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THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 2005. PAGE 9
CNE calls for softball oldtimers
The Canadian National Exhibition
will host two Women's Oldtimers
Games on Wednesday, Aug. 24. and
wants former players to come out
and join in.
Last year’s Oldtimers Recognition
Ceremony at the CNE received such
great support from many female past
players, and fans, (hat the CNE looks
forward to accommodating this
renewed interest. In two games of
three innings, past female players
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HealthKick Huron is well underway
A Lucknow PeeWee player veers away from first base as
the throw to the base arrived before he did. Ethel defeated
Lucknow in the A championship to win the PeeWee year-
end tournament which was played in Ethel on Saturday. (Jim
Brown photo)
OTF awards over $675,000
in grants in Grey, Bruce,
Huron and Perth
HealthKick Huron is well
underway, with a full-time staff
working hard to promote careers in
rural healthcare throughout Huron
County. This healthcare initiative
aims to promote professions
available to local youth and to
recruit physicians and other
healthcare professionals to the area.
The Ministry of Municipal Affairs
and Housing, Seaforth Community
Development Trust and Huron
Business Development Corporation
collaboratively fund this community
project. HealthKick Huron
developed from a Skills for
Healthcare and Retention Pilot
(SHARP) project spearheaded by
Paul Nichol, economic development
manager of the Huron Business
Centre, and Gwen Devereaux, a
physician recruitment officer for
Huron Perth hospitals.
The three-year program uses a six
pronged approach to develop the
local capacity for creating
communities of choice for
healthcare professionals in rural
Ontario. These strategies will
educate youth about careers in rural
healthcare, provide work placements
for interested youth at local
healthcare facilities, provide nurse
training for the local workforce,
offer rural experience to recent
health graduates, make the area
more attractive for international
medical students and develop
Community Ambassador teams to
engage the whole community in
healthcare recruitment.
now in their 40s, 50s and 60s will
pick up a bat in the name of friendly
competition.
The CNE hopes to have many
players return this year for the
ultimate face off. This includes
players from Toronto teams like
People's, Sunday Morning Class,
Toronto Fuels, Tip Tops. Ostranders,
Sherrins, Glen Siewerts and Dafris
from leagues like Sunnyside,
Beaches. Danforth. East Toronto,
To date, HealthKick Huron has
moved into the Huron Business
Centre in Seaforth and hired six full-
time staff members to implement
individual strategies of the project.
The aspects of the program we are
currently focusing on include:
Encouraging youth to consider
health care careers
Staff are conducting interviews
with local health care professionals
to compile on a HealthKick Huron
website that will allow students to
browse lesser-known healthcare-
related career options. In the fall,
we will be organizing a career fair
where students can meet healthcare
professionals and have questions
answered.
Experience for youth at local
healthcare facilities
In the fall, part-time pharmacy
assistant placements for students
will be offered in four locations
across Huron. Positions are posted
on the Student Job Bank of
the Human Resources and
Skills Development Canada
(HRSDC) website and applications
will be accepted until August 26th,
2005.
Nurse Training Program
The Nurse Training Program is
offered through Georgian College
and classes begin at Huronview
Home in Clinton this September.
The program takes a rural approach
to allowing individuals to upgrade
their skills to Registered Practical
Nurse. Courses are held on a part-
time basis and are specifically
Ontario Ladies, Fairbanks and
Kingston Road United, Bclllair
United and Calvary Baptist from
Toronto's Church League.
Some of the athletes the CNE
hopes to contact are from the
Ontario Ladies Softball League
which included teams from Barrie,
Buffalo, Kitchener, Fort Erie.
Milverton. Sarnia, Agincourt.
Simcoe, Guelph, Tonawanda, and
Willowdale.
designed for, but not exclusive to,
mature and/or working individuals.
The first semester classes are
Lifestyle Management and
Communication. A portion of
tuition will be covered by
HealthKick Huron. Twenty-four
individuals are currently enrolled,
but spaces are available as the
maximum number of students is
thirty.
Community Ambassador
Program
In keeping with HealthKick’s
mandate of “A Community
Approach to Healthcare,” 25
volunteers will be trained to promote
the advantages of living and
working in this region. They are
currently looking for volunteers who
are passionate about their
community and willing to
demonstrate local knowledge for the
purpose of doctor recruitment and
economic development.
In the last two weeks of August,
pairs of students will be gathering
information and conducting surveys
for a commercial business mix
analysis and a downtown market
analysis. The commercial business
mix analysis records type and
location of businesses, providing a
useful, current snapshot of the
number and types of businesses
located in the area, and identifies
where gaps in available
services/businesses are. The
downtown market analysis defines
the trade area and consumer
demands of each region.
The Ontario Trillium Foundation
(OTF) has awarded $675,400 to 20
charitable and not-for-profit
organizations in the Grey, Bruce,
Huron and Perth areas. Many of
these grants, announced Aug. 9 by
Ontario’s Minister of Culture
Madeleine Meilleur, will assist
community organizations in building
their capacity.
Van Egmond Foundation will
receive $20,700 over one year to
renovate a building on the historic
Huron County site in Egmondville.
Funding will enable the foundation to
expand its educational programming,
for the benefit of students, local
residents and tourism in the area.
Bruce Rail Trail Management
Committee will be awarded $50,000
over six nonths to install gates and
signs on ?7 km of a former rail line.
It will create a recreational trail for
the local public and tourists in and
around the communities of Brockton,
Mildmay, Paisley, Port Elgin and
Kincardine.
The Huron County Library
received $15,000 to increase access
for seniors and those with
disabilities.
A grant to the Bruce County
Genealogical Society of $19,000 will
improve access to historical records.
The Goderich Rotary will receive
$43,500 to help meet the needs of
over 500 children in sports. The
Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 109,
Goderich will receive $32,000 to
upgrade accessibility to its faculty.
The Seaforth Lawn Bowling Club
will receive $11,000 to replace
equipment and maintain the quality
of the lawn bowling green. The
Vanastra Curling Club will receive $
29,000 to replace ice making
equipment.
Carol Mitchell, MPP Huron-Bruce
said, “The grants are meeting the
needs of groups that support our rural
communities. All of these groups
improve the quality of life in our
communities.”
The Ontario Trillium Foundation,
an agency of the Ministry of Culture,
receives annually $100 million of
government funding generated
through Ontario’s charity casino
initiative. OTF builds healthy and
vibrant communities throughout
Ontario by strengthening the
capacity of the voluntary sector,
through investments in community
based initiatives.
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