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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2005-09-07, Page 44—THE HURON EXPOSITOR, Sept. 7, 2005 7ry� �Huron ��0� LA Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 Tom Wjlliscraft - Publisher Susan Hundertmark - Editor Dome McGrath • Subsaipices/dossiheds Bernie Pugh - Office/Advertising Jason Middleton - Reporter Adrienne Peckitt - Composing Anne Roden - Distribution OUEBECOR MEDIA E-mail us at seaforth@bowesnet.com Visit our home page at www.seaforthhuronexpositor.com SUBSCRIPTION RATES: LOCAL - 35.85 a year, in advance, plus G.S.T. SENIORS: - 33.85 a yeor, in advance, plus G.S.T. USA & Foreign: 35.85 a year in advance, plus $83.20 postage, G.S.T. exempt Published weekly by Sun Meda at 11 Main St., Seaorth. Advertising is accepted on condition that in the event of aerror, the advertising space occupied by the erroneous item, together with o reasonabble allowance for signature, will not be charged, but the balance of the advertisement will be paid for at the applicable rate. 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Canada Editorial Lack of operators for expensive new technology is the bad news The good news is the Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance — of which Seaforth Community Hospital is a sometimes uncomfortable member — is now home to more than a million dollars worth of new technology. The bad news? There is not anyone around who yet knows how to use it. The Alliance's board was told Thursday night that the Picture Archiving Communication System (PACS), which has long been on the wishlist of administrators, currently has a home within the Alliance but — as if often the case with new technology — the four member hospitals are not properly equipped to deal with the system. And, to add a bit of salt to the wound, scans taken by PACS cannot be sent along to hospitals outside of the Alliance because the technology is not in place for that either. Furthermore, the Alliance recently happily announced it is receiving a new Computerized Tomography (CT) scanner, care of funding from the province. But, guess what? Staff have yet to be trained on that, too. Granted, training might not seem to be a large obstacle but not having the support system in place to handle the equipment certainly indicates taxpayers and hospital foundations will be expected to pick up the cost of big-ticket items in the near future. All of this is happening, mind you, while the Alliance is carrying a $6 million -plus deficit and staff members are forced to carry out duties with bare -bones support. It is• also undoubtedly of interest to note that both the CT Scanner and PACS systems are used by radiologists, which the Alliance — as is the case in the rest of the country's hospitals — is woefully short of. The scenario smacks of the age-old riddle: "What comes first, the chicken or the egg?" Yet, as everyone knows, both a chicken and egg carry a minimum price tag whereas one PACS machine costs more than $1 million and a CT scanner is not something one can purchase at the dollar store either. In short, the province should also be spending a lot less time on micromanagement and a lot more looking at the big picture. Clinton News Record How to access us Letters to the Editor and other submissions can.be made to us by noon on Mondays at: seaforth@bowesnet.com All letters and submissions must be signed and accompanied by a day -time telephone number. All submissions are subject to editing for both length and content. Don't forget to check out our homepage at: www.seaforthhuronexpositor.com with Ashley Marion Ashley Marion is the current ambassador of the Seaforth Fall Fair. She is the daughter of Mike and Connie Marion and has spent the summer working as a lifeguard at Lions Pool, where she helped coach the swim team to its first regional victory. 1. What was your first job and what did it pay? My first job was delivering the focus around town. Opinion 2. What other jobs have you done? I worked at the Seaforth Community Centre in the food booth, I was a lifeguard and instructor at the Vanastra Recreation Centre and I also babysat. 3. What -is the most pleasant thing you do on your present job? The most pleasant thing I do in my present job is teaching kids swimming lessons and watch them learn and develop skills. I also enjoyed coaching swim team. 4. Least pleasant? The Least pleasant thing I do at my job is cleaning the bathrooms. 5. What is your greatest accomplishment? My greatest accomplishments thus far is graduating from high school and receiving many sports and academic awards; being an Ontario Scholar and also being a team member on the South Western Ontario Rugby Team. 6. Where do you go to think? I enjoy walking and biking to think about certain things going on in my life. 7. What do you do to relax? To relax I like to watch movies with my girlfriends. 8. What is your favourite movie? My favorite movie would have to be Saving Silverman 9. Whom would you choose to portray you in a movie? I would choose Julia Roberts. 10. What is your biggest indulgence? My biggest indulgence would have to be Chips Ahoy Cookies. 11. What is your favourite thing about living in Huron East? My favorite thing about living in Huron East would have to be how in the small communities you know almost everyone. 12. Least favourite? It does tend to get boring though in Huron East .not too many things to do. 13. If you could do anything to improve your community, what would it be? If I could improve my community I would create a mall with a movie theatre in it. Our community needs to provide more things for the youth. 14. When and where would you like to retire? I plan to retire when I am approximately 60 years old. I hope to retire in a small community like Seaforth. 15. Describe your perfect day. A perfect day for me would include going boating on the lake while fishing, swimming, tubing and water skiing. 16. With whom from history would you most like to dine? If I had my choice to dine with someone from history I would have to choose Mother Theresa. I too would someday like to go on a missionary trip and help those in need. 17. What is your favourite food? My favorite food would have to be chicken. 18. If you could be a superhero, who would you be? If I could be a superhero I would be The Incredible Hulk. 19. What is your greatest fear? My greatest fear would have to be not accomplishing all my goals and saying good bye to my family and friends before I die. 20. What is your happiest memory? My happiest memory would have to be going on a trip to Mexico with my best friend. The nighttime streets of Seaforth help to soothe a strolling insomniac As an occasional insomniac - usually the result of far too many unpaid overtime hours when my brain temporarily forgets how to relax - I find myself walking the nighttime streets of Seaforth every once in awhile. While the old homes and tree - lined streets make this town's neighbourhoods worth walking on any sunny afternoon, there's something particularly soothing about the quiet privacy of a middle -of -the -night stroll. Traffic sounds are distant and infrequent, crickets are rhythmic but calming and the dark is enveloping. Most attractive to me as I begin my march with a mind full of ceaseless chatter are the homes cloaked in darkness, where despite the absence of even a night light, the peace and calm of families in slumber radiate outward. Jealously I wander past, looking in next at the other houses that are still lit up, some as if they have shares in the local hydro company. What's going on in these homes of eternal daytime? Are these the houses of late, late show addicts, interne junkies, 1 ItIn(1('Ftlllill'k moms with fretful teething babies, shift workers with screwed -up body clocks, perfectionist house cleaners or just sometime insomniacs like me? More and more, I've read, we're a culture that does not know how to slow down, relax, recharge and rejuvenate. While technology was supposed to be labour-saving, it has only made us more accessible to more and more work, at all times of the day and night. Consequently, we're all sleep -deprived and running on empty, unable to relax even when the opportunity presents itself. But, walking on in the dark and finding a spot where the glare of street lights and lit -up houses do not mar the view, I gaze up at the stars and find the space where endless chatter can finally stop and the mind can begin to let go. Nothing beats a dark and quiet street bathed in starlight for a weary but overactive mind. Seaforth council hires bandleader to play in the park in 1930 SEPTEMBER 5, 1905 Four burly bushy Londoners met their match on Saturday afternoon when they drove in Hensall and set out to paint the town a glaring red. When they began their "Big Indian" act on Sandy Bowen they discovered they'd picked a foe worthy of the entire party, Sandy, meeting the attack of the London mob with deft guards and landing beautifully with his left and rights, sent the whole party over like ninepins. John McTavish, manager of the E. Mc Faul Dry Goods Co. of Seaforth was praised in a recent edition of the Printer and Publisher. "Trade journalism has lost an able writer and advertising man in John McTavish, who has withdrawn from the staff of Canadian Trade Journals, Limited to accept the management of the E. le;ttti ;\goat' McFaul Dry goods Co. of Seaforth, Ontario. SEPTEMBER 15, 1930 Seaforth council accepts the offer of E. L. Box to be bandleader, with a salary of $85 anually. The bandsmen are said to be paid $1 per night for playing in the park but must be present at practice to obtain the payment. A barn on the farm of John MacKenzie, half a mile west of Egmondville, was completly destroyed by fire early Tuesday morning. The barn, one of the largest in the township, contained 40 tons of hay, two calves and some pigs were lost in the fire. The barn was insured for $7,200 but Mr. MacKenzie's loss above insurance will be heavy. SEPTEMBER 16, 1955 Well known Canadian columnist J. V. McAree of the Toronto Globe and Mail devotes his column to a reunion of the Seaforth Old Boys. McAree, who was visiting with Jim Scott, former literary editor of the Toronto Telegram, writes, "It turned out that there were four Jim Scotts in Seaforth, known, respectively, as Singing Jimmy, Curly Jimmy, Chicken Jimmy and Writing Jimmy." John Kaiser, Seaforth CNR agent for 14 years, and his wife are honoured at farewell parties in town. The couple who have been transfered to Georgetown, belonged to a number of local organizations. Seaforth council learns Monday night that the Ontario Department of Health has given its approval to the new sewage disposal plant. Mrs. John Flannery, 74, a well known McKillop Township resident, died Wednesday in the Seaforth Nursing Home. Mrs. Flannery, the former Katherine Walsh, and her husband, moved to Seaforth 40 years ago after farming east of the town. Ken Larone, who spent the summer working as a reporter on the Huron Expositor, is returning to his studies at Ryerson College, Toronto. SEPTEMBER 11, 1980 Charles Smith, spokesman for Robert Bell Industries Ltd., of Seaforth, criticized a recommendation by the Huron County board of education's consulting engineer to purchase an American-made boiler at the time when county industries are laying off employees due to a lack of work. And thanks to modern technology we can do all that exploring without Ieavi . the housel