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Bonnie Adamson, vice president of patient networks
alliances at the London Health Sciences Centres, has
appointed president and chief executive officer for the ei
hospital partnership that formed earlier this year ac
Huron and Perth Counties.
Adamson will assume her new responsibilities on Nov. 1.
She was hired after a national search by the partnership
which considered many qualified applicants. The partnership
was .impressed with the interest shown for the position.
Adamson's appointment was unanimouslysupported by
the partnership members and it is looking forward to her
leadership in ensuring continuing advances in quality
healthcare throughout the eight hospitals.
Adamson looks forward to working with management,
volunteers, board, physicians and community in an effort to
achieve those goals, said a partnership press release.
Adamson will serve in title as chief executive officer for
each of the eight hospitals
Seaforth Community Hospital is a member of the
partnership.
Firebird reported stolen
A 28 -year-old Seaforth
area man was charged with a
dunking and driving offence
on Oct. 3 at 2:15 a.m.
The driver was stopped on
Concession 2-3 of
Tuckersmith Township on a
routine check when police
noticed the smell of alcohol
on his breath.
He appears in Goderich
court on Nov. 2.
Firebird stolen
A 1989 Pontiac Firebird
was reported stolen from
TMP Auto Sales in Seaforth
Sept. 26.
The theft was reported at
about 2 p.m. and had been
taken from the lot sometime
that night.
The vehicle. valued at
S8.000. may have stolen
plates 474 K)S on it and has
a Vin
1 G2FW 2185KL262465.
Watch out for farmers
The Huron OPP
detachment would like to
remind all motorists in
Huron County to keep watch
for farmers and equipment.
Many in the area are in full
swing harvesting crops,
using large equipment. This
machinery will he on our
area roads and in a lot of
cases will take up more than
half of the roadway .in their
moving from field to field.
Because of the corn coming
down a lot of deer are being
spooked and several
vehicle/deer collisions have
taken place in the last week.
OPP.ask that drivers use
sate speeds and he observant
for this machinery and wild
life during the next month.
Phonehusting •
In an effort to protect
senior citizens from
telephone "scan artists" an
upcoming seminar will be
held at the McKay Hall in
Goderich.
Karen Jackson, manager
of the (iodcrich Branch of
the Canadian Imperial Bank
of Commerce has been
organizing "Phonebustcrs" to
raise awareness among
seniors and the general
public ahout.thc problem she
describes as "frightening."
The problem is scam
artists who call seniors at
home telling them they've
won a prize or cash award.
To collect the prize, the
caller asks the senior to send
them a cheque or their credit
card number. These seniors
are usually single women
OPP
report
who are vulnerable to such
scam artists and can be
swayed if the caller is "nice"
to them. They just can't say
no.
Approximately 570
seniors were victimized in
Ontario in 1998 by these
telephone frauds. More than
S1.6 million was lost.
Clients from local banks
have been victimized and
conversations with
employees in these banks
have revealed . that such
scams are a growing
problem in the area.
Started in 1997 in North
Bay by Staff Sergeant Barry
Elliott who will be
presenting the Goderich
seminar on Oct. 7 from 1
p.m. to 3 p.m. at McKay
Hall. There, participants will
learn how to identify scams
and who to call to get help.
Organizers hope to have
roughly 100 or more people
at the free seminar.
For more information, call
Jackson at 524-8371 or the
Huron OPP at 524-8314.
Suspended driver caught
A 31 -year-old Hullett
Township man was charged
with driving while
suspended, driving with no
contract of insurance and a
traffic violation after fleeing
from OPP on foot.
Police observed the man
driving at blue van on Aug.
26 at 5:50 a.m.' and
attempted to stop the vehicle.
The driver pulled into a
private driveway and fled on
foot near Walton before
being arrested. He appears in
Godcrich court on Oct. 5.
Probation breached
An 18 -year-old Vanastra
man was charged with
breach of probation after
being escorted home to his
parents.
He was among a group of
suspicious youths reported to
police on Sept. 19 at
Vanastra Public School.
When police arrived. they
found five young people
including the 18 -year-old
whose probation conditions
included a curfew from 10
p.m. to 6 a.m. Police found
him at the school at 11:30
p.m.
Crowds drawn to tour
BY SCOTT HILGENDORFF
Expositor Editor
Nine hundred people
toured Seaforth and Clinton
area farms on this year's
Farm Hiker Tour held
Sunday afternoon.
Organizers were expecting
500 people.
"The whole community
supported the farm tour
amazingly," said Charles
Regele, a tour organizer.
"The host farmers were
just overwhelmed with
interest," he said.
And they made the event
interesting for those who
visited.
There were sheep
shearing demonstrations,
educational displays,
samples of farm -grown
foods and games at each
location providing
something different and
informative for everyone
who took part.
"They went all-out. I've
never been involved in a
tour like it," Regele said.
The Seaforth Agri-Plex
was the home base for this
year's event which revolves
from community to
community each year,
similar to the plowing
match.
Participants picked up an
information package that
gave directions and
highlights for each of the
stops and had a quiz that
helped encourage learning
about each of the farms.
Stops included a dairy
farm, an eclectic farm
including emu and horses, a
vegetable farm and a beef
operation.
Conservation staff were
also on hand at the Hullett
Provincial Wildlife Area to
add to the tour.
The Hiker Tour is a non-
profit event designed to
increase agricultural
Summer Papple had plenty of fall treats to offer on one of the stops along the Huron'
Farm Hiker Tour held on Sunday.
awareness. Funding for the
event was provided by the
U -Can Adapt Program
through the Ontario
Agricultural ' Adaptation
Council and Ontario Agri -
Food Education Inc. The
Huron County Federation of
Agriculture and other Huron
County commodity groups
arc also partners in the
event.
"So many people want to
go.out every year being a-
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family day that it is." Regele
said.
The Federation of
Agriculture is already
starting plans for next year's
event although a location
has not been selected yet.
Johns says
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irresponsible for the board to
sit on the information they
had been given about the
excess square footage:
"If I had to do it again, I'd
do it the same way," she
said. "The parents.had a right
to know."
One of the main
differences between the
figures for student capacity
and those for square footage
is that the square footage
estimates showed secondary
excess space to be a major
problem, while the new
estimates will probably show
that student space in
elementary schools will be a
bigger problem, Armstrong
said.'
"We have two problems in
the hoard. One is thc
ministry's regulation 497,
which is basically if you
have excess space we won't
, give you new pupil spaces.
So if Exeter continues to
grow, or there is a new
factory opened somewhere,
we won't be able to build a
school there. Not just this
year or next year, but thc
year after that and the year
after that," she said. "The
other problem is the
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SEAFORTH CITIZENSHIP AWARDS
1998
THE SEAFORTH RECREATION AND PARKS COMMI 1 1 EE IS NOW
ACCEPTING NOMINATIONS FOR THE CITIZENSHIP AWARDS IN
THE FOLLOWING CATEGORIES:
SERVICE TO SPORTS - A person that volunteers his or her time to
sports organizations, or sports in general in Seaforth.
CiViC SERVICE - a person that belongs to a service club or
community organization in which he or she contributes many hours of
time for the betterment of the community.
HUMANITARIAN SERVICE - A person who is considerate of
mankind, and is willing to give his or her time to help other people.
These awards are chosen based on the individuals contribution to the
community in a VOLUNTEER CAPACITY. To submit nominations,
write the name of the person you are nominating, which category you
want them in, background information on this person and why you feel
he or she should win. All nominations can be mailed to:
Seaforth Recreation Department
P.O. Box 885
Seaforth, ON
NOK 1WO
FAX: 519-527-2770 or EMAIL: c4threc@tcc.on.ca
Deadline for nominations is Friday, October 16, 1998.
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funding."
However. Huron MPP
Helen Johns said that there
would be no repercussions
on thc hoard if they did not
close any schools.
"What the government has
said is that if you want to
build a new school. you will
have to reduce the space and
eliminate the excess capacity
space," .she said. ."The
minister has said in the house
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