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i economist suntribune in our community saturday april 13 2002 c by joan ransberry staff write an act of heroism by a stouffville carpenter has caught the attention of the prime minister ninth line resident bernard leprieur 50 has received a citation for brav ery from jean chretien and governor general adrienne clarkson mr leprieur saved a blind man from a burning house better grades grade 1 12 it can start happening today with oxfords personalized programs arid low teacherstudent ratio your child will see results almost immediately improved confidence higher selfestcem wwwoxfordleamingcom beyonatutoruuf- highway7 kennedy 90551 38186 steeles mccowan 4163211646 half day preschool oxfords little readers half day programs offer an enriched individualized curriculum intro ducing three to six year olds mfm c i to reading writing math y i i 1 i music and french ktavtki academy reading writing i math i spelling j study skills during a visit to his native newfoundland a year ago it was just before mid night when mr leprieur smelled smoke while driving through the village of kippens he stopped his car looked around and spotted a house on fire mr leprieur called the local fire department on his cell phone then ran to the house when mr leprieur called out a male voice answered so he covered his face arid went in the direction of the voice i found him lying under- a window i carried him to my carplaced him in thbackseat arid triedto sta bilize him rdid what i could i was in the right place at the right time when the fire brigade arrived- the fire chief assessed the crisis the vic- tinvwas in very bad shape and the ambulance service was stationed miles away in the interest of time mr leprieur was asked to trans- pbrt the man tohospital he agreed without question bruce barrett28 had serious burns to much of his body- originally firefighters- thought mr barretts girlfriend and baby were in the burning house using 13 bottles of air to breathe with they swept the the structure before determin ing it was unoccupied meanwhile mr leprieur encouraged mr barrett to hold on while he made the steady and careful trip to the hospital he was later transferred to a burn unit in a st johns hos pital where he rerhained for about seven months the fire marked mr barretts second brush with death a few years earlier while oh a vacation in ontario mr barrett was put on life support after being gravely injured in a car acci- dent the collision claimed mr barretts sight s a few days after the fire mr leprieur met mr barretts girlfriend and baby but he has not seen the fire victim since that vfateful- night im planning a trip home this summer i hope to visit the barrett family soon after mr leprieur returned home to stouffville his mother a resident of stephenville nfld accepted a plaque for bravery on behalf of her son the pita tion was presented by the kippens fire department meanwhile the prime ministers award arrived in the mail last week staff photoerin riley stouffville carpenter bernard leprieur rescued a man from a burning house while on vacation in newfoundland