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Huron Expositor, 2004-04-07, Page 1PRINTER 1111 CARTRIDGAT E! 'No5 PAPER 7.168sen1° PETE MARTENE Ierrrrrwr011111ra- - -JtwA lows :tisY:+d,: .e... •GICs & Mutual Funds •RRSPs •RRIFs •RESPs •Ufe & Disability Insurance *Employee Benefits •Retirement & Financial Planning ednesday, April 7, 2004 In brief Egmondville General Store has front window smashed The big front window of the Egmondville General Store was smashed sometime overnight on March 31. Huron OPP say no attempts were made to enter the building and nothing was stolen. Damages total $500. Anyone with related information is asked to call the Huron OPP or Crime Stoppers. Four ATVs stolen from three Mill Road residences Three Mill Road residents in Tuckersmith had a total of four all - terrain vehicles stolen over the weekend, reports the Huron OPP. A red Honda 2002 Fourtrax Model TRX350 with Ontario plates 45CL3 with two helmets, valued at $8,400, was stolen from a driving shed on Mill Road between 9:30 p.m. and 1 a.m. on April 4. Two ATVs, including a red 2001 Polaris Scrambler 55 four-wheel ATV with Ontario plates 29BLO and a yellow Polaris 500cc with Ontario plates SBO40, totalling $13,000 in value, were stolen from a driving shed and barn at a second Mill Road residence between 12:30 and 3:30 a.m. At a third Mill Road residence, a red 1995 Honda 300cc four-wheel ATV with Ontario plates PS606 and valued at $6,000, was stolen from the driving shed sometime over night. Anyone with related information is asked to call the Huron OPP or Crime Stoppers. • Red Hat Socliely visits Seaforth... Page 11 Vokyipal team prepares for proVndois.. Page 14 Huron Addktion Centre to study seniors and addiction... Pope • Seaforth loses one of its seven doctors Dr. Tong leaves for Vancouver By Susan Hundertmark Expositor Editor Seaforth is back down to six doctors after Dr. Vince Tong left the Seaforth Medical Clinic for Vancouver recently. "It's hard when doctors leave but we're going to have to work hard to attract some others," said Huron -Perth Healthcare Alliance recruiter Gwen Devereaux on Friday. "I was very sorry to lose Dr. Tong because he was fabulous and while he's gone to the West Coast, maybe we can get him back someday," she said. Seaforth Medical Clinic manager Mary Fisher said Dr. Tong and his wife have left for Vancouver after close to two years practising in Seaforth. "He wanted to pursue a career outside Ontario. We'll miss him and we wish him well in his new career," she said Monday. Fisher said Tong's patients will not be taken on as patients by the other five doctors at the clinic but will be seen on a walk-in basis both during clinic hours and during the Tuesday night walk-in clinic from 6 to 8 p.m. "They won't have a doctor until we manager to recruit another and we're definitely actively recruiting," she said. Se* HURON, Page 2 Huron County council approves 9.3 per cent increase By Jennifer Hubbard Goderich 'Signal -Star Staff It may have been approved on April Fool's Day, but Huron County's 2004 budget isn't a joke. County councillors approved their 2004 budget, with a taxation increase of 9.3 per cent, during their regular council meeting last Thursday. Through numerous deliberation meetings in March councillors cut more than $4.5 million from the initial budget, which showed an increase of 54.3 per cent in spending. However, the cuts stopped at a 34 per cent spending increase as many councillors remained dedicated to continuing their current level of service. Utilizing the same transition ratios as the 2003 year, council decided to increase their levy by $4,121,538 - approximately See COUNTY, Page 5 $1.25 irtdudes GST iK:4ri.aY6Ll is t3 :.`. imbed i isrirrn Piss 5 sin St. Seaforth 527-0794 Susan Hundertmark photos Instant poetry Diane Dawber, of . Kingston, recently named one of the top eight children's poets in the world, helps a Grade 4 class from Seaforth Public School create a poem during a workshop at Seaforth Publk library Friday. At left, Codie James listens with pleasure as Dawber reads from her work, which includes -four poetry books for children: one for adults and two non- fiction books. Local public employees are members of $ioo,000 club The names of public employees paid $100,000 or more in 2003 were recently released by the provincial government under the Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act. At the Avon Maitland District School Board, employees who made the list include Geoff Williams, education director at $124,560, Janet Baird -Jackson, superintendent, at $112,677, Marjatta Longston, superintendent, at $112,677, Marie Parson: superintendent, at $113,903 and former director Lome Rachlis at $101,546. At the Huron -Perth Roman Catholic District School Board, Larry Langan, education director, made $129,828, Martha Dutrizac, superintendent, made $112,265 and Gerald Thuss, superintendent, made $110,225. In the Huron -Perth Health Care Alliance, CEO Andrew Williams made $203,009, Stanley Brown, VP of medical affairs, made $182,636, Barry Cameron, VP of human SN LOCAL, Page 2 Seaforth women return from Central America Six-month visit to El Salvador and Nicaragua fuels interest in global development issues global education program, beginning last September, when they learned Spanish before becoming immersed in the family, community and work lives of their Bost families in Central America until March 25. "We didn't expect to change the work. We went down there to be taught by them," ssys Murray."It was absolutely worth taking a year off to have the experience. We learned more than we would have learned at university." "I wanted to see haw much I take for granted and how rich we are in Canada," says Devereaux. Devereaux says the participating families treated the One World billets as • See LI, Page $ By Susan Hundertmark Expositor Editor After returning from six months in El Salvador and Nicaragua where they lived with host families in some of the poorest areas of each country, Laura Devereaux and Leanne Murray .are looking at their Lives in Seaforth with new eyes. "The phrase, 'I'm starving' really bothers me now, I used to say we had no food in the house even when the fridge was full," says Murray. "Microwaves and dishwashers really get to me now. Why are.we so lazy that we can't use one stove and wash the dishes ourselves?" adds Devereaux. The two young women participated in the One World Laura Devereaux and Leanne Murray look at pictures from Nicaragua after a six-month stay In Central America with One World.