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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2004-11-24, Page 66 -THE HURON EXPOSITOR, Nov. 24, 2004 VSTUSATKA'k seaforthhuronexpositor.com Denllama MEM sinfarShenillgi Get Your Seaforth BIA Bucks at CIBC & TD Canada Trust When It Comes To Protecting Your Assets.... Turn to the Professionals at GRAY INSURANCE BROKERS INC. ALLAN CARTER Specializing in PENNY OVERBOE Farm - Commercial -- Auto - Home 5 MAIN STREET, SOUTH SEAFORTH, ON (519)527-2500 • Open Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. - OR by appo/nmant H ~dad to a DOMINION DRIVER TRAINING & CAROL BLAKE are offering you a Ministry Approved Driver Education Course Provider 8 WEEK COURSE beginning December 1 4 DAY COURSE beginning December 20 to be held in Clinton Driving is a life skill Give the gift that lasts a lifetime. Call to book space. 1-800-665-3027 or 519-527-1891 or www.dominiondrivertraining.on.ca Its elm 3 News Susan Hundertmark photo Trying on a career. St. James students Connor Devereaux and Haden Campbell, both of Grade 7, experiment with electrical work at an interactive St. Michael Secondary School display featuring apprenticeships in skilled trades at a recent career symposium at the Seaforth Agriplex. Called Making the Connection, the symposium gathered over 50 exhibitors from local employers and schools to connect with students from across Huron and Perth Counties. FORMATION OF THE SEAFORTH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL TRUST AIMED AT STABILIZING PHYSICIAN RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION The Boards of Directors of the Seaforth Community Hospitat Foundation and the Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance are pleased to announce a com- mitment to form the Seaforth Community Hospital Trust. This Trust is established to own and manage the agricultural lands and Seaforth Community Health Centre associated with the Seaforth Community Hospital Foundation and Seaforth Community Hospital Corporation. In formalizing this Trust, we will be reinforcing one of the key principles of the Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance, namely, that assets such as land and buildings remain under local control, stated Alliance CEO Andrew Williams. The Board of the Trust will include two nominees from the Foundation and two from the Alliance, with the Alliance nominees being those mem- bers who represent the area served by Seaforth Community Hospital. The formation of the Trust resulted from discussions with the Alliance, the Foundation, the.Municipality of Huron East and the Seaforth Community Development Trust. Although not directly represented on the Trust s Board, the Municipality and Community Development Trust will be key players through the provision of financial support. This truly is a community initiative, says Foundation Chair Ron Lavoie. No issue is more important to us than access to a stable healthcare sys- tem, particularly local primary care. The positive contribution of all play- ers therefore should send a strong message to current and future health- care professionals as to the importance we place on this issue, he stat- ed. A request to sever the land and the Seaforth Community Health Centre from the Hospital has been initiated with the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care. Contact: Ron Lavoie, Chair of the Seaforth Community Hospital Foundation 527-1650 ext. 218 Council chooses new trust member Huron East council voted to return former Seaforth Coun. Bill Teall to the Seaforth Community Development Trust at its Nov. 16 meeting. Because they were choosing between just two candidates - Bill Teall and Dick Burgess - both former members of council and the trust, councillors debated whether or not they should just draw a name out of a hat. But, several councillors said they had a preference and wanted to vote. Seili expressed amazement that council did not have more candidates to choose from when filling a vacancy on the Seaforth trust. "With all the screaming. and squawking that came from the ward of Seaforth about the trust, we only got two names," he remarked. Members of the trust include Seaforth councillors Joe Steffler, who is chair of the trust, and Lou Maloney, Alf Ross, Jim Sills, Doug Elliott and Maureen Agar. The vacancy on the trust was created when Dave Preszcator resigned recently because he is moving from town. Council discusses how to improve skate park By Susan Hundertmark Expositor Editor Because the wooden ramps at the Seaforth A11 -Wheels Park already worn out after three months of use, Huron East Deputy -Mayor Bernie MacLellan told council that maybe it's time to invest in cement ramps. "If it got used so much it got worn out, is that justification to build a cement one? If it got used that much, it's doing exactly what it was supposed to do," he said. The issue of the Seaforth skate park arose at Huron East council's Nov. 16 meeting when Grey Coun. Mark Beaven asked why he was seeing skateboarders still using the front ramp of the grocery store when the park exists. Public Works Coordinator John Forrest responded that none of the ramps are usable Canada Savings Bonds the way to save. guaranteed Often, kids don't appreciate Canada Savings Bonds until much later. Unless of course, you give them in a really big box. .....:.:... If you're looking for a gift that's guaranteed to create interest, try Canada Savings Bonds. After all, they're the gift that literally keeps on giving. Buy them where you bank or Invest. Or buy them directly. Either way, make sure to ask for a free gift card so that spedal someone knows that they're gettlng the gift of Canada. To buy directly, visit www.csb.gc.ca or call 1888 773.9999. Canada right now because of the holes worn into them. "The skateboard park has been used and used very well," added Mayor Joe Seili. Tuckersmith Coun. Larry McGrath said there are still skateboarders who want to be downtown, not behind town hall. "They're likely bored with the park," he said. Seaforth Coun. Lou Maloney added that he's hearing from local skateboarders that the park is not big enough. "I thought we gave them all the land, not just a little part of it. To me, I thought it was awful small. There isn't room for them all to play on it," he said. A spectator at the meeting suggested that council organize competitions to be held at the skate park several times a season. "If you hold those, the kids will stay on it because they'll want to get good at it," he said. Seaforth Coun. Joe Steffler supported the idea of a cement skate park, adding that skateboarding on cement might be quieter than on wooden ramps. Beaven said he'd be willing to support improving the skate park if it meant skateboarders would use the park and stop using public property downtown. "I'm sure businesses have concerns about them using their property and I want to find out why they still are. I hope we can do everything we can to make it the greatest skate park it can be," he said. Seili added that John and Susie Ryan, of Egmondville, who organized the building of the current skate park are hoping to remove the ramps for the winter and flood the cement pad to create an outdoor rink downtown. "If everyone is willing to help, they'd like to use it as a family skating rink," he said, asking for councillors' assistance. In a phone interview, Susie Ryan said she and her husband are looking for a local handyman who might have room to store the ramps over the winter and help to repair them for the spring. "The ramps have been up two months longer than they should have because we have no place to store them. We have the funds to fix them but we didn't want to do that until the spring so we'll have all winter to work on it," she said. She confirmed that they will be flooding the cement pad for a downtown rink as soon as the weather allows, possibly before Christmas. Best Computers store opening on Main Street By Jason Middleton Expositor Staff If you're looking to upgrade your RAM, open Windows or purchase a new computer, you soon won't have to look any further than Seaforth's Main Street. Within the next three weeks, Mike McCowan, owner of Best Computers, hopes to set up shop at 14 Main Street (at the former location of Needful Things). "We get some customers from Seaforth already and there's no place in town for them to go," said McCowan. He said that he believes that Seaforth is a viable market for the computer industry, as he hopes to service computers from Seaforth, Egmondville and Harpurhey. "We think it's a good market that's able to support a local computer store," he said. McCowan, who already runs Best Computers in Exeter, said that the stare will be able to service computers without them having to drive to Exeter or Stratford. At Best Computers, consumers will be able to purchase "just about everything" including new and used laptops and computers, custom built computers, repairs, upgrades and some software and games. "Small town are no different than the cities - people still have and want computers," said McCowan. "It's just harder to buy them and get them fixed."