The Citizen, 1991-06-25, Page 8Winning smile
County Council briefs
Huronview population declining
Melinda TenPas shows she's pleased to take fourth place
in the Brussels Lions Elimination draw Saturday night.
Lions President Neil McGavin presents a cheque for $200.
Big winner was Rodger Thorne of Tara who won $2500
while Penny and Dave Overboe of Londesboro won $500.
The number of residents at
Huronview continues to decline
because better in-home services are
keeping people in their own homes
longer, the annual report of the
Huronview administrator to Huron
County Council June 6 revealed.
By the end of 1990 the popula
tion of the home had dropped to
224, Administrator Wayne Lester
reported. That was down from 230 ,
at the beginning of the year and
down from 292 in 1987. The home
is reducing is population to get
down to the smaller size of the two
new homes which will have 184
beds for the extended care units
plus "alternate housing" apart
ments.
The number of residential care
days (those patients requiring less
than 1.5 hours a day personal care)
has dropped from 39,873 in 1987 to
19,115 in 1990. The number of
extended care days (those patients
requiring 1.5 hours of care or more)
has remained about even at 64,758
last year.
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A goal of diverting 50 per cent of
urban waste from landfill sites will
be part of the Waste Management
Master Plan for Huron on recom
mendation of the Waste Manage
ment Committee. The consultant
for the plan will also be asked to
develop an appropriate guideline
for waste reduction in rural areas as
well.
The plan is also to assume, the
committee recommended, that all
current sites will be used to their
capacity before they are closed
even while a new county facility is
used.
Exeter Reeve Bill Mickle said he
was glad to hear the plans for cur
rent sites are to continue to be used.
But, he said, unless there is a user
fee on the new dump, there won't
be a lot of advantage to communi
ties to keep their own sites open
since they'll be supporting both
their own existing sites and the new
county site. Communities that have
unused capacity shouldn't have to
pay twice, he said.
*****
Blyth’s new library branch had a
startling effect on book circulation
at the branch. The Library Board
report showed that circulation of
books in April jumped 253 per cent
at the new Blyth branch.
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