The Goderich Signal-Star, 2009-06-10, Page 21ALS walk raises more than $15 000
signal -star staff
The first annual ALS (also known as Lou
Gherrig's Disease) Walk was held this past
weekend in Goderich, and organizer Nicki
Darbyson explained that the event was a
huge success, surpassing their estimates and
their goals.
"We definitely surpassed our goal," she
explained. "Being the first year, we weren't
sure what to expect, but we were aiming for
$10,000 raised."
They hit that goal one and a half times over
by the end of the walk though.
More than 120 wallcers participated, rais-
ing $15,136 to help find a cure for ALS.
Next year they will be hoping for warmer
weather, a higher goal and more people, but
this years start was phenomenal.
"Lots of people came out, and we were
very happy with the way it went this year."
The walk came about as a way for Darby -
son to help a family member who was diag-
nosed with the dise.e in January.
ALS stands for Amyotrophic Lateral Scle-
rosis, a rapidly progressing, fatal neuromus-
cular disease. The degeneration of certain
nerve cells and pathways in the brain and
spinal cord cause the progressive loss of vol-
untarily muscle movement. Most cases prove
fatal when chest muscles are no longer able
to help the lungs breath.
Photo by Denny Scott
Colton Smith and Brianna Spittal got in some light excercise
before the first annual ALS Walk held this pat weekend. The
walk raised $15,136, and had more than 120 participants.
ACW council gets prepped for PRISM
Denny Scott
signal -star staff
Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh is
now under the watchful eye of the
PRISM system, which will enable
emergency, information to be made
available to residents much quicker.
PRISM, which stands for Protective
Response Interactive Services Man-
agement, is a system that uses digital
locations, and a phone number data-
base to get a recorded message out to
individuals affected by disasters or ad-
verse situations.
David Lew, Emergency Medical
Services Manager for the County ex-
plained to ACW's Township Council
that the system, was programmed by
Quinte West, an Ontario town north df
Trenton. He explained that buying the
system was an easy decision, as it was
both local, and the only system that is
known to work.
The h the system is the abil-
ity to make multiple calls at once, with
multipleione lines used to deliver
the same Message.
After the message is played, listen-
ers will be asked if they understood
the message, and if not, aid will be
sent from the proper emergency ser-
vice. Lew explained that this would
cut down dramatically on costs, as
normally they have to deliver this in-
formation manually.
Pei, can be used to report
any number of situations, including
boiled -water advisories, amber alerts,
adverse weather conditions, chemi-
cal spills, road closures, and can be
applied more commercially as well.
Lew explained that essential _ ser-
vices, like the hospital, could easily
reach their entire employment base
to try and find replacements during
an emergency.
The system was paid for out of the
county tax' levy, and cost $85,000,
and will be launched in November.
Lew. explained that townships
need to circulate forms for residents
to register with the system, so they
can be made
aware of po-
tentially dan-
gerous situa-
tions
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