A SAD STORY OUT OF ELGIN COUNTY WHERE A 50 YEAR OLD LONDON MAN DIED WHILE HELPING TRIM SOME TREES FOR A FRIEND. ELGIN OPP REPORT THAT WHILE UP AN ALUMINUM LADDER, HE TOUCHED A LIVE ELECTRICAL WIRE. HE WAS AIRLIFTED TO HOSPITAL BUT WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD THERE. AN AUTOPSY IS EXPECTED TO BE CONCDUCTED TOMORROW. BUT A WARNING TO ANYONE WHO THINKS IT’S A GOOD IDEA.
A 30 YEAR OLD CHATHAM MAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH BEING OVER THE LEGAL LIMIT. HE WAS PULLED OVER BY CHATHAM-KENT OPP ON THE 401 NEAR ORFORD ROAD ON SUNDAY. OFFICERS THOUGHT HE WAS OVER THE LEGAL LIMIT AND A ROAD SIDE TEST SHOWED HE WAS. MICHAEL LANOO WILL APPEAR IN COURT AUGUST 11TH.
MAKE NO MISTAKE, THE FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN IS WELL UNDERWAY. WE DON’T VOTE UNTIL OCTOBER 19TH BUT THEY ARE ALEADY SHAKING HANDS AND KISSING BABIES. THOMAS MULCAIR, THE FEDERAL NDP LEADER, WILL BE IN SARNIA THIRSDAY AFTERNON AS HE HAS EMBARKED ON AN 8 DAY BLITZ. HE IS ALSO SLATED TO VISIT CHATHAM BUT THEY ARE YET TO RELEASE THAT PART OF HIS SCHEDUAL.
RESEARCHERS ARE OUT WITH A STUDY THEY CLAIM SHOWS POOR SLEEP CAN LEAD TO THE ONSET OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE. DOCTORS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKLEY BELIEVE THE DISRUPTED SLEEP MAY BE ONE OF THE MISSING PIECES IN EXPLAINING A STICKY PROTEIN SEEN AS THE HALLMARK OF THE DIAGNOSIS. THEY POINT OUT SLEEP DISORDERS ARE A TREATABLE CONDITION SO PEOPLE HAVE IT WITHIN THEIR CONTROL TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
