ACCIDENT & INJURY
LOOKING FOR WORK? Need to update your skills? We’re here to help!
•Car Accident •Slip & Fall •Medical Malpractice
•Employment Edge •Job Connect •Literacy and Basic Skills
519-258-6490
Call
326-8629 Helping people. Improving lives.
www.gregmonforton.com
SECC is a registered charitable organization.
Volume 2, Issue 34
Weekend Weather Thursday
H 20º L 11º
Friday
H 17º L 10º
Saturday
H 17º L 9º
Sunday
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
www.southpointsun.ca
FREE
Provincial candidates face off on local issues By Sheila McBrayne
H 21º L 10º
As reported from Environment Canada www.weatheroffice.gc.ca Harrow AAFC
DIABETES CLINIC Wednesday, September 28 9 am - 12 pm Call for appointment 197 Talbot St. W. Leamington
519.322.2121
In the News.... Editorial Page: Page 4
Two Cultures: Page 15 Sports: Pages 17 Obituaries: Page 26 Classifieds: Page 27
The three candidates for the Member of Provincial Parliament seat for Chatham-Kent Essex faced off in an all candidates night, sponsored by the Leamington and District Chamber of Commerce and held at the Leamington Municipal office on Tuesday, September 13. The good news is, it looks like Leamington will be filling at least one storefront after the October 6 election as all three candidates stated that they would open a storefront office in Leamington if elected. Health care, wind turbines, the economy, agriculture and industry were some of the topics which Leamington residents formed their questions to the candidates. Candidates Aleksandra Navarro (NDP), Rick Nicholls (PC) and Paul Watson (Liberal) fielded questions from the panel and the audience as they interjected their party platform ideals during the evening. Leamington Councillor Rick Atkins asked the candidates about the possibility of shoreline loans for much needed shoreline protection breakwalls against rising water levels, which were made available in previous years. Watson indicated a positive response stating that it would be beneficial to (Continued on Page 2)
Leamington resident Sam Maksoud was presented with a certificate last week in honour of his quick thinking and heroics in pulling a Windsor man to safety at the Kingsville dock in 2010. Pictured here, from left to right, are OPP Sergeant Darren Rickeard, Sam Maksoud, and OPP Constable Kevin O’Neil. (SUN Photo)
Leamington man honoured for pulling man from Lake Erie By Sheila McBrayne
One year after pulling a man to safety out of Lake Erie, Sam Maksoud of Leamington was officially honoured for his heroics by the Leamington Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) last week with a Certificate of Recognition. In August of 2010, 56-year-old Maksoud was at the Kingsville docks waiting to pick up a load of fish for Presteve Foods. “It was about one o’clock and I got a call that they were having trouble with the nets and wouldn’t be in until about three. I fell asleep in my truck,” said Maksoud, a retired Ford employee. “I heard hollering for help – it actually sounded like a seagull – I went to the shack to get Corey, grabbed a rope to loop around him and we pulled him out,” he explained. “It was a joint effort, I couldn’t have pulled him out myself,” he added.
Corey Robertson, a Conservation Officer with the Ministry of Natural Resources, helped pull the unknown Windsor fisherman to safety. Robertson, no longer stationed in this area, had his certificate mailed to him. “I’m sure anyone else would have did the same thing… We were just the only ones there,” said Maksoud. The man pulled to safety had been fishing from the dock and apparently caught a catfish that took his line. The man jumped in the water to retrieve his line, not realizing that the water was over his head and he couldn’t swim. “I guess he was in the water for about 25 minutes… He was holding on to a bolt and treading water but couldn’t pull himself up,” said Maksoud. “We know ordinary people do these kinds of things, we just don’t always hear about it. We appreciate the everyday acts that people do and want to acknowledge them,” said OPP Constable Kevin O’Neil.
BUILDING BARN #1157 THE LEADING EDGE FARM BUILDINGS
Industrial • Commercial • Agricultural
519-735-6606 www.jseltd.ca
LET YOURS BE #1163