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Home My WebLink AboutHuron Expositor, 1999-12-01, Page 14Donated eyes receive police escort By Susan Hundertm ark Expositor Staff The first eye donation in a push by local doctors to Contribute to the Eye Bank of Canada received a police escortto Kitchener late last month. The donor eyes. from an unnamed deceased person in Seaforth area, will go ter -the eye hank in Toronto where there is a critical shortage of donated eyes for corneal transplants. "We've been trying to encourage local physician: -tri ask the family of the deceased for donations since a speaker from the eye. hank gave a talk at the Seaforth.hospital in ..the spring.' says Dr. Carolyn Shepherd. • • Shepherd says there is always a need for donor eyes. • whose cornea is used to restore sight and improve the "quality of life of people suffering from diseases or injuries of the cornea. • • • - -The cornea is the glassy part of the eye located over the oris or coloured part of the eye. Fides Colorna, manager of the Eye Bank of Canada. says the eye hank gets many .letters from both donation recipients and donor families.. testifying how the eye donations help. "Once the donor families hear how the recipients are doing, they often write to say how•the donation helps with their grief.- ,he ,ay,. • • She says she's heentravelling across Ontario for about a year in a campaign to increase, the number of vie donations. The eye bank pro%ide,' 100 cornea; a month for transplant and •Coloma say, there• i.s. a waiting list of about 500 people in Ontario for cornea transplants. "It's not an urgent situation. People will not die if. they,. •don't receive cornea transplant; but transplants do dramatically improse quality of life People with corneal. blindness can get hack to. work •or school after transplants.- she say , : • [;yes can he removed up until 12 hours after death anif Lorneal transplant, are usually carried out within Ike days atter death. Hewever: the cornea remains viable for up to 14 day's. Anyone from fullterm birth to over 100 can be an ese donor. except patients with. AFDS/HtV. Hlepatl:ti; B Hepatitis C ur •Creutzfelt : Jakob disease i more . commonly -known as mad cow disease ). Culoma says those who.wish to. donate their eyes.after death should: sign their donor card, on their driver'; licences. and -let:their next-of-kin /know to reduce the trauma of signing -the consent torms'after.death Teenager struck by car A 13 -year-old .Seaforth girl was .struck hy. a car as she crossed East William Street at Franklin Street in Seaforth Nov. IS.. Carrie Leonhardt was lrossi n;• the street jusi hcrtirre 9 p.tn. when a 58- year-o,Id Seaforth man stoPped atthe intersection .but prrit;ceded. through. not seeing Leonhardt. . She %vas ;truck and landed on the hood of the • car. The driver :topped. nh�trclt. c . %%as /sine. continuing to walk home. When she got home. she complained of a sure neck, and bruises on her hods. An ambulance .is called and • she' vs as taken to Seaforth Community Hospital .there she %%as. . treated and released.. The driver was charged with failing to yield. Woman injured in crash :\ 91 -year-old Seaforth woman • received maior injuries in a Nov 17 • Usborne & Hibbert Mutual Fire Insurance Company Exeter, Qntario NOM 1St (Established n 18761 • Provides Full Insurance Coverage for Form Properties New Applications Are Welcomed DIRECTORS & ADJUSTORS roe Wit, a a 3 Wtcrw . Son Cel A a 2 .iAM . Larry 3ardrw. 442 Staka +act'boger a a / (IItloa M,dtae, 0 Shea A A. 3 Granton nstece Wes Wilds. a a 2 St *Gus 39365+3 AGENTS Myna Marey. Elmo Oat Moore :tor.. Bart Words: Noor JoseM ono Over two Mt - 3rd ?':5 30236) 3152E-1 2294152 30.25•_ 345-2- 313.3C'2 313.3C'2 735.0350 A refund from surplus was declared for all policy hold- ers who qualify, are on record and in good standing as at December 31. 1998. accident at the intersection of (irderich Street and Main Street in Seaforth Mary Hart- . wa.• pa:en_e,r rn a.car Jriven by .Alice Reid. tis. •ot Scatorth• • lvhich wa.. westbound i n (iodeneh Street:. :Another vehicle. driven hs: .Robert Fehr: 31. tit Seaforth. sat westhounJ on Minn -Street. fatting to •stop . of a • red light. cotlidin' . with -Reid'' icle Hart. v. taken F•y ambulance to Seaforth Community H.'•pit.tl where she was I1steJ in :table condition News THE HURON EXPOSITOR, December 1, 1999-5 Town crews.wQrked to uncover 0 mystery of how the library's toilets plugged up. learning rt,e facility w' s never actually to the town"s`sewer system more than 50 years ago Library may be linked to the Internet but it was never connected to sewers Plugged toilets lead to discovery library still has septic tank By Brett Jewitt (ommuntty t.thrary. • ..sliest the t own Wednc,d.ty %hen the =, ,,let, hacked. Plugged toilets at the Fe,rrntn_t :ibi,ut the Seaforth Coriimunity Lihrary dt,co.er'. „f the „Id•scptic. late last month. resulted in she :aids .A lel ,if people had the town discrivcring.the i :mall contribution to this. iibrary .was hooked up to .1• prohlem.'- septic tank. rather than thc. Ffar';;y Uale. whohas a town sewage.>y-tem. • ' • . eyrie rank ,crsl,:t.' was. The town employees had called out to pump the tank. no idea the-hhrary vva-. u,tn« ' f):ile. who ha..heen_workmg • a septic tank. and dirt not find • for,.r.er .gars. had• out until alter ,hours of recollection of ever pumping d;. gin?. trying to find sewer: the Iihr.rry , lank heti re . pipe, that might have been Beture Forrest knew That the ,�cs,tor Co-op Student lri1=ed • .- 1 --The library should have ,witched over to using pipes hack in 1952. Therc.•are recorij, of why it wasn't though. and no: one. that Worked here hack then works here anyv.morc. 1 guess that also means that the tank hi'n't been pimped since hetore .1952." said John Forrest: road superintendent for Seaforth. • Trudy Broome. tit thc' Sea forth . Ministeri a l "Contemporary" CHRISTMAS CAROL SERVICE Northside United • Sunday, Dec. 5 7:00 p.m. IN Readings. • Drama, Special Music. And More! Refreshments You are invited!! Put this date on your calendar. Church • Servi You are it to Its wR1a these (at ctdawdles SE AFORTM COMMUNITY CHURCH 38 Goeench St. E 52.--2•51; • Rev Hauser ;,.racy tO 45Wcrsr,p . IOC c _ `.crtns,de • Carci SeN,ce rues ':.00 a m. - Wed 7: m. Bible Study' your Future 3 Mire Prayer for twang Needs Sat. 10•' 1 3C a m. Young Exp,orers • Ages 6-' 2 cox gosoet «tri a pentecostai message WARM WELCOME St. Thomas •CAVAN Anglican Church Jarvis St Seaforth •Goderrn Rev. Robert Hiscox 482.7861 - Sunday, Dec. 5th WHITE GIFT SUNDAY •-••. SeMCe•0t9401y-Ce0WntlMer►--- at 9 30 am ,W,ntnropl 930 3 •^ 3 NORTHSIDE St . Sea'oer • • .)C 3 -• UNITED CHURCHES 52'•2635 uCCavni tcc 3n Box 262 Seaton n Minister- Dave w,arams 'O' '�;.,14. M .,°' ' " --- ...S;g x .$cnoa.14.rna 7y,chiefs. ''•'*ery rovaea ._ :r•te-- : r•, ;emci at .ocersde '':C ] T Bethel Bible Church An Associated Gospel Church 126 Main St Seaforth (formerly Canadian Tre) Sunday SChool 9:45 a.m Worship at It 00 a.m Pastor Rev. Doug Comveau 5270982 Catholic Church Masses Saturday • 5 15 pm St. James Perish. Seldom Saturday • 7.15 pm St. Joseph's Perish. Clinton Sunday • 9.00 am .St. Michael's Pansn. Blyth Sunday - 11 00 am St James Parish. Seaforth Father Dino Salvador FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 59 Godench St. W Seaforth Worship aPl l 15 Sunday School during worship Nursery Available Pastor Rev N Vandermey Egmondville United Church Rev. Judith Spnngett Worship 11 a.m. Sunday SCtfOol Grades 2 to 8. 10 a.m. Nursery to Grade 1. 11 a.m. .i:ptr.. tank Vas -there. a number. of step, were taker) to try .ind find ,cwace pipes GRAY INSURANCE BROKERS INC. v >r Allan Carter, Broker • Home • Auto • Commercial • Farm 522-0399 Seaforth 1-800-265-0959 Strathroy Forrest .had n, 1,4 any ..ie,,Aiiage ptpc • tt . that they rradit,. .hehind Main street_ . A hole •A.a..rlu_r hi:side the mirth parkin:!. lot •„1 the library. in an attempt to find . the pipes. • ...MK ., 1, •. Forrest had ak,i heen The lottkinra embankments that would. `.c ^r show that ,someone had . -. already flu to a certain -spot:: , • when the crew- could nit.- - i ,1 , • ., is Lind tot pipes by diggine. stn ,rr;r:.r 7e.., .c electric snake was usy;l. 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