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Vanastra man in
Hibbert accident
A Vanastra man was struck by
an unknown vehicle as he com-
pleted a turn on Saturday.
Sebringville OPP reported that
Dana Edwards, 17, of Vanastra,
was eastbound on Hibbert Con-
cession Rd. 2-3 and was fol-
lowed by an unknown vehicle.
He slowed to turn onto Sideroad
20 and was struck from behind
by the other vehicle which con-
tinued driving.
Edwards was not injured in the
collision.
Hullett holds
line on taxes
Hullett Township residents will
see no increase in their munici-
pal taxes for 1994.
Township council approved its
1994 budget at a special meeting
on July 26.
In 1993_the public mill rate
was set at 15.239 mills. The
1994 mill rate is set at 15.790
mills. The slight increase is from
the Huron County Board of
Education. The board of educa-
tion set their residential mill rate
for Huron County education in
May at 9.705 mills, which repre-
sents a 6.06 per cent increase in
property taxes.
The township wanted to stress
that the township share of the
budget has remained the same,
with no increases, said Bev
Shaddick, township clerk.
Council also discussed plans
for the new administration build-
ing. The plans are in the applica-
tion process and funding has
been drawn from reserves, there-
fore it will have no effect on
taxes.
New phone
manger no longer
with company
The manager of the
Tuckersmith Municipal Tele-
phone System, who was hired by
the firm less than three months
ago, is no longer with the com-
pany.
The chairman of the telephone
system, Ross McBeath, deferred
questions about thc manager's
leaving to the phone company's
London lawyer. The lawyer,
through a law firm employee,
gave no comment on the leaving.
The outgoing phone manager,
Alar Korgemets, worked in New
Zealand with Telecom and in
Canada with Bell Canada and
Rogers Cable TV before joining
the Tuckersmith system.
Two liquor
charges laid
Two charges were laid over
the weekend for liquor in
vehicles by the Seaforth Police
Services. Fines for having liquor
readily available in a motor
vehicle are tither $155 or $180.
The fine for drinking in public
under the age of 19 is $105.
The Seaforth Police Services
answered three alarms this past
week from businesses after clos-
ing hours. The alarms turned out
to be false.
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AND THEY'RE OFF - Competing area swimmers dive to begin
the Girls 100 -Metre Open race at the Seaforth Swim Meet held
DAVID SCOTT PHOTO
Saturday at Seaforth Lions Pool. A Targe crowd was on hand to
support swimmers from Stratford, Clinton, Wingham and Kirkton.
Seaforth Novices Ontario's best
BY DAVID SCOTT
Expositor Staff
They did it in style. The Seaforth
Novice II girls fastball team were
the Grand Champions in the Provin-
cial Novice II Championships held
in Niagara Falls over the weekend.
The team went undefeated in five
games and had some stellar pitching
from their two pitchers, including a
perfectly pitched game. Each team
they faced was from a place of
higher population.
On Friday night, the Novice II
team played Cambridge in their fiat
game. Seaforth pitcher Kristen
McFarlane pitched a perfect game -
no hits and no walks given. That's
an accomplishment very few major
league pitchers lay claim to.
McFarlane was named 'Best Pitcher
of the Tournament' and will receive
her award at a PWSA awards cere-
mony in November. The final score
of the Cambridge game was 14-0
for the Seaforth girls.
Saturday morning our hometown
team faced Port Colborne and
Kristen McFarlane once again was
close to perfection. She tossed a
one -hitter for a final score of 12-2
for the good guys.
The next team Seaforth faced on
Saturday afternoon was Aurora.
Kara Pepper took the pitcher's
mound and showed her skill with
an 8-1 victory.
Kristen McFarlane was back in
for the Saturday evening game
against Whitby. Once again the
Novice II team had no trouble
defeating opponents from a large
urban centre. The final score was
12-3.
Having steam -rolled every team
they faced, the Seaforth Novice II's
were in fine form for their final
championship game on Sunday.
Once again, it was Aurora that
Seaforth faced. This time it was for
the gold. The Novice II girls
showed no mercy again as they
easily triumphed 10-3 over Aurora
to capture the provincial champion-
ship.
Kristen McFarlane finished the
tournament with an incredible 1.05
ERA (Earned Run Average).
"We're definitely excited," said
Coach Georgina Reynolds. "As 'we
said to the kids before, no matter
what happened we were proud of
them. They'd done so well and
come so far."
Reynolds is trying to arrange a
few exhibition games for the Nov-
ice II team to finish out the season.
Members of the Seaforth Novice
II team are: Kristen McFarlane,
Lisa Reynolds, Kara Pepper,
Melissa Robertson, Ericka Burns,
Starla Wick, Tory Westbrook,
Amber Ruttan, Lisa Rooseboom, '
Denise O'Reilly, Michelle
Henderson, Tricia Jansen, Kim
Taylor, Jamie Reabum.
Coaches of the Novice lI team
are: Kathy O'Reilly, Janet
Buchanan, Sandra Burns, Georgina
Reynolds.
The Seaforth Novice II team and
coaching staff would like to thank
all local sponsors for their support
throughout the season.
Local school
children to
receive vaccine
for Hepatitis B
BY HEATHER BOA
for The Huron Expositor
One thousand elementary students
in Huron County will receive hepa-
titis B vaccinations this year.
The Ministry of Health is funding
vaccination programs for Grade 7
students across the province in an
effort to curb the rising number of
cases reported each year. More than
300 cases of the blood borne virus
that attacks the liver are reported
each year. Up to 25 times more
cases are unreported because people
may not realize they have the
deadly virus, the Ministry of Health
reports.
In 1994, there have been no
reported cases of hepatitis B in
Huron county, Assistant Director of
Nursing Marlene Price says.
"It's not a big problem in our
county," she said.--_
But the county will vaccinate the
pre -adolescent youths with three
injections over a six-month period.
The first will be given in October
or November, the second a month
after that, and the last dne will be
given five months later. The vacci-
nation, that contains no blood prod-
ucts or living viruses, will protect
people from the virus.
The virus is primarily spread by
sexual contact with an infected
person. The disease is also spread
through dirty needles, body and ear
piercing and tattooing. About half
the people who catch hepatitis B
never feel sick. They can spread the
disease without knowing it, the
ministry reports.
An infected mother may pass the
disease on her newborn child after
birth, but prenatal mothers are now
screened for the virus, says Price.
The Huron County Health Unit
also suggests hepatis B vaccinations
for people travelling to other areas.
The health unit provides vaccina-
tions or the vaccine can be bought
with a prescription from local phar-
macies. For information, contact the
health unit at 482-3416.
Rwanda only one site of world hunger: Doerksen
BY TIM CUMMING
Expositor Editor
Response to the Rwandan crisis is
only one aspect of the work of the
Canadian Foodgrains Bank, the
organization's Executive Director
said in Seaforth on Monday morn-
ing (August 8).
"When you started on planning
the project in Seaforth, Rwanda
wasn't even a story," Al Doerksen
told an audience of more than 20
people at The Bistro restaurant.
Although the Foodgrains Bank
recently sent 1,000 tonnes of beans
to the Rwandan region it has
already sent 25 times that amount
to cast Africa where a decade-long
civil war has caused large-scale
famine and displacement of people.
Some countries ravaged by war,
like Armenia and Azerbaijan, don't
always make the news, said
Doerksen, who is touring growing
projects in the province with
Ontario coordinator Jim Papple.
The Canadian Foodgrains Bank
emphasizes long-term solutions to
hunger, according to the Executive
Director. If the charitable organiz-
ation only flew in with food and
then neglected to deal with long-
term problems that would be
"grandstanding," he said.
"We're always looking for ways
to use our resources to create long-
term solutions."
The Canadian Foodgrains Bank
gives away food in some critical
areas of starvation but sometimes
the organization doesn't give the
food away for free. In some cases,
people work on development pro -
TIM CUMMINO PHOTO
FOR THE NEEDY - The Executive Director of the Canadian Foodgrains Bank was in Seaforth on
Monday. Here he inspects a crop of soy beans at the Seaforth-area growing project along with Jim
Papple, Ontario coordinator and Steve Carruthers, chairperson of the Seaforth-area project.
jects and receive food as their pay.
In other cases residents buy the
food with local currency which is
then channelled through local
agencies for long-term development
such as irrigation, reforestation, soil
conservation and roads projects.
The organization's Rwandan relief
effort is largely aimed at putting
food in Tanzania, where the people
have depleted food supplies by
giving it to hungry Rwandans.
The short-term future in the
region looks bleak, according to the
Executive Director of the
Foodgrains Bank, who recently
returned from a visit to Africa.
"We probably still haven't seen
the end of what's happening in that
area."
It's hard to understand the evil
and killing people are capable of
doing, the attentive group was told.
The Foodgrains Bank deals with
churches in the regions and doesn't
direct food to governments. The
food is used for people who need it.
"We not ' ' : to hel
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who perpetuate acts of violence or
create conflict."
While expressing pride in the
success stories of the Foodgrains
Bank, Doerksen also listed some
tragedies and impending world
tragedies.
"We're keeping our eye on Haiti,"
he said. "I don't know that anyone
has the wisdom to solve that one
easily."
The breakfast gathering on Mon-
day learned that the Foodgrains
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match the palates of local cultures.
For instance, wheat is used in
Ethiopia but not in some other parts
of Africa. Beans and lentils will be
among the foods sent to thc
Rwanda region.
Soy beans, which are being grown
at the Seaforth-arca project, are a
new crop for the Foodgrains bank.
Although the charitable organiz-
ation hasn't actively pursued cash
donations money donations gen-
erally exceed crop donations,
according to the Executive Director.
"It's a daily blessing to see them
come."
Monday's group heard that giving
doesn't make one poorer. Quoting
scripture the tall executive said
people who sow sparingly reap
sparingly.
"It's pretty hard to impoverish
ourselves by being generous."
The Canadian Foodgrains Bank
has grown to about thirty different
growing projects, he said.
"This is one of the years we
really understand the concept of
why we have the Foodgrains Bank."
The crowd at Monday's breakfast
included suppliers to the Foodgrains
Bank.
Local clergy also attended the
meeting. They included Pastor Rick
Lucas, of. Bethel Bible Church in
Egmondville, Rev. Cheryl -Ann
Stadelbauer-Sampa of Egmondville
United Church, Rev. Bruce Cook of
Seaforth Pastoral Charge (Cavan in
Winthrop, Northside in Seaforth)
and Father Joseph Hardy of St.
Columban and St. James Roman
Catholic Churches.
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