HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1998-10-21, Page 1Vol. 14 No 41 Wednesday, Oct. 21, 1998 70c + 5e GST 750
A stirring moment
The time for beef suppers is here as many area churches and village community centres are
planning to host dinners over the course of the next few days. Last week diners turned out
for the annual Trinity Anglican Church beef supper in Blyth's Memorial Hall. Thickening the
gravy was Jody Black.
OPP chase thief through Brussels
PUCs, councils
talk
amalgamation
See page 3
Sports
Bulls enjoy best
weekend of
hockey to date
See page 7
Feature
Special section
has new car
news, tips for old
Starting page 13
Feature
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e North' Huron WDH, Centre discuss ltizen physician situation
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The sounds of sirens broke the
early morning quiet Sunday morn-
ing as OPP officers responded to
the theft of a vehicle.
At approximately 4 a.m. police
were told that a 1991 GMC Jimmy
had been taken from the main street
in Brussels. A half an hour later the
Wingham Police Service was noti-
fied that a break-in had just
occurred in town on main street.
They pursued the stolen Jimmy
north on County Rd. 4 towards
Teeswater until losing the vehicle
in pursuit.
Shortly after 6 a.m. an OPP unit,
travelling north on County Rd. 12
just north of Brussels met the
stolen vehicle, which was heading
south. A chase followed with
speeds reaching 140-160 km per
hour. The pursuit went through the
village, then the driver of the
Jimmy made a power u-turn,
returning back into town.
The vehicle broke down at the
north end of Brussels. Police say
the suspect then fled on foot into a
cornfield. The area was contained
and the OPP K-9 unit was called
out.
A 16-year-old male from the
Durham area was caught at 6:30
a.m. and was remanded into cus-
tody until Monday, Oct. 19 when a
bail hearing was held in Goderich.
The young offender was charged
with theft of a motor vehicle, pos-
session of stolen property over
$5,000, possession of stolen prop-
erty under $5,000, dangerous driv-
ing and failing to stop for a police
officer.
The youth has also been charged
with offenses from Sept. 20 and
Oct. 12.
On Sept. 20 two vehicles were
taken, one from How ick and one
from Alexander Street in Brussels.
The latter was later found aban-
doned on County Rd. 28.
Other charges relate to the Oct.t
12 car wash break-ins in Brussels-
and Wingham.
With the departure of Dr.
McGregor and Hanlon in late
August, the Brussels Seaforth Med-
ical Centre has been under-occu-
pied, making self-sufficiency more
difficult.
The board of the medical/dental
centre meet last week with repre-
sentatives from the neighbouring
municipal as well as Wingham and
District Hospital (WDH) to try and
find a solution.
George Underwood, chair of the
WDH board and Lloyd Koch, chief
executive officer of WDH attended
the meeting to inform those gath-
ered about their recruiting proce-
dure as well as general doctors'
relationship's with the facility.
Because of WDH's recent desig-
nation as underserviced, Under-
wood said they have been allowed
to recruit directly from the five
teaching centres in the province.
Underwood added that he hoped
By Janice Becker.
Citizen staff
With secondary school teachers'
negotiations settled, adjustments
have been made to class schedules,
including the cancellation or amal-
gamation of course sections.
At all local high schools, the
impact has been kept to a minimum
with as little disruption as possible
said all the principals.
At F.E. Madill Secondary School
in Wingham, Principal Wayne
Tessier said no day school classes
were cancelled for the first
semester though two co-op sections
were combined.
"The students may have a differ-
ent teacher and the class is larger,"
he said.
FOr the second semester, Tessier
said 10 classes were cancelled,
affecting students from Grade 10 to
OAC.
About 115 students were impact-
ed, he said, and each is receiving
individual counselling to sort out
the changes.
"It is working so far," he said.
"They all seem to be finding
arrangements that work for them."
The senior students were of
immediate concern, then the Grade
10 pupils were dealt with as they
had to have full schedules.
Courses affected are a Grade 10
science, Grade 11 drama, art, tech-
nology and girls' physical educa-
tion, Grade 12 history and business
and OAC French.
Not all courses were cancelled as
many were combined with other
sections or, as was the case with
Grade 11 Tech, it will be held in
conjunction with Grade 12 Tech.
the WDH clinic, with construction
set to begin within the month,
would help attract new doctors.
Mary Lou Cameron, Wingham
representative on the WDH board,
said young doctors appear interest-
ed in coming to facilities with clin-
ics as they do not have the money •
to set up their own practice.
The hospital would rather look at
acquiring young physicians than
subsidizing ones who had been -in
practice for many years to remain
in a community, Underwood said.
Subsidizing the Hanlon, McGre-
gor practice was an idea put for-
ward before the doctors left
Brussels.
Koch backed up Underwood's
statements regarding recruitment,
saying Wingham could use another
doctor on the main street and Luc-
know could support a third. That
would bring the total to eight doc-
tors serving WDH.
With a possibility of five young
doctors looking at the Wingham
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The OAC French should not
impact senior students, said
Tessier, as many participants were
working ahead of their year.
Tessier said the arrangements are
suitable though the students may
not all get the course they would
like.
The situation is similar at Central
Huron Secondary School in Clinton
where Principal Bill Gerth agrees
that some realigned classes may not
be ones the students would prefer,
but they meet graduation require-
ments.
At CHSS, only two classes were
cancelled with another seven amal-
gamated, affecting about 130 stu-
dents.
"I am very pleasantly surprised,
with the lack of disruption," Gerth
said.
He admits that not all students
are happy and a small number
found the change disruptive.
"We worked hard to make as lit-
tle disruption as possible. The
greatest effort was made for the
senior students though we looked at
each student's requirements and
needs."
For students at Listowel District
Secondary School, new timetables
were put to use last Wednesday,
said Principal Ron Finch.
"The students and community
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Turn back
It's time to fall back and get one
hour's extra sleep.
Turn your clocks back one hour
on Sunday, Oct. 25 at 2 a.m. to
return to Eastern Standard Time.
By Janice Becker
Citizen staff
Teachers' contract
alters curriculum