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Huron Expositor, 2001-07-25, Page 17News Scott Hilgendorff photo Early harvest Anne Wood picks some apples from Hazel McGonigle's tree on Duke Street in Seaforth last Friday afternoon. She planned to make pies with the apples. More eligible to give blood at clinic during critical event before holiday From Page 1 did not fall outside the waiting period and fewer regular donors •in the surrounding area could take part in Seaforth's clinic. Hamilton said when donations drop, they have to wonder about the viability of a clinic but, after concerns about Seaforth's future, he looked at its track record and said the previous four years had been solid. "Last year was our lowest in awhile," he said. "Everybody has a bad day." With the long weekend following the clinic, Seaforth's is an important Canadian Blood Services. More people are on the roads and there are usually more accidents with injuries needing life-saving blood. Canadian Blood Services has permanent donation locations in major centres and regularly holds clinics in communities across Canada. Hamilton said the five clinics Canadian Blood Services holds before and the four held after a long weekend can make or break the blood supply because of the increased demand. And communications specialist Ellena Quoted 'Last year was our lowest in awhile. Everybody has a bad day,' -- Tim Hamilton, Canadian Blood Services in London one for Aggelopoulos said only three per cent of the population actually gives blood. For Southwestern Ontario, they are hoping to collect 17,500 units of blood this summer with o'ne donor giving one unit of blood. The area provides blood to 32 hospitals in an arca north from Windsor to Port Elgin and cast to Kitchener. "We're about 70 per cent of the way there,". said Aggelopoulos. "We're doing okay." She also said one unit of blood had the potential of saving four lives. For the Seaforth clinic, if they reach their goal of 150 donors, up to, 600 lives could be saved with that blood supply. While last year, there were fears this would be the final clinic for Seaforth, Hamilton is optimistic the situation will turn around at this clinic. "We look forward to a good clinic," said Hamilton. The clinic takes place Thursday from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. and then from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Seaforth and District Community Centres. • Division of Parrish & Heimbecker. Limited "Where you can trade with confidence" WE ARE READY FOR HARVEST RECEIVING • Hard Red Winter Wheat • Soft White Winter Wheat • Soft Red Winter Wheat • Hard Red Spring Wheat Ask about premiums on Pioneer 25R26 Wheat Off -Farm Trucking Available at reasonable rates Walton Elevators Call us for %ft pest application of Roundup. We have a high clearance unit with 120 ft. boom Walton 887-9261 1-800-786-1476 THE HURON EXPOSITOR, August 1, 2001-6 Victorian -era homes had terrible kitchens making modern restorations difficult From Page 1 • character of a house. "The first question someone needs to ask if they want to restore a house is why? I'm very rarely doing pure restoration," he says, adding that Victorian -era houses had outhouses and "terrible" kitchens. "So, technically, if you wanted to restore an old house, you'd have to take the bathrooms out," he says. During Victorian times, houses were very cold and were never intended to be heated at 75 degrees Fahrenheit in the winter. "People's expectations are too high sometimes. Victorian houses don't like to be sealed up with too much. insulation since moisture can get trapped in the walls. And, they're used to being heated at no higher than 60 degrees in the winter time," he says. But, when he's renovating an old house, Rutledge says he tries very hard to keep any additions sympathetic with the rest of the house. "I get the most satisfaction when someone tells me the whole house looks original, that it's never been renovated. I want the original house to never be upstaged NOTICE For the convenience of our clients SEA FORTH VETERINARY CLINIC will be open THURSDAY EVENINGS by appointment only r Please call for appointments '519-527-1766 Allan Carter, Broker • Home • Auto • Commercial • Farm 522-0399 Seaforth 1.800-265-0959 Strathroy or overpowered by the renovation. he says. He says the biggest mistake people make when renovating or redesigning is missing the last 10 per cent of th,e necessary details. "The last 10 per cent can make or break a good design or project. It can be the difference between a really successful project and one that just works and it's usually about trim or windows. It's so easy to get things a little bit askew on that final 10 per cent," he says. As well. he says. people sometimes concentrate more on making a house Zook old than they do on thatching the house's authentic architectural style. "You have to do enough research to know what you're doing is done in the style and manner it used to be. You can't just make it up," he says. This is Part Four in an ongoing series of stories this summer featuring heritage homes in Huron East. BAYFIELD PREMIER CRAFT SHOW Saturday, Aug. 11. Sunday, Aug. 12 10 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. RESORT ONE (Hwy. 21 South) No Admission Charge! LOTS OF FREE PARKING 1-800-214-5855 Something for Everyone! NOW OPEN RYAN ENTERPRISES TRUCK REPAIR INC. 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