The Citizen, 1994-01-05, Page 18PAGE 18. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1994.
County Council briefs
New candidate site list to be announced in Jan.
The controversy over waste man
agement will likely soon begin
again with the announcement of the
new list of candidate sites for a
landfill in January.
The report of the county's Waste
Management Steering Committee,
presented at the Dec. 2 meeting of
county council, showed that the
consultants, Gore and Storrie Ltd.
expect to have that list of candidate
sites early next month.
Ostomy chapter holds festive meeting
The Annual Christmas Social
was held in the third floor dining
room of the Stratford General
Hospital on Tuesday, Dec. 7 at 6:30
p.m. Forty-eight members and
guests welcomed by president Ray
Rynor, enjoyed a catered buffet
supper.
A homorous Wayne and Shuster
video was shown which was
followed by several draws
Letter to the editor
Huronview cuts concern writer
THE EDITOR,
With regards to the Dec. 14 issue
of Focus - Page 9A - under the
heading "Huronview will be
forerunner in long term health
care", I would like to express my
views and concerns on this.
I understand that the provincial
ministry has requirements with the
passing of Bill 101 for Long Term
Care Facilities. I think that
management and Huron County
council members really believe that
quality of care will not be
compromised at Huronview and
Huronlea.
But - since neither management
nor Huron County council
members have worked personally
with these residents how can they
At 12:52 a.m. Nov. 26, the alarm
at the Seaforth LCBO went off.
Investigation revealed that a plate
glass panel was smashed and a
glass door panel kicked in to gain
entry. The thieves smashed a
quantity of bottles and left some
behind. ,
Stolen were the following items:
two - 60 oz. bottles Russian Prince
vodka, one - 12 oz. bottle Captain
Morgan white rum, two - 26 oz.
bottles Barcardi rum, one - 40 oz.
bottle Captain Morgan dark rum
and a 12 oz. bottle Barcardi amber
rum.
BREAK AND ENTER
A resident at 74 Jarvis Street,
Seaforth, was broken into on
Friday,.Dec. 6 and the following
items were stolen: a 26 oz. bottle of
Panama Jack Irish Cream, a 26 oz.
bottle of Emmet's Irish Cream, a
Panasonic palmcorder, Model PV-
12K in a black leather carry case
Leona Armstrong, reeve of Grey
Township where most of the sites
were located in the first list of can
didate sites (all were rejected)
asked if clerks in the affected
municipalities could be first on the
list to be told of the sites so they
could intelligently answer ques
tions from concerned citizens.
***
The county roads department has
listed three projects it could under
take as part of the federal-provin-
conducted by Bob Pines and Sybil
Rynor. Prizes including Christmas
cakes, poinsettias and four mystery
gifts were won by Joy Bleay, Joe
Bender, and Shirley Weicker, all of
Tavistock; John Belland, Annie
Grice, Bill Wreford, Alice Kelly,
Eleanor Shantz, Murray Hyde,
Isobel Mohr, Laura Hansen, and
Madge Elder, all of Stratford; Joe
Verberne of Seaforth and Daisy
Pines of Shakespeare.
be so sure?
I worked at Huronview for many
years as an aide and then as an
HCA so I think that I can
understand the care that is required
for the residents. Why not ask the
employees, the ones who care for
these people, who look after them
personally every day, what they
think? Or better yet, have
management come to work at
7 a.m. until 3 p.m. - make beds,
bathe residents, feed, toilet and
make between 50 - 100 transfers or
residents in an eight hour shift.
Have them do this for four days in
a row. I'm sure they would find it to
be unable to give the care they
want and know the residents could
have it, but can't because of the
shortage of staff.
Crime Stoppers
Crime of the Week
and a two hour battery pack and
charger.
UNLAWFUL ENTRIES WINGHAM
Over the past two months in
Wingham there has been a number
of break, enter and thefts. If you
know anything about these cases
the Wingham Police Service and
Crime Stoppers of Huron County
are seeking your assistance in
solving these cases.
A residence on Highland Drive
was entered on Sept. 24 and money
and one bottle of Canadian Club
whiskey as well as one bottle of
rum were stolen.
On Oct. 14 the Youdt Centre in
Wingham was entered and pop and
monies were stolen.
One bottle of Crown Royal
whiskey and one bottle of gin were
stolen from a residence on Frances
Street on Nov. 12.
A home on Angus Street in
Wingham was entered on Nov. 10
and the following items removed:
two - 60 oz. bottles of American
liquor and one bottle each of
Southern Comfort whiskey and
Smirnoff vodka.
A Minnie Street house was
broken into on Nov. 30 but it
appears the responsible party was
scared off before stealing anything.
BREAK ENTER AND THEFT
A residence at Lot 1, Cone. 8,
Usborne Twp., was broken into
cial infrastructure plan put forward
by the federal government. The
projects include County Road 20 in
East Wawanosh. paving of County
Road 12 north of Brussels and a
joint project with Grey, McKillop
and Tuckersmith to build a sand
storage shed.
Tom Cunningham, reeve of Hul-
lelt Township wondered if the
county had the money to do the
projects. The money is in the bud
get, he was assured. The work was
A Christmas Carol sing-song led
by Ed Schenck was a popular
feature of the evening. The evening
closed with the group singing "We
Wish You A Merry Christmas."
The executive and directors were
reminded that there would not be
an executive meeting in December.
The next executive meeting will be
held at the home of Ed and Norah
Schenck on Tuesday, Jan. 25 at
These people pay big money for
care they have a right to expect.
The blame always fall on the wages
of the employees, the union
members, the ones who do the
actual personal care - not one word
is ever said about the wages of
management.
When I first went to work at
Huronview it was full of residents -
it ran very smoothly with just Mr
Archibald (administrator), Mrs.
Jacobs (nursery director), Edith
Landesborough (office), plus one
or two more office help.
It will be said "But we now have
two homes".
True, but resident numbers have
not varied that much and now
sometime between 11 a.m. and 1
p.m. on Dec. 9. A brown Acadian
type of a vehicle is described as 20
-25 years old presenting a scruffy
appearance. The driver is described
as in his 20s with long blonde hair.
A pry bar of some type was used
to pry a door open and once inside
the thief rummaged through the
residence and stole the following
property. One orange/yellow
coloured laundry bag with dirty
stuff happens written on the side,
one Sanyo compact disk player and
speakers, one Sega Genesis game
system, two books - "Home
Remedies" and "The Other
Women's Encyclopedia", one
Memorex camcorder, one wedding
yng, 50 assorted compact disks,
eight full bottles of Labatt's beer.
A small brown car has been seen
in the area over a period of three
weeks prior to this break and enter
and is likely involved in other
crimes in the area. The Exeter OPP
are seeking your assistance in
solving this matter.
DAMAGE TO TRUCK CLINTON
A truck parked on Alma Street in
Clinton was broken into on Nov. 17
when the window was smashed
causing $400 in damage. Once
inside the truck the thief then stole
a flashlight, tire gauge, kleenex and
papers.
already scheduled to be done.
***
The past year has been a good
one for tourism in Huron, the
Tourism Marketing Report of the
Planning and Development Depart
ment revealed. Some shop owners
in Bayfield and Goderich reported
their best year ever. Registrations at
the Goderich tourist booth were up
more than 300 per cent.
***
Huron County Planning Director
7:30 p.m. The next regular meeting
of the chapter will be in the Green
Room 301 at the SGH on Tuesday,
Jan. 4 at 7:30 p.m. The topic will
be "Life Lines" which is a system
used by persons who live alone
and/or are disabled and may need
emergency attention/help and is
available on a 24 hour basis.
Persons wishing information on
OSTOMY are invited to call 273-
0304 or 393-5316.
management has assistants,.charge
nurses, etc. When cutbacks were
announced it stated it involved all
staff. But management positions
were re-adjusted or re-named with
few taking a cut in pay.
This I feel is not fair to the
people needing the care. Perhaps if
management had been cut back in
pay, the things the residents enjoy
like the craft room and tuck shop
would have kept their original
hours. For our mental health we all
have'to be able to look forward to
enjoying something. I feel this
cutback has hurt both the physical
and mental health of the residents.
The concerned staff who really
care about these residents can do
nothing. It's you the families of
these residents and the citizens of
Huron County who can talk to
HCAs, aides, and all those who
work directly with the residents.
Don't just phone Huronview for an
answer.
Come on - wake up Huron
County - help our residents at
Huronview and Huronlea receive
the care they deserve - you could
be a resident there someday.
Think about it and do something
now.
Doreen Wilson
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***
Residents may have been living
in Huronlea and Huronview for
more than six months but construc
tion of the buildings still isn't offi
cially complete. Norm Fairies,
reeve of Howick and chairman of
the Seniors and Social Services
Committee said it is hoped all the
deficiencies in the building will be
corrected soon. "It's getting very,
very close."
Meanwhile the problems with
unpaid sub-sub-contractors is
before the courts, he said. "There's
not a lot we can do until the
lawyers get it sorted out," reeve
Fairies said.
On the good news side, the coun
ty received a cheque for $109,000
from Ontario Hydro to help pay for
the installation of high efficiency
lighting at the homes.
***
Huron continues to be near the
bottom of municipalities in the
province in the number of people
who are receiving welfare, but
when all forms of social assistance
are taken into account, numbers
jump dramatically, a report to the
Seniors and Social Services Com
mittee showed.
Only 2.33 per cent of the county
relies on welfare (compared to
10.06 in Kingston) but as of
September there were 1.328 UIC
cases in Goderich and Exeter area
offices.
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