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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1984-05-02, Page 4rt tj J. • T owfire Department met left a d"F^'• e .,sho secretary -treasurer Legion and In the photo on the ri$lit "1s. e egion. by .eha sur McDonagh. . y evening: go,when,1the, fire alarm sounds. He said he caught 'Stu rennin around 'tine house ..the other 44y. (responding for a call' out of -habit). 'Stu •t „ o} d•the gusts: he sometimes thinks he took the "j'ot of secreta r-treasutrer •over from ,^ , :. s ;,may... a; -t w 'h n1 - ha`� s b - e. e . , enl . ' ,•_ ; , ., . • wi the department so • longe recalled how ire-beccatme :interested • in.`fire fighting.;"" . • Whe 'he first moved to Lucknow at the 'age of sine with his farnily'fiiiit ' uebec, they lived-in PetergMacDonald's houseneat to"the' um os w �h hie -� su h lied w►''. � � PP .stet tl>rough ans :o provide fire u oteetiori,; .John Bell shower!: through the piimn house and John Au5 the dedica__ recalled to the .departmen' hn oh �e �v t .o J. y .� ... ,. , ��..,.o ; �,: ess speke. of the vague of volunteer service an his remarks.,Fire chief Buff Hamilton spoke of a nation for ewor . his• ,fisc th k George� and .S ,pPg. to hs done to buuc the t ie artment fie resents ves a • de p a •n �, � °� .,.:�`�� .� dents including,;. :� r,, W a o u. S lith ton 'I""`e water and l'or ''EIgii, ;brought✓ meetings. • Messages of congratulations were also extended by representatives of the Manu. f a c - ChiesBruce i udam:ytners of , e ;:Assocaj t Ontario Pire : Deputy:fi ,chifKenJatone and{ e captains • Peter Steer and Gary Ritchie e ! •,fir George said he tries te.make himself believe how good it is that he doesn't have to eser.. tlotiw then! ietiremet s to Ge" f: ad 5 ,; or ,fin 't+��� Iveco 011owiii ded a• iced :se .icer". • George ':sald'>' many ie :fecal! lP biStest"fires when they look"bad onthe;. ! yearn, _bet he chose to tell abbot the smallest - freehe eve, r resonded to durinis years,on .departinent When theY arrived~ontthe scene, the house was filled with smoke but there: was no heat andthe smoke smelled of burning rubber. A cup containing three baby bottle es was found overturned on r 'y rs ood� ears•of, showed hma the fire whistle. *gym .p age' 1 School said the children Who abuse alcohol in this ' community: are only copying their parents: They, see howtheir parents enter- tain themselves onweekends and they learn that the only way to have "fun on the weekend , is toget. drunk. The teacher said he was' concerned when the members of local hockey- teams receive caps` 'displaying, a Labatts Blue logit and the children" all come to school wearing these' hats. Constable Dave Bea' '; observed that Goderich has , one : Of the highest rates in Ontario for alcohol, seized on the road side : - and drunk drivers charged. He said that while drugs are prevalent the major problem in this area is alcohol. He said 75 per cent of the .children abusing alcohol are under the legal age limit. The ;dangerous ent in marijuana ; is a that it is not metabolize n the body and it accumulates in the system,' said Rev. Clifton. He warned -the parents, at the meeting that if you, have a high . school in your community there is an active drug pusherin that school. If there is an elemelit- ary:school in the community as well, there is an active • drug pusher in.the elementary school too. The film called The Chemical People described the affects on the body, especially the -brain, caused by alcohol and drug abuse. These changes stay with the person for the remainder of his/her life. Following the film, Constable Clifton remarked that drugs are "burning the brains fight out" of the kids who abuse alcohol and drugs. Dr. Jolly fold The Sentinel in an interview leyarrive at' er, fireman Bey s. by SSharon Dietz];: Stu remembers he had seen a picture .p ire of a• horse drawn fire.engine in' his first grade- reader and. was .disappointed the first tint, � he saw Lucknow seinen answer a fire cal. There was no horses-and/no engine. He saw men pushing a reel and pulling a wagon, •}Ie said,whe started running wfires when theia7m sounded,and potossiblyatch this is how ,e ?brie interested . in fire fighting • He seggeitedi,that, he and George tha;..., their, viyes and wives of present sad • �for� nen i•; rem e s u.port is essepttare, ,r.providing 'ah absolutely necessary emergency,service the'; fire fighters do thus Farents. foliowi g the meeting, that the wall of'denial° put up by most people in this community is the major stumbling bioek to dealing with the problem of alcoholand drug abuse. When doctors tell parents their child is abusing alcohol or drugs, they tell the doctor he is lying. • ' Constable Ben told the meeting that if anybody denies that the • drug and alcohol; problem is as serious as it is in the'Lucktiow area, don't believe it. He said he overheard a young girl, who couldn't be much older than 10, tell her friends'. that her uncle had a .drug "like this one at his 'birthday party", while looking over a selection of drugs Constable Ben had brought to display to those who came to see the film. When asked why the police or the courts can't do more to get pushers off the street, Constable .: Ben said the Mount Forest;: detachment hasn'.t hired any additional men in 14 years: . I . "Maybe wehave promised too much,." he said. He added that . the 20,000 to 30,000 `' GR. impaired driving charges laid in Ontario* only a drop:' in the Abucket ajnc described why it takes three hours for a police officer to process one drunk driver. Constable' Ben said the police officer's job:; is very. frustrating because when a charge gets to court, they have no control over the sentence.handed .down. Dr. Jolly observed ' that the :law is only as good: as people make it and if .the; public ' makes waves, sentences will become stiffer: "The ppiice always de their job," said Jolly. If we're not making judges give fair sentences, it's our responsibility to make the system work. LBBY'S on UDCET ATELLI OT, 750 au( Ingham hospital board plans senzinar to studyHeciith Act... page 1 of transfers, he suggested, but there was no further response to the question. a.* e Althourgh the new Canada Health Act has already beer: passed into law by -Parliament, the hospital board plans to go ahead with a. seirnintr -to studY'the Act. The. suggestion for a study session came after nietnbers of the medical staff raised colleens', about the new Act during last motittett.fiteeting. Board Chairman Mary Vair ' asked last • week how many board members were interested and about a half dozen Indicated they would attend. "What Mould .a -seminar dot" Lucknow ' area ember Prank MacKenzie inquired; noting that- 'the Act received unanimous consent by Parliainent and "a lot of doctors" are also in favor of it. However lir. Brian Hanlon, who was the only member of the medical staff` at the meeting', said people are mistaken if they think this law, which cracks down on user fees and extra billing, will result in better health care. It limits a patient's choice of doctors and will lead to the setting of quotas for the number of doctors in a community and the increasing. bureaucratization of medicine, he predicted, concluding the problem is far greater than just a doctor charging a user fee. Although the bill has become federal la*, people can still lobby the provincil govern- ment "and prevent blackmail by the federal government;" he said, noting it is up to individual provinces whether to implement its provisions Or pay a penaltyin lost grants. Hayes said he will try to organize a seminar bringing in the local MP and MPP, though lie noted it probably would not be before summer. Inhis executive .director''s report, Hayes told the board year end ifatistics showed the hospital's admissions rx►ere up one per cent recommendation to appoint the dermatotot overall last year. ist and the two anaesthetists as members of Activity in specific areas fluctuated, with the hospital staff. surgery and emergency treatment down two In addition, Dr. Hanlon told the board the per cent, lab work dip two per cent, radioli y —physiotherapy department is now so busy up one per cent and ECGs up eight per cent. there is a waiting list for non urgent cases, Activity in the . physiotherapy unit was • and the staff is working on getting a speech down, ' but that 'can be explained since the therapist to replace the one who moved away hospital was without a physiotherapist for/ last year. two months, he said. , * * Wind causes damage Reporting for the medical staff, Dr. Hanlon reported a new dermatologist will be Gale force winds on Monday blew down we staek.rting to see patients at the hospital this tree limbs and power lines and people in the Walkerton area were . still without y The man'is' a retired specialist from electric power on Tuesday. nnorning. Shouhdra• Kitchener who has moved to Bayfield, and west wilds gustingto WO kilometres an bout he chose the Wingham hospital as the most blew shingls off roof tops and topsoil from central to the area, he explained, the fields. He also told the board two doctors from Three fishermen were rnissi'ng lad nearby hospitals have applied for privileges presumed dead, when tine debris from as anaesthetist. r fishing tug wasr The board complied with a medical staff Scoe on Lake found Erie. neat Tuesday mottling Hea LI eE EIte 'GULARCAFFE, abs offRIETD€ UNCAN HI VA axes A LILY u h SENIOR J0% disco* i ys ONLY 110.00.and. S clgarett .