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Huron Expositor, 1999-08-25, Page 3Two men charged with drunk driving Huron OPP were trying to remove a drunk driver's truck from a tree on a Tuckersmith - Township property Friday night when another drunk driver struck one of the parked cruisers at the scene, causing $5.000 damage to the cruiser.' ' Both drivers, a 21 -year-old Brodhagen man and a 29 - year -old Tuokel-smith Township tnan, were charged after heing found to have twice the legal limit of alcohol to drive. , Police were called to a collision on Concession 2 in Tuckersmith at 1 a.m. when a resident was awakened by the sound of a vehicle hitting the cedar trees on his property. A 1985 Ford Ranger pick- up 'had gone off the road when the ,driver. from Brodhagen, attempted to drive home from a bar in Vanastrar. Just before 2 a.m.. a 1989 Chev pick-up approached the scene from the east and struck a cruiser sitting on the' side of the road facing west. The officer sitting inside the cruiser was not injured. News Scott Hilgendorff photos More than 100 golfers and 28 celebrities joined forces Saturday to raise funds for Huron Hospice at the Seaforth Golf and Country Club, setting participation records for the fund raising event. Moe Norman, who was to lead a special golf clinic, was ill and could not attend. Instead fans (above) learned from Dan Halldorson, Canadian PGA champion and Ken Venning, CPGA head professional, Ken Venning (below). Norman plans to come to Seaforth as soon as he is able and participants in the Hospice event will be invited back for a clinic and round of golf. Mayor asks how mural subjects are chosen By Scott Hilgendorff Expositor Editor A mural should depict an image that represents the whole community. said Mayor Dave Scott at Seaforth Council's Aug. 17 meeting where he questioned how the decisions were being made for. mural subjects. Scott wanted to know if it was the • Business Improvement Area that is picking there out. The BIA had spearheaded a plan that would see four neurals painted on the walls of area businesses with plans moving ahead for two of them:. one of which was already completed last week: That mural depicted the Seaforth All -Girls Marching - Band from a photograph in the 1950s. Actipg Deputy Clerk- TreasurerJane Taylor said the Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee was asked to help come up with some' ideas for .the murals and that the idea for the hand did not come out of those suggestions hut from some heing made by the public. At the time of the decision. whether or not there would he school hoard funding for the hand had hetome an issue and there were Concerns about the future of the hand. People were witting .to donate money toward the project if it depicted the hand. Taylor said the suhject matter is not set in stone. Reeve Lin Steftldr said she thought the subject matter was going to he coming to council first. At an earlier meeting, Taylor had told council drawings of the murals would come across the council table. But at the last meeting. she pointed out this mural was done completely from the photograph so'there were no mural designs sketched out ahead of time. "In my opinion. I'd rather have something that involves all the community, not jus Scott Hilgendorff photo Artist Allen Hilgedorf puts the finishing touches on a mural that is part of a BIA downtown improvement project. Tools and stereo stolen from Seaforth vehicles Tools valued over $1.700, a car stereo and a quantity of Canadian Tire money were stolen from three separate vehicles in Seaforth over the weekend. reports the Huron OPP. An unlocked car parked in the driveway of a John Street residence had a Sony AM/FM CD player stolen, leaving the dash damaged. Two Milwaukee cordless drills. one Makita skill saw and one Astro roof nailer were stolen from the unlocked truck cap of a truck parked on West William Street. And, a quantity of Canadian Tire money was stolen from a car on James Street. Anyone with any related information is asked to call Crimestoppers or the Huron OPP. Clarification A story in the Aug. 18 edition of The Huron Expositor about Tuckcrsmith Township council's deputy -reeve Bill DeJong resigning from his council's restructuring committee has been misinterpreted by some readers that he resigned from 'counci 1. DeJong says he's received several calls from Tuckersmith residents asking if he has resigned from council. While he did resign from the restructuring committee at the July 20 meeting of Tuckersmith council. DeJong remains the deputy -reeve of Tuckersmith Township. one store." said Scott. The next mural plan revolved between one of Sills Hardware and that of a l tormer bakery in town.. Scott said there was a suggestion made to him that, one should include local sports heroes. • ' He said Clinton's mural projects "seem to ' he community based." • Coun. Heather Robi net poi nted out • ►when the BIA first launched the idea two former 1.A('AC mernhers came up with a file containing photographs alid pictures for possible mural ideas. She said what is included in a mural can also depend on the site of the particular wall heing used. • Taylor said. the second mural is pending. Council contributed S7.500 toward the first mural. Suns GAS BA & Convenience Store 23 Coderich St. E., Scaforth 527-2225 FREE COFFEE WIT( -I GAS FILL -UP Monday to Friday 6.}(1 AM to 91'M Saturday & Sunday 8 AM to 9 I'M Bread. Milk, Czgare4les, Pop. Chips SnacA, he Cream and more' MILVERTON STOCK YARDS LIVESTOCK REPORT Sale for Week of Monday, August 23/99 400 Weaner Pigs 40 to 55 325 Butcher Sows: 600 lbs. & up 44 to 45 475 lbs. to 600 lbs. 41 to 42 under 475 lbs. -14 to 37 20 Butcher Boars: over 350 lbs. 13 to 15 under 350 lbs. 30 to 40 300 B.B.Q. 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