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was his own donor," Lisa recalled.
Scott went back to work in February
2012 and last January, started business
studies at college. But after the first
semester, he wasn't feeling well. Tests
in London revealed his liver was dete-
riorating. This past summer, further
testing revealed his cancer was back
and aggressive.
"We knew after his stem cell trans-
plant that we were running out of
options. He didn't want to go to any-
more treatment, it takes such a toll:'
Scott soldiered on. Oral chemother-
apy was given a try but around the time
of year students are getting back into
the groove at school, he wasn't doing
well.
He came back from school and his
family knew immediately.
Scott went back to hospital yet again.
He started on a clinical trial not widely
used in Canada. Only two people in
Toronto have tried it. A subsidy from a
drug company helped offset the cost
per cycle of $75,000 to $100,000.
Scott has finished two cycles but
more tests need to be completed to
assess his health. He is still undergoing
chemotherapy and if that works, it's
back to Toronto for an allogeneic bone
marrow transplant, which requires a
donor.
If all goes well, Scott will spend three
more months in the hospital.
Lisa said her son's spirits are remark-
ably good, given his health challenges.
Chemotherapy continues, but so
does life.
"Scott's main goal through all of this
is to be a normal kid, he really just
wants everyone to treat him normally."
It's a tight family. Dave Campbell is
an EMS supervisor and works hard to
support his family and their added
expenses.
Siblings Matthew and Nicole have
found their brother's journey difficult.
"The kids are all very close and it's hard
for them. They are out on their own
now and not there all the time. If noth-
ing else they just want to hang out and
watch a hockey game with their
brother."
Scott was a goaltender from the time
he started in organized hockey. Playing
is out of the question at the moment,
but, given all he's already lived through,
lacing up the skates and helping out at
practice is a perfect Friday night.
The Seaforth Optimist Club is host-
ing a fundraiser for Scott on Sat. Nov.
16 from 5 p.m. until midnight. A match-
ing grants program through Optimist
International, for up to $3,000, will be
utilized as part of the Seaforth Optimist
Childhood Cancer project. All money
raised will go directly to the Campbell
family.
Jr.r,
Award winners
Paul Cluff Goderich Signal Star
Police, fire and paramedic professionals were honoured at the Nov. 6 Huron County council meeting. They include, from left: Const. James Stanley, Huron
OPP (police officer of the year); Dave Campbell (paramedic of the year); Warden George Robertson; Firefighters Tom Phillips, Seaforth District Chief; Jim
Sills, Seaforth District Chief, retired. At right is Bill Strong, presenting for Huron -Bruce MP Ben Lobb.
Lengthy debate over cost -recovery by-law
30, Coun. Allison DeKroon
voices concerns at Huron
East council
Dave Flaherty
Goderich Signal -Star
Huron East's cost recovery by-law was the
topic of a lengthy and at times, heated, discus-
sion at the Nov. 5 council meeting.
At the last meeting, McKillop Ward Coun.
Allison DeKroon had requested more hi -depth
information on the costs the municipality
would seek to recoup through the by-law from
renewable energy projects located in Huron
East.
CAO Brad Knight provided a lengthy report
on the by-law, which included an itemized list
of costs incurred by the municipality so far,
which Knight said amounts to $32,000.
Knight said any costs the municipality tries
to recoup through the by-law must be justified.
"We've logged our time pretty well," Knight
commented.
However, DeKroon raised concerns about
the by-law, specifically about whether they
have claimed enough and when the claims
should be put through.
Knight, who said he believes council should
focus on having road user agreements put into
place as the number one priority, suggested
that they shouldn't be discussing the specific
items in public.
DeKroon wanted to do just that.
In his report, Knight noted that one of the
companies, NextEra, requested a limit be set in
the by-law and that $50,000 wasn't unaccepta-
ble to them.
Although the by-law contains no limit on the
amount of costs Huron East can recover, Mayor
Bernie MacLellan said he believes there may
have been something to the idea.
"Companies would still like to pay more and
know where they are at the end of the day," he
said, adding that he doesn't believe the munici-
pality would reach the $50,000 mark in incurred
costs.
"It's a win-win situation," he said.
However, DeKroon still was looking
answers.
She believes some of the wording of the by-
law was "too vague" and that more costs could
be recovered.
"There's so much more we need to put into
this," she said.
GreyWard Coun. Dianne Diehl told DeKroon
they had to carefully choose what they claimed
in the by-law.
"We can't bill them every time we pick up a
phone or a pen," Diehl said, noting that many
of the activities councillors have taken part in
during the past three years were to gain more
information.
"There's no price on the knowledge we've
gained," she said.
MacLellan reminded DeKroon that the by-
law is not set in stone and they can add more
items to be invoiced. Some that where in the
report may not make the final cut.
DeKroon said she felt that council was just
"talldng about it" and not taking any action.
Eventually a motion was put out to send out
some of the invoices immediately but it was
defeated.
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