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The Huron Expositor, 1999-04-21, Page 44 -Till[ MORON EXPOSITOR, April 21, 1999 Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 Terri -Lynn Dale - Publisher Scott Hilgendorff - Editor Susan Hundertmaric - Reporter Larry Dalrymple - Sales Pat Armes - Office Manager Dianne McGrath - Subscriptions/Classifieds°yipnririon oav .roomy 130t+Ue,S Publishers. Limited E-mail us at Seaforth i bowenet com SUBSCRIPTION RATES: LOCAL 32 50 a year, in advance plus 2 28 G S T SENIORS: - 30.00 o year .n advance plus 2 10 G S T USA & Foreign: 28 44 o year in advance. plus S78 00 postage G S T exempt SUaSCRIPPON RATES: - - Publrstsed weettiy by Signal -Star Publishing at 100 Main St . Seoiomh . 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Box 69, Seaforth, Ontario, NOK 1 WO Member of the Canadian Community Newsaoper • .`, - Association. Ontono Community spripers ntew • Assouotion Publication Mail Registration No: 07605 One `Slice' just isn't enough More than 1,000- students had an up -close look at agricultureand how their food is made last week. A Slice` �f Huron, a program held almost every year in Seaforth for Grade 4 and 5 students, brings hundreds of volunteers together from different commodity groups and aspects of the Huron County agricultural community: The goal is to teach. them about agriculture, rural life and how their food is produce& - For many students, the activities were filled with surprises. Conimunity no longer respected under county -wide policing • Dear Editor: - 1 am writing you in regards to. an accident I was a passenger in on Sunday. April 11, 1-999. ' My boyfriend and I were heading south on concession road 2 in Stanley Twp. when the car -we were driving spun out of-control.on a patch of ice and rolled into the ditch. The car landed nn the roof and we were both in a panic to get out of the car. Luckily a. passerby stopped and let us use his cell phone to call the police. The police were --called at approx. 3:00 p.m., -about l0• min. after the' accident occurred. At 5:00 'p.m.. -the police dispatch were called 'again because still -no officer or.amhulance had arrived from the original 3:00 p.m.;call: We ivere told that the office was "swamped with accidents and they "couldn't even give us an estimate of when they might arrive." This - happened on a day of0°C -- weather and freezing rain, needless to say we did not want to remain at the scene for hours longer. Finally at 5:30p:m:; we left the car and went home. We called the police again And they— said someone would call us - back. We called for the final time that day at 8:30 p.m. (after dark)- whenstill no officer had called back. - They gave us permission to tow the car away when still no investigation of.the scene or statements had been taken. At 10:00 p.m. we gave our statements to Officer Nigel Tilley at the •Seaforth. Police Office ,aproximately 7 hours after the accident occurred. - But, the plot thickens as we- go to privately tow the car Monday April 12. 1999 and surprisingly the car is already gone. We spent 2 hours of runaround phone calls -trying to find what wrecker had removed the. car. All this after a verbal agreement with "officer Tilley that we had time the next day to pick up the car. The car was finally found later Monday night at Clere- Vu Auto Wreckers who charged a whopping 590.00. This is a true story and will happen to a lot of the "little ' people when county- wide policing is installed. The community is no longer respected. . "Serve and Protect" is not -an "option when there is too little money and too little staff to complete it. We live in a rural area, we are lucky to have people stop with • concern but the police are becoming too "big city" for little Seaforth. They didn't _even make an appearance to the accident scene and they didn't give us the rights we deserve " as citizens. Something has to be done to remedy this disaster before it happens to someone else and results are much more severe. 1 have made a step towards possible change by voicing my opinion. and I encourage you to do -the same. . . Lisa Wilson Seaforth Society not part of recreation centre plan . To the Editor: 1 wish to • inform the people of. Seaforth and surrounding area that the article in The Beacon Herald on April, l -f. I999.hy Susan Hundertmark. titled "Groups propose unique rec .centre for Seaforth" has caught The Seaforth Agricultural Society by surprise. As of this time. the Board of Directors, for the Seaforth Agricultural Society has not been officially approached to be pan of this project nor asked. to send a. representative to the meetings.' Therefore we did not have any input- into the comments in the article. We . also have- ..-no intentions. at this time, of.. moving our Tractor Elimination Draw and Dance from the Seaforth and- District Community Centres. ,Lim Floyd President E-mail fee `bill 602P' a hoax Dear Editor:. 1 am -writing to. you in response to an issue that has recently beenbrought fo my' attention. As many of your readers may already ha-ve heard.thcre is currently a rumour circulating that the federal government is considering . Bill 602P. It has been reported. that this `o -caller( legislation. would impose a small surtax' on all corporate and personal • e-mail transmissions originating within Canada. The - purpose of this letter is to inform theresidents of Huron=Bruce -that - the - aforementioned is not accurate. In shun. there is no legislation Currently before the House of Commons entitled Bill 602P. In' addition. i -would also like to confirm that there is no -legislation .being considered. by the departments responsible • for. the regulation._ :of electronicdevices for for the: imposition of taxes, aimed, at achieving the aforementioned goal. 1 trust - that.. this -information will he of interestto the many constituents that utilize e- mail and other electronic communication methods. If anyone •has any turther questions 1 •would invite them to contact my office at 1-500-465-1726 or by e- mail at steckp0@parl.gc.ca. Sincerely, Paul Steckle, MP Huron -Bruce Students could pick between different A stepright.in the direction elements of agriculture from dairy to poultry and horticultuce to farm safety. • In each element were several stations nse where students learned about different • • • aspects. For example, in poultry, they learned many facts about eggs at one station while. learning about how a turkey is raised before it becomes part of their_Thanksgiving dinner. Often, students were given a chance to get close to the animals from holding turkeys to feeding pigs. For some, the experience was a little too close asone girl fainted while watching a video of a cow giving birth. But these are the realities of life all around us, particularly in Seaforth, the heart' of Huron County's massive farming community. The experience the children (and adults who attended an open house lash week) gained)is invaluable to understanding life around them. This program deserves much support from the community and should receive a closer look from other school districts that could seek similar programs in their regions. In particular, -this -is a much needed program for students outside the rural areas that doh't --- even --have -a chance to drive by a farm. It's the perfect opportunity to learn that food comes a long way before it's unpacked from grocery store bags. The volunteers who put this program together deserve much credit for the work they did for the Huron County students who were lucky enough to take part. STH How to access us Letters to the Editor and other submissions can be ►nadeto us by noon on Mondays at: seaforth@bowesnet.com All letters and submissions must be signed and accompanied by a daytime telephone number. All submissions are subject to editing for both length and content. Don't forget w check out our homepage ot: www.bowesnet,com/expositolr/ "A step in the right direction is the theme of the )-999 - National Physiotherapy 'Association - veek'April ' What follows -is a profile of your local Seaforth and community physiotherapy department and its current activities. They are right, in step as the annual theme suggests.- Vllhen Director of-RehabSeriices,_ Carol. Bowker first began. working at Seaforth Community. Hospital it was just part time: and she had only a part . time assistant. Scattirth had been without physical -therapy services for. some time after Scottish born John Westcott returned to his homeland in the late 1970s. Even when Bowker first took over in 1979 there was .t "waiting list" for - therapy sen ices Although today that problem still exists. its management has improved. and the department now boasts prompt attention for acute cases. Twenty years later. in 1999. the department has taken "giant Strides" to staffing, largely due to public demand. Recognition by the medical doctors and the hospital administration of the -value of this important service to the community. has seen the department staffing' grow. And so today. - the rehabilitation department has two full time physiotherapists and two part-time physiotherapy assistants. An important additional service. which goes hand-in-hand. to augment Seaforth Community Hospital therapy skills is occupational therapy. A part time occupational therapist who also works in the Community Care Access Centre part-time. is on staff at Seaforth Community Hospital, • • The staff is continually updating their skills. Therapy assistant • Mary Margaret Nash has completed -bier Level i and iI physical assessment course: and Carol Hunt, who shares. this 'part-time position. is continuing to .wok on a Geriatric Multidisciplinary.program at Fanshawe. Therapist Paula. Leslie of Mitchell, the department's most recent staff addition. has been taking courses in acupuncture. Her special interest is sport injuries. Carol Bowker has recently been to University of Western Ontario to learn techniques for use Of new pain relieving equipment, -lontophoresis:_rec,ently- purchased at the hospital. .lei addition' she sharedwith nursing and therapy staff at : a recent "early stroke management" -talk. the skills learned at a course in Toronto. In summary the staff is stable. • experienced and current in the modalities and techniques of physical therapy. We should he proud of all the steps they are taking In the Right Direction." Cancer Society volunteers raising funds In April. thousands of volunteers are knocking on doors across Otitano for the Canadian Cancer Society's annual Daffodil Month fundraising campaign. Last year. more than SIO million • was ' rais'ed in s.On'tatio • through donations at the door. - This year. the Canadian Cancer Society hopes to raise .SI I million through its door-to-door canvass. . "Thanks to the dedication of our volunteers and the generosity of people in Ontario. the Canadian Cancer Society is able to fund cutting-edge.cancer research, assist those living with cancer and promote health education messages." says Ken Dale. President. Canadian Cancer Society. Huron Perth Unit. "We hope that once again, people across our unit area will open•the door and help us do more.". . At the centre of this year's Daffodil Month publicity campaign is Rae • Ellen Hutley, who was treated successfully for cancer when she was four years old. In 1992. Rae Ellen was also the star of the award-winning Canadian Cancer Society's television spot featuring children singing Look What --Daffodils Do.- . The fact that she could sing so beautifully came as a surprise to everyone including Rae Ellen herself. Rae Ellen is now a vibrant young woman of 17 pursuing a musical theatre career. She's back to support the Canadian Cancer Society's Daffodil Month campaign in a re -make of the Look What Daffodils Do spot. The new version features Rae Ellen singing the theme song in harmony with herself as a 10 -year- old. As a cancer survivor with a shining future, Rae Ellen is living proof of what daffodils do. "With this new Look What Daffodils Do, I hope people realize that cancer can be beaten but we need their help," says Rae Ellen. "it's a beautiful song - a message of hope. , The Canadian Cancer Society is a national • community-based organization of volunteers..• Funds raised by the Society are used to support cancer ..reseatch.._p.rovide support services for cancer patients and their families and promote public education.- When a Canadian Cancer Society volunteer knocks ort your door in April, help us do more. Donations can also be made by phone •• call 1- 877-99DAFFODIi,.. - Some daffodil month facts: • The Canadian Cancer Society prides itself On the fact that the thousands -of dedicated people who canvass door-to-door are volunteers willing to donate their time and effort to the Daffodil Month campaign and are not paid. . • The .Canadian Cancer Society is a community- based grassroots. organization. Volunteers canvass in their own neighbourhoods so the canvasser who comes knocking on your door is likely someone you know. • The goal of the -annual door-to-door canvass is not only to raise funds but to spread the message about ways. to reduce the risk of developing cancer and the benefits of early detection. This year canvassers will provide a bookmark that outlines the "Seven Steps to Health."` • The first direct appeal to the public for funds came in the early 1950s when April 14, as adopted as the month tor the Canadian Cancer Society's major fundraising effort. Before that, funds were raised through the sale of memberships. • A major portion of the funds raised by Canadian Cancer Society volunteers is used to support cancer research. The balance is used to provide support services for cancer patients. and their families, to education the public about ways to reduce the risk of cancer. and to advocate for healthy public policy. •