CJCS 1240 Radio - Local and Community Events in Stratford Ontario

The Perth District Health Unit wants to emphasize that healthy employees are good for business.

The PDHU, along with four other regional health units, will be hosting a seminar called "Mind your Dollar$: Connecting Workplace Productivity with Healthy Minds".

The event is for business owners, managers, health and safety staff, human resources staff, health professionals, and anyone who is interested in workplace health and the mental health of their employees.

"Mind your Dollar$" is happening on Thursday, June 13th in Ingersoll at the Elm Hurst Inn from 9:00am-3:00pm.

As Boston reels from yesterday's bombings, the seven local residents who took part in the marathon are trying to make their way home.

Stratford resident Gerry Thuss was running the last leg of the race when the two explosions rocked the city.

Thuss was very close to the carnage and is still trying to get his head around what happened.

Thuss describes what he saw.

Thuss says the second bomb detonated even closer to his position than the first.

The bombs went off near the finish line. Thuss says this is where families, friends and spectators gather to cheer on the runners as they end the race.

Thuss says his first impulse was to find his wife and daughter who were in the crowd cheering him on.

Police continue their investigation into the Boston Bombings.

The Stratford Best Western-The Parlour Peewee MD Warriors finished the weekend MD tournament undefeated on route to their 2nd straight MD Tier 2 Alliance championship. The Warriors opened with a 3-2 victory over Brantford. Sam Turner notched the first two goals with Jordan Tessmer picking up the third while short handed. Jared James was solid between the pipes while Nathan Cook and Joey Cassone had strong games defensively. Stratford went on to shut out Hamilton 2-0 in a spirited affair improving their record to 2 and 0. Turner added to his totals with 2 more goals while Jacob Taylor and Aaron Skinner helped to shut down their opponent. Jeremy Hill was perfect in net earning the shut out. Noah Trudgeon and Brett Stelmachuk were strong on the forecheck. In the 3rd game the Warriors met league rival London Bandits. Stratford got out to a 2 goal lead when Tessmer scored off a one timer on the powerplay and Liam Taylor found the back of the net off a perfect pass from Tyler Anderson. Although London would manage to climb back in the game and earn a 2-2 tie the Warrior record would be good enough to push them through to the final. In the final Stratford would play Hamilton once again. The teams exchanged scoring opportunities but the game would remain scoreless into the 3rd period. Strong play by Jeremy Hill in net and Declan Rintoul on defence helped to keep the game scoreless. Anderson and Riley Higgins continued to apply pressure in the offensive zone. Turner would break the tie when he notched his 5th goal of the tournament off a scramble in front of the net. Luke McCarroll gave Stratford what seemed to be a certain victory when he scored in close. Hamilton would respond however before Liam Taylor scored the eventual winner into the empty net. Hamilton would score one more but time would run out on their comeback and the Warriors earned their championship with a 3-2 victory!

Police in the State of Massachusetts continue their investigation into the bombings at the Boston Marathon yesterday.

Three people were killed and 140 were injured.

There has been no arrest and the motive remains unknown.

None of the casualties were from Canada.

More than 2000 Canadians took part in the annual marathon including seven people from Perth County.

Bill McClure, Gerry Thuss, Peter Hansford and Matthew Ort of Stratford were in Boston.

Pete Wilson from Listowel took part in the annual event along with Richard Perley and Brittany Seigner of Mitchell.

The Tavistock Royals continued their playoff series with Saugeen Shores last Friday night.

Tavistock came close but they were narrowly beaten by the Winter Hawks 6-5.

The Royals now trail the best-of-seven contest 2-1.

Game Four is set for this Friday in Tavistock at 8:00pm.