The Lucknow Sentinel, 1982-05-26, Page 1uc nowt/
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Published ,in Lueknow►, Ontario, Wednesday, May 26, 192
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.Accident injures
area .youth
A lucknow area youth is in 'satisfactory
. condition at Wingham and District Hospital
following a car accident early Saturday
. morning.
James 'Randolph Scott, 17, of It, 1,
Holyrood was proceeding north on Huron
County Road 1, about 3 kilometres south of
Lucknow, when the vehicle he wasdriving
left the road, struck a mail bar and a tree
'and came to rest in the west ditch, . The
accident occurred about 3 a,m,
Godertch detachment of the Ontario
Provincial .Police investigated the incident.
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Hospital auxiiiar
donates anilaulft
The . hospital's. executive director Norman
Hayes reported to the hospital board at their
May 19 meeting that the Auxiliary to the
Hospital. has purchased one ambulift'costing
$2,860, one coupette,. costing 5855, and one
crib bubble costing 5400 for the hospital.
Hayes pointed out that these three' items
were on the capital list for this year and had
been purchased by the auxiliary.
Board ' chairman Jack Kopes . noted the
hospital and:, the board appreciate the
significant contributions made by the auxil-
tarIyn year. end business, the 'hospital board
approved the reappointment ofIthe. Members,
of the hospital's Medical stat and board
chairman Jack Kopas noted that all board
members who stand for re-election: at this
year's annual meeting June 24, have been
renominated, •
Ottawa should
help farmers
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"You have given . us a truly miserable
'reflection of your much -touted concern for
agriculture," Ralph Barrie, presidentof the
Ontario Federation of Agriculture told a
group of nientbers. of parliament and.
. senators .in Ottawa on 'May 10,
They were attending a meeting organized '
r �g.
by the Canadian Federation of Agriculture,
The CFA delegation was made up• of:
directors from , the CPA board and senior
officials . from ` most of Canada's farm
organizations and .co.operatives,
Barrie sald the only solution to current
farm financial problems is "massive ; refin.
ancing of the Warm debt." .
• "That refinancing must take place at rates ,
that are,. commensurate with returns in
Agriculture," .he said, One way ofrefinan-
Ong which the OFA and CIA: have suggest-
ed is giving the Farm Credit Corporation the
I right to sell agri.bonds, The FCC could
borrow► Money from private ' sources, and.
give the lender agrl.bonds in. return.
Farmers could borrow money at 1.Q per cent,
and lenders could get . •a substantial tax
break.
"It could have, and: should have been
done ages .ago," Barrie 'said. He said it
should have been done when. the Patin
Credit Act was being amended, •
►amn It, it's about time they '(govern-
ment 'leaders) , started doing something
sensible, We need help now: Even now is too
late for many, Failure to get positive action
is bound to cause farmers in ugly moods to
rally into this city and let the government
knaieocluesy"•
Brrcnddyayin
g,"If you
really
stand by the platitudes we hear you utter all
too often, do something right for •a change, •
and do it now." .
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this houseboat'travetitng On a flatbed truck proceeded down 'the
of Khasi. Township on Saturday afternoon as: Lloyd Ackert ridKinloss
moved a" Bttle closer to realizing bis dream of ugering houseboat
cruises down. the Trent Canal this summer:. The houseboat left the
Holyrood *tit, where U44 '000 his aunt ,panel built it this rpring,
about noon Saturday and arrived in Amberley about 8 p.m. Lloyd and
Paul launched the houseboat at Amberley on Monday for its trip to
the Trent. ` • [Sentinel Staff Photo]
rticize ministry funding of hospitals
Thee Ministry of Health's ° method of
f'inan'cing hospital . budgets came- under
sharp criticism again this month at the
Winghatnand District Hospital board's May
19 meeting, •
The hospital budget shows an operating
deficit of $160,006 and the hospital has
received no funding from the ministry since
last June for the 1981.82 fiscal year.
In the current fiscal year, the ministry is
already late in its payments havingjust
made it first.payment the end of April. The
ministry catches up at the end of the fiscal
year.
Board member .8111 Newton . commented
the ministry must realize the hospital has to
fund the cash' flow. and that if the hospital did
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not have the money on deposit to do this, it
would . have toborrow moneyand pay
interest, '
Newton pointed out that former Minister
of ,Health Dennis Ti nbrell wants hospital
boards to manage their own business and
look into ways their hospitals can make
money. ,<.
"We should object to them dipping into
our revenues," . said Newton,
The hospital's executive director, Norman
Hayes suggested the hospital could bill `the.
, ministry , 2 per . centI on overdue bus.
Seriously he added, the hospital could stress
that . with the newdevelopment program,
suggested by Timbrell, the ministry is using
the hospital's money.
In his, review of the April cash statement,
hospital treasurer, Gordon Baxter pointed
out that there was, a $256,000 drop in the
hospital's working funds during the month.
This resulted because the hospital's" revenue
from the Ministry of Health was down the
previous month., the hospital chose . to put
money into its building : fund and . the
employee deductions paid. on their retroact-
,,ive pay were made in April. •
The hospital's executive director, told ,the
board he expects toy hear by the end of , the
week whether the Ministry is prepared 'to
'grant supplementary funding to the hospital
to offset its operating deficit incurred in the
1981.82 fiscal year:
ank relations with farmers strained
'Banks have to solve many problems if they
want to improve their strained relations :with
farmers, Ralph Barrie, president' of the Ont-.
' ario Federation of . Agriculture .told the.
Members of the federal comiittee studying.
bank . profits, .last week.
"The image of \the chartered banks has
taken a beating in the rural community in the
past twit years, "`tie said. Bank managers are
often inexperienced: ,when it comes to a
"complex and dynamic industry like agricul.
ture", and aren't givingsound advice, or
encouraging farmers to get advice from
independent sources. '
"We have been repeatedly told of
producers, who were advised by banks in
.1978 and 1979 notto fix, the interest rate on
their loans becausethe banks 'felt that
interest rates were going to fall. We all know
the value of that advice," Barrie said,
Higher interest rates for borrowers and
not for savers are unfair, Barrie .told the
. committee, "Either the borrower sho d be
paying less or the. saver earning more he
said, and added that banks' higher admin.
istration costs "do not necessarily justify
increased spreads."
Barrie criticized several of: the conditions
banks impose on their borrowers, like asking
collateral security in excess of the money
being borrowed. "Collateralsecurity should
only be required up to 'maximum of 150% of
the value.of the money borrowed;" he said.
Security agreements which tie up goods
that will be' acquired .in the future are
unnecessary, Barrie said, since the banks
already have enough collateral.
Banks often use illegal clauses to "scare'
the borrower, Barrie said, using the example
of a clause which allows the banks, "without
demand or notice, to forcibly open, enter,
lease or soli property."
"The . laws of the land were made to.
protect people and their businesses," Barrie
said. "Banks should not be able to force
people to sign a waiver : of all their . rights",
unless they get something in, return; like a
point less in interest. ,
Roof repairs aproblemi
• The initial estimate of roof repairs to
Winghatn and District Hospital show that
more extensive repairs are necessary than
first anticipated,
The architect Lloyd Kyles of Kyles, Kyles
and Garratt submitted an initial estimate of
$30,000 to replace the roof over the Intensive
Care .unit and the patient area on the east
side of the second corridor at the northeast
section of the .hospital, The roof over the
administration the west
hos italw ll also needtobe replaced. side the
p' p cod...
Executive directorof the hospital, Norman
Hayes pointed out that the extensive. roof
repairs will mean it will be almost impossible
to do any painting in the hospital during this
fiscal year. Kyles is alsopreparing specifica-
tions to dothe painting . at the l hospital.
Board member Bill .Newton said the roof
had only been done seven or eight years ago
and he feels it should not require repair yet:
"'Contractors must be aware of the prob. ,
!ems of a fiat roof," said Newton. "It doesn't
seem like a very good deal."
Hans Kuyvenhoven, chairman of the
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