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The Emergency Department
The Emergency Department at the Wingham & District Hospital is
becoming increasingly busy. As a result, the medical staff would like
to make the following suggestions.
If you need to seek medical attention on an urgent basis please call
your family doctor's office first. Each doctor keeps some
appointments each day for urgent care. If you do not have a family
doctor, or he/she is unable to see you, then please call the
emergency department for advice. They will be able to tell you when
and where you can be seen most easily.
EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS WEEK: MAY 2-8, 2004
Prepare Now, Learn How..
Emergency Survival Checklist*
'Three day supply per person
Flashlight and batteries • Clothing and footwear
Radio and batteries or crank radio
Spare batteries (for radio or flashlight)
First-aid kit
Candles and matches/lighter
Extra car keys and cash
• Important papers (identification)
Food and bottled water
• Blankets or sleeping bags
• Toilet paper and other personal items
• Medication
• Backpack/duffel bag (to hold all of the
emergency survival items)
• Whistle (to attract attention, if needed)
• Playing cards, games
For more information, visit:
www.emergencymanagementontario.ca
or call
527-0160 or 1-888-868-7513
Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance
Seaforth Community Hospital Site
Invites you to attend a
COMMUNITY FORUM
To update you on Activities
Tuesday, May 18, 2004 at 7:00 p.m.
at the
Royal Canadian Legion Hall Branch 156
South Main St,. Seaforth, Ontario
Please plan to attend
HI:RON PERTH
HEAITHCARF
ALLIANCE
THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MAY 6, 2004. PAGE 11 .
Congratulations to Mandy
Mitchell, Brussels Fall Fair
Ambassador and Anita Keurtzwiser,
Seaforth Fall Fair Ambassador, who
were runner-up and winner,
respectively at the District 8
Ambassador Competition held in
Clinton. Participating were eight
girls and two young men.
We wish Abe Vanderveen
continued improvement as he is now
home from hospital.
Neil and Marie McGavin travelled
to Shelbourne last weekend to
celebrate Ken and Joyce Nicholson's
50th anniversary. They enjoyed a
dance and visiting with other family
members.
Celebrating ,with a family birthday
gathering were the Kelso family.
Young Hayden Kelso turned five
years old. Gathering at Bryan and
Heather's to celebrate were Neil and
Marie McGavin, Brian and Shelley
and family, Jeff and Shannon and
family and Pat and Cathy Melady
and family. Congrats to Hayden.
'Visiting this past week with
Campbell and Edith Wey have been
several friends. John and Ellen
Michels from Kitchener dropped in
for the day and Frank and Coby
Reinick from Alma also spent time
visiting. Daughter Deb Wey from
Port Colbourne spent a couple of
days and celebrated her birthday as
well.
Stopping for a visit with Howard
and Audrey Hackwell were Mr. and
Mrs. Harold Heighton from
Woodstock.
Having a week's holiday with
Howard and Audrey, were daughter
Patricia Andrades and her adorable
son Sebastian. Getting away from
Whitby to spend time, in the country
with Grandpa Howard is always
special to Sebastian.
Another change in the landscape
took place on the Hullett McKillop
Road last week when the house on
the Pryce farm was torn down and
burned.
Mary Humphries had the pleasure
of daughter Wenda home for a
,couple of days to have a visit and do
a few odd jobs. It's always
wonderful to have mother-daughter
ti me together.
Some local girls enjoyed a
fantastic trip to Washington and the
area of Gettysburg. They were part
of a group front Central Huron High
School, Clinton students from
Grades Il and 12. Having a fantastic
time were Krista Shortreed, Nadine _
Ringgenberg and Lindsay
McNichol. They were away from
Thursday morning until Sunday
evening.
It was a jam-packed sightseeing
tour that took them to see where the
Battle of Gettysburg was fought, the
National -Archives and the Ford
Theatre where Lincoln was
assassinated.
They were able to go to the theatre
performance of Sheer Madness.
They toured the International Spy
Museum, the Smithsonian Institute,
the Arlington National Centre. the
Capitol and Capitol Hill. They also
drove past the White House.
They checked out the Lincoln.
Jefferson and Vietnam Memorials
and the Washington Monument.
Sounds like a busy schedule for
just a few days but reports are they
had a lot of fun.
It was party time again for the
Walton-Brussels ladies as it was
time to celebrate Betty
McCutcheon's 65th birthday.
Enjoying the luncheon celebration at
the Fireside Café were Leona
McDonald, Doris Fischer, Donna
Knight, Marion and Bev Smith,
Yvonne Knight, Mary Morrow,
Mary Huether, Nora Stephenson,
Isabel Wheeler, Helen Bray and
Margery Huether. They returned to
hostess Donna Knight's for cake and
coffee following lunch.
Paul Kirkby and friend Brian
Ramage stayed at mom Jeanne
Kirkby's. They were here to enjoy
the wild turkey hunt. They had no
luck getting a wild turkey but they
did discover a magnificent beaver
dam near some of their property.
Arriving for a working man's
holiday is Neil McDonald from
Vancouver to stay at Leona
McDonald's.
Celebrating birthdays to finish up
April were Debra Wey, John
Huether, Joe Steffler, Dave
Lewington. The month of May starts
off with Chad McCallum, Donny
Wiliamson, Hayden Kelso, Bev
Fraser, Andrea Humphries, Joe
Ryan, Faye Bolger, Kim Hulley,
Mark Machan, Veronica Grobbink.
Gerald Sullivan and Pat Melady.
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Baans greet at Duff's service
Members and friends of Duff's
United Church were greeted by
Teresa, Allison, Scott and Craig
Baan.
Rev. Joan Tuchlinsky was away
on continuing education in
Edmonton taking the course
Counseling Children and
Adolescents. This will complete her
Bachelor of Theology degree.
The service was led by Graeme
Craig who welcomed everyone and
pointed out the announcements.
Most importantly is the date of the
board meeting being changed to
May 10 at 8 p.m.
The UCW meeting is on May 12
at 8 p.m. with Helen Miller as the
guest speaker.
The food bank is still in desperate
need of donations.
Marie McGavin gave a report of
the Huron Perth Presbytery meeting
held at Parkview United in Stratford.
They enjoyed a meal, communion.
then the meeting.
As a member of Presbytery,
Duff's pays $14 per person for all
church members.
There were two workshops held at
By Elyse DeBruyn
Citizen staff
The Amabile Tenor/Bass choir
from London will be making a
special presentation at the St. James
Catholic Church in Seaforth on May
14, to promote young men's singing
abilities and introduce their talent to
local. residents.
Den Sills, a seven-year choir
member, said the choir began 14
years ago as a treble choir for young
boys, but when their voices began
changing, they expanded the group
to become a young men's choir.
The choir consists of 60 young
men from ages 13 to 30.
"We're very versatile. It's a
character. building choir where we
welcome young boys and make them
feel more comfortable about their
voices and singing abilities," said
Sills.
Members come from all across
southwestern Ontario including
London, Strathroy, Dorchester and
members from the Blyth and
Wingham areas are Dane Cornell
`and Dyne Stuckey.
the meeting. One was on conflicts
and communication in the
congregation and the second was on
water. A guest speaker explained the
new standards required and what
options are available to answer the
concerns of-the rural communities.
Marie explained a little about the
options but felt more information
will be needed before congregants
make, decisions regarding the
church.
The choir provided the anthem As
the Deer Pants for Water.
The children's time was presented
by Teresa Baan. She showed them a
box of Kleenex and asked what they
are used for. The popular answer
was to blow their nose when they
had a cold.
She asked for other uses and as
she drew a kleenex from the box, the
children saw drawings of them of
other uses: to catch a bug, for crying
eyes, to make a Halloween ghost,
wipe spills, hold over a wound, blot
lipstick or even wrap a tooth in.
The church is like a kleenex, she
said. Popular use is to attend. on
Sunday, but the church has many
Ensemble advanced to the final
round of the CBC/Radio-Canada
National Radio Competition for'
Amateur Choirs 2004 where they
won first place and $3,000 which
will go towards the upcoming trip to
the Czech Republic in July.
They will compete as the
ambassador for Canada at the most
prestigious invitational festival of
male singing in the world.
The young men perform a wide
range of music, from classical and
folk to songs from Finland, Indian
and Denmark.
A month ago, the choir sang for
Harvard University students in
Boston, and Sills said "they were
blown away by our sound."
Sills said the proceeds of the
Seaforth concert, which he said is
sure to "be a huge hit," will be
divided up between their trip to the
Czech Republic as well as to the
donations to the Canadian Cancer
Society.
For more information or for tickets
to the Seaforth concert, contact Sills
at 519-522-0154 or visit the web site
at www.amabile.com.
uses and experiences to share with
everyone.
The scripture readings were read
by Karen Hoegy, Graeme Craig and
Marie McGavin.
The sermon was entitled, Living
Outside the Box, and is a two-part
story to ,be continued next week.
Graeme and Helen Craig portrayed
the parts of Lazarus and Jesus.
Graeme was Lazarus who died and
was placed in the cave. Helen was
Jesus and she tried to coax Lazarus
to come out.
Prestigious male choir
performs in Seaforth