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Welsh Street
construction
site has items
stolen from
trailer
A portable radio, a battery
and sAnall portable heater
were stolen from a construc-
tion trailer at the end of Welsh
Street in Seaforth sometime
during the weekend of March
20-23.
Huron OPP say the theft
likely occurred on the night
of March 21 when the trailer
was forced open.
The trailer is one of several
portable office/storage trailers
being kept on site as a new
water pumping station is be- -
ing constructed.
The radio and rechargable
18V battery are made by De-
walt.
Police a vehicle stolen from
a Seaforth residence March
21 and found on Duke Street
the next morning could be re-
lated to the break and enter
and theft atthe, construction
trailer and damage done to
the lawn at the Seaforth Pub-
lic School.
Anyone with related infor-
mation is asked to call the
Huron OPP at 1-800-310-
1122 or Crime Stoppers at.
1-800-222-T.I.P.S. (8477).
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Wednesday April 1, 2009
Susan Hundertmark photo
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on the sap running into the demonstration bucket at Spring Valley Products in Staffa during
the annual Maple Syrup Festival on Saturday.
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uty-Mayor wants 10% tax hike
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Deputy -Mayor Bernie MacLellan sug-
gested a 10 per cent tax increase for
ratepayers during a Huron East council
meeting March 17.
With a projected deficit of $372,000 for
the 2009 budget, MacLellan said now is
the time for the municipality to "start
picking up its own pants."
"We don't want to raise taxes with the
economy the way it is, but, we're not car-
rying our weight with taxes," he said, not-
ing that Huron County approved . a 1.79
4 `per.cent.tax incresm't ,b i`ttlli'IL 4, 7 QI
Treasurer Brad Knight proposed a three
per cent general levy increase, noting that
a "budget deficit on this size of budget is
not huge and can be addressed by council
in a number of ways."
He also said council can take additional
funds from reserves or continue to thor-
oughly review capital expenditures.
Knight presented council with the third
draft of the 2009 budget, showing a con-
siderable list of capital expenses, from
public works vehicles that need to be re-
placed to repaving on a number of munici-
pal roads and the Brussels Library, which
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Huron FHT
joining
Telemedicine
Network
Susan Hundertmaric
Using a private healthcare In-
ternet network, a camera and a
video screen, Seaforth's doctors
and their patients will soon_ be
consulting with specialists with-
out leaving the offices of the Hu-
ron Community Family Health
Team (FHT).
Linked up last week with the
Ontario Telemedicine Network,
Seaforth's family doctors should
be trained within the next four
to five weeks how to use the new
technology as a consulting tool,
says FHT manager Barb Major-
McEwan.
She says the local FHT is one
of 70 across Ontario td be given
the telemedicine technology.
"If we let if collect dust, it
won't stay since they want us
to create webs of care across the
province," she says.
While Seaforth Community
Hospital has been using simi-
lar technology for the past five
years for video conferencing for
Huron Perth Healthcare Alli-
ance meetings and staff train-
ing, the Huron FHT plans to use
the technology with clinical con-
sultations as its main focus. •
• "We've been asked to use it at
least 20 times a month so at least
14 of those need to be consulta-
tions," says Major-McEwan.
There are over 2,200 special-
ists throughout Ontario avail-
able through the Telemedicine
Network, including psychia-
trists, radiologists, cardiologists,
neurologists, dermatologists,
surgeons and speech therapists.
Dr. Jason. Datema says he's
"chomping at the bit" to use the
new technology and has already
identified some patients that
would be able to use it.
"There are certain things in the
area we don't get well served in,
like child and adolescent mental
health. Telemedicine will be a
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