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% & es s t ns es sn Arvibn mm on ol ies on eureenelie etiabarvalioape y eojiacl ‘ §2 $ f _ ‘coOBDEN, ONT. wepnEspay, SEPreMBER i6 19g1 â€"____ [ B : | € | ; ; i | i $ f ' Vol. 84â€"No.. 12 t cS f 25¢ Copy e 7 Also.Damages Douglas Area Farm 4+ . . . o . | | E. o t : I ‘ = * | t _ Lne farmâ€"leaves mess _ . % : t j by Carol Doran > neighbor‘s barn until the Jaremko‘s _ several thousand dollars in damage I { p They say that lightning never â€" build a new shelter. last Tuesday afternoon when a | ‘ strikes twice in the same place, but .. They had no wind insurance on the â€" twister touched down and wrecked | Ron and Sharon Jaremko will tell you outbuildings, although the house, . three buildings. j 3 % i | that wind definitely does. which suffered damage to the roof The noon hour was coming to an j ..\ The Jaremko farm on Queen‘s Line .. and porch, was fully covered. end when the funnelâ€"shaped black i was struck twice in the past six ‘"We have no plans to rebuild . ‘cloud descended on the . Pat | months by wind storms that partially â€" yet,‘‘ Mrs. Jaremko said. ‘But we McDonald farm and within a minute destroyed _ their property. Oddly â€" have‘ to get some sort of shelter for _ caused extensive damage to a enough, â€" neighbors‘ _ farms â€"were the animals. We haven‘t thought that â€" machine shed, a cattle shed and a bypassed. far ahead yet,"‘ Mrs. Jaremko said. stable attached to the machine shed. + Last Tuesday, Sept. 8, Mrs. During the cleanup operations, 5 Jaremko was upstairs in her brick . neighbors remarked on the storm‘s Two tractors and a combine were farmhouse when she noticed branches . inconsistencies. also damaged when the roof over the flying past the windor during a rain Although the barn and milk house machine shed caved in on the * storm. She burried down to let the were heavily damaged, a pail of equipment. One of the tractors was a cat in, opened the front door and . water and a beer bottle which\steod _ Purchased new this year. ; discovered that a large tree was . about six inches away, remained Sections of the buildings were & on her front lawn. undisturbed. tossed around and thrown out into j /. Wites were down from three hydro Neighbors homes and buildings _ nearby fields. The roof off one of the | ' poles and â€" tree. branches lay .were not damaged by the twister, _ buildings was literally picked up and ] everywhere. but an old rowboat moored across . thrown about 30 feet. | 3 In a state of shock, Mrs. Jaremko _ the road, was picked up by the high Mrs. Carmel McDonald was‘ alone § c â€" â€" pulled on her boots and ran outside _ winds and dumped on the Jaremko on the farm when the storm hit. f } to survey the wreckage of the barn, _ property. ‘‘The power went off in the house | implement shed, pump house and The Jaremko‘s, still shaken by and she (his / mother) _ looked i toppled hen house. sudden storm that destroyed much of _. outsideâ€"she heard a rumbleâ€"she : "I just ran around.and around,"‘ â€" their property, last week remembered . looked outside and everything was \ _ Mrs. Jaremko said Wednesday, the storm last Easter weekend that ~down then,‘‘ Mr. McDonald said. d day after the twister hit. "I couldn‘t ruined the summer kitchen, attached The < storm â€" came from _ the f \ believe it Then I phoned Ron at to the back of the house. The family _ .southâ€"east and other than a few trees f ‘ school (Opeongo) â€" where he is a can hardly believe that two similar being blown down and uprooted teacher, and called the neighbors for _ freak storms could strike in the same‘ there were noâ€" other reports: of § help."" place ~withough harming anyone. â€" damage in the immediate Douglas t | . A few moments later, the Jaremko _ else‘s property. area. I | phone wentâ€"dead, but by that time But, whenever disaster strikes, It didn‘t take long until news of | | belp was on the way, oneâ€"can always depend on help and, â€"the disaster reached ~friends. and . Euckily, the cattle were not in the . good _ will from friends and . neighboutrs and later that afternoon a ‘ . | barn at the time and the fowl in the _ neighbors. small army of workers had arrived at ‘ {rhenhouse were not harmed, By Wednesday, ~neighbors had. the farm to ‘assist in cleanâ€"up 1 _ Iromically, the twister struck on the â€" rallied with food donations, materials _ operations. The cleanâ€"up. took about & ; | first day of school and the Jaremmko‘s=~for cleanup and the loan of tractors _ two days. | two children â€" Mary Anne and â€" and wagons. Things were beginning Mr. MeDonald plans to rebuild | Laura â€" who would probably have to look up again, but it will be a ION8E» immediately and a host of people : { been playing in the barn, were safe _ time before the damage is repaited"" pave ‘offered their services free of at school. . _ . No estimate of, the damage Was | charge, $ f f | _ About ‘2>.00() bales of hay. stored in « available. â€" ons ies 3 $ Fortunately, the damage is covered 1 | the bath, . were moved> to A 2 . &A Douglas area. farm, sustained _ by insurance. s : §3 emactryeet a A . PM CCA ue sls Fmnd Eie e O 2e n ol EU LR ME o en con it + x x6 ; , j . 3 t ( 7 7 4 E J 4 ; ; ; i § ; P