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Home My WebLink AboutThe Times Advocate, 2006-11-01, Page 22 Times–Advocate 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 Continued from front page 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 Continued from front page 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. Access FREE Professional Resume Development Interview Preparation & Job Seekers & Coaching Club If you're unemployed... Call your local HERC office 519-235-0471 Canadi : Kindergarten Registration 2007-20084 • • • • • • • • • • • • • k• ®RPI ' • • • November 3 - November 30, 2006 : at your community public school : Junior Kindergarten Children 3 years old by Dec 31, 2006, are eligible for junior kindergarten in 2007. Senior Kindergarten Children 4 years old by Dec 31, 2006, are eligible for senior kindergarten in 2007. 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