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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2006-02-15, Page 5Opinion The Huron Expositor • February 15, 2006 Page 5 Rea 0 er questions huge gaps in care: for canoerp�t�ents across To the Editor, Can you imagine a Canada where effective, state-of-the-art cancer care would be dependent on where you live? • Is a B.C. resident more worthy of cancer care than any other Canadian resident? This country has huge gaps ,in care and the Dancer Advocacy Coalition in Canada report card confirms it. The problems run deep in the rich province of Ontario. Currently Ontario residents are writing Health Minister George Smitherman's report card and he's failing. He could step up to the plate and. address a gap in care by putting an equivalent Section 8 process in place that would allow patients the newest and most up to date I.V. cancer drugs available. Some of Ontario's hospitals are administering the new I.V. cancer drugs without the promise of financial reimbursement from the Ontario government, while other Ontario hospitals are not. Don't all cancer patients deserve access to the newest and best treatments? What is an extra year or two of life worth? Mr. Smitherman has stated "We are changing the health care system in this province. The status mit } 1 -'- F ti� � a'E s :4 ."*•' '`_ f t Jts rs t quo is not acceptable, and we all know that.. We will happily discuss all of the various proposals that are bound to come along, keeping in mind always that the ultimate goal has to be better care for all Ontarians, rich and poor. Surely we can sustain a debate about these things that advances beyond labels and name-calling to actual points . of principle." I would almost bet that taxpayers' dollars go towards costs of extended health coverage for Queens Park employees. Bruce Coleman Exeter q Seaforth shows great community spirit raising. $3,300 for Alzheimers To the Editor, Great community spirit was shown on Jan. 28 when eager participants came out to support the. 'Alzheimer Society of Huron County's llth annual Walk for Memories. The Seaforth walk raised $3,300 to assist peo- ple living with Alzheimer Disease. This amount added to the other four county wide walks, brings the total money raised in Huron County to an impressive $24,500. This walk could not have been possible with- out the support of local corporate sponsorship and those residents and businesses that reached into their pockets and pledged a walker. Your generosity is very much appreciated. On behalf of The Alzheimer Society of Huron County I thank you for being part of the team that is giving Help for Today and Hope for Tomorrow. Sincerely, Cathy Ritsema Executive Director Alzheimer Society of Huron County First carnival in new Palace Rink in Seaforth a complete success in 1906. FEBRUARY 11, 1881 Fires like misfortunes seldom come singly. On Thursday morning about half past three, the Seaforth inhabitants were again roused by the dread cry of fire about that time, the large frame building on the corner of Main and Market Streets, known as Markey's block was discovered to be on fire. When first seen the fire had gained con- siderable headway and was coming out through the roof in the centre of the building. D.D. Wilsonhas had stored in his new building this season over 700 tons of ice. It was all taken from the Egmondville mill pond. FEBRUARY 9,1906 Peter McKay of Tuckersmith recently sold a very pretty eight months old Shorthorn bull calf to Messrs. Wm. Chapman and sons of the second concession near Brucefield. The first carnival in the new Palace Rink in Seaforth was held on Friday eveninglast and was in every respect a complete success. The ice was in the best of condition and despite a very. stormy night, the crowd was exceptionally large. Another of the pioneer residents of this vicinity, in the person of Mrs. Van Egmond relict of the late L.O. Van Egmond, died in Egmondville on Sunday last, at the residence of Mrs. C. Van Egmond. FEBRUARY 13,1931 A unique event and one which but few in Canada have ever lived to participate in was held at the house of Mr. and Mrs. Henry McGavin of Tuckersmith on Sunday last when this aged and esteemed pioneer couple celebrated the 67th anniversary of their wed- ding day. Hensall's rural mail couriers report Saturday last as the stormi- est or worst day they had on their routes for a long time, the storm being blinding and the roads very badly drifted and filled in all along the routes. Col. and Mrs. R.S. Hays of Seaforth attended the Huron Old Boys at home in Toronto on Thursday of last week. FEBRUARY 10,1956 Tuckersmith council, at its meet- ing in Seaforth Tuesday afternoon, named Reeve Harvey Coleman of Stanley to be a member of the Tuckersmith Telephone Commission. Seaforth Public Library Board holding it annual meeting Monday night, re -appointed Miss Greta Thompson librarian. Spellers from Huron Public Schools will compete in old-fash- ioned spelling bees. The contest gets underway in the Seaforth dis- trict on Tuesday, February 21 at Seaforth Public School. Tom Butters of Dublin is attend- ing the Retail Hardware Convention at the Royal York in Toronto. FEBRUARY 12,1981 Seaforth's nursing school, a par- ent -run co-op, will not be able to operate next year unless it can purchase, move and equip a portable classroom. That's what nursery school president Pat Rodney told Seaforth council Monday night and she estimated the cost at about $10,000. Any possibility of a teachers' strike in Huron County's secondary schools has been eliminated after teachers ratified a new one-year contract with the board in Clinton Monday. Tuesday's storm, which forecast- ers predicted would be one of the most severe of the winter, dumped both snowand rain on the area, making driving hazardous.