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Winter homes of Seaforth snowbirds receivedamage
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"It did tike all the screening off the trailer,
patio and the awning over the carport and all
that," said Boyd.
Moat of the damage done to her home was
done by hurricane Charlie, but Boyd said
hurricane Frances did some damage and
caused a leak in her living room.
"We kind of got both, but it was Charlie
that did the most damage," said Boyd. "The
second one did more daniage with water."
Boyd said that the cost of repairs in Florida
"are something ridiculous."
"I wasn't expecting any damage," she
laughed. "But you never know."
Boyd said that this isn't the first time she's
seen a bad storm year in the 49 years she has
been visiting Florida. She remembers a lot of
damage almost 44 years ago.
"In, 1960, they had just seen five
(hurricanes) before we had gone down,"
Boyd said. "So the damage was done. We
didn't have a trailer down there at that time."
Frank Golding, of Seaforth, said his
mobile home in Florida received some
damage from recent hurricanes.
"We sustained very light damage," Golding
said, adding that his mobile home had some
facia board torn off his carport, two down
spouts torn off and two screens in the Horida
room" were damaged.
All told, Golding, who winters in Winter
Haven located in the centre of the Florida
Keys, said the damage is pegged at $1,000.
"Which was very light compared to some
Jason Middleton photo
Bessie Boyd, of Seaforth, looks over the headlines of the hurricane devastation in Florida where
her mobile home suffered $7,000 in damages.
of the other places in the park," he said.
A friend. who lives in the park where
Golding winters, went over to look at the
damage after the hurricane had passed.
In the same park, a lot of the other homes
were worse off and Golding considers
himself "extremely lucky."
"A lot of them had their screen room torn
off." Golding said. "They had carports torn
off and they had Florida rooms damaged."
While hurricane Charlie pounded Florida,
Golding had been watching its progression
towards his winter home.
• "Naturally you're concerned about it. We
were watching CNN everyday," he said.
"After the hurricane passed through we called
the park manager and he gave us a broad
outline of what he thought the damage was."
The Goldings have been wintering in
Florida since 1983 and in that time have
never seen any, significant damage to their
mobile home in that time until now.
To fix the damage done by hurricane
Charlie, Golding has hired an aluminum
company to fix the damage.
Golding said that he is concerned about the
number of hurricanes hitting the southern
United States this year.
"We're having so many this year. Naturally
you're concerned about it," said Golding.
Marlen Vincent, who winters in Port
Charlot on Florida's west coast, said his
manufactured home stood up well against
Hurricane Charlie.
Vincent, who has wintered in Florida for
seven or r eight years, said he lost his carport
but is still negotiating with an insurance
company on how much it will cost to fix.
He said that when it comes to any type of
storm he's concerned about safety.
"Well I guess you're always concerned
about a storm. I mean same thing up here,
were always concerned when we have a
tornado up here," said Vincent. "Doesn't
matter where you're living or what part of the
world — you're always concerned about your
safety."
New orthopedic surgeon will help reduce waiting lists
By Brian Shypula
Stratford Beacon Herald staff
It isn't a cure for an acute
shortage of medical specialists
in the area, but help is
arriving.
. The Stratford area is getting
a second orthopedic surgeon
as well as another
obstetrician.
Recruiting an orthopedic
surgeon is a coup for the
region. Their services, which
include mending broken
bones and joint replacement
surgery, are in heavy demand
across Ontario and Canada.
"There's no shortage of
work to be done," Dr. James
Guy, the new orthopedic
surgeon, said yesterday.
His practice doesn't
formally open until next
month, but he is doing clinic
work at Stratford General
Hospital. He will also be
holding clinics elsewhere in
the Alliance but it's not
known yet if he will be
coming to Seaforth
Community Hospital.
From Tuesday to Friday last
week he received 30 referrals,
he said.
"Clearly James joining the
team is great for the area,"
said Andrew Williams, chief
executive officer of the four -
hospital Huron Perth
Healthcare Alliance, which
includes Stratford General,
where Dr. Guy will be based,
St. Marys Memorial, Seaforth
Community and Clinton
Public hospitals.
An additional orthopedic
surgeon should reduce wait
times for joint replacement
surgeries, something the
province has identified as a
PrioritY
The area's other orthopedic
Huron East
man charged
On Sunday, an officer
stopped a black 1988
Chevrolet Beretta at Newry
Road near the Brussels
Stockyard after the driver
was spotted not wearing a
seatbelt.
The officer approached the
vehicle and found that the
driver was a prohibited driver
for life due to a previous
criminal code driving
offenses and wanted for
outstanding arrest warrants in
London and Huron County.
The Huron County incident
took place Saturday when the
man was seen driving near
Blyth in a reportedly stolen
1996 Dodge Ram pickup
truck. The driver abandoned
the truck before police could
stop him.
The vehicle was found
with stolen license plates
along with several break-in
tools.
A 50 -year-old man from
Huron East was charged with
two counts of driving while
prohibited, two coantti of
possession of stolen property
under $5,000, possession of
break-in instruments and
falling to comply
recognizance.
surgeon is Dr.
Ralph
Pototschnik. He
is moving into a
new office at the
Jenny Trout
Centre. Dr: Guy
will move into
his colleague's
old office.
Born and
raised in Ottawa,
Dr. Guy recently
completed his
training in
orthopedic
Dr. James Guy
surgery at the
University of
Ottawa's
medical
school.
His specialty
was adult joint
replacement.
although he
will he
entering into
general
practice here.
He picked
Stratford
because of
the communities actively
recruiting for orthopods, it
had the hest resources, he
said.
"I'he second specialist
coming to Stratford is Dr.
Barry Atack, an obstetrician,
who is moving his practice
from London.
He will keep the area from
being down an obstetrician.
"There arc currently five
obstetricians but one is
retiring.
Because there is always one
obstetrician on call. the new
doctor will help keep the on-
call rotation manageable.
Dr. Atack was not
immediately availa'.ie for
comment. A message at his
London office was said it
would Ke closing on Sept. 30.
Attracting medical
specialists is a problem for the
area. The Perth -Huron -Grey -
Bruce area has one of lowest
per.capita ratios of medical
specialists in Ontario, with 34
for every 100,000 residents,
according to a Canadian
Institute for Health
Information report in 2003.
The provincial average is
96 for every 100,000 of
population.
More than 30 doctors have
moved to the area in the past
three years. Last year, seven
family doctors, two internists
and an anesthetist moved to
the Huron -Perth area.
"I'm very pleased with the
success we've had," said
Gwen Devereaux, the
alliance's point person for
doctor recruitment. "We've
been filling a lot of holes."
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