to go airbome and land on its passenger side. The five occupants were able to climb out of the vehicle and one of them was able to call for assistance. The driver was spoken to at the crash scene and while speakingwith the driver the investigating officer determined the driver had been drinking alcohol and his ability to drive was impaired. He was subse- quently placed under arrest and he later provided two samples of his breath to a qualified Intoxilizer Techni- cian. Both of his samples regis- tered over the legal limit A 16 -year-old malefrom A sh- field-Colbome-Wawanosh and an 18 -year-old male from Huron Eastwere treated in hos- pital with serious but non -life threatening injuries. A 20 -year- old male from Huron East was treated and released with minor injuries. The 21 -year-old male driver sustained minor injuries from the collision.Afourthpas- sengerwas uninjured. As a result, a 21 -year-old Huron East man has been charged with: Driving While Ability Impaired - Cause Bodily Harm - (2) counts Drive Motor Vehicle - Over 80 Milligrams of Alcohol results: Clare Kuepfer placed well in the A division. Doreen Sulkye, Jo -Ann Carter and Cathy Kuepfer competed in the B playoffs with Cathy claiming the highest ranking lady in the playoffs. Meanwhile in the C playoff schedule Peter Carter won the division in the final outlasting a Kingston shooter. Well done all! Please join us on Oct 5 for our next evening of crokinole at Scone. He has since been released from custody with a court appearance scheduled for the Ontario Court of Justice - Goderich on October 17, 2016. OLD HABITS DIE HARD Nearly a year ago to the day, Huron County OPP sent out a media release advising Huron County residents to take some simple proactive steps to prevent their vehi- cles from being stolen. The title of that release was "KEYS IN VEHICLES LEAD TO CRIMES OF OPPORTUNITY'.' In addition to that advisory Huron OPP has sent out several other crime prevention themed media releases utilizing the "Lock it or Lose it" campaign messaging. Unfortunately, the warning to lockup your vehicle and remove your ignition key has failed to get some people to change their ways. The saying, "Old habits die hard" seems to be the case for some vehicle owners, in particular, those that own pickup trucks and live in rural areas. Since Aug. 1, 2016 to Sept.23, 2016 Huron County OPP has investigated 13 sto- len vehicle occurrences. The breakdown on these vehicles is as follows: One - All -ter- rain vehicle, one passenger van, one sports utility vehicle and nine pickup trucks. Predictably, the ignition key was left in the vehicle for nearly all of these cases (92%). In one of the cases the vehicle owner removed the keys from the ignition however they were left not too far away inside an unlocked garage. Chances are, these vehicle owners would not have been victimized had they removed their keys from their vehicle and secured their vehicle. Once again, Huron OPP is urging vehicle owners to take action to prevent becoming the next victim of vehicle theft. Please protect your property by locking your vehicle and removing your ignition key.