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Home My WebLink AboutClinton News Record, 2016-07-27, Page 44 News Record • Wednesday, July 27, 2016 www.clintonnewsrecord.com NowsCl Record PUBLISHED WEEKLY — EST. 1860 53 Albert St. P.O. 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Canaa'a l cna Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association and the Ontario Community Newspapers Association letters to the editor Please obey stop signs Dear editor, There seems to be an obvious disregard for stop signs lately according to the OPP in the area so for a minute I would like you to imagine the results of someone running a stop sign. You are driving home from get- ting groceries on a Wednesday night, and you are just a few miles from your home when your hus- band says "he is coming through': You see a chrome grill on a full size, white, Chevy pickup truck coming at you at 99 km an hour. You regain consciousness in a soy- bean field and you realize you are trapped in your vehicle. There are many voices, and they are talking about the smell of smoke, and for an instant you think your vehicle will burn and you cannot escape. You look down to see your clothes covered in blood. A stran- ger is holding your head, sirens screaming from every direction. Your daughter races to the scene and she comes to your broken window and in tears you hear her say, "Mom, oh Mom." She will have nightmares for months afterwards. Firemen arrive, ambulances, the sound of the jaws of life as they extricate you carefully not to break any more bones. More sirens on route to the local hospital and then you are airlifted to the trauma centre in London. A blur of doctors, nurses and then just blankness. The trauma unit has four beds and two full time nurses. You are in the midst of lights, sounds and tragic circumstances. It is like being in a scary movie but their battered bodies are real, and you listen to the doctors tell patients what is going to happen to them. By now you are hooked up to monitors, oxygen, a catheter and so many IVs that they have lines into your arm and your foot. They insert a chest tube, give you Debt grows in Ontario from MPP Lisa Thompson's office Dear editor, Under a reign of Liberal spending and mismanagement, Ontario's debt is set to increase by more than $50 billion in the next four years, and this spells bad news for rural Ontario, says MPP for Huron -Bruce Lisa Thompson. In a report published on July 19th, Ontario's Financial Accounta- bility Office (FAO) determined that Ontario's debt is expected to rise to $350 billion by 2020-21. Currently, Ontario's debt burden is one of the highest among provincial govem- ments, clocking in at $296.1 billion as of March 31, 2016. The FAO went on to report that while he believes the Liberals will artificially balance the budget in time for the next election through the one-time sell -offs of Hydro One and prime LCBO real estate in Toronto, the manner in which the Premier is conducting the province's business is unfortu- nately setting Ontario up to fall back into a deficit after 2018. Ontarians must call the Premier out for her poor fiscal management. "Rural Ontario is already feel- ing the effects of increasing hydro rates and cuts to much needed front-line healthcare," said Thompson. "It's time the Premier and her government stopped putting their own priori- ties ahead of the realities and needs Ontarians face every day. After they have sold off every- thing they can, Premier Wynne won't have any choice but to raise taxes to maintain her gov- ernment's bad spending habits. No one can afford the Liberal path that we're on." She added, "The Premier has frequently lectured on what kind of world we should be leaving for our children and grandchildren. Her government's reckless spend- ing and mismanagement however, does not promise a better Ontario for future generations. Will good things continue to grow in Ontario? Under the Wynne gov- ernment, the answer is sadly no." From, MPP Lisa Thompson's office blood and for five days you receive no food or water. Your lips crack and you have sores in your mouth. You will have x-rays, cat scans and MRIs and you will have multi- ple surgeries. You will see the con- cern on the faces of your family who keep vigil at your bed- side. You will think about dying, God and heaven and saying good- bye to the ones you love. Eventually you will be trans- ferred to other hospitals but be rushed back for more emergency surgery in London in the middle of the night. Months of rehab will follow. You will faint when they try to stand you up, but in 72 days they will let you go home where you will stay in a hospital bed for two more months. Ramps, wheel chairs, bed pans and physiotherapy, first at home and then appointments at the clinic, last for at least a year or more. You will have pain every day and you will wonder if it will ever be okay again. You will close your eyes nearly every night and see that chrome grill crashing into your vehicle and trapping you. You will cry a mil- lion tears! This is just a tiny glimpse into an accident victim's story. My story. Janneke Murray. PLEASE obey your stop signs. I do not want anyone reading this to experience an accident. When the air ambulance flies overhead, I always pray for who- ever is being rushed to London because I know that they are having the worst day of their lives and that their family is rushing there to be with them. BE SAFE. From, Janneke Murray Jim and Janneke Murray had their motor vehicle accident on July 29, 2015 at 7:40 p.m. just one corner north of Dublin. The 45 year-old male driver of the other vehicle admitted that "he was just not thinking': From the archives... 15 years ago... The Hurricanes Aquatic club prepared to make history by swim- ming 75 kilometers from Harbor Beach, Michigan to the Port of Goderich. Boats were to go along- side the swimmers, and they would take turns swimming in 1-2 hour segments. It was expected to take 24-30 hours. Extremely dry weather posed a threat to crop yields. 25 years ago... 52 year-old Clinton man Ken- neth Steep was hit by a train. He was taken to London's University Hospital with serious injuries. It appeared he might have been try- ing to board the train at the time of the incident. Many people returned to the area for the 50th anniversary of the Air Force Base and the home of the radar in Canada is celebrated. Members of the Legion sold 200 tickets for a dinner at the Legion. There was also an open house and a parade. 35 years ago... Rumors lead to the resignation of Bayfield Councillor Barbara Sturgeon. Sturgeon was only seven months into her two-year term. In a letter she stated that the main cause for her resignation was rumors that were circulating in the community and on council that she was leaking municipal infor- mation to the press, which she denied. There were also rumors that she had conflicts of interest, which she also denied. The reporter at that time, Jim Fitzgerald, wrote an editorial on the upcoming wedding of Prin- cess Dianna and Price Charles. He wrote, "The huge extravaganza will be seen live on world-wide television unlike any previous Royal Wedding, and even though Canada is seeking its own consti- tution, there is still a great deal of love for the monarchy in this land." Thoughts, observations or concerns about this community? Share them with Clinton and the surrounding area. Email your letters to the editor to Justine at jalkema@postmedia.com. CLINTON NEWS RECORD - HOURS OF OPERATION MONDAY: 9:00-5:00 • TUESDAY: CLOSED • WEDNESDAY: 9:00-5:00 • THURSDAY: 9:00-5:00 • FRIDAY: 9:00-5:00 • SATURDAY & SUNDAY: CLOSED ADVERTISING DEADLINE: FRIDAY 2:00 P.M. ADVERTISING BOOKING DEADLINE: FRIDAY 1:30 P.M. www.clintonnewsrecord.com