HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1976-09-09, Page 14FIRE DESTROYS BARN -- A fire on the farm of Willard Bennewies Thursday, 3 3/4
miles north of Dublin destroyed a barn causing an estimated $25,000. Seafbrth
'volunteer firemen were called to the scene, but the barn was beyond saving when
they arrived. The fire is blamed on tough hay in the barn. (Staff Photo)
MOVING THE PLOUGH -- With the help of firemen and bystanders, Kieven
Bennewies hooks on to a plough'tO move it out of harms way while his father's barn
burns down nearby. Willard Bennewies lost over $25,000 in the fire;.,
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Huilett Council
rsure yOur staff receive
The Legislature prorogued on, termination, notices; You must
January.1,6th, and actual closings stop. Your ,hospital must close". .
began on February - 9th. Each In addition, these letters stated
hospital was visited by the 'that "Ministry or, eal h staff are
Minister and his staff. Closure available at your r uest to assist
decisions had clearly been made y ou in developing health care
in advance. AS the Miniiter met' services in your community using
with respective hospital boards a existing buildings- to some
press statement announcing the extent,"
closure was issued in Toronto. Subsequently on Aprk13th
• During March and April, a Divisional Court ruled that the
thousands' of citizens protested Province had no legal authority to
hospital closings, staff and bed' close hospitals .merely to cut
reductions. Hospital boards and' costs. The „Court foupd that the
offocials met with the Premier, Public . Hospitals Act was
Cabinet and Government repre- regulatory in • nature and was
'sentatives to appea 1 closings and never intended to be used to close
constraints. However, on April hospitals for budgetary reasohs. •
12th, Premier Davis .announced , The Government decided to
that Willett Hospital in Paris, appeal this ruling and hospitals
'Clinton, Durham and Doctors' due to close were permitted to
Hospital in Toronto would all, continue to function pn a
cease to operate as acute facilities six-month reprieve pending
on June 1st. Thereafter they outcome of the appeal.
would be classed as ambulatory On, July 14th, the Legislature
care facilities offering x-ray lab, reconvened to pas's' legislation,
minor surgery and doctors' approving the anti-inflation
offices. Willett would continue to agreement with Ottawa. The
provide chrb'nic care at its present Minister of Health announced an
level pending results of a local Ontario council •of health study of
study. At that time, the the hospital bed situation in
Government had, apparently, no ' Metro Toronto, which would have
ideawhat impact its new decision a beating on the fate of -Doctors'
would have on the number of jobs Hospital. Questions were raised
or dollar saving involved.
On April 13th it was made clear
that contrary to commitments
made to various hospitals, many.
'were not given advance warning
of the Government's decision to
close them down. Ministry -of '
Health ' letters to, Clinton and
Durham simply stated: "Make
'concerned.
as to why other hospitals which
had been ordered closed could not
have the benefit of similarstudies
and why such studies had not
been commissioned prior to the
original closure decisions.
. We now await the results of the
Government's appeal against the
Divisional •Court ruling. „
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Discusses drainage work
A good percentage of the
owners affected were present for
the. discussion when Hullett
council diScussed the Dubs
Drainage works at ' a special
meeting Aug. 23.
Reeve John •Jewitt declared a
possible conflict of interst and
relinquished the chair., Deputy
Reeve Joe Hunkirig presided, and
a good number of questions
including , some concerning the
size of outlet tile on Lot 11, Con.8,
and a lengthy, discussion of the
report was generally approved
and court of revision was set for
Sept. 21 at 8 P.M.
Reeve Jewitt 'resumed the
Chair.
on the Gibbirigs Diairiage"WOrks
Council considered the report
"A" Drain Improvement and
"C" Drain.
There was little discussion on
this report arid it was adopted •
with court of revision set for Sept.
21 at 9.
When council considered the
report on the Flynn Drainage
Works Re pair and Improvement
1976, there was some mislinder-
Standing on how far this drain
would be improved' and also
Whether or not the acreages were
correct. It was decided that' a
Petition for further work and an
Appeal to the Court of Revision
Would get the answer to these
problems.
The report was provisionally
adopted and Court of .ttevision set ,
.for Sept, 21 at 10 g,rrt. , •
Ctiuiicil acCepted the petition of
use,
positok
NT.,!-AD
J. Flynn for a Clean-Out the
North part of Branch "A" Flynn
Drain and instructed • the
drainage commissioner to m ake
the necessary arrangements. „
Building permits were granted
on the following: - Lot 21, Con. 12
- Home; Liit Pt. 6, Con. 1 - 'Gr
anary; Lot 45, Con. 14 - Closed,in
Porch; Lot 21, Con. 3 - House; Lot
29. Con. 12 -Tool Shed; Lots 12 &'
13 ES. Con.
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14-2 houses; subject
to s •by-laws and other
relevant regulations.
' Applications for Tile Drain
.Loans on Lot 18, Con. 14; Lot 32,
Con. 9; Lot 34 & 35, Con. 9;
subject to availability of funds
were accepted.
Council accepted the report on
7the,Nott Drainage Works and set
the date for considering it on
Sept. 21 at 8:30 p.m:
An application for a Home
Renewal Loan as applied for on
#5 was accepted and John Jewitt,
Joe Hunking & Tom Duizer were
named inspectors.
, The clerk is to send application
from Don, W atson to Planning
Board for their consideration-and
prompt action.
The Road Superintendent will call
tenders on a .1977 1/2 ton truck.
A special Ontario Government
program was announced this
week that will provide up to 75
per centof the cost of repairing
unsafe arenas in the provittce,
Provincial funds will come from
a special Wintario program and
through The Community
Recreation Centres Act. The
remaining 25 per cent is to be
raised , through public
subscription. •
In a joint statement by Mr.
Robert Welch, Minister of Culture
and Recreation and Dr. B ette
StephensonYMinister of Labour,
expressed confidence that the
.special grant program will-greatly
minimize any disruption of sports
activities that could have resulted
if the municipalities were finable,
to make the necessary structural
changes.The P-iagrams will assist
to ensure safety izh the arenas for
the children of Ontario. Dr.
Stephenson re-affirmed her
ministry policy that some arenas
needing structural Jepair may
remain open this winter if certain•
conditions are met.
Mr. Welch said that all appli-
cations for Wintario grants which
have been made for use in
repairing unsafe arenas and filed
With 'the' Ministry prior to the
announcement will be reviewed to.
give them the' benefits of the nevi'
program.
Previously , provincial grants
were available to cover. half the
cost of repairs but the provincial
share was increased in order to
help ' municipal taxpayers and
avoid delays.
The revised- prograni . will
provide 25. per cent of the-cost of
any repairs up to $75,000 for each
facility affected through The
'Community Recreation Centres
Act.
Wintario-will provide $2.00 for
every $1.00 raised locally toward
The remainder Of the cost,
Normally Wintario grants are
limited to one third or, at, the most,
half of the balance arid are on a
dollar for dollar basis in most
areas of Southern Ontario,
In order to allow municipalities
to proceed immediately with
repairs, the Minister said a
.pledge by a responsible com-
munity organization to the council
to raise their share within three
years will be accepted as prqof of
local support and provincial funds
will be paid over progressively as
construction takes place.
Under „ the' regular Wintaro,
supported 'programs, grodpe
Must raise their share anti
complete construction before
receiving money from the lottery.
Although the speCial Wintario
progrdm applies only to' repairs
necessary to restore existing
arenas to a structurally safe
condition, the Minister said some
municipalities may decide 'to
replace rather than repair Older
buildings.
In these cases communities
whose old arenas are too costly to
repair will be able to apply
Wintario grants based, on the
estimated cost of repair toward
-construction of the new' arena.
The staff administering the
program has been' instructed to
take a generous view of applicat-
ions and avoid delay so that local
recreation programs —are not
unduly distrupted.
The results of ...the Govern-
ment's , appeal against the
Divisional Court riding op the
question of hospital closings, is
expeeted soon, and 'I would like to
take 'this opport'u , nity of
reviewing developments in this
connection.
In November of'last year, gddip
Sargent, Liberal •MPP (Owen
Sound) called for" an emergency
debate on the proposed closing of
Chesley and District MemPrial
Hospital, scheduled for January
1st, 1976. At that time Minister of
Health Frank , confirmed
that 24 hospitals were scheduled
to be closed, refusing to disclose
details of the governments' plans.
lvldreover, , he would not release
the list of hospitals, and said
."Each one will, in turn, be told in
negotiation, if , it's being
considered.Each one will have the
option and opportunity to discuss
the me is of closing with me and
they will learn it in that order only
after I've decided there's some
reason to consider the problems
with them."
Questioned by Liberal Leader
Stuart Smith, the Minister said
that availability of alternative
facilities would be taken into,,,
account, as well as the actual'
condition of the hospitals. He
admitted that development of
surplus hospital beds had been
permitted in the past, and said
"we have changed our over-all
guideli nes and we are adju'sting
to them."
The day after the Legislature
adjourned , for the Christmas
recess, the Minister of • Health
A pfoposal for a subdivision in
the police village of Manchester
was given support , by Hullett
township council at their regular
meeting' Monday night. ,
'Nick Hill, a planning consultant
from Goderich, was present at the
meeting to discuss the proposed
sub-division. After" hearing Mr.
Hill's explanation of the projedt,
council voted to approve ,in
principle ihe application to • the•
Ministry of Housing for the
subdivisioP.
Council held court of revision
concerning the Westerhout drain.
As . there, were no objections or
appeals court was closed and it
was decided, to advertise for
tenders for construction of the
drain to be, in the clerk's hand by
5 p.m. September 21, 1976. -
A severance application by
Mrs.' Hamilton, Lot 1.3, Cron. 12,
and Milton Dale part lot 11,
Con. 2 was approved by members
of council. In approving the
severanceo council urged that a
written agreement about the line
fences be made. -
A • bylaw, to impose special
annual drainage rates upon lands
in respect of which 'money is
borrowed under the Tile Drainage
Act was passed.
met with representatives of
Ontario Hospital Association., He
announced that there would be a
10% limitation; prt:cthe Health
budget increase; a $50 million
dollar cut of hospital budgets,
achieved for the most part
through a reduction.of up to 3,000
beds andpossibly 5,000 staff (4%
of the. total); rationalliation of
laboratory and provincial ,
psycharic_services; no further
nursing home- bed approvals or
increases in the amount of money
spent on research and demon-
stration model projects. The first
closures were also announced:
Goderich Psychiatric .Hospital,
Northeastern Regional Mental
Health Centre in Timmins, and
four public health labs, located at..
Kenora, , St. 'Ca tharines,
Woodstock and North Bay.
(Anticipated Saving from closure
of the labs was $400,000).
Conversion of the facilities at
TimMins and Goderich to mental
retardation 'resource centres!
was also announced at this
meeting.
On January 15th, 1976, the
Legislature reconvened to end the
Toronto 'teachers' -strike, and
during the Question Period 'the
Minister Was repeatedly attacked'
for not consulting • affected
communities about hospital
closings. Again he refused to
publish a list of• the hospitals
Building' ' permits were
approved for Fred Vodden, a car,
port On lot 27, Con, 3; T.B. Allen,
a shed on „lot 11, H.S. con. 11; F. '"
Van' Steelandt; for - a manure pit
on lot 14, Con. 14; and Wayne
Smith, a liquid holding tank on
Cot 12, Cow. • 1. These permits
were issued subject to township
bylaws with provision for
inspection upon completion of -
construction where requested by
council.
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