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Pub owner returns lost pouch with $700Junior Citizen of the YearBy David Leafor it the following day.OAKVILLE BEAVER STAFFI asked my friend to look in hercar and it wasnt there and she sug-If you found $700 on thegested I call the pub, saidground, would you try to find theMuretich.owner?I called the pub and spoke toOakville resident Giselethe manager, Derrick (Dorsett),Muretich, 79, is thankful staff atand I described the wallet to himthe Bronte pub, the Coach &and asked if anyone found it. I kindFour, lacked a finders keepersof doubted I was going to get itmentality and returned $700 inback because there was no infor-cash she accidentally dropped.mation in that wallet, but he said itTalk about honesty, saidwas there and every penny isMuretich. There was no name,accounted for.no number, no nothing, it wasDorsett said a waitress discov-just clear cash and they held ontoered the pouch on the ground andit for me.immediately turned it over to theThe lead up to this act of kind-manager, who in turn put it underness stretches back three weekslock and key in the hope the ownerwhen Muretich and some friendswould come back to claim it.Gisele Muretichdecided to try their luck at a casi- It was just the right thing tono in Flamborough.placed her winnings inside a do, said Dorsett.My husband had a stroke fivepouch in her wallet and went with You never know what the situ-years ago and hes impaired. Imher friends to the Coach & Four ation is. That could be somebodyshis caregiver, but friends of minefor dinner.rent or money for medicine or fortake me out every so often, so IAfter a pleasant evening, something else of importance toget an afternoon out and thenMuretich said she pulled out her someone. We dont know.they take me to dinner, saidwallet to pay her portion of the During the phone call,Muretich.bill at which point she believes Muretich arranged to pick up theSUPPLIED PHOTOI got another caregiver to lookthe pouch, containing the $700, money, which she said is definitelyHONOUR:Oakville high school student Simon Harmgardt was recentlyafter my husband and we went tomust have fallen unnoticed to the needed as her husband is a formerpresented with the 2010 Ontario Junior Citizen of the Year Award by Ontariothe casino and I won close tofloor.employee of the bankrupted com-Lieutenant Governor David C. Onley. Harmgardt was one of 12 recipients of the$700.Muretich did not notice the pany Nortel meaning his pensionaward. Following her victory, Muretichmoney was gone until she looked could soon face drastic cuts.327 Reynolds Street, Oakville, ON L6J 3L7Telephone: 905.338.4642 Fax: 905.257.6758Website: www.oakvillehospitalfoundation.comCharitable number: 131145 3490 RR0001Location:Wallace Park 245 Reynolds St.Oakville, ONwww.insideHALTON.com OAKVILLE BEAVER Wednesday, May 25, 2011 16