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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2005-01-19, Page 22 -THE HURON EXPOSITOR, Jan. 19, 2005 Precautions necessary with flu season confirmed From Page 1 known as Reye Syndrome. Influenza should not be confused with the `stomach flu' or viral gastroenteritis that is also common at this time of year. Symptoms with stomach flu usually include vomiting and diarrhea. For more information, contact the Huron County Health Unit at (519) 482-3416, or if calling long distance dial 1-877- 837-6143. CONFIDENCE! EFFECTIVE SPEAKING! LEADERSHIP! Achieve all these skills by taking the Christopher Leadership Course 11 Week Course - Stratford Tuesdays, starting January 25th 1-888-4804992 www.thelumen.com JashionS And y©_ ,driveway. tinter Douglas, it's all about stvk, titintcr 1)outria. h. the hottot fine -up of wind( ia'}uotte for your homc. mit- in and Lhtt-k thein out. anti enter to vtn a 2005 Mini Cext}1r. B BLI Hunterpouglas it Utdoit' Ja5Iiit'iis r seamy. Ste acted Je'ars in Qw v DAs a1 {lama Hater i rActii d23'r f.Dneclfec 1M;..11•ktn9ro :stoi rf n -nr Call today for your complimentary In-home consultation Sffi PAUL & FINOLA MACGINTY 524-5773 News Internet invitation campaign underway for Come Home festival By Jason Middleton Expositor Staff With a mass internet invitation campaign almost underway, plans continue to evolve for Seaforth's Come Home to the Country festival. The three-day festival will take place July 29 to 31. "We're getting everything in place. There're still a few events we want to work on, but they're coming," said Come Home to the Country coordinator Maureen Agar. Agar and the rest of the Come Home to the Country volunteers, made up of members of at least 10 different service groups from the area, are currently trying to pull everything together for the Civic holiday weekend festival. "I guess we're all old pros at preparing stuff like this and we're all taking it in stride," said Agar. "I guess we're all just looking forward to it. We know what we have to do and everybody's just doing their job and we haven't had any problems at all." The Come Home to the Country committee recently held a meeting to discuss ideas for the festival. Agar said that she's still accepting ideas for the festival. "We're still open to anybody that wants to have fun and do stuff for their community, for themselves and their groups," said Agar. "More groups are welcomed. We haven't closed the door on any other ideas either," she said. In 1995, while preparing for the Homecoming, the committee sent out invitations through the mail to former Seaforth residents. Agar said that today, sending invitations via the mail would cost around $5,000. Instead the committee has decided to "be modern" and start by e -mailing out a chain letter inviting people to Seaforth for the celebration. In February, Agar hopes to have a link to the festival's webpage via the town's webpage www.townofseaforth.com. On the Come Home to the Country webpage, Agar hopes to have order forms on the website so people can buy tickets for different events. Currently, Agar is waiting for the service groups to set prices for their events. "I think people are looking forward to something," Agar said. "We need to enjoy our lives again." The tentative schedule for Friday night of the festival includes the Business Improvement Area's Moonlight Madness, a dance at the Legion featuring Garth Brooks tribute band Fresh Horses and a Legion fish fry. The Saturday schedule includes barbeques, a high school reunion, Van Egmond House tours, a flea market, golf tournament and craft show. Sunday features numerous breakfasts, a community church service and a swing band playing in Victoria park. Other weekend events include a ball tournament, carnival and various barbecues. "We have a pretty busy weekend, jam packed with fun," said Agar. Huron beef producers 'survivors,' says Ontario Cattlemen president From Page 1 But, he added that the BSE cases that are showing up do not present a food safety issue since the cows with BSE are older than 30 months. As well, specific risk material (body parts like the brain and spinal column where BSE occurs in a cow) are removed from the food chain, he says. "I'm cautiously optimistic that the border will still open. It's on the track to opening - at this point, Congress will have to stop it. I feel a lot better about the border opening now than I did a month ago," says Wooddisse. He says local farmers could improve their economic situation in the long run by becoming more involved in the marketing of beef. "Selling closer to home is a way to avoid BSE and we should be trying to supply customers with what they want and information about what's in it," he says. Woodisse says he's glad to see the turn -out of 95 producers at the Huron County annual meeting. 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