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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 1999-06-09, Page 1June 9, 1999 $] (includes GST) Local weather Wednesday --Sunny, cloudy periods. High 26. Thursday --Mainly sunny. High 30. Low 18 Friday --Sunny with cloudy periods. High 31. low 20. Saturday --Sunny with cloudy periods. Chance of showers. High 30. Low.20." • From Environment Canada In brief Council looking at crossing areas Council is considering a request from the Police Services Board for crosswalks on Main Street to help pedestrians. The board has asked the town to look at two: one at Nifty Corners and one at Sills Hardware. "At the present time, there's really no place indicated that pedestrians can cross," said Deputy Reeve William Teall at council's May 25 meeting. He is the town's representative on the Police Services Board. Mayor Dave Scott asked if therequest was for full cross walks with flashing lights. Teal! said it was just to have crossings marked out. "to make the main street a little more age friendly." Coun. Paul Menary said he ;has had a similar request from a ratepayer who said school children. have a hard time crossing there and that it can take a child five minutes to get across the road. - * No motions were made. Elevator being built An elevator and a wheelchair -accessible bathroom are being built onto the south-east corner of Northside United Church. The elevator; which is- actually called a "casket lift" because it is big enough to move a casket into - the church for funerals, will mostly be used to help seniors up the stairs, said building ccommittee chairperson Ken Oldacre. "Everybody's getting a little older," he said. The elevator will replace chairlift that now exists at the front.of the church to help one person ata time up the stairs. The wheelchair - accessible washroom will be located next to the elevator. Oldacre said the elevator.project has been planned for two years and _the building_committee was given the go-ahead by a congregational meeting in January. Sports day held at high school Pogo 3 World Youth looking for host families Pages Safety Fair held Sunday Page 7 Andrew Ash has earned all the possible badges and awards in Cubs. Leader of the pack Andrew Ash earns all Cub badges and awards By Scott Hilgendorff Expositor Editor • . At 10 years,old. Andrew: Ash has earned all the badges and awards possible •in his three years as• a member of 1st Seaforth Cubs: "He did a ton of work. It's quite a challenge." Rob Stewart: executive director of program from -Scouts Canada's national office in Ottawa. Andrew earned 42 badges, six stars. seven awards and his Religion in Lie badge. • "Based on my knowledge of the program. that's quite an accomplishment." said Stewart. Although Scouts earn were World Cuhbing Canada does not keep. . and World Consen'ation. detailed' records of its . ! For World Cubhing •he members' accomplishments. had to find' a Cub partner. he suspects there are few from another country: 'who ever earn all the My dad helped me get in badges. • contact. with :+ -kid from . The hours upon hours of Australia." said 'Andrew. By • work on -projects from communicating through learning howto tie knots to letters. he learned -about the. researching Canadian differences between the two politics well ahead of his�c►uritry's Scouting school curriculum to earn all those hadges hegari when Andrea learned about a Cub in Cambridge who had earned all of his badges.. A relative from that community 'had brought Andrew a newspaper article about • those. .iccomplishinenls. • "Ever since he got them all; I 'wanted to get them." --he ,said. It meant countless projects including -- understanding Canada's role in the United Nations, learning about aboriginal Scott Hilgendorff photo life and being in .good physical shape. The badge .and award system is structured to cover a wide range of interests and backgrounds from traditional, long-time badges for camping to• badges for computer-related projects, reflecting changes in lifestyles that have taken place during the almost 90- year existence of Scouting. The . badge system' provides many different. areas from athletic to. academic so young people can all have a chance at earning badges with the skills and interests they have. Andrew's favourites to organizations. He learned, for example, _that the - Canadian version of Beavers (the Scouting group with the youngest members) are called Joey s, after a native Australian animal. For World Conservation. - Andrew had to do a research project about anendangered animal - "I picked the bald eagle . because it's my favourite animal." he said. He was able to use the research for a speech he - wrote in school last year: Many of the academic - See EVERYONE, Page 11 wo students in town for exposure to rural medicine By ScoftHilgendorff Expositor Editor • • Two medical students are ,making their rounds at .Seaforth Community Hospital (his week as part of a University. of Western Ontario progr&zit to encourage doctors to practice in rural areas: - • • Last year, the first year for the program. hospital officials and members of the medical community were pleased with the experience and hopeful it would make a difference in helping attract doctors to underserviced areas. First-year medical students Munsif Bhimani of the Barrie area and Joseph Chan of the Ottawa area are at the hospital., They arrived Monday and by the end of the week will have spent time working in most areas of the hospital from ride-alongs with ambulance crew to working in the emergency room and various clinics the hospital offers. Hard-fought campaign sees Johns back as MPP By Pat Livingston Lucknow Sentinel Editor It was a short. fast -paced courtship this '99 provincial election - hut the majority of Ontarians decided divorce was not an option this time around. They gave Mike Harris and his Conservatives a second chance on June 3. Harris is the first Conservative premier to claim hack -to -back majorities in 32 years, Election gurus declared a Conservative majority within 3Q.minutes of the polls closing. Later in the evening: their crystal hall readings were proven true as the Conservatives garnered 60 of the 103 ridings, followed by the Liberals with 34 . and the. NbP with nine. Locally, it was ''a look that showed more relief than joy, but Helen Johns was feeling both Thursday night following her election as MPP for the riding of Huron -Bruce. Johns (Huron MPP) won the party nod over Barb Fisher (Bruce MPP) when the provincial See CLOSURES, Pogo 2' "It's a tremendous opportunity both • for the students and the hospital." said Andrew Williams. a vice-presidentof the Huron Perth Hospital Partnership and administrator for Seaforth Community Hospital. It benefits the students right away hy• giving them exposure 'to rural medicine they can't get directly from school. Williams said they become aware, of ,a type of medicine they might not otherwise know about. "It's a great opportunity for the students to work a ith clinics and understand how the hospital works first-hand." said Williams. Later, . he said the benefits materialize for the hospital when it is hoped some of the doctors exposed to rural medicine. chose to practice in smaller communities. , More than 2(X) physicians and health care workers across Southwestern Ontario are assisting with the program. See JOHNS, Page 2 Cuff linked • Stephanie Dole photo Shaun Brooker and Kyle McNichol were handcuffed together at Sunday's Child Safety Fair held at the Seaforth Agri-Plex and hosted by a number of area organizations and clubs. Your community newspaper since 1860