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CHIP urging
drivers to
slow down
this long
weekend
As you're heading out on the
roads this long weekend, the
Coalition for Huron Injury
Prevention (CHIP) is urging
you to slow down and drive
safe.
"Speeding in Huron Coun-
ty is the cause of too many
deaths and injuries," says
CHIP member, Constable Jo-
anna Van Mierlo from the Hu-
ron OPP. Last year in Huron
County, there were 11 fatal
crashes resulting in 13 deaths.
There were another 178 colli-
sions that sent 271 people to
the hospital.
Van Mierlo says speedwas
a factor in most of these col-
lisions. "The reason is simple
-- -it's just physics. The faster
you go, the longer it takes for
you to stop and the harder
you will hit. So slow down and
enjoy your long weekend."
Over the summer, CHIP is
setting up a speed sign in var-
ious speeding hotspots around
the County showing motor-
ists how fast they are driving.
Within a week in that area,
police will be enforcing the
posted speed limit with zero
tolerance.
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Advancing to the finale...The St.
Columban WOSL team is playing for
the Thind Fast Cup after a win against
Norfolk last week..pg.
Dan Schwab photo
Julie Girard, team lead for planning and Integration at LHIN, addresses a group attend-
ing a public meeting on healthcare last week, which focused on the future of health-
care in rural communities.
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Future of healthcare discussed
Dan Schwab
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Keeping the emergency room open at
-the Seaforth Community Hospital was
the major concern among the approxi-
mately 100 members of the public at-
tending an open meeting hosted by the
South West Local Health Integration
Network (LHIN) on July 22.
While it's the LHIN's job to plan, co-
ordinate and fund local health care
services, CEO Mike Barrett assured
those attending the meeting that the
organization has no plans to close the
ER or cut its hours further.
"You may hear that the LHIN is here
to close your ERs," Barrett said at the
opening of the meeting. "We are not
here to do that."
See REPORT, Page 2
Fundraisin
committee toy
be formed for
hockey arena
expansion
Dan Schwab
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Two committees are set to be formed
to fundraise for an expansion to the
Seaforth arena and to bring together
ideas about which features should be
included in the design.
Both committees are still looking
for new members and will be holding
their first meeting tonight (July 29)
at 8 p.m. at the Seafoith and District
Community Centres.
The idea to form the committees
came out of a meeting hosted by the
Seaforth and District Community
Centres Board on July 22.
Board chair and McKillopCoun.
Andrew Flowers said the $696,778
grant - $348,389 from both the pro-
vincial and federal governments —
couldn't have been more timely. -
He said an inspection of the arena's
roof was conducted on March 24,
which found that 30 per cent of the
surface is rusting.
He says it's expected to cost $95,000
to repaint the roof and tenders are
already out to interested companies
to do the work.
The board decided that other work
needed to repair and expand the are-
na include an enlargement of lobby
windows and replacement of rink
boards, new compressors, , ice resur-
facer, new dressing rooms, fully ac-
cessible washrooms and more, which
will total $1,026,287.
With the grant coming from the
Recreational Infrastructure Cana-
da Program, there is a contribution
agreement that has the municipal-
ity also putting $348,389 toward the
project.
Flowers cited precedent that with
most public recreational facilities
the municipality has contributed a
grant to, including the Brussels Li-
brary and the St. Columban Soccer
fields, it was necessary for the public
to fundraise 50 per cent of the cost.
See ARENA, Page 2
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