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Special to the Expositor
The Poultry Producers
Chicken Classic Golf Tour-
nament was held on
Wednesday, September 14,
2016 at the Seaforth Golf &
Country Club. Proceeds
from this tournament were
generously donated to Gate-
way Centre of Excellence in
Rural Health.
Gateway has been collab-
orating with local poultry
producers on a research pro-
ject investigating lung
health. A preliminary report
of the Huron & Perth coun-
ties Poultry Producers Lung
Health study was presented
at the tournament.
Funding for this study was
provided by The Lung Asso-
ciation through an Ontario
Respiratory Care Society Fel-
lowship Award. The rural
lung health clinics, which
included spirometry lung
tests and N95 respirator fit
testing, took place in
Seaforth and Clinton,
Ontario. Rose -Marie Doli-
nar, rural nurse practitioner
and PhD student, and Dr.
Andrew Johnson, professor
and researcher in the School
of Health Studies at The Uni-
versity of Western Ontario,
were co -investigators on the
project.
A presentation of the
cheque, from proceeds of
the golf tournament, was
made to Gateway at their
Board meeting held on
November 25, 2016. Alex
Westerhout, poultry farmer
and co-organizer (along with
Brian Falconer) of the Poul-
try Producers Golf Tourna-
ment, presented the cheque
to Gateway Board members
Dr. Feng Chang (Chair) and
Dr. Agnes Kluz (President)
with Rose -Marie Dolinar
and Dr. Andrew Johnson in
attendance.
Gateway Centre of Excel-
lence in Rural Health
expressed a sincere thank
you to the Poultry Producers
for their significant contribu-
tion to this study, and for
recognizing the value of
rural health research.
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