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Huron Expositor, 2005-03-23, Page 1X \ r ti s'Thikt Seaforth Business Improvement Association's GREAT BIG EASTER EGG HUNT Saturday, March 26 at roam ;I N P S Y T Clinical Systems DR, ROBERT SHEPHERD Practice in Psychology 148 Goderich St. W, } Seaforth Phone 519.527.2669 Toll Free 800.352.3963 Fax 519.527.2588 Visit www.inpsyt.com for more information. Tractor stolen from farm dealer Huron OPP are investigating after a tractor and accessories valued at $27,000 and a skidsteer valued at $16,000 were stolen from a Seaforth farm dealership. Sometime between Friday night and Saturday morning, a 2004 Case DX 24 compact tractor along with a front loader and mower deck and Case Skidsteer were all stolen from Vincent's Farm Equipment dealership located at the intersection of Hydro Line Road and North Line, Just north of Seaforth. Anyone with related information is asked to call the Huron OPP or Crime Stoppers. Cigarettes stolen in smash and grab Twenty . _..cartons :: of cigarettes valued at $1,200 were stolen in an early morning smash and grab at Main Street Video, in Seaforth, last,Wednesday. Sometime over night, someone entered the store though the smashed window and stole the cigarettes. Trailer break-in near Brussels A Play Station 2 game and a fancy pipe, with a total value of $250, were stolen from -a trailer on Brussels Lute in Huron East sometime overnight on March 18. Huron OPP report that between 8 p.m. and 3 a.m., the front door of the trailer was forced open and the items were taken. Officers have been called to this same trailer several times in the last year for break-ins or thefts. ' Anyone with related information is asked to call the Huron OPP or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477 (TIPS). Seaforth farmer studies Brazilian agriculture... page 3 Knights of Colunbus tournament... page 14 Wednesday, March 23, 2005 .e44..111bsitAlir Jason Middleton photo Volcanic vacation Taking part in a crazy science day at the Seaforth Public Library, Laynee Partridge, 4, of Seaforth checks out what happens after she adds a spoonful of baking soda to a vinegar volcano, while Jessie James, 9, of Seaforth, waits for the chemical reaction. Huron county youth to be protected against MenC with voluntary clinics By Jason Middleton Expositor Staff Yguth across Huron County will have an opportunity to be protected against the most common cause of Meningococcal type C — a potentially deadly disease — as the Huron County Health Unit offers free. vaccinations to all Grade 7 students and youth aged 15 to 19 years old. Christina Taylor, public health nurse with the Huron County Health Unit, said that the Ministry of Health has been looking at a number of vaccines to publically fund and decided to fund the MenC vaccine this year. "We're already holding a school clinic for Hepatitis B, so we're just going to piggyback the meningococcal vaccine with that," said Taylor. See SHOT, Page 2 $1.25 includes GST MU STAT DENTURE QUM Dentine - Dam R. McTamprt D.D. Complete and Partial Dentures Denture Repairs Relines & Additions 482-1195 so Albert st., Clinton Huron East approves 4.88 per cent raise in 2005 budget By Jason Middleton Expositor Staff Huron East council approved its 2005 budget at its March 15 meeting, which means ratepayers will see an increase in the levy of 4.88 per cent. Half a dozen Grey residents attended the meeting, worried that their township was not getting a fair shake in the 2005 Huron East budget. "If you're worried that Grey is getting shorthanded, we've proved time and time again at meetings that Grey's not getting shortchanged in this," said Huron East Mayor Joe Seili. Grey Coun. Mark Beaven explained that because of an increased assessment in farm land, Grey ratepayers will see an increase in their rates this year. "The percentage raised in each area is a function of how much your land is worth," said Brussels Coun. David Blaney. Grey resident Cindy Moyer said that she is worried that Seaforth and Brussels have the lowest tax increase but the highest amount of services. "As a taxpayer in Huron East, I'm wondering how our rural areas which have been so hard hit are the three biggest wards with tax increases," said Moyer. Glen Howling, of Ethel, asked why the municipality needed to separate the wards into different lax increases. "Why do you have different percentages for each area if we're all one municipality?" Howling asked. "What you've been doing in my opinion is that you've got five municipalities here." While the total revenues in the 2005 budget increased by I3.5 per cent, Deputy -Clerk Brad Knight said that most of the increase is being taken out of reserves. The 4.88 per cent general levy increase translates into a 3.28 per cent increase in Seaforth, a 3.88 per cent increase in Brussels, a 4.64 per cent increase in Grey, a 5.22 per cent increase in McKillop and a 5.07 per cent increase in Tuckersmith. "We don't know what the county levy is going to be, but at least we can say that in the Huron East budget, the levy is up," said Knight. At its Feb. 15 meeting, Huron East council began its budget deliberations with a 20 per cent tax increase. During that meeting councillors debated whether ratepayers could afford a proposed new firetruck for the Brussels fire departmtnt and a new road grader. At the same meeting, council voted to delay taxes on Huron East farmland, leaving an estimated $836,940 in the local farm economy until the fall. Approving the budget last Tuesday, council decided to go ahead with the purchase of the new firetruck for the Brussels See 2005, Page 2 Brussels medical centre being furnished Seaforth Community Hospital Trust opens centre's doors after three-year hiatus By Susan Hundertmark Expositor Editor While it's been several years since a doctor practised out of the Brussels Medical -Dental Centre, the Seaforth Medical Centre has committed to trying to find a doctor to work there. "We committed to (Huron East) council that we'd investigate the possibility of recruiting in Brussels," says Ron Lavoie, chair of the Seaforth Community Hospital Trust, which now operates the Seaforth Medical Centre. To that end, the lower south unit of the Brussels Medical -Dental Centre is being furnished to allow potential doctors a chance to see what the clinic looks like. "What we've simply done to date is move some equipment into what was formerly the medical centre," says Lavoie. The Brussels medical clinic closed down in January of 2002 after an unsuccessful appeal to Huron East council for $20,000 to meet a budget shortfall. A shortage of doctors in the Seaforth and Brussels area also played a part in council's decision to refuse the funding, according to articles in the Huron Expositor at the time. The Brussels Medical Dental Board recently agreed to allow the Seaforth Community Trust Board to furnish the lower south unit of the centre for doctor recruiting purposes at no charge. "Our priority is to stabilize and recruit physicians for the Seaforth Medical Centre and while we're recruiting we would put Brussels on the tour to see if we could recruit for that area as well," says Lavoie. Local recruiter Gwen Devereaux says she'll be showing off the office in Brussels while touring potential doctors. "It may very well appeal to someone. Our doctors always enjoyed working in Brussels and the people of Brussels really appreciated them," she says. The medical dental hoard agreed that once a doctor has been retained and offers services in Brussels, they would enter into a rental agreement offering six months' free rent plus utilities. Lavoie says he's not sure if the Brussels centre will work as a satellite clinic for the Seaforth Medical Centre but adds that if a doctor shows some interest in working in Brussels, those details can be worked out. "Until we find a doctor we're not really sure how it will work," Lavoie says. Devereaux says she's optimistic the Brussels clinic could reopen. "It's our vision to have the clinic back open there," she says. with files from Jason Middleton Ages 6-10 at Victoria Park 5 & under at St James One coloured egg per child. Prizes to be picked up at Post Office Parkette. fif*q Seaforth4111 BIA , 34 Invite you to come on out for some fun! Don't forget the Easter Sales on now throughout downtown!