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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1981-02-25, Page 1tot y a C+ teal chains Vandals broke in .Reavie Farm Equip meat sonietime during ,the night, February 18 stealing six chains worth $100. At the same tune, the vandals smashed. the :head- lights, mirrors and windshield on a truck parked in the yard. Theincident is still under investigation by the Ontario Provincial Police, eodet.°ich detachment. * ' Co-op . xecutive The Lucknow District Co-operative board of directors elected their 1981..executive at their inaugural meeting February 9. Presid- ent is William F. Andrew. Charlie Wilkins is, vice-president and Tony Miltenburg" was. elected secretary.: All are from 'Ashfield,. Township. Twelve girls are taping the Ontario Safety League Babysitting Coarse heing sponsored by the Luelew CGIT. Shownlat the February 16 class is Pre-school `teacher Maureen de Bruyn, centre, who spoke about Child Behaviour and reviewed bathing a baby with the girls. ' Members pf Lucknow CGIT taking the course` are from the Left, Dianne', Wilson, Donalda Thompson, Jake, Clarke and Carol Ferguson. .George Whitby, Lucknow • Fire,'. Chief and . Sharon Creighton; Bruce County Public Health Nurse have also lectured the class. [Sentinel Staff Photo' Single. Copy 33c LI WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, i981 • . 20 PAGES - • The, Ontario Federation. of Agriculture's (OFA) extended health insurance program will continue with very few changes, OFA president Jtalph. .Barrie has. announced. Many of the OFA's 3,500 subscribers ane concernedthat, they willlose the program and its benefits :when, the underwriters, , Co-operative Health Service Ltd., were forced into receivership. "The subscribers have nothing to , feat"' Barrie told the' OFA Board of . Directors:. "The program has been taken over by ,The Co-operators, one of. Canada's .largest •insur- ance companies." "They have assumed all the old program's liabilities and will provide nearly identical coverage," added Barrie. . Huron. Federation of Agriculture past president, ` Merle Gunby, explained that under t_ he new programthere 'are coverage Minks M 'which '' incl"ude `a ` -S500, limit " on prescription drugs -,per family per years a 51,000 Jiaut On private duty., nursing per family per yearand a. 55,000 overall limitation per family per year. . Gunby said it is his understanding that any bills dated. prior to February 9 are to be submitted to the old .carrier, Co-operative Health Ser,ices and bills not covered by them because of tie bankruptcy will: be Turn to page 96 conomy is election issue: Smith Ontario Liberal leader Stuart Smith was in Lucknow, February 17 to attend the Huron - Bruce nomination meeting which selected a successor to , Murray Gaunt. It was the biggest meeting Stnith has attended thus far in the campaign, with some 1,500 people Elstoncarries Liberal banner •Huron -Bruce Liberals • met in Lucknow. February 17 to choose a successor to Murray Gaunt and nominated Wingham lawyer, Murray ,Elston to carry their" banner in the March 19 provincial election. Contenders for the nomination included Renus Bailey,' a Wingham businessman; Tony Johnstone, manager of the Lucknow Sentinel; David Zyluk, principal of Sty Joseph's Community School,../Kingsbridge; John Jewitt, a Hullett Township farther and Bruce MacDonald, •a Wingham insurance agent. Renus Bailey was defeated on • the first ballot when .1,132 cast votes. Tony John- stone lost on the second ballot and Dave Zyluk waidefeated on the third. John Jewitt withdrew after the third ballot and Elston ._ was declared winner over Bruce MacDonald ballot. i . on the fourth baElston s a director of the Wingham Business Association and treasurer of the. Huron -Bruce Federal Liberal Association. In his nomination speech, Elston said he wants an orderly growth and development Of the riding, indicating he .would work to ensure the .riding's prosperity. He said Ite knows and understands the problems facing fanners in the riding and wants to help • 'fruit to page 26 cramming the •Lucknow District Community Centre. . ' Smith .told his Huron -Bruce supporters. before the.nomination vote that leadership is not the issue in this campaign, "it is the problem". He criticized Premier William Davis for not meeting him in a televised debate, saying vis knows his chances are better if s he doet. have to defend his "deplorable" record: Davis wants to avoid a debate on the economy, which Smith says is the real issue in the campaign, because Ontario•has failed to live up to its potential during the Davis administration. During the 70s, said Smith, Ontario slipped to 10th place in every major indicator of economic growth. • 1 "If the Ontario economy had grown at the same rate as the average of the other Canadian provinces, everyone 'would ' have had another 31,000 of disposable income in 1981," •argued Smith. , • Ontario has all the resources necessary for success, said Smith; agricultural foodland, fine young people, industrial experience and a fabulous array of natural resources. Yet, Ontario is slipping behind, while Japan, which has no agricultural foodland and no natural resources, is leading the world in manufacturing, Smith pointed out. The Liberal leader commented on Davis" remarks during the campaign referring - to Smith as being negative towards Ontario. "He calls me Dr. Negative," said Smith, "but considering the present administra- tion, it's easy to figure out who is Dr. Doolittle." The Liberals arenot negative about Ontario,' stated Smith, they're negative about the Davis government. Smith told his supporters that the economic crisis in Ontario is so severe that 25,000 people are on indefinite layoff, 28,000 jobs have disappeared "n, the. last year alone and 30,000 people have left the province to seek opportunities, elsewhere. In agriculture he noted that the net farm income dropped 32 per cent in the last year and there has been a farrn, bankruptcy every three days over »the, same period: Smith Turn to page 2+ hospital'sfuture. By Heny Hess The Wingham and District Hospital Board oard has established a long-range planning committee to look at the operation of the hospital and consider directions it should take in the fluture. II The committee composed of eight t g members of the current board and the hospital administrator; will hold its initial meeting. next month. Its final report is expected by the end of this y p year. Board chairman Jack Kopas announced the forming of the committee- during: the regular board meeting held last week. Its terms of reference are: • To study the hospital's, present capacity to serve the existing health care needs of the community, and to indicate any measures deemed necessary to better meet the needs. To consider future changes in the nature of hospital care aid facilities which could result fronrchanges in government fund- ing and philosophy, changes in the corm, position of the referral population, new developments in medical treatment and technology, and trends toward integra- tion and specialiiation of hospitals. To outline a range of problems and serv- ices ' iccs,for thehospital considered appropri- ate and adequate to cover the . next 10 years. This is an ad hoc committee, and its mandate will end with its final .report to the board. Committee members are: Norman- Hayes, Dr DonJolt , Jack Kopas,s y Haiti Kuyvenhoven, Dr. J. C. McKim, Bill Newton, Dr. Chong Ping, Mary Vair and Dr. Al Williams. A chairman will be selected from within the committee. In other business at the meeting, board members learned that although the hospit- al's operating deficit jumped to nearly 575;000 from about 536,000 the previous month, there still is hope of ending the year in the black. Receive Additional Revenue Mr. Hayes, hospital administrator, told Tern to page 2• O