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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 2014-02-05, Page 5Wednesday, February 5, 2014 • News Record 5 111.111 www.clintonnewsrecord.com i letters to the editor LCBO stores raise funds for Hearing Foundation of Canada To the Editor, Starting February 2, the public can help support The Hearing Foundation of Canada by making a donation at any of the more than 635 LCBO stores throughout Ontario. Donation boxes for The Hearing Foundation of Canada will be displayed at LCBO check- out counters until March 1. The Hearing Foundation of Canada is committed to elimi- nating the devastating effects of hearing loss on the quality of life of Canada, particularly youth, by promoting prevention, early diagnosis, leading-edge medical Letter quick to criticize, slow to specify To the Editor, The rambling 'letter' under the heading, "Reader disagrees with MP's assessment of the nation" (page 4-5, January 29 edition), which took up an inordinate amount of space in your paper makes me wonder how anyone can spend that much time to try and downplay our Member of Parliament's comments on Can- ada. This 'letter' sounds to me like the usual ranting of a mem- ber of a certain political party, which endeavors to find fault but has difficulty with specifics. Elect that party to govern and Canada will be in real trouble. I don't think this letter will have the majority of to change their intention to vote for Ben Lobb in the next election. Per- haps the writer should spend time dealing with the real prob- lems of the current Ontario government. Charles Spencer, Bayfield ACW cancer rates still under study Clinton News -Record The Huron County Health Unit is still collecting information for its investigation into a possible cancer cluster in Ashfield-Colborne- Wawanosh Township. Public Health Epidemiologist, Dr. Erica Clark, says the health unit has received a steady response from res- idents who have had cancer and want to be included in the investigation. The health unit launched the investigation after receiving a con- cern from a resident about the number of people with cancer in the ACW area. Huron County as a whole does not have higher than normal cancer rates, but cancer rates are not broken down by township. Clark is collecting the following information from people who call in: • Name • Phone Number (for follow up questions) • Email (to receive investigation summary in March) • Gender • Date of birth • Type of cancer diagnosed with • Year of diagnosis • Address at time of diagnosis • Length of time lived at address prior to diagnosis If an individual moved away from Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh Township prior to being diagnosed with cancer, they will be asked for the address where he or she used to live and the years lived at that address. People with deceased friends or family members who lived in Ash- field-Colborne-Wawanosh Town- ship and were diagnosed with can- cer are also asked to contact Clark at the health unit at 519-482-3416 or email her at eclark@huroncounty.ca before February 28, 2014. All information is kept confiden- tial and no names or other identifying information will be released. An update on the investigation will be made available in March 2014. research and successful inter- vention. The donations made through the LCBO's Provincial Donation Box Program will help to advance hearing health initia- tives across Ontario. The Hearing Foundation has been delivering Sound Sense, a noise -induced hearing loss prevention educa- tion program, in Ontario, since 2005 and has taught approxi- mately 300,000 children to save their hearing for the music. The Hearing Foundation of Canada is one of 28 provincial and numerous local charities that will benefit from LCBO's province -wide donation box pro- gram in 2014. In 2012, LCBO raised a total of more than $6.6 million for charities through spe- cial programs and initiatives, of which $6 1 million was raised through in-store fundraising. In addition, LCBO's annual divi- dend transfer to the Ontario gov- ernment, which totaled $1.7 bil- lion in fiscal 2012-13, excluding taxes, supports a wide range of important government pro- grams, services and priorities, including health care and education. The Hearing Foundation of Canada thanks the public for its support when shopping at their local LCBO store from February 2 - March 1, 2014. Mehvish Syed Hearing Foundation of Canada BCH support Bayfield Hockeyville bid Attention BCH hockey players and parents. The Bayfield arena has been nominated for Kraft Hockeyville, and needs public support for the national contest, which awards prizes of $100,000, $50,000 and $25,000 to arenas for upgrades. The Bayfield commu- nity has been rallying for the arena after council decided to make this the final year for ice. In order to boost their bid, supporters of the Bayfield arena need to get online this week at krafthockeyville.cbc. ca and make a post about why the arena is important to them. The deadline for submissions is Sun- day, Feb. 9. Submitted Photo Polits take down press Huron -Bruce MP Ben Lobb, Minister of Sate Bal Gosal and Rick Dykstra scored one for the House Thursday, Jan. 30, as part of the inaugural Canal Classic, an MPs versus the Media game on the Rideau Canal. The MPs won the match in a shootout. The game served as a fundraiser for the Canadian Tire Jumpstart program.