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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2005-06-29, Page 22 - THE HURON EXPOSITOR, June 29, 2005 IlkPick your own or buy already picked PICKED DAILY FRESH Mon. - Fri. 8 a.m. - 7 p.m.; Sat. 8 a.m. - 4 p.m.; Sunday depending on availability Located on hwy. 7 & 19 south (1st farm out on Erle 5t, Stratford. Kitty comer to Ed's Concrete) Call for daily updated picking conditions 272-1423 WALCN STRAWBERRIES IIIMUNICIPALITY OF HURON EAST INTERIM TAXES Property owners are reminded that the due date for the final inerim insalment of property taxes is june 30th, 2005. B. Knight Treasurer -'Finance Manager FARM EQUIPMENT 1 � SEAFORTH 527-0120 EXETER 235-2121 www teamvincent.com r CASE l// Want' FREE oil chang Join the TMP Oil Change Club! Buy 3 oil changes and you'll get the 4th oil change Free! With each service Oil Change Club Members also receive... 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Rita Moylan's husband Don's family settledi near St. Columban in 1852 and her family, the Kennedys, bought a farm west of St. Columban in 1891 where mass was said before a church was built. Moylan, who was baptized at St. Columban and buried her husband there last year, said the last mass was "extremely hard." "St. Columban had a special faith community - we did everything together and we've been serving families in need forever," she said. Moylan said that she would be "wandering" from church to church for awhile but thought she'd end up joining, St. James Church in Seaforth. Father Lance asked parishioners to remember "the wonderful things we have all experienced in this beautiful place." He said that the parishioners will always be able to say they have come Mary Ryan Sunday. from St. Columban and that they will be able to "call on our patron saint St. Columban so that he will intervene on our behalf." "I hope and pray today that as we leads the. choir during the final mass at St. Columban Church on truly say goodbye to this church and this parish that we don't say goodbye to each other. And, while we're closing this church, I hope our hearts will not remain closed," he said. Community debates if historic church should bedemolished or designated By Susan Hundertmark Expositor Editor With the five members of a St. Columban transition committee deciding between demolishing the 173 -year- old church and selling it, the municipality of Huron East has received two letters asking for the first church in the Huron tract to be declared a heritage site. Bill Murray, of RR 5 Seaforth, wrote to Huron East's building inspector Paul Josling, asking that the church be considered as a heritage site before a demolition permit is granted. "History will show this parish church and property with cemetery of 1879 has Don't you just lore it when you find thou fabulous little shops by mistake? 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Molson Canada Swish Gordon Stratford Cycle Centre Bradahaws valuable connections to our historic past, in particular the opening of the Huron Tract (Highway 8 from Kitchener to Goderich)," said Murray's letter. Murray was expected to attend Tuesday night's council meeting to discuss the issue. As well, Thomas Ryan, of Mitchell, also wrote Josling asking for a heritage designation. "In my estimation it would be a crying shame and an everlasting blemish on present day society if we willingly and without opposition allow the demolition of such an important link to our heritage," said Ryan. Ryan reiterated the importance of the church to the settlement of the area, calling it "one of the building blocks in the opening of the Huron Tract." A letter from Walter Armes, Local Advisory Committee on Architectural Conservation (LACAC) advisor for Huron East, recommended the designation, pointing out that a church building in Moncrieff has also been designated as historically significant. "I would ask council to remember that the St. Columban Church is the anchor and landmark for the hamlet of St. Columban and that its loss would help destroy one of the local identities that council is trying hard to preserve," said Armes in his letter. Kevin Kale, a member of the committee deciding the fate of the church, said the committee is leaning towards the demolition option and have not been approached by anyone interested in buying the church. He said the option of having the church designated was not one the committee was contemplating. "Someone would have to look after it if it was designated," he said, adding that the idea of designating the church "may be out there for a few." While Kale said the decision could be made as early as the next few months, Father Lance Magdziak said it would probably take six months or so. Magdziak said demolishing the church is "just one proposal," adding that the committee must follow guidelines from the diocese while determining what to do with the now closed church. "The church could stand for many years to come but is that the best thing for the community? Maybe it would be best to demolish it and build a monument. If they keep it, they'll have to upkeep it," he said, adding that demolishing the church would be a "last resort." Mary Ryan, a parishioner at St. Columban, said there's a feeling in the community that people don't want to see the church building end up being used in a way they don't like. "People don't want to see this sacred space deteriorate or resold for a purposee they couldn't live with. They figure demolition is the best," she said. She added that many families donated stained glass windows to the church only 15 years ago and some are asking for their windows back. "I don't blame them," she said. Six -pronged healthcare project receives $300,000 provincial grant and $150,000 from trust From Page i a -half-year project works at encouraging high school students to consider a healthcare career, provides experience for youth at local health facilities, provides nursing training for the local workforce, creates temporary work placements for recent health graduates, makes the area attractive to international medical grads and creates community ambassador teams to promote the area. Paul Nichol, manager of the Huron Business Centre who helped write the SHARP proposal, said the project began when Huron - Perth Healthcare Alliance recruiter Gwen Devereaux approached him about three or four projects she was hoping to implement. Nichol suggested joining the bunch together as one project since they were all related to improving the number of healthcare professionals in Huron. "We wanted to look at healthcare in the broadest terms because it's about more than doctors - it's about everyone. You can't have a sound economy without a good healthcare sector," said Nichol. The largest chunk of the funding -$225,000 - will be spent on the nurse training program, which through Georgian College, will train up to 30 practical registered nurses in Huron and Perth Counties over the next four years, beginning Sept. 12. The provincial funding will allow RPN students to apply for half of their tuition costs to be paid. The community ambassador teams, where 25 community volunteers are trained to promote the advantages of living and working in Huron County were Nichol's idea. He said close to $15,000 will be spent on training the ambassadors. Five students are being hired this week to begin working on development of the SHARP project and will be placed with Chambers of Commerce throughout Huron County. An office is also being sought on Main Street in Seaforth where the project will be administered. Devereaux said the SHARP project could end up being run by the same body that adminsters the family health team in Seaforth. The rural healthcare work placement segment of the project will receive about $90,000 of the total, hiring 30 local youth for summer jobs at Huron healthcare facilities. As well, close to $15,000 will be spent in Huron's high schools, educating close to 1,000 students about the full range of healthcare job opportunities in the county. "Like Agriculture in the Classroom and Manufacturing in the Classroom, we'll now have Medical Technology in the Classroom. We could have kids in our high schools right now working right here in healthcare in 10 year's time," said Pam Stanley, president of the Huron Business Corporation board.