The Lucknow Sentinel, 1990-10-10, Page 1'nage and area s
A fast moving storm centre,
that, developed over western •
Michigan, lest Thursday,;
wratik,ed havoc, for sonnc Luck -
now. end area residents. Amor.
ding to the London wearier
office, the strong upper weather
air system moved quickly into
' southwestern Ontario 'arriving in.
our area at approximately 4
bringing gale forge winds,
around 100kador ares.
The dark - threatening. clouds
visible te the south of the village
were ominous in their approach,,
Part : ,of 'the roof on the
Tylenonic Building, on the corner
of Campbell and Ross Streets,
ended .up lodged against the
north bank of the Lucknow
Village Market parking lot. The.
block . from Campbell Street,
north on Stauffer to Wheeler
Street was strewn with shingles,
shutters and other debris.
Further north on Stauffer,
„largge: branch min .a °tree on' the
•property.' J:of • :Mr. and Mrs.
moire tell on a .hydra wire.
] sing; a -power 'interruption 'to
thevhome of Mr. and: is.Peni
ms.
A tree on the corner of the.
MacPherson, property' on Inglis
street once again lost a large
nch.
er stow
Another tree, on the property
of, Mr. and Mrs« Mcurs, cooper
of Rose and Outram ,also lost a
large branCh. '
Perhaps the most' $eaious
damage found in the Village was
that done W. a garage on the
residence of Mr. and Mrs. Ken
Chester, Havelock Street. In a
conve on •:wink Jessie, . The
Sentinel was infordrned that; no
vehicle was in the garage at the.
time a huge limb, off a very old
maple, demolished'the building.
On the farm of Jack and. Mary
Parrish in Ashfield Township,
three Manitoba maples, 48 years
old' were uprooted in a domino
Pike fashion, •
Many other residents in the
area received dama$e-to barns
and sheds or lost trees.
Within less than an hour the
sky over the village and area
was blue and the sun was
shining.'
Residents and the ton crew
were on the job cleaning up the
debris and damage immediately
after the storm passed . and the
next day
Thankfully •'there - were ".no
reports of personal injupry from
this ferocious' sterna that gtyickly,
move(' through this area.
It is
" from thus- picture bin there is garage undeirneatlt. this, tree. The garage, located at the •
•tisurdl •to tehl
residence of Ken and;JessieChester, Havelock ,Street,, was completely: demolished when. this large brantb,
atf, a very told 104,14 l on ;its dining the •severe germ that swept through, this area last Thursday;
Winds n4ere. r lockal at the 100 :kilometre. mark. (Pat: Livingston Pte)'
image Increase
Ag ti a rent Set-
tiemene-with :the Canadian Union
of Public; Empf ayees •(CUPS),
nearly100 e Workers at
kringhaifl and District'Haspital
will be receiving a 15 -per .cent
increase in wages over two
years.
The two-year connect will give
170 workers in Wingham a
retroactive wage hike of eight
per cent dating from October 1,
1989; and a further seven per
cent to September 30,1991.
In Wingham the wage hike is
awarded to registered nursing
assistants, ambulance attendants,
workers in maintenance,
nutrition and food services,
housekeeping, laundry widener:
and cleriFa�1 tepartmeats.
According to a ,report in 'the
Advance Times, Hospital
Treasurer Gordon Baxter was
surprised by the amount of the
settlement, stating they had no
idea it would come in so high
for the workers. It was believed
that the 5.5 per cent increase
allowed in the budget would be
sufficient to cover the expected
increase. New staff
Dr. Ann Boyle and Dr. Bever-
ley McKee have joined the staff
at Wingham . and District
Hospital: Ter., Boyle replaces Dr.
Jack Ppm (right), chairman of Wheels Away, operated bribe North
Huron Special Transit Corporation, happilY accept a $1,000 deflation
n
from Lucknaw. Lions Club president, Joe Van Osch. The iota] Lions
Club has made a pledge of $3,000 to this project, which aims to
provide transportation, for qualifier]. seniors and the disabled within
our are* Interested citizens may also pick up application from Dave
Black or Dan Bellmore, secretaries of the Lions Club. (Pat Llvhsgston
photo)
Marie Gear, who is on leave of
absence until January. Dr.
McKee joined the 'medical staff
in radiology,.
Board questions
accreditation costs
Wingham's hospital board is
questioning the rising -cost of.
accreditation. In 1989, the
hospital received ' si , two-year
accreditation for $5,100. The
next accreditation, adding annual
dues of $2,250 and $1,050 for
each day the surveyor ssppeennds
inert• S7g6 0. hospital, will cost
Norm Hayes, hospital ad-
ministrator,
dministrator:, told the board that
csseonsverderiOtar
droppohgpitads
ouoare ,.
accreditation program because of
the expense. An Advance Times
story quotes Mr. Hayes as
saying, "Accreditation is only
necessary for large university
teaching hospitals." He did
qualify that the process has its
merits.
• Cord Baxter, hospital treasurer,
said that -while it is good to have
the hospital meet certain
minimum requirements, it is not
necessary. "Some hospitals in
Ontario are not accredited. It
makes little.difference to their
operations. But it's also good to
have someone come in once in
awhile and tell you you're doing
something right."
The accreditation bureau
governs laboratory, pastora',
ambulatory and library services,
hiring practices, occupational
health ' and most recently, the
hospital's governing body.
Board member, Mary Lou
Thompson . questioned why, the
volunteer members should have
someonetelling them the number
of Meetings, conventions,
seminars and retreats they must
attend.
Cai&ieietir€'safter
44 years service
After 44• years with the Luck-
now post office, Carrie Milne,
officially retired July 23,1990.
Carrie's career with the post
office began on August 1,1946'
when at•the:young a8eof 16 She
went .to work for . postmaster
Harvey. 'Lindsay.'
• She remembers that day vivid-
ly, as Mr. Lindsay' set her to
work tying string together. All
siring was reused in those days
and for one solid week that was
Carrie'.s job. By the end of the
week she hada roll about six
feet high, and was seriously
wondering whether this boring
job was worth the $5.00 per
week she received, for days
starting at 6 a.m. and ending at
6:30 p.m.
•
Her perseverance paid off, as.
Mr. Lindsay told her he was
simply testing her.
She recalls the;days when . the
mail came 'n by train and they
had to be ready to start sorting it
by 6:30 a.m. Mail was delivered
by horse and critter in the winter.
and cars in the summer.
Another memory Carrie will
never forget was her first,
Christmas with the post office.
At that time, before increasing
'stamp costs, the amount of per-
sonal mail going through the
post office was much larger.
Each child would exchange cards
with 41 the other children in the
village. She remembers working,
along with the postmaster, from
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Senior PMO. assistant
accepts "incentive"
Winston (Win) Allen, senior
assistant at the Lucknow Post
Office has informed The Sen-
tinel, that effective October 27,
he will no longer be with
Canada Post.' Mr. Allen has 14
years 'with Canada Post, serving
five and one ,half years as
postmaster at Holyrood and eight
and one half years in the Luck -
now office.
Canada Post haseliminated his
position and he therefore became
stuplus staff. Mr. Allen had two
optionspresented to him by
postal officials d relocate or take
a financial incentive to leave.
Mr. Allen and his wife, Karen,
enjoy living .in this area and after
weighing the options presented
to him, decided on taking the
incentive. Mr. Allen also stated
that had he chosen relocation,
officials were unable to tell him
in advance where it would be.
In a telephone interview with
Tom Creech, media, relations
officer for the Canada Post Cor-
poration,
orporation, The Sentinel was told
that with the retirement, resig-
nation, promotion or death of a
post master, or if the building
the post office is in is sold or
the lease expires, a review of the
postal service in a community is
triggered.
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