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• 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.
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