The Lucknow Sentinel, 1979-09-26, Page 33• •
By The Sentinel
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Hockey reistration.
Hockey registration will be held this
Saturday fro% 1 -:5 p.m. at Lucknow.
Town Hall and again next Saturday at
the same time, Parents are urged to •
register their children as the informa-
tion must be forwarded to the Ontario
Minor Hockey Association as soon as
possible. Organizers also require the
information to set up schedules and
arrange ice time. •
Bible canvass
• The Lucknow. Bible Society will be
canvassing during the month of
October. Contacts are Betty McDon-
agh, secretary and Ted Collyer,
president. .
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Restore cemetery
William T. Gardner deeded (gm acre'.
of his land for Zion church and
cemetery .in 1869. This year the
Ashfield Township Council named a
committee to see to the restoration �f,'
the cemetery. William Gardner's son,
William and his family are pictured
above. A story of the history and the
restoration of the cemetery appear on,
page 2.
90 years young
Belle MacKinnon, formerly of Kin-
loss, now residing at Pinecrest Manor, '
Lucknow, celebrated her 90th birthday
on Friday with her family and friends.
A story and picture appear on page 4.
Ripley far 'results
A sunny day brought cut the people
at this year's edition of the Ripley
Fall Fair, Friday and Saturday. Be-
cause of a lack of space, the Sentinel
could not print all of the fair results
this week, but will publfsit the
remaining results in next week's
issue. Fair pictures and results appear
with this week's Ripley column M
today's centrespread pages 14 and 15.
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...Wingham and District Hospital has an -
flounced the closing of 14 of its 82 active
• treatment beds and the lay off of 12 full time
staff effective September 21.
The hospital board unanimously decided
to close the beds at a closed session
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1979
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• September 19 to avoid an increasing deficit,
situation.
Executive director Norman Hayes said the
hospital had an estimated budget deficit of
more than $46,000 at the end of August and
would face a deficit. in the neighbourhood of
$150,000 by the end of its fiscal year next
March:By closing the beds and reducing the
staff, Mr. Hayes estimated the total deficit
could be held to about $50,000,
In a press release following the board's
closed session, the board said it deplores the
ama es ,
\ . reduction. in service to those cared for, the
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• A fire of undetermined cause destroyed
the family room addition 'to the home of Ian
Montgomery, Kinloss Township, just north
of the village of Lucknow on Havelock Street,
early Friday morning. .1_ •
The fire alarm was turned in at 6.30' a.m.
and when firemen arrived, the fire had
burned through the door into the main part
afire brick house. Firemen quickly brought
the flames under control and were able to
•save the main part of the house,
The 16 by 24 foot addition was completely
gutted and there was heavy smoke and some
water damage to the house, Damage is
estimated at about $15,000.
olIs car
Two area teenagers escaped injury Friday
night, when their car left concession
three-four, one-half mile west of sideroad 25
in Kinlos Township.
Wayne McDonagh, 17, Lucknow, driver of
,the car and his passenger, Pamela Wilson,
15, of Wingharn, were not injured in the
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hardship to the families .of those laid off and
the economic loss to the communities in an
area where employment is difficult to find. '
The board promised to continue to press
for restoration of both beds and jobs through
•court action. .,
• Emergencies will continue to be dealt with
immediately, but elective surgery will be
placed on waiting lists according to priority.
To accommodate the bed closures, the
pediatrics v4trd has been moved to the
second floor and the number of chronic care
beds has 'been increased to 25. from 18.
The 12 staff members have been placed on
indefinite layoff which tneans, should a 'part
time position become available, they will
• have the first opportunity o apply for the
position. The layoffs were not directed at one
sector of hospital staff but rather across the
various types of positions.
Six months ago the hospital board voted to
resist closure of a single bed by every means
at its disposal. The cutbacks were announc-
• ed five months after Mr, Hays assured the
board and members of the Citizen's Action
Committee there would be no layoffs or
reduction of services at the hospital this
year.
At that time, Mr. Hayes reported the
Ontario Health Ministry had promised
adequate funding to allow the hospital to
continue operating 100 beds for at least
another year. The ministry subsequently
denied this and funding was not restored.
Recently, the ministry repeated its offer' tb
let the hospital convert seven of the 14 active'
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treatment beds scheduled for closure to
chronic care and added more than $54,000 to
the budget. The board accepted the offer, ,
but the deficit was so huge, the board
decided to cloSe the 14 beds.
The hospital is now in line With the
ministry formula of 3.5 active treatment
beds per thousand of referral population,
which it had been ordered to • meet by next
year. Active treatment beds have been
reduced from 82 to 61 and chronic beds have
been increased from 18 to 25.
In a closed session earlier in September,
the board announced it was instructing a
member of a Toronto law fiTrurntopag
m toprep:reoa
eterinary
clinic ()pens
• Approximately 200 people attended an
Open House at the Ripley Huron Veterinary
Clinic on Sunday, September 30. Open for
service since the end of June, the • • is
located just east of Ripley on coni
Dr. Don Hodgins, who owns the clin
been practicing veterinary medicine in
Ripley area since 19741 The practice
fortnerly located from Dr. Hodgin's'l
next to the new clinic.
Dr. Russell Moncrief of Amberley and Dr.
Gordon Doonan, originally from Montreal,
now of Ripley, \are practicing with Dr.
Hodgins.
' The clinic will provide veterinary medicine
•and care for both large and small' animals.
The clinic has two operating rooms, one for
small animals and one for large, and
preparation and X-ray rooms for each.
The clinic also has an autopsy room, calf
room, examination room for small animals, a
holding area for boarding small animals, a
pharmacy storage room, a dispensary and
waiting rms.
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