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Y ear 2010
MEETING NOTICE
MUNICIPALITY OF
MORRIS-TURNBERRY
The upcoming Council and Committee meetings for the
Municipality of Morris-Turnberry will be held:
Tuesday November 30 at 7:30 p.m. Special Council Meeting
Tuesday December 7 at 11:00 a.m. Inaugural Meeting
Tuesday December 14 at 7:00 p.m. New Councillor Training
Tuesday December 21 at 7:30 p.m. Regular Council Meeting
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519-357-3466
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Listowel
519-291-4920
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On Sunday, Nov. 28 - Advent 1,there will be a potluck lunch at KnoxUnited Church after the service,hosted by the KFC Club. The KFCteam will be providing hearty soups.
Please bring along sandwiches and
desserts to share as preparations for
Christmas and Christ’s presence
among us.
Calling all kids: The White Gift
Play will begin on Dec. 12 and
practise is needed. It is going to be
“a not-so Silent Night”.
The Board of Stewards are hosting
a roast beef dinner on Thursday,
Nov. 25 at the Belgrave Community
Centre with sittings at 5 p.m. and 7
p.m. Tickets are available from any
church steward.
On Tuesday, Dec. 7 at 2 p.m. the
UCW meet at the home of Muriel
Coultes for their Christmas meeting.
The roll call is an item for theChristmas Bureau or Food Bank.The flowers at the front of thesanctuary were placed by the familyin loving memory of Lillian
Campbell.
The community extends sincere
sympathy to Norma and Des
Gurnnett, Arnold and Ora Bruce,
Elmer Bruce, Doug Bruce, and Reta
Ross and Rae Breckenridge and all
the nieces and nephews in the loss of
a dear sister, sister-in-law and aunt,
Lillian Campbell.
BELGRAVE WOMEN’S
INSTITUTE
The Belgrave Women’s Institute
meeting began with the Opening
Ode and the Mary Stewart Collect.
The president, Doreen Marks,
welcomed 13 members and four
guests and read a story.
The minutes and financialstatement were given by DorothyCoultes. A letter from Town andCountry Support Services was read,listing their many community
services. A new WI Branch has been
formed in the Carlow-Goderich
area, called the Acorn Branch.
Doreen Marks will lead a sewing
project in January to make a table
runner. She had a sample on display.
It was decided to purchase pins for
each member to mark the 100th
anniversary of Belgrave Branch in
2011. Nancy Jardin spoke of
upcoming events in Huron West
District including the Tweedsmuir
Workshop in August 2011, a
summary of the convention held in
Holmesville in October.
The program convenor, Kay
Roberts, read a story “The Deck of
Cards” and introduced Liz Balser of
Wingham who spoke of her
husband’s involvement in the
Canadian Navy during World War II.
She showed a video taken when Lev
Balser and Robert Charters went to
Europe in 2004 for the return trip to
Juno Beach. It marked the 60th
anniversary of the troops landing on
June 6, 1944.
She had on display photos and
newspaper clippings of interest from
the war years. Dianna Robinson
thanked her for an interesting
program.
The next meeting will be a turkey
dinner and Christmas program with
Paul and Kim Coultes speaking of
their time spent in Nicaragua.
Donations will be accepted for the
Food Bank. The meeting closed by
singing the WI Grace. Lunch was
served by Wilma Higgins and Ruth
Olson and a social time enjoyed.
NEWS
FROM BELGRAVE
By Linda
Campbell
Call
357-2188
PEOPLE AROUNDBELGRAVERoast beef dinner at Belgrave Community Centre
Wingham and Listowel hospitals
complete accreditation process
The Listowel Wingham Hospitals
Alliance (LWHA) is celebrating a
full three-year accreditation award
for the Listowel Memorial Hospital
and the Wingham and District
Hospital. Three Accreditation
Canada surveyors spent four days
on site at Listowel and Wingham
in November. They reviewed
the hospitals’ compliance with
over 1,300 nationally-recognized
standards.
Accreditation Canada is an
independent, non-governmental
organization that develops national
standards of excellence for
all healthcare sectors includ-
ing hospitals.
The survey process traces patient
care from the arrival at the hospital
through to discharge. Also, the
surveyors evaluate the effectiveness
of the board and how they oversee
patient quality and safety. In
addition, they evaluate the work-life
experiences of staff.
“It is gratifying to have the effort
invested by staff, board members
and physicians recognized by
external experts. This is one way in
which the LWHA ensures that it
provides safe patient care in a
positive work environment,” said
Karl Ellis, CEO. “This is the highest
level of accreditation award
available to organizations who
participate in the accreditation
process. We are justifiably proud of
this result.”
The surveyors made special note
of the experienced and dedicated
staff, the strength of the Alliance
and the positive relationships within
the hospital and with other partner
agencies.
As with all organizations, LWHA
faces some challenges. Those noted
by the surveyors were recruitment
and retention of professional
and technical staff, pressures
to consolidate services and
maintaining competency in low-
volume services.
Liz Phelan, Vice President
Clinical Services, said that “one of
the benefits of the accreditation
process is some suggestions for
improvement. We will begin to
focus our improvement efforts on
ulcer prevention, falls prevention,
pneumococcal vaccinations and
medication reconciliation at patient
transfer. Some work has been done
towards meeting these standards;
however, our organization will
need to focus additional efforts on
these areas over the next six
months.”
Guidance was also provided to
LWHA to improve the emergency
preparedness plan and renew the
focus on work-life culture as a
priority.
Board co-chairs Kris Dekker and
Margaret Stapleton both agree that
an Accreditation Canada survey is
more than a four-day exercise. It is a
reflection of the work that all
staff and physicians at the
Listowel Wingham Hospitals
Alliance do on a daily basis. The
three-year accreditation award is
well-deserved and validates the
hospitals’ quality and safety
initiatives.An elementary school principal
and one-time special education
coordinator from Chatham has
been hired as a superintendent of
education at the Avon Maitland
District School Board.
Peggy Blair’s appointment was
unanimously approved by trustees
at their regular meeting Tuesday,
Oct. 26. She replaces Ted Doherty
on the administrative team,
following Doherty’s promotion
earlier this fall to director of
education.
Blair served most recently as a
principal in the Lambton-Kent
District School Board. Prior to
that, she administered special
education programming with the
Grand Erie District School Board.
“I’ve gotten to know some of the
people (at the Avon Maitland
board) at the school board level,
and I know a lot of the great work
that is being done here,” she told
reporters when asked what drew
her to apply for the superintendent
position.
She cited parent involvement,
student achievement and year-
over-year improvements in
standardized tests as strong points
of the board.
Speaking to trustees, she called
Avon Maitland “a world-class
education system” and said she’s
“looking forward to learning the
Avon Maitland way.”
Elementary
principal from
Chatham made
superintendent
of education
By Stew Slater
Special to The Citizen