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THE HURON EXPOSITOR, June 22, 2005 -7
Hospital Auxiliary looking for
more volunteers to help fundraise
By Jason Middleton
Expositor Staff
The Seaforth Community
Hospital Auxiliary is looking
for some "relief" this year
when they hit the street
looking for donations in their
tag day fundraiser.
"The name of the campaign
is actually the hospital
auxiliary 'relief fund. We're
going to be canvassing using
urinals from the hospital,"
said auxiliary president
Bonnie Bedard, warning that
the bedpan urinals are brand
new.
During the Friday evening
and Saturday morning of the
Come Home to the Country
festival on July 29 and 30, the
auxiliary will be canvassing
as part of a Tag Day on
Seaforth's main street looking
for a donation in exchange
for a bookmark.
Also this year, the group is
selling quilt raffle tickets for
a draw to be held at the
annual Seaforth Fall Fair in
September.
"With the money we're
hoping to gain this summer,
throughout our projects, we're
hoping to buy some new
furniture for the waiting room
in the emergency
department," said Bedard.
Money raised by the
auxiliary, Bedard said, goes
to help patient care at
Seaforth Community
Hospital.
Last year, with the funds
raised at the Tree of Lights
fundraiser the auxiliary
bought a specialized
wheelchair for patients who
have suffered a stroke.
Because of the members of
the auxiliary are aging, the
group cannot do as many of
the fundraisers as they would
Archdeacon
Stephaniuk
dies at 88
Rev. Archdeacon Paul
Stephaniuk, an assistant
pastor at St. James Catholic
Church for the past nine
years, died last week at the
age of 88.
Stephaniuk, who moved to
Seaforth in 1996, was
ordained in 1976 after
working as an inspector for
the Department of
Agriculture in the Toronto
region for 30 years.
He was the first Deacon of
the 'Ukrainian Catholic
Church in Canada,
administered parishes in Port
Alberni, Nanaimo and was
chaplain in Parksville,
northern regions of
Vancouver Island and British
Columbia.
He also served as chaplain
for the Knights of Columbus
at Father John Eckert council
and assisted Father Lance
Magdziak at St. James parish
in Seaforth.
He is survived by his wife
Zenia, sons Bill and wife
Connie and Timothy and
wife Darcy, daughters Mary
and husband David Longstaff
and Anne and husband
Dennis Mansour and
daughter-in-law Roma.
Seaforth
man
charged
with assault
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A 40 -year-old Seaforth
man was charged with
assault on June 17 after a 38 -
year -old woman was choked
in the apartments at the
Commercial Hotel in
Seaforth near midnight.
Huron OPP attended to
find an intoxicated male in
the hallway by an apartment
door. Officers learned an
argument led to the assault.
The man was scheduled to
attend a hail hearing in
Ooderich last Friday.
Susan Hundertmark photo
Seaforth Hospital Auxiliary member Donna Jackson, who designed this year's tag day
bookmarks, president Bonnie Bedard and past president Anne Ste. Marie, are ready for
this year's tag day fundraiser.
like to.
"Our members are getting a
little seasoned, as you might
say, and we can't do as many
of the projects that we'd like
to do," said Bedard.
This year, the group
cancelled their annual penny
sale because the members did
not feel up to the challenge of
organizing the event.
"It's very labour intensive
and some of our ladies
couldn't do it anymore," said
Bedard, adding that the penny
sale was cancelled last year
because they couldn't find a
venue to host it.
Bedard said that the group
could always use more
volunteers who eventually
could help some empty
executive positions within the
auxiliary.
"That seems to be the
problem right now," she said.
"We could always use young
blood."
Bedard said that the group_
is open to men despite what
people might think.
"So many people make that
presumption because we're
mostly all ladies, but men can
join too," said Bedard.
Campers use
Ag Society sites
for past nine years
By Jason Middleton
Expositor Staff
With 32 serviced sites — which feature hydro and
water connections — the Seaforth Agricultural
Society's campground attracts campers capacity
.crowds to at least three events every year.
For the past nine years, the Ausable River Nomads, a
group of recreational vehicle owners, visits the park for
a spring campout.
Bruce Coleman, a coordinator with the Ausable
River Nomads, said that the Agriplex campsites are
perfect for the group.
"We need some place that can handle our numbers,"
Coleman said, adding that RV's attending the event can
exceed 60.
During their visit to Seaforth, the Nomads took part
in Saturday, June 4's community -wide yard sale,
visited Hensall's Ice Culture, played games and took in
some entertainment.
Jim Floyd, a director of the Seaforth Ag Society's
Tractor Elimination Draw, said other groups that use
the camping grounds for events include members of an
Airstream camping group and participants in the Ag
Society's annual Tractor Elimination Draw.
Floyd said that sometimes they get people who want
to use the campground for a couple of days as they are
passing through town.
He said that he is hoping more people use the facility
especially with the Come Home to the Country Festival
coming up.
Floyd said that for at least the last 10 years the Ag
Society has provided the sites for campers looking for
a place to stay. The sites, which are available for use
from May to November, are located on the Ag
Society's property north of the Agriplex and cost $15 a
night.
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