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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2004-12-22, Page 1Shama Medd, Associate Broker M.V.A. Appraiser Visit: ntls.ca for Information of listings In Huron/Perth 1;11 \ I.iin tin . , •N, .il.urllt ( 5 I ► .527 -41561) fi cuuut Motrgdgc' Canada Inc. Joy Finlayson & Sharon Medd Mortgage Consultants "Finally, a company that starts with a discount" dnesday, Dec. .25 includes GST Doug Elliott, CFP, B.Math Financial Flamer GC Familia Doc 21.2001 N ab in aoal *Apt U amp wt.& adman, cmc •rwadmiral m O+, dao{ ti.m Best Rats 3:" 3.4%% • MiliWiter...1001.1 . ....N 4..4a *moment i...... 1:11:14:11 26 Main St., Seaforth 527-2222 In brief Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance to provide CEO for Exeter hospital By Susan Hundertmark Expositor Editor The Huron -Perth Healthcare Alliance will assign one of its staff members with the job of a half-time chief executive officer (CEO) for South Huron Hospital in Exeter. The contract between. the South Huron Hospital Association and the Alliance was announced last week and is expected to be signed early in January. "It will allow us to have continuity in a senior management position," said South Huron board chair Glen Bartlett Monday. He added that Exeter's hospital already shares many services with Stratford General Hospital, including obstetrics, pediatrics and orthopedics, and sends patients to Stratford when they need secondary care. While Exeter's hospital was one of the eight Huron -Perth hospitals that belonging to the former Huron Perth Hospital Partnership, the agreement will not lead to South Huron Hospital joining the Alliance, said Bartlett. "We were the last hospital to leave the Partnership. We didn't want to leave but we left because the others had. We talked about joining the Alliance initially but we didn't join. And, we are very clearly not joining the Alliance," said Bartlett. Alliance board chair Ron Bolton said there's no push on either side to become full partners. "We have strong ties medically and this will enhance them," he said Friday Bolton called the arrangement "win-win" since it will provide CEO training for a member of the Alliance staff. "We are using one of our people but it won't be Andrew (Williams, current Alliance CEO). This is good succession training for us," he said. The selection process will begin after the agreement is signed. Hospital study group holds telephone survey ... page 3 Bringing family together for festive meal is what Christmas is all about By Jason Middleton Expositor Staff Although she used to be known for her large Sunday meals and her excellent Christmas dinners, Anne Ste. Marie, of Seaforth, has simmered down her holiday dinners to help her children slim. Since her children have become more cautious of calories, Ste. Marie said she's stopped cooking as much for her family during the holidays. "I have a tendency to overdo severely and they always had to take food home with them," Ste. Marie said, adding her children only take enough to make a couple sandwiches the next day. "We try to be more careful than we used to be calorie wise," said Ste. Marie, stating that meals are much smaller than they used to be. "We just have a good quiet time." "I haven't made any shortbread for them this year," Ste. Marie said. "They keep saying it's too much, it's too rich mom. So I've stopped doing that pretty much." For Ste. Marie, and many others, Christmas traditions are more than just what ornaments you put on the tree or how you decorate your house — it's about bringing your family together with a festive meal. Beverley Mardam Bey prepares for Christmas in her kitchen. "That's Christmas to me," said Beverley Mardam Bey, who operates Peggoty's Bed and Breakfast. "It's not the gifts. It's having those things you remember for years. That is the most important part of Christmas." Mardam Bey said that a lot of her Christmas cooking traditions and recipes go hack generations. "I make all my own mincemeat," she said. "1 actually make mincemeat and apple which is very traditional to my family." "The minute I pop my own mincemeat pie in the oven, that just takes me back to Abby McGavin McGavin collecting coats for homeless in Toronto By Jason Middleton Expositor Staff When you ask most children what their Christmas wish would he most would say world peace or to feed the world, hut very few ever do anything about it. Nine-year-old Ahhy McGavin, of the Walton area, not only has a Christmas wish - she's doing something about it. McGavin said that her Christmas wish is that all the homeless people could have homes and meals. After seeing a performance of the Lion King in Toronto last summer, McGavin began to ask questions about the homeless people she saw on the city's streets. Although she did give some of the homeless money, McGavin wanted to do more. On the night following her visit to Toronto, McGavin had hard time falling asleep knowing that there were people homeless and on the street. So along with her parents, McGavin came up with the idea of collecting coats for Toronto's needy. Last year McGavin collected 77 coats, 12 pairs of snowpants and a hoxful of hats, scarves and gloves See GRADE, Page 2 being a girl," Mardam Bey, who grew up in England, said. "It's things like that which evoke the best anemories." Among her favourites to cook at this time of the year, Mardam Bey said Christmas pudding, Christmas cakes and mincemeat pies all bring back the most memories. "I love the aroma of the Christmas cakes when I'm baking them," Mardam Bey said. "When you bake a homemade mincemeat pie it just fills the house with an aroma which to me is just Christmas." For 25 years, Dorothy Hays, of Seaforth, has been making mincemeat from a recipe given to her by the wife of a former reverend. When asked what makes her "well-known" mincemeat so special, Hays said it was a secret. "It's the only recipe in my house I wouldn't give anybody," said Hays. This year, Hays made and donated 60 pounds of mincemeat to St. Thomas Anglican Church to help raise money for the church. When cooking for her family, Ste. Marie said their favourite is not a traditional Christmas dish, but an old favourite. "My family's favourite is probably not Christmas pudding or anything. It's an open apple pie with lots of brown sugar and cinnamon on the top — it makes it crusty," she said. Ste. Marie said she also adds butter because it makes the pie "as rich as the dickens." Ste. Marie admits her favourite Christmas food has a bit of a kick to it. See FLAVOURS, Page 2 Test wells look for alternatives to water pipeline By Susan Hundertmark Expositor Editor Test wells will be drilled at the current Welsh Street well and to the north of Seaforth before any decisions are made about Huron East joining the South Huron pipeline project. And, while previous tests of the local water has shown that radionucleides are least likely to be found in groundwater to the north of Seaforth, Water and Earth Sciences Associates Ltd. hydrogeologist Ian Macdonald told Seaforth and Tuckersmith councillors there are no guarantees. "If is only a two -letter word but it is so big right now," added Mayor Joe Seili. Seaforth and Tuckersmith councillors held their second meeting on Monday to discuss options to upgrade the water system in Seaforth. More than two years ago, Seaforth's Chalk Street well was closed after radionucleides (radioactive elements including uranium, radium and radon gas) were found in the water. Shortly after, Seaforth's Welsh Street well was found to have fissures in the sides and be letting in surface water. Councillors were told last week at a meeting with engineer Steve Burns, of B.M. Ross and Associates, that local residents could end up spending $450 to $1,300 a year for water if they choose between a $3 million upgrade of the Welsh Street well or a $20 million pipeline project from Lake Huron. But, councillors asked that other well locations in the Seaforth area,be explored and have asked well driller Ron Hopper, W.D. Hopper and Sons, to drill test wells at or near the Kling gravel pit in McKillop and at the Welsh Street location. While they are hoping for a water supply that has good quality and quantity at both locations, at Welsh Street they are hoping to find out whether or not the well, which is currently a GUDI well (groundwater under direct influence of surface water), can be drilled deeper to prevent the surface water from entering the well. As it stands, Welsh Street has been identified as being able to provide 4,500 cubic metres a day (50 per cent more than is currently being pumped out) but it will need a filtration plant to treat the water. Burns told council that if a good well can be found north of See COUNCILLORS, Page 2