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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2007-11-08, Page 1The CitizenVolume 23 No. 44 Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007 $1.25 ($1.18 + 7c GST)Serving the communities of Blyth and Brussels and northern Huron County Inside this week Pg. 6 Pg. 7 Pg. 11 Pg. 14 Pg. 23 New business in Londesborough Brussels salon pampers pooches Woman recalls years in service Belgrave grows for Food Grains Coates announces Festival season It’s time to get yourself into the Christmas spirit with a sneak peek at some local homes bedecked in holiday finery. The Brussels Skating Club home tour to be held Friday, Nov. 9 from 6 - 9 p.m. and Saturday, Nov. 10, from 12 - 4 p.m., has five houses on the list for viewing. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased from various downtown merchants or will be available the days of the event at the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre. Co-ordinator Allyson Cardiff said this year’s tour is a good balance of new and older homes. “A really nice mix.” Beginning with a little history, one of the stops is an older two-storey home, of Italianate design at 796 Turnberry St. owned by Rebecca Dauphin. The decorator is Jillians. The Queen Anne’s cottage with a board and batten addition just up the street at 770 Turnberry St., is another stop on the tour. It is owned by Deb and Eric Ross and will be decorated by Blooms and Rooms. The newer home of Barb and Paul Mutter at 11 Frederick St., is a welcoming, two-storey dwelling with a wraparound porch. The decorator is The Gift Cupboard. A recently remodelled older country home, owned by Corrie and Doug Sholdice, will feature the decorating of Nifty Korners and VB Interior and Exterior Consulting. The house is located at 42921 Newry Rd., just east of Brussels. A 20-year-old house at 81 McDonald Dr. is the final offering on the tour. Owned by Sherry and Jeremy Bloemberg, the residence will be decorated by Dublin Mercantile. Guests are invited to the upper level of the arena following their tour, said Cardiff, for coffee, punch and sweet treats. Proceeds from the home tour go to the Brussels Skating Club to help offset costs. Home tour Fri., Sat. Keeping true to their word, the municipality of Huron East has filled the administrative manager position for the Huron Family Health Team. The position formerly held by Ralph Laviolette, outgoing economic development officer, now belongs to Barbara Major-McEwan. Major-McEwan began nearly two weeks ago on Oct. 29, and she says she’s still working on the day-to-day activities of the clinic and picking up where Laviolette left off. “My head is still swimming. I’m still on the initial learning curve,” she said. “Everything’s been going well so far. I’m really pleased to be on board.” The municipality is pleased as well, as Major-McEwan represents a big piece of the puzzle as they continue to work their way towards a new building for the Family Health Team. Major-McEwan is looking forward to the new building, saying that it will be easier to provide healthcare from a solid home base. “We are all dispersed about. It does make it a bit tougher. Plus, the building can serve as a focal point for our patients,” she said. Major-McEwan is no stranger to this area or this type of work, having put together an esteemed body of work so far in her career, and she hopes to bring all of her experience to her new post at the Huron Family Health Team. She is a registered dietician, a certified management accountant, she has her Masters in Health Science and she is a registered certified healthcare executive. Major-McEwan was formerly the director of professional practice with the Wellington Healthcare Alliance and before that she worked as the regional co-ordinator for quality and risk for the eight Huron-Perth hospitals. The Family Health Team’s administrative manager isn’t the only piece of the puzzle that has fallen into place recently. They expect their nurse-practitioner, Cate Verberne, back by mid-November, and one of her first tasks will be to supply the clinic in Brussels with the equipment it needs to be up and running by, hopefully, says Major- McEwan, early 2008. “We do want to get the offices [in Brussels] up and running again, so [Verberne] will be getting them supplied and stocked. There is currently some furniture and some equipment, and she’s also going to be assisting in the installation of the electronic records system,” Major-McEwan said. “We’re just in the process of getting that up and running and getting the appropriate wiring and cables in Brussels. That’s all part of the behind the scenes preparation work right now.” While the clinic itself may not be staffed and running by 2008, Major- McEwan says that the recording system should be up and running in the next five weeks. And while the clinic in Brussels will be Verberne’s top priority, Major-McEwan says she hopes to bring leadership to the Family Health Team as a whole. “On a really high level, I hope to bring some leadership to the Family Health Team. We have a social worker on board, we have a dietician, the nurse-practitioner is coming back,” she said. “We just hope that we’ll be able to serve the patients better.” Outgoing administrative manager Laviolette says he has been working researching and developing possible programs for the Family Health Team and that Major-McEwan is all set to take over the workload and pick up where he has left off. “They’re not only going to be seeing patients in Brussels, they’re going to be setting up programs for people with diabetes, people with obesity. There’s a little bit of homework still to be done, we don’t want to replicate programs that are already available through county activities, but we certainly want to complement them and fill any holes,” Laviolette said. “We’ve been doing some of that homework over the last few months and we’re going to be doing even more, so we certainly want to have a presence in Brussels as soon as we can manage to.” The lives of two young men were lost this weekend as the result of vehicle crashes. Funeral services were held Wednesday for Todd Edgar, 29 of North Huron who was killed when the car he was driving collided with a tree early Nov. 4. OPP were dispatched to the scene on Brandon Road in Morris- Turnberry at 3 a.m. after a passing motorist discovered the crash. Edgar was pronounced dead at the scene. Technical investigators were brought in. Police say alcohol is believed to have been a factor in the case. Edgar, a father of two, was not wearing his seatbelt. The victim is the son of Niel and Cathy Edgar and husband of the former Annette Vincent. Earlier, at approximately midnight, police responded to an ATV crash. According to OPP, two men had been riding the ATV on Gorrie Line in Howick Twp. The driver apparently lost control and suffered fatal injuries. James Schumacher, 28 of Howick was pronounced dead at the scene. The passenger sustained minor injuries. Technical collision investigators were at the scene and are continuing to look in to the cause of the crash. Set in stone After several weeks, the sidewalks on Elizabeth Street have been poured and the project nearing completion. As it is with any construction the Elizabeth Street project, had given some local residents headaches, with detours and a lengthy boil water advisory, but this should get traffic running smoothly through Brussels once again, particularly for those maneouvering the one-way street from the school. (Shawn Loughlin photo) New AM hired for Huron FHT 2 men die in weekend crashes BARB MAJOR-MCEWAN Pleased to be on board with FHT By Bonnie Gropp The Citizen By Shawn Loughlin The Citizen