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The Huron Expositor • May 10, 2006 Page 5 .
Nurses'. Week is time to celebrate nurses for their
effective, high quality, compassionate care
To the Editor,
Re:- Nurses Week
The week of May 8-14 is Nurses Week -- a
time to reflect and appreciate the many and
varied ways nurses contribute to providing
healthcare.
Frequently when we think of nurses and
where they work, we think of institutions like
hospitals. And truly the greatest numbers of
nurses employed in Ontario do work in hospi-
tals.
But did you realize that over 16 per cent -
more than 18,000 of Ontario'snurses provide
nursing care in a community setting?
Community health care Registered Nurses
(RNs) and Registered Practical Nurses (RPNs)
are expert providers of a broad range of nursing
services to people of all ages and diagnoses in
the comfort and convenience of their own
homes, workplaces, in schools, clinics or other
community settings.
Nursing care such as wound and ostomy care,
diabetes management, IV therapy, palliative
care, foot care and home chemotherapy are
some aspects of a comprehensive range of ser-
vices that help to meet the care needs of people
in Huron County and across Ontario.
Nurses are an integral part 'of the fabric of
health care provision, especially in these times
of healthcare cutbacks and shortages.
Community 'nurses are specialists who pro-
vide cost effective, high quality and compassion-
ate care to clients where , they most frequently
wish to be treated—in their own homes.
JoAnn Todd, Manager
Saint Elizabeth Health Care
Braasch Office
Clinton, Ont...
Home and Garden Style fundraiser
attracts more than 225 people
To the Editor,
On behalf of The Lung Association, Huron -
Perth and the Seaforth Agricultural Society -
Home Craft Division, we would like to extend
our sincere appreciation to all wild contributed
to the success of Home and Garden Style, held
April 26 at the Seaforth Agriplex.
The Lung Association has hosted Home and
Garden Style in Huron County since 2000, but
this was the first year of partnership with the
Seaforth Agricultural Society - Home Craft
Division.
Working together, this event was bigger and
better than ever, attracting more than 225 peo-
ple from across Huron County and netting
approximately $3,000 for each organization.
Sincerely,
Deedee Herman, Area Manager of the Lung
Association
Betty Glanville
Seaforth Agricultural Society Home Craft
Division
Lions Park Renovation Fund raises 75 per
cent of its $75.,000 objective in 1981
MAY 6, 1881
The .era of wooden pumps is
about at an end. This spring a
great many people, especially
farmers are very prudently remov-
ing their wooden pumps from their
wells and are replacing them with
iron ones, which although probably
not any more durable or easily
worked, are certainly much more
healthy.
The workshop, of Messrs.
Pullman and Company's carriage
factory had a very narrow escape
from destruction by fire on Friday
morning last. Mr. M. Pullman, hav-
ing some matters to attend to at
the shop, came to it at an unusual-
ly early hour and upon entering
the door he felt a strong smell of
smoke.
J.J. Fraser, timber merchant of
this place is busily engaged at pre-
sent shipping his timber along the
line of the London, Huron and
Bruce, and' it is thought it will
require about three weeks to load
the timber.
MAY 11, 1906
Wm. Gillespie, son of John
Gillespie, of Seaforth, passed his
first year's examination at the
Western Medical College, London
taking honors in every subject.
This is a highly creditable record,
and we hope or young friend will
continue his brilliant career as he
has begun.
Messrs. Crich Brothers of
Seaforth have purchased the large
stable of V. Knechtel near. S.
Barton's residence and have had it
removed to the lot on the east side
of Main Street, north of Mr.
Watson's office. They paid $180 for
the building as it stood.
In common with the hotel -keep-
ers of most other places, the hotel -
keepers of .Seaforth have decided to
raise thtir prices for liquid refresh-
ments and stable accommodation.
The higher prices being necessary
on account of the increased licence
fee.
MAY 8, 1931
Minnie Habkirk has resumed her
position as Manager of the local
office of the Bell Telephone Co. in
Seaforth.
Masons are now on hand remod-
eling and rebuilding what has been
known in past years as the Wilson
Willow Hall Farm, as it was found
advisable to pull down the large
fine old dwelling which had become
out ..of repair and was too big for
present day farm use.
Tuesday, May 5th marked the
21st year of Messr. Bonthron and
Drysdale, hardware and furniture
merchants, of Hensall and on that
day, for the advantage of their cus-
tomers and to give an impulse to
business as well, they held a big
demonstration day and had lead-
ing travellers and salesmen from
all the large wholesale business
firms with which they deal.
MAY 11, 1956
Announcement was made this
week of the sale of the dental prac-
tice of the late Dr. F.J. Benchley to
Dr. Alexander S. Black. Dr. Black
expects to begin his practice here
on Monday of next week.
Difficulties which arose in deter-
mining a site for a new Hensall
Public School were resolved at a
meeting of Hensall council and
representatives of the school board
Monday evening. Council gave first
and second reading to a by-law to
provide for the borrowing of
$120,000 when it was indicated .
that it was the intention of the
board to erect the new building on
the site of the old school.
MAY 6,1981
If details can be worked out
Seaforth Community Hospital may
become the home of an out-patient
mental care unit in September.
Recent gifts to the Lions Park
Renovation Fund have raised the
total to $56,253 or 75% of the
$75,000 objective, according to
fund chairman Marlen Vincent.
Meanwhile. work is well advanced
on the construction program at the
park. The rebuilding of the pool is
almost finished and with the com-
pletion of the deck fencing is being
installed in time for final grading,
seeding and surfacing.