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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1980-10-08, Page 3 THE .BRUSSELS' POST, OCTOBER, I, Q..yoty Council opposes new qoarryiegislatioil:and -fax. f. by: Sharon Dietz The recent designation of Huron County Townships under the Pits and Quarries control Act is bitterly op- posed by Huron County Council, Morris Reeve, Bill Elston raised the subject at the session of Huron County Council September 4th tel- kg the county Engineer he had learned most townships in the Wingham area were to be designated. County En- gineer Bob Dempsey told Reeve. Elston the was not aware any townships in the county were to be desig- nated. He said he was certain the county had made its feelings clear last year when it replied to an aggregates discussion paper telling the PREPARING°FOR THE NEW. SIDEWALKS Since this picture the new • sidewalkpnplill Street has been completed. The new sidewalk replaces ,Uneven and brokerr-Op Sidewalk. (Photo by.Langlois) provincial government it was 'not enthused about Huron townships being designated.. Dempsey said he had not been contacted concerning the designation of Huron County but he would find out and report to council. A press release from Queen's Park the following day informed the public that all of Huron County would be designated under the Pits and Quarries Act of 1971. Reeve Elston commented at the County Council's- September 9th meeting that the provinces minority Con- servative government feared they would create too much controversy if they included the undesignated townships under the new Aggregates Act which is to be presented, in the Legislature this year, "So they brought it in through the back door by an order in Council including these designations with the old bill of 1971", remarked Reeve Elston. "I want people to realize what is happening." added Mr. Elston. Howick Reeve, Harold Robinson pointed out some farmers are not going to get theit pits surveyed if they , ai brought under the Act and they will just close their pits. "We won't be, able to get gravel." he explained. The act regulates the operation and rehabilitation of sand and gravel pits and stoneiquarries in designated counties in the province. The operator must pay two cents a tonne to the Treasury of Ontario for rehabilitation of the site. If he does the necessary rehabilitation when he closes the pit, the province returns the money the operator paid to the Treasury. Effective January 1, 1981, this rehabilitation security deposit will rise to eight cents per metric tonne of aggregate taken from the pit or quarry. County Clerk treasurer, Bill Hanly explained to council that most municipali- ties have requested all counties be designated to treat all gravel production areas the same.. "These pits and quarries were a ghastly sight on the landscape and every proVin- cial association wanted them cleaned up." stated Hanly. The new bill, The Aggre- gates .Act, still undet consi- deration by the government, will provide for management of Aggregates, control of pits and quarries, provide for rehabilitation' and will main- tain the environment. All counties designated I under the previous bill, Pits and Quarries Control Act of 1971, will fall under the new legislation when it is passed. "Every county should pro- test it." commented Wing- ham reeve Joseph Kerr. "The restriction isn't good. A farmer isn't going to tie up his money for 30 years." vate are love, friendship, study, work and good heath habits." "Whatsoever, we sow, that we shall also reap." Mrs. Jack Jenkins read scripture and Mrs. Ross Gray offered prayer. Dean Golley; accompanied by his aunt, Mrs. Harold Johnston played two clarinet selections. The offering was received Please turn to page 20, Correspondent MRS. JOE WALKER 357-3558 Mrs. Glenn Golley opened the Fall Thankoffering of the Women's Missionary Society Knox Presbyterian Church, Bluevale, Sunday, Oct. 5 in the Sunday school room. Mrs. Gordon Mundell was in charge of devotions, "A Herald of Autumn," She said "Seeds that we should culti- Young minister talks to Bluevale Tell cancer patients the truth Families are a vital support doctor says BY: Shirley J. Keller A person with a serious chronic ailment like cancer must know the truth about the illness and be the captain of the team dealing with it. That was the advice of Dr. Ralph Anderson 'of Victoria Hospital in London, a practitioner who has spent more than 10 years reserching the disease called cancer and treating patients suffering from it. Dr. Anderson was speaking Monday evening in North Street United Church at the annual' meeting of the Huron County Unit of the Canadian .Cancer Society. The speaker told his andience he has found that as soon as a diagnosis of cancer is made, it is absolutely essential that the doctor tell the patient of his illness in a "simple, straight-forward fashion'. At, the same time, the doctor will also outline the treatments available for the patient's particular problem, and .explain that now, more than ever before in history, there is reason to hope for successful treatment. The patient goes through several emotion- , al stages after being confronted with such' news. First there is shock, a period when the patien denies the presence of the illness. Dr. Anderson said most patients handle it very intelligently, but he has found it is a time when cancer patients reitain very much to themselves. Family and friends should neither approve or disapproVe of the patient's reaction at this stage, but allow the patient to work it out in his own time and in his own Way. Next come the anger, rage, envy and resentment. These emotions are displaced in all directions, and nothing is right anywhere. Patients in this stage are usually critical of doctors, nurses, family and friends. Dr. Anderson suggested this stage can be considerably shortened by persons who are dealing with the patient putting themselves in the patient's shoes. If they understand from where the anger stems and why the resentment is present, they will be of much greater assistance to the patient's progress into the next phase Which is acceptance of a chronic and serious disease: Usually there is some depression evident in this stage until the patient learns to live within 'the confines of the disease. Sometimes treatment requires hospitali- zation and painful processes or surgery in which they may lose a part of thebody. Sometimes treatment necessitates a total change in lifestyle and a new dependence on others. While not often a great problem in Ontario, financial problems because of treatment can further frustrate and demean a patient. In this stage, it is up to the doctor to help the patient by whatever means is available. Certainly the doctor should carefully explain the need for treatment, the probable side-effects of treatment, the success rate of treatment in similar patients. The doctor should try to remove as much of the fear in the patient as is possible, through honest communication that brings about understanding of the total problem. "Hope occurs coincidentally with accep- tance to a treatment plan," says Dr. Anderson. "This is the time when the doctor and patient get very close to each other." Dr. Anderson pointed out that a doctor takes very seriously his responsibility to prescribe the best treatment for his particular patient. He stressed the need for the patient to trust the doctor and to rely on the doctor to make the proper decision regarding treatment. It is also important -foi: the patient to believe the doctor will not drop his case until there is some resolution of the problem, said Dr. Anderson. "Rely on the doctor and not on what you read," Dr. Anderson warned. "Advances are coming so rapidly that what was written a year ago is out-of-date. The speaker also urged that doctors caution patients to be realistic about their treatment, aware that results don't usually happen quickly. "Optimism forms the backbone for treatment," said Dr. Anderson. Family and friends are a vital support system for the cancer patient. "Don't smother the patient with kind- ness." advise Dr. Anderson. "It isn't a good feeling to be smothering." The speaker said cancer patients, like all other people, need to live a life as close to normal as possible, without hovering loved ones. Rather than asking questions of concern and delivering orations about hope, it is far better to take the children off the hands of a young mother with cancer for an hour or two to give her time for herself, suggested Dr. Anderson. Relatives should understand that the needs of the patient are foremost and family needs are secondary. Family and the cancer patient most communicate, the family Must realize the emotional needs of the patient and allow the patient to make those kinds of decisions for himself. Dr. Anderson explained by saying that some of the saddest cases he'd seen involved a family that wanted the cancer patient to submit to many treatments that would help only for a short time, when the patient wanted only to let nature take its course toward death. "It is the patient's problem, the patient's life," said Dr. Anderson. "The patient must be captain of the team. The patient's privacy and dignity must be maintained." "Cancer is a dreaded 'disease, and new treatments are constantly being developed and tested," said Dr. Anderson. "We have more opportunities now to be more aggressive than ever before in the treatment of cancer." He said no one treatment is necessarily the full answer. He called for a combination of • surgery, radiation and chemotherapy, with the doctor calling the shots. Dr. Anderson cautioned that ,reserch is costly and getting more and more expensive. As a result, fewer and fewer young people are \going hito research because the funds just 'aren't available to pay for the work. "If we are going to carry out research at the present rate," said Dr. Anderson, "we are going to have to rely more and more on the private sector for money. We will need much more money in the future, or we will experience a definite decrease in the progress against the disease." "If you find out you have cancer," concluded Dr. Anderson, "face it and fight it. There's a reasonable chance you too can be helped."