HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1988-04-06, Page 28PAGE 28. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 1988.
Jason Elliott [ third from left] shows his experience to make press-board out of corn stalks to fellow winners
of the Blyth Public School Science Fair Wednesday. Also having winning entries were [left to right] Craig
Roulston, Conrad Bos, Tammi Medd, Laurie Wharton and Crystal Cucksey.
Wingham Hospital board
approves $7.5 million for 1988
The 1988-89 operating budget of
$7,514,295 for the Wingham and
District Hospital has been accept
ed by the hospital’s board of
governors.
The budget proposal was pre
sented by the finance and audit
committee at the board’s regular
March meeting.
Committee chairman Marian
Zinn and hospital director of
finance, Gordon Baxter told the
board the document as presented
is basically a break-even budget.
In the 1988-89 budget, 88.8 per
cent of the total revenue will be
from a $6,670,800 Ontario Ministry
of Health allocation, with the 11.2
per cent balance coming from other
sources of revenue - interest
income, dietary recoveries, in
come from self-paying, non-insur-
ed customers, and other areas -
amounting to $843,495. The mini
stry funding represents a four per
cent increase over the budget
allocation in the last fiscal year.
On the expenditure side of the
ledger, salaries and wages is the
single largest item, accounting for
69.6 per cent of all expenditures or
$5,226,857. Next largest item is
$ 1,144,477 for “ supplies and other
expenses”, representing 15.2 per
cent of the total.
Other.expenditures are: em
ployee benefits, $549,306, 7.3 per
cent; medical staff remuneration,
$171,050,2.3 percent; medical and
surgical supplies, $141,420, 1.9
per cent; depreciation, $138,900,
1.8 per cent; drug expenses,
$138,575, 1.8 per cent.
The hospital’s fiscal year begins
May 1, 1988 and ends April 30,
1989.
In relation to application of
funds, Mr. Baxter told the board
$167,094 is designated for the
purchase of operating equipment
while $520,614 will be applied to
two major projects - the balance of
the current incinerator project
(approximately $160,000) and the
window replacement project sche
duled to begin soon (approximate
ly $360,000).
SCIENCE FAIR
by Danielle McDougall and
Chrystal Cucksey
Children from grades 5-8 have
been working on Science Fair
Projects. Their efforts were dis
played in the gym from March 29 to
March 31.
There were 38 displays ranging
from testing the quality of popcorn
and Jello and to the harm
insecticides do to our earthworms,
from computer programming to
using corn to make chipboard.
On Wednesday Mrs. Elliot, Past
President of the Science Fair
Committee, came tojudge the final
projects. Jason Elliott, Tammi
Medd and Craig Roulston are
going to Clinton to compete in the
County wide competition.
LOTSTODO!
by Laurie Wharton
The grade 7 and 8 group from
B.P.S. is still attending shop and
Home Economics at F.E. Madill
High School in Wingham. They
attend their activities once a week.
The grade 7 class is working in
the Family Studies classroom with
Mrs. Plaetzer. Some of the activi
ties the Gr. 7’s are doing are
sewing, cooking, quilting and
mending.
The grade 8 class is working in
the Industrial Arts classroom with
Mr. Martin. Some of the finished
projects include wooden and acry
licclocks, metal casted ornaments,
wooden lamps and wooden bowls
made on the lathe.
We really enjoyed our year in
Shop and Home Economics and
Students show
science projects
many of us will continue to take
similar classes next year.
KINDERGARTEN CLASS
SEESPETS
by John Ramirez and
Stephanie Lentz
Fish, birds, cats, dogs, every
thing! On Tuesday and Wednes
day of the preceding week, the
Kindergarten classes visited
Jonesy’s Pet World in Clinton.
Thesecretary, Mrs. Kolkman
accompanied the children and
their teacher, Mrs. Buffinga. Here
are some of the children’s remarks:
‘‘Neat! Fun!, Awesome!, I liked
the spiders best! The fish were
huge! The crabs were neat!”
The children had a superb time!
THE GRADE TWO ASSEMBLY
by Tina Burkholder and
Erica Clark
On Thursday, March 31, the
grade two’s held their assembly. It
was about Spring and Easter. They
also made puppets and put on skits
with partners. The winners for
public speaking said their speech
es.
The class also put on a play called
‘‘The Little Rabbit Who Wanted
Red Wings”. They sang some
songs about Spring and Easter. We
thank the grade two’s for putting
on such a fine production with the
help of their teacher Mrs. Little and
their music teacher Mrs. S.
Vincent.
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OUR FISCAL YEAR ENDS APRIL 30TH
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