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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2004-03-10, Page 66 -THE HURON EXPOSITOR, MARCH 10, 2004 CALL MEL... FOR ALL YOUR PROMOTIONAL NEEDS! CALENDARS - KEY CHAINS - PENS - MUGS TROPHIES - WRISTBANDS - KNIVES - TAPE MEASURES - GOLF BALLS - LAPEL PINS GOLF SHIRTS - HATS Riehl ADVERTISING LTD. Highway 8, just west of Seaforth 527-2388 ATTENTION RESIDENTS OF SEAFORTH & EGMONDVILLE The Welsh Street Water Well has been taken off line to con- duct pump tests for future upgrades. In the interim, while the Welsh Street Well is off line, the Chalk Street Well will be used. The Chalk Street Well water exceeds the Ontario Drinking Water Standards for Radon 222, Uranium and Radium, however the Medical Officer of Health and the Ministry of the Environment indicate that there is NO IMMEDIATE HEALTH RISK for short-term use. We encourage users to reduce water consumption while this work is being done. If you have any questions please call the Huron County Health Unit at 482-3416. In Celebration of INIPRINATIIONA L \O,.i'I SMarch 8, Women Today Of Huron honours women nominated by their peers and families for their contribution to the community. Michelle Blake for her endless energy teaching skating in Wingham Lynne Bonnett for her commitment to social justices for the community's most d sodvontoged citizens Andrea Brown for her generous spirit willingness to help and for encouraging women and children to achieve their full potential. Julie Godwin for her dedication to the lives of people with serious mental heath issues Lucy Martin for exempfrfying fellowship. education. service to the community and worship through her many volunteer octtvittes through the Salvation Army Church Shannon McGavin & Naomi Pelss for their core and dedication to early literacy in the Walton area os the founder and director respectively for the Walton little School Elayne Ras for fostering in our youth the love of musk. sense of accomplishment. discipline and sed -confidence. Walton Little School Staff (Noomi. Debbie, Tracy. Sondra. Jenn. Michele and Val) for always having a friendly smie. hello. and story to share with you about your children All these women have contributed time, energy and expertise to their communities and families. and to the work of organizations and groups that make our communities great! For more warmakon about International Women's Day, pease check out our webere at www.huront+et.on.ca/-women News Red Cross simulates disaster in Hensall By Susan Hundertmark Expositor Editor Using the situation of a severe winter storm with a four-day power outage in Huron East, Huron County Red Cross volunteers recently went through a disaster simulation at Hensall United Church. "This is the first of several simulations we want to hold in Huron County to get more active volunteers in Huron," said organizer'Iyler Papple, of RR 4 Seaforth. 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J- .. rw..,....... . 1...1 u..., wrrMlf 1l _ ..is : basement, using flashlights until a generator could be set up and practising the registration service the Red Cross provides during emergencies. "The Red Cross's major role in a disaster is taking information from all the people involved and creating a registry so that family members can find each other. That's one of the big things the Red Cross did during the 9-11 disaster in New York," said Papple. "If someone wants to know where a family member is and whether or not they are hurt, the Red Cross would be able to tell them. It's to avoid situations where people have to go from hospital to hospital looking for their families," he said. In the event of a four-day winter storm in Huron East, Papple said the Seaforth Agriplex and the Brussels arena would make the best shelters for residents with no heat because of the facilities' generators. And, if the Seaforth arena acquires a generator, it would be a better shelter still because of its showers in the change rooms. He said the Red Cross keeps a local supply of blankets and comfort kits (containing soap, toothbrushes and towels) at the branch office and at local ambulance stations in the event of a disaster. The Huron -Perth -Oxford Red Cross branch in Stratford recently helped compile a shelter survey for Huron County, identifying 22 buildings across the county that could be used as shelters in an emergency. The survey, completed in 2003, looked at schools, arenas and other public buildings in both urban and rural areas that have sleeping and cooking facilities and the contact people that "would be able to open the doors at 3 a.m. in a snowstorm," said Red Cross branch manager Bettianne Hedges. Hedges said Huron County has "a keen group of volunteers" that is trying to recruit more volunteers. "We're trying to increase our numbers in all communities to get people to be prepared for themselves and for other members of their communities. Often, it's the most vulnerable groups in a community that are hardest hit during an emergency," she said. Hedges said the shelter survey was done under new provincial requirements after the terrorist attack in the United States two years ago. During the simulation in Hensall, the Red Cross volunteers were given cards with possible emergency situations written on them and had to respond - helping to arrange an ambulance for a senior unable to get out of her home that had no heat, in one instance. "The Red Cross's specialty is dealing with shelter, food and clothing. We created a better understanding between the Red Cross and the municipality of Huron East of what we can accomplish in an emergency," said Papple. Huron East's emergency coordinator Marty Bedard attended the simulation in Hensall. "Marty saw we were quite well trained," said Papple. "He said he would call on us for anything requiring registration and a quick evacuation." Bedard agreed saying he';II glad to know the local Red Cross volunteers are available in an emergency. "If we ever have to set up a shelter, they're good that way. But, hopefully, we never have to use them," he said. Papple said he and his wife Summer, who is the Red Cross disaster services chair for Huron and Perth, plan to continue running simulations at bi-monthly meetings and hope to involve local groups like the Boy Scouts. "It's hard to keep our volunteers practised up and interested - if you're not doing training, you lose volunteers to boredom," he said. "I think the volunteers we've got are well-trained. We just need more. It would be nice to have two or three in each community in Huron that we could depend on in an emergency," said Papple. The next meeting will be held in Stratford on March 22 at 7 p.m. at 100 Gordon St. Susan Hundertmark photo Red Cross volunteers Michelle Hanson and Catherine Hardman, both of the Stratford branch, go through the exercise of identification and registration during a mock disaster in Hensall recently. Big Bike Ride for Stroke making first trip to Seaforth By Susan Hundertmark Expositor Editor The Big Bike Ride for Stroke, held by the Huron - Perth -Oxford chapter of the Heart and Stroke Foundation, received permission from Huron East council to be held in Seaforth on Wednesday, May 19. Ten teams of 29 people from throughout Huron County will each ride a 30 -scat bicycle (with a driver supplied by the Heart and Stroke Foundation) throughout the streets of Seaforth to raise a goal of $140,000. The ride is being held for the first time in Seaforth to replace rides held during the past eight years in Goderich and Exeter. "It's the 10th year for the Stratford office and we're having a 10 -year celebration. We found it was getting a little stale in the other communities," says campaign manager Angela Horbanuik. Horbanuik said thc Heart and Stroke Foundation is partnering with Hurley's Celtic Inn in Seaforth, which will be the ride's headquarters for the event and provide refreshments for the riders. Two of thc 10 teams have Summer Company Information session March I I th, 7 - 9 p.m. At the Huron Business Centre, Seaforth Be Your Own Boss To register, or for further information, Contact Alison Lobb at 527-0305 to Quit Smoking FREE Stop Smoking Program VDT, 14,21,28 6:30-8:30 11111 CM! to Register registered so far, including a team from Walmart in Godcrich and thc Seaforth Manor. "We supply the driver so riding the big bike isn't too hard but it is a lot more work than people think. You can work up a sweat riding that bike," she says. 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