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Child
drowns
in pool
A 22 -month-old Walton
area boy drowned on Aug.
20 in a swimming pool
despite efforts from family
and hospital staff to
resuscitate the toddler.
Mark Bernard had been
playing outsid when
visiting family Members
noticed the child had moved
out of sight.
A 1 2 -year-old cousin
found the child' in he in -
ground swimming pool.
Bernard's mother, Brenda,
and his aunt pulled him from
the pool and began CPR
immediately.
Family performed CPR
for five minutes before
placing Mark in a. car to
drive him to the hospital.
They continued CPR on the
way to Seaforth Community
Hospital where continued
efforts by hospital staff were
unable to resuscitate the
child.
This is the second incident
in the Seaforth area of
young children falling into
pools this summer.
In July, a two-year-old
boy from Tuckersmith
Township was found in the
family swimming pool.
Blair Landsborough had
wandered off and family
thought he was in the barn.
His father, Jim, found Blair
in the pool and began CPR
right away.
Blair was taken to a
London hospital where he
was listed in critical
condition.
He remains in hospital,
recovering from the
incident.
In both cases, the pools
were not surrounded by
fences.
August 26, 1998 — $1.00 includes GST
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FORMER SEAFORTH FAIR QUEEN - Erin McNaughton of AR 3 Kipper was one of
the contestants in the °Queen of the Furrow" contest Friday afternoon at the Huron
County Plowing Match. She was later named Queen.
Plowing match results appear on Page 10 CAMPBEU.• PHOTO
Two doctors
join Medical
Clinic staff
BY SCOTT HILGENDORFF
Expositor Editor
Doctors John Yee and Jane
Martin have joined the staff
of the Seaforth Medical
Clinic.
"We have a general
interest in people,: said
Martin of the reasons she and
Yee have come to Seaforth.
Both are
graduates from the
University of
Western Ontario
with family
medicine
residencies behind
them. Yee is from
London and Martin
is from Monotick, .
near Ottawa. Both
currently reside in
London where they
are establishing
roots. •
"I just couldn't
imagine myself
doing surgery all
day or internal
medicine all day,"
said Yee of his
choice to specialize
in family medicine.
Martin said family
medicine also lets
them shape -their practice
more. For example, she said
if she isn't interested in
obstetrics, family medicine
lets her focus on other areas.
She also said it gives them
a chance to have a good
relationship with their
patients.
As a surgeon, she might
see a patient once or twice
when handling the particular
illness. As a family doctor,
she said, "You follow them
along for their lives."
Both said there are more
rewards for them when they
can see that they've helped
people through particular
problems.
Yee also said it's more
stimulating. "You're always
thinking on your feet. You
don't tend to get stagnant."
They chose Seaforth's
-medical clinic for a number
of reasons.
With the
neighboring
hospital, Martin said
it's much easier to
see a patient from
start to finish.
That means,
if a patient comes
with an injured arm,
she can send him for
an x-ray, walk over
to see the results,
determine if it
needs a cast and put
the cast on the
patient herself.
In cities,
she said that
opportunity would
be lost. The patient
would be sent to an
emergency room
and that's the last
she would see until
there was another
appointment. •
Yee said the clinic is well -
organized and lets them
focus on the medicine rather
than the administration that
also comes with operating a
practice.
"They let us just be
doctors," Martin said.
With the solid foundation
of doctors at the clinic, Yee
said it also eliminates the
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hn Yee
Dr. Jan
e Martin
Chilean agricultural engineers visit Staffa-area farms
BY TIM CUMMINGS
Mitchell Advocate Staff
Two Staffa-.area farms are well worth
visiting. In fact, I I agricultural engineers and
farmers came all the way from South
America to see them on Friday.
The group, from the central valley of Chile,
visited Rosebank Seed Farms (Lorne and
Roger Fell) and Hilton Whole Grain Millers
(Barry and Karen Mahon), both of RR 2
Staffa, as part of a two-week agricultural
study tour of Canadian farms.
The Chilean agricultural enthusiasts said
they are interested in adding value to their
agricultural production. They said they were
especially interested in the Mahon farm
which takes oats to,the level of the finished
product of oatmeal, ready for human
consumption.
Chilean farmer Andres Viveros, who has a
medium-sized plant that processes oats, said
due to falling international prices more
exporting of produce is required to be
successful.
At the Hilton farms, group participants saw
the facilities where whole oats, including the
bran, are cleaned, toasted and packaged.The
local farm produces grains for some of the
top hotels in Canada, said Barry Mahon. The
Staffa-area mill also produces spelt wheat for
those who are allergic to the gluten in wheat
and can't eat most modern-day wheat
products.
"I think (the visitors) were looking for help
more than anything else," he said. "The
farmers are taking processing a step farther,
which is what I'm doing."
Mahon is a proponent of farmers cutting
out specialty niches, such as making specialty
cheeses.
The visiting farmers said 'Ontario farms
were rather small compared to their
operations in Chile. Some said Canadian
farm technology was more advanced while
others said it was similar to Chile. Many of
the Chilean visitors, however, said they were
amazed that Canadian farm owners do most
of their own work.
"The difference between Canada and Chile
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Ludwig tale
heavy sho
BY GREGOR CAMPBELL
Expositor Staff
Seaforth's Scan Ludwig just got home from golfing last
Wednesday night when he had to switch sports and dust off
his pads in a hurry, '.
A frantic phone call came from the arena where organizers'
were short a goalie for the annual "Summer Showcase" rj
game of Dave McElwain's Hockey School:. -
The big exhibition was under way and local bantam goalie;,
Joey 'iltnncy was manfully holding the fort at one end of they
ice.
The 18 -year-old Ludwig was one of the pair of
puckstoppers on Seaforth's OMHA ``CC".cbtdpio ,,
midgets last season.
But he'd never been in net for shooters like thin:
Nine who played in the exhibition game were either
drafted or under National Hockey League contract.
"I wish I hadn't been as rusty" Ludwig said, "but 1 guess
its early in their season too."
Alas, a "Cinderella story" was not to be.
Ludwig and 'Ramey ended up on the losing side, dubbed
the Local Stars, in the game.
The hockey school Staff heat those Stars 12-9.
Still, it wasn't an everyday experience for the young local
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STAR -PACKED • Dave McLlwaln
annual -Summer Showcase" game e
Stare 12-9.
puck to at Last Wednesday night's
school staff beat a collection of local
CAMPBELL PHOTO