Huron Expositor, 2000-04-19, Page 22 -THE HURON EXPOSITOR, April 10, 2000
News
Grant total will depend on amount
contributed by local communities
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municipalities and community organizations such as the
agricultural society and other economic development
organizations.
Devereaux and Ross have been speaking with the local
agricultural society, other community agencies dealing with
business and industry and the municipalities that would make
up Huron East.
"Basically, I think our community, being Huron East, is
right for Agri -Ventures and right for economic development,"
said Devereaux.
The BR + E is also hoping it can raise $50,000 but so far
has only Seaforth's commitment.
Questions arose from council about who the economic
development officer would be responsible to arid what would
they do with the money from the Agri -Ventures program.
Devereaux said the officer would be responsible to the BR
+ E committee and would make monthly progress reports to
it.
One of the officer's first tasks will be to design a brochure
for the community of Huron East that could be used to show
the strengths of the area to potential business and industry.
The officer's salary would be handled in a similar way as
Campbellford's with the position receiving $50,000 and
$50,000 available to work on projects.
However, the amount the group actually receives. if its
application is successful, will depend on how much is
contributed from the surrounding area.
Time is running out for the committee to get support from
other organizations and municipalities with the deadline
looming on April 30.
The local application includes concepts for a mentoring
program linking people with agricultural businesses and it
looks at internship programs with the University of Guelph.
Rural Agri -Ventures is a federally run program through the
Canadian Rural Partnership and there is currently $3 million
available to applicants.
Partnership ensures the existence
of Seaforth's hospital, says Williams
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to tell if the partnership is a successful
ventre yet as it continues to develop.
"This is a long-term project," he said.
Without knowing its level of success,
he still said, "This is by far the best way
we can lead the hospital system in
Huron -Perth."
The : partnership has caught the
Ministry of Health's eye and has been
held as an example of a successful way
to lead hospital operations to the rest of
the province.
And Williams said the partnership
ensures the existence of Seaforth
Community Hospital.
The partnership was created to allow
the hospitals to operate independently
but has linked them all together under a
joint executive committee.
Despite concerns the pending closure
of Seaforth District High School could
hurt the viability of the community and
then threaten the hospital, Williams said,
with the partnership, the two scenarios
are unrelated.
"All the hospitals are staying open.
This has never been a doubt with the
partnership," he said.
The partnership is currently working
on clinical planning which Williams
said is being done to help build on the
strengths of each hospital while finding
ways to improve patient care and make
sure there is a consistency to the quality
of care at all the hospitals.
One of the partnership's goals is to get
back patients that have been lost to the
local hospitals.
• He said this is a situation more
common in Huron County where
patients have been going to London
hospitals for the same kind of treatment
they could be getting locally. -
Local board supports Halton's calf for
more textbook funding from province
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"The first student has it from after school to 5 p.m., the next
student has it for the next hour and a half and the third has it
after that. God help you if you have a hockey practice during
the time you're scheduled to have the textbook,". she said.
Laprade said that other schools such as South Perth
Centennial, don't allow the books to go home at all since there
are so few that a student who forgot the book or stayed home
sick with it would cause a big problem in the classroom the
next day. ., . -
"I don't think that's an acceptable situation," she said.
. Armstrong said many students in her area are also sharing
textbooks and expressed concern that some students need to
take books home to review the work.
"Ws such an unfair advantage (not having access to a
textbook)." she said.
The board voted in favor of supporting the Halton District
board's call for additional money for textbooks, especially in
the area of science and social science and a lifecycle
replacement program for texts.
Students invited aboard TimeShip 2000
The Avon Maitland' istrict
School Board was invited to
hoard TimeShip 2000 when
Goderich District Collegiate
Institute is "transformed into
a 5.000 -square -foot high-tech
interactive time ship " this
fall.
Local organizers Bonnie
Lafontaine and Pat Senn told
trustees at last week's board
meeting that Goderich will be
one of 21 locations visited by
the travelling exhibition of
the Ontario Science Centre,
the Royal Ontario Museum
and Science North from Oct.
1.3-15.
"It's their first-ever
collaboration to celebrate the
millenium," said Lafontaine.
While the local organizers
arc asking for donations
towards the $12,000 project,
Lafontaine said they were
"not necessarily" asking the
hoard for a contribution as
much as they were inviting
classes to participate.
Senn said organizers arc
hoping to open the exhibit
two hours earlier than usual
on the Friday at 10 a.m. to
allow as many classes as
possible to experience the 45 -
minute exhibit. She added
they'd be happy to make a
presentation explaining
TimeShip 2000 to the board's
principals.
The exhibition. which is
also open Saturday and
Sunday for families and
students, concentrates on the
mysteries of time. offering an
archeological dig. a video -
CDs stolen
from vehicle
CDs were stolen from a
parked vehicle on Main
Street. Seaforth on April 2.
The owner parked his
vehicle on the street and
over the next 16 hours
.someone entered the
vehicle and stole 60 CDs
of various brands of music.
Anyone with •any related
information is asked to
contact the local OPP or
Crimestoppers.
morphing machine that
allows students to see their
faces as they will look at age
70 and a display of time
devices used throughout the
ages.
Goderich was selected
from 700 applicants as a stop
for the exhibition and the
Town of Goderich has
committed $-2000 towards
the costs, said Lafontaine.
Education director Lorne
Rachlis said classes will be
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