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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1982-09-29, Page 1Single Copy 35e Lucknow Jamboree '83 l.Y ' r% .0w+f tE$kfwi CO ENTINEL Published In Lucknow, Ontario,, Wednesday, September 29, 1982 Z0 pages • wsxao.w2q'a 'w. r , . Ta Hospital project Fi1?47F JYX��4't';_ �,W Ryn, Shown cutting the ribbon it .the grandopening of Lucknow Farm Supply on Friday arefrom the left, Barry Johnstone, reeve of Kinloss Township; David Hanna, owner: and sales representative, Luclmow Fenn Supply; J. D. Durnin, reeve Weil Wawanosh Township; �'!y �iRi,inXr Murray Gaunt, former Huron•Bruce rMPP; Charlie Scott, 'president Ralston -Purina Canada and Warren Zinn, reeve Ashfield Township. (Sentinel Staff Photos' Father O'Loughlin morks..�zn.iiiers4ry Father Ralph O'Loughlin, C.S,B, of : Missouri City, Texas celebrated', the. 406 anniversary of his ordination on. Sunday, August 15, A son of the late Joseph _ B. O'Loughlin ' and May Griffin, he was born in Kingsbridge on May\ 7, 1916, He received his early education at 5, 5, # 9, and St. Joseph's School, Ashfield Township, The family moved to Detroit in May. of 1927.where he attended St, Agnes School, Basilian Catholic Central; \High School, graduating in 1933, He attended the Basilian Novitiate in August and joined the congrega- tion of St. Basil (C.S.B.).in August of .1934. He attended Assumption College, Wind- sor receiving his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University ,of Western Ontario in 1938. . He was ordained in St.: Michael's Cathedral, Toronto on August 15, 1942. He celebrated his first High Mass at St. Agnes Roman Catholic Church in Detroit on August 16 and celebrated . mass . inSt. Joseph's Church; Kingsbridge on August 22, 1942. In September 1943 he was assigned to teach at St, Thomas .Basilian High 'School in Houston, Texas, in 1945 he joined the Basilian Mexican Mission Band of which he is the'' only ' survivor of • the firstsix volunteers. • Great .progress was trade in religious education and now there ar'e eleven missions: In 1963 Father. O'Loughlin • studied in Munich, Germany. 'He taught .from 1964-70 in the Diocesan Catechicai Centre,. Evans- ville, Indiana and St.. Meimrad Seminary (Benedictine Fathers) St, Meimrad, Indiana. He was then • assigned to ' Our Lady Assumption, Lethbrdige, Alberta until Sept. ember, 1973 .when he, volurteered' for .the Basilian Mexican Mission,. Mexico City until June of 1982. Recently a.seminary has been k established there. He has returned to Missouri City, in the Houston arca of Texas where he is a pastor of the Holy Family Parish beginning -this month, Turn to page 4• Hospital deficit this year is $15,000 The Wingham. and District Hospital has accrued a deficit of $15,000 on the first five months of this fiscal . year according. to the hospital's treasurer, Gordon Baxter. The hospital deficit has resulted because of the delay in government funding for the previous fiscal year. The hospital applied .for supplementary funding to its 1981 budget in June, 1081, to meet increased costs for medical and surgical supplies, drugs and other supplies and expenses and the wage and salary settlements awarded to the hospital's registered nursing assistants, registered nurses, supervisors and para medical and management personnel. The hospital is using cash reserves to fund the cashflow at the hospital while at waits for the ministry of .health to make .a decision about the supplementary funding, "It's costing us money because we cant invest our money," commented the hospital executive. director Norman Hayes, following the September 22 meeting of the hospital board. "We will never recover the lost interest and now. interest rates are coming down," Hayes expects the ministry will announce soon whether' the hospital will receive the additional funding and the hospital can get its cashflows straightened out, If the hospital does not receive the extra money, it leaves only six months in this fiscal year to recover, observed Hayes.. "We are eroding our capital base to stay afloat," commented the executive' director, "We have. to keep taking money out of our hip pocket tostay afloat," V . HUFFI meeting planned October 4 Recent changes in government legislation to provide aid to victims of °Urea Forma- ldehyde foam insulation have prompted the Huron County HUFFI (Homeowners With Urea Formaldehyde Foam Insulation) organ- ization :to sponsor a public information meeting to be held in the Clinton High School on Monday, October 4, 1982.at 8.00 p.m, for residents of Huron and neighbour- ing counties. ° Special guests will include Ed Smee, president of HUFFI Ontario's Provincial Council and member of the national advisory council on UFF1. Mr, Smee will outline HURAI ()nta t io and its role in current negotiations with the federal government.. HUFFI has been: instrumental in forcing the government to expand its aid program for foam victims and continues to explore other avenues towards its goal of Safe/Saleable Homes", Mel Swart, . M1'P Welland-Thorald, and provincial NDP consumer and corporate affairs critic, will discuss his efforts to obtain aid on a provincial level. Mr. Swart has requested the ombudsman of Ontario to investigate the Ontario ministry of health's refusal to act on behalf of homeowners. experiencing health: problems related to UFFI. He has also released information to the Ontario fire marshall's. office indicating that at least one foam manufacturer knew of potential fire hazards associated with Urea formaldehyde Foam insulations. Other topics for discussion will include the reductions in assessments on property values for tax: purposes of homes insulated with UFPI, Murray Cardiff, MP Huron Bruce, Murray Elston, MPP Huron Bruce and Jack Riddell,. MPP Huron Middlesex will be in attendance along . with representatives from HUFFI organizations in neighbouring counties, Grant Chisholm, president of Huron County HUFFI, feels that this meeting is of vital importance to the health and welfare of all those living in homes insulated with UFPI and has planned a question and answer period ,to give people an opportunity to air their concerns, goes to ministry The Wingham and. District Hospital's proposed building project to. Create an outpatient department and expand the emery gency and radiology departments went before the ministry of health committee responsible for capital projects on • Sept. ember 22. The .hospital's executive director,. Norman. Hayes said the proposal will not approved or turned down until the ministry sorts out the funding of hospital deficits, to see how much money remains inthe ministry budget for capital projects. • According to Hayes the committee Wiil assess the Wingham proposal and decide what percentage the ministry will fund, The proposal suggests the ministry fund 29 per cent of the 51.7 million project, The addition to the hospital is scheduled to be built within the' next two years and will provide facilities for an expanded emergency outpatient department and medical consul. tant office space, the creation of a proper intensive Care Unit. and .a Coronary Care Unit, an expanded radiology department, increased space for 'the mental health resource centre and space for the . Huron Centre for Youth and Children, It would also permit the implementation of 'tele -health, geriatric day and chronic care programs at ' the hospital, In the flews Fire call Lucknow firemen answered a call to the home . of Don and ;Sharon Pengelley. of Dungannon last Wednesday morning, when fire was discovered in the electrical wiring. No serious damage was done and noonewas injured, VisitEvelyn, Mr, and Mrs, Lorne Cook; Mr. and. Mrs, Al Hamilton and Sadie Hamilton, visited with Mrs, Evelyn Barkweli at Bakadar Nursing Horne in. Dundas, She is very bright and wouldlike to be remembered to her friends in Lucknow, Hockey school comes to Lucknow A minor hockey meeting .held last spring which was well attended by parents, roaches and' managers resulted in the following decisions. Due to various circumstances 'in the system, it was agreed the system should be reorganized, The house league system will be dropped and second teams will:, be organized in. various divisions, These second teams will do . limited travelling, The meeting also agreed to encourage more referees in the system and to unify the system with coaches clinic's, 8 & B Hockey Schools of Port Elgin have been engaged to bring a hockey school to the Lucknow Arena for the early part of November, This school will instruct both players and coaches, (The representatives of. the minor hockey association in Lucknow hope that the various changes will meet with the approval of parents, . coaches and' managers, and that they will improve the system, Registration fees for the hockeyschool will be included in thias,year's hockey registration which has been increased nominally to $20 per child: Family rates are available. Anyone .interested in refereeing is to contact Bill Hunter or David Black,