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Crash near
Seaforth leads
to Wingham
man being
charged
with theft
of
stolen truck
and tools
A 24 -year-old
Wingham man was
charged with theft and
a number of driving
charges after a single-
vehicle crash sent the
man to Seaforth
Community Hospital
on Sept. 2, reports the
Huron OPP.
The man told police
he fell asleep behind
the wheel before the
vehicle he was driving
- a Ford pick-up truck
that had been reported
stolen earlier in the
week in Belgrave left
the road on Hydro Line
Road and struck a
telephone box on the
front *lawn of 'a house
before ending up in a.
cornfield.
Police were called by
the resident of Hydro
Line Road the
following morning and
discovered• that the
truck was one of two
reported stolen along
with a large number of
tools reported stolen.
The driver was found
at the local hospital
that morning and
charged with theft over
$5,000, breaching
probation, driving
while suspended,
careless driving and
using licenc.e plates
not authorized for the
vehicle.
The investigation
continues into the
stolen property located
inside the truck.
Seventy marijuana
plants found in
Huron East
cornfield
Seventy marijuana
plants were found and
polled from a cornfield
near Canada Company
Road on Sept. 3 at
2:45 p.m.
Police were called to
the field by the
property owner when
the marijuana was
found hidden in the
Corn a short distance
from the roadway.
The plants have been
seized and destroyed in
this case.
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Alliance
desperate for
radiologists
By Cheryl Heath
Clinton News -Record Editor
The Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance is desperately seeking
radiologists.
That news came through loud and clear Thursday during a
board meeting held in Clinton.
Part of the problem with the current situation, confirms
Andrew Williams, chief executive officer for the Alliance, is
that the present-day staff is not yet properly trained on the
newly introduced PACS system (Picture Archiving
Communications System).
The board was also informed the so called "pipeline" within
the Alliance requires upgrading before the PACS system canbe
used by specialists working outside of the four hospital sites.
"These scans take up a huge amount of bandwidth," he says.
One board member notes the upgrades should be expedited
so patients do not have to undergo more scans than necessary.
Board members also discussed a recent London Free Press
article, which reports London radiologists are no longer
accepting patients from outside of the area.
Williams adds once staff are trained on the PACS system,
radiologists will not have to be on site to complete the task.
The board also learned the Seaforth site will soon be home to
arthroscopic surgery. Board members were told the doctor
would be working from the site for one or two days per month.
They were also told there are no plans to increase the hours
available for arthroscopic surgery.
Radiologists
needed to run
new CT scanner
By Cheryl Heath
Clinton News -Record Editor
The Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance is now home to a
Computerized Tomography (CT) Scanner, but when it will be
up and operational is not yet known.
The delivery of a new CT Scanner, brought to the Stratford
hospital last week, was widely reported in local media and
praised by Ontario Health Minister George Smitherman.
But, when it will be used is a question on the mind of Dr. J.
Keith Hay, outgoing chief of staff for Clinton Public Hospital.
"When is it going to be up?" he asked Lynn Strugnell, vice-
president of clinical programs Thursday during an Alliance
board meeting held in Clinton. "A month? A year? A decade?
I'm just wondering if it will ever happen until we get more
recruits."
Last splash of summer
Matt Springall, 12, of Seaforth, enjoys the final afternoon of Seaforth Lions Pool's
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Susan Hundertmark photo
Former Seaforth man loses everything but
his family to Hurricane Katrina's wrath
By Susan Hundertmark
Expositor Editor
While the recent disaster
on the Atlantic coast of the
southern U.S. has left local
drivers scrambling to pay
higher gas prices, Hurricane
Katrina has taken far more
from a former Seaforth man
and his family.
For Mike Kelly, his wife
Suzanne and their seven-
month -old baby Gregory, the
Category 4 storm took almost
everything from them but
each other.
Kelly is a graduate of St.
Columban School and
Seaforth District High
School.
Working for the past five
years, both as broadcasters, in
Biloxi, Mississippi, the
Kellys had ridden out
Category 3 hurricanes before
at a domed hockey arena on
the Gulf Coast.
But, when they heard that a
Category 5 hurricane was
predicted, they chose to flee
instead.
And, since the whole area
was "flattened," leaving "90
miles of rubble," the Kellys
Mike and Suzanne Kelly and t seven -month-old son
Gregory,
are thanking God they
decided to leave.
"We were fortunate to get
out alive," said Kelly during a
phone interview from Florida
on Sunday.
"I don't
know if we
have a place to
go back to.
Buildings
were flipped
upside down
and thrown.
You can't
fathom it - it's
beyond
two suitcases with clothing,
personal identification and
some family photos and
drove to a friend's house in
Pensacola, Florida, a two-
hour trip that
lasted four
hours with all
of the people
evacuating the
area.
"We had to
get out within
a couple of
hours but,
unlike the
tsunami, at
least we had a
Quoted
'We were
fortunate to
get out alive,' -
Mike Kelly,
of Biloxi, Missisetppi
comprehension,' he said.
Kellysaid he's extremely
grateful they did not seek
shelter at the hockey
Coliseum where he worked as
the director of broadcasting
and media relations for the
Mississippi Seawolves.
"Waves hit the Coliseum at
30 feet in height and there
was eight feet of water inside.
We may have survived but
with my seven -month-old
son, I don't want to think
about it," he said.
The morning before the
hurricane hit, they packed
warning. And,
we took it seriously," said
Kelly.
From Florida, they watched
the television in horror as the
hurricane decimated Biloxi.
"It was the worst nightmare
- I'm still waiting for
someone to wake me up.
There's still no power, no
running v'ater, no phone
service. Some of our friends
chose to stay behind and we
don't even know if they
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