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Canadian Blood Services no longer in
critical condition due to strong support
To the Editor:
On behalf of Canadian Blood Ser-
vices, I'd like to sincerely thank resi-
dents of this community who
responded to our recent urgent appeal
for blood.
When it really counted, you stepped
up and helped ensure we could con-
tinue to meet patient needs across the
country. We are fortunate to have such
dedicated donors, some of whom expe-
rienced longer donation times during
this critical period.
Thanks to you we are no longer in a
critical situation. That doesn't mean our
work together stops here; the need for
blood is constant. We look forward to
welcoming regular donors back again
soon. If you're a new donor we hope
you will consider making blood dona-
tion a regular part of your life.
We want donors to have the best
experience possible. We've heard your
suggestions and will continue to
improve. To begin, we've introduced
Wi-Fi in our permanent clinics, created
a new website that is mobile friendly,
introduced a mobile app called Give -
Blood and started publishing our
weekly inventory online so it's even eas-
ier for you to take action. We have also
introduced a new eligibility quiz to help
you determine whether you can donate.
To learn more visit www.blood.ca.
Once again, thank you for your recent
support and for helping to save or
improve the life of a fellow Canadian.
Sincerely,
Mark Donnison
Vice-president, donor relations
Canadian Blood Services
EARLY FILES
December 4, 1969
An address by the Hon. William A.
Stewart, minister of agriculture and
food, at the presentation of the world
championship seed awards, at the
Royal Agricultural Winter Fair, Nov 19:
"The Royal Agricultural Winter Fair is
truly becoming the show place of
world agriculture. Here, at this Seed
Show, is exhibited the world's finest in
seeds representing crop kinds and
varieties which are used to produce a
wide range of human food, livestock
feed, edible oils, and in fact many
industrial products. "This show
focuses attention of world buyers and
Canadian farmers on the crops and
varieties which have contributed, and
will continue to contribute, to the agri-
cultural economy of the world.
December 3, 1970
The joint meeting of the Clinton Jun-
ior Farmers and Junior Institute was
held in the Agricultural Board room is
Clinton recently. The meeting was
opened with the president, Alice Allen
in the chair. The Club members were
first introduced to the New Zealand
delegate who will be staying in Huron
County for a few weeks. He showed
some very interesting slides to the
Club. Showing them the farm and live-
stock in that country. Their farm con-
sisted of 1000 acres of very hilly land,
3000 Romeny sheep and 500 Aberdeen
Angus cattle. He mentioned that they
had very few farm implements as they
did not work the land. The animals
graze the year round on these hills and
mountains. He has spent the previous
six months visiting in the U.S.A. After
the slides had been shown it was back
to business.
December 3, 1986
There is a very active program going
on at Huronview during the week, and
it meets the needs of the residents.
Capable staff involved see to it that the
program is carried out.
Sunday afternoon residents and
visitors had the pleasure of listening to
the Colborne Township Choir directed
by Shirley Dustow and accompanist
Irene Million. The choir presented a
fine program of folk songs and tradi-
tional Christmas carols. Betty Rogers
sang the solo part in one of the selec-
tions by the choir entitled "Christmas
Lullaby". Residents had the opportu-
nity of joining the choir in a singsong.
Jim Ruddock thanked the ladies from
Colborne for presenting this excellent
concert, and sharing their music and
song with us.
December 1, 1993
You can be sure that Saint Nick is
busy checking his list for those people
who have been naughty after his elves
discovered that vandalism had been
done to his special mailbox at the vil-
lage post office this past week. Santa
Claus is quite concerned that some of
his letters may have gone missing. He
would like all those youngsters who
took pen in hand and wrote to him of
their Christmas wishes to do so again.
Santa's elves will no doubt be keeping
a closer eye on the mailbox and dis-
courage the culprit or culprits from
trying it again. A lump of coal in one's
stocking is never a pleasant thing to
find on Christmas morning.
December 4, 2002
Former drug user Julian Madigan
has spoken to more than 1,000,000
people about the hazards of drugs.
Now he has brought his message to
Huron, visiting all high schools in the
country. The Calgary resident said he
does not intend to scare or frighten
anybody, but wanted to talk about
drug use. He added he was a user for
four to five years. Drugs, he said, tran-
scend all boundaries and the idea that
they're only found in the inner city is a
myth. He added they are found in the
middle and upper classes as well.
When it comes to drug use, Madigan
said it is pointless to ask why youth do
drugs. "Don't blame yourself or any-
one else" Knowledge of the drugs and
drug culture are needed. He explained,
"Kids have more knowledge about the
drugs they do than their parents.
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