HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1980-07-02, Page 1•
Barb Helm.of Lucknow has becomeanada's second lady tractor puller. She took
up driving her husband's V-12 packatd in the7,000 pound modified class thiS year
takingp place:. along side Mary :Verheyen of KetWood,.canada'S only other lady
driver, :Both ladies: will be driving in Luoknow Traetor Pull Slily 1940 when
tractors from:all Over sOuthWeStern Ontario and.NOrthern-MiChigartare:expeCted•
to competeinthetwit day event.,(PhOte by Rod Finlay). : . • • "
Hire arictest ettst
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she had actually done it, But sheplans
to keep one competing and will be
pulling in the 7,000 modified class at
Lucknow's tractor pull this year, July
19 and 20, ' •
Over_,LOSILpeeRie are expected to
attend the two day event held at—the
Lucknow Tractor Pulling Park,
Havelock Street north This year's pull
is sanctioned by the ,Great Lakes
Tractor Pullers Association, a local
organization formed this past year
including pullers from southwestern
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Canada has two lady tractor pullers
and• one is from Lucktiew, Barb Helm is
driving, her husband's V-12 packard in
the 7,000 pound modified class this
year, after watching front the sidelines
_for thepast three„,y,eprs, „, - •
`'She admits she was scared of the idea
at first. She Was raised on a farm and
never learned to drive tractors there,
because she was afraid of. them. But
she has a good friend who driVes .and
she has beep coaxing•Barb to give it a
try for some time, That friend is Mary
Verheyen from Kerwoocl, Canada's
other lady tractor pullerwho has been
driving for two years. Last year Mary's
huShand handed. over, the controls of
their Gold Digger to her exclusively.
Frank retired as driver because Mary
was doing such 'a .good job and beCame
their ace mechanic,
Barb has also received more than a
little encouragement from her husband
Art. It;was his extra little push that got
her aboard. He had arranged for the
owner and operator of the huge sled the
tractors, pull in competition to meet
him at a Pull early, so Barb could take
a practice run. But Barb and Art didn't
make it to the pull in time for the
practice run and Barb's first time down
the track was in competition. She
placed eighth in a class of 15 her 'first
time out and was a bit that
Sentinek dosed
The office of the Luc_ know
Sentinel will be closed this',
Friday, July 4 in observance of
the Canada Day holiday. The
Sentinel office remained open
Monday and Tuesday of this week
to meet press deadlines for this
week's paper and the staff will'
, takethe holiday, on Friday.
up for .grabs when both the incur bent of the hospital auXiliary and returned
Ctitifffriab i Bora Miloieqc-,-- ara vice thi-S year .:asthe. Huron dOtitity--apz
chaArman, Harold Elliott, werenot pointee, declined the nomination on the
returned to the boarLat the hospital basis of a lack.of experience..
association annual meeting. -A third -riomiriee,--Dr. Al Williams,. a
William Newton of. HoiYick Town- Wingharrf opionietrist who last year
ship, also a second-year member, was chaired the board's finance and audit
the first nominated, but bowed out on committee, also declined, pleading a
the grounds -that he lives on the fringe lack of tinsW,, "It's a very time-consuming job, if
you do it right," he explained.
Mr, Newton inquired about one of the,
medical staff representatives serving
BY HENRY HESS
• :Jack lionas, a Second-year 'board
member nd former chairman of its
public relations committee, is the new
chairman of the board of governors at
Wingkarn and District Hospital.
The 'position Was bounced around like
a:. >hot potato: at ,.last Wednesday's
inaugural board Meeting before
eventuilY settling into the lap of:Mr.
Kopas, Several other members were
nominated, but all declined for a
variety of reasons.
The chairman's position was thrown
Dr. Marie Gear was named as the
newly-appointed second general
practioner-anesthetist to the Wingham
and District -Hospital by Administrator
Norman Hayes, during the hospital
board meeting last week. '
Mr. Hayes explaineci that although
he announced the appointment at the
last meeting, he couldn't divulge the
physician's name beeause at that time
she was negotiating for the purchase of
a practice.
Presently Dr.. Gear is completing her
training in Toronto and. should be
starting at the hospital during the first
week in July.
Mr. Hayes also reported that a social
worker, Sandy Shantz of Kitchener,
assumed responsibility for the stroke
Unit on June 2. She took over the
program from Nadine, Foulds.
The board is still seeking an oc-
cupational ,therapist for the unit. As
reported in the last meeting, ad-
vertiSments were pla.eectiti the Toronto
newspapers. Since then inquiries have
been sent to -I:Patio-US traibirir centreii,
but so far no one has been hired for the
position:. •
Similar advertising still is being .,
placed for a general surgeon.
During the meeting Dr. S.C. iVieKirn,
the hospital anesthetist and a member
of the board, inquired about the
financial statement ' .of the hospital
foundation,Dr.-IVIcKim-suggested that
since the board has donated funds to •
the foundation in the past, its statement
should be made available for the
board's perusal. •
Mr. Hayes explained that the
foundation was set up as a separate
entity_ from ,the hospital to promote
health care by accumulating funds for
speCial projects, He said that since it is
a separate organization, the foundation
doesn't have to present its financial
statement to the beard.
Nevertheless, Dr. McKim's motion
that the board, not give the foundation
any 'more' grants unless it presents its
financial statement to, the hospital
board was passed.
The foundation, formed in July, 1978,
was granted $3,500 by the board to
assist in the . development of the
-Wingharn and Area Day Centre for the.
'Homebound._
In other buSiness, Mr. IlayeS
reported that repair of a leaking roof alt
the hosPitillias been coMpleted. The
contract, awarded to. Exeter Roofing
and Sheet Metal, was completed for an
estimated cost of $5,400.
as board chairman, but Secretary
Norman Hayes noted that those
positions can change in December,
which would leave a gap. He also
suggested there might be a conflict of
interest in a doctor's serving as
chairman.
Dr. Jack McKim, president* of the
medieal staff, agreed there definitely
would be a conflict and said he wouldn't
liketo-seea-doctor eletted chairman of
the. oard.
This left only' Mr. KoPas standing for
the post, and he Was elected' by ac-
clamation.
Mrs. Vair was acclaimed as vice
chairman and chairman of the
tnanagement committee after Dr.
Williams and Frank MacKenzie of. R.R.
5, Lucknow, declined the nomination..
Other members named to the
management committee are Dr.
Williams, 1VIr. Newton,- Isabel
Arbuckle, Isobel Garniss and Dr.
McKim,
Other board standing committees, as
named by the management committee,
,are: Finance and audit: Dr. Williams,
(chairman), Mr. Newton, Lorna
Stuart, Lloyd Mayer and Dr. R.B.
Treleaven ; Property: Mr. MacKenzie
(chairman), Hans Kuyvenhoven, Allan
Harrison, Archie Hill, Mervin
McIntyre and Dr. Donald Jolley;
?public . relations: Raye Elinslie
(chairman), Mr. Hill, Dr, Jolley, Mrs,
Arbuckle and Mrs. Garniss. Mrs.
Arbuckle was named as board ap-
pointee to the joint conference com-
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The Lucknow Noisy Ladies
Softball Team is holding their
first annual - softball tournament:
in Lucknow this Friday, Saturday!
and Sunday Twelve teams will be
competing in the tournament
which gets underway at 7 p.m. on
Friday night. A dance will be held
at the Lucknow District Com-
munity Centre on Saturday night
in conjunction with the tour-
nament. Championship games
will be Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m.
anci 5 p.m.
Ree program
Lucknow's summer recreation
program this year includes T-i
ball, softball, swimming and
roller skating. Linda Jerome and
David Emberlin are in charge of
roller skating held atthe arena on,
Wednesday and Sunday nights,
from 7 -10 p.m.
Playground.activities under the
supervision of Rosemary de Beer
and Lynne Nicholson are
,`scheduled in conjunction with the
swimming lessons at the
Lucknow pool and will run from 9
- '12 am. each weekday. All
children not registered in
swimming are also welcome to
attend.
Doug Stevenson is coaching
softball for boys on Wednesday
nights and Ken Reed and Jeff
Taylor are coaching softball for
the younger boys Saturday
/mornings.
Joan Hamilton and Susan
Brooks are supervising T-ball for .
girls . Barb Helm, 'Susan
Stevenson and Susan Brooks are
managing the older girls' softball;,
house league team.
of the hospital's referral area.
"I don't feel .I can do' the job under
those conditions.." he stated.
Mary Vair of l3elgraire, who served
on the board for two yearsas president