The Citizen, 2015-09-03, Page 10PAGE 10. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2015.
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talk about any health issues they are
having and I try to provide help and
information about their concerns
during their visit. As a patient, you
visit your doctor usually for a
specific concern about your personal
health.
A MOH, however, considers their
“patient” to be the entire population
of an area. As your MOH, I don’t
work with an individual patient’s
health, but rather the health of Huron
County as a whole. I have a team of
dedicated public health
professionals to help me do this.
To see how public health works,
let’s talk about ticks, something we
have to watch out for at this time of
year. Blacklegged ticks, which have
been found in Huron County, are
more common in spring, summer
and fall months in wooded areas and
areas with tall grasses.
Some blacklegged ticks may carry
Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria, which
causes Lyme disease. As MOH, it is
my job to make sure the Huron
County Health Unit has an idea of
how many of these ticks might be
out there, whether ticks are carrying
the bacteria that causes Lyme
disease, and if local doctors are
seeing cases of Lyme disease. We
call this “surveillance”.
It is also the Health Unit’s role to
make sure the public knows how to
prevent getting bit by a tick, what to
do if they do get bit, and what
symptoms to watch for. I do not see
or treat individuals who have found
a tick on themselves or have
symptoms that might be Lyme
disease, however.
If you find a tick on yourself, use
tweezers to grasp the tick as close to
your skin as possible. Pull it straight
out, gently but firmly. Save the tick
in a jar or screw-top bottle if you can
and take it to the Health Unit. We
will send it away for identification
and testing if necessary.
If you have been in an area known
to contain blacklegged ticks, or have
been bitten by a tick, watch for
headache, fatigue, muscle weakness
or a skin rash that grows larger than
five centimetres and may or may not
resemble a bull’s eye. If you start
experiencing these symptoms, speak
with your healthcare provider. Tell
them if you had a tick on you or if
you live or travelled to an area
known to have ticks.
Learn more by visiting
www.huronhealthunit.ca
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help the department and its work.
“Business does not thrive in a
climate of uncertainty,” he said.
“Council must decide if it is going to
support economic development once
and for all. Yearly calls to dump the
economic development department,
which many small businesses look
to for help, do not promote
confidence in the municipality’s
intention to promote a business-
friendly environment.”
Blaney also added that councillors
speaking against the department
in unprovoked situations, and reports
in the media similar to that in the
May 28 issue of The Citizen only
harm the department, rather than
help it.
Going forward, Blaney said,
council needs to understand that the
municipality will get what it pays for
when it comes to economic
development.
“Actually, in Huron East’s case,
we are getting about three times
what we are paying for, but there is a
limit to how far a dollar and an
individual can be stretched,” he said,
adding that Hawley has really been
the architect of many of the
municipality’s economic
development successes. “The
successes that are documented in
this report were only possible
because we had an economic
development officer to develop the
programs and do the constant work
that is the hallmark of success.
“It is vitally important to have an
individual dedicated to the
administration of economic
development activities if they are to
be successful.”
The municipality’s track record is
exceptional in the world of
economic development, Blaney said,
but in order to be serious about
economic development, the
municipality would have to start
dedicating even more resources to
the department’s activities, not scale
them back.
“Our economic development
department punches above its
weight, winning awards while in
competition with Toronto and other
cities 10, 30 and 50 times the size of
Huron East,” Blaney’s report stated.
“However, if we are going to be
serious about economic
development in the long term, more
resources will be needed.”
In an interview with The Citizen,
Blaney, the author of the report, said
in recent years there had been a lot
of “confusion” around the council
table about what it is that the
economic development department
actually does for the municipality.
The report, he said, sought to clear
up some of that confusion and help
councillors understand the function
and the value of economic
development in a small community
like Huron East.
He said it was the right time to
prepare and present the report
because council wasn’t under any
budgetary constraints or directly
involved in budget deliberations.
He said he hoped the report would
make the case for the need to support
the department in its work, but as
always, he said, council as a whole is
able to do as it wishes.
Hawley, in an interview with The
Citizen, said she felt Blaney’s report
addressed the topic of economic
development quite well and she said
it was great to see all that had been
accomplished in her eight years
together in one place.
She understands, she said, that
economic development results can,
at times, be difficult to quantify.
With others, however, the results can
be easy to see.
For example, she said, with the
recent Win This Space contest she
initiated, nearly 10 businesses chose
Huron East as their new home.
Results like that are very
encouraging, she said.
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McCutcheons celebrate 60th wedding anniversary
John (Jack) and Esther
McCutcheon of Brussels celebrated
their 60th wedding anniversary on
Aug. 16 at St. John’s Anglican
Church, the same location that, just
over 60 years earlier, they said their
‘I dos’.
Jack McCutcheon, son of Harry
and Hannah of Morris Township and
Esther Raymond, daughter of
Charles and Edith of Grey Township
were wed by Rev. Norman Ellis on
Aug. 20, 1955.
Attending to the couple were
Graham MacDonald, Murray
Cardiff and Jim Edgar and
Winnifred (Raymond) Conaboy,
Lois (Austin) Bone and Margaret
(McCutcheon) Smith.
After the ceremony, the couple
honeymooned at Crystal Beach and
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Back in their hometown of
Brussels, Jack was in the automobile
business his entire life, eventually
becoming owner and operator of J.L.
McCutcheon Motors in Brussels.
Esther was a busy homemaker,
keeping the house in order while
Jack was running the automotive
business and driving the ‘race car’.
Jack retired in 1990.
The couple has three daughters:
Lori Malhiot, wife of Michael;
Michelle Blake, wife of Bruce and
Jill Sholdice, wife of Don.
The couple has seven
grandchildren: Lindsay Dean, wife
of Jason, and Adam Malhiot;
Brandon, Mitchell and Bridget
Blake and Ashley Dorscht, wife of
Tucker and Holly Sholdice.
Jack was a member of the Brussels
Fire Department until he was elected
to village council, enjoyed racing
stock cars for 11 years, was a
member of the Brussels Lions Club
for 45 years and has been an active
pilot in the Brussels Flying Club
since 1979. He served as Reeve of
Brussels and eventually became
Warden of Huron County.
Esther is an active member of St.
John’s Anglican Church and choir
member as well as a member of
the Altar Guild and helps
with fundraising events for
the church.
The celebration at St. John’s
consisted of a luncheon and
anniversary cake. On Aug. 20, the
couple also held a celebration at
their home on McCutcheon Drive
with friends and family.
The celebration continued on Aug.
23 with 17 members of the family
accompanying the couple, by
limousine, to the White Carnation
for dinner. The celebration was also
attended by bridesmaid Margaret
Smith and her husband Bernell
from Listowel.
The McCutcheons will remember
their 60th anniversary as a special
occasion and a fun time and they
wish to thank everyone who
congratulated them and gave them
gifts and best wishes.
A big celebration
Sixty years is a big milestone in marriages and Jack and Esther McCutcheon marked theirs
with three separate celebrations. On Aug. 16 the couple celebrated at St. John’s Anglican
Church in Brussels where they were originally wed. Then, on Aug. 20, the date of their actual
anniversary, the couple hosted a celebration at their home and on Aug. 23 the McCutcheon
clan came together, some via limousine, for a celebratory night out. (Photo submitted)
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