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discuss the legal aspects and
ramifications of the issue further,
surfacing with no bylaws, but a
suggestion that another special
council meeting be held on August 3
to discuss the issue with the
municipal solicitor present.
Ryan said he understood the
municipality’s concerns and said that
he wouldn’t want to put the area
ratepayers at risk and in a position
where they would have to pay
for legal fees that have nothing
to do with the ward in which they
live.
“We always said we never wanted
to put Huron East in a position where
they would be challenged,” Ryan
said.
THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JULY 29, 2010. PAGE 11. On July 12 the Central HuronSwine Club 4-H meeting was held atthe Kroes home near Clinton. Thegroup started the meeting with doingsome judging to get ready for thecompetition.The group went to Paul and
Lorraine Franken’s jersey farm to
judge a class of jersey cows. Before
the judging started, Paul Franken
mentioned a few things to look for
when judging the class of Jersey
cows. You want a nice wide,
deep udder, highly and
widely sprung ribs and strong square
legs.
Once everyone was finished
judging, they heard the official
placings and reasons. Members then
split into three groups to read their
reasons and get pointers on how to
improve their judging and reading of
the reasons.
After they finished in the barn, the
group headed back to the Kroes’
house to continue with the meeting.
They read through a book on
biosecurity, learning what is best
when protecting farms fromdiseases.After finishing discussion onupcoming events, the group began tojudge a class of t-shirts, looking forcleanliness, smell, holes and rips.After everyone was finished and
handed in their cards, the youth
leader, Lorraine, read the correct
placings and reasons for the class of
t-shirts.
The next meeting will be held at
the veterinary clinic in Mitchell on
August 17 at 7 p.m.
On June 28, the Central Huron
Swine Club had its third 4-H
meeting at the Thompson’s in
Hensall.
The meeting began with judging,
to practise for the competition on
August 10 in Seaforth. They judged
soybeans and then apples. There
were four different samples and
members were to place them from
top to bottom. Members were
looking for clean beans with no
other materials or substances in
them and a nice uniform bag.
After they finished evaluating thesoybeans, members handed in theirjudging cards. One of the leadersgave the proper placings and reasonsfor why they were put there. Afterthe soybeans, the group continueddoing the exact same thing with the
class of apples, looking for
uniformity, no bruises, same size
and clean apples.
After finishing with the judging
members began to read the next
chapter of their book on biosecurity,
as they have been throughout the
entire process.
They read about ways to keep
diseases out of their barn and certain
precautions they should take with
having visitors at the barn. At the
end of the chapter, there was a quiz
with different questions like, what
visitors on the farm should wear,
how vehicles can transmit
diseases and how far away an
isolation room should be from the
main barn.
After going through all the
questions and answers members
discussed when the next meetingwas, ended the meeting with the 4-H pledge and had snacks beforeeveryone travelled home.
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she said. “And we support some of
those costs, like training and
equipment. It’s a reasonable cost to
be expected for the township that
benefits from it.”
Councillors, however, stated that
they felt they had made the right
decision, and, after Cook had
explained exactly how mutual aid
works, tensions in the room seemed
to lessen as the members of the
gallery stopped asking why things
were the way they were, and focused
on how they could be reassured
their coverage wouldn’t be
lessened.
The group still left requests with
council, including that they
reconsider their fire protection plan.
The group also asked for an
evaluation of fire protection services
to be completed, similar to the one
that North Huron and Central Huron
submitted to, to ensure that the
coverage being provided by
Lucknow, Clinton and Blyth fire
halls were all equal.
Central Huron and Lucknow fire
departments are not held under
contract by ACW. If any change was
to be made, it could be affected in
the time it requires to have
dispatches and telecommunicaiton
companies to change ACW residents
911 numbers.
Wind turbines hot
topic in Huron East
Kick it!
The young soccer players of tomorrow were out last week,
playing some U-6 soccer in Blyth. It was all for fun, but it
didn’t mean they didn’t want to win, with both of these
players travelling at full speed towards the ball. (Vicky Bremner
photo)
Central Huron Swine Club goes over judgingResidents ask ACW
for fire change
The Board of the Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance would like to express our
sincere gratitude to everyone for your past and continued participation in our
community engagement activities regarding VISION 2013 – a plan to strengthen
hospital-based services for the residents of Huron and Perth Counties. Over the
past few months we have spoken with hundreds of people and heard your
feedback on VISION 2013 through surveys, Town Halls, Community Workshops
and formal and informal presentations and conversations. As a result, we believe
we have the foundation for building a stronger healthcare system amongst our four hospital sites that
will best serve the needs of all of our patients, both now and well into the future.
Why VISION 2013?
VISION 2013 has been developed in light of a number of key factors and issues affecting the delivery
of health care, not only at HPHA, but across the province. These factors require that we be proactive
and lead the change necessary to provide Excellent Care For All.
The delivery of health care has changed dramatically in recent years in a number of ways:
• There aren’t enough physicians, nurses and other health care professionals.This is not just a
“local’ problem or a “HPHA” problem. All hospitals are competing for the same recruits and this
situation will worsen as doctors and nurses retire. This means that we have to think differently
about how we deliver health care.
• The length of hospital stays has decreased significantly due to new treatments, state-of-the-art
diagnostic technology, medicines and the availability of community-based care.
• The baby boomers are aging.This has a huge, two-fold impact on our health care system. First,
as people get older, they generally use the health care system more than they ever did. Secondly,
the number of new health care graduates is fewer than the retiring “boomers” health care
providers.
• The need for new and enhanced local services.Our plan calls for the addition of new and
enhanced services such as MRI and child and adolescent mental health beds which will help to
address identified service gaps in our area.
• The costs of health care are skyrocketing at an unsustainable rate. Ontario spends more than
$45 billion annually on health care, which represents nearly half of the entire Provincial budget.
Everyone involved in the planning and delivery of care must work together to apply resources as
effectively as possible.
Next Steps
Throughout the planning process the South West Local Health Integration Network (LHIN) has been kept
informed of our progress and community engagement activities.
The Vision 2013 recommendations that were approved by the HPHA Board on June 3, 2010 were
presented to the LHIN Board for information purposes on July 14th.These recommendations will now be
submitted to the South West LHIN as a formal Notice of Integration for their consideration. Under
the Local Health System Integration Act, 2006 (LHSIA), these recommendations are considered to be an
integration as they include “coordination of services and interactions; transferring, merging or
amalgamating services, operations or entities”. The South West LHIN staff will conduct a comprehensive
review of the information submitted and provide the LHIN Board with a written report to assist the Board
in its decision-making.
Keeping You Informed
We are committed to continuing to provide accurate information to all of our stakeholders. We will
continue a transparent, participative and respectful planning process. We will keep you informed of
progress and changes through our website at www.hpha.ca, our regular Community Reports and
special-purpose communications, such as this one. You are also welcome to contact either Andrew
Williams or Leslie Showers with your questions or comments.
Leslie Showers, Board Chair Andrew Williams, CEO
leslie.showers@investorsgroup.com andrew.williams@hpha.ca
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