The Lucknow Sentinel, 1997-01-15, Page 5Moire
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Deareditor,
1 urther..to•".Prank and
oreen Alton's letter re:
know, a gold place to.bve '' we recentl a*peri=,
enced a situation which
falls into that category,.
. On. Sunday eftertiden,
our son Call took a fall and.
cut: open .the back of his
head: Nothing serious, but
we fett a. professiohal
opinion was needed:
Finding neither' of Our
neighborhood nurses to be
at home, we went down
street add .discovered
Charlene \Mcawan, RNA
on duty at K fechtels.
quick look put our fears,
aside and saved a drive to
the Wittgham Hospital,. It
Makes : one wonder what
the future holds with the
possibility 'of major
ohanges in eur health care
on ,the horizon:
Thanksfor your con-
cent Charlene, and thanks
to Brian and Kathy for her
time. She did a great PR
job for you, •' =
' hoed; Mcbonagh,,
"The" fol'towing•'letter to the Minister of
Transportation. was 'sub itted for :
ration): .
Dear Mr. Palladini;
• 1 would like'to thank you 'for your
recent deployment of new :cruisers and
personnel to the Ministry of
Transportation. Their, initial, presence
seems focused on heavy vehicles, but
am sure they will eventually "level their
efforts ".toward all ,transportation: The con
centration, of regulators -on heavy equip
rmnt has disttrbed an importan. farm
safety" issue. I feel the- regulations are not
going far enough
Society is determined to move around
'more and faster. There Is. more urban traf;:;,
• fic in* the countryside, especially ,on;.
weekends, at:dine when farm machiney
and farm- size • have 'grown. . These factors
alt lead to more night travel and greater
risk. • n
.• , In Europe, new 'equipment manufac-
taring standards have been in . place for
More than 20 years. ,All equipment must
meet expectations for width, visibility
and road, performance European engi-
. peers have met these challenges and
manufacturing; has flooded the market.
With safe , equipment. North American
engineers have also met these challenges.
Equipment destined, for European mar=-
kets include: these features: These; same
"machines have' safety features'ttimmed.
• for the American market These •trim
mings 'can • be directly linked to loss of
life.
Lights and reflectors are the inexpen-
sive,.
nexpensive. part of the solution..:It"may .shock:
you to; know .tthat upon engine: failure
4.:
u>r'ont Addiction Assessment and Referral Centre
Many pieces of heavy equipment become .
uncontrollable. Some braking. and ,steer-
ing systems fad immediately and the
machine Can roll forwards or` backwards
uncontrollably, The death, toll has not
reached epidenuc levels, because farmers
have literally grownup handling : these
situations,, If Toronto bus'drivers. hauled
people With tractors and wagons. tomor-
row I would suggest staying at home.
�Tlie road.abilities of personal_ vehicles
have improved:' The automotive industry •
often touts that by a, 'particular. year all
vehicles .will; incorporate a new safety
feature, They . even reeall past models for
safety, updates..' 1 would like -to see a
heavy equipmentrecall to 'install forgot
..ten braking .and .visibility devices. Since a -
general recall is unlikely; some goals for':;
the; presentneed: to be. set now.
The. regulations blame the results of
these inequities on.' farmers. It is not fair
and becomes a grave concern when We::
lose friends, family, .or an unknown tray-
eller because: o f junk." Many fanners
make adaptations to poorly' engineered
•machines to be safe T suggest converting
sozne regulators.: into Super Heroes.' Have
them. search oat inexpensive innovations,
that save lives. Strettch: the reflective -tape
budget for those: cruisers and have rept-
14;a4;
.re t -Raters, apply it where needed while on fact..
finding missions. Take the eoncerns.,
establish the need` and go to thei:places
where these machines are• built .Imagine:,
You just climbed -down from the cab of a
tractor to see who died bernise you could
not be seen, get stopped or get omit of the
• way. Then deliver those needs.
Michael Hunter,
Dear editor:
In February,'1996; the.
ry Online Substance Abuse ;
Bureau, announced..' that
thele*:ould be' a restruc-
turing process initiated for
all substance: •abuse pro
gram* in: the province.
This. process. was begun
• with The formation of six
regional. c.omniittees
. November1996. "'
Huron;. -Perth •is •part .of
the southwestern Ontario:
region. along .with Thames:
Vasey, • ,ambton, Esselt
Vent and,Crey-Bruce. The.
committee is to examine
. all 'addiction', programs in
southwestern Ontarioi and
submit a draft plan the
•Substance Abuse Bureau:
as to,.
how this could" be
Accomplished in ' this
-region. The final plan 'is to
be submitted' by the mid;
elle:,of March 1997, Local..
district health councils
''rave been ,given the
responsibility to organize
a community consultation
in: their own district so that.
residents will have input
into this plan.
One community con-
sultation • for both. Huron.
and'. Perth ' counties.. is
planned for Jan. 22 fruit 7
9 p.m: at the Mitchell
.Community Centre. As.
:you can see from ,the
above dates, the time
frame' for:.planning and
consultation has been ort`a
"fast' track" with no input,
until 'now from the coin -
'amities involved. Ai,Qt
Jan. 13, service providers"
still had' no knowledge of
the•cbntei}t ,of the plan.
It i5: imperative :that cit
izens of Hui od County :
attend t1#'is• Meeting as it
will be dio.only opportuni-
ty they' will have , to
express, their eoncerns
:regarding addiction '•ser
vices available to- them-,,
selves and their families int.
Huron County,
Do; the. citizens' :of
Huron County want these:
.services to continue.? If
your answer is yes,' 1 urge
all interested, citizens of
Huron County'to, attend
this community consultaa ,
tion so that your voice will
be heard,
Meryl Thomas,
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