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McGillivray
Central Public
School graduates
McGillivray Central Public School held its 2004
graduation ceremonies recently. Front row left to
right: Rebecca Bullock, Caitlin Mulholland, Meghan
Scott, Melissa Geudens, ElyseTrevithick,Amanda
Vandenberk, Dina Coletta. Middle row left to
right: Mr. Robertson, Gage Jongeneel,Tamara
Turner, Katelyn Vanderhoek,Tabitha Turner,
Amanda Cook, Mrs. Maciver, Mr. Johnson. Top row
left to right: Sean Mollard, Jordan Hawkes, Scott
Watson, Brent McAlpine, Kevin Mulder,Travis
Clark,Travis Mollard.
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By Pat Bolen
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
ZURICH — Staff of Bluewater Municipality were
faced with a series of emergencies June 16 after a
tornado cut across the area, but all were part of a
half day table top exercise designed to test the
emergency management plan of the municipality.
Representatives of social services, Festival
Hydro, Zurich Fire services, Huron OPP and
municipality support staff were at the Bluewater
Community Centre and Arena (Zurich Complex)
for the exercise.
Also present were members of the municipality's
senior management team including Mayor Bill
Dowson, who went through the process of dealing
with situations as they occurred throughout the
morning.
Before the start of the simulation, it was made
clear the exercise was a test of the plan not the
participants.
Huron County Emergency Management Co-ordi-
nator Gary Wood said, "there will be mistakes and
that is what we are here for."
During the morning staff faced a series of prob-
lems including power outages and water short-
ages, survivors trapped in rubble, setting up com-
mand posts, dealing with volunteers coming for-
ward to help and requests for information from
the media.
With the conclusion of the exercise, personnel
June picnic enjoyed by all
Submitted by Donna Webster
EXETER - Caven Presbyterian Church women held
their June picnic at the cottage of Mr. and Mrs. John
McNeilly. Turkey burgers and wieners, barbecued by
Rev. Lil Wilton, were enjoyed by all. A donation of $35
was sent to the Bhil Mission in India, to send a teenage
girl to high school for one year. This money will cover
books and tuition.
It was decided to invite guests to the October meeting.
Games were played under the trees with full view of
the lake. Gwyneth Whilsmith will be the guest speaker
at the WMS mission Sunday on July 18.
were asked to consider how an emergency would
be different to deal with in winter.
Emergency Medical services staff said there
would be a longer response time due to roads clo-
sures as well as not having air support available.
Dowson said the exercises were always a learn-
ing experience and the municipality has a long
way to go.
He felt the exercises should be done more regu-
larly than they are now.
Dowson added that it was small unexpected
things that often frustrated people trying to recov-
er from an emergency the most, such as dumps
not being open extra hours for people to get rid of
debris.
Rick Peters from the Emergency Management
Office, said the event was well organized.
"Everybody learns a lot in a few hours and it
goes a long way. It was a very effective exercise."
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