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NOTICE OF SEWER INSPECTIONS
The Municipality of Huron East is undertaking a study to
identify and reduce sources of inflow and infiltration into
the lbwn of Seaforth's sanitary sewer system.
As part of this effort, Aqua Data Inc. will be conducting a
camera inspectionof the ibwn's entire sanitary sewer sys-
tem, beginning November 19, 2001, and lasting approxi-
mately 2 weeks.
The inspections are' conducted by a high-powered zoom -
lens camera, which is lowered into the manholes from a
truck positioned over the manholes.
The inspection truck will be equipped with lighting arrows
and cones to clearly indicate its presence on roadways
while working.
Any questions or concerns about the project should be
directed to:
The Municipality of Huron East
Public Works Department
519-527-1710
or
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905-572-5888
Seaforth District
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Search for Mistie continues
From Page 1
case erred in not following
up missing -person reports.
Mistie's mother, Anne
Murray, continued to search
for her daughter, enlisting the
help of Child Find and
pushing for an age -enhanced
photo to be distributed by
police.
But after nearly seven
years, the family decided to
find some closure by offering
Mistie into the care of God,
whether she is alive or dead.
"Anne said to me it is time
to ... return Mistie to God,"
said Father Tony Daniels
during the ceremony.
Family and friends packed
the church and many fought
back tears as Bishop John
Michael Sherlock of London,
officiated at the ceremony.
Mistie's parents and older
brothers, Dean and Craig, sat
in the front rows and tearfully
listened to the service.
Readings selected by the
family were read by friends
of Mistie and the hymn
You'll Never Walk Alone was
sung by Stratford
Festival actor Lisa Manis.
A photo of Mistie, a stack
of Peter Rabbit books, a
child's dress and a well-wom
stuffed dog were propped on
a small table in front of
the altar.
"A few of Mistie's toys,
they are just memories," said
a family friend.
The event was a sad one
but there remains the spark of
hope that Mistie will be
found alive, according to
friends of the family.
"We are still hopeful," said
Sean Melady, 28. "She was
awesome and upbeat. A great
girl."
Both Mr. Melady of
London, and Chris Hoff, 29,
of St. Thomas, grew up
knowing the Murray family
and remember playing
together in their backyard.
"It's closure I guess for
some," said Mr. Hoff,
following the service. "It's
closure, but at the same time
it's peace."
"It was harder than I
thought it would be," said
Lori Chapman, case manager
for Child Find Ontariq. "It's
not like burying a child, they
still have no idea where
Mistie is."
After working closely with
Mrs. Murray on the case for
the past five years, Chapman
was deeply moved by the
celebration of Mistie's life.
"I think they are very
strong and I am proud to
know them," she said of the
family. "They are hoping the
mass will allow them to
finally move on."
She stressed, however, that
the search for Mistie will
continue, unless the family
requests for it to cease. •
"I am going to keep
looking," Chapman said.
"Whether we find her alive or
dead, the family needs that
closure."
Immediate family members
declined comment and left
the church quickly at the end
of the service.
Signing babies can communicate
their needs, wants to their parents
From Pogo 1
has shown that signing
actually enhances speech
development since motor
coordination and language
are found on the same
neuropathways of the brain.
"Not only do signing
children tend to learn to
speak sooner, but by age two
they have a vocabulary of 50
more real words, on average,
than their non -signing
counterparts," says literature
for the Sign With Your Baby
program.
Lorianne adds that giving
babies a tool to communicate
their needs earlier than
they're able to with speech,
also reduces frustration in
babies and parents and
creates a stronger
parent/child bond.
"Claire really watches my
hands now. I see her really
ready and wanting to learn
more signs," she says.
Lorianne's oldest daugther,
two-year-old Emma is also
learning sign language along
with speech.
"When I started teaching
her. at one, she was just
gobbling up the signs and
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now she's
dropping some
of them as she
learns the
words. But, if
she's having
trouble
pronouncing a
word, she'll go
back to the
sign," she says.
She says sign
language can
eliminate the
grunting and
groaning and
screaming of a
child just
learning to
speak and
unable to make
herself under-
stood.
Lorianne says once at the
dinner table, after pointing
unsuccessfully at every dish
of food, she finally
understood what Emma
wanted after teaching her
daughter the signs for
Quoted
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everything
on the table
and her
daughter
signed salt
'et and pepper
back to her.
Emma's
favourite
signs
include
alligator,
because it's
a hard word
to say, and
cookie.
B u t ,
Lorianne
stresses that
just because
babies can
communicate earlier'what
they want, parents are not
obliged to always meet those
needs.
"Emma wants cookies all.
the time but she doesn't get
them. As a parent, you still
have to create boundaries,"
she says.
Teaching sign_ language to
babies is as simple as playing
with them, says Lorianne.
"When you play with your
baby and are tickling her,.
stop for a moment and sign if
she wants more while saying
it," she says.
But, as with regular
speech, children will still
ignore signs that tell them
something they don't want to
know.
"Claire ignores the `no
touch' sign all the time," she
says.
Lorianne says research is
also showing that eight -year-
olds that were taught sign
language as babies are
showing higher scores at
school, earlier starts at the
reading process and higher
IQs than their non -signing
counterparts.
"It seems to really help
kids who are visuable or
kinesthetic learners," she
says.
Private school idea kept on backburner
as school councils work on closure issue
From Page 1
superintendent Bill Gerth,
Gerth told parents there are
no guarantees that Central
Huron Secondary School in
Clinton will remain open
after the double cohort year
in two years when the final
OAC class graduates along
with the first Grade 12
graduating class.
"Why should I send my
Grade 9 student to Clinton
when there's no guarantee
he's going to finish his high
school career there?" says
Campbell.
But, Gerth says, while he
did say there are no
guarantees about anything in
life, "it's highly unlikely that
Central Huron will close in
the foreseeable future."
Campbell says Gerth told
her the only way SDHS has
a chance of staying open is if
she were able to collect 100
signatures from St. Anne's
students saying they would
return to Seaforth's high
school if it remains open.
Gerth says the statement
he made about collecting
affidavits from the families
of St. Anne's students has
been presented out of
context.
"It was a hyperpolic
statement. I meant to
illustrate that we need a
significant infusipn of
students to keep Seaforth's
high school open. By 2003,
our enrolment projections
show that Seaforth's
enrolment will only be 180
students," says Gerth.
SDHS council chair
Maureen Agar estimates that
the high school has lost
about 30 students to the
Catholic system over the
past two years. She adds
she's been having trouble
getting exact numbers from
the school board.
"I think it's interesting
they're telling us we're not
losing students to St. Anne's
but that's where we're
supposed to go to get them
back," says Agar.
Agar says she will not take
up the challenge of
collecting signatures because
"I wouldn't do that to
another school board."
Agar says she is still.
researching the possibility of
starting a private high school
in Seaforth if the board votes
to close SDHS.
"I still believe in public
education but we've got to
be prepared. I'm working on
it on the back burner," she
says.
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