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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2004-02-25, Page 9Community Calendar WED. FEB. 25 Sponsored by: The Looking Glass 10:00-11:30 a.m. - Play and Leam Ontario Earty Years Program at Duff's United Church in Walton 1:00-3:00 p.m. - Parents and Tots 1:00-4:00 p.m. - Shuffleboard in the hall 7:00 p.m. - Minor Broomball Potluck Supper 7:00-9:00 p.m. - Dancing with Marie Little upstairs 8:00-10:00 p.m. - Volleyball for Fun at Seaforth Public School THURS., FEB. 26 10:00-11:30 a.m. - Baby lime Ontario Early Years Program at' Egmondville United Church 7:00-8:00 p.m. - Ruth's Fitness 6:30-8:00 p.m. - Youth Basketball Starts at Seaforth Public School FRI., FEB. 27 10:00-12:00 noon - "Moming Out" at Bethel Bible Church 10:00-10:45 a.m. & 11:15-12:00 p.m. - Storytime at Seaforth Library. Please pre - register at 527-1430. 10:00-12:00 noon - Parents and Tots SAT., FEB. 28 9:30-11:00 a.m. - Jumping Gym Fun Earty Years Program at Seaforth Co-operative Children's Centre SUN., FEB. 29 10:00-12:00 noon - Archery Club in the Hall 2:30-4:00 pm - Public Skating MON., MAR. 1 9:30-11:00 a.m. - ABC 123 Ontario Early Years Program at St. James School Gym 10:00-12:00 Noon - Walking for the Health of it Program - arena hall side 5:30-6:30 p.m. - Clogging with Sherri McCall 7:00-8:00 p.m. - Ruth's Fitness at the Arena (upstairs) 7:00-9:00 p.m. - TRAVEL LEAGUE SOCCER SIGN UP ONLY HALL SIDE (minor soccer registration is on Mar. 10 & 11 from 7-9) TUES., MAR. 2 9:00-10:00 a.m. - Fitness is fun with Drusilla 10:00-12:00 noon - Parents and Tots 1:00-4:00 p.m. - OLD TIME MUSIC IN THE HALL 6:30-9:00 p.m. - Clogging with Sherri McCall Upstairs WED. MAR. 3 10:00-11:30 a.m. - Play and Leam Ontario Early Years Program at Duff's United Church in Walton 1:00-3:00 p.m. - Parents and Tots 1:00-4:00 p.m. - Shuffleboard in the hall 7:00 pm - Broomball Potluck Supper 7:00-9:00 p.m. - Dancing with Marie Little upstairs 8:00-10:00 p.m. - Volleyball for Fun at Seaforth Public School If you're organizing a non-profit event of interest to other Seaforth area residents. phone the recreation office 527-1272 or the Expositor at 527-0240, or mail the information to Community Calendar, The Huron Expositor, Box 69, Seaforth, Ontario, NOK IWO well in advance of the scheduled date. Free listing includes date, time, name of event and location only. Space for the Community Calendar is donated by The Huron Expositor. News THE HURON 'DEPOSITOR, FEBRUARY 25, 2004-9 Synchronized skating team going to Ontario Winter Games By Susan Hundertmark Expositor Editor Two Seaforth skaters are pari of an Exeter -based novice synchronized skating team that is going to the Ontario Winter Games in London, Ont. from March 11-14. Laura Delchiaro and Sarah Van Doornik, both 15, started with the four-year-old Exeter novice team in September. "It's an experience of a lifetime for these young ladies and memories of such an event will last a lifetime," says their coach Kathy McLlwain. "I'm very excited for all of them and we are working very hard the next couple of weeks preparing. We are reaching big for a spot of the podium," she says. This year is the first for synchronized skating to be offered as a sport at the winter games and the Exeter team qualified to compete recently at the provincial level at the Mississauga Hershey Centre. 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The team got a silver medal at the 2004 Central Regional Festival of Synchronized Skating Competition in Niagara Falls and came fourth at the Sun Country competition in Port Stanley earlier this year. The 15 -member Exeter team, with skaters aged 12 - 17, skates together once a week, with an hour on the ice and an hour off -ice. McLlwain says that with a $350 registration fee and one hour on the ice each week, the Exeter team is doing very well but could never compete against teams like the top - place team in Toronto which has a $3,300 registration fee and spends six hours on the ice each week. "We can't compete with the city teams that have qualified to go to the nationals. But, skatingwise, we can be on top at the provincials," she says. At the Ontario games, skaters must register on the Thursday at the Athletes' Village and remain at the games from the opening ceremonies to the awards ceremonies on Sunday. "It's quite an event and I'm amazed at how much they're running this like a mini - Olympics," says McLlwain. Opening ceremonies are scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday, March 11 at the John Labatt's Centre. Other sports at the Ontario Winter Games include fencing, figure skating, gymnastics, men's and women's hockey, judo, ringette, shooting and speed skating. The synchronized skating competition will be held at the Earl Nichols Arena in London Saturday at 8 p.m. and again on Sunday at noon. While the Exeter team will be performing the same routine it's done all year, the skaters will be trying to add as much difficulty to the routine as possible - including footwork, armholds, unison and speed - before the Ontario Winter Games. Skaters on the team also come from Zurich, Dashwood, Clinton, Stratford, Grand Bend, Goderich and Exeter. Along with another competition on March 20, the synchronized skating team will also be performing at carnivals in Zurich, Stratford and Exeter. Former MPP hoping to get back into Huron -Bruce riding By Marie Wilson Special to The Huron Expositor Kincardine political .war horse Barb Fisher is hoping to get back into the corral as the area's representative in Ottawa. Fisher announced her intentions Feb. 5 to pursue the new Conservative Party of Canada nomination for the federal riding of Huron -Bruce on March 6. The recent amalgamation between the Progressive Conservative and the Canadian Alliance parties, a move Fisher strongly endorsed and worked towards locally, has paved the way for the former MPP to ride again. Fisher was asked to stand for nomination in the last federal election (2000), but at that time she wasn't willing to abdicate her position with the Brockton Response Centre set up to deal with needs of residents as a result of the contaminated water tragedy. Nor was she willing to run while the Conservatives and Alliance members were still standing alone. She believes the new party offers a "credible option" to the sitting Liberals. "We can provide a choice of accountable, honest government," she said in a phone interview from Toronto on Feb. 6. "That's why I'm running." And Fisher believes a change in policy at the federal level is necessary in order to safeguard the interests of all Canadians, both rural and urban. Noting the current love -in between Ottawa and the country's major cities, clearly defined in the Feb. 2 throne speech which promises billions to major urban centres, Fisher said "somebody's going to have to pay for it. "That somebody is us," she said. Fisher points out that Prime Minister Paul Martin, now willing to climb into bed with the major urban centres, is the same Liberal finance minister responsible for a decrease in transfer payments to the provinces under the government of former Prime Minister Jean Chretien, which led to shortfalls in funding for education, health care and the country's cities with dire consequences. "Now he wants to he their friend and he's getting away with it. We're (rural areas) heading for a big problem if there isn't change," she said, noting that the bulk of Martin's support is urban, not rural. Fisher doesn't believe enough is being done to resolve the BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy) crisis, now into its ninth month with the U.S. border still closed to live Canadian cattle. "I attended the Steelback Brewery superbowl party (Feb. 1 in Kincardine) where I was talking to some of the local farmers," she said. 'They don't understand why this issue doesn't have a higher profile. It's their livelihood. Our farmers are dying. Why is it taking so long to find a solution7' Fisher said the pressure needs to be stepped up to negotiate a solution and if a scientific solution is the answer, then get to it. Holding the government accountable for this issue is one way to step up that pressure. "More than ever our rural representation must ensure that the interests of agriculture and small communities arc brought forward," she said. Energy policy Fisher questions where the federal government is with respect to its energy policy. "Everyone's afraid to say they support nuclear, when they should be making their support clear," she said. A strong proponent of nuclear energy, Fisher believes the Bruce nuclear power site is "absolutely right" for expansion and government should be supporting such an initiative. "And it would be really nice to see one sitting government, in my life time, seriously look at alternative energy sources," she said adding that the development of hydrogen or ethanol facilities would only enhance the area's energy producing capabilities on the national scene. "Energy is very, very critical to this riding," she said. More for seniors, youth Fisher doesn't believe the current throne speech does nearly enough for youth, seniors or women. "There's only one sentence in the entire document that mentions women and it has to do with entrepreneurship - nothing about domestic violence." She also notes, "There is a serious failure to respond to health-care, education and seniors' issues. "Canada has an aging population and people are leaving their jobs earlier. "The goverment must fill the gaps in the job market through education while providing for the needs of seniors be it increased health care, housing or support for them to live in dignity," she said. The federal government has a responsibility to take care of these issues under the Canadian Charter of Rights, Fisher said, stressing the need for the development of national policies. "It's easy for people to broad brush paint us as the party serving the corporate interest, but most of us aren't that way. We have good hearts. I love working with the human issues," she said.