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Scrimgeours
add
on
See page 3
Two pages
honour our
veterans
See page 14,15
Barons lord it over
Bulls in season's
first face-off
See page 12
County councillors
vote themselves
a pay increase
See page 28
Huron landfill
still long way off
Four years after Huron County
council started the process toward
finding a new landfill site, the most
optimistic estimate says the earliest
a site can be in use is another five
years from now.
Denis Merrall, Huron County
Engineer told Turnberry Reeve
Brian McBurney that the latest
forecast is for a mid-1997 opening.
Reeve McBurney said his township
is paying a lot of money to dispose
of its garbage elsewhere so was
anxious to know how soon a coun
ty landfill would be available.
But Mr. Merrall admitted that
with the length of time it is taking
to get government approvals, the
1997 date might be optimistic.
Tom Tomes, chairman of the
Waste Management Steering Com
mittee said some of the delay
maybe caused by the county's own
policies. County council decided,
for instance, that in order to mini
mize disruption to farms where soil
testing is being done to determine
the suitability of the soil conditions
to locating a landfill, no drilling
would be done during the cropping
season. It's possible the next round
of tests could be ready by next
August but would be delayed untd
after the crops are off.
Meanwhile the costs of the pro
cess are soaring. Originally the pro
ject was to cost no more than
$275,000 councillors were assured
in 1988 when it was approved. The
cost as of August 1992 has been
$514,367. Because all six candi
dates sites identified earlier in the
study have been rejected (four of
the sites in Grey township) a new
site identification program must be
undertaken. The estimated cost of
that process, including compensa
tion to landowners for soil testing,
Shooting
victim in
stable
condition
A 17-year-old Listowel-area
youth remains in stable condition in
London's Victoria Hospital follow
ing a hunting accident in Grey
Township on Tuesday Nov. 3 at
3:30 p.m.
Nigel Beimes of RR2, Listowel
was one of nine members in a hunt
ing party at Lot 7, Cone. 12 accord
ing to a spokesperson from he
Wingham OPP. The spokesperson
said the incident occurred while the
group was walking in a line. Mr.
Beirnes and another man were
walking ahead of Stacey Greer, 17
of RR4, Listowel, when Mr.
Greer's weapon accidentally dis
charged, police said. Mr. Beimes
was hit in the left leg above the
knee.
He was taken to Brussels Medi
cal Clinic where he was treated by
Dr. Wong. From there he was taken
to Wingham and District Hospital
by private automobile with Dr.
Wong in attendance, police say.
Mr. Beimes was later transferred to
London.
and the cost of public hearings, is
$328,435. The current estimate to
take the project to its completion
(without any purchase of land or
development of the site) is now
$1,164,802.
CitizenTheNorthHuron
Vol. 8 No. 45 Wednesday, November 11,1992 60 cents
Parade of honour
It was a glorious sunny day, in contrast to the solemnity of
the occasion as members of Blyth's Royal Canadian
Legion Branch 420, led by piper Rick Elliott, begin their
annual Remembrance Day Parade, Sunday morning. This
year the parade was held in Auburn followed by the service
at Auburn Missionary Church.
Exeter firm gets pharmacy contract
After three weeks of intensive
homework, the recommendation of
an ad hoc committee of Huron
County Council has been accepted
that Big V Pharmacy be awarded
the contract to supply drugs to
Huronlea and Huronview homes
for the aged.
The ad hoc committee, made up
of reeves Leona Armstrong of Grey
Township, Bill Vanstone of Col-
bome and Howard Armstrong of
Stanley, was appointed after the
Seniors and Social Services Com
mittee was deadlocked on whether
Big V should get the contract or
Rieck IDA Pharmacy should retain
the contract it has held for many
years. At first the Seniors and
Social Services Committee had rec
ommended Big V win the contract,
then took back the recommendation
to consider it again, then ended up
with the committee split on which
company should provide the ser
vice. Because the provincial gov
ernment sets the price for the drugs,
the decision was based only on the
level of service.
The ad hoc committee first
looked at all the-written material
submitted, then met nearly two
weeks later on Oct. 12 to discuss
that material and set up a plan of
how it would reach its decision.
Along the way the committee
members spoke to five nursing
homes and one hospital serviced
by the two pharmacies, talked to
Huronview staff and reinterviewed
the staff of the two pharmacies.
The committee also talked to the
Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy of
the University of Toronto. He told
the committee members that in-ser
vice training by the supplier to the
staff at Huronview would be
important. The nursing staff should
also be kept aware of new drugs
and a good charting system should
be set up by the supplier to avoid
error and monitor the effects of the
drugs on he patients. The pharma
cist should also be in the home reg
ularly to make personal contact
with the patients. While any phar
macy could provide good service
filling drug orders, it was the chart
ing system and in-service training
that were the key factors between
adequate and good service, he said.
Looking at the presentations the
committee felt Big V had the best
computerized charting and report
ing system and so recommended
that company be awarded the con
tract. The committee also recom
mended a review of the service 60
days after the contract begins to see
that service is up to standard quar
terly report on pharmaceutical ser
vices be made to the Committee of
Management.