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Dug shot.in
drive:by Shooting
A dug on Harpurltev was
shut last "Tuesday (August 12)
tri a
drive-by shtx>ting.
The dog. "Presley" .a une-
year-old Labrador and Husky
eioss. owned by .lean
Ayikruyd of the Harpurhey-
bed and breakfast. was sitting
on the lawn with her other
dog and a neighbour's,at
about 6:30 p.m. when the
shooting occurred.
Aykruyd heard the gunshot
but by:the time she got out, to
look. there was no one in
sight.
She is "really upset" about
the incident. "1 have a grand --
sun, the next-door neighbours
have kids. '('here arc a lot of
kids up and down this road."
She's thankful her grandson
wasn't outside at the tome of
the shouting.
The dog is recovering from
a wound to the abdomen
fruit a .22 slug.
7'he OPP are investigating.
Horseshoe pitching
champ dies at 86
I,orturr Canadian horseshoe
pitching champion Fred
Harburn. who was also also
an excellent fiddler in his
day. died Friday at• Seaforth
Conununity Hospital.
fic was .86. He enjoyed a
good game of cards and had
lived m town across from the
high school for the past eight
years. cunning to Seaforth
from Sulfa after his wife
died. in his prime. in the
•19-30s and early '40s. they
called him "The Cromarty
Kid- for his pitching
prowess. •
it was only late last munch
that Harburn became one of
the few Canadians ever
inducted into the National
Horshcshoe. Pitching}Mill. of
Fatnc.
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Seaforth Community
Hospital has .announced :an
expansion to its outpatient
mtxlical clinic services with
allergy and geriatric..assess-
mentclinics.
Allergy specialist ;Or.
Harold; Ki.{n.,and a gematolp-
gist assuciatod with London's
.Parkwood Hospital .will
begin monthly cs.tetpec-
tively un Scpt,9 I .
The . local hpspi&al .i pw
offers eight uutpa{ifnt Clinics,
this latest pair and inteptal
mull .ine. obstetrics/gynec, l-
ogy. orthopaedices,.pacnt-
atric:s, pal JiatricFl NT .and
surgcrry.
A -press rid aserfAcup)SCH's
Cog, #ill f' 1bgrt-,si 4s; l#e
"receutiy>ftlgii,K,
nurthecphb qh, eatrer e-
woFk p Iy supports. the
expansion, Of outpatient mtxl-
ical clinics in, rural hospitals
as a means of,.enhancilig
31cccss to health care sit
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ignition .was f one r 4a
t
residence ppc.1i,Rf
Hullo(fTP,
1liursday. p41°1 C'
provincial pp ije.
FLYING H(GH - .At the Canadian National Motocross Gharnpionships
.inside.
August 20, 1997 -- $100 includes GST
PHOTO OX oRRoort-cAmPae .
at Chris 14.430$:Of Mtaltpo lest ,week. 'More photos
271 ,-eIt itpinal c urTenees last year
More police work in ttwndaan
BV f:Rii,GOift CAMPiiIiLL
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Ontario Provincial Police
do more in Seaforth than
sowIe people think. says Staff
Sgt. Don McInnes. comman-
der of our Main Street office.
He had the facts,and figures
to back this .up when he intro-
duecd himself to Seaforth
Council at last Tuesday
night's meeting.
There ;were 274 criminal
,atxl 456 miscellaneous occur-
rences in , town last year,
atx910ng, p the statistics,.ltc
prcsonted. has !?cert a pgc;efi
Seaforth accounts for 6.05 29a years,; is also
liinofchacerrgefor of
per trent of the Huron County t;.ontract policing with the
workload. he said. and uffi- provincial force for . -Exeter
tiers here put in 630 extra and Clinton. and perhaps
hours beyond the ()PP con- soon -for Goderieh.Aesaid.
tract. The town's contract 14IKlit,�)iIIS_tiQlB
called for 5,888 hours of He told council he likes
policing from last August to municipal police work; and
this June. but actually got whereas his urbaocounter-
6,5.18.5 hours. parts in-the'ORP sometimes
This town spent about perhaps would rather give
$12,00(1 less than it hod bud- priority to "crime solving."
geted for police overtime Out he sees the inuniciprali{ies he
year: he said. Seaforth bud- serves more as "clients" so
geted 519,732 for OT. but things lilts foot patrols and
spent only $7,534. bylaw :enforcement .must
Staff Sgt. iMeannes, .who come More ititapl4y.
Huron Piowiia,
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Expositor Editor .
}Everything is set to go for
the 1997 Huron :County
;Rlpwing \Match on the 75
acres of -farmland owned. by
,Jim ,and Brenda McIntosh at
the,ltome of George ,asci Roth
Tpwpsend on ,Tugkersmith
,Sideroad 211-21, two and a
half miles .west of-$eaforth
on, Friday.
rilwt4atY.ls,ta coaewng day
t r4 ,a a ,vep n1 fJay.
00,n ,f te, f.tuctivities
.$pits .witP. plowing ,1t
ends AW001: gucen
Aft►#et Afraw fpeeches at 3
rpe. follgyie t,hytfbe nail -dri-
ving contest an'd_presentation
of awards.
its is,the irst,year for the
4iallcnge snatch, says
,Townsend, prey?�1epi 4f,tpes
H,4fan RlowAten'sAtit?9VAPFt• itPOPP
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you think
The annual street dance at
the end of July during
downtown promotion is a
good example.of this type of
community policing. he said.
;l.astyear it' had,problertts.•but
the -recent tiine around police,
the town and business solved
them.
•)If -there ,wore any ,cont -
,plaints. 1,haven't heard.":he
commented.
,He told councillors.that the
cost per household for polic-
ing in Huron County is $171
a year.:the second lowest in
this -province.
CONTINUED on.page 2
ilf7P0lower6 yuvses
Seaforth balks
at province's
bid for road
maintenance
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Expositor Stuff
'Road maintenanue plans for
this winter dtm't appear to be
working -our as Ontario's
transportation ministry- first
figured in connection with its
reeent handing over of -con-
necting links to municipali-
ties, such as Seaforth. -
"Conneeting finks" are
provincial highways that pass
through towns and villages.
They became a municipal
responsibility earlier this
year.
At Tuesday night's meeting.
Seatertb Council said "no'
again. this time to a ,quutatiun
revised downward by a third
-to $3,000 from the MTO to
plow and sand the portion of
'High.way 8 . that passes
through town this winter.
:Works Sttparintondent John
11F►Q:Noat 4Ofttmontetd 't,e per-
sonally -felt the .reduced fig-
ure was -still "way out of
line." and Seaforth .working
with !Huron County could dv
it as well .for less:.
AiiKULICWO M1101500
The .quotation the tuw.n
originally turned .down in
April fur the sante .work was
for $4.500.
The works superintendent -
said Seaforth regularly plows
Guderich Street (Highway 8)
in the daytime -until 4 p.m.
.during the winter -in any cast.
and any ,plowing and sanding
in addition after normal
working hours could be han-
dled by cuntraet with Huron
County, .to county standards.
elf you didn't get a lot of
snow in any given winter.
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is spat to go at Mctntoh Farmer
"The lawn mower :rodeo ,is
what the gids get excited
about." says/George.
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