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Home My WebLink AboutHuron Expositor, 2000-10-11, Page 3News Haircut could fund Seaforth Cubs for two or three years, says teacher Front iegs 1 "it's an enormous start. As Paul said. with- careful budgeting. we should he able to he- good for two or three. scars." said teacher Louise hcskinen. . 'sic have c' sheet athletes on the Seaforth Cubs' and our participation last near in the Special. Ors mj'ics has remrnded_us. to try our best and :. have good sptrt.manship." ' . Keskinen said last sears prosincfal pilot protect inxotsing school children in 'the Special Olympics Was inspiring for the Seaforth participants. espcciaih when then sass' athletes with much ire.:.,, disat`iliti.es par.:,:pating and succeeding. 'There -was this man el lous ler from Wingham who ..sed "a ramp and siickcd into tubes. hooked 'up .to her Wheelchair to send the ball u n the ramp`. And.. she had a score of 125 in five -pin how'ir:c'' she :aid Depending on how much money is raising in the future. Keskinen said the Seaforth team could also expand into other sports such as basketball or swimming. Before the haircut was made. Menan was read to by Grade teacher Georgina Reynolds from a poem by St. Anne's student Amanda Van M,iltenburg. who was inspired by his fundraising elion. • The poem reads as follow s: Paul .Ilene• saw a need For special kids to succeed_ He only had to find a way For the Special Olympics teams to stay. He's going to cut his hair It really was his wife's fust thought And Paul. he figured, "Hey. why not?" It's only hair, it'll grow hack in, His lovely wife Brenda said with a grin. He's going to cut his hair. Paul's the TA at the local school. The kids there think he's really cool. They never thought they'd see the day When he gladly gave his hair away. He going to cut his hair. No one has seen him with a short do He won't need near as much shampoo. It willl be wash and go, just wait and see Without those locks he'll feel so free. He's going to cut his hair. The special kids need some shorts, So they can play in their beloved sports. It's amazing what we can do together You call Fred and 1'11 call Heather. !fes going to cut his hair. He wants to raise funds, for the Olympic team For that his hair he will redeem. People will pay hint to cut his hair Money will be raised from everywhere. He's going to cut his hair.. The hair will go to a cancer patient. — They will think it Was heaven sent. To make a wig it takes much time To waste his hair would he a crime. He's going to cut his hair. Get in line to pledge your money. (father your friends, family and even your honey. Open your wallets to this great cause. It'll make you feel like Santa Claus. He's going torn: his hair. Goderich, Wingham stations to be studied From Page 1 alb overnight. Theconsultant mid the on-call vehicles at both locations are he: ng redtkaad because of sow call volume. Referrtng'tli the 1999 activity patterns Dashwood -Zurich I a • : -__e s : 4 calls per week or fewer after 9 p.m., compared to the :x _:. • am: c,f 338 calls. I C -'on-Seat the numbers are comparable. After 6 p.m. lance re s to 1..25 or fewer calls compared to the a: 19' a.m. whehrthe ambu'lartice is responding to almost four •A _. :oan::l %otgd in favour of reducing the on-call Bean igrowers need moregovernment subsidies, says farmer' horn Pope 1 against Canadian agncultural producers. .-The-World Trade Organization i W'TOt told all agncultural ,producing nations -that subsidies had to be eliminated (to restore balance to the commodity plrices). ' h¢ said. "Still. the -nencans and Europeans, keep introducing new programs to rielp their farmers.: at the expense of Canadians: Steen,stra.. Broadfoot and Nairn all pointed out that Canada's- subsidies for agnculture are far below the standlards.. Of the rest of the world Both the Federal -Provincial Crop Insurance Plan (Clef and tie Jr,cdme.Stabsliiatlon Account !NBA) are available to tarrners -should they a .struck by hard, times. However, according -to Huron County. Federation of Agriculture .literature. Canada ss onis' using .40 to 50 per cent of the limit alluded bs the WTO in contrast to the 'Americans who are using 100 per cent of the allowable funding: Steens a ei(platned-that thee-CIP assists by establishing .price lesefs=for crops. If the Commodity puce fallsbelow the ei.tablished figure: the program will make up the -difference and -gi%e rt to the'farmer. However, Broadfoot stated that the -program has been -quite ineffective as the federal and prusincial governments have squabbled over the program, nullifying any potential benefits ftothe farmers of Canada. I Steenstra sasd•the-same is true for NISA. "Basically with "ISA. you have.to have money to use the:. ;•rograrn. he' said. "Each dollar• that you contribute ,'the federal) gosemment vtill match: Then when you need it, you can used''. Steenstra questioned. the effectiveness of the program as it still dues not address problem of financial support required for the agncultural industry in hard times. According to Broadfoot. farmers need to band together to • ensure that a t;ollectlive voice is presented to, lobby for desperately needed changes to the assistance programs. 1f there Is an election this fall, Broadfoot said that MPs across. the t.iuntry should. "Br concerned about the. safety of. 'th)eir) seats.- she said: Seatorth District Community Centre HOCKEY POOL 2000-2001 Entry forms may be picked up at: • Archie's Service Centre • Pizza Train • Seaforth District Community Centre. or call 527-1272 Entry deadline FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27 6:00 P.M. For info call 527-1272 Procoed5 t() Community Prosect,. vehicles in Dashwood -Zurich and Clinton-Seaforth, the p(+..ihilit' of future staffing changes at the Goderich. and \gingham ambulance stations will be examined sometime after rest March. At the Goderich' station. Hambides said the station is tatted from 7:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. seven days a seek with on-call staffing from 11:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. 1 On Friday and Saturday nights the ambulance is staffed on-site from 11:30 p.m. to 7:30 am. perhaps with the heliet these times will be busier. But. he said the call solume for Friday and Saturday nights is less than a Thursday night. For example. on all. Friday nights in 1999. between midnight and 1 . a -.m. only four calls occurred.. _ Between 1 and 2 a.m. only two calls occurred for the entire -sear "The call volumes. are sen low and the need for on-site stiatt during these hours is questionable." said Hambides. . In ss''ingham. he questioned having staff on-site from 4 p.m. ti midnight Monday to Friday. •' He said after 5 p.m.. slingham's call volume and likeIthoxJ calls is comparable to. and sometimes less than. Seaforth-Clinitvi combined and Dashwood-Zunch. In the two latter locations on-call stalling is sufficient and the need fbr on-site stalling in \Linghart from 5 p.m. to 12 a.m. ss.i, questioned. After 5 p.m. the.number of calls drops from 0.71 t(+ ie.. than .5 calls as midnight approaches. Hambides said using only 199914atisttcs instead of multiple scar statistics waslaccurate to ha_se information on as there hasn't leen many fluctuations in call volumes. 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