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force Blyth to come to Wingham,”
she said. “It’s those organizations’
choices where they want to buy their
ice time.”
Councillor Ray Hallahan asked
what is causing the issue and was
told by Newson that fewer children
are taking part in the sports.
“The schools are amalgamating
for a reason,” she said. “There is just
more ice than there are players.”
Newson said that North Huron
isn’t the only centre facing this
reality. Many municipalities and
associations are feeling the impact
of having fewer children.
Councillor Trevor Seip, who
works with the Western Ontario
Athletics Association (WOAA),
agreed, saying that revenue was
down from teams despite
amalgamation.
He also said that, while enrolment
takes place in the second quarter of
the year, the numbers aren’t always
set in stone, which causes
more issues.
Seip attributed some of the
reduced numbers to the fact there are
now a wider variety of sports.
“When I was a kid, you played
hockey in the winter and baseball in
the summer,” he said. “Now there’s
golf, karate, lacrosse and a whole
bunch of alternatives.”
Reduced ice rental not just a
NH problem says councillor
Hanlon opens naturopathic clinic in Blyth
Naturopathic Doctor Angela
Hanlon recently opened her practice
in Blyth and is ready to help both
new patients and her existing
patients from across the county.
Hanlon is a Prince Edward Island
native who graduated from the
Canadian College of Naturopathic
Medicine. She came to the area
several years ago to shadow a fellow
naturopathic doctor in Kincardine
and found work in Wingham.
Through her time here, she
discovered that Huron County felt
like home. Since then, she has
worked in Wingham, Lucknow and
Seaforth and now she has opened the
Blyth clinic as it provides a centre-
point between where many of her
patients are located.
Hanlon says that her work as a
naturopathic doctor isn’t necessarily
about fixing the problems that her
patients come to her with but setting
them and their bodies up with the
ability to heal the problems
themselves.
She empowers her patients to
manage their own health whether
that means prescription drugs, over-
the-counter chemicals, special diet
or exercise.
“That’s really what medicine is,”
she said. “It can be anything that
changes the mechanics of the body.”
Visitors to the clinic will be asked
to fill out documents to help Hanlon
decide what path is best for any
particular patient. Two patients with
the same problem might find
themselves being directed to
completely different treatments
depending on several factors.
“We go through the forms, I ask
people questions and I basically
learn how their body is reacting to
the situation and environment they
are in,” she said. “That way I get a
person’s personality, their body’s
personality and that leads to
whatever plan is best for them.”
Hanlon said that each patient is
provided with a print-out that details
what is ailing them and a plan to
help them get better.
“I don’t just want to treat patients,
I want to educate them to inspire
them to get better,” she said.
“Naturopathy usually doesn’t
happen over night. I’m a guide that
helps people discover the work they
need to do for themselves.”
Hanlon went to school for several
years to be able to do her work.
Originally, she pursued a career as a
dietician as, according to a guidance
counsellor, it most closely matched
up with what she wanted. During the
time it took her to get that degree,
she met a naturopathic doctor and
was soon on her way to finishing her
education in naturopathy.
“The education is important,” she
said. “I have eight years of education
because health is a big thing. There
is a whole other language involved
in it and that’s what I studied
and how I’ve been licenced as
a doctor.”
To help meet the community,
Hanlon is planning on an open house
on Oct. 31 that she hopes will
become an annual networking
opportunity for professionals in
the area.
From 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. on
Halloween, she will be welcoming
both trick or treaters at her Dinsley
Street office as well as members of
the community interested in the
services she can provide.
For more information about the
services Hanlon provides or about
the open house, call 519-955-4880
or visit www.hanlonnaturopathic.ca
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
Curing what ails
Naturopathic Doctor Angela Hanlon, above, has opened her own clinic, Hanlon Naturopathic,
on Dinsley Street in Blyth. The clinic, which serves both new and existing patients from across
the county, will serve as the site of a special networking open house on Oct. 31. Hanlon hopes
that by providing the opportunity, she can meet and greet much of the community, both
business people and families out trick-or-treating. (Denny Scott photo)
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system changed
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levy before budget deliberations
even begin.
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Several councillors, specifically
some of Huron East’s new
councillors, are nearing their annual
allowance for conferences, Michiels
told council, which led to a change
in policy.
Each councillor is allotted $2,500
per year to attend conferences.
However, with some councillors
approaching their annual amount,
Knight proposed a two-year floating
average of $5,000, to allow
councillors to use more in one year,
and less in the next, should they
choose.
Lowe, one of the councillors who
has attended conferences, said that
as a new councillor, he’s eager to
learn as much as he can.
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