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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1983-11-23, Page 1Slagle copy 3Se Published in Laeknow, Ontario, Wednesday, November 23, 1903 20 pages Lucknow drug raid results in charges A narcotics search warrant was executed at 4.45 p.m. Saturday. 1Vovember 19 at a Lurktiow bane. A quantity of narcotics and resttirted drugs was stied with an estimat- ed stteet value of 52,001). The drugs included hash ail, marijuana. different types of tablets and capsules and a quantity of psilocybin known as magic mushtoo+ms. To date thtee petsons have been chatged with possession of narcotics. They include Linda Campbell. 36. of Chatham; Max brown. 23, of West Wawano*h aid 5teven McKay. 22. of Fort Figifi. The Kincatdine detachment of the Ontario 17toviocial Police ate continuing their invest- igation and futthet charges ate pending. Farrish entenced Favid Fattish of G+odetich was sentenced to 96 days ifi jail by Judge .1. fain 1WeKaty on November 17. The strident* is to be setved intetam°ittenfly 5ttatfotd County Jail. Fartish is to teport to jail al q a.m. Sato/day and is to be teleased at 7 a.m. Sunday until the sentence is served. Outing the petiod of sefitence and frit 12 motrthhs theteaftet, the accused is to be on ptobation. Potherb was found guilty of breath. enter and theft on 5eptenbet 21 following an ittideitt at the Pare Rivet Cheese Factory in Noveh'tbet of last yeast. James Mointgoinery presetited medal A picture in last week's Sentinel identified Fido) Bradley presenting meritorious med- als to two members of the Royal Canadian Legion granrh 304 Lowbrow when in fact James Montgomery presented the medals. The Sentinel apologrres for any inconven- ience the error may have caused. bill persue clay centre grant Reeve George Jayne of foreknow has informed the Sentinel that he has asked the Hingham bay Centre for the Homebound to prepare a brief to be presented to focknow Village Council in the neve year. The brief is to outline the serviees the pay Centre provides far the senior citizens from tucknow who are attending the liaay Centre program. Reeve Joynt said while the delegation was presenting information to tacknow Village Council at their November meeting_ he missed the point that Rruce County Flealth C'nit makes referrals to the program. He subsequently learned this in an article which appeared in last week's Sentinel. Joynt said this is the key to county support for the program. As a member of the Rruce County gourd of Health. Joynt will persue the matter of a grant from the county for the Day Centre with the board. Joynt said he did not mean ro leave tate impression with the delegation that he was abrupt. when bringing their appearance before council ro an end. Joynt said he did not know prior ro the meeting that the delegation would be attending and there was considerable business for council CO consider at the meeting. He knew council was not willing to make a decision regarding the grant, for rhe Day Centre while the delega- tion was appearing before council. so ether deliberation would only have prolonged the meeting. plogitam hofs been avail& hi litim ems* alafire 10/1 hal perhaps fear people team that oinstefritti patient* can tett** home titre though the presto. It they *loth to reform home from hoophai immediately lollowing &Avery. haw Stequall was d1*e st ed from hotiopkte124 holm osier thing birth to her second AMC a unci Sate. A Vitiation Order Mi eats much day for the boor der hen ry i have remained od iaM hospital rind a 'own and Country floe awash with the hookrehold respona$ IfHe o mid the erne of tsar's older daotghter, gachel, 2. Gayle She rvu the hontemmlier armirihrg has the morning our photographer signed. She hold become instant Mende with Stahel who was helping herr with the wash. Gayle is also idiom, with tate Meltaiiil ley. Marie by Shama Metal Home Care available for new mothers * Sharon Meta The birth of a child can be a strain on a family as well as one of the happiest and most beautiful experiences a family can share. The mother and the new baby remain in hospital for five days following delivery which creates stress on other family mem- bers. Father must schedule hospital visits around his own wont routine while' making arrangements for care of the older children in the family during mother's hospital stay_ The new mother is anxious to be al home where she will be more comfortable and where she can provide security for the older children whose insecurity is compounded by mother being absent from the home and the feeling that they cannot be included in this wonderful event. 1f mother can retutd horse as soma as possible after the delivery. there can 1* less presser on everyone. The older children are included in the birth Rhin the beginning. Father can persue his work resportstb-HNes knowing that mother and children ate receiving care and support in the home. Hut this requires support from people outside the family and often the choice of support creates as much tension as all the other contributing factors. Fran Mcguail of West Wawanosh Town- ship gave birth to her second child. a daughter. Kate on November 12. She was discharged from hospital 24 hours later and has received care at home through the Huron County Aute Home Gare program. A Victorian Order Nurse has visited Fran and Kate each day for the four day period that Fran would have spent in hospital had she chosen to stay the average length of time an obstetrics patient remains tri hospital following delivery. The nurse takes Fran", vital signs (temperature, Mood pressure) just as a nurse would have done in the hospital and checks the baby. Kate's blond type is different from het mother's and a clinical test for jaundice prior to loving the hospital was positive. Fran also has the services of a home- maker. to care for her older daughter, Rachel and to do the housekteepi g dg duties allowing her to sperid time with the new baby and with Rachel. Fran is free from home respirtmsiibaability while sire tetooretrs fatolha art, arduous birth tesulting from the tra aver- se positions of the baby doting delivery. The homemaker also pnrides the social support of another adult in the home. Tans afar page 20 Doctors endorse new wing at hospital liktery Hem Doctors at the Wingham and District Hospital have officially thrown then support behind the hospital's plan to build a new emergency and outpatient wing - A letter to the hospital board signed by DT. Walter Wong_ president of the medical staff. says the doctors view 'with great elation' ' the board's decision to submit the prosect to tenders. It adds that the medical staff "vigorously vigorously exhorts' ' the board to see the project through "as expeditiously as possr-ble — . concluding that the staff formally endorses the board's actions to date and congratulates its members. This is the first formal endoisevnent of the project by the entire medical staff. though doctors who are on the hospital board had said previously that the new facilities are badly needed. The board still is waiting to get ors working drawings approved by the Health Ministry before the project goes to tender. possibly on mid or Bate December The final decision whether or not to proceed with the proposed new wing will be made once tenders have been received and the board has heard a report from an ad hoc committee our public reaction to the building program and the accompanying fund raising drive. Members of this committee b4 a been meting with hospital staff and with some community groups. showing a video taped presentation explaining the proposed new wing as well as the smaller building and renovation project completed in 1981. These sessions. Which will be expanded to take in service clubs. municipal councils and a variety of Duret groups around the area. are scheduled to continue through Deeembev and into early January. In a preliminary report to the board. committee members said the response ro the presentations made so far has been very posctive There have beer) some quests asked. but very little criticism o the proposed new witiag. once peoye a ndersravcd oral at es for The cornvnittee es seheduled to resent Fes summary report of findings to the bard at al•out the end of January. after most of the presentations have been completed. The board also agreed with a recommen- dation from the ad hoc committee to, make available for public scrutiny a copy of the report prepared for the board earlier this year by a fund raising consultant from the Gordon Goldie firm in Toronto. The report. which had been commissioned by the board in an attempt to gauge the level of public support for a major fond raising campaign. stirred some controversy when A reported a rift existed between the hospital and soiree parts of the. community it serves. 1t recommends the board take steps to heal the rift. which it blames on a break down in commrsnications. before trying to raise money for a new project_ However the report also found there ¢rid appear to be a core of sport at the cormurnYty for a pro eco at the Eaysspttrar. p o ided the board ,could inake a strong case that the mew watg Gs a rgtiect needed A dopy a the report be ;Awed at tete cwisrtch board vn the hasptal Ply vAere tic can be read by anyone interested