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Huron Expositor, 2006-08-30, Page 6Page 6 August 30, 2006 • The Huron Expositor ATTENTION PIEA$IIRECBAFT AiEB Canadian Coast Guard statistics show that boaters who have taken a boater safety - course are 5 times less likely to be involved in a boating accident! TAKE A BOATING COURSE! Goderich Power. & Sail Squadron Registration for Boating Classes: Sept. 5th at 7 pm Five Points Financial, 100 Kingston St., Goderich Register by phone at 524 -SAIL or on the web at http://goderich.cps-ecp.org/ 1.7 • • stop smoking discussion group Beginning September 28 6:00-8:00 p.m. Huron County Health Unit Hwy 4 South of Clinton Register by calling 519-482-3416 Opinion Support for Communities in Bloom overwhelming, say organizers To the Editor, A huge thank you to the residents and businesses of Seaforth, Egmondville' and Harpurhey for. your enthusiastic response to the Communities in Bloom competition. Your interest, support and involvement along with the help of the Huron East staff and elect- ed officials was overwhelming. No matter what the results of the competition. on Sept. 20, in Brandon, Manitoba, we feel we are already champions. Our community looks awesome and we should all be proud of our efforts. We are already planning for next year. Thanks again to everyone. Barb Dalrymple Brad Knight Bob Fisher I'm sorry to leave the rut I've been in since the start of summer From Page 4 casts I've ever heard, and met an effervescent cancer survivor bent on improving the lives of others. At ithe Goderich Signal -Star I was introduced to a new level of community journalism, forced quickly to become a better and more efficient reporter, and was privileged to encounter Sarah Mann. To tell .you how rich my experience has been this summer and how thoroughly I have been blessed would take far more than the 600 words allotted me here. I might have to write an essay about it. Suffice it to say that I'm extremely thankful to my employers for the opportunity, and to you for reading the words I've written, listened to those I have spoken, and willingly answered the questions I have posed. - If nothing else, I've learned this year that being in a rut can be a good thing. Thanks for being part of the journey. News Huron East pays $2,438 for repairs to Egmondville Cemetery monuments Susan Hundertmark With no luck tracking down any families connected to six aging mon- uments requiringrepair, Huron East paid the 2,438 bill for Egmondville Cemetery. Milton Dietz, chair of •the Egmondville Cemetery Board, appeared at council's Aug. 22 meet- ing after sending a letter itemizing the necessary repairs. "The desire of the board is to maintain the monuments in their original state to preserve the her- itage of the past. If monument repairs were not completed, . they would pose a potential risk to ceme- tery board members," said the let- beM Job Market Connections berta Job Connections Finding People,,. Great Jobs! www.workwest.ca ter. • Dietz told council that since those buried under the monuments died 150 years ago, relatives were hard to find. "I've contacted the family names and haven't come up with .any rela- tives," he said. One monument had fallen over and was lying in pieces while the others were leaning at 45 degree angles, he said. Dietz said the six have all been repaired and placed in concrete foundations. Huron East donates $500 towards gala weekend Susan Hundertmark allIEEMIND Huron East will donate $500 towards the fifth gala weekend to recruit doctors to the Huron -Perth region, planned for Nov. 17-19. Huron East donated $200 in 200. 3 but hasn't donated since. "We were really obvious last year not donating because every munici- pality does. We've been obvious in our absence the last couple of years," said Seaforth Coun. Joe Steffler. "It's quite a do," remarked Mayor Joe Seili of the weekend retreat where resi Rents from every teach- ing centre in Ontario are invited to attend a dinner and a play at the Stratford Festival. "They take them out and wine them and dine them," said McKillop Coun. Sharon McClure. "And, they tour local hospitals and clinics," added Seili. "It is well worthwhile and brought a lot of doctors to the area," said Steffler, pointing out that 14 new physicians have chosen to practice in the Huron Perth area, at least in part because of the gala weekend. "Fourteen isn't a bad catch if you go fishing," he said.