HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1982-02-24, Page 1SENTINEL
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Published.* Lueinsew, Ontario, Feinting 24, 1902
"Fire destroys:
Ashfield house
A fire Saturday night completely gutted a
house on the farm owned by Henry Drennan
on the 12th concession of Ashfield Town-
ship.
own ship.
Lucknow Fire Department answered : the
call about 9.20 p.m. but when they arrived at
the scene, they found the, fire had been
burning forsome time and only the walls, of
the stone house remained standing.
Cause of the fire is suspected as being a
wood burning stove. Estimate of damage is
not known as yet.
Wins Kings'
tournament
Ralph .Nivins is the lucky 'winner of a 1982
Chevette, the grand prize in the Kingsbridge
Community School Association's Kings and
Queens Tournament held at the Lucknow
District Community'. Centre on Saturday
n{,ight. Ralph's mother, ' Mrs. Alex Nivins
drove the car home as herson did not attend
the tournament.
Over 75 prizes were won in the elimination'
draw and Ray Hogan won a hair permanent. ,
A complete list of., the prize winners will
appear in next week's Sentinel.
•
Face charges
Five area youths have .been arrested and
released on condition they appear in
. provincial .court • to facecharges of break;
enter and theft on March 15, following the
theft of a small amount of money at Buffy's
Burger Bar, February 16.
Three Kinloss youths; two aged 22 and
oiie aged 20, a young man from Walkerton,
aged 22, and another from Wingham, aged
19, will appear to answer the charges. The
Kincardine detachment of the Ontario
Provincial . Police made the arrests on
February 18.
Table report
Consider 1,cmg Range Planning Report ..
The long-range planning committee of the
Wingham• and District Hospital .board .• of
governors table, .!their report at the February
17 meeting of the board. The report ,will -be
discussed at the March meeting. Committee
chairman Jack ,Kopas 'said the members of
the board should take time to read the report
and consider it carefully because of it's
implications for the future direction of the.
hospital. The long-range planning commit-
tee was established to look at the operation
of the hospital and to, consider the directions
it should take inthe future.
Public Can Sit On Board .Committees
Board chairman Jack Kopas asked mem-
bers of the hospital' board to consider people
in the municipalities which they represent,
who might be of assistance to the board by
sitting on any of the board's committees.
Kopassaid while these people would not
receive remuneration for their committee
work nor do they have a vote, but they could
be of valuable assistance in an advisory
• capacity. He mentioned that in the past the
publisher of the Wingham newspaper has
sat in this capacity as a;.member of the public
relations committee, offering suggestions as
a 'member of the media which . proved
valuable assistance to this committee.
Breastfeeding Clinic
The Wingham and District Hospital and
the Huron County. Health Unit Are sponsor-
ing the first breastfeeding clinie for
expectant and postnatal patents at the
hospital's clinic 'building on March 3. The
clinic will include a discussion of the normal
course 'of lactation, common ' problems
encountered during breast feeding and a
library of books available for borrowing. The
clinics are planned for every' second
Wednesday afternoon.
•
The stone .wails are an that rem'lp of a farInhouae .on the farm of
Henry .Drennan, concession • 12 Ashfield Township watch wu
destroyed by fire Saturday evening. No one was home at the.time of
the ere which had been burning for some time before !icemen were
called to .the acme. Luelmow DLjt riot Fire Department answered the
call about 9.20 p.m. but the building was completely gutted whe
they arrived. Cause of the drat is thought to be a wood bunting stove.
[Sentinel Std Photo)-.
ospital staff will receive backpay
Wingham and. District Hospital board of
governors passed, a motion authorizing Athe.
payment of all backpay to hospital staff
regarding the agreed upon settlements when '
they met in February-
The board had decided last September
they could not fund the Canadian Union of
Public Employees (CUPE) and Ontario
Nurses' Association (ONA) settlements until
the hospital's supplementary budget was
approved by the Ministry of Health.
• The problemof paying the staff increases
arose because there wasn't the .cashflow to
pay the increases until the hospital received
additional . money from • the Ministry of
All hospital staff received an interim raise
in April of 1981,.because protracted negotia-
tions with the unions had meant staff 'at the.
hospital had not received. a -pay raise in 18
months. '
Employees at the Winghamhospital are
not,represented by a union, but the hospital
has traditionally followed union settlements
in settling wages and salaries.
The CUPE agreement was reached in
September and the ONA award was made in
November, but the increases have not been
paid while the hospital awaited the ministry
decision.
Trustee Bill Newton who reported to the
board on behalf of the finance and audit
committee, said the committee felt the
hospital could no longer expect the staff to
wait for .their increase. He said the hospital
expects word from the ministry very shortly
regarding funding. and 'tabled the motion
that the increases' be paid.
A letter thanking the hospital staff for
their patience in this, matter will accompany
the payment. Most should receive their
backpay at the end of this pay period by the
first week in,March. •
Executive director Norman Hayes, said he
and hospital treasurer, Gordon Baxter had
made presentation to the area administrative
team which then presents the hospital's
supplementary budget to the province's
appeal ' cemmittee. Hayes • expects` this
presentation will be made this week and the
hospital should know within 10 days how
much money they will receive to cover their
operating deficit.
The hospital has been waiting sice June
of last year for the ministry to apprve their
VCA increases -levy12
By. Stephanie Levesque
Maitland Valley Conservation Authority's
general levy increases 12.4 per cent this year
over 1981, representing 15.9 per cent of its
total budget. •
A 1982 budget of $978,500 was approved
at the authority's annual meeting here on
February t7The general levy is $270,335,
up _ from abdut ,$225,000. in . 1981. The
remainder is made up in grants from the
Ministry of Natural Resources.
The single most costly project is phase
four and five of the Listowel channel im-
provement program to cost $266,000 in 1982.
This figure includes costs for the realign-
ment, deepening, widening, sloping and
gabion and rip -rap protection of 840 feet of
river bank from Spinrite Yarns and Dyers
Limited to the conduit outlet. Also $11,006
has been earmarked for a channel design
before construction starts.
As the benefitting 'municipality, the Town
of Listowel will pay 15 per cent of the costs,
estimated at $39,900 for the channel im-
provements and $1,650 for the design.
Other major capital projects include a
flood forecasting system' in two phases..
Phase A, to cost $34,700, is the continuation
of installing gauging stations. In 1981 such
stations were installed' at Harriston, List-
owel, Bluevale and Lucknow. The stations
will provide data to the authority on °stream
tluw, precipitation and at some locations
windspeed and temperatilre. The system is
expected to impro a MVCA's ability to
1981 budget. The original budget submis-
sion for $.8 million was made in May and ,
the hospital submitted' a supplenientary
budget for $4.1 million, which recognized.
the effect of increased costs for medical and
surgical supplies, drugs and other supplies
and expenses.."
A second supplementary budget. for $4.25
million was submitted in September which.
included the CUPE settlement.
In the, meantime, 'the hospital had
received funding.of. $3.9 million which falls
short of the amount indicated in the first
supplementary budget which requested $4.1
million: ' •
Treasurer Gordon Baxter told the board of
governors he expects the ' hospital will
receive,a further °$146,500 but this will leave
a budget shortfall of $128,000. Baxter said
he hopes the appeal committee will fund half
of that amount ($128,000) which would leave
the hospital with tle responsibility of picking
up the retraining deficit. '
Baxter said the hospital would reduce
their hort term investments in order to meet
the pay increases while waiting , for the
ministry's decision on funding: •
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monitor river flows and predict flood flows,
earlier and with greater accuracy.
Phase B of the flood forecasting system
has been budgetted at $30,000. This is a two
year effort to purchase Computer equipment
for administration offices to compile flood
processing data. •
Also' under capital projects,' $19,000 has
been allocated for , propery management.
This is the continuation of wildlife planting
at' Wawanosh Valley' conservation Area,
erosion control at. WVCA and foot bridge
abutments at Harriston Conservation Area
and tree planting at Falls Reserve Conser-
vation Area.
Under surveys and studies,' two phases of
,watershed planning have been budgettediat
$33.,000.