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Home, Farm & Commercial Wiring Wireless Home Security Systems DON PAUL 526-7505 357-1537 PAUL ENGEL SIDING AND ROOFING • Alum. Vinyl Siding • Soffit, Fascia • 5" Seamless Trough • Windows, Doors TELEPHONE 887-9045 Free In Home Estimates • Alum. Vinyl Shutters • Steel Siding and Roofing • 5 year written workmanship guarantee • Farm • Home • Commercial 79 William St. Box 334 Brussels, Ont. NOG 1H0 "QUALITY CUSTOM INSTALLATIONS" Bill Shortreed Electric FARM HOME COMMERCIAL ...•••••mg111/.4.4...4 DON'T FORGET '3.00 THURSDAY SAVE ON YOUR CLASSIFIED Al) Over 18 Years Experience R.R. #1, Walton 887-930 THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1993. PAGE 17. Wheels Away board happy with 1992 By Cameron J. Wood Despite finishing their first full year of operation in a deficit position, the board of directors at Wheels Away couldn't be happier with 1992. Fourteen municipalities in the northern Huron/South Bruce region participate in the transportation program. The majority of these municipalities have entered a deficit sharing agreement to help case the costs, but with some holding out, board chairman Gloria Workman said they have some difficult decisions to make in 1993. "Discontinuation of subsidized service will be a consideration for municipalities who absolutely refuse to participate. In order for Wheels Away to budget and forecast for the future, it is absolutely necessary for municipalities to show their support by signing an agreement with the North Huron Special Transit Corporation, to ensure continued uninterrupted service," she said. Ms Workman urged users from the municipalities refusing to sign the agreement to make their views known to their local politicians. The service has 244 clients registered, a 33 per cent increase from 1991. John Mann, project co- ordinator, said the increase is partially related to the addition of serving private individuals — those who reside in their own homes. He said the total trips taken in 1992, 1,548 averages out to 30 trips per week. Drivers last year covered 30,196 kilometres. Three supporting townships made no use of the service and three others came in at less than 13 total trips. Guest speaker for the evening was Wingham and District Hospital CEO Lloyd Koch. Mr. Koch was just recently hired and took the opportunity to discuss his background and how the health care system in Africa — where he spent part of his career — deals with transportation. He opened his talk by praising the efforts of the organization, stating, "Wheels Away is a great organization and I'm really pleased to see the growth ... from a hospital point of view, it's a very valuable service to patients; to allow us to fulfill our mandate of serving the various needs of the people." In his second year of university, Mr. Koch decided to volunteer for a position in Zaire as an administrative assistant. His main duties included supervising a workshop that made protective shoes for lepers. Upon his return from the placement, he decided to study health care administration. Following a diverse career, both in Canada and abroad, Mr. Koch was chosen by the hiring. committee for WDH earlier this year. Mr. Koch said the health care system in Canada is founded on O bituaries WILLIAM (BILL) ADAMSON William Charles Adamson of Alvinston, formerly of Lucknow and Brussels, died March 10 at University Hospital in London. He was 65. Mr. Adamson was born in Toron- to Twp. on Nov. 17, 1927 to Percy and Mabel (Randell) Adamson. He was an army veteran and member of Legion Branch 249 in Alvinston. He married Joyce McBride of Alvinston who survives him. Also surviving him are his chilren, Doug Adamson of Lucknow, Diana (Mrs. Jim Fors) of Strathroy, Tom Adam- son of Lucknow, Terry Adamson of Edmonton, Alberta and Rodger Adamson of Indonesia. Surviving brothers and sisters are five basic principles: accessibility, universality, comprehensiveness, portability and public administra- tion. He explained the latest school of thought is the addition of quality. "Quality is something that is being suggested should be added to the five fundamentals that were put into place as underpinnings of our health care system when it was passed into legislation," he said. "In order to provide quality, you need to talk about three things: leadership, Total Quality Manage- ment (TQM), and partnership." At WDH the management staff, board of governors and medical staff have just recently been through workshops on TQM. "It's a necessary component to keep us competitive, to help us provide the best service possible given the limited dollars there are in the health care system today." Mr. Koch said the Ontario government is under unprecedented financial pressure. Extremely low Betty Scheid of Alliston, Ruth Arnett of Wasaga Beach and Glen- na Lee of Norval. He is also sur- vived by 10 grandchildren. A funeral service was held March 13. There will be a spring burial at Brussels Cemetery. Novices advance to playoff finals Continued from page 7 with Brussels the victors in each. Oldfield notched the winning goal unassisted for the win. Matt McCall played a strong game in goal. Zurich came to play game two in Brussels on March 12. Both teams were missing players due to the flu. It was Brussels night to play and they came out on top defeating Zurich 4-1. The Novices now advance to the final round of playoffs against the winner of Bayfield-Belgrave series. transfer payments in January, 1992 forced the hospital system to put its management skills to the test. In fall of 1992, the government said they had to flatline hospital budgets for the next two years. "The recession has been long and painful. Hospitals, as part of the service sector, have not been immune to restructuring." Due to the uncertainty, hospitals have demonstrated an outstanding ability to respond to change. "The first step in leadership involves accepting change. We have already witnessed massive restructuring. Hospitals are now doing more with less. The hospital sector has responded with ... an enhanced inter-hospital partnership. In Huron-Perth, the CEOs of each of the hospitals meet monthly. We co-ordinate our programs, we talk about shared purchasing services. We have set up a transportation system and we have a shared library service." In-hospital patient costs have been reduced through shorter periods of stay, Mr. Koch explained some 5,000 acute care beds have been removed from the Ontario hospital system since 1988. To cope, hospitals have focused on the shift from in-patient to out- patient care. "People are expected to go home sooner. Think about what that means to your service and how important that makes it in the provincial system and especially here in Wingham." Locally, the statistics have done almost a complete reversal. In 1988 there were 389 surgical in-patient and 270 surgical out-patient visits. In 1992, the numbers were 292 in- patient and 367 out-patient surgical visits. Mr. Koch said the most interesting aspect of health care coming in the near future is the development of the District Health Council. At present, a steering committee has been formed to examine the possibility in Huron County. On March 23 at 7:30 p.m. at the Brussels United Church, steering committee chairman Paul Carroll will be on hand to discuss the DHC and what plans are being made for the county. The building is fully accessible. ZrergAIMPI Caldwell- Construction • residential & agricultural structures • framing • siding drywall • roofing & trim Estimates & Prints R.R. # 3 Blyth 523-9354