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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1997-10-01, Page 1VOL. 129 WK. 40 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1997. 65 INCLUDES, G.S.T. .Kathy Goodhue (left), first runnerup .in the Ontario Miss Mid West Pageant, received the crownand sash from Cheryl . Hammell (centre), after Hammen ,was named Queen of the Furrow at the International Plowing Match.. and decided . she could Only do justice to one position. Hammell officially resigned as Miss Mid; West at the Ripley -Huron Fall Fair on Saturday , Watching is . Heather, Clifford,, the,Bruce County Queen ...of the Furrow, (Livingston photo) ' • 1 .Cheryl : Hammell, ecently , crowned the Queen' of the Ontario Miss Mid West Pageant has handed over her, title and crown • to the firstrun-: nerup, Kathy Goodhue;. of R.R.;1, Ripley.„ • .. .Hammell w:as named, Queen of the Furrow at the: International Plowing e .rTurrow Match.. Due to ,the demands. on hev time, she decided. to •resign as Miss , 1VIid West in 'order to' fti1- fill her. responsibilities to the best of her ability as` weenof the Furrow.• The', announcement cameas. a complete sur-': prise to Goodhue as. Hammell trade'': the' announcement and handed over the crown at ;the opening ceremonies of the. Ripley: -Huron Fall°Fair. on . Saturday , 'Goodhue Iis the: 19, year -;old daughter of Joe ,and. Bev ,Fry. She attends• Conestoga College in Kitchener in the registered nursing program: Road. -merger sh.ouTdn't•change ��st��gschool botxn�aries by pat Halpin The coinrnittcc working on amalgamation of the Bruce 'and. Grey iounty. ho:ardsTrif education say:s. the 'merger won't bring. dramatic changes to exist- ing school boundaries,. The ttansiti.on commit- tee' isn't recommending any changes for the rest of this school year, though' sgmc areas 'cou.ldhe adjusted over the longer term, • %It's importarlst.`for.par- ents to understand we. are. •. not recornmcndirl,g there, be sudden and dramatic changes in the two juris- dictions," said; Bruce. .director Paul Martindale. "What we have tug- gested is that we. take a look at corridor areas.in' the .Owen Sound.,.and 'Hanover -Walkerton . arca. That obviously has inipti- • cations in Kincardine." Walkerton District Secondary School has declining enrollment! Martindale said, while Kincardine District is '''full. to , ; the rafters".', .1,1e described earlier, attempts td adjust boundaries :for those schools as compli- cated; Chesley and Wiarton secondary ,schools and Sullivan elementary' '. school were also pained as. areas' that should be reviewed for. potential. boundary changes after amalgamation.• •see 'Tiuition' page 3 • • • • Wingham 'underserviced' Designation should attract more -doctors to the area by John Greig The Wingham-area's designation, as a physician underserviced area should help it attract more doctors. "I'm' .delighted, just delighted," said Noreen Gnay, chairman of the ;physician recruiting committee for the Wingham and District Hospital.: "We will be on the tours and will have the chance to talk to more physicians." As an underserviced area, there are incentives for physicians tovisit and locate here, .including government pay- ment for visits to town, government pro- motion of the Wingham-area, the chance '..to attend' special 'recruiting lours and, meet 'with young physicians'' at, medical ' schools,incentive.. plans for doctors to move' *,the area and the potential lifting. of the cap on ,a doctor's salary. MPP Helen .johns announced the des- ignation.* es- ignation a.t the Wingham• and District Hospital Thursday evening:.I.t designates Culross,` K.i;nloss, Ashfield, East. and West Wawanosh, Morris, Turnberry and Grey Township,;the• Village of'Brussels and the Towns of Lucknow, Teeswater and Wingham as underserviced by physi- cians.' The, ministry has determined that board meet mont by Pat Halpin' ' A potentially thorny issue facing the amalga 'nation of ;the Bruce and Grey county school . hoards has been resolved, at least. ' for now. The issue is mceti,ng time and. committee struc-' tore. The Grey board Meets. twice of month, including o'ne everting •' meeting,and elects mem,- bers of its'cbrninittces:, The Bruce board likes daytime hours . for its monthly meeting, and "allows the chair to appoint members to various corn- , of ttccs. After an hour of:debate, theamalgamationcominit- •a , *see 'Short' page 3 two more physicians are needed in the area. There are presently six family physicians working out of the Wingham hospital, and one surgeon. ' Johns pointed out two people who were especially helpful in getting the application together and processed. Denise Wilkins -Treble, a Wingham, town councillor who sits on the recruiting, committee did most of the legwork for the; application, while hospital Director of Nursing Bill Woodley provided informa- tion nforma- tio n and •did some lobbying when needed. The application has been made before and turned downs This. time 'thea applica- a:tion process was started in the winter and submitted in April. What followed.: was several calls back and forth with the health ministry. There were several requests, 'including getting the: support of all the councils of the included. -municipalities, While the ministry said that would be a tough.chal-. lenge, Wilkins -Treble said they all came through. • . That helped the quick processing of, the application. "People can't believe how quickly.,, the .,. •see 'Wilson' page 3 Linda Enimerton and friend were 'tending the, garden ,on the horticultural float, in the Ripley- Huron Fall Fair parade last Saturday. More pho- tos inside this week's issue. (Livingston photo)