Clinton News-Record, 1979-05-10, Page 25Lt. -Gov. Pauline McGibbon congratulates alocal
hero. Brian Clegg, native, received an engraved
silver plate and scroll for his part in rescuing three
crash victims.
Clinton hero feted
A Niagara Falls man, and Clinton native
received a hero's award from premier Bill,Davis
and Lieutenant -Governor Pauline McGibbon
Wednesday at Queen's Park for hispart in a
helicopter rescue of three victims of an airplane
crash.
Brian Clegg, 22, a helicopter pilot, last
Thursday received an engraved silver plate and
an Ontario service scroll for his efforts. He is the
son of Jack and Irene Clegg of 3207 Cattell Dr.,
Chippewa.
Clegg and a ministry of natural resources pilot
from Kenora, Bob Grant, made the rescue from
Lake of the Woods near Kenora, March 28.
Clegg was grounded because of poor weather
when the distress call from the airplane came
through to the airport. The two men immediately
took off to search for the plane.
COURAGEOUS
Natural resources minister James Auld called
their actions highly courageous.
"I don't think they can be praised highly
enough," he said after the presentations. •
Premier Davis praised the men for "acting far
beyond their traditional .responsibilities." He
said the awards ceremony was so`their families
and the people of Ontario would know what
happened.
He said it filled him with regret that heroic
incidents such as these often go unnoticed.
Mrs. McGibbon said she was delighted to
present the awards to the heroes. She said they
should be in every newspaper and newcast
across the province so people could recognize the
job they had done.
Clegg said the award was a "great honor".
"It's fantastic," he said. "I just can't believe
the government would go to all this trouble for
us."
He said he did not feel like a hero and would
make a similar rescue again without hesitation.
Clegg operated the helicopter while Grant
perched on the skid to pull the nurse Sally Irwin
out of the icy water where the plane went down.
After taking her to the hospital they returned to
save the pilot and a doctor who had already -•
swum to shore.
Both the nurse and Dr. Yvonne Kason were at
the ceremony.
Jack's Jottings from Queen's Park
JACK R Y
DDELL
M.P.P.
No doubt you will all
have heard of the
mysterious "Mr. Shultz"
who wrote to Liberal
MPP Eddie Sargent
comparing failures at
Ontario Hydro's Bruce
Generating Station to
those that led to the
recent nuclear accident
at the Three Mile Island
power plant near
Harrisburg, Penn-
sylvania. He said that
"the possibility of all
these events happening
simultaneously in a
Candu reactor are
remote, but no more
remote than the sequence
of events at TMI".
The letter in question
and seven accompanying
Significant Event
Reports were released by
Liberal Leader Stuart
Smith. Turning the
documents over to the
Legislature's select
committee on Hydro
affairs, Stuart Smith said
"These documents must
speak for themselves....I
think members of the
committee will see that
Mr. Shultz is a respon-
sible person and the
concern he expresses in
his letter is a legitimate
one."
Subsequently, a man
identifying himself as
Mr. Shultz telephoned a
Toronto radio station
with details of an incident
over. the.we.ekend of 28th -
29th April in which two
Ontario Hydro employees
received radiation doses
far in excess of the
permissible level while
working to free a trapped
fuel bundle in a reactor at
Bruce. One worker
received a dose of 5.5
rems, the other received
an eight -rem dose, ac-
cording to Hydro of-
ficials. (Five rems is the
permissible level of
exposure for an entire
year.)
Ontario Hydro shut
down its 10 -day-old
operation to retrieve the
trapped fuel bundle and
has launched an in-
vestigation into the over
exposure incident.
Officials of Hydro,
nuclear plant operators
and health specialists will
participate in the inquiry,
the results of which will
be made public as soon as
possible. Hydro will be
given an opportunity to
rebut allegations that
failures at Bruce
seriously jeopardized
safety. Representatives
of all parties have agreed
to meet witJ officials to
give an opportunity for
Hydro to respond to the
letter from "Mr. Schultz"
and the accompanying
reports.
In the latest in a series
of relevations by New
York State health of-
ficials, it has been an-
pounced that the world's
deadliest man-made
Many visit...
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Mrs. Orville Hooper,
Ailsa Craig. '
Forresters attending
the bowling at "Town
Bowl" Kitchener Sunday
afternoon were June
Fothergill, Romana
Jamieson, Don
Buchanan, Eric
Anderson and Les
Dolmage.
Sunday visitors with
Mr. and -Mrs. Reg
Lawson, John and
Elizabeth were Mr. and
Mrs. Earl Dawson,
Clinton and Mr§. E.F. '
Wammes, London.
Visiting on Sunday with
Mr. and Mrs. Ted
Hunking was his sister
Maxine, home from
Tanzania, East Africa.
She flew to Ottawa
Sunday afternoon where -
she will take a course on
Ball's Cemetery board meets
Ball's Cemetery Board
met recently to plan for
the coming season at the
home of the chairman,
Norman McDowell.
Present were trustees
Robert Arthur, James
Towe, Dennis Penfound,
Ernest Durnin and
secretary -treasurer Mrs
Robert Slater and
superintendent, Robert
Turner.
The minutes and the
financial statement and
auditors' report was
accepted as read by Mrs.
Slater. Robert Turner
agreed to carry on the
duties of superintendent
assisted by Ernest
Durnin until a
replacement can be
found.
Mr. Turner reported
that repairs to the Chapel
ceiling were necessary.
The Board gave per-
mission „for the
Superintendent to have
this work done.
A motion was passed to
raise the fee for opening a
grave from $50 to $75.
This rate is in line with
the cemeteries in the
area and was deemed
necessary due to rising
costs.
Plans were made to
hold the annual Ball's
Cemetery Memorial
Service on Sunday, July
1, 1979 at 3 p.m. Rev.
Peter Snell is to be in
charge of the service this
year.
"What this country needs
...is effective leadership."
- Moird Couper, Ed Broadbent NDP
COUPER NDP
Bayfield 565-2522
Clinton 482-3208
Exeter 229-6223
Goderich 524-2756
Seaforth 527-1860
Wingham 357-1594
(Authorized by official agent of Moria Couper, N.O P , Bayfield)
C.U.S.C.O.
Administrator.
Mrs. Earl McDonald of
Atwood spent a few days
with her son Stan at the
manse.
'We welcome Mr. and
Mrs. Nick Blok,
Wingham to the com-
munity. They recently
purchased the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Johnston.
Remember to get your
tickets early for the ham
supper on May 23rd.
poison, dioxin, has been
found in Lake Ontario
fish. People, especially
pregnant women and
children, have been
warned not to eat fish
from the lake, although
officials maintained the
discovery poses no threat
to Metro's water. An
environment ministry
official has stated that
the poison could not be in
the lake water because it
gets into the fish through
the food chain. "It's not in
the water", he said. "It's
in something the fish
eats."
Answering a question
from Liberal Leader
Stuart Smith about the
seriousness of the
problem, the Minister
Harry Parrott, compared
the concentrations of
dioxin to "one shot of
vermouth in a 28 million
ton of martini". Dr.
Smith was not reassured
by the Minister's
response, and angrily
commented "He is saying
everything is fine and
they don't even test for
dioxin. He shouldn't say
everything is fine until
the water and fish have
been tested."
The Liberal Leader
also questioned- -the
Minister in the House
about delays in carrying
out tests for dioxin.
recently admitted that
ministry laboratories are
at least three to six
months away from set-
ting up a program to test
for dioxin in water and
fish.
Drums of caustic
chemical have been
discovered in a Fort Erie
dump which was
described as hazardous in
a five year old report
which only came to light
this past week, when
Liberal MPP Ray
Haggerty brought it to
the attention of the
government. Following
receipt of the report by
the .Ministry this week
samples were taken at
the site to ascertain if
toxic chemicals from the
site were leaking into a
drainage ditch.
The dump in,question is
about 4.5 miles from the
Niagara River. It is about
three miles from the
nearest large residential
area, although some
scattered houses are a
few hundred yards away.
The dump is surrounded
on all sides by open fields
and bush. Mr. Haggerty
pointed out that the Fort
Erie site is the only dump
marked as hazardous out
of 25 listed in the report.
He expressed the belief
that the town should
tighten its control of the
Almost two -and -a -half dump. Hpwever, town
years ago the Ministry, of management has no idea
the Environment an- what kind of chemicals
nounced it was preparing„ might have been
to test..for this poison in deposited there in the
its own laboratories. past since waybills have
However, officials have been kept for only a few
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