Huron Expositor, 2004-06-09, Page 9like common toilets and
eating and drinking utensils,
being isolated in wards and
having their treatments
stopped and being
discharged early from
hospital.
As well hospital staff has
used unnecessary protective
gear and refused to touch or
lift the dead bodies of AIDS
patients.
While going through the
bureaucracy and gaining
permission from hospital
administration to hold the
education session fornurses
took a long time, Elston
says the nurses were very
receptive to the
information.
"The nurses even ended
up hugging the PLHA
(person living with HIV -
AIDS) after he spoke. And,
they probably wouldn't
have even touched him
before that. It was pretty
inspiring to see," he says.
The education workshop
was held several times and
reached about 300 hospital
workers.
While information is
filtering down to the
general population about
AIDS transmission,
billboards are still
necessary to educate people
that you can't get AIDS
from casual contact like
hugging and sharing food.
Elston says statistics
show there are 3.97 million
people in India affected
with HIV and AIDS will
become the largest cause of
adult mortality in India this
decade.
"It affects the poorest, the
weakest, the least educated
and the most stigmatized
people. More has to be done
if it isn't going to devastate
the country," he says.
News
Local AIDS activist visits India
for three-month international trip
By Susan Hundsrtmark
Expositor Editor
India is predicted to
become the next global
crisis zone for HIV and
AIDS after Africa but
Seaforth-area resident
Jonathan Elston was
inspired by some of the
preventative work he saw
there during a recent three-
month stay.
Elston returned recently
from his secdnd
international trip with
Canada Work Youth (His
first was an exchange to
China a year ago).
A former employee of
AIDS Action Perth, he is
making a presentation about
his trip to India in Stratford
on June 29 at 7 p.m. at the
Kiwanis Centre to educate
and thanks sponsors
throughout Huron and Perth'
Counties.
"It was very challenging
work," he says of his three
months in New Delhi, India
where he helped local AIDS
organizations dispell
prevailing myths about the
disease.
Elston began the six-
month experience last
September with a three-
month stay in Toronto
where eight Canadians and
eight Indians worked with
Canadian AIDS groups to
learn about the resources,
programs and prevention
models offered in Canada.
The next three months
were spent in India, sharing
information from Canada
with AIDS organizations
there.
"AIDS is a serious
problem in India and some
believe the government is
doing a good job with
enough programs while
submitted photo
Jonathan Elston, of Seaforth, stands in front of the Taj Mahal in
Agra, India during his recent three-month trip there through
Canada World Youth.
others say they need to be
doing more," says Elston.
One large difference
between Canada and India
is the amount of gross
domestic product (GDP)
spent on health. While India
spends two per cent,
Canada spends closer to 40
per cent.
"That's one controversial
point but a lot of non-
governmental organizations
are doing a lot of work as
well," he says.
Myths about AIDS
transmission are widespread
in India and one of Elston's
projects while in New Delhi
was to organize an
education program for
nurses in a local hospital.
In India, AIDS patients
have reported being re -fused
admission in hospitals,
being tested for HIV
without their consent, being
restricted from facilities
Some blasts .from the past
will hit the road as 20
Model Ts come to town
By Shelley McPhee Hoist
Focus Editor
More than 20 Model Ts will
be touring through Seaforth
Saturday when members of
the Ontario Region of the
Model T club motor to Huron
County.
The Model T'ers will park
their vehicles around 11:30am
at the traffic lights at the
Main/Goderich St intersection
and be meeting
at Hurleys
Celtic Inn for
lunch, then
parade south
on Main St to
Van Egmond
House at 12:30
p.m.
While they
are doing thc
Van Egmond
House tour,
their
vehicles will
be parked on
the Van
Egmond
grounds.
The group
will then travel
to Hensall for
in 1952, members have loved
taking part in regional and
international tours - and
Huron County in June is
perfect for a ride in the
country.
Ralph has been working for
several months to organize
the event which includes
visits to Goderich, Seaforth,
Bayfield and Hensall.
The group will be staying at
Shelter Valley campsite near
Goderich,
where they
will embark
on their tour
on the
morning of
June 12, and
travelling to
Seaforth by
way of
Bayfield.
Ralph has
outlined a
detailed map,
including
driving times
and distances,
and expects
that the Model
Ts will travel
well over 100
miles during
Quoted
There's the love
of the old car,
touring around
and helping
each other
when we
occasionally
break down or
run out of gas,' -
Ralph Smith,
of Goderich
a tour of Ice
Culture, then on to Bayfield
by way of Folmar's Windmill.
On June 13 the Model Ters
will visit Ken McGee's
antique car and literature shop
in Goderich before travelling
to Bayfield with stops at the
Bayfield Berry Farm and
Penhale's wagon marking,
before stopping in the village
for lunch and shopping. The
tour then returns to Goderich
for an afternoon of touring the
town.
The love of the Model T
and touring around has
captured the interest of Ralph
and Eleanor Smith of
Goderich, who are one of
over 100 members of the The
Model T Ford Club
International.
This club has chapters all
over the United States and
around die world.
Since the club was founded
the weekend.
"We try to stay off busy
highways and Huron County
is great for paved roads on the
back way," Ralph said, noting
that while the Model Ts can
rach top speeds of 50 mph,
the preferred towing speed is
30 mph.
Ralph was careful to make
note of gas stations stops
along the way, as Model Ts
don't have fuel gauges.
"You measure the gas level
in the tank with a ruler,"
Ralph said, noting that all the
tourers are ready to help one
another.
"There's the love of the old
car, touring around and
helping each other when we
occasionally break down or
run out of gas."
Ralph said that he's not
much of a mechanic, but he is
interested in yesteryears
which led him to buy his
Model T three years ago.
While he and Eleanor
usually get around in a
modern mini -van, they also
love the leisurely pleasure of
drives in thc country in their
1922 Model T - a soft top
touring car.
The Smiths are now among
over 4,300 members of the
Model T Ford Club,
International with 100
chapters in Canada,
Argentina. Bulgaria, Ireland,
Sweden and the USA.
For more information visit
www.modelt.org.
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3. Ad Hoc Nominating Committee Report on New
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unless their membership fees were paid in full at least
thirty (30) days prior to the date of the meeting.
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