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Canada cna Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association and the Ontario Community Newspapers Association Always think safety first from the OPP Tuesday, September 6th marks rules with your children. the start of the 2016 - 2017 school • Children should always walk year for thousands of local stu- on sidewalks where available. dents. Accordingly, the Huron • Children should use the services County Ontario Provincial Police of the crossing guard whenever avail- (OPP) Detachment is resuming able and cross at the intersection. enhanced patrols around the vari- • Cyclists under 18 must wear an ous school zones in an effort to approved helmet. ensure everyone is following the • Always look both ways before rules of the road and staying safe. crossing a roadway and remember In light of this occasion, the to walk, not run across the roadway. Huron OPP would like to remind • Children need to watch for turn - motorists and students to always ing vehicles before crossing a "Think Safety First". Parents and roadway. caregivers of school -aged children • Children should also avoid lis - are encouraged to discuss the fol- tening to music or using their lowing safe bike riding and walking mobile devices when cycling or letters to the editor Concerns about ambulance service Dear Editor, First, if I as an elderly person will It has come to my attention that not be helped, why call an ambu- our ambulance service in Huron lance and pay $45 for the service. County is to be curtailed. We have Second, why am I paying $48.53 over the years got the training and a month for a button to call for education so that EMS could help help if that help is not available in people in need. That seems to be the ambulance. changing as it costs money. Third, what happens to the I have a few questions. people who watch a patient die Apology for story in last week's paper To our valued readers, article did not attend C.H.S.S. In last week's paper, there was a I, (Justine), was extremely upset to story about C.H.S.S. students who receive this call, as I had no doubts in had invented an action camera my mind until that point about the similar to a GoPro called VOLT X. legitimacy of the story. In fact, I was The day after that paper came out, really excited about the story. I talked the Clinton News Record received a on the phone and Skyped with call from George McEwan, the prin- "Kevin; and nothing about the way cipal of Central Huron Secondary he interacted with me or any of the School, who said that the article was information he sent me signaled any a fraudulent story. The people in the red flags. I looked up the camera walking on the roadway. • Where possible, children should use the buddy system. • Motorists need to drive with par- ticular care and attention in and around school zones. Children will make mistakes so drive cautiously and anticipate them. Here are some back to school safety reminders for all drivers. • Be aware and respect school zone signage. • Always reduce your speed in school zones. • Children will make mistakes - be prepared to stop at all times. • Be patient and wait for when they cannot help them. We are having too much PTSD already. That will cost the system more. Fourth, it is time we heard more about this situation. I understand that this has been under consider- ation for some time. How is it that we the people are just getting to online and saw it featured on another media outlet as well. It certainly was an elaborate scheme. After the call from George, I looked up the camera again and found that a story had just been posted about how these individuals were scam - ming newspapers all over the world, including in Australia and the States, in attempt to get money. Most of all, I feel very upset that children to complete their crossing before proceeding. • Do share the roadway with cyclists and pedestrians at all times. By law you must leave a 1 metre berth when passing a cyclist. • Be prepared to stop for stopped school busses. If the over- head flashing signal lights are acti- vated and the stop arm is out driv- ers shall come to a stop. • Don't drive distracted, always leave the phone alone. A simple conversation with your child will help to reinforce these basic safety rules and will help to get your child in the right frame of mind. hear about it. There is a meeting on Septem- ber 5 at the town hall. Perhaps it is time for us to rally there to hear what the council has to say about the whole thing. Yours sincerely, Lucy M. Sage from Clinton people in our community might have donated money to this fake cause. For that, I am deeply sorry. I have taken down the article, reported the fraud and contacted indiegogo.com where VOLT Xis fundraising so they can take down their page. Once again, I am extremely sorry for this error. Justine FROM THE ARCHIVES 15 years ago... • Vanastra hosted a Vanastra Community Day featuring a bike rodeo for kids. About 30 kids were at the former Vanastra Public School for the event. Constable Don Shropshall took time off from his vacation to help run the day. • The Ontario Court of Appeal released its reasons for denying Sarah LeBeau an appeal of her convictions of charges stemming from a drunk driving accident that claimed the lives of four people from the area. She was sentenced for four years in jail in 2000. In 1996, her car crashed killing Neal Atchison and Pamela King, both 20 and from Clinton, and Brian Hill, 21, and Mark Webster, 19, from Stanley Township. They tried to appeal that she might not have been the driver and four other grounds, but they all failed. 25 years ago... • With the formation of a steering committee, the Sarnia- Lambton United Way worked towards helping create a United Way branch for Huron County. • The Bayfield Historical Society and Bayfield LACAC commemorated two of the villages oldest buildings which both received a plaque. The first was a Main Street store called Country Charm Collections built in 1855. Next was a home on the corner of Victoria Place and Anne Street, which at that point was owned by Doris Hunter. 35 years ago... • The Clinton Horticultural Society had nearly dissolved due to disinterest, but it appeared to be holding its own with a decent amount of submissions to the Flower Show. They had 28 adult exhibitors, eight juniors and seven elementary con- tributors with a total of 226 arrangements. • Long distance phone charges for calls between Blyth and Clinton, Auburn and Clinton and Clinton, Auburn and Goderich were eliminated. • There was an explosion at the Huron Day Care Centre for the Homebound at Huronview. 11 people went to the hospital with injuries after an electric water pump ignited fumes from a broken gasoline line exploding in the underground line. Some playing cards by where the explosion happened were thrown from their chairs and struck by flying glass from nearby windows. 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. 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