HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1988-07-06, Page 8PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 6- 1988-
The 21 young graduates in the Kindergarten class at Walton Public
School presented a musical program for families and friends in the
sanctuary of Duff’s United Church before being awarded their
graduation diplomas. Posing with their teacher are: [front row]
Bradley Shortreed, Pamela Elliott, Catherine Bourne, Melissa Dube,
Amy Shortreed, Jason MacDonald, Benjamin Finlayson, Fraz Khan,
Christopher Siemon, Justin McGuire, Wendy Glauser and Corey
Culbert; [back row] teacher Joan Vandendool, Brian Hawks, Sandra
McNichol, Theresa Pryce, Matthew McLellan, Alicia Dalton and
Amanda Comeau.
Dennis Rijkhoff, Jillian Houston and Bradley Somerville; [middle row]
Irrigationdemand high for farmers
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particularly tough (because of lack
of moisture), while the soys are
largely in a maintenance mode.
Some haven’t even germinated
yet, which means that if they ever
do come up, they’ll be at so many
stages of development that they’ll
be almost impossible to combine.”
Both Mr. Hall and Mr. Vander-
Burgt agree that the fall wheat crop
looks “amazingly good,” and
predict close to average yields
regardless of rainfall. Butboth also
agree that the spring cereal crops
are at the critical stage, with many
already starting to mature with
little filling having taken place.
“The yields have already been
set,” Mr. Hall said. “But it
remains to be seen if there will be a
harvest.”
“If we don’t get rain right away,
I think you’ll see a lot of farmers
cutting their (cereal) crops for
silage or hay,” he added.
The first cut of grass hay was
late, with much of it just coming off
now, but the yield has been fairly
heavy. However, unless it rains
there could be a pretty scant
second cut, a grim factor for many
cattlemen who may have to start
feeding within a few weeks as
pastures dry up, Mr. Hall noted.
Mr. VanderBurgt added that
several of the large-scale veget
able producers in the southern part
'Life's Foundation' theme
of Blyth Minister's sermon
Rev. Lorenzo Ramirez chose as
the subject of his sermon in Blyth
UnitedChurchonSunday, June
26, “Life’sFoundation”. Hebased
his thoughts on Jesus’ story of the
men who built homes on rock and
on sand as recorded in Matthew 7:
21-27.
He said that it was amazing how
often Jesus talked about the
kingdom of God by using simple,
easily-understood illustrations.
He said, “Our lives are structures
of what we do - not what we say”.
“Our house of faith will be tested
of the county had escaped the worst
of the frost damage, but that they
are now scrambling to irrigate to
save what they have.
“Most of those guys don’t have
irrigation set-ups, so they have to
rent or buy the stuff, and there
comes a point when it’s no longer
economical to try to save a crop,”
he said.
ChrisLeeofLand H Resource
Management in Walton says that
his company has been “going
crazy” in the past few weeks,
trying to keep up with the demand
for irrigation units. He says that
not an hour goes by without a call
for equipment, but both his rental
units are fully booked, while the
company has sold its entire
inventory to as far ahead as
September, both locally and at L
and H dealerships in Alberta and
the mid-western United States.
“But even if we had more
(equipment), I’m not sure that
there’s enough water left out there
tooperate it,” Mr. Lee said. “A lot
of guys have done such a good job
of draining all their sloughs and
swamps that there’s not that much
left, and most people have no idea
how much water irrigation takes. ’ ’
It takes 22,628 Imperial gallons
of water to put one inch of moisture
on one acre, or a flow of 400 gallons
per minute to operate each of the L
and H irrigation units, which can
cover 1,100 lineal feet, or about six
therefore it must have a good
foundation and Jesus is our rock of
salvation.”
Rev. Ramirez in his conversation
with the children talked about
building sand castles and how
easily they could be destroyed.
They sang, “Smile, Smile.”
The choir’s anthem was “Secur
ity”. It was announced that July 3
will be “Visitation Sunday” giving
the congregation opportunity to
visit other Churches. The following
week July 10 there will be a speaker
from “Compassion”. Flowers
were in memory of Iva Switzer.
to seven acres, at a time, he
explained.
Boyd Taylor, who owns and
operates Orchill Farms and Or
chards at RR 3, Walton, takes a
philosophical view of the whole
situation. “This lack of rainfall is
likely a record, but it will pass,” he
says. “Weather does go in cycles -
it’s not that unusual.”
He says he is satisfied with his
apple crop at this point, but adds
that if the trees don’t get rain soon,
HEALTH ONTHE HILL-
RECRUITMENT COMMITTEE
The Board at a recent meeting named a Recruitment Committee to secure the resources of
additional family physicians for the Hospital. The committee consists of four members, the
Board Chairperson, the Mayor of Seaforth, Chief of Medical Staff and the Chairperson of the
Board Public Relations Committee.
CONSTRUCTION PROGRESSES
Building Chairperson James Etue was in Toronto last week meeting with officials of the
Ministry of Health in connection with planning details of the hospital addition, construction of
which is expected to get under way shortly.
In the meantime, preliminary work is advancing on the construction of the addition on the east
side of the hospital to accommodate electrical and mechanical services for the major addition.
First stages of a new road to serve staff parking and delivery was completed this week as well as
extensions to the storm drainage system.
CONTINUING EDUCATION ESSENTIAL
How does Patient Care Staff keep in touch with the constantly changing world of medicine?
StandardsatSeaforthCommunity Hospital require that part-time nursing staff must attend 50
hours per year. These hours can be in the form of meetings, seminars or courses relevant to the
function of the services provided. As a result, many staff have been extremely busy. Cheryl
Cook and Pauline Linton, R.N.s recently attended a course called Community Health Office
Nursing, sponsored by Conestoga College. Issues such as Baby Care, Immunization, and
Allergies werecovered. Sheila Feeney and Carol Hunt, R.N.A.s have been updating a Stroke
Rehabilitation and exploring ideas from occupational therapist and speech therapists on how to
motivate stroke patients.
STAFF CHANGES
The hospital welcomes new staff members Clara Vanderlaan, R.N., Karen Braecker, R.N.A.,
Laurie M ills, Dietary and Leona Sharpe, Laboratory and extends best wishes to Marjorie Varley
who is retiring and Lynn Burke who has resigned.
HUMOUR THERAPY
J im Unger, cartoonist tells us that “the key to happiness and freedom is a sense of humour and a
sense of humour is nothing more or less than the ability to laugh at oneself.’’ The patient
activation group co-ordinators are looking for a touch of humour to act as a positive therapy.
They are collecting cartoons that will be enlarged and hung about the Hospital to lighten up
someone’s day. As well, the hot summer sun has brought the patients outdoors to plant
asparagus ferns and spikes in wooden planters and to enjoy the coolness of the patio.
people will just have to be satisfied
with a smaller apple this fall. But
thesamesituationexists every
where in the province, so no one
producer will be worse off than any
other when it comes time to sell his
crop, he explains.
“One thing is for sure as a result
of all this (drought), ’ ’ he concluded
“The consumer is just going to
have to be prepared for higher food
prices right across the board,
there’s no two ways about it.”
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'Power in
weakness'
sermon theme
Greeters at Duff’s United
Church on Sunday morning were
Bill and Marie Coutts. Organist
was Glenda Carter. Offering was
received by Emerson Mitchell, Bill
Coutts and Heather McGavin.
Rev. Bonnie Lamble took as her
sermon, “Power in Weakness.”
Nursery volunteers were Liz Lam
ble and Shannon Craig. Next week
volunteers will be Nancy and
Sharon Godkin. Dorothy Sholdice
head of the Stewardship commit
tee read an article on “Minute for
Mission”.
People
on the go
Cathy McGavin left the first of
the week for Europe where she will
be on a tour for the next six weeks. .
Visiting with Mr. and Mrs. Roily
Achilles over the Canada Day
holiday were Danny and Karen
Achilles and son Donnie of Strat
ford. Jerry and Linda Achilles and
Kevin of Bellwood spent Saturday
at the same home.
Clint and Judy Emmrich and
family are getting settled in their
new home formerly the Reid
house. Annie has moved recently
to an apartment in Seaforth.
Ruth Krick of Hamilton visited
recently with her mother, Mrs.
Margery Ritchie in Brussels and
attended the Sunday service at
Duff’s United.
Slo-pitch
tournament starts
The Ladies’ Slo-pitch tourna
ment is planned for this coming
weekend with several teams par
ticipating. The games start Friday
night at 7 p.m. and continue all
day Saturday at the Walton Park.