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The Citizen, 1996-10-09, Page 16The news from uburn Compiled by Kay Lapp Phone 526-7264 Huron Perth Hospital and Related Health Services Study - Get Involved! Our health care system is changing! By January 31, 1497, the Huron Perth District Health Council (HPDHC) must make recommendations to the Minister of Health regarding the restructuring of the hospital system in Huron and Perth counties. The Hospital and Related Health Services Study Task Force, which is a committee of the HPDHC, invites you to get involved in the process and stay informed! Representatives from the HPDHC are available until December 16, to speak with local community groups and organizations (e.g., service clubs, women's institutes, auxiliaries, parent-teacher advisory groups, etc.) about the hospital restructuring study. We want to learn what health care services people value most! If you would like someone to speak with your group, please contact the HPDHC office at 519-348-4498 or .1-888-648-3712 (to leave a message). HURON PERTH OISTOICT COUNCIL Huron Perth Hospital and Related Health Services Study - Get Involved! Our health care system is changing! By January 31, 1997, the Huron Perth District Health Council (HPDHC) must make recommendations to the Minister of Health regarding the restructuring of the hospital system in Huron and Perth counties. The Hospital and Related Health Services Study Task Force, which is a committee of the HPDHC, invites you to get involved in the process and stay informed! A number of local focus groups will be held during the last two weeks in October. The purpose of these facilitated sessions is to find out about the general public's health care values and priorities. As input from hospital staff will be received through other approaches, preference will be given to people not employed by Huron Perth hospitals. If you would like to participate, please contact the HPDHC office at 519-348- 4498 or 1-888-648-3712 (to leave a message). Call early as group sizes are limited (10 - 12 people) and will be filled on a first come first serve basis. HURON PERTH DISTRICT COUNCIL PAGE 16. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1996 Cty. council talks alternatives L. Hallam marks 60th Leona Cunningham, daughter of Tom and Ila Cunningham, after completing her Master Degree is Public Administration at Western University, London, has gone to New Zealand. She signed up for the SWAP (Student Work Abroad Programme) for one year. She hopes to work and see the country before returning home. A number of Auburn and surrounding district friends Nancy Park was the organist who welcomed the Knox United congregation with sacred music. The Invitation to Worship was based on Psalm 19, regarding the rules that God gave to live by in this world. This was followed by the Opening Chorus Come Christians, Join tb Sing. Rev. Paul Ross welcomed everyone. He gave the church announcements and led in prayer. All Things Bright and Beautiful was sung. The prayer of confession and God's pardon were given. The children's chorus was sung. The children went to the front. The three articles used in house building by the Three Little Pigs were shown. Rev. Ross explained that the brick house stood and that to be a good Christian everyone must follow God's word. The children went to their Sunday School classes. Joyful, Joyful We Adore Thee was sung and Exodus 20 read. These were the commandments given to the Israelites through Moses. The Senior choir then sang an appropriate anthem. The New Huron County 45th Rally was at Londesboro Hall on Monday, Sept. 30. Members opened the meeting with the Opening Ode and Mary Stewart Collect. Lois Elliott gave the Londesboro welcome. Roll call was answered by a can of food for the Food Bank Gerrie Van Eden spoke on food. Betty Archambault took Marjorie Anderson's place. Betty Hulley introduced Gerrie Van Eden and Emma Franken. They spoke on fiber and gave recipes. Margaret Thomas, public health nurse, spoke on prevention falls. Everyone sang the Centennial Song. The secretary's report was given. Correspondence was from last year's scholarship winner. A letter was read from Zair about the squares. The historical report was given by Jean Fraser on the work done this past year. The financial report was given and approved. Grace was sung. A lovely lunch was served. The Afternoon Session began at 1:15 p.m. Members opened with attended a 60th birthday party for Lillian Hallam in Goderich on Sunday. She had lived in this community for a number of years and was active in numerous organizations. Everyone wishes her many more happy years. Seniors Fall Rally will be at Blyth on Thursday, Oct. 10. A registration is from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Testament scripture was from Matthew 21, concerning the parable from which you learn that stones builders reject can become the cornerstone of the building. The sermon was on "The Ultimate Foundation of Our Faith". God sent his son to teach the correct say, said Rev. Ross. The Bible is the lesson to be followed. The Church is the place where God's spirit and presence is felt. The Communion hymn was the song Let Us Break Bread Together and the sacrament of Holy Communion was observed, followed by prayer. Elders serving communion were Tina Empey, Doug McClinchey, Larry Plaetzer, Gregory Park and Elliott Lapp. Offering was then received and doxology and prayer given. Now Thank We All Our God was sung followed by benediction and threefold Amen to close the worship. Bible Study was held at Marie Bergman's home on Wednesday, Oct. 2 at 1:30 p.m. with an excellent attendance. the W.I. Centennial Song. The London area president spoke. Greetings came from Huron East and Huron South Board Directors. There were two speakers. Dungannon had the entertain- ment. Four attended the day. Collection was $122. There will be a rally in 1997 with a pot luck meal. It will be by Huron South at Crediton. Church Ushers at Londesboro United Church on Sunday, Oct. 6 were Mark Mitchell and Ed Salverda. The Senior Choir sang. The sermon topic was "The Ultimate Founda- tion of our Faith." Holy Com- munion was held. People Friends of Mrs. Addie Flunking and Mr. Ted Fothergill will be glad to know they have returned home from Clinton Public Hospital. Continued from page 1 total population of 11,711. Brussels and Blyth would be grouped with Morris and Grey to create a municipality with a popu- lation of 5,898. East and West Wawanosh, along with Ashfield, would make up the smallest municipality with a popu- lation of 4,426. Wingham, Howick and Turnber- ry would be amalgamated into one municipality with a population of 8,206. Colborne, along with Goderich Twp., would be grouped with the Town of Goderich. The report states that this option would mean that no existing municipality would be split. A fur- ther option, the report says, would be to split the townships of Col- borne, Goderich and Tuckersmith to link them more with the three towns of Goderich, Clinton and Seaforth. The second alternative would be to expand the five existing towns, then create five "rural" municipali- ties which would include villages and townships. In northern Huron, for example, Clinton would expand to take in a small part of Hullett as well as Vanastra and that area of Tuckersmith and a small amount of Stanley Twp. Seaforth would expand to take in Egmondville and Harpurhay from Tuckersmith and a strip of develop- ment from McKillop along Hwy. 8. Wingham would expand to take in Lower Town and part of Morris along Hwy. 4 and 86 and the devel- oped area of East Wawanosh immediately to the south of the town. Under this proposal, a new rural. municipality would be created including Blyth, and the remaining portions Colborne, Goderich Twp., Hullett and McKillop, comprising a population of 7,500. Brussels would be included in a new municipality that included the remaining portions of Tumberry, Morris, Grey and Howick with a population of 9,400. East and West Wawanosh would remain with Ashfield with a popu- lation of 4,500 but this would no longer be the smallest municipality. Seaforth, with 3,200, Wingham with 3,700 and Clinton, with 4,000, would all be smaller. The third alternative, seeks to have all municipalities about the same size. This would group Blyth, Brussels, East and West Wawanosh, Morris, Grey and Ash- field in a huge north-Huron munici- pality with a population of 10,200. Hullett Twp. would be linked with Colborne, Goderich Twp., McKillop, Clinton and Seaforth with a population of 11,800. Wingham would link with Turn- berry and Howick with a popula- tion of 8,500 while Goderich would take in parts of Goderich Twp. and Colborne, to increase its population to 9,300. This alternative would see the current 26 municipalities reduced to six, with the largest population being 11,800 and the smallest being 8,500. But Bailey suggested the council should include a fourth "option": that no municipality be forced to amalgamate without its permission. He informed council of the meeting of six northern Huron municipali- ties on Sept. 25 at which Brussels, Blyth, Grey, Morris, East Wawanosh and Hullett declared they were opposed to amalgamat- ing municipalities. Warden Bill Clifford, reeve of Goderich, argued that this wasn't an "alternative" it was the status quo, but Bailey said those municipalities who wished to amalgamate should be free to go ahead. His argument, he said, was that no municipality should be forced into amalgamation against its will. Council agreed to ask the Administration, Finance and Personnel committee to consid- er this position. CODE Self-sufficiency through literacy in the developing world For information, call 1-800-661-2633 NOTICE TOWNSHIP OF EAST WAWANOSH The second installment of taxes for 1996 is due October 15 Elders serve communion The news from ondesboro Combiled by June Fothergill Phone 523-4360 WI hosts 45th rally