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Home My WebLink AboutHuron Expositor, 2004-12-22, Page 3• Telephone survey results echoing focus groups' support of SCH By Susan Hundertmark Expositor Editor Results from a Huron East -wide phone survey are echoing the strong support for Seaforth Community Hospital shown in earlier focus groups and a newspaper survey, says Ken Larone, a member of the hospital study group. Fifteen callers spent last Tuesday and Thursday evenings from Seaforth's town hall, Vincent's Farm Equipment and McGavin Farm Supply calling 10 per cent of the population of each of Huron East's five wards. "There are no surprises so far. It's encouraging," says Larone of his first glance at the results Monday. He says residents of the Brussels area actually called the survey office in Walton asking to participate in the survey. "They'd heard from their neighbours that the calling was happening," he says. Brussels residents were asked whether they used the hospital in Wingham, Listowel or Seaforth. "The Brussels region is much more complex than Seaforth," he says. A municipality -wide question from respondents was how the accounting system works within the Alliance. "People are really concerned with • how the costs and revenues are handled within the Alliance. They really want to understand," says Larone. He says the phone survey may require one more night of calling to be complete. He expects to tabulate the results between Christmas and New Year. "Then we want to start determining what the results suggest because we'd like to establish the answers to our nine questions," says Larone. The focus group's nine questions include what does it take to build a strong team of doctors, have our doctors expressed their needs and expectations and is the Alliance overwhelmed trying to operate four hospitals at the same time when there is a serious doctor and funding shortage. Also, questions include should THE HURON EXPOSITOR, Dec. 22.2004-3 d) NOTICE Huron County Administration Centre in Goderich will be closed Monday, December 27th and Tuesday, December 28th, 2004 and Monday, January 3rd, 2005 We would like to wish you and your families a very Merry Christmas and a Safe and Happy New Year. Warden Doug Layton, Huron County Council and Staff Gift Certificates available for npssage therapy packages. Susan Hundertmark photo Michelle Wilson questions a resident of Huron East about his or her feelings at Seaforth Community Hospital. new hospital equipment when there is so much uncertainty a bout the hospital's future, will the Bridges' development proceed with its multi- million -dollar plan if a good hospital doesn't exist and does the Ministry of Health and the provincial government know about our plight? about services Huron East explore operating our hospital on its own, is the hospital being dismantled slowly, similar to the way the high school was closed and can Seaforth grow and survive without an excellent hospital. The last three questions are why should people donate money for the Fire levels Dublin house By Andy Bader Mitchell Advocate Editor A Dublin mother of three teenagers has lost all her house's contents - including Christmas presents - after a fire engulfed her home Sunday afternoon. "There's nothing there but a hole in the ground," said Michelle Sinnamon Monday, referring to her home at 6993 Line 34, at the corner of Highway 8 and Mill Street. Sinnamon was not home at the time of the blaze, reported at 3:52 p.m., but her 16 -year-old son Brent ('Digger') and his girlfriend were. Sinnamon said Brent heard popping and cracking noises and saw smoke, and after going to his sister Sharlena's bedroom upstairs, it was too far gone to stop it from spreading. "It went up extremely fast," Sinnamon said, adding that "somebody was watching out for him" because Brent is hard of hearing and his room is directly underneath where the blaze began. The two occupants escaped with the clothes they were wearing. Everything else was lost. The cause of the blaze is unknown, reported West Perth Fire Chief Bill Elliott, and likely may never be known. "[The fire] was well on its way when we arrived," he said. No one was injured, although the family pets - including a five-year-old black lab - perished. "We're a strong family, we'll get through it," Sinnamon said, who works as a monitor at St. Patrick's School in Dublin and volunteers occasionally at the West Perth Youth Centre. She wanted to assure all the school children "that we're okay" and is anxious to see them once school re- starts in January. Sinnamon recalled a similar major accident which struck the family a number of years ago, when a vehicle drove into their house when they lived in Avonton. Also living with Michelle were her 18 -year-old son Kurt, and 15 -year-old daughter Sharlena. Arrangements have been made to have the teens stay with friends for thr; time being. A bank account has been established for people to make financial donations for the family at the Mitchell branch of Scotiabank (348- 8469), located at 66 Ontario Rd. Firefighters were on the scene for four hours, and were assisted by the Huron East fire department. 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