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THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2006 PAGE 7
Walton girl prepares for med school
By Heather Crawford
Citizen staff
Rosanna Grobbink knows she's a
country girl and doesn't plan on
changing.
The 20-year old Guelph
University student grew up on a farm
outside of Walton with eight brothers
and sisters. She is the daughter of
Henry and Mary-Anne Grobbink.
Currently, she is studying,
biomedical sciences and is planning
on attending medical school. She
would like to become a general
practitioner and eventually move
back home to Huron County.
"I've always liked that I grew up
on a farm,"she said. "I think having
a strong rural background makes me
unique."
Grobbink's plans are to return to
Huron County to practise medicine
once she finishes school because she
understands the need for doctors in,
the area.
think it would be hard at first to
come back to Huron County because
people know me and they would
have expectations," she said. "I think
it would be best to work somewhere
else right after school and then
eventually come back to Huron
County once I have a bit more
experience."
Most people knoW Grobbink not
only from her years working at the
Brussels pool or kicking a ball
around on area soccer fields but also
because in 2004 she was crowned
Huron County's Queen of the
Furrow. That title gave her the
opportunity to travel around the
county meeting different people.
"Getting involved in your
f
ommunity is a really rewarding
eeling," she said.
Last summer was a busy time for
Grobbink. While touring the county,
She also continued to work at the
Brussels pool, and studied for her
Medical College Admissions Test
(MCAT).
But hard work is not something
Acting assistant supervisor of the
Tuckersmith Day Nursery Julie
Consitt and Vanastra recreation
centre facility manager Lissa Berard
were in attendance -at the Feb. 7
Huron East council meeting to hear
the presentation of the 2006
proposed budget.
Treasurer-finance manager Brad
Knight presented the first draft of the
2006 budget. Council requested
several revisions to parts of the
budget with revisions to be included
in the next draft.
The representative's of the day
nursery said a lot of children did not
return this year and they weren't
able to pick up any new families.
They also reported spending less
money this year because of more
efficient equipment and better
consumption.
.***
The cemetery software package
that council agreed to buy in the fall
to help organize cemetery records is
no longer needed, Knight said.
Volunteers at the cemetery said they
haven't had the time to really work
with free software that they were
given but they believe they can make
that work.
***
Accounts payable in the amount of
$340,839.40 were approved , by
council.
***
Brussels and Grey's fire chiefs'
remuneration was raised from
Grobbink shies away from.
While in her third year of an
honours _degree in science, she is
volunteering at the Connection
Centre on her campus where she
helps other students by distributing
resources for finding a career.
She also volunteers at the Health
and Performance Centre on campus
and works with a physiotherapist.
"I would like to work in a lab and
volunteer at a hospital this summer
and get some exposure to the kind of
work that ,I would like to do," she
said. '
Grobbink is also planning on
retaking her MCATs this year.
Although she did well her first time,
medical school is very competitive
and she would like to get as high a
score as possible.
"[The admissions officers] at
medical school are looking for well-
rounded people with excellent
grades, MCAT -scores and lots of
volunteer experience:' she said. "It's
really competitive because there are
so many people who want to get in
and there are space constraints."
Grobbink thinks that although
there is a critical need for doctors
right now, there is still a limited
number of students who get into
medical school each year because of
money.
"It costs a lot to train a doctor," she
said.
It also costs a lot to attend medical
school but Grobbink isn't overly
concerned about that at the moment.
"I think I have an advantage being
from a rural area because it's more
likely a hospital will sponsor me,"
she said. Also, she is hoping to get
government funds.
Right now however, she's
concentrating on the application
process and her busy workload. She
said she spends 32 hours a week
between classes and volunteering.
"It's hard to find a balance. It's a
really big commitment."
She said she was ready to work
hard when she came to university,
$1,500 to $2,000 per year and the
deputy district fire chief's pay was
raised from $850 to $1,000 per year.
***
Five workstations will be replaced
at the municipal office with five TR
Intel P4 - 3.4 GHZ work stations at a
quoted unit cost of $1,760 plus taxes
and installation.
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The lease between the Town of
Seaforth and Festival Hydro will
continue with a five-year agreement
ending on Nov. 14, 2010.
***
The County of Brant informed
council that they approved the
recommendation of its public works,
environmental services commmittee
and object to the expert panel report
titled, Watertight: The Case For
Change In Ontario's Water and
Wastewater Sector, which
recommends forming a special
purpose body with two-thirds
ROSIE GROBBINK
Working towards med school
then home again
something she learned as a student at
St. Anne's Catholic Secondary
School in Clinton.
"I was always really busy with
homework and sports in high
school," she said.
Grobbink learned quickly that
adjusting to university life meant
more than a change in workload.
"I was really young when I started
because I was the first of the double
co-hort so I was only 17," she said.
"I think a lot of that had to do with
maturity level"
She now makes adjusting to
university life seem effortless and is
even considering staying in Guelph
for the summer to work.
One- of the biggest challenges to
her goal of getting into medical
school is the application process and
writing her MCATs.
The test takes about 10 hours to
complete, starting at 8 a.m. and
finishing at 6 p.m. with one hour for
lunch.
membership from private life to
administer the delivery of water and
wastewater services.
Council did not support the
County of Brant's request and
agreed with the Province of
Ontario's recommendations.
***
There was support for a bill that
urges the province to approve the
private member's bill to preserve the
grave sites of the former premiers of
Ontario.
***
Council does not support funding
social programs through the
municipal property tax base. A
motion to request the province
remove any obligations for this
funding was endorsed.
***
A security system and fire
detection devices will be installed at
the municipal office at a quoted price
of $2,270 plus GST.
Grobbink prepared for the test last
summer by taking a course in
London that offered full-length
exams.
"It was really helpful because
usually when you are, studying by
yourself it's difficult to make
yourself sit down and dedicate an
entire day to writing an exam. The
hardest part is being able to focus for
that long."
There are four sections to the test;
physical science, verbal reasoning,
writing and biological sciences.
She said biology is one of her
favourite subjects and that made it
easy for her to do well in the science
areas.
She still has another year before
she graduates and said she really
enjoys Guelph's campus.
"The professors here are very
good and it is an environment where
you want to learn," she said. "It's
very accommodating to the student
and makes you feel like if you are
willing to work then you can do
well."
After graduation she has her eye
set on several medical schools in
Ontario but seems the most
impressed with
McMaster
University in Hamilton:
"They do- -a lot more problem-
based learning- (than the ,
schools) and they also have a three-
year program instead of founyears,"
she said.
Grobbink's advice for anyone
interested in studying medicine is to
realize there is a lot of time and
effort involved that it is a big
commitment bin the rewards are
worth it.. "You get to help people
everyday."
Besides being able to help out her
fellow man. Grobbipk said she
would like to practise in a rural area
because she loves the rural way of
life. "It's very -relaxing, in the
country," she said.
However, she is aware of the
tremendous workload of rural
doctors.
Being a. GP would be really
difficult. As a specialist you would
get paid more and a GP has to know
about everything to be prepared for
anything," she said.
Still, this is not deterring her. She
would like to stay close to her family
and her home town.
"I'm a county girl," she said. "I
prefer to be in the country."
Huron East council briefs
Attendance down at nursery