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McKillop man,
50, found
unconscious:.
after ATV crash
A 50 -year-old McKillop man
was found unconscious on the
road in Hibbert after losing
control of his ATV on Sept ,12
at 2:55 p.m., reports the Perth
County OPP.
A motorist reported finding
the man lying on the road on
Road 183 near Perth Line 32
in West Perth.
Police investigation revealed
that the man had been eject-
ed from his 2009 Polaris 550
ATV, which was upside down
in the ditch.
The unconscious man was
airlifted to London Health
Sciences where he remains in
critical condition.
Police continue to investi-
gate all aspects of the crash.
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Tyler, 14 months, and Marsha Smile, of Seaforth, cuddle a baby chick at the petting
Zoo at the Seaforth Fall Falr, which enjoyed good crowds and sunny weather from Thurs-
day to Sunday last week. For more photos, See page 24.
Four-day fall fair attracts
hundreds under sunny skies
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For four days under sunny skies, the
Seaforth Fall Fair attracted hundreds
of people to its livestock shows, mid-
way rides, .stage performers and pork
auctions.
The 164th annual event began on
Sept. 10, when Beechwood's Samantha
Klaver was selected among five contes-
tants to be crowned the 2009 Ambas-
sador of the fair.
"It's definitely a great honour 'and
something that I know will be a great
experience," said Klaver, who is also
the provincial director for the Huron
Junior Farmers Club.
Michele Studhalter, 15, of Blyth, was
named Junior Ambassador.
The livestock shows began on the
second day of the fair, along with the
president's pie auction, where 10 pies
were auctioned off to the highest bid-
der, with proceeds going to the Sea -
forth Agricultural Society and the 4-H
Club.
The 4-H video pig auction was also
held that evening,' bringing in signifi-
cant dollars for the youth organiza-
tion.
"Last year, those kids sold their hogs
for less than market price and it was
really discouraging," says Ethan Wal-
lace, president of the Seaforth Agricul-
tural Society. "This year, moving it to
the Friday night to coincide with the
pork carcass and pie auctions, we got
a lot more people that came out willing
to spend money and the kids did very
well."
Wallace says the event was one of the
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See DEMOLITION, Page 2
Epilepsy
H u ron-Perth-
Bruce
could.
close its doors
Suman Hundertmark
Epilepsy Huron -Perth -Bruce will
be making the decision on Sept. 31
about whether it will have to close
its doors.
Executive director Lynne . Arm-
strong, along with several Epilepsy
Huron -Perth -Bruce board members,
attended the first-ever South West
LHIN "board engagement session"
in Seaforth 'alit Wednesday to repeat
a request for base finding for the lo-
cal organization.
"If we don't receive public funding,
we won't be in operation next year,"
said Armstrong, adding that Epilep-
sy Huron -Perth -Bruce is currently
$40,000 short of the $85,000 it needs
to fundraise every year to exist.
The South West Local Health In-
tegration Network (LHIN) is hold-
ing board meetings outside of Lon-
don to talk about shared concerns in
the healthcare system throughout
Southwestern Ontario.
Lorraine Devereaux, chair of the
Epilepsy Huron -Perth -Bruce board,
told LHIN board members that de-
spite a high need for the organiza-
tion's services, finances are threat-
ening the group's survival.
"We consistently have to fundraise
to keep going and we are now at a
point where we can't survive without
funding. It's a terrible environment
to exist in, being dependent on the
general population to keep the doors
open," she said.
Norm Gamble, chair of the South
West LHIN, responded that the
LHIN doesn't have the ability to add
organizations which have not tradi-
tionally been funded by the provin-
cial government.
"We might be able to give one-time'
funding but that type of spoon feed-
ing is not good for an organization
and will eventually come back and
bite you," he said.
However, Gamble acknowleged
that the South West LHIN needs to
get to the point where it reviews the
150 organizations that are provin-
See EPILEPSY, Page 3