LAMBTON-KENT DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION JIM COSTELLO SAYS KIDS WILL GET THEIR REPORT CARDS AT THE END OF THE SCHOOL YEAR…3 MAJOR SCHOOL BOARDS IN THE GTA WILL NOT BE SENDING HOME REPORT CARDS BUT COSTELLO SAYS PRINCIPLES HAVE STEPPED UP AND WILL BE ENTERING IN THE DATA NEEDED TO MAKE SURE CHILDREN RECEIVE THEIR REPORT CARDS
THE 41 YEAR OLD BLENHEIM WOMAN WHO WAS STRUCK BY A CAR WHILE RIDING HER MOBILITY SCOOTER THURSDAY AFTERNOON HAS DIED OF HER INJURIES. POLICE SAY 41 YEAR OLD JENNIE VERBEEK WAS HIT BY THE CAR ON CHATHAM STREET NORTH AND TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. SHE WAS LATER AIRLIFTED TO LONDON WHERE SHE SUCCUMBED TO HER INJURIES. THE 33 YEAR OLD NORTH BUXTON MAN WHO WAS DRIVING THE CAR WAS NOT INJURED. POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR WITNESSES.
A STABBING IN SARNIA THURSDAY NIGHT HAS LEFT A 26 YEAR OLD MAN FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE IN A LONDON HOSPITAL. POLICE SAY HE WAS STABBED AT A HOME ON ALICE STREET SHORTLY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. POLICE SPOTTED A SUSPECT IN GERMAINE PARK AND GAVE CHASE BUT HE GOT AWAY. POLICE KNOW WHO THEY ARE LOOKING FOR AND ARE TRYING TO OBTAIN A WARRANT FOR HIS ARREST.
CHATHAM – KENT POLICE SERVICES WENT AFTER COMMERCIAL VEHICLES IN WALLACEBURG ON THURSDAY. THEY HELD A SAFETY BLITZ AND PULLED OVER 58 VEHICLES. OF THE 58, 18 WERE TAKEN RIGHT OFF THE ROAD FOR VIOLATIONS. THEY ALSO LAID 42 CHARGES. THEY SEND OUT A FRIENDLY REMINDER THEY WILL KEEP UP THESE SPOT CHECKS AROUND THE MUNICIPALITY.
THE BARGAIN SHOPPERS WILL BE OUT IN WALLACEBURG SNIFFING OUT THE DEALS AS WALLACEBURG’S TOWN WIDE YARD SALE HAPPENS. MANY LOCAL RESIDENTS WILL BE HAVING YARD SALES ON SATURDAY. THIS IS THE 18TH YEAR FOR THE TOWN WIDE YARD SALE.
