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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1987-05-06, Page 19wesonwerstememsnamerawasammeffinesenesmesawseor some early and bring a riend to hear Canada's # 1 Financial Speaker nogoneelemeniarlelimonmestmommenessmodamegs Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, May 6, 1987—Page 19 Son receives award for automotive inventions The Happy Hearts Club held a euchre par- ty in the Ripley Legion Hall last Monday afternoon, April 27, with nine tables playing. Prize winners were Gladys Huston, Bette MacLeod, Mary Scott and Marion Gamble. The player coming the farthest distance from Ripley was Jean Sturgeon of Kincar- dine. This was the final euchre party for the season. Our thanks goes to John W. Scott and his wife Mary Scott of Ripley for all their writ- ten notes and their delivery to our front door bags here to make the news column every two weeks all winter. Everyone will look forward to their renewal next fall with interest. Son receives award for inventions Oliver and Marion McCharles received word last Wednesday that their son Donald had arrived home from New York City. Donald was the recipient of several awards due to the fact that he had several inven- tions patented in the automotive field. Donald is employed as a research engineer with Bendix, a part of the Allied Corporation of America and was honoured hospital budget • from page 1 salary rates are basically known and not too difficult to estimate, he said, but the unknown factor of hospital activity still makes "this the number on the sheet which is the most difficult to predict." The remaining 25 per cent of expenditures in- cludes remuneration for medical staff, employee benefits, medical and surgical supplies, drug expenses and costs for other supplies. Comparing the new budget with last year's, Mr. Pike said the difference .bet- ween the two was the absence of "unknowns" in the 1987-88 document. Last year the board was faced with many unknowns, he said, and the result was a "worst case budget". The hospital had not only just completed its expansion with operating costs for the new emergency unit still undetermined, but also faced wage negotiations for several groups of its employees. However, the worst was not realized and the hospital now expects to finish the fiscal year with a surplus of almost $280,000. "This year, we felt there were fewer unknowns," he said. "There are still some problems, but at least we are able to quan- tify them." Relating to the anticipated 1986-87 surplus, Mr. Pike said 60 per cent of that, approximately $169,000, came from the ministry of health. He agreed with Ex- ecutive Director Norman Hayes who sug- gested the board publicly acknowledge this fact. "We make lots of noise about them (the ministry) when they are not giving us enough," Mr. Hayes said. "So when they are as generous as this, we should also give them the public recognition." In other business related to finance, the board approved a committee recommen- dation setting the self -pay inpatient daily rate for Canadian residents at $245 and self -pay outpatient rates at $29 per visit for initial assessment and $17.50 for each subsequent visit or treatment. Kairshea WI conducts OMAF food course By Elizabeth Dickie The OMAF Short Course on Short Order Meals was conducted in Kairshea Hall on Thursday afternoon, April 30. The leaders were Mrs. Murray Keith and Mrs. Brian Doelman. There were 21 ladies and three children present. The leaders offered ideas on how to serve well-balanced tasty meals in less than 45 minutes. There were also many suggestions on how to save time and space in the kitchen. A tast test to identify dif- ferent herbs and spices proved interesting. Mrs. Keith demonstrated the :correct and fast way to cut up a whole chicken. Several foods were prepared and all en- joyed sampling these. . The leaders :were thanked for all their work in organizing and presenting this course. for his achievements at the U.S. Patent Of- fice in New Jersey on Monday last week April 27. He received a plaque and several shares in the Allied Corporation of America. His wife Mrs. Donald McCharles and his sister Miss Health McCharles enjoyed ac- companying him to New York City. Donald, a graduate of Ripley District High School, attended Ridgetown Agricultural College and from there he entered the field of Research and Metallurgy working first in Brantford for Massey Ferguson and later in Chatham and Detroit for Bendix where his research blossomed into inventions which have been patented and used on automobiles. . Scott McCharles, son of Mr. & Mrs. Donald McCharles, is a Conservation Of- ficer at Tilbury working for the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources keeping checks on fishing on Lake Erie. Daughter Heather just graduated a week ago as a Peace Officer in the Chatham area. None like the MacDonalds There are none like the MacDonalds of Ripley and Huron township. To think so many of them have moved away to help other places do things and the ones still left here manage to make names for themselves and win competitions - remarkable. Well at 7:20 a.m. April 30, 1987, eleven year old Stephanie MacDonald, daughter of Doug and Shirley MacDonald of the 12th concession east in Huron township. Stephanie told how the water was high in the river so her dad went with her for help. After fishing for a while the boots got filled with water. So they stopped, pulled the boots off, and emptied the water out on the bank. There was a big "chub" fish that had been caught in one of the boots filled with water. Stephanie also said that her birthday was the day before she was talking - 'or it was Wednesday, April 29 and 11 years back so she was born on Thurs., April 29, 1976. She has a brother Andrew - our coming grain sheaf builder. The contest is "call in your best fishing story". Needs baseball players Ripley -Huron softball is in desparate need of players. After three registrations, only one team has enough to field a team! If anyone is interested in playing softball, or even thinking about it, please register. It is important that we know how many players there will be so that teams can be formed and coaches contacted. The final registration date will take place Wednesday (tonight) May 6, 1987 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. at the arena. If this registration is not a success, the softball for some kids may be in jeopardy. For further informa- tion, feel free to contact Dan Wilken at 395-3668. Craft show will be discussed Don MacTavish, secretary of the Ripley Agricultural Society, called to remind members that the monthly meeting of the society will be held at 9:00 p.m. next Mon- day evening May llth in the Ripley Huron Central School. No doubt one topic will be the craft show on Saturday, May 16. Girl Guide cookie canvass Plenty of sunshine and nice dry sidewalks made ideal conditions for the Girl Guides to canvas Ripley last Saturday morning with their boxes of cookies for sale. They were well received. Starting gardens from seed The Ripley and District Horticulture Society met April 21 at the Legion Hall. The roll call for the meeting was the exchange of plant slips and roots. Twenty one members replied to this. The guest speaker for the meeting was George VanderGlas. He gave a very informative and experienced talk on starting garden plants from seed.. With over 20 seed companies in Canada, George thinks it is wise to choose your seeds early in the year, some seeds must be started very early in the year. He suggests choosing seeds after drawing a blue print of the garden with regard to their location and their height. Follow directions on the seed packages as to the start of seeds, as some have to be split, some soaked etc. Soil mixtures are very important for development. He, himself, sterilizes the soil by baking, in a low oven. This ensures that all bugs are killed. The VanderGlas' have their own greenhouse in their backyard where they grow all their garden seedlings so they have both failures and successes. While the business section of the Society was being discussed, Fran Elphick capably judged the posters in the poster contest. The posters are to advertise the spring and fall flower shows. Joyce MacPherson was the winner in both classes. The annual meeting of District 8 was held April 4 in Egdmondville United Church. Eight members from Ripley Society attend- ed. Bette MacLeod and Gail van der Hoek were delegates. Reports were given for this. It is again planting time. Committees were set up to plant the rose bed in front of the Legion Hall as well as the street corner flowerbeds, street planters and planters at the cemetery. Ripley will soon be blooming so please stop to "smell the flowers" and don't forget our Spring Flower Show May 12, 1987 in the Ripley Legion Hall - written by Secretery Gail van der Hoek. Used book sale plans Mrs. Barbara Paquette writes that the Ripley Legion Auxiliary will be holding their used book sale again this year at the Craft Show on Saturday, May 16th. r... BANK OF . CANADA 7 BAN Q U E DU CANADA ONE 1"HOUSr HOW: FREE DRAW WHERE: LUCKNOW & DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE WHEN: BRIAN COSTELLO SEMINAR, THURSDAY, MAY 7, 7:30 P.M. "INVEST FOR SUCCESS" FREE SEMINAR Thursday,May 7 7:30 p.m. LUCKNOW & DISTRICT COMMUNITY CENTRE Your real concern should be TAX REFORM, its impact on financial planning and how it will affect your money. 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