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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1976-03-31, Page 9ng 1 perfN . J son', vls, Vi of Mi ea mil Is, lit!' s at tit e Ind C., in ti« 'er the le md n shut 71, 4 as mad 7y ell in acts on aaE in 1111 caret Bible fa e. . , norial at ice lei s in ated at it em is SON d aft:, oduciia! eject iii seas.) uly 3, **, 0 Action at the Brussels Curling Rink. ussels teams Compete in tournaments it On Monday the Peewee team travelled to Goderich to the annual Young Canada Tourna- ment. In their first game against a team from Belmont they were able to manage a 3-2 victory., In their second game against their rivals from Mildmay, the home team lost 3-1. Ken Higgins picked up the only goal of the game. On Wednesday the same team played in. the Huronia Tourna- ment in Mildmay. An 8a.m. game found them playing a team from Woolwich whom they defeated 5-2. Brussels scorers were Ken Cousins 2, Ken Higgins 2, Steve Knight 1. Assists went to Brian Tenpas, Kevin Deitner and Steve Knight. Later in the day they 'returned to play Lions Head and managed to squeeze by with a 2-1 win. Ken Cousins scored both Brussels goals with assists going to Paul Johnston and Brian Tenpas. This win gave the team a trophy as C Division Champs. They returned on Saturday as C champions to play the B division champs, a team from St. George. In a good game of hockey and see saw battle, the St. George team came out on top 4-3. Scoring for Brussels was Terry McCut- cheon with 2, and Mike Watson 1. Assists went to Ken Higgins, Mike Watson, and Terry McCutcheon. On Tuesday the Atoms played in Mildmay at the same totarna- tnerit. Their first game found themplaying defeat El Whom they ora defeated, 4.0. Kevin Wheeler scored 2 goals with Robbie Cardiff and Murray Pipe adding 1 each, Assists Went to Robbie Cardiff and Brian Wheeler. In their second &lie against Lions Head they stored a 4-1 victory. Goals were scored by Richard Havenian barrin Watts, Kevin Wheeler, Dean Rutledge. Assists went to Pe Bennett, Brian Wheeler, Kevin Wheeler and Dean Rutledge, They returned op Saturday 10 play the Blytli squad whom they defeated to bring home the trophy as C division champions. Danny Achilles was awarded the trophy as Most Valuable Player in the series. The Bantam team participated in the Harriston Hockey Tourna- ment. In their first game on Tuesday they were defeated by a team from Ayr. In their second game against Palmerston, they picked up a 2-1 win. Goals were scored by David Engel and Kevin Semple. Assists went to Paul Bragg, Tim Prior, Brian Scott. This win put them in the Consolation round with their, first game at 8:30a.m. Wednesday morning. They defeated the Milverton squad 4-1. Goal scorers were -Doug Cousins, David Engel, Kevin Semple, Brian Scott. Assist went to John Richmond, Brian Scott, Doug Cousins and Bill Smith. In the 3:1S game that afternoon they played a team from St. Mary's whom they defeated 6-3. Scott Wheeler led the attach with 4 goals. Singles went to Brian Scott, Doug Cousins. Assists went to Paul Bragg, Tim Prior, John Richmond, Bill Smith, Brian Scott. After a lengthy delay the home team took to the ice at 11p.m. for their third game of the day against a team from Erin. Brussel defeated Erin 4-1 to bring home the Consolation D -champion •trOpby. Brussels goals were scored by Kevin Semple, Doug. Cousins and Scott Wheeler with 2.• Assists went to Brian Tenpas, Scott Wheeler and Brian Scott. The same team played in Mildmay On Friday, They had a bye for the first taint'. In the second round they met the Mildmay team Whoni they defeat- ed 5-2.. Brussels goal scoters were Doug Cousins'2, Gary McWhirter and Scott Wheeler I each, Assists Went to Brian Delmer, John Richmond, and Scott "Wheeler. They returned on Saturday only to be defeated by, Teeswater but received a trophy as B finalists in the tournament. Novice Busy Too The Novice team was also busy in the annual Listowel Tourna- ment. In their first game against Seaforth they won 3-0. Goals were scored by Marty Rutledge, Rich Knight and, Kevin McArter. Assists went to Wayne Wheeler, Tim Fritz and Kevin Johnston. In their second game against Milverton, they picked up a 4-0 victory. Goal scorers wer Kevin McArter 2, David Wheeler and Mike Bishop 1 each. Assists went to Gary Piper and Kevin McArter. They returned to Listowel on Sunday to play for the champion- ship but were defeated by a team from Point Edward. They came home with the runners up trophy. The same team defeated Mil- verton 5-1 at our local arena on Wedneady evening to be Novice Consolation Champions for the area. Tommie Ward led the scoring attach with 3 goals, Tim Fritz and Kevin McArter 1 each. Assists went to Rick Knigh and Kevin McArter. One week ago Saturday night the Peewee A team were treated to a trip to Toronto to Maple Leaf Gardens to see Toronto and the Washington Capitols play hockey. The evening was arranged by the coaches with the majority of the tickets being supplied by Mac- land Wall Systems and Maitland Redi-mix. Topnotch Feeds also donated tickets. A sincere thank- you is expressed to those respon- sible for the evening out. Arena Schedule Wednesday 7:00p.m. Mildmay Peewees at Brussels. Wednesday 8:30p.m. bicknow Bantams at Brussels. Friday 7 00p .M LuteknOw Atoms at Brussels. Warden asks county (Continued from Page 1) "How many beds will we b e expected to cut back next year?" asked Flannery, "Will this become an annual event?" While council waits to the government's decision on whether or not county council will be empowered to allocate bed reduction apportionments throughout Huron, Dr. Frank Mills • brought forward some shocking statistics for council's perusal. The county's brief to government had noted that $944,000 had to be cut from Huron's health care budget. Five proposals had been made by the county to effect these savings without closing Clinton Public Hospital. These were: 1.AlI hospitals should make full and immediate use of Home Care services to reduce hospital bed days to a bare minimum. 2. All hospitals should screen admissions carefully questioning the need for admission and whether they could perhaps be cared for under the Home Care Program. 3. All hospitals should immediately discharge their long-stay patients wherever possible to nursing home, Home Care, VON etc. 4. All h ospitals should restrict emergency rooms to' emergency cases only with no convenience cases either for people or physicians. ' 5. All hospital boards should immediately meet and decide on unitizing of the hospital sery ices within the county so that certain services may be centralized in specific hospitals to avoid duplication of expensive equipment and staff. It was Dr. Mills' contention that many Huron hospital beds were being utilized for chronic long-stay patient s who could be cared for in alternate facilities. Seeking to substantiate his belief, he contacted Stephen Skorez, area planning co-ordinator for the Ministry of Health to determine the percentage of long stay patients Huron had as well as the number of patient days they utilized in active treatment units. Statistics show that there were 445 patients who accounted for 23,360 patient days in Huron hospitals in the "30 days plus" category. Wingham hospital had the highest number - 150 pending 7,0 28 patient days - while Seaforth had the least - 49 spending 2,880 patient days. On a percentage basis however, Goderich had the best record - 3.6 per cent spending 24.6 per cent of the total patient days. Exeter logged the worst record - 7.2 per cent occupying 40.7 per cent of the total patient days. In the 15 day plus category, the percentages told the story. Exeter again held the lead with a record of 18.8 per cent spending a total of 65.2 per cent of the patient days. Clinton and Goderich were neck and neck for the best performance - Clinton with 12.8 per cent accounting for 51.2 per cent of the patient days and Goderich with 12.9 per cent accounting for 47.7 per cent of the patient days. The totals showed that 14.5 per cent of the patients in the five county hospitals spend 15 days or More and use up 52 per cent of the total patient days. Dr. Mills said the average length of stay for patients in hospital all across Ontario is 7.8 days. he feels • too large a percentage of Huron patients arc staying too long in hospital. "it bears looking at," insisted bt. Mills, "There is gonad reason , , for hospital administratiOns to let `(Continued on Page 10) THE BRUSSELS 0061 MARCH 31; 1976 together and say what can we Everyboyd has to tighten down a bit. There should be a thorough study. We must ask who were these people? Why were they ' there?" Dr. Mills reminded council that the Ministry of Health is firm in its order that 62 beds mu ; st be cut from Huron's hospitals. he also pointed out that Huron has a large percentage of people over 65; an additional 30,000 people from May to October each year; a number of high risk agricultural workers who require nearby acute health care facilities and a desire to provide quality of health care services throughout the county. "You can cut hospital staff but you haven't cut out the over use of the hospital beds," Dr. Mills explained."If you cut beds there will be a natural reduction in staff." "The hospital. The schools. The arena. They're going," retorted Morris Reeve Bill Elston. "Mark my words. They're trying to kill these little communities." "What will, we do with the people we move out of our hospitals?" asked Reeve Stan Profit' of Goderich. He noted that many persons require nursing home care at least, and that Huron just hasn't' sufficient nursing home beds to care for, them. He also felt that Home Care programs and VON services cost money which had to be paid by the taxpayers. "B asically you are using the same principles as the Ministry is using," argued Reeve Profit. "You are shifting the cost from one place to the other. .You are not attacking the problem at all. You are still talking about cutting services to people." Former Warden Anson McKinley of Stanley Township asked about alternat ive facilities such as Huronview. He referred to the long waiting list at Huronview and pointed out there is n o indication from the province that there will be funds available in .the future to build additional accommodation. Reeve McKinley further noted that Huronview was designed primarily at the start as a home for the aged. He said that in recent months, it is fast becoming a chronic bed care facility. Chester Archibald, adminis- trator of Huronview was present for some of council's delibera- tions on FridayHe reported there were 295 persons at Huronview in 1975. He admitted there was a long waiting list with applications considered according -to their date. He explained, however, that when a normal care bed is open and someone requiring special care is the next application on the list, the person requiring normal care who may be' down on the list is admitted before the special care applicant. Or, of course, the situation could be reversed. "That's really all we can do," Archibald told council. Dr. Mills urged council to' consider the "bed at home" . He said that many times with the help of Home Care nursing, physiotherapy and h omemakers as well as VON services, people can set along in their own homes. The MOH did stress the move was not on to "turn, sick people out of the hospitals" but merely to take a long hard look the alternatives already provided by government which are not being utilized by doct ors or their patients. The brief presented at Toronto had four additional points of interest to residents across Ontario. The board of health has urged the premier' and the minister of health to support