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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1984-01-25, Page 1• . ',•.• • s • •••!' .• r.•:';'',...•:•;"•fr• • ki , .•• ";.— • • • • .. „. .„ . ••. 4 .i •'"‘ Published ittlaicknow, Ontario, WedneSday ItitiattarY 25,1984 - 16 pages Ther,7 -cantial ,handt impartait Thiveo.' • distin Dime canv,aX 'T -P7 dodril yeart ag has-bee-' .or the cu :OP March ;of Dimes ,prdgram at 146liawk Qollege. Helping• the OnOY. for disabled and disabled has become r'Ojeee • on • the ' most Laura Lee' first beesithe 'fnvotired when Alit fund raising 'ectritatted7,1* "the ,-,iSouthwestern Ontario* tinfter. •' - March of Dimes Campaign secretary. Lucknow women. beye, given Dorothy Clark bas heeneaMpaign Secretary hed4.service tot,die lock March of fOt'26'ypats;:*rheirshe started there were 'Unsi ons of volunteer only two appeals being conducted in -south- - , ecatnpaign. ..VFestertiA0ntari9 and under her direction the k:a linitArects of "ndumber'61 appeals has grown' -tb 71. ow in her 18,c#0143, .146f.4114.;:ras. 11.; left Dorothy a ',canvasser ; She, quadraplegic Over the -years'. her family 4 'Apaae$SittOerthe.• sonatanoytannot niolditar;beio for her lint ary • were told mithing. could be done. When. she , • • , WO.* iier,4hirtie#-:',ahk developed back 4':af 1,41:104,40ttirtiOnt'OSPital-1010n in 4.V Li 1. 164 ,adyertiserni ent n the Per each year as his cont their dau hter:•,, handicapped nate$0 ,"• -4, ,,,...„ ad is , the early 1950S a' 4s this was '-befere the daitti,44111Prthe Ontario March of Dimes ice avies: Paid-41termedical bills. • rural mail • - She underwent a rehabilitation program on and the when she was 39 years of age, Pcdlowing: w _ farehabditation she moved to an apartment ' , anna uza Lee's husband,oiiiiirs"0 the Vviere:"She lives alOne'vvith*the, assistance of 8'7, community. .j.";•'•••,e' Of Dimes wIB bementsietedin llmelmew and die ' Doigitinon,from January 23 until 1. These three an attendant She 'was delighted-,:rhen inI-Aoki**, women4 en Ms hettoterrice teat appeal. Shown loOking over a pottier 1.57.4e! Was APPOOS 4* -4.0. -9ver its. - togiiiitinthe the.looal oloiliskiii4ro frao. the left,- Laws LeeCayleyt Imainow ennWalin Campaign Secret*. ' ' ' . '• chairman' , furl° Ye'.11691inardirdne. . Its * volunteer can* user for 111yeaui end •Betides Davies, _ .•- • • Besides her worleas tamp • aign Secretary,; %ilia been , charmaan.4,460 campaign coapouribio for the•rorod mu appeal foie do Tam tolage' 13* yolked'. • . . . . • ' ' ' . . . . . , ,:•,,,4 • _ ., . ,. . . ' 4 kk,st•••T ••••• •19 RipleY; DaVid Wayne,, day !Ara on and,.: el 'zoo. rn 'On Gillespie and little KU 140 Iciyce" ad:. 60 tater n the ., Of Cinon • •. • • • ViUagejlliysproperty :• The village of Lucknow has Purchased the Willoughby Street property of Mary Nichol- sonfor the sum of412,000. Reeve George kynt said the village placed an offer of 50,000 on the "Preperty and agreed to purchase it for $12000,;* , This is the secontirPreperty the village has purchased on Wiltoughby Street adjacent to the commercial property—owned by the Liquor Control Board of Ontario and the ROADank. The Village purchased property owned by Jim Huston of Lucknow in 1983. The village has purchased the two properties with the intention that they will be available for future commercial develop- ment Form day care coalition Between 30 and 40 day care representa- i tis from across Ontario gathered in Toronto last week to form a,coalition to fight for More governmentsupport for day care. Deputy Reeve Panicle Bailey, who attend- ed from Witgham, said the group met with MPP Richard -Johnston of the NDP and plans to 'meet again in early May to lobby the provincial government. It hopes to have betWeen 200 and 300 Concerned women and meg at. that meeting she said. A further meeting is being planned with provincial and federal cabinet members at Niagara -on -the Lake in latter May. In the new coalition, cities and rural areas will join forces to fight against cuts in day care fundng, Mrs. Bailey said. One major item of concern to rural areas is the loss of the day care subsidy for children whose parents donot meet provincial guidelines for social assistance. >44-, 11/M Hospital -.have. cleare of Health Minkstry, ../awaiting • the-approv - e'are ';,dramaint Comb before:Calling t,riderai. • Noting de• boadhat .00tyet seen the detailed plans; Kitirenliev,en; :a •••builder, pointed Out that anychanges made to the plans ifter a Contract has. been signed can add substantially to the cost. Even some - ,•Ohm' as seentingly minor as changing the direction...a door swings can push up the • price. • Administrator. Norman Hayes objected that considerable care has been taken in , ,re mmatystages now, are tnittister membrakifthe hospital board were -told last week. • ,• Ina budding pregraupdatel the board wastold that once fintitapproval is given, theprojeet cango to tender. At diet stage, when the boardinows exactly what it would . cost to build, it will have to make its final decision whether or not to proceed. • OW. by SbaranDietal role reparstlett Pt* plan .a**1s _unlikely thefe*otild iteegtnii$447,-4.anfWe$aPt ;944..regOstettbv the 9 " 4hinutelf-but " • stipportict-Kityve.nhoven. • Even small changes to a plan once a contract has been signed can cost "a leg and an arm", he declared. Archie Hill, chairman of the property committee, agreed t� schedule another meeting after the plans come back from the ministry. In other property committee business, Hill reported that it study of the possibility of air conditioning the hospital kitchen has 1 indi- Um to, page o establish quality assurance program By Hinkiffess The Wingham and District Hospital will heve to look at establishing a quality assurance program to ensure it continues meeting the standards of hospital accredi- tatioahospital board members were told last week. In inforining the board of an upcoming accreditation survey this March, Adminis- trator Norman Hayes said quality assurance • is one area which is being pushed very hat& It does not necessarily mean the hospital will do anything different in the way it operates, he explained. Mostly it involves establishing a system of ensuring everything that should be done is done. Quality- assurance "measures the quality of care and takes the necessary steps to attain the desired level," he added. It tries to set criteria for. various areas of operation, such ate -loaning and maintenance schedules • or keeping of medical records. These, criteria then are monitored by a committee in "An ongoing proces' that continues forever". Asked by Robert Middleton whether this • would mean more red tape and book work, • itayes said the hospital already - is doing most of thesethings in a less formal way. It will require increasing bureaucratization he said. 2 He added it would not require a full time person to run the program in a hospital the size of this one, so it is possible several •hospitals could get together and share a coordinator. / • Responsibility for administering thepro- gram has been handed to the joint conference committee, a commiftee of board members, medical staff and administration. , The accreditation survey is a voluntary process by which hospitals invite an outside panel to confirm they are meeting standard., • of operation and health care. The Wingham Hospital- has passed previous surveys with flying colours, Core French program to increase in Huron. schools By Stephanie Levesque Grade 7 Core French in Huron County elementary schools will increase from 20 minutes lessons per day to 40 minute lessons. The Huron County Board of Education approved increaing, the French instruction hours at Its January: 9 iteeting, The boar4 had approved in principle, the concept of increasing the French instruction hours at a tneeting last spring, but were going to look at the SulijOt agdin this year. Director of education Bob Allan said' that the Grade 7 French would increase effective September 1984 and in September of 1985, the Grade 8 French instruction time -will increase to 40 ntinutes. Core French is now being taught in the elementary system fromi Grades 3 to 8 for 20 • minutes a clay. • The increase falls in line with expectations of the -Ministry of Education as outlined in its report Ontario Schools Intermediate and Secondary (OSIS). Allan!' said that initially, the board had expeeted to have to hire three new teachers at atvadditiontil cost of about $120,000. But he said, an attempt will be made to increase the French instruction time by using teachers already on staff or hiring qualifi,1 French teachers when new teach- crs are hired. UM' the elementary schools can't have the increased French time by using the above mentioned methods, Allan said the matter would be brought back to the board. In other business, the board approved new mileage rates effective January 1. The rate will increase from 18 cents per km. to 20 dents per km. or from 29 cents per mile to 32 cents per mile. Allan pointed out that the board's mileage rate has been operating on an escalator clause for the past year. At the end of December the rate was about 19 cents per km. The increase is less than five per cent. •