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Home My WebLink AboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1984-01-04, Page 2• Lucknow Scathe', Wedne$4&y, anter 49..19$x. -Page 2 formerly of Klnlo -,TO it •Ohlp':ever bunt at . nts before being lawn will •receive hail* " hits' been ;antedeeptafirof the. Prairie' jwontl : ,shipyard. The' Pr title:' .Harvest Is r 18.The ship will lie odttted%tide winter Harvey111cQuillin of Sty Catharines has • been named Captain of the Prairie Harvest,' thee longestship ever built at 'the: irollin'g� wo60':shipyard, Formerly of Kinloss Town- ship, he is the son of Dick- and - Emily • McQuillin. Collin o'od t`s th Inst shipyard in Canada still use the 'saunsX.Method and, the; spectre lar eight"second"'slide "of the `Pier inte't ingwood. harbour created a • wave which sent :ftont row spectator` scrambling for high ground and splashed water on the roof of 'a nearby three storey building. Prairie Harvest is •the largest 'ship ever 4bxuiltMto pass through.the Welland 'Canal The maximum length for ships, navigating the 50 -year old'• Welland Canal used to, be ,73'0 feet, 'but the Collingwoodr,sh pyard, a sub- sidiary of Montreaibased'P'ower Corporation got 'permission to, add.,an extra 6 t/z feet 'to this $55 million lake freighter. The extended hull permits -the sulker, -a, bulk carrier easily conver.'tedto a •self unitader, to ; carry,an additional 300'tons of cargo. ' , The ship, built for•..Canada , Steamship • Lines, . another Power Corpo•ration subsidu •• - she said vet`niglit;'' a 1 o. raised a; question about a a4�s security, reportinehe' recently had fin S pleasanttetperience of being. confront C"'b i,. an aggressive patient in the hospital emergency room: "- .. Igor most of the. 24 hours there is no male tson on duty in . the hospital, he said, t"ogthat within the past six months it has t necessary to askpolice to come and sit Vents who attacked nurses --la duty wiiiCh pc ice are reluctant to undertake. „a'i,the nurses to be left 16 hours • ecessar ems without the proteaion of a security ? ospital° Administrator Hayes,. after ,re- • aponding' - somewhat impatiently , that he , would hire a secuEity:`guard if, the doctor wouldielI hiei where to find• the money, told Vie board such incidents occur infrequently, perhaps three times a year. • "I'm not' sure ' it requires a full .time security staff." • Board member John Schenk, ..a solicitor, suggested a way around the problem Would be to have staff lay 'a charge against any patient who threatened them.. `That way .police would -have to 'come. However nr rotest day care fimding costs... page 1 ministry,Barnes adds, officials now say they wa t'to.look for ways of cutting costs at the centre even though the ministry already has Approved the day .care centre budget. Bares suggests; that by singling out for review those centres 'which have' raised a protest against the chan8es in funding,: the " Convention:.. *from page 1 a ary :spendingfor such trips. • • Board, chail,tnan 'Mary Vair said that ' Norman Hayes had received an invitation to attend /the "very prestigious" conference dealing .with the enconomics of health . care. She also noted that he had not attended conventions of the Canadian Hospital Asso- ciatioit for the ' past couple of years. Afterthe board had given its approval, Hayes explained he is particuiarty interested in this conference, "because I was gained as an economist to begin with". .ministry is intimidating other centres which' might otherwisejoin the protest. • Since the funding cuts are not to take effect until January, 1986, there is a strong tendency -for someday care boards ,to sit tight and hope the ministry .willchange its mind in the meantime. - On that date the ministry has said it will end 'the current practice 6f permitting municipally operated day care centres to indirecsubsidize the cost of, day care for all .children using the centres., Instead it will subsidize the cost of day care for only these. children whose parents qualify for help according to a, means test. Day Care representatives, and "parents have protested .that the means ...test ..is......too stringent and will disqualify many families which cannot afford to, pay the full per diem rate for ' day care. - Barnes notes that when the St. Marys day care centre recently raised its per diem rate to about $12 from S9.00, it lost 37 percent of jts children. • Cunningham is Huron warden Computers for Huron .County, the future of the museum and ,the upkeep of county roads will all require decisions from Huron County Council in 1984, says the new warden, Tom Cunningham. Cunningham, the reeve, of Hullett Town- ship since 1980, defeated Goderich Reeve Harry Worsen in a 24 to seven recorded vote , for the warden"sl»p at council's . inaugurals meeting. In his inaugural address the ,. warden outlined the three areas which he felt should receive high priority in; the coming year. "The first issue is the decision of whether or not to computerize. There will be a recommendation coming from the 1983 executive committee on thin. I hope county council satuncil can accept this recommendation," hed. As for the county museum, Warden Cunningham said council may be ready to make a decision on it in 1984. A Toronto firm is currently .doing a study of the museum. "The countymuseum could be a very costly project, depending on how we decide Turn to page 5• Spend Christmas in Florida Bob and Wilda Campbell, Lucknow, spent Christmas and the,yveek following with their daughter, Carol and Jack Whyne, Adam and Liza of Toronto, at their condominium at Longboat. Key,' Sarasota, Florida. They also visited Bob's cousin, Mary and George LucknowNewbold of Florida. at their winter home ,' at Brander on ed `Pk +r ary, was originally scheduled. for lanirel`i July 14; It was oto be the highlight L:of the: town's 'summa r long celebration of its12Stii.=". anniversary. But a.' three mote strike 'by yard workers delayed tha eventiuntil:October; 18. •. Mi t, s before the ~launch; Leona J wife of kW: J.arvi , , abairrnain: of Canadian Wheat ,Board; christened 36,000, ton P r hate•, ryek rye,describe Stuart> 'hoiias; ge feral ,ftiat ;age*' '. Collingwood . Shipyards, as uteri 100 sINot on .. ,thairihrvest tl largest ship' evelyris ' builtePrtheree;•baut it ail marks the 100th 'anniversary ofe yari officially known as Canada -44e' Ship Building; The ship still requires outfi#ting efore ready to carr y the 300 tonnes, of giant cargo.:: it is designed to carry The Prairie Harvest will Spend the witriter in.. Coll ngwoo l and; Captain l+v,IcQuilhn', will receiver her in ,the ,. spring,, ready o: head out into the fie t Lakes,. -n,: McQuillan has been sailing. with Canada:: Steamship Lines since 194?. and wu promoted to captain in 1970 •:•11:•A Specific specif c. action was proposed or taken on the matter. In • otherbusiness- at the meeting, board members heard than the .hospital's budget- - ary . surplus continued to...climb, .largely because its 'activity levels ainedi lower than had, been' ;.forecast. • • It also heard that' the health ministry has asked for changes to some of the drawings before approving plans for the proposed new emergency and out ptient wing; and that the architect had recommendedrequiring the general ,contractor of the project to carry both a performance and a labour and materials bond, to. guarafitee. completion of, the 'project.: The bonds would cost .about $10,000, which would be added into the cost of the project. The board was prepared to 'approve unfit°' Dr. Hanlon inquired why it wasnecessary to -have both bonds. Under the new Cpnstruc. • tion 'Lien Act; the performance ' boild . should suffice, he suggested, and Schenk agreed, saying he also .didn't understand the rle+,d for a second bond. 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