The Citizen, 1994-07-13, Page 7THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 1994. PAGE 7.
Area students named Ontario Scholars
Christy Pardys
Scott Shaddick Bonita tenHag
Ann UhlerChristy Pardys achieved a 90 per
cent average in her last year of
studies at Central Huron Secondary
School and will be attending Wil
frid Laurier University in Waterloo.
The Ontario Scholar will be
studying Honours Business Admin
istration.
Christy, 18, is the daughter of
Hank and Anneka Pardys of Blyth.
Scott Shaddick earned an Ontario
Scholarship in his final year at Cen
tral Huron Secondary School.
He plans to attend the University
of Waterloo in the Honours Mathe
matics Co-op program and will
specialize in actuarial sciences.
Scott is the 18-year-old son of
Robert and Donna Shaddick of
RR1 Londesboro.
Central Huron Secondary Student
Bonita tenHag earned an Ontario
Scholarship and will be attending
Guelph University, majoring in ani
mal biology.
She hopes to enter into the Doc
tor of Veterinary Medicine pro
gram.
Bonita, 19, is the daughter of
Gerald and Truce tenHag of RR1
Auburn.
Ann Uhler, 18, earned an Ontario
Scholarship as a student at Listowel
District Secondary School.
She plans to attend the University
of Guelph in the academia pro
gram.
Ann is the daughter of Fred and
Karen Uhler of RR3 Brussels.
Chris Terpstra
Chris Terpstra, a Listowel Dis
trict Secondary School student, was
named an Ontario Scholar recently.
Chris plans to attend the Univer
sity of Windsor in the engineering
program.
He is the 18-year-old son of
Charlie and Catherine Terpstra of
RR3 Brussels.
Doctor hears councillors’lecture
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try to educate people about the
need for change. While Board of
Health members apparently felt the
enforcement part of the job was
unacceptable it was sometimes nec
essary, he said. "I have responsibil
ities as an enforcer. So do health
inspectors. Enforcing is also educa
tion. Enforcing brings people the
ability to have to pay attention."
He said every other county and
region in the province has accepted
this legislation except the region of
Haldimand-Norfolk where council
lors felt they must support local
tobacco farmers. "I think the Board
of Health needs to realize they are
unique in their position."
Dr. Bokhout accepted responsi
bility for not having been able to
convince Board of Health members
of the need to enforce the laws in
order to save people from smoking.
"I also take responsibility in the
deaths that will inevitably occur 20
years from now because I couldn't
convince the Board of Health to
support this."
Dr. Bokhout pointed out that
there has been little improvement
in the survival rate from those suf
fering lung cancer. Eighty per cent
of those diagnosed with lung can
cer die within five years. The great
est steps in saving lives have come
in prevention, he said.
But when Dr. Bokhout finished
his lecture he had to listen to a few
lectures from council members who
were not amused.
"I think the doctor should be
aware that the people of Huron are
getting sick of being dictated to by
(senior) governments," said Bob
Hallam, reeve of West Wawanosh,
who argued against the continuous
Wreckers ball falls on Huronview
The tender for demolition of the
central portion of the old Huron
view building has been let to
Tepcrmanns Demolition.
The tender, for $382,727 was
below the budget of $400,000 set
aside in the original budget for the
building of the new Huronview and
Huronlea homes for the aged, said
Claus Breede, project manager for
the renovation of the older build
ing. "We're in excellent shape," he
said of the costing of the project.
"We may even be able to shave a
bit off that price."
Mr. Breede explained that the
demolition will be complicated by
the amount of hazardous waste
such as asbestos in the portion of
the building being demolished.
growth in the Health Unit.
Brian McBumey, reeve of Tum-
berry and a former smoker, said he
quit because he wanted to, not
because someone made him. "I
think if we would get this money
spent on education it would do
more. If you think enforcement
works you should study Prohibi
tion."
Deputy-reeve Clifford argued
that if the province really wanted to
prevent smoking it should never
have reduced cigarette taxes.
Lionel Wilder, reeve of Hay
Twp., a former smoker, argued
against the government's efforts to
make smokers "second class citi
zens".
"I quit smoking of my own voli
tion not because anyone forced me
too," said John Doherty, Reeve of
Goderich.
Reeve Vanstone said the Board
of Health motion was made
because members felt they had to
get a message through to the gov
ernment. "I hope the doctor can put
our case forward to the govern
ment," he said after hearing Dr.
Bokhout's speech.
Dr. Bokhout responded that
while he could respect the argu
ments he could not support them.
"It doesn't make my position a pop
ular one. I realize this." This was
why so few people wanted to be a
Medical Officer of Health, he said.
"It's a lot sexier to cure people than
prevent illness."
Enforcement of laws that say
there should be no smoking in pub
lic places is not a case of making
people second class citizens but of
protecting others, he said. "If some
one smokes in this room someone
else may get the smoke."
Hoarding will be put up around the
building and all the bricks and
building materials will be pulver
ized and reduced to marble-sized
fill which will cover in the base
ment of the old building.
Two separate buildings
remain. The south building
continue to house the Huron
Centre. The north building
house the Huron County Health
Unit and the Huron County
Library. Phase two of the project
will include renovation of those
structures, including pulling down
the entrance to the old building
which will be part of the north
structure. It has been found struc
turally unsound and will be less
expensive to replace than to repair.
As for the money aspect, he said,
$25,000 is a pittance when com
pared to the cost of treating the ill
nesses that arise from smoking.
"Every time someone comes in (to
a hospital) with a heart attack it
costs the taxpayer tens of thou
Day
will
sands."
The role of the public health
inspector who would have been
hired under the program would
have been 95 per cent education
and five per cent enforcement, he
said.
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