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Exeter Times -Advocate
Wednesday, April 5, 2006
Healthkick Huron placements program popular
By Nina Van Lieshout
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
HURON — Healthkick
Huron is receiving a lot of
positive feedback from
students in Huron County
since starting their work
placement program in the
fall.
Healthkick Huron is
made up of five main
components including,
rural healthcare career
exploration, rural health-
care work placements, a
nurse training program, a
program which allows
national and international
medical students and
graduates to come into
Huron County and a com-
munity ambassador pro-
gram.
Emily Zielman, a Grade
11 student at South
Huron District High
School is involved with
the rural healthcare work
placements component.
Zielman has been work-
ing in the pharmacy at
the Exeter Shoppers Drug
Mart for several months
and is enjoying her time
there.
Above from left are Grade 1 1 student Emily Zielman
helping Exeter Shoppers Drug Mart pharmacy owner
Eric Post check patients' prescriptions. Zielman is a
pharmacy technician at Shoppers. She gained employ-
ment through Healthkick Huron's workplacements
program. (photo/Nina Van Lieshout)
"I want to be a pharma- impressed with Zielman
cist. It's been great, says and is pleased to be
Zielman." involved with Healthkick
Zielman, a pharmacy Huron's work placement
technician works 10 to 12 component.
hours a week and is "It's a chance as a busi-
treated just like any other ness to give back to the
pharmacy technician. community. A pharmacy
Pharmacist owner Eric is challenging to get into,"
Post says he has been says Post.
"This gives someone the
chance to fmd out if they
want to do this," he adds.
Zielman who is also
pleased with the partner-
ship says her favourite
part is helping customers
and filling prescriptions.
The work placement
programs allow students
to apply for different posi-
tions in the medical field
throughout Huron
County.
Rural Healthcare Work
provides work experi-
ences temporarily for
youth in Huron County.
The purpose of these
placements is to allow
students exposure within
a healthcare profession.
Laura Overholt runs the
work placements pro-
gram and says it's going
well.
Overholt says job post-
ings for work placements
will be available by mid
April.
"Students should check
the website.
"There are a number of
employers looking for
post -secondary level stu-
dents across the county,"
South Huron budget sees slight increase
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owned, it would have cost $750,000
to $850,000 to clean it up.
Brown said consultants assured
South Huron that not cleaning up
the property would lead to even
greater costs down the road. He
added the appearance of the
entranceway to South Huron has
been improved, the property can
now be sold and property tax
money collected from a future new
business at the site will offset the
cost of the cleanup.
Coun. Ken Oke, who attended the
meeting with the contractor along
with Coun. Harvey Ratz, said the
contamination on the site went
from "bad news to really bad
news."
He said fuel tanks had to be
removed from the front, rear and
side of the property and contami-
nated soil had been used for fill on
other parts of the property, which
also had to be cleaned up. Also, old
oil had been kept in a tank, Oke
said.
If South Huron had decided to not
clean up the property, and simply
leave it fenced off, it would remain
an eyesore and the contaminants
would move farther into the soil,
Oke explained.
"Today is the cheapest day to do
it," he added, further explaining
that if the contaminants ever
spread outside of the property,
"there would be big expenses."
He said once the municipality
started the cleanup process, it had
to fmish.
Oke admitted he was shocked at
the price, but he feels the munici-
pality was charged fairly.
Ratz added that once the munici-
pality assumes ownership of a
property, it also accepts all liabili-
ties.
At the end of the meeting during
public questioning, Dean Ducharme
of the South Huron Citizens'
Association said he wasn't sur-
prised at the high cost of the
cleanup and called it a learning
issue for council.
He also pointed out that back in
the fall when the Devon Corners
property was becoming an issue,
Ratz expressed concern about any
expenses the municipality might be
faced with if it took ownership of
the property.
As part of the cleanup, four wells
will be installed on the property.
The move is part of the process to
have the property deemed clean.
Once that is done, the municipality
will sell the property.
Other council notes:
Slight tax increase
The 2006 municipal budget will
be brought forward at council's
May 1 meeting for public comment
and adoption.
Brown reported Monday night
that the proposed municipal tax
levy of $3,805,780 is a 2.9 per cent
increase over last year's levy, but
the impact will be less than one per
cent on the total taxes on a proper-
ty.
In other budget news, the munici-
pality received a provincial grant of
$425,779 as part of the govern-
ment's roads and bridges strategy.
That grant has been added to South
Huron's transportation capital bud-
get to fund capital work in 2006.
Garbage talk
Despite pleas from some mem-
bers of the public, council will not
change its mind on its decision to
cancel the annual fall large
garbage pickup.
As previously reported, council
decided in February to do away
with the annual pickup, citing
increasing costs and abuse by resi-
dents. Instead, South Huron decid-
ed to allow residents to drop off
large items such as furniture, TVs,
freon-free appliances and tables for
free at the landfill site.
The T -A received three letters to
the editor from residents who dis-
agree with the decision, and two
more letters appeared in council's
Monday night agenda (although
one was written by someone who
had also previously written a letter
to the editor). All letters criticized
council for the decision and asked
them to reconsider.
Council discussed the issue briefly
Monday night, but didn't change its
earlier decision.
says Overholt.
Healthkick Huron is also
hosting a week-long
MedQuest Health Careers
Exploration Camp July 10
to 14.
Students from Grade 10
and 11 in Huron and
Perth counties can sign
up.
There are only 24 spots.
The application dead-
line is Friday.
For more information
visit www.healthkick-
huron.ca
Snider declares
Continued from front page
The most important
issue for Snider is for the
municipality to work
together.
"Having the town of
Bluewater function as a
town rather than as splin-
tered parts...people need
to be able to trust the
people working for them."
Snider says she needs to
talk to residents of com-
munities in Bluewater to
determine what their
needs are.
"There is something
wrong with what is hap-
pening when part of the
municipality would like to
leave. There is a lot of
distrust and unrest in
Janet Snider
Bayfield
and the
shore -
1 i n e
people
are not
always
s o
happy
either...I
don't
think it
needs to be that way.
"My belief is people
aren't that different. I've
taught adults from
Somalia and from
Southeast Asia and they
all want the same things.
So how can we be that
different in a community
of 7,000 people?"
REGIONAL WRAP UP •
Raise the Roof
WALTON — Over $5,000 was collected at the
"Raise the Roof" Auction recently at the Walton
Hall, according to The Huron Expositor.
The fundraiser will support roof repairs or
replacement at Duff's United Church in Walton.
Chairperson for the fundraiser Glenda Morrison
says, "The roof is in rough shape and this will kick
start some fundraising so we can repair or replace
it. We don't know exactly how much we need yet."
There have been no official quotes but Morrison
says it could be as high as $40,000 to $50,000.
Track campaign
GODERICH — The auction included a penny sale
for children, a silent auction and a live auction.
The Goderich District Collegiate Institute (GDCI)
track and field campaign is underway with organiz-
ers looking to the community for support, according
to The Goderich Signal -Star.
GDCI principal Pat Senn says the 25 -year-old
track is "disintegrating and falling apart."
Senn explained the whole project is expected to
cost about $200,000, but the Avon Maitland District
School Board "has said they'll go ahead and put it in
and we have two years to raise $50,000."
Fundraising has started.
The Goderich Scotiabank recently donated $2,500.
Seeking sites in Huron
HURON — oors Open Huron 2006 is seeking
sites across Huron County, according to the Clinton
News -Record.
Significant buildings, natural heritage sites and
other historic areas in Zurich, Seaforth, Goderich,
Brussels and communities in between are wanted.
These sites will be open to the public July 8-9.
For more information contact Heather Boa at 519-
482-7078 or e-mail hboa@sympatico.ca by April 30.
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