Huron Expositor, 2006-10-25, Page 2Page 2 October 25, 2006 • The Huron Expositor
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Egmondville residents to pick up
mail at community mailboxes
Susan Hundertmark
Egmondville residents have decided to col-
lect their mail at community mailboxes at
Elizabeth Park, said Tom Creech, corporate
communications for Canada Post in London.
"We had a 60 per cent response rate and 60
per cent of the respondents selected the com-
munity mailboxes," he said Monday.
While a post office has opened at Seaforth
Mini Storage at 30 Mill Road on the outskirts
of Egmondville, residents chose not to collect
their mail at the new post office, which will
continue mostly a$ a retail outlet for Canada
Post.
Residents were asked to choose between the
new post office and community mailboxes by
Oct. 13.
Creech said about half a dozen Egmondville
residents have chosen to pay the extra $85 to
$130 a year to keep collecting their mail at
the Seaforth post office.
Egmondville residents have been collecting
their.mail at the Seaforth post office since the
Egmondville post office closed more than a
year ago with the closure of the Egmondville
Country Market.
While it's not known yet when the commu-
nity mailboxes will be built at Elizabeth Park,
mail delivery will remain at the Seaforth. post
office until the community mailboxes are
built.
Creech said 10-12 community mailboxes
will serve the 300 customers in Egmondville.
Huron East suggests hospital
protect fundraised equipment
Susan Hundertmark
A letter suggesting the Seaforth
Community Hospital foundation or trust
retain ownership of all equipment bought by
local fundraising will be sent by Huron East
council.
Tuckersmith Coun. Larry McGrath brought
the idea to. council's Oct. 17 meeting after
mulling over his concerns about provincial
LHIN (Local Health Integration Network)
legislation.
"I wouldn't mind giving to the hospital but
I'm not in favour of giving money for equip-
ment I can't secure," he told council.
McGrath, referring to a March, 2006
Canadian Press story quoting Conservative
Leader John Tory that the LHINs legislation
gives the Health Minister powers to transfer
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charitable donations from a hospital that's
being closed to another hospital, said he's
been bothered by that information since first
hearing it.
"They (the government) said they wouldn't
but they didn't say they couldn't," he said.
McGrath suggested that if the foundation or
trust owned all hospital equipment bought
through community fundraising and leased it
to the hospital for $1, the local municipality.
would retain some power over its investment.
"It gives people a sense of security if God
forbid anything ever happened," he said.
McGrath added retaining ownership of hos-
pital equipment would also send a message to
the Huron -Perth Healthcare Alliance and to
the Ministry of Health about how much
Seaforth valued its hospital.
"We can't tell them (the hospital foundation)
what to do but we can recommend
it," said McGrath.
Deputy -Mayor Bernie
MacLellan told McGrath his idea
was a good one.
"There's nothing wrong with
the reasoning behind that motion.
We can give them the idea and they
can bounce it around for them-
selves," he said.
"I don't think they (the provin-
cial government) passes legislation if
ley don't mean to use it," added
Seaforth Coun. Lou Maloney.
McKillop Coun. Ferg Kelly said
he likes McGrath's idea but was con-
cerned about how the equipment
would be serviced if the hospital did
not own it.
Councillors also discussed
whether it would be the hospital
trust or the hospital foundation that
would be suggested to retain owner-
ship of the equipment.
"We'll make sure we send the
letter to the right source," said
Mayor Joe Seili.
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