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The Citizen, 2004-11-18, Page 14FROM WALTON The War Amps is spreading the PLAYSAFE/ • DRIVESAFE messages. To order a Spot the cti O-ROM . Danger! video or visit our Web site al www.waramps.ca the PLAYSAFE Interave CM or call 1-800450-3030. PAGE 14. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2004. Stars study E It's great news that Helen Williamson is home and doing very well after having hip surgery. We will keep her in our thoughts as she continues to improve. Visiting on the weekend with Howard and Audrey Hackwell were Patricia and Sebastian Andrades. They returned to Whitby on Sunday afternoon. The trip home was not uneventful as Patricia experienced a very frightening event. While travelling down the 401, a tire flew off a jeep and hit the hood of her vehicle. It sprung the hood so she couldn't see. She managed to pull off to the side of the road without further mishap and the tire flew off to hit another vehicle on the off ramp. The car suffered severe damage. The accident was covered on TV as were Patricia and Sebastian's interview. Patricia was able to call her parents and advise them of the accident prior to them seeing it on television. Our condolences to the Lubbers and Salverda families on the passing of Pete Salverda. The Walton Hall hosted a roast beef dinner on the weekend. There was only a small turnout due to this reporter's forgetfulness about sending in the coming event. Ooops! There's another in two weeks. Home for a short visit is Neil McDonald with his mother Leona McDonald. He will help out with the remaining corn and catch up with some visiting as well. Speaking of harvest, the weather has been just great. The remaining soybean fields I drive by have now been harvested. Corn is disappearing and the fields are turning brown as the ploughs are busy turning corn stubble down. Last year around this time was the first school day cancelled due to storms and many people were without hydro for a few days. As noted on the radio, deer/vehicle collisions are happening frequently as Don and Pat We really goofed! Let's just put it down to' one of those days. If anyone was confused by a story on page 19 of last week's issue of The Citizen regarding the Catholic school board you had good reason. The headline "More money than expected for Catholic school renovations" was correct. Unfortunately, the story that follqwed was one from several years ago - in essence old news. The names have changed and the collective agreement it spoke of between the teachers and board, has, of course, expired. How this could happen is too complex to explain. Suffice it to say that it's easier than one might think. However, we do apologize. for this mistake and regret any confusion it may have caused. Nolan know: Darn deer decided to meet their car but they were not injured. Of course the deer and car were not so lucky. Congratulations to Shannon Craig and Dave Soontiens who became engaged on the weekend. Helen reports no wedding plans as yet but she's ready when they are. Birthday celebrants in the past weeks include Anne Halley, Helen Boven, Mackenzie McGavin, Brent Alexander, Judy Lee, Marvin Bachert, Peggy Humphries, Ashley Halley, Darryl Hoegy, Jim Ryan, Chris Stevenson, Kathleen Williamson, Steven Huether, Clara Glauser, Justin Morrison, Mark Bachert, Jeanne Kirkby, Brian Pryce, Danielle Ducharme, Barry Hoegy, Tristan Rijkhoff, Blaine Marks, Michael Grobbink, Pat Gillis and Charlie Glauset. The Walton Little School has been busy. The Stars have tallied colours, fall and the letter E. Simple words like eye, ear, eat and egg, were practised. Their science project included carnations, water and food colouring and they now have beautiful coloured carnations. They have moved on to the letter H. They glued pictures of things in the house and made handprints with paint, potato heads and hearts. They practised words like hat, hair, heart, hand and hot. The Butterfly class has been discovering sorting and counting zoo animals. They have been working on their animal storybook with focuS on zebras and the colours black and white. The favourite song 5 Little Monkeys Swinging on a Tree was practised many times which helps greatly with enhancing counting skills at a young age. The senior pre-school Acorn class had been learning about real pigs and goats as well as the characters, The Three Little Pigs and Three Billy Goats Gruff. They have been learning about patterning and sequencing and are making up their own stories. They illustrated their own hooks about the stories. They are writing the number 3 and word three. 8. The ability to have an emergency department in Seaforth Community Hospital is: a) Very important' - " b)_ Important c) Not important 9. The ability to consult the emergency department nurse by telephone at Seaforth Community Hospital is: a) Very important b) Important c) Not important 10. The ability to stabilize a patient in the emergency department of Seaforth Community Hospital is: a) Very important b) Important c) Not important 11. Do the health needs of the Huron East area require the emergency department of Seaforth Community Hospital to be: a) Open 24/7 b) Closed from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. c) Not be open at all 12. Do winter roads threaten your ability to reach Seaforth Community Hospital? a) Never b) Sometimes c) Always Please send your reply to: The Huron Expositor, 11 Main St., Seaforth, ON NOK 1 WO Be sure to reply by Nov. 24, 2004 r 2. The ability to have lab work done at Seaforth I Community Hospital is: I a) Very important b) Important c) Not important Please answer these questions: 1. The ability to have an x-ray facility at Seaforth Community Hospital is: a) Very important b) Important c) Not important 3. The ability to have diet/diabetic work carried out at Seaforth Community Hospital is: a) Very important b) Important c) Not important 4. A physiotherapy department in Seaforth Community Hospital is: a) Very Important b) Important c) Not important 5. Out-patient surgery at Seaforth Community Hospital is: a) Very important b) Important c) Not important 6. The ability to have orthopedic surgery and an orthopedic clinic in Seaforth Community Hospital is: a) Very important b) Important c) Not important 7. The ability to have acute care beds and continuing care beds in Seaforth Community Hospital is: a) Very important b) Important c) Not important Qualitative Research Regarding Seaforth Community Hospital A volunteer community group consisting of Dr. Ken Rodney, Maureen Spittal and Ken Larone is collecting this information to help formulate the correct direction for future development of Seaforth Community Hospital. By participating in this questionnaire we hope all citizens of the community as well as the community organizations will understand the expectations for the hospital as it moves forward. These questions have been previously tested and refined through the co-operation of focus groups during the past two weeks. More than 60 people participated in answering these questions and provided additional personal opinions. If you wish to add personal opinions to your answers in the questionnaire please attach them to your reply and send by Nov. 24 to The Huron Expositor, 11 Main St., Seaforth, ON NOK 1 WO or fax to 527-2858