Huron Expositor, 2002-02-06, Page 1February 7, 2001
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drug
trafficking
A fourth person has
been charged with
production of a controlled
substance for the purpose
of trafficking, following
the arrest of a mother and
two sons last week.
Police executed a
search warrant in a Jarvis
Street home in Seaforth
on Monday, Jan. 29
where they found an
undisclosed number of
marijuana plants in
various stages of growth
and drying.
They also found a
number of magic
mushrooms, a
hallucinogenic drug.
A 43 -year-old Seaforth
woman and her two sons,
18 and 26, were also
charged with possession
of acentrolled substance.
The 18 -year-old was
further charged with two
counts of possession of a
controlled substance for
having magic mushrooms
and ecstasy pills.
The fourth person
,charged is a 45 -year-old
Seaforth man, also from
the Jarvis Street
residence.
A warrant had been
issued for his arrest last
week and he. turned
himself in on Jan. 31.
Brussels man charged
for assault
A 49 -year-old Brussels
man was charged with
• assault after a Feb. 4
argument with a 42 -year-
old woman at the same
residence.
Police were called in
the early evening and
found the argument had
ended with a physical
confrontation.
The 42 -year-old victim
suffered no injuries.
Hensall man arrested
A 23 -year-old Hensall
man was stopped for
speeding but arrested for
outstanding warrants on
Feb. 1.
An OPP officer stopped
the man for speeding
south of Clinton at 11:45
p.m. and discovered he
was wanted for failing to
appear in court and a
charge of mischief under
$5,000 for a previous
offence.
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Krista Heimpel touches up the paint on a penguin, one of several animals and figures she and her brothers created in the snow
last week.
Snow sculptures turniawn into zoo
By Scott Hilgendorff
Expositor Editor
A lion, tiger and a World War 1 flying
ace are among the figures that suddenly
appeared in front of the home on 38
Church St., Seaforth last week.
"We've been waiting all year for this,"
said Krista Heimpel.
She, her brothers, Adam, Nick and
Edward and her mom, Joanne; are
behind the sudden appearance of the
creatures, taking advantage of last
week's layer of fresh, wet snow.
With the first traditional -style winter
in several years and several feet of snow,
Krista said they've wanted to make
snow sculptures all winter. However, th
snow hadn't packed well enough until
last week.
"We love to play in the snow," Krista
said of her family.
And she's actually wanted to make
snow sculptures for several years but
hadn't thought her brothers were old
enough until this year to not get carried
away playing and wreck them.
The project started with a tiger but
once they got started, ended up with a
small zoo that also features a giraffe and
penguins.
For fun, they also added the flying ace
and the figure of a woman.
Using tempera paints, they have also
coloured the sculptures.
"We're hoping it stays cold for
awhile," said Krista, wanting their
efforts to last.
And if they get some more packing
snow, she said they also want to make
an elephant.
There's still lots of snow left to make
one.
(See Page 2 for more photos)
Ten to 15 snowmobiles at gas stations a time
as best winter season in years blankets area
By Susan Hundertmrrk
Expositor Staff
While drivers may be
hating the abnormal snowfall
this year, it may, turn out to
be a boost to area restaraunts,
gas stations and snowmobile
clubs.
"Usually, Canadians are
going to northern Michigan
this time of year and anyone
coming to Canada is going
much further north.
Snowmobiling is really great
for local tourism this year,"
says Darryl Siegner,
president of the Brussels -
Walton Traiblazers.
He says snowmobilers
from Michigan are
frequenting local trails along
with snowmobilers from
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Snowmobilers from Drayton fill up on Tuesday.
Windsor and Sarnia.
Mandy Workman, of
Seaforth Shell, says the
majority of people getting gas
during the evenings are
riding snowmobiles.
"We have
just a ton of
snowmobilers
on Saturdays.
We could have
10 to 15 of
them at a time,"
says Marc
Robinet, of
Archie ' s
Service Centre.
Robinet says
he's had triple
the sales in fuel
from snow-
mobilers than
he had last year
but guesses that gas stations
and restaurants are the only
ones benefitting from
snowmobilers.
"They have to eat and get
warmed up and get fuel.
That's what they need," he
says.
Sizzlers owner Gary
Gagnier says he's seeing lots
of snowmobilers in his
restaurant this year but
doesn't know if their
numbers are improving
business.
"It's hard to compare years.
The snow is keeping a lot of
people at home but with the
snowmobilers, we could be
breaking even," he says.
Viola Buri, an employee of
New Orlean's Pizza, says
she's seeing snowmobilers
every day, often three and
four at a time.
"We are getting more
business because of the
snowmobilers," she says
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Creamery
workers
end
48 -day
strike
with
new
contract
By Scott Hilgendorff
Expositor Editor
A 48 -day strike by
Seaforth Creamery
,employees ended
Thursday after United
Food and Commercial
Workers, Local 175,
ratified a new contract..
"They were calling
people at midnight
(Friday) and took them
back to work," said Stan
McCulligh, the union's
chief negotiator. He
started back to work
Monday.
Local 175's 119
employees at Seaforth
Creamery began their‘
strike Dec. 17 upset with
the average pay of $10 to
$11 an hour when they
say the average pay for
similar industry jobs is
$14 to $15 an hour.
McCulligh said union
members voted 70
percent in favour of a
new seven-year contract
that would give them a
$1 an hour increase now
with 30 cents a year for
the following six years of
the contract.
When asked if the
increase was worth the
seven weeks of striking,
McCulligh said 70 per
cent of the union thought
so when they voted on
the contract Thursday
night.
"Whether I'm happy
enough with that is
another story. That's
what everybody wanted,"
he said.
The union had rejected
a 25 cent annual increase
over seven years which
launched the strike.
Employees were also
given a $2,000 signing
bonus and will receive a
$100 bonus in the fifth
and sixth year of the
contract.
"The strike is over,
we're very pleased that
everybody's back," said
Murray Mackey, director
of finance at Seaforth
Creamery.
He said the creamery
was not divulging details
of the contract and had
no further comment.
Break lines discovered cut as Brussels man hauls salt
By Scott Hilgsndorff
Expositor Editor
Police say an Ethel area
truck driver could have
rolled his rig Jan. 29, after
someone tightened the
brakes and then cut the lines.
"My husband could have
been killed," said the wife of
Murray Keenan, who had
just left Goderich with a load
of salt for an undisclosed
destination when a motorist
saw smoke coming from the
vehicle. The driver flagged
Keenan down when he
discovered the brakes had
been tightened to their fullest
point and the lines had been
cut.
"It could have put him in a
skid and it could have ended
up rolling his rig, especially
in this kind of weather with
ice and snow," said Huron
OPP community services
officer, Don Shropshall.
Although the rig was new,
a $100,000, 2001 Titan
Thinwall, he said the brakes
would eventually have
burned out leaving Keenan
unable to stop the truck with
its heavy load of salt.
"He's upset about it," said
Keenan's wife, who did not
want to be identified. "He's
never experienced anything
like this."
Police believe the brakes
had been tampered with
sometime between Jan. 27
and 29 in the late morning,
where the truck had been
parked at Paul Elliott
Trucking in Brussels.
"For somebody to do that,
you've got to be demented in
the head," said Keenan's
wife.
She said he has been
trucking for 30 years and has
never experienced anything
like this.
"He's well -liked. Why it
happened, we have no idea.
He's out there trying to make
a living and someone did
this. It's not a joke," she said,
adding they have no idea
who might have cut the
brake lines.
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