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of his adventure on Friday.
Dolmage was one of 13
people riding the hot-air
balloon that broke a hydro
line near St. Thomas Friday
before landing in a harvested
hay field near Sparta.
A recent announcement that
the province will discontinue
funding municipal drains in
rural Ontario will send the
process back 100 years,
Deputy -Clerk Brad Knight
told Huron East council on
Aug. 3.
A University of Waterloo
graduate student is using
Seaforth's architectural
heritage to determine whether
tourists in four Ontario towns
appreciate authentic
architecture or prefer their
modem replicas.
For 80 years Seaforth Lions
Club members have been
interested in one thing —
serving their community.
That's why they decided
that instead of hosting a
traditional anniversary dinner
with dignitaries and club
members, they will host a
family day at Lions Park this
Sunday.
September, 2004
Five local girls, from
Seaforth, .Hensall and
Brussels, were members of
the Under 19 Southwestern
Ontario Regional Girls Rugby
team that won silver in the
recent Ontario Summer
Games.
Ashley Marion, 17, of
Seaforth, Denise Ritchie, 19,
of Hensall, Amber Caldwell,
17, of Hensall, Ashley
Bruxer, of Hensall and Rachel
Elliott, 18, of Brussels were
members of the team that won
or tied every game until the
finals during three days in
August at the Ontario
Summer Games in London.
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2004 in Review
Huron East Coun. Mark Beaven discusses the child porn
bylaw with a reporter from 100 Huntley Street.
170th anniversary its parish,
St. Columban Church has
received notice it will be
closed by May, 2005.
Huron County's corn and
soybean crops still need some
heat to mature but an early
frost could put both crops in
jeopardy, says Ministry of
Agriculture and Food
specialist Peter Johnson.
"Many producers are very
frustrated by the weather we
had this year. Corn and
soybeans are taking it on the
chin," he says, adding that
August was 15 per cent colder
than usual.
October, 2004
Seaforth Public School will
receive provincial funding to
to participate in a three-year
program to improve literacy
in the primary grades.
Called the "Turnaround
-Team Project," it is part of a
provincial initiative to "ensure
75 per cent of kids in the
province will reach the
provincial standard by 2008,"
said Ministry of Education
officer teacher Anne
Dominick at Seaforth Public
School Thursday.
Continuing to investigate
huge profits made by packers
following discovery of a case
of BSE in a Canadian cow is
on the agenda for Huron
Bruce MP Paul Steckle.
The MP, who was
unanimously re-elected as the
chair of the Standing
Committee on Agriculture
and Agri -Food on Tuesday,
has been chair for the last two
years.
Cars buried in four feet of
sand and boats washed onto
shore were the most dramatic
evidence of hurricane Jeanne
that Mike Durst, of Seaforth,
saw while helping restore
power in Florida with a Hydro
One crew from Clinton.
Durst with the second crew
to clean up after hurricane
Jeanne on the same day Bob
Carnochan, of Egmondville
returned home from the clean-
up of hurricane Frances.
Nineteen -year-old Kippen
drag racer Dan Pepper is "on
top of the world" after he
placed first at in the street
divisions at the Grand Bend
Motorplex and the St. Thomas
Dragway.
Despite a relatively cold
and rainy summer, Huron -
Perth farmers are reaping the
benefits of the summer-like
September and October
weather.
Ministry of Agriculture and
Food specialist Peter Johnson
explained that September was
20 per cent hotter than normal
temperatures for that month
which was good for plants
looking to further mature.
November, 2004
The president of St.
Columban soccer, Jason
Dietz, of Harpurhey, was
awarded Sportsman of the
Year last Saturday night in
London by the Western
Ontario Soccer League.
A bylaw that reinforces the
responsibility of internet
service providers to cooperate
with police investigations of
child pornography received
third and final reading by
Huron East council on
Tuesday night.
"Our bylaw . gives law
enforcement officers another
tool in tteir arsenal to fight
child porn," said Grey Coun.
Mark Beaven.
Huron East council pledged
to contribute $50,000 a year
and the Seaforth Community
Development Trust donated a
one-time $100,000 grant
towards the Seaforth Medical
Clinic at a special council
meeting last Tuesday.
In a presentation to council,
Seaforth Community Hospital
Foundation president Ron
Lavoie told council that the
clinic needs to spend
$750,000, broken down to
$250,000 on outside
improvements - including
$100,000 for the roof and
$25,000 for brickwork and
furnace repair - $250,000 on a
new computer system and
$250,000 on annual operating
costs.
Because the wooden ramps
at the Seaforth All -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.
December, 2004
They might not be making
the big bucks they'd make
playing in the National
Hockey League, but two local
Ontario Hockey League
players say that since a
lockout began in the NHL
earlier this year their league
has helped fill in the void for
hockey fans.
This season, 18 -year-old
hockey players, Tyler Doig, of
Seaforth, and Cal O'Reilly, of
Brucefield, are facing off in a
league known as one of the
best amateur leagues in North
America.
Both Huron East Mayor Joe
Seili and hospital study group
member Ken Larone say they
left a recent meeting with
Huron -Bruce MPP Carol
Mitchell feeling optimistic
about the future of Seaforth
Community Hospital.
Seili and Seaforth Coun.
Joe Steffler joined the hospital
study group on Dec.10 when
they met with Mitchell to
update her on their findings so
far about the Seaforth
community's feelings about
their hospital and their plans
for further research.
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