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N4K 2K6 Tel_ (519) 371-8980 O—THE HURON EXPOSITOR, NOVEMBER 25, 1555 Students record local history BY SCOTT HILGENDORFE Expositor Editor Members of Seaforth's senior community and students from Seaforth Public School have worked together to create a multi -media record of the community. The idea began from the Seaforth District Museum Committee which is working on preserving local history. "The committee just realized we're losing many of our seniors with their memories of Seaforth and somc•of Seaforth's history," said Nancy Kale of the committee. They approached Seaforth Public School last year and found a class of students interested in meeting and interviewing members of the senior community. They contacted several seniors who were willing to let the students come into their homes to question them about their memories of the town. While it was originally to he a video taped interview, the students used a multi- media computer program that has allowed them to take each person's voice, photographs and information and combine them into an interactive walk through the community's past. Each person provided a different glimpse of the town with personal stories and photographs they gave to the students to use. They worked first with County hiring BY DAVE SCOTT Lakeshore Advance Editor Huron County is joining several other municipalities and counties in the province in hiring a consultant to develop options to handle the upcoming ambulance services download to municipalities that will take place Jan. 1, 2000. Chatham -Kent initiated the plan to hire a consultant and contacted the Counties of Bruce, Elgin. Essex, Grey, Huron'. Lampton, Middlesex, Oxford and Perth and the municipalities of Chatham - Kent. London, Owen Sound. Pclec -Island. Stratford, St. Marys. St.' Thomas and Windsor to ask for their participation. Municipal governments have three choices regarding amhulancc services. One option has to he selected by Dec. 31. 1999. Irwin Johnston, chair of the Seafbrth District Museum Committee is guided through a multimedia sampling of Seaforth's history, as prepared by students from Seaforth Public School. teacher Neesa Lobb -Howe Meaghan O'Dell did two who has moved to another and found the people were school this year on the interesting. She learned a lot projects which were recently about the community and previewed to members of the thinks she knows it better now committee. than if she had not done the "Everyone had something projects. different to tell you," said "It Was interesting to learn Kendra Bennewies, one of the about they way they lived," students who worked on the said Geoff Banks, another project. "You learned a lot of student working on the stuff you didn't know." projects. Ten students worked in two They think others will get groups to interview 11 people. to know the community better Each student then prepared after viewing the projects, one project. The museum's original plan HILGENDORFF PHOTO was to have the interviews videotaped but will now create videos of the material in the multi -media projects. When the museum opens. possibly next year, an arca will he set up where these interviews can be viewed. "We're quite pleased with the results," said Kale. The committee hopes to interview more seniors t0 build on the personal histones already collected. "We certainly didn't get everybody." she said. consultant to look at ambulance • Formalize an arrangement with the existing provider - set up a contract agreement, • Open a competitive hid process under a "request for proposal" for service in the municipalities, and choose one, or: • Assume the direct provision of service - essentially have municipal or county employees run the ambulance service. 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