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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2009-12-23, Page 1Week 52-Vol.005 PM40064683R07605 www.seaforthhuronexpositor.com Egmondville asked to vote on choice for sewer system Susan Hundertmark A ballot asking Egmond- ville residents if they want to extend the Seaforth sew- age works to Egmondville and whether they want a tradi- tional gravity sewer or a sep- tic tank effluent gravity sys- tem (STEG) was mailed out last week. The ballot comes after a pub- lic meeting where Egmond- ville residents were given the prices of four different sewage systems, including two tradi- tional sewer systems and two alternative systems. Anticipated costs per unit include $19,900 for the tradi- tional gravity sewer, $18,100 for modified - gravity, $19,400 for the STEG system and $18,700 for the STEP (Septic Tank Effluent Pumping Sys- tem) system. The costs for the See EGMONDVILLE, Page 7 COLDWGu. BAN Ken 0 •41.1 71m 31 SPARLING ST., SEAFORTH MLS# 092748 $224,900 www.coldwellbankerfc.com 1 Main St S. Seaforth Phone: (519) 527-2103 Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2009 Carnochan Memodal Toomey... Thuns fiiom Seaforth and BCH carne out on during the Bill .Camochan Meamoiial on the weekend...pg. al The Virgin Mary, played by Amy Bannon, holds the baby Jesus, played by her daughter Amelia Bannon, during a reenactment of the Christmas Story at St. Thomas Anglican Church on Sunday. Susan Hundertmark photo Working on Christmas Day can be just part of the job Dan Schwab • While most adults are given the day off work and kids are on holiday from school, there are plenty of people who still have to go to their jobs on Christ- mas day. One job where at least some employ- ees are always working is the police force. OPP Const. Joanna Van Mierlo is one officer who hasn't had Christmas off for a few years. "I have had to work the last four Christmases in a row," she says. "Al- though it's not my preference, it is typi- cally tranquil as far as calls for service go. Van Mierlo says she's worked on Christmas Day for at least 75 per cent of her 21 years with the OPP. "My preference would be to have Christmas off. However, signing up for See CHRISTMAS DAY, Page 11 $1.25 gst included Purple hippos bring Christmas smiles at Seaforth's hospital Susan Hundertgmark 4111111.11.1111, Decked out in a brand-new purple dress shirt and purple tie over his Christmas pajama bottoms, 12 -year- old Cameron Morton helped hand out stuffed purple hippos to the patients in Seaforth hospital on Christmas Day last year. It's an activity he and his 14 -year- old brother Macaulay and their grand- parents Sheila and Don Morton have turned into a family Christmas tradi- tion over the past three years. The Mortons join Bob and Donna Broadfoot, of Brucefield and their daughter Brenda, who created the Keepsmiling Alliance, which was re- cently registered as the charity Heal- ing with Smiles, which has distributed over 5,000 purple hippos to hospitals in the 'Toronto area. Brenda, a graduate of •Seaforth Dis- trict High School who lives in Milton, owns a framing store in Mississauga and.donated some surplus stuffed ani- mals from her store to a hospital in Brampton seven years ago. After she was diagnosed with lung cancer, Brenda started distributing purple hippos - all of them named But- tercup - in the hopes that the stuffed toy would help patients remember to smile. • "It became very obvious when I got sick that I was spreading smiles, not hippos," she says. Brenda is often the person dressed in a purple hippo suit, dancing down the hospital corridors to a recording of "I Want A Hippopotamus for Christ- mas" as a crew of Seaforth volunteers hand out the stuffed toys to both pa - Bee CHRISTMAS, Page 2