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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2000-06-21, Page 22 -THE HURON EXPOSITOR, .lune 21, 2000 News Local runners inspired. by Murray, will also try to qualify for marathon From Pogo 1 accompany Murray. Both O'Reilly and Devereaux say they've been inspired by Murray who has encouraged them to train and to attempt to qualify. "Faye drags me out to run in the morning at 6:30 a.m. and I'm usually nauseous for the first half hour. But, knowing someone is waiting for me motivates me to get out of bed. We've been running three times a week all •winter and some mornings when it was snowy and sleety, we could hardly see each other,"says O'Reilly. And, while a lower back injury has been slowing her down recently, O'Reilly says that with more stretching and some trips to the chiropractor, she believes qualifying for the Boston Marathon is within her reach. She says that since she turns 40 this year, she'll have five more minutes than Murray (who runs in the 35-39 age group) to complete the marathon within -the qualifying time limit. The qualifying time increases by five minutes for each five years of age. And, since she ran a marathon in 1992 in Toronto in four hours, O'Reilly believes she can reduce her time enough to qualify. "We're talking about taking off just 10 minutes of my time and that's not an unreasonable thing," she says. Devereaux is also confident she can qualify for the Boston Marathon this fall since she has been able to keep up with Faye during training runs of up to 20 miles. "When you realize that running the Boston Marathon is like running from Seaforth to the other side of Stratford, you first think, 'Oh my God, this is crazy.' But, once I'd done 20 miles I knew I could do it," she says. Devereaux attempted the Mother's Day Marathon in London where Murray qualified but because she was just getting over the flu, stomach pains made her quit at the 13 -mile mark. But, until that point, she had kept up to Murray. "Faye was amazing (in the Mother's Day Marathon). She was so powerful and strong the whole race. She was hardly breathing heavy the whole race," says Devereaux. And, while she once thought, "not in my wildest dreams," could she enter the Boston Quoted 'We've been running three times a week all winter and some mornings when it was snowy and sleety, we could hardly see each other-- Bonnieoitay, running g pairtner Marathon, Devereaux says she's focussed on travelling to Boston with Murray next year. "We always run at the same pace," she says, adding that she'll have a "much slower" qualifying time of three hours and 55 minutes to achieve since she's in the over 45 category. Devereaux, who took up running in her early 20s, says she loves the "total stress release" she gets from an early morning run in nature. She particulaaly likes running on trails through the bush in Tuckersmith Township. "It's a great feeling," she says. Devereaux says Murray also inspired her to try a triathlon in Goderich three years ago and while she completed the 45 kilometre bike ride and 10 kilometre run, she panicked in the. deep water and couldn't complete the 1.5 kilometre swim. "If I could have stayed in shallow water or a pool the whole time, I would have been fine," she says. She and Murray also point to various alternative healing therapies as a part of their training. Murray has recently begun to teach a form of occupational therapy called Brain Gym and Devereaux has taken classes in healing therapies such as touch for health, reiki and reflexology and they say those therapies "make an amazing difference" during training. Brain Gym, which is a series of movements that enhance brain function developed by a Califomia occupational therapist in 1969 to help learning -disabled children and adults, has helped Murray become more focussed while she runs. "I did more Brain Gym exercises to prepare than I actually did running. The biggest thing it did for me was balance my body while I was running by making me more aware of coordinating the top and bottom parts of my body," she says. "I didn't breathe hard the whole marathon and I attribute that to focus," says Murray. Devereaux adds that Brain Gym and other healing therapies have helped her heal quickly from injuries. "They give you more energy and less stress so you can run more consciously," she says. Students say more doctors will choose rural life From Page 1 a family practice. While in Seaforth the students were also on-call with ambulance staff and spoke to high school students about medical school as a career choice. _,the both said the rural medicine experience has opened their eyes to other possibilities in their careers but still aren't sure they would be willing to leave city life for rural medicine. Karanicolas has decided he wants to be an orthopedic surgeon which rules out rural medicine for him since there would be little need for that kind of specialty. But after seeing how the clinics operate, he could see establishing a weekly or monthly clinic in a rural hospital. Also, he is faced with the lifestyle change and doesn't want to give up access to several movie theatres and the abundance of other services. "I've lived in a city all my life. I'm a city boy," he said. For Cuthbert, she said it's too early to decide. As a first- year student, she hasn't picked a speciality. If she chose an area that would suit rural medicine, she would consider a rural practice as an option after last week's experience. And Karanicolas said while there are lots of city -raised medical students that might not want to give up that lifestyle, there are lots who would, prefer the less crowded, more friendly atmosphere of a small town. He said during their schooling, there will be even more rural exposure. something that wasn't available to students less than five years ago, and expects that will soon see more graduates choosing rural medicine. SEAFORTH INSURANCE BROKER LTD. 527-1610 • Home • Commercial • Auto • Farm •Life • Out of Province Travel Insurance Barb Hilt Joanne Williamson, Lynn Fleisch, Ken Cardno 41 Main St S. Seaforth TOWN OF SEAFORTH PUBLIC MEETING CONCERNING A PROPOSED ZONING BY-LAW AMENDMENT TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Corporation of the TOWN OF SEAFORTH will hold a public meeting on Tuesday, July 11, 2000 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers (second flood. Town of Seaforth Municipal Office. Main Street. Seafor{b to consider a proposed Zoning By- law Amendment under Section 34 of the Planning Act. R.S.O. 1990. as amended. ANY PERSON may attend the public meeting and/or make written or verbal representation either in support of or in opposition to the proposed toning by- law. If a person or public body that files an appeal of a decision of the Corporation of the Town of Seaforth in respect of the proposed zoning by-law dies not make oral submissions at a public meeting or snake written submissions to the Corporation of the Town of Seaforth before the proposed zoning by-law is adopted, the Ontario Municipal Board may dismiss all or pan of the appeal. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION relating to the proposed Zoning By-law Amendment is available at the Seaforth Municipal Office during normal busi- ness hours. A copy of the draft by-law is attached for your information. DATED AT THE TOWN OF SEAFORTH THIS 21st DAY OF June, 2000 J.R. McLachlan Clerk, Town of Seaforth c/o Box 61(1 Seaforth, Ont NOK IWO (519) 527-0160 PURPOSE AND EFFECT • The proposed Zoning By-law Amendment consists of text changes as follows: I. Replace Section 2.90.12 (Home Occupation clause regarding statement indicating conformity) with the following: "2.90.12 prior to the establishment .of any horns occupation use, the occu- pant shall deliver to the municipality a statement indicating their intention to conform with Section 2.90." 2. Section 6.17.3. Yard. Setback and Height Encroachments Pennitted (Unenclosed Porches, Balconies, Steps and Patios) Add the following, prior to the word "providing": "and into any required side yard a maxirnum•distance of .6 metres" 3. Section 12.1. Highway Commercial (C3). The addition of the following to the list of permitted uses: "dwelling unit(s). existing at the date of passage of By-law 52-1984, subject to the provisions of Section 8 and the re-establishment of dwelling unit(s) existing at the date of passage of By-law 52-1984." 4. Add Section 12.2.2.5 as follows: 12.2.5 DWELLINGS COMBINED WITH COMMERCIAL USE A building which is used for a non-residential use may also contain one or more dwelling units in combination with a permitted use provided that: 12.2.51 the dwelling unit forms part of the train building and is located on the ground floor to the rear of the Non-residential use or on a floor above the Non-residential use. 12.2.5.2. the dwelling unit is completely self contained and has access sepa- rate from the commercial use and has direct access to a yard or street. 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