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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1989-04-05, Page 11Walton Compiled by Mrs. Betty McCall. Phone 887-6677 Cathy McGavin honoured with bridal shower Friends, neighbours and rela­ tives were welcomed by Doreen Hackwell to the community shower for Cathy McGavin on Monday evening, March 27, honouring Cathy on her approaching marriage April 15. The basement of Duff’s United Church was prettily decorated in the spring colours when everyone had their names written on a cameo cloth as they arrived by Sherry Hoegy and Nancy Godkin. The program consisted of Sharon Godkin and Shannon Craig singing duets accompanied by Marion God­ kin at the piano. A couple of contests were conducted by Doreen Hackwell. Margaret Whitmore favoured the large audience with a Huronview plan upheld Continued from page 1 that the committee recommended council consider the possibility of providing alternative housing in the north and south with a facility at Huronview with 181 beds for extended care services. Ms. Girard explained that the alternative hous­ ing would be apartments with extra services like 24 hour nursing care to help keep the frail and elderly in the community as long as possible. But when it came to a vote, council turned down the new proposal by a slim 16-12 margin, voting to submit the original pro­ posal to the ministry and make the ministry make a decision whether or not to support it. During the debate a good deal of anger and frustration against the ministry was expressed. Leona Armstrong, former Warden and Reeve of Grey said she was upset with the Ministry because it was the ministry that asked the county to form the Seniors Care Facility Committee which looked into a new facility and questioned county resi­ dents as to what they wanted in a new home for the aged. It was loud and clear what the people wanted, she said. The committee’s proposal was for two new 80-bed units at the current site plus a later 80 bed unit in the north and the possibility of an 80 bed unit in the south as needed. Later the executive com­ mittee changed the proposal to the 100 bed unit at Huronview and 60 Thieves steal a band saw belonging to the Huron County Highways. Crime Stoppers and the Ontario Provincial Police are seeking your assistance to help solve this theft. Sometime over the night of September 14, 1988 thieves arrived at a Huron County bridge construction site. Here they found a band saw chained to a hydro pole. Police believe they cut the chains with bolt cutters and then loaded the piano solo, “In my heart for you”. Olene Dennis gave an amusing reading, followed by a contest. Marion Godkin led in another contest. Cathy McGavin, the guest of honour, her mother Marie, the groom’s mother, Cathy Melady were presented with corsages and asked to come to the chairs at the front, when Jeanne McDonald read an address of congratulations. Gifts were carried in and presented to Cathy who later thanked every­ one for the wonderful gifts and announced her mother was having open house April 8, 2-4 and 7-9 p.m. A social time with refresh­ ments brought the evening to a close. beds in each of the north and south. Speaking to a private home opera­ tor in the north of the county she said, she learned there were 70 people on the waiting list for extended care beds. “People out there are counting on us,” she said. “I for one just can’t accept these plans.” Lossy Fuller, Deputy Reeve of Exeter and former chairman of the Committee of Management said the Seniors Care Facility Commit­ tee had worked hard for 10 months to make the proposal. “We heard the voice of the people. This report (the committee recommendation) is not saying what the people want.” She said the people clearly indicat­ ed they wanted a decentralized Huronview. The Seniors Care Facility Committee had also been concerned about alternative hous­ ing but the main thrust of the report had been on much needed extended care space. There are waiting lists in the south as well as the north for extended care beds, she said. Ms. Girard said the Ministry agreed with decentralization, agreed with the concept of the north and central units but had a problem with the southern unit. She pointed out the ministry had recently funded half a $1.6 million expansion at Bluewater in Zurich. But Zurich Reeve Robert Fisher argued that the Bluewater expan­ sion would not provide a single Crime Stoppers Crime of the week band saw on a truck. The band saw is a General Band Saw, green in colour, with the identi­ fication # OP5-206-028 scratch­ ed on it. If you have any information about this or any other crime call Crime Stoppers toll free at 1-800-265-1777 or locally at 482- 3821. You will never have to identify yourself nor testify in court. If an arrest is made you will earn a cash reward between $50 and $1,000. Call Monday to Friday 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Remember crime doesn’t pay but Crime Stoppers does! People Mr. and Mrs. Brian Pryce and family of Winthrop were recent Easter dinner guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Marks. Brian Whyte, Ben Driscoll and Blaine Marks visited last weekend at Niagara Falls and over to Buffalo. April is cancer month, so please give generously when the canvas­ ser calls at your door in the village. Grey Central news by D. Terpstra and J. Miners During the winter season at Grey during lunch hour the kids from grade four to eight play floor hockey in a tournament. The teams are the Junior girls with only two teams. Junior boys with four teams, senior boys with four teams and Senior girls with four teams. The grade eights usually referee the hockey games. For most kids it is a great activity to spend the noon-hour and every­ one has fun whether they win or lose their games. extra extended care bed, simply making the rooms larger. Ms. Girard disagreed, saying the reno­ vation would convert 20 residential care beds to extended care beds. Reeve Bill Mickle of Exeter said the Ministry had been part of the Seniors Care Facility Committee that called for the decentralization. The county seriously considered the report of the committee be­ cause it wanted to do what was best for county seniors. But now the recommendation for a large central Huronview and alternative housing in the north and south was going backwards, he said. He wondered why the Ministry wouldn’t allow the county to tender out extended care beds assigned to the county to private home operators in the north and south to save money. Ms. Girard said that the Minister flatly refuses to consider letting beds go from publicly owned facilities be transferred to private operators. Reeve Mickle said the new proposal to concentrate Huronview at Clinton was unacceptable. “The people of Huron deserve more. The people of Huron want more.” The new plan will not meet the needs of the county, he said. He predicted that once a new Huronview was built at the centre of the county it will be hard to get government support for other units in the north or south. Ms. Girard said she agreed with decentralization but said the two homes of 60 beds each will be very difficult to finance. The Ministry, she said, is asking the county to look at alternatives in the south. Warden Dave Johnston of Bay- field stepped down from his chair so he could address the matter. He said the new proposal for the 181-bed Huronview at Clinton had been put forward only because the Ministry had come back with its concerns about the southern unit. In all fairness, he said, Ms. Girard had never indicated the northern unit was also in trouble. But, the Warden said, he was disappointed because the new recommendation would amount to another study on the Huronview situation, which would be the fourth the county had undertaken. He recommended the original proposal be put to the Minister and let him make a decision. Tom Tomes, Reeve of Stephen asked Ms. Girard if the Minister understood the position of Huron on the matter. Ms. Girard said the minister hadn’t seen the detailed plans. After the council’s decision it will be those plans that the minister will be asked to make a decision on. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1989. PAGE 11. Dee Graham, Art Consultant for the Huron County Board of Education, was at Brussels Public School last Monday and Tuesday, conducting art classes with all grades. Here she is with the Grade two class of Miss Kim Blake demonstrating different ways to artistically use paper. 4-H calf sale switched to The 1989 Huron-Bruce 4-H Beef Show & Sale has changed location from Brussels to the Tri-County Sales Barn at Hanover, and has expanded to include entries from Grey County 4-H members as well. A 4-H Leaders’ Committee, re­ presenting all three counties, met on March 20 in Walkerton to establish Saturday, October 14 as the date when 4-H beef club Comeau to be sentenced April 19 A Walton man who was the centre of a four-hour standoff with Ontario Provincial Police in Walton last June will be sentenced April 19 after pleading guilty to two wea­ pons charges. Barry Comeau of Walton pleaded guilty to careless use of a fire arm and possession of a prohibited weapon, a gravity-operated knife, in provincial court in Wingham March 22. The court was told Mr. Comeau got in an argument with his wife Valerie over her alleged relation­ ship with another man. He pointed a .410 gauge shot gun at himself and threatened to kill himself and her. Later he allowed his wife and another man to leave the house but continued to threaten to kill him­ self. The O.P.P. were called in and a Tactical Rescue Unit from London was called in. After four hours Mr. Comeau gave himself up. A search of the house showed nine rifles and shot guns, two revolvers, two bows, and 23 knives, including a THE WALTON AREA SPORTS CLUB BASEBALL REGISTRATION AT WALTON LIBRARY SATURDAY, APRIL 15, 1989 FEE$15 11a.m.to2p.m. Or Phone: 887-6464 or 887-9797 Hanover members from all three counties will be able to show and sell their finished steer and heifer projects at a premium. Many local business patrons appreciate this opportunity to show their support to the fine efforts of the 4-H members by purchasing a top quality project at a very reasonable price. This popular event will be known as the Huron-Bruce-Grey 4-H Beef Calf Show and Sale. “butterfly knife” a prohibited wea­ pon. Mrs. Comeau later turned in a 12 gauge shotgun. In his defense, Mr. Comeau’s lawyer Randy Evans pointed out that the gun he was threatening to kill himself with was not loaded. He also said that Mr. Comeau gave himself up peacefully. Mr. Evans said that Mr. Comeau is now working as a welding apprentice in Walton, is living with a woman who is expecting and he suggested to Judge R.G.E. Hunter that perhaps a heavy fine could be considered so that Mr. Comeau could keep his job and continue to support his new family. But John Benson, Assistant Crown Attorney argued for a jail sentence for “the protection of the public”. He pointed out that Mr. Comeau had a record of break and enter convictions in both Nova Scotia and Cambridge as well as an arson conviction in Nova Scotia. Judge Hunter deferred sentenc­ ing Mr. Comeau until a pre-sen­ tence report can be prepared by a probation officer.