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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2004-04-28, Page 6b -THE HURON EXPOSITOR, APRIL 28, 2004 Oral Cancer isn't this easy to spot Ask your dentist INJWAL ra) Heath Str ONTARIO DENTAL ASSOCIATION www.oda.on.ca Sponsored by your local dentists Notice of Liquor Licence Application The following establishment has applied to the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario for a liquor licence under the Liquor Licence Act: Application for Additional Facilities Hurley's Celtic Inn 4 Goderich Street East (#460) Seaforth (indoor and outdoor area) Any resident of the municipality may make a written submission as to whether the issuance of the licence is in the public interest having regard to the needs and wishes of the residents. Submissions must be received no later -than May 21, 2004. Please include your name. address and telephone number. If petition is submitted to the Commission, please identify the designated contact person. Note: The AGCO gives the applicant copies of any objections. Anonymous objections are not considered. The personal information gathered is collected under the authority of the Liquor Licence Acv. The principal purpose of the collection is to assess eligibility for the issuance of a liquor sales licence. Copies of all objections are given to the applicant. The information may also be disclosed pursuant to the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Questions about this collection should be directed to the Manager, Licensing and Registration, Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario at the address, telephone numbers or e-mail address listed below. Submissions to be sent to: Licensing and Registration, Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, 20 Dundas Street West, 7" Floor, Toronto, ON MSG 2N6. Tel: 416.326-8700 OR loll -free in Ontario: 1-800-522-2876. Fax: 416-326-5555. E-mail: licensing®agco.on.ca News Local leukemia patients give 15 new Seaforth donors a reason to give blood By Susan Hundertmark Expositor Editor While Thursday's blood donor clinic in Seaforth fell short of the goal of 192 units, many of the 175 who gave blood in Seaforth last Thursday mentioned two local young people fighting leukemia as their reason for donating. "We've been hearing about people coming in for Mackenzie Fisher and Syndey Wettlaufer all day. It just goes to show how people will respond to a local need," said Jodi Walker, of Canadian Blood Services. Local organizer Jim McNichol said the local need caused "a substantial number of new donors" to come to the clinic. "It helped a lot," he said of a story in last week's paper about local leukemia patients. McNichol said that while he's a little disappointed that Thursday's goal wasn't reached, local donors are getting the message that booking an appointment in advance is the best way to donate blood. "It's been a tough three years to get people to realize that but they are getting the message. With an appointment, they can run in and 40 minutes later, they're out again," he said. Donors were also invited to sign posters at the front door of the Seaforth community centre to "let two great local kids who are fighting leukemia know you care." And, supportive messages on the posters included reminders that Mackenzie, who lives in Egmondvile, and Syndey, who lives in Susan Hundertmark photo. Canadian Blood Services phlebotomist Janet Brunswick prepares Bob Fisher , of Seaforth, for his blood donation at the Seaforth clinic last Thursday. Mitchell, should "never give up," "keep the faith" and know that "our prayers are with you and your family." Walker said that Thursday's clinic was the first time a third clinic was added to Seaforth's schedule of clinics and will round out the Huron County schedule to provide an opportunity every month for blood donors in the area. 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Local Block Parent program may fold By Susan Hundertmark Expositor Editor The Block Parent program in Seaforth may have to fold if someone doesn't come forward to run it. While she approached school councils at both Seaforth Public School and St. James School last fall, Seaforth Cooperative Children's Centre president Lauren Rooyakkers said she's told the Ontario Block Parents Association that Seaforth's program may have to go into dormancy. "The school councils have asked me if it's a worthwhile program anymore. People are telling me it's passe and we don't need it. Who am I to keep it going if nobody else thinks we need it?" said Rooyakkers. The Seaforth daycare, which has run the program since 1996, is looking for someone else to take it over because the daycare is having trouble finding enough members to fill its volunteer board. "Last year, we were short two board members and this year, we're short three board members. We're having enough trouble running the centre without running an extra program," she said. Marianne MacBride, the chair of the Ontario Block Parent program, said Seaforth is the only area in Huron County having trouble keeping its Block Parent program going since Clinton restarted its program recently after a few years without one. "People running the Block Parents program get tired, burned out and their kids grow up and finding the right person to keep the program going can be a challenge. One community closes up and the next one opens," she said. But, MacBride argued the program that provides a safe haven for children, teens, seniors and anyone else in distress Is far from passe. "The times have changed so drastically since the program began in the 1960s that we need it even moreso today. There are so many latchkey kids out there and many people don't know their neighbours anymore." But, ironically, MacBride finds that small communities usually have the most luck keeping an active Block Parent program running. Big city programs are usually the ones to fold. "The apathy is pathetic out there yet if something happens to a child, we're the first people they come to. People don't think of us until something bad happens," said MacBride. She said folding a Block Parent program is a complicated process since all the signs have to be returned from each home, the road signs have to be taken down, the bank accounts have to be closed and all the paperwork has to be returned to the provincial office. "Make sure you've tried everything before folding your program because it's like starting from scratch if someone decides later to start it up again," she said. MacBride said the more stringent screening process, begun during the past year, is adding to the difficulties in finding volunteer Block Parents. Everyone over the age of 12 in a Block Parent home must provide photo identification and be screened every two years by the police. "Trying to get a family of five together to go into a police station during office hours is literally impossible. But, in today's society there are so many bad guys out there, we want to be sure children are going to be safe. It's for everyone's protection," she said. Rooyakkers said the 1 Block Parents left In Seaforth were reduced to six after her recent attempts to have them rescreened by the police. "Only six were willing to jump through the hoops and get approved," she said, adding that only one of those six is positioned in Seaforth on a walking route for schoolchildren. The others are located in Egmondville and Harpurhey. Rooyakkers recently took her concern to keep the Block Parent program going to a community policing meeting in Seaforth but no commmitment has been made yet to keep it going. "My major concern is that kids are going to get bullied on the way to and from school. I think it's good to have a bunch of eyes on children. There are creeps everywhere," she said.