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Dykstra sets sights on Warden
Cheryl Heath
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Central Huron Reeve
Bert Dykstra is throwing
his hat into the ring to vie
for the county warden's
seat in the 2010 term.
County Warden Ken
Oke delivered that news
July 15, during county
council's monthly ses-
sion.
Morris-Turnberry May-
or Dorothy Kelly has also
announced her intention
to seek the spot.
"Good luck to both,"
said Oke.
BLUEPRINT
MEETINGS
Larry Adams, Chief
Administrative Officer for
Huron County, is encour-
aging county councillors
to attend any one or all of
a series of information
meetings organized
by the South West Lo-
cal Health Integration
Network (LHIN). The
meetings are designed
to allow the general
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public to give its input
into the organization's
long-term plans for its
member hospitals.
Two nearby sessions are
set to run from 7 p.m. to 9
p.m., July 23, at the Sea -
forth and District Com-
munity Centre, located at
122 Duke St., and Sept.
16, at the Knights of Co-
lumbus Hall, 390 Parsons
Court in Goderich.
Adams notes the Huron
Perth Healthcare Alli-
ance, which recently an-
nounced operations will
be reviewed for its mem-
ber hospitals in Seaforth,
Clinton, Stratford and St.
Marys, will also soon be
holding its own round
of public -consultation
meetings on yet -to -be an-
nounced dates.
REBELS WITHOUT
FUNDING
Councillors learned the
tobacco -prevention group,
Rebels With a Cause, will
disband after this summer
due to a cut in provincial -
government funding.
Coun. Ben Van Diepen-
beek (Ashfield-Colborne-
Wawanosh) asked how
much money was involved
in the Huron County
Health Unit -operated pro-
gram. He learned it costs
$ 115,000.
"It's unfortunate that
it will be cut but that's
the way things are," says
County Warden Ken Oke.
UNDER
CONSTRUCTION
County roads 14 and 19
will soon undergo repairs
thanks to motions en-
dorsed by council.
Lavis Contracting Co.
Ltd. is awarded both
tenders at a total cost of
$2,544,096.45.
Lavis has also been
awarded the $836,000
contract for construction
work on County Road 10
in Crediton.
BE PREPARED
County treasurer Dave
Carey reports a prelimi-
nary report on the prov-
ince's Harmonized Sales
Tax reveals it will not be
revenue neutral as sug-
gested by Ontario Premier
Dalton McGuinty.
Carey notes certain ser-
vice -related workers, like
plumbers, didn't charge
provincial sales tax before,
but they will be doing so
under the new system.
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Rebels
Children at the
Goderich
Children's Festival
on June 27 had the
chance to learn
about the effects of
tobacco use while
playing games
thanks to the
Rebels with a
Cause. Rebels will
be at various ven-
ues over the sum-
mer to let Huron
County residents
know that there is
no safe level of
second-hand
smoke - indoors or
outdoors. Left,
Rebel Taryn Jantzi
gives out a prize to
a child.
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