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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Times Advocate, 2005-06-22, Page 1,a��oEEaE (519)235-1115 www.hurontractor.com 1191 HURON TRACTOR Exeter n hay wwwnaynat HIGH SPEED INTERNET SERVING EXETER & SURROUNDING AREAS For as low as $19.95/mo. (519)236-4333 TIMES ADVOCATE Exeter, Ontario, Canada Wednesday, June 22, 2005 1 .25 (includes GST) Dr. Lam signs on for five years $7 million project By Scott Nixon TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF DASHWOOD — Dr. Ming Lam's patients can rest assured their doctor will be here for at least the next five years. Lam recently signed a five-year contract to stay at the Dashwood and Area Medical Centre until June 30, 2010. Medical Centre chair- person Bob Hoffman made the announcement last week. The development is good news for patients who thought they were losing Lam last summer when the doctor took a three- month leave of absence. She re -opened her prac- tice in October 2004. The medical centre opened in June 1982, with Dr. Woodfine at the helm for a year. Lam joined the medical centre in the summer of 1983. Already a locum doctor in Exeter, she was familiar with the Newspaper awards MISSISSAUGA — Times -Advocate staffers had a successful evening at the 2005 Metroland Editorial Excellence Awards last week, walk- ing away with four awards. Scott Nixon received second place for "Best News Story" and third place for "Best Profile" and "Best News Photo," while Pat Bolen received second place for "Best Sports Photo." The awards were hand- ed out in Mississauga June 15. Metroland owns over 60 newspapers and is a subsidiary of Torstar. area. Jo Ann Kadlecik, a regis- tered practical nurse, has been with the Medical Centre since it opened. In other good news for the Dashwood and Area Medical Centre, Hoffman says the original heating and air conditioning for the building has been for Huron Park replaced and the building has hooked up to gas. Dr Ming Lam has signed a five-year lease with the Dashwood and Area Medical Centre.The centre opened in June 1982, with Lam joining the following summer. Pictured above from left are medical secretary Melody McIlin and registered practical nurse Jo Ann Kadlecik, who has been with the centre since it opened. (photo/Scott Nixon) Healthy financial report for SH By Scott Nixon TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF SOUTH HURON — The municipality received good news Monday night when auditor Gerry Mills presented South Huron's 2004 financial report. "This is a very healthy finan- cial position," he said Mills pointed to the municipal- ity's 2004 operating fund of $952,763 as a sign of a healthy financial situation. While slight- ly less than the 2003 figure, Mills said the "operating fund surplus is a significant positive." The municipality also showed total reserves of $4.5 million in 2004 and a surplus in net revenues (before debt repayment) of $880,769. However, that surplus was decreased to $78,891 after a bank debt repayment of $764,786 and a revenue transfer of $37,092. South Huron showed total assets of $6.4 million in 2004 and liabilities of $4.5 million. Council was complimentary towards municipal staff for the positive financial situation. Coun. Harvey Ratz congratulated the treasury department for inter- est income of $378,897 in 2004. "That's good management," he said. Mayor Rob Morley said the 2004 report was "one of our best reports yet," and he gave credit to treasurer Sandy Becker and chief administrative officer Larry Brown. "It's certainly a reflection of the staff we have," Morley said of the report. "This is a very healthy financial position" GERRY MILLS AUDITOR By Scott Nixon TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF SOUTH HURON — A major $7 million project for Huron Park's residential infrastructure has been proposed. As South Huron council discussed Monday night, the project will see the replacement of water lines, sewers, roads, curbs, gutters and sidewalks. The project, which will go to tender in the middle of July, is in reaction to the former military base's ageing and deteriorating infrastructure, which is over 50 years old. South Huron chief administrative officer Larry Brown said the project will take two years. A pub- lic meeting will be held concerning the project once the tender is awarded. With 358 homes in the park, the project amounts to about $20,000 per home, a tab the province is on the hook for since the province owns the land. As Morley said, the province is loaning the money for the project to South Huron, but the municipality will then charge the province for the project's cost. He said he hopes a similar project will eventually be done on the industrial side of the park, which the government is in the process of privatizing. Morley said one of the stumbling blocks in priva- tizing the industrial side is the old infrastructure. Brown said the Ontario Realty Corporation (the government branch that manages the park for the province) has been notified of the $7 million pro- ject on the residential side and has no objections. "We pushed very hard," Morley said. Other council notes: Wind farm project? A public meeting will be held June 29 at the Stanley Complex in Varna concerning a proposed wind farm between Grand Bend and St. Joseph While details were sketchy Monday night, Brown said he thinks the project would go ahead to the east of Highway 21. Morley said he doesn't think much of the project, proposed by Northland Power Inc. of Toronto, will be in South Huron. The June 29 public meeting goes from 8-10 p.m. Representatives from Northland will be on hand to provide information on the project and answer questions. 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