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The Times Advocate, 2008-11-05, Page 66 Times -Advocate Wednesday, November 5, 2008 OPINION&FORi?M NEWS Drive carefully I have just watched another vehicle pass our school bus as it is stopped and just start- ing to put out the stop sign. It is almost si- multaneous as it happens. Thankfully our bus driver (B.J. Rowc- liffe) is ever alert and vigilant as is possible in these situations. My kids are also old enough to be aware and cautious of these careless drivers. However, all it takes is once, one time for tragedy to happen. This can be prevented! Please slow down when you see a school bus coming to a stop. Please slow down when you drive through an area with a re- duced speed sign posted (they are not post- ed to annoy people, they are there for the safety of those of us who live there). Please do not accelerate quickly and abruptly in the middle of a hamlet where the speed limit sign increases (which it unsafely does in Winchelsea). We have seen this happen numerous times in front of our house. Incredibly, we have even had cars swoop over onto the gravel / grass of our lawn (and my husband was there cutting the grass) as they were in such a hurry to pass other vehicles. Please drive carefully, obey traffic signs and have some courtesy when you drive through small towns and hamlets that have reduced speed limits. It may prevent a fatal tragedy. KIM RUSH Winchelsea Open letter to Exeter Fire Department This is concerning the extrication training exercise on Oct. 16. I know that you have done a lot of great jobs, and that you always need training for different things that come along. But I personally think there has to be a better place to do this. Not on a busy highway and in the dark. I think there should have been prior notice to the public that this was going to be done. Or maybe you could do this some place that isn t a high traffic area like a major highway. It disturbed both myself and my 11 year old grandson and many more people I have talked to. Maybe this is something you can think about for future training. PHYLLIS COLLETT, Crediton Community Support helps cemetery The board of directors for the Hensall Union Cemetery would like to extend a hearty thanks to our friends for their gen- erous support this past summer. For the first time at a Memorial and Decoration Day Service, a collection box was set up for do- nations. That effort yielded over $650 cash and cheques. A further $325 arrived in the weeks that followed for an awesome total of $983.93! The board of directors works diligently to keep the cemetery property in good condi- tion. We cannot overstate the value of the work of our volunteers. Their largely un- recorded hours help to keep our expenses low. However, we do need money to pay for lawn maintenance (handled very profi- ciently by the Penn brothers of RR 2 Hen- sall) and any number of other expenses such as monument repair and restoration which must be handled by professionals. Because the sources for our income are limited and because of the restrictions placed on us by the Public Trustee, there may be a need for further appeals in the future. When we made our appeal last July we weren t sure if we would have enough funds to get through the summer but you, our friends, have come through in a big way and this infusion of cash has given us a cushion for 2009. We are very thankful to you, our supporters, for your generosity. JOANNE ROWCLIFFE, Secretary treasurer, Hensall Union Cemetery Panther Profile EXETER November has arrived and with it came a welcome extra hour of sleep as well as some colder weather, which is welcomed by some but not others. Last Thursday students could wear their Hal- loween costumes to school and go around trick -or -treating to certain rooms at the end of the day. There was also a costume contest for funny costumes, scary costumes and generally awesome costumes. Friday, be- ing the last Friday of the month, was a hat day. This week, on Monday some co-op and specialist -high -skills - major (SHSM) students will miss classes for a certification day. If your are a music student then Thursday is the annual Huron Musicfest at CHSS where the different bands will play their own selected reper- toire and then join together in a mass band and work on some pieces together with a guest con- ductor. Friday is a PD day which everyone can look for- ward to. So if you are in music, SHSM as well as my philosophy class you can look forward to a whopping one full day of school this week. Also this week, Heritage day is on Thursday where students can dress as per their lineage. Next week we of course have our Remembrance Day assembly Tuesday. Wednesday we will hope- fully have a Teachers vs. Grads broomball game and I think we all know how that s going to go down. That s all for now. Midterm reports will be out in a couple weeks, which means we are slowly but surely getting through this semester. JACE DOUGALL Costume parade Many sudents at Our Lady of Mount Carmel School took part in a Halloween costume parade on Oct. 30. Shown here (top photo) is Grade 5 student David Noel decked out as a lobster; Grade 4 students Julia Stewart and Taylor McCann dressed as Dorothy and the Tin Man from The Wizard of Oz; and at right Grade 7 students Nicole Regier and Julia Hunt -Smith dressed as crayons. (photos/Ben Forrest) Halloween fun at Mount Carmel L vv` The Little Hospital That Does.... Cardiac Stress Testing Proceeds from the Royal Canadian Legion, Exeter, 2007 Con- vertible Mustang Car Draw have been used to help purchase equipment for a Cardiac Stress Test Clinic. The first clinic was held October 22, 2008. Clinics will be held every other Wednesday. A Cardiac Stress Test helps doctors see how well one s heart can cope during exercise, when the body s need for oxygen puts extra demands on the heart. How is a Stress Test Per- formed? The patient is attached to an ECG machine, and a blood pres- sure cuff is placed on one arm. After a baseline ECG is ob- tained, the patient begins to perform a low level of exercise on a treadmill. Doctors order cardiac stress tests for a variety of purposes. The test helps them: • determine whether any of the coronary arteries are clogged • find the cause of chest pain • assess the heart's capability °" after a heart attack or heart surgery nit • discover heart disease oo,00,or°°„°r_�0i°' • set limits on one's exercise • detect extra heartbeats (arrhythmias) • judge a medicine's capacity to control chest pain or extra beats during exercise A Doctor s referral is required. 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