Huron Expositor, 2001-09-19, Page 1-
In brief
Creamery
and Huron
East close
to working
out sewage
solution
Huron East and the
Seaforth Creamery are close
to working out the final
details to an agreement that is
hoped to solve a problem
with excess waste from the
industry overtaxing
Seaforth's sewage treatment
plant
p The municipality and the
Creamery have been working
back and forth between
themselves and lawyers to
fine tune the details of an
agreement that defines how
much waste the Creamery
can send into the system and
what kind of penalties would
be in place for overloading it.
The Creamery is also
sharing costs to expand the
sewage treatment plant to
accommodate additional
waste while also installing
systems in its own facility to
help reduce the amount of
waste on site, before it goes o
the sewage plant.
Payment details, are also
included in the agreement...
One final detail is being
worked out involving the
wording in the agreement
that spells out penalties if the
Creamery moves its
operations out of the'
community before its portion
of the expansion to the
sewage plant is paid.
by Scott xugendorf
Computer
equipment
stolen
More than $4,000 in
computer equipment was
stolen from a Market Street
home in Seaforth sometime in
the four-day period before
Aug. 30.
A Compaq Presario, CPC
computer, Compaq printer
and Microsoft Internet
keyboard were stolen during a
break-in while the family was
away.
Anyone with information is
asked to call the local OPP.
World Trade Center
disaster affects Seaforth
By Scott Hilgendorff
Expositor Editor
For Seaforth Public School
principal Jane Morton last
Tuesday, there was a single
moment of both fear and
relief when she realized a
close friend who should not
have been in the World Trade
Center buildings, had been
there for a meeting.
At the same time Morton
found out her friend was
there, she also found out she
got out alive following the
first plane that terrorists
crashed into the buildings,
killing thousands of people
in New York.
"She heardtit as a thud,"
said Morton of her friend,
Claire Blessing's experience
when the first jet struck the
World Trade Center building.
The woman, working for
one of the major investment
firms, was normally at a
midtown Manhattan office
but had been at a meeting in
the World Trade Center
where the corporation she
works for owned several
floors.
The meeting was on the
35th floor of the 110 -storey
building—
While
ui diAg—While she only described it
as a "thud," Morton said,
"She knew there was
something really wrong."
Blessing collected her
belongings and decided to
get out of the building.
"She kicked off her shoes
to run down the stairs," said
Morton. "I can
tell you, Claire
thought she
was running
for her life."
Blessing
passed
firefighters
a n d
emergency
workers on
their way up,
people who a
short time
later were
unlikely to
have survived
as another
airliner struck
the second
tower and both
buildings
United States.
Blessing lives on 10th
Street, an area of Manhattan
that, as of last week,
remained evacuated and part
of the disaster area.
When the
disaster had
begun ' to
unfold
Tuesday
morning,
Morton found
out about it
through
emails and
telephone
calls at the
school but
soon joined
other faculty,
and later the
Grade 8 class,
to watch
n e w s
coverage of
the day's
events.
Quoted
'She kicked off
her shoes to
run down the
stairs. I can tell
you, Claire
thought she.
was running
for her life,'
Jane Morton, principal
of Seaforth Publk
School
burned and collapsed.
When Morton shared her
story with The Expositor last
week, she had not talked to
Claire directly but through a
mutual friend, Lisa Newey, a
former Seaforth resident who
had managed to reach
Blessing on.her cell phone
from where she was working
in England, shortly after the
terrorist attacks on the
But at first, Morton was
not as worried about
Blessing, knowing her
friend's office was far
enough away from the World
Trade Center.
She chose to contact
Newey rather than try to get
calls tough to New York in
the middle of the crisis in
hopes Newey had heard or
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Smith questions increase
in Seaforth home -schooling
By Stew Slater
Special to The Expositor
Officials of the Avon Maitland District
School Board are pointing to the presence of
unusually large families as one reason that,
while over-all numbers of home -schooled
students has decreased in the board's
territory, there are significant pockets of
home -schooling in north and central Huron
County including Seaforth.
Another factor cited, especially in Howick
Township, is a sizeable religious -based
community which believes home -schooling is
the best option.
According to a staff report delivered at a
regular Tuesday, Sept. 11 board meeting by
education superintendent Bill Gerth, the
number of known home -schooled children
within Avon Maitland territory dropped from
251 in 1999-2000 to 216 in 2000-01.
Central Huron trustee Charles Smith,
however, was quick to point out that the
number of home -schooled children has
increased within the catchment areas of some
schools, including Seaforth Public School.
Gerth's report states that the proviqce's
Education Act provides for "a child (to be)
excused from attendance at school if she/he is
receiving satisfactory instruction at home or
elsewhere."
The report notes, however, that the board's
regular practice, when officials become aware
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Scott Hilgeftdorff photo
St. James students Brad Van Bakel, Grade 4 and Brittany
Nigh, Grade 5, carry a sign acknowledging the recent terrorist
attacks in the United States during Friday's Seaforth Fall Fair
parade. They're followed by Grade 8 student Leslie Dale.
Huron -Perth cancer
patients may soon
get local treatment
By Susan Hundertnark
Expositor Staff
Cancer patients from Huron and Perth Counties will soon
be able to receive treatment much closer to home if a
collaboration between the London Regional Cancer Centre
and the Huron -Perth Hospitals Partnership receives the
$500,000 grant it's asked of the provincial health ministry.
Dr. Greg Cairncross, CEO of the London Regional Cancer
Centre and vice president of Cancer Care Ontario, told the
annual community meeting in Mitchell Sept. 11 that Huron -
Perth patients may soon be able to receive biopsies, surgery
and chemotherapy at nearby hospitals.
"We'll still likely be the centre for radiation treatment for
the next 50 years but there's a tremendous opportunity to
give care closer to home, which will be so much more
convenient for the patients," said Cairncross.
Cairgcross and Dr. Diane Logan, head of medical
oncology at the London Cancer Centre have been meeting
for about a year with Huron -Perth Partnership staff
discussing an alliance that will enhance cancer treatment in
Huron -Perth.
"We could really give people a program that works and we
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The Clinton Pipe Band made its annual performance on the Seaforth Manor's front lawn last Wednesday night to the enjoyment of residents and neighbours.
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