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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1993-12-01, Page 10Page 10 - Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday,December 1, 1993 Local UCW hosts workshop The. Lucknow UCW hosted the Festival of Ideas Workshop, of the Bruce Presbytery, on Nov. 18. Deanna Reavie, President of the Lucknow UCW, welcomed everyone. Co-ordinator Mildred Griffth opened with a reading " Which Parent Are You?" Pine River UCW conducted opening worship, the theme being "What About Questions Like Mine?" Questions were asked and answered by passage of scripture. The guest speaker was Joslin Ricard, sttitient minister at Bervie and Kinloss. She spoke on the Youth of Today. A question and answer period followed her talk. Katrina Johnston, Kincardine, led in some Ta Fu exercises. Laura Lee Cayley spoke briefly orr Amnesty International. Ripley UCW had closing devotions. Hospital match, is a community program by Mike Robinson Working together to prevent crime is the theme of a _new initiative at the Wingham and District Hospital. Hospital Watch, fust initiated in the Hamilton -Wentworth region, is a hospital-based crime prevention program to protect staff, patients and visitors. It is an overall strategy aimed at reducing crime, improving safety, and promoting theft preven- tion awareness within the hospital employment. Similar programs now operate in 20 hospitals across the province. In Huron, the only similar program in effect is at Goderich. While the program functions differently in each hospital/community, a consistent crime prevention philosophy is maintained. In Wingham, the program is a joint creation of the Wingham and District Hospital and the Wingham town police. The program affects all departments of the. hospital as staff members become the "eyes and ears" for what happens within the hospital setting. Seminars were held last week for employees to make them aware of security and safety issues affecting them. WDH administrator Lloyd Koch said he welcomed the opportunity to introduce what he called "an interesting and useful program." Wingham Police Chief Bob Wittig said the program is "personalized" to our community and "is another avenue to prevent becoming a vic- tim". Part of the program includes the provision of pamphlets to make staff, patients and visitors more conscious of security issues. Wittig added that he or hospital administrative would welcome any ideas on improving safety and security at the hospital or the com- munity in general. Ideas such as better lighting and security cameras have already been initiated at the hospital. Wittig said "the incidence of drug theft will be as long as we are in the business." Some people took for the opportunities to victimize others, he said. Yet, he said, many people pass OUTSTANDING VALUE! MONTICELLO 'A' 88' x 48' 2672 sq. ft. 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By becoming aware of security and safety risks and the steps neces- sary to prevent crime, hospital staff,. patients and visitors become the "eyes and ears" of the hospital, thus reducing the number of "crime of opportunity." Although the incidence of crime in hospitals is generally not high, considering the number of staff, visitors and patients -- he said the goal of the Hospital Watch program is to bring it even lower. Wittig said only one quarter of all criminal activity is reported, thus increasing security awareness is a vital task. However, Wittig also said staff should only do what they feel com- fortable with. Do not attempt to challenge a. stranger or risk one's personal safety. He said questions can be asked by staff in a helpful non -threatening way to get as much information as possible to assess the situation. If one feels uncomfortable, he said that person should go im- mediately to the supervisor or to bring. someone with them so as to not meet the person alone. He said there are no 'Sherlock Holmes' characters investigating crimes, just as there is no one per- son who looks tike a criminal. Wittig advised staff to take ad- vantage of locked facilities. It only takes a second to open a change room door and go through the con- tents, he said. Wittig said crime still happens in small communities, just not to the same degree as in larger com- munities. Although Wingham itself has had a low incidence of occur- rences, Wittig said groups of kids from the city have been through the south end of the county going through parking lots and cars -- "to them, its like a smorgasbord." Programs like this are to make people aware and advise what they can do to prevent crime. Drugs make up part of the in- cidents at the hospital and Wittig suggested half of his department's investigations involve drugs at some level. "It's amazing the number of offshoot problems," he said. He added that in 28 years on the force, only one car was lost where the doors were locked and the keys not left in the ignition. Port Elgin hosts Presbytery The Bruce Presbytery met at the Port Elgin United Church on Nov. 16. A skit on stewardship advocated support of M & S to fulfill God's purpose for us to help each other. Forms have been distributed to the pastoral charges. 1994 has been designated as United Nations Year of the Family. The Lenten series on UCTV is on parenting and it was suggested that perhaps congregations may wish to hold family ministry of parenting sessions and including the com- munity in the planning. Each Presbytery can send one delegate to attend the Youth Forum General Council sessions next August. Application forms must be returned by Jan. 15. . A motion was passed to support and promote, through the congregations, a special offering to further an emergency assistance fund under the umbrella of Queen's Bush Rural Ministry. The annual meeting of the Bruce Presbytery Lay Foundation was held during the afternoon session. This foundation was initiated :in 1962 to encourage and support'the enlistment of full time workers in the church. The Foundation challen- ges all church members to accept ' their responsibility for encouraging young people to consider the pos- sibility of a. call to Christian ser- vice, and where, possible to offer financial support for their ongoing work. • Burton Hodgins Sr.,Jarnes Boyn- ton, • Wilfred Crerar and Walter Aitken will serve a two-year term of office on the Foundation. The good news from the finance division was that there was nd need to increase the assessments for 1994. Wallace Conn 1909 . - 1993 , A retired farmer, 84 -year-old Wallace Conn, of Wingham, died at the Wingham and District Hospital on Nov. 28, 1993. Mr. Conn was a member of the St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Wingham. He was a past Master of the Old Light Lodge #184 Luck - now, and Grand Steward of the Grand Lodge of Canada in the Province of Ontario. The son of the late William . H. and Eliza (Johnston) Conn was born -on -e-foarth-concessiorrof-Kinloss Township, on April. 22, 1909. He is survived by his .wife the former Aleta Caslick, and children Elaine and husband Doug Conley of Wingham, George and wife Moni- que Conn of Sherbrooke, Quebec, Muriel and husband Herb Hunter of London, and Dr. Alma Conn, of R.R. 2, Teeswater. Mr. Conn is also survived by a sister Mary Lou (Mrs. Hardy Simpson) of, Braemar, • -Wingham, and seven grandchildren. He was predeceased by three grandchildren, Brent and Chris- topher Conley and Pascal Conn; three brothers, Robert, Elgin and Johnston Conn, and three sisters, Ruby Conn, Laura Johnstone and Maude Scott. A Masonic service was held at the McBurney Funeral Horne, Win- gham, on Nov. 29, at. 9 p.m., directed by Worshipful Brother Barry MacDonald and the officers of the Old Light Lodge, Lucknow. A committal service followed with Rev. R. Douglas MacDonald, Chaplain • of the North Huron District of Masonic Lodges, of- ficiating. Interment Greenhill Cemetery, Lucknow. BITUARIES Charles Wesley Ritchie 1899 - 1993 Charles Wesley (Wes) Ritchie, 94, of Pinecrest Manor Nursing Home, Lucknow, died in Wingham and District Hospital, on Nov. 23, 1993, Mr. Ritchie, was a retired Ash- field Township farmer. He was ,a member of the Lucknow United Chureh— Born on Apr. 3, 1899, Mr. Ritchie was a son of the late Charles and Katherine (Gardiner) Ritchie. He is survived by his wife of 69 years, the former Isobel Nixon, who resides at Pinecrest Manor Nursing Home, and a son Allan and his wife Violet, of R.R. 3, Lucknow. , Mr. Ritchie is also survived by. a granddaughter, Brenda and her husband Jerry Huizinga, of Auburn, and a grandson, Bryce Ritchie and his wife Wendy, of Lucknow; eight great . grandchildren and two nephews. He Was predeceased by his parents and .a brother, John B. Ritchie. The funeral was conducted at the MacKenzie and McCreath Funeral Home, Lucknow, on Nov. 25, with Rev, Bill Bresnahan, of the Luck - now United Church, officiating. Flower bearers were Jim Hunter, John Hunter,. Leonard Ritchie and Fraser MacKinnon. Pallbearers were Tom Helm, Evans Helm, Lloyd Moffat, Armstrong Wilson, Eldon Ritchie and Albert Lennips. Burial in Greenhill Cemetery, Lucknow.