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Huron Expositor, 2009-06-03, Page 1r/ i r • FINE FURNi URE • FLOOR COVERINGS • MATTRESSES Box Furniture & Floor Coverings 20 MAIN Sr. SEAPOR?H (519) 527A680 www.BoxFURN rruRECA h''? Week 23-Vol.005 www,seaforthhurpttexpositoncom Doug Elliott, CFP, B.Math Financial Planner Top GIC Rates 1 Year 3 Year 5Year 1.95% 2.75% 3.70% GIC rates as of June 1st, 2009 All rates are annual and subject to change without notice at any time. DUNDEE WEALTH MANAGEMENT Dundee Private Investors Inc. 26 Main St. Seaforth 519-527-2222 Wednesday June 3, 2009 $1.25 gst included Lit Molotov cocktail thrown at SPS outbuilding leaves scorch marks A lit Molotov cocktail was thrown at one of the outbuild- ings at Seaforth Public School sometime during the week of April 20, reports the Huron OPP. Scorch marks were left on the building "but it could have been much worse," says the Huron OPP. Police and the Huron Coun- ty Crime Stoppers are asking the public to help provide any related information at 1 -800- 222 -TIPS or ,submit a tip on- line at www.hc-cs.ca. Locals chase the dream at Country Classic qualifier...A 22 -year-old from Georgetown won the spot in the Country Cl,assic...pg.10 Barb MaJor-McEwan, executive director of the Huron Community Family Health Team, tours facul- ty from the University of Waterloo's new School of Pharmacy, including Dr. Jack Thiessen, at left, and Dr. Nancy Waite, through the Huron East Health Centre when they visited last Wednesday to discuss how they could create further partnerships with the Gateway Rural Health Research Institute, Healthkick and the family health team. Gateway Research Institute applyin for funding to build a lecture hall Su.ean Hoodirtmark A lecture hall could be the next building erected near the Huron East Health Centre if an agreement is worked out between the Gateway Rural Health Research Institute and academic centres like the University -of Waterloo. Faculty from the University of Waterloo's new pharmacy program -visited Seaforth last Wednesday to hear about the oppor- tunities an academic centre could enjoy at the Huron East Health Centre, from send- ing. more co-op students to engaging in re- search or offering lectures through video- conferencing technology. "There is a gold mine of opportunity here and I look forward to cementing some. of them. Let's get an agreement going," said Dr. Jake Thiessen, director of the Health Sciences Campus at the University of Wa- terloo. He asked if the Gateway board thought a residence could be built as well to house students and lecturers. While the second pharmacy student from the University of Waterloo is currently on a four-month co-op with Gateway and the Huron Community Family Health Team, a daylong seminar was held to look at other ways the two communities could partner. Gateway president Lin Stuffier said af- ter the meeting that the Gateway board is working on an application to Industry Can- ada for a $500,000 grant towards a lecture hall and an application to OMAFRA for a $15,000 grant towards computer equip- ment. "One of the aims of Gateway is to make an educational centre so students don't have to leave our area for training. If we can work with the bigger centres, we can do our best to keep our kids here," she said. Steffier said a staff member from McMas- ter University in Hamilton was also invited to last Wednesday's meeting but scheduling didn't permit her to attend. "We're planning another visit. She's just as enthused as Waterloo is about the pos- sibilities here," she said. Thiessen said the acronym for the Uni- versity of Waterloo School of Pharmacy is "epic," standing for "engaging people or partnerships and inspirting change." "We began with a partnership and we , 2 44,* , '' • a .0See gATEWAY, Page 2 ♦ • • • r f r a t • r • e a • s e • P. it • yr • •- • • r .. • Public consultation and EA not yet complete, says CASA spokesman Susan Hupderttnark 41111101110 CASA Engineering and Construction will not be ready to submit its 'environ- mental assessment on two 10 megawatt wind projects near St. Columban to the Ministry of the Environ- ment until it completes its public consultation, says special projects consultant Jose Menendez. Receiving less than 10 emails and letters with concerns about the two St. Columban wind projects, Menendez says he is "just in the throes of putting to- gether the responses." "We've received six from the general public and some from the municipality. And, frankly, a lot of them are very difficult for us to ad- dress because they're state- ments of fact, not questions. And, they say things like, 'Please give the residents of St. Columban a chance' and we're not sure what that means," he says, add- ing that each of the letters and emails received will be given a formal response. While Menendez says the necessary field studies have been completed on noise and bird migration, a recent concern about 100 Tundra swans which were said to have congregated on a local landowner's property is still being discussed. "Ponding happened in the area because a tile was plugged so we think a solu- tion would be to eliminate See CASA, Page 3