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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2003-11-19, Page 24224 Huron St. W, Stratford (519) 393-6661 F 2 -THE HURON EXPOSITOR, NOVEYSER IVil►, 2003 44111.* one -stow ShOPP' See us early for best selection! BATH TOWELS 99 2 FOR ;IPS . CORNER SHOWERSTALL Just $ 1 bath/sAssorted 79,00 ower units also available New Items arriving weekly! R H2OTE HUMMRS CONTROL Only $119■ Classic Touch LIQUIDATION 60 Main St. S., Seaforth Specials are while supplies last. News Seaforth could benefit from gala weekend for resident doctors: Edwards By Susan Hundertmark Expositor Editor While no young doctors could be persuaded to visit Seaforth over the weekend, Dr. Sean Edwards is hopeful last weekend's "gala" in Stratford will attract doctors looking to set up a family practice in Huron -Perth. "It was Huron -Perth's chance to show off and show that we are a physician - friendly area," he says. Residents from five medical schools across Ontario were invited to the second annual event. 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Sam -bpm Sat. 9atm-6pm Sun. 1Dam-spm Marty Giesing photo Huron -Perth Hospitals Alliance CEO Andrew Williams and community development leader Gwen Devereaux chat with Ontario Health Minister George Smitherman at the gala dinner in Stratford Saturday night. and attending the gala dinner in the evening, most of the residents do not hang around to tour the area on the Sunday. But, he adds that Huron - Perth Hospitals Alliance CEO Andrew Williams received two e-mails from residents Monday morning asking for a site visit of local -hospitals. "Seaforth could be included in that," he says. Edwards says that it's becoming harder to attract family doctors because the number of recent grads is decreasing and the number of opportunities for them is on the increase. He says only 20 to 30 per cent of medical school graduates are choosing family medicine and of those, only a quarter are actually going on to practice family medicine. With a $100,000 debt coming out of medical school, new doctors are often choosing a specialty that pays a higher income than family medicine. "A lot of grads don't realize they can make a reasonable living in the rural areas," says Edwards. "Huron -Perth is doing everything it can to change that." High winds cause several power outages in Seaforth From Page 1 the wind whipping the hydro lines back and forth until they made contact and caused the power to go out, says Bill Zehr, president of Festival Hydro. The second outage in Seaforth happened in the south end of town from 7 to 11 a.m. and involved 400 customers. High winds were again the problem. The third involved only 11 customers for about an hour at 7 p.m. when the transformer malfunctioned. Brussels also had three outages, the first happening between 5:30 and 9:15 a.m. and involving 175 customers north of the Maitland River. The second involved 55 customers at the south end of Brussels between 6 and 10:15 a.m. and the third involved 20 customers on Frederick Street when the wind broke off equipment on the transformer. "There were no poles down. It was mostly high winds," says Zehr. While Hydro One could not narrow down problems with outages in the Huron East area, Kim McLennan, of Hydro One said 40,000 customers from Clinton, Listowel and Strathroy were without power on Thursday, 7,000 of which were still without power on Friday. Council expected to decide mayoralty recount last night From Pogo 1 count. I don't know how long it will take," he said. Voter turnout for 2003 Voter turnout for the municipal election in Huron East included 41.34 per cent in Seaforth, 41.45 per cent in Brussels, 30.19 per cent in Grey, 24.88 per cent in McKillop and 21.23 per cent in Tuckersmith. "There was a higher turnout in the area where councillors were running for office," said McLachlan. He explained the relatively high turnout in Brussels to the fact that while both councillors were acclaimed, both candidates for mayor were from the area in Brussels and Grey. McLachlan said the percentage of voter turnout was in the high 30s during the last election three years ago. "Some wards were up and some were down this year," he said. ABCA low water advisory lifted but Huron East watering ban continues By Susan Hundertmark Expositor Editor For the first time for a year and a half, all low water advisories for the Ausable, Parkhill and Bayfield watersheds have been removed. But, at this time last year, the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority was issuing its first-ever winter water advisory because of continuing drought conditions. "When I looked back, I couldn't believe how long that advisory was in effect. We've just been through 18 months of drier than normal conditions," said Alec Scott, ABCA water and planning manager. "We're way better off than we were last year," he added. With precipitation levels back to normal since September and stream flow values above normal, Scott said the danger of low water conditions is past. But, he remained cautious and warned that, while it's difficult to know if they helped increase water levels, water conservation measures should not be abandoned. "If you've gotten into the habit of conserving water, this is not the time to forget all those things. We need to continue treating water as the precious resource it is," he said. Huron East, the only municipality in the watershed to implement a full watering ban last summer, continued it over the winter and summer of 2003 and Clerk -Administrator Jack McLachlan says that despite the removal of the low water advisory, the local watering ban will remain in place. "We still want to ask people to conserve water so the ban is still on. People in Huron East shouldn't water their lawns. They've done very well with it so far," he says. "We need to remember that for almost a year and a half there were peNods of below normal precipitation and stream flows. This has undoubtedly had an impact on groundwater resources and we cannot be sure how long it will take for groundwater levels to recover," said water response team chair Bill Downson in a press release. While local watersheds only received 40 to 50 per cent of normal levels of precipitation last fall, precipitation levels are already 80 per cent of what is normal for September to the end of November. Scott said that the water response team will continue to monitor water levels. "It's a long-term program province is still committed to it," he Quoted 'If you've gotten into the habit of conserving water, this is not the time to forget all those things,'--- Alrc Scott, AKA water and planning manager and the said. Other conservation authority projects that will continue include a groundwater monitoring network, which began in January, that will install 14 monitoring wells in the watershed to provide information during periods of drought. As well, he said the ABCA is hoping to begin collecting information from area municipalities which use groundwater about how much water is being used.