By Maurice ReesNot to make fun of a disas-

trous accident involving a b-train logging truck, but it paysto be small in stature. Thedriver, reported to be fromNew Brunswick, was small instature and escaped withoutany broken bones and hasbeen released from hopsital.

Basic information and pho-tos about this accident wasprovided by James Shaw,Chief Parrsboro FireDepartment with some assis-tance from Lawrence RNicoll.

On Monday December 9th,at 3:54pm Parrsboro FireDepartment responded to aMotor Vehicle Accident with areported entrapment InHalfway River. The Driver of aB-train logging truck left theroad, rolling the truck andleaving him pinned inside.

Firefighters worked for overan hour to free the man. Afterhe was freed from the wreck-age, he was taken to the hos-pital in Amherst.

The South CumberlandNews has been told the manwas small and crumpled intoa small space with his headbelow his knees. FireDepartment volunteers andothers on the scene used allthe experience they havegained from many hours oftraining to extract him fromthe crumpled mess. Theywere overjoyed to learn hedid not have any brokenbones and was doing so goodhe was released from hospitalon Thursday evening,December 12th.

Parrsboro Fire respondedwith trucks 2&3 and were onScene that evening until9:00pm. Volunteer members

of the department returnedto the scene at 8:30a.m. onTuesday as a safety precautionfor removal of the truck.

After helping to clear somedebris they cleared the sceneTuesday afternoon at4:30p.m.

By Maurice ReesBruce McCulloch has

become a Parrsboro heroafter raising $103,000 locallyto fund the installation ofsolar panels on the Hall andcomplete a solar projectwhich received approval in2017.

Always wanting to be ener-gy efficient and green at thesame time, the board of direc-tors of The Hall, Parrsborohave been hopefully anticipat-ing since 2017 they would beusing solar panels to achievethose lofty goals.

After having their applica-tion approved to install solar

panels and place the generat-ed electricity on the NovaScotia Power grid, the projecthit a roadblock and appearedto be dead in the water. Whenthe association were prepar-ing the application they hadanticipated the nearly$100,000 could be sourcedfrom the Municipality ofCumberland. When the timecame to get the money, theMunicipality could not help.

However, Johannes,Hiesbergerm treasurer of theBand Association, did not giveup on his lengthy advocacy toswitch to use solar energy.Enter fellow Parrsborian,

Bruce McCulloch, presidentof MCC Energy Strategies.

The local company workson projects providing insightinto industrial and commer-cial energy efficiency oppor-tunities. They work hard todetermine how energy usagecan be efficiently utilized,specifically through the appli-cation of industrial/commer-cial best practices.

McCulloch had a greatinvestment story to tell.Everyone needs electricityand with enough power fromthe proposed 184 solar panelsthere would be enough elec-tricity generated to supply 12

Nova Scotia homes, plus meetthe needs of the Hall. Pricingand a source to sell the elec-tricity to Nova Scotia Powerfor 20 years, the project willbe part of an income streamfor the Hall once the costs areamortized.

McCulloch raised $80,000from local investors while theBand Association contributed$23,000 to seal the deal.Investors liked the proposaland wanted to help. The pan-els will generate 41 Megawatthours annually for more atleast 20 years, the life of theagreement with NSP.

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An early morning photo, after fire fighters had returned to the halls shows the devastation of the total loss of a garage, a vehicledestroyed and serious damage to the home. Another photo to view on page 2. (Lawrence R Nicoll Photo)

McCulloch Raises $103,000 for Solar

continued on page 3

It’s hard to believe the driver survived this accident at HalfwayRiver on Monday, December 9th. The accident happened late

Monday afternoon and he was released from Amherst hospitalon Thursday evening. See more photos on page 5.

Sophia Awarded Medal of BraveryBy Maurice Rees

Sophia LeBlanc, 6 at thetime, now 8 years old,Amherst, the youngestNova Scotian to everreceive the award, waspresent4ed with the Medalof Bravery in ceremoniesheld in Halifax onDecember 4th.

Eight-year-old SophiaLeBlanc was a passenger inher mother’s car when itlost control and landedupside down, submerged ina river near Oxford. Sophiafreed her youngest siblingfrom the car and thenclimbed a steep hill to flagdown help for the rest ofher family who were stilltrapped in the car. The acci-dent happened November11, 2018.

This is the twelfth year

individuals who haverisked their own lives tohelp others have been rec-ognized. Since 2008, 40brave Nova Scotians havereceived the medal of brav-ery award.

On May 12, 2018 ElijahWatts was fishing with hisfather and another fisher-man off the shores ofColindale in the Gulf of theSaint Lawrence. The vesselcapsized and the occupantswere thrown overboard.Mr. Watts pulled his fatherand the second fishermanashore, regrettably, bothmen perished in the acci-dent.

For more informationon medal recipients, or tofind out how to nominatea hero, visit: https://novas-cotia.ca/bravery/

Sophia LeBlanc, now 8, but 6 at the time of the accident,Amherst, is presented with the 2019 Nova Scotia Metal forBravery by Premier Stephen McNeil and Richard Petley-

Jones, Chair of the Medal of Bravery Advisory Committee atceremonies in Halifax on December 4th. She is the youngest

person to receive the award. (Submitted)

Technicians, barely visible, work on the staging with fall-protection gear, installing panels on the roof of The Hall in

Parrsboro on behalf of Doctor Solar. See the story and photos onpage 3 of this South Cumberland News. (D Towns Photo)

No Broken Bones