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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2001-10-31, Page 8$-THS HURON EXPOSITOR, October 31, 0001 Computer glitch causes io-hour banking shutdown at TD Canada Trust Seaforth's branch of the TD Canada Trust doesn't know yet how many local people were affected by a computer glitch that caused a l0 -hour outage on the weekend of its Canada -wide automated -banking -machine network. "I've had a couple of people let me know and wondered what was going on but I haven't heard from a lot of people yet. 1 know all of our staff was affected but they used cash or cheques or credit cards," says Seaforth branch manager Cheryl Ryan. TD Canada Trust media spokesperson Jeff Keay says any customer trying to do automated banking over the weekend was affected by the computer trouble. The problem affected bank machines, in-store debit purchasing, online and telephone banking services. "It was a serious disruption and while they're rare events, they do happen," he says. "We frustrated a lot of people on Saturday." Keay says. the computer hardware that stores memory failed, causing a situation where transactions could not be done. While the problem began Saturday at 11 a.m., technicians had the system operational by 9 p.m. ETErS, 19 Main St., Seaforth 527-1681 Your Friendly Hotnetown Dealer For All Your Computer -Office -Parry Supplies -Printing! seciforth Jewellers Ltd Diamonds, Watches, Jewellery, Gifts Trophies & Engravables FAST RELIABLE REPAIR SERVICE 47 Main SL, Seaforth 527-0270 Bed Head Sale! News Dublin youth wins plowing scholarship By Mardy Bacigalupo Advocate Staff Paying special attention to the straightness, evenness and general appearance of his fields after they have been plowed has earned a young Dublin area man a very prestigious award. Steven O'Rourke, 17, of RR 1 Dublin recently competed against seven other young farmers at the International Plowing Match (IPM) in September in Ottawa, and he was awarded with a $2,500 scholarship. "I am very proud of him," said Steven's mother Colleen O'Rourke. "All of his determination and hard work paid off." Steven's coach, George Townsend of RR 4 Seaforth, has been coaching Steven for at least five years, showing him things like how to set his plow properly, how to create a consistent appearance in his plowing as well as how to make his fields look nice. The second youngest child in a family of five brothers and one sister, Steven has grown up working hard on the family farm and says he has always planned on being a farmer himself. "All of us enjoy plowing," said his dad, Dan O'Rourke. "We take a lot of pride in it." Steven is not sure where he will go to do his post- secondary education but says this scholarship will $2,500 of his tuition to the any agriculture -based college or university of his choice. Although Steven is proud of his achievement in Ottawa, he has also worked very hard to win the distinguished title of Junior Reserve Champion at the Huron County Plowing Match for the third time this past August. "This was my third time going (to the IPM), but only my second time going for the scholarship," he said. "This is the best I have ever done at the Internationals." Once a contestant has won a scholarship at the IPM, they are not allowed to vie for it again. As it turned out this year, the contestants in second and third place (Steven and another competitor), were awarded with the scholarships. Throughout their six-day stay in Ottawa, Steven competed on four different days plowing a piece of land 50 feet by 250 feet, in a maximum time span of two hours and 45 minutes. "That was our vacation, going down there (to Ottawa) and just plowing," he said. "When you plow (in the Huron County Plowing Match) they judge you on points and you have to have so many to go to the IPM," he explained. This same system is used at the IPM, as contestants are awarded points for their plowing skills and are awarded accordingly. Steven says the highest amount of points he has received in Huron County was 138 and he says it is not often that people get over 140 points. "The school (St. Mike's in Stratford, where Steven is in Grade 12) encourage and support him," Colleen said. "The teachers and everybody have been very supportive and it is good when you know a high school is behind you." Each day before school, Steven and his siblings that are still living at home head down to the bam to do some morning chores and spend a total of four or five hours working on the family farm every day. In addition to attending school, working on hip homework and contributinf to the O'Rourke dairy farm Steven works for Johr Freriks,, of RR 5 Mitchell, or his pig farm. 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