HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2009-12-03, Page 6PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2009.
Darters advance
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teams will advance to District
play. The first-place team was
Ken Bird, Bob Richardson,
Ron Schmidt and Gord
Jacklin and the third-place
team was John Harrison, Eric
Ross, Andy Adams and
Lawrence Machan.
Saturday afternoon euchre
saw eight tables of players
hoping to be winners. There
were two teams finishing the
day with 82 points so they
shared the first and second-
prize money.
They were Delores Howatt
and Dorothy Dalton and
Willis and Betty. The third
prize went to Deanna and
George with 71 points. The
cards were not kind to Jean
Bewley and Elunid McNair as
they won low prize with 45
points. T
he lone-hand winners of the
day were Ariel Woods and
Bush Whittard.
The Thursday night darters
had 17 enjoying the evening.
The first-place team was
Lawrence Machan and Glen
Zehr. There was a five-way tie
for second and after the
playoff the winners were
Sandra Josling and Gord
Jacklin.
A team narrowly missing a
skunk in the playoffs was
Norm Dobson, Eric Ross and
Catrina Josling.
The highs shots of the night
were by Gord shooting 121
and Deb Cann shooting 125.
High start of the night was by
Don Scott with a 102.
The more the merrier, so
come out for a night of darts
and fun for a buck, Thursdays
at 8 p.m.
The Friday night supper of
spareribs was enjoyed by a
crowd of over 35 people. This
week will be ham and
scalloped potatoes.
The Sunday night dance
crowd enjoyed the music of
the Country Versatiles.
Nearly 80 people heated up
the dance floor.
The early-bird membership
discount is now over and
members still needing to
renew their memberships will
now pay a little bit more.
Comrade Greg Wilson would
appreciate Comrades trying
to pay their dues before the
year end.
New members are always
welcome and can drop into
the Branch for information or
contact Comrade Greg
Wilson.
Cultivating character
Some Grey Central Public School students took it upon themselves to gather enough food to fill a van
and donate it to the local branch of the food bank. The school’s Character Club spearheaded the initiative,
collecting this food in less than two weeks throughout the entire school. From left: Luke Seymour,
Zachary Ducharme, Rebecca Subject, Adam Baan, Delayna Smith, Matthew Swart, Cody Rathwell, Lexi
Smith, Alison Terpstra, Tiffany Deitner, Emma Strome, Jasmin Smith, Nick Kuepfer, Bryce Armstrong and
Philip Seymour. (Shawn Loughlin photo)
THE EDITOR,
When you think about HIV
(Human Immunodeficiency
Virus) and AIDS (Acquired
Immune Deficiency
Syndrome), do you believe it
only lives in places such as
Toronto, Vancouver and other
metropolitan areas? If you do,
you are not alone.
The reality is: HIV affects
many communities, both
urban and rural and HIV lives
in Huron County. In fact, the
rate of infection for rural
areas, Huron specifically, is
on the increase.
Eighty per cent of all HIV
positive results completed at
the London Options Clinic in
2007 were from Huron
County! In Canada, every two
hours there is a new HIV
infection. Thirty per cent of
the population do not know
they are HIV positive.
Important statistics to focus
on include: since 2002, in
Ontario there has been a 60
per cent increase in
heterosexual transmission of
HIV, and that women and
youth continue to experience
the highest rates of infection
in all communities. Education
and awareness about HIV is
important for anyone who is
sexually active,
experimenting with drugs or
contemplating a tattoo or
piercings.
As the executive director for
the Huron County HIV/AIDS
Network, many people I speak
with are curious about Huron
– specific data such as rates of
infection, how many people in
Huron are actually living with
HIV/AIDS, etc? These are
challenging questions to
answer since not everyone
living with HIV in Huron
seeks HIV specific services.
People living with
HIV/AIDS (PHA), struggle in
smaller communities with a
lack of privacy. Oftentimes
people in smaller, rural towns
have personal connections to
those who may be providing
them with health care
services.
This has implications for an
individual’s confidentiality/
anonymity. Seeking
information about a highly-
stigmatized medical condition
such as HIV and remaining
anonymous becomes difficult
in a smaller community.
The term AIDS-related
stigma refers to the prejudice
and discrimination directed at
people living with HIV/AIDS
because of the communities
with which people assume
they may be associated.
As a result, PHAs may
experience rejection from
their home community, be
shunned or discriminated
against.
Each year on Dec. 1,
millions of people throughout
the world commemorate
World AIDS Day. World
AIDS Day raises awareness of
HIV and AIDS. The Huron
County HIV/AIDS Network
has a key role to play in
education for HIV prevention
and advocacy for universal
treatment, care and support.
Local secondary school
students have been invited to
participate in a poster or poem
contest to show their
knowledge of HIV in Huron
County. The finished work
was displayed at the Suncoast
Mall in Goderich Nov. 27 -
Dec. 1. It will also be
available for viewing at
youthspark.ca – a website for
youth created through the
Huron County Health Unit.
If you have questions about
HIV/AIDS, the Huron County
HIV/AIDS Network or would
like information about how to
volunteer with HCHAN –
please contact me at
519-482-1131, e-mail:
hchan@cabletv.on.ca or
check out our website at
hchan.ca
Sandy Garret
Executive Director, HCHAN
Letter to the editor
Writer reminds HIV not just an urban issue
THE EDITOR,The news was full of storiesof H1N1 vaccine clinics andhow vulnerable people in thehigh priority groups lined upfor hours in bad weather to gettheir immunization.
It is therefore important that
I compliment the Huron
County Health Unit for the
very organized clinic that they
ran at Brookside School on
Tuesday night, Nov. 3. I have
a chronic condition and my
wife is a nurse so we were
both eligible to be
immunized.
We prepared for the evening
clinic by dressing in coats and
sweaters, ready to line up in
the drizzle and the dark. When
we arrived 30 minutes ahead
of the start time we were
impressed to find a fully-
operational team.
Parking lot attendants
screened you as you drove in
to ensure you were eligiblefor the flu shot and showedyou where to park, greeters atthe door guided you to a seriesof stations, the flu shot waspromptly administered andthe service was friendly and
courteous throughout the
experience. Networked
laptops ensured that
information flowed from
station to station which
eliminated that repetition of
questions and answers that
you find so often in health
care.
My wife and I were done in
25 minutes and that included
the 15-minute wait to ensure
we did not have a reaction.
There are many benefits to
living in Huron County and
our health unit’s ability to
organize and deliver mass
immunization clinics is
certainly one of them.
Doug Walker.
Letter to the editor
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