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Wednesday, November 1, 2006
Learning skills — Computer training is available at the Exeter branch
library, with new Community Access Program Internet access assistant
Dianne Wain, above right, offering her expertise Mondays in Exeter from
-4 p.m.Above, B.J. O'Reilly of Whalen Corners gets some computer
pointers.Wain started last week and will continue computer training
until the end of February. She teaches basic computer skills, including
Internet use, e-mail and databases. She travels to all the larger libraries
in the county throughout the week.Training sessions are free and
appointments should be booked at the library at 235-1890. (photo/Scott
Nixon)
Ethanol plant groundbreaking
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plant, improving grain marketing
options.
The program, available only to
Ontario farmers offering producers,
according to the news release "sev-
eral grain -marketing alternatives to
manage their risk, provide control
over cash flow, potentially increase
profitability and provide contract
flexibility."
The program also offers various
sales contracts like "Futures First"
which allows "producers to lock
into futures prices today and set the
basis prior to delivery."
GreenField Ethanol has been in
the industrial alcohol and ethanol
business since 1989, formerly
known as Commercial Alcohols Inc.
They have plants in Chatham and
Tiverton. Another plant is sched-
uled to open in Varennes, Que.,
next February as well as
Johnstown, Ont.
For more information on the
company visit www.greenfielde-
thanol. com
REGIONAL WRAP UP •
Over 4,000 pigs die in fire
THEDFORD — A farm operation was destroyed after a fire broke out
last month at Adrian, and Jane Rombouts Thedford hog production facili-
ty, according to The Parkhill Gazette.
The fire killed 4,500 pigs and will cost an estimated $3 million to $5 mil-
lion between animal and structure loss and cleanup costs.
The investigation is ruled inconclusive but according to Thedford Fire
Station chief Scott Stewart, there is no foul play expected.
More than 60 volunteer firefighters battled the centrepiece of the farm
operation which was built over four decades ago.
Firefighters were able to determine where the fire originated from.
The blaze began in a barn located in the middle of the operation.
By the time firefighters were called, it was engulfed in flames.
Adrian Rombouts discovered the fire after the family dog alerted him by
barking.
PACS fundraiser raises over
$4() 000
SEAFOOR.TH — CKNX Healthcare Heroes Radiothon recently raised
$43,237 for a new Picture Archiving Communication System (PACS) for
the Seaforth Hospital, reports The Huron Expositor.
The campaign for the PACS is just $6,000 short of its fundraising goal
which wraps up in mid-November.
Seaforth Community Hospital Foundation president Ron
"There is still the opportunity to
meet our campaign goal. But, it
was a tremendous success with a
lot of community support for
healthcare and the PACS project."
The event offered entertainment
from local singers, dancers, fiddlers
and guitar players. Chairing the
event for the second year was
Stratford Festival actor Lucy
Peacock.
Seaforth Hospital, clinic, hospital
auxiliary and hospital foundation
organizations and volunteers
dressed up in Stratford Festival
costumes.
DREW
ROBERT ON
for
DEPUTY MAYOR
SOUTH HURON
Vavoie
says,
Grand Bend resident concerned
about Exeter Sunoco closure
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vehicles, has lobbied the
government for decades for
cleaner gas in Canada,
specifically the removal of
the additive MMT. He says
he has used Sun Oil prod-
ucts for 60 years and has
encouraged relatives and
friends to do the same.
Tufts asked council to do
anything it could to help
convince Sunoco to keep the
Exeter station open. (The
underground gas tanks have
already been removed and
the building demolished.)
Tufts has also circulated
petitions for those opposed
to the gas station's closure.
Later in the meeting, at
Kause For Kids
GRAND BEND — The fifth annual
Kause For Kids ride put on by
Ontario's West Coast Riders will
happen this Saturday at noon in
Grand Bend.
Registration and staging com-
mences at 10 a.m at the clubhouse
on Highway 21 south of Grand.
Bend and the parade begins at
noon. At the end of the parade rid-
ers and parade watchers are wel-
come to attend Gables for lunch
and entertainment as well as a
silent auction on biker and non
biker items.
The 2005 event raised $29,315
that was donated to the Optimist
Club of Grand Bend for distribution
to children with special needs.
Coun. Ken Oke's suggestion,
council decided to send a
letter to Sunoco expressing
its "concern" over the clo-
sure.
"It is a business people
supported," Oke noted.
Officials from Sunoco could
not be reached by press
time. More details will follow
as they become available.
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