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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2005-09-28, Page 22 - SEPTEMBER 28, 2005 -THE HURON EXPOSITOR Watchfor EXF the new OCTOBER 5TH 2005 Oil Fired Furnace Repairs & Service • Annual Service • Comprehensive inspections • Full Installations • 24 hour emergency service Paratchek's Maintenance 527-0772 Cell 274-5491 Servicing our community for 27 years." NOTICE TO THE RATEPAYERS OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CENTRAL HURON Final Tax Bills first installment is due September 30th, 2005. It you wish to use the monthly pre -authorized payment plan, please contact the Municipal Office prior to December 3Ist, 2005 for the 2006 taxation year. • • G • Corai/ae*,tw to oat 0,a/gl goevir, 9,'a ' ft/aae"s Don Matthews, Seaforth - Print Elaine Penner, Seaforth - Throw Shirley Becker, Bayfield - Lamp Anne Dayman, Seaforth - Ottoman Cathy Gregus, Exeter - Area Rug Thank you to everyone who stopped by and wished us well in our new venture. Box Furniture • _ and Floor Coverings 20 Main St., Seaforth 527-0680 Moking Your House A Horne Since 1876! s ♦ r<• r r r Y ,, I Y i v i Y r Y T r, Y x t V )Y(:V : - VOa6 ,o.oV6Vs'N 7116XrQVcV,VAv.;V r 0 c‘‘ Alliance Alliance rated a 'high performer' in provincial hospital studies By Susan Hundertmark Expositor Editor The Huron Perth Hospital Alliance's status as a "high performer" in provincial reports on emergency departments and acute care services was celebrated at Seaforth's Local Advisory Committee (LAC) on Monday. "It's a real testament to our staff to score as high as we have again," said Alliance CEO Andrew Williams during the meeting. The Alliance was centred out as one of nine "high performing hospitals" in the provincial emergency department study because it met "high performer" criteria for two of the four areas studied. The Alliance scored above average in four out of four sections in patient satisfaction and above average in two of four sections in financial performance. Other areas studied include system integration and change, where the Alliance scored above average in "use of clinical information technology," one of five areas rated and clinical utilization and outcomes, where the Alliance scored above average in "rate of ankle x-ray," one of four areas studied. In the acute care study, the Alliance was listed as a high performer in the patient satisfaction area, one of five topics explored, including system integration and change, clinical utilization and outcomes, financial performance and condition and women's health perspective. Once again, the Alliance was above average in use of clinical information technology in the system integration and change category. It scored average in all three areas studied in the clinical utilization and outcomes, and average in two areas studied in women's health perspective. Williams said as the Alliance participates in the provincial studies year after year, trends can be detected and the four member hospitals of the Alliance can use the information to find areas of improvement. "We always score well on patient satisfaction and that reconfirms what we're doing and sends a message to the community about what people are saying about our service," he said. He added that the reports do not allow hospitals to compare how they're doing in comparison with each other but are better used as an "internal tool." "In areas where we are not a high performer, we can look at the things we need to do to improve," he said. Seaforth Alliance representative Dick Burgess said he was "quite impressed by the results." "In customer satisfaction, we rate very high compared to the rest," he said. Fuel price instability puts road work on hold on Seaforth's Main Street By Jeff Heuchert Expositor Staff The instability of fuel and 'oil prices are taking a toll on local government. Plans for a new watermain under Seaforth's Main Street, have been put on hold and the high price of fuel is the reason. Public Works coordinator John Forrest told council last week that this is no longer a good time to go ahead with the project. The existing watermain is. around 50 years old, and runs from down Main Street from Goderich Street to Welsh Street. This is the second time they've pushed the completion date back. The work was initially to be completed in November, but the contractors were too busy, and changed the finishing date to June. The high price of fuel directly relates to the equipment that will be used on the job, such as trucks and backhoes. Under the same contract, Huron County will be putting in new storm drains, re -doing the curbs, and laying new asphalt, along the north end of Main Street. A major component in asphalt is petroleum, another reason why the project has become too pricey. With these costs, BM Ross, the company doing the work, could not bid the job fairly. Project Supervisor at BM Ross Dennis Elliot says delaying the work is only fair. "There's no urgency in the job," he says. Forrest says the town will look into the project again in February, once fuel and oil prices have hopefully dropped. As for BM Ross, the high costs of production hasn't effected any of their smaller tenders. Traffic signals in Egmondville destroyed Two mobile solar - powered traffic signals, worth close to $15,000, were destroyed in Egmondville sometime between Sept. 16 and 19, reports the Huron OPP. The signal lights, located on Kippen Road on a bridge Huron OPP that is under contruction, were reported vandalized by Premier Concrete Inc. Twelve 4" by 4" by 8' posts were also reported stolen from the site. Anyone with related information is asked to call the Huron OPP or Crime Stoppers. 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Seaforth 127.0400 522-2743 rcrru•.hridaQsofseafor'f h.ca while suspended A 49 -year-old Seaforth woman was charged with driving with a suspended driver's licence for the third time in the last couple of months, reports the Huron OPP. An officer spotted the woman travelling in a red Chrysler on Main Street in Seaforth on Sept. 15. The woman is scheduled to attend court in Goderich on Dec. 15. Two Seaforth buildings damaged during break-ins Two Seaforth buildings were damaged during break-ins at the grain elevators on Crombie Street and Bethel Bible Church on Main Street overnight on Sept. 24, reports the Huron OPP. Windows were smashed with rocks in the building and the scale station, the office was ransacked and a Mastercraft tool kit was stolen at the grain elevators. A couple of hours later, Bethel Bible Church was entered and some damage was done to the inside of the building but nothing was stolen. Anyone with related information is asked to call the Huron OPP or Crime Stoppers. Panic over anticipated spike in gas prices causes line-ups From Page 1 Huron OPP stopped by at various times through the evening to help direct traffic because of the line-ups. Martin says she sees how the rising gas prices are affecting,her customers. "People are worried. A lot are wondering how they're going to be able to afford going to work. And, when they heard the prices was going to go through the roof, they just panicked," she says.