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AIMINIMIMPrving the-communities of Blyth and Brussels and northern Huron County
Volume 22 No. 45
Thursday, Nov. 16, 2006
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Area mourns OPP officer's passing
By Shawn Loughlin
Citizen staff
While many of the faces around
municipal council won't be
changing, the electiOn of 2006 has
not come without change.
Edging cwt incumbent Doug
Layton by 57 votes, Neil Vincent
will serve the next four years as
reeve of North Huron.
Vincent has an extensive
background in politics, but has had
some time off since he last worked
on a council.
"There's a big job ahead of me,"
Vincent said. "I have to work for the
best of the- whole community."
In Huron East, incumbent Joe Seili
will be back. for four more. years as
mayor.-He beat former Huron East
councillor Lou Maloney of Seaforth
with nearly, double the votes, but
holds his opponent in the highest
regard.
"Lou put his name forward and
anybody who puts their name
forward in an election can expect joy
or disappointment," Seili said. "Lou
has served the people for quite a few
years, so I congratulate him."
For his part now, Seili said he will
continue to work hard to continue
the efforts council has started. This
includes proceeding with the beef
packing plant and the development
of more industrial land.
Dorothy Kelly will rejoin Morris-
Turnberry for a second term as
mayor, beating former councillor
Neil Warwick in a fairly close
race.
Acclaimed in Central Huron are
Bert Dykstra as reeve and John
Bezaire as deputy-reeve and
acclaimed in Ashfield-Colborne-
Wawanosh is their reeve, Ben Van
Diepenbeek.
All North Huron councillors
were acclaimed to their posi-
tions. Archie MacGowan and
Arnold Taylor in Wingham, James
CONST. DAVE MOUNSEY
Succumbs to injuries
Campbell and Murray Scott in East
Wawanosh and Murray Nesbitt in
Blyth, where they are waiting for
• someone -for the second seat.
Council for Huron East will look
very similar to the past three
years. Incumbents Frank Stretton
and David Blaney beat out John
Harrison in the Brussels ward.
Incumbent Alvin McLellan took
most of the votes along with
newcomer Orval Bauer who will
represent the Grey ward with Dale
Newman and Dave Joslin losing out.
Bill Siemon and newcomer
Andrew Flowers won in McKillop,
edging out Jim Floyd for the
position.
Acclaimed in Tuckersmith were
Les Falconer and Larry McGrath, in
Seaforth, Joe Sterner and Bob
Fisher, and acclaimed as
deputymayor is Bernie MacLellan
for another term.
In the Morris ward, Ken Warwick
is out, while Paul Gowing led
the way in votes alongside
former Huron East councillor Mark
Beaven and incumbent Edna
McLellan.
Acclairried in the Turnberry ward
are Jim Nelemans, Bill. Thompson
and Lynn Hoy. .
In Ashfield, Marilyn Miltenburg
and Carl Sloetjes edged out Roger
Watt for the councillor positions.
Barry Millian and Connie Black
prevailed over incumbents Doug
Fines and Eric Gosse in Colborne
and in Wawanosh, Doug Miller and
incumbent Neil Rintoul beat out
Gordon Brindley and incumbent
Kevin Wets.
Incumbents Marg Anderson, Tim
Collyer and newcomer Pamela
Stanley will represent the east ward
in Central Huron, beating out Jared
Petteplace and Michael Doucette for
the positions and in the west, James
Newland lost out to James
Ginn, Alison Lobb and Brian
Barni m.
By Bonnie Gropp
Citizen staff
Funeral services will be held
Friday for Const. Dave Mounsey
who succumbed to injuries sustained
in an on-duty car crash, Oct. 14.
Mounsey, who passed away early
Monday morning, had been
responding to another collision
when his cruiser went out of control
on the slushy road and struck a
hydro pole. He was airlifted to
London with critical injuries.
Mounsey had been with the OPP
for eight years and was well
respected among his peers, not just
for his dedication as an officer but
for his personality. Const. -Lincoln
Dinning who has worked with
Mounsey since he came here from
Haldimand-Norfolk, remembers a
man who "always had a smile, and a
great sense of humour."
"Ask him how he was and he
always said, 'Top shelf!', which was
a British tertri."
Service to country and society was
always important to him and he
served in the British Royal Air
Force. He came to Canada in 1989.
In addition to being an OPP
officer, Mounsey was also a member
of the Blyth Fire Department having
joined them in September 2005.
Blyth fire chief Paul Josling said
he couldn't put into words how
tragic this loss is. "He's really going
to be missed. Dave had a way that
once you met him you never forgot
him. As one of our guys said, we feel
sorry for anyone who didn't know
him."
This past spring, Mounsey decided
to raise funds for a new department
defibrilator by running a marathon,
at the age of 50, in Victoria B.C. His
efforts raised $4,000, almost the
total cost.
Dinning remembers his
colleague's first shift back after the
trip, the morning of the crash. "I was
just coming off and he was coming
on. He was beaming, just beaming.
He talked all about it, how he and
Brenda (life partner and OPP Const.
Carey) had agreed they were going
to cross the finish line together and
they did hand in hand. He ,was so
proud."
While Mounsey's personality won
him the respect and admiration of his
peers at the department, Josling said
he approached his volunteer work
with the same dedication as his
career. "He loved the fire
department. I think it says a whole
hell of a lot that he was only a
member for a year and a half but ran
that marathon to raise money for this
department."
The feelings of loss reach even
further than community. This past
summer Mounsey was a very visible
presence at the Campvention event
in Blyth. Since his crash, his family
has received words of support from
the membership.
Noreen Smith, who worked on
public relations said the organization
had been impressed with Mounsey
and are saddened by the tragedy..
"Members have prayed for him
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