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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2000-08-02, Page 10PAGE 10. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 2000. Golden talks of power of love Betty McCall greeted worshippers at Duff's United on Sunday July 30. Joan Golden welcomed everyone and pointed out a few visitors, two being her oldest daughter Jennifer and her friend Chad. It was great to have the two of them join the choir for the morning. Joan made the announcements and asked that Dwayne Price be kept in prayers as he was hurt badly on an ATV. She also announced that if anyone is interested in having their baby baptized, the next date will be Sept. 24. Contact Joan at 887-8240. The choir sang, When pain of the World. She called the young worshippers to the front of the church where she showed them a night light. She asked them what was missing with this night light? “It needs to be plugged in”, came the answer”. When it was plugged DHC reviews mental health plan The Grey Bruce Huron Perth District Health Council has completed its annual review of operating plans submitted by local mental health agencies. “We are pleased to report that all of the district mental health programs are performing well in terms of service to clients given the resources they have to work with”, said Ruth Ann English, the DHC’s planner with lead responsibility for mental health services. “However, we have recommended to the Minister of Health, that additional resources are required for our mental health agencies. The core operating budgets of many of these agencies have been frozen for some time and all are dealing with increasing caseloads as well as the added cost pressures of legislated requirements such-as pay equity.” The DHC is also recommending to the Ministry that special attention be paid to the needs of older persons with mental health problems. The Grey Bruce Huron Perth planning district has already been identified as one of the most aged planning regions in Canada, with 16 per cent of the total population over the age of 65. Some new funding has been Writer supports ^un control Continued from page 6 handgun, and suppose that everyone of them revolted. The loyal supporters of Hitler and Stalin with their tanks and sophisticated weaponry would quickly have made the streets into a bloodbath and nothing would have been accomplished. To support my argument we only have to look at Kosovo and Chechnea. These people had and have guns, even sophisticated ones, and in both cases they ended up in mass graves. Let’s look a bit closer to home In the U.S.A, guns are readily available and there’s a myriad of militias with modern weaponry. One of these, Waco, tried to resist what they considered an oppressive government. As a result they went up in flames. The only time a revolution can work is if the army is behind it. Let’s take a look at the 1940s in Holland. Resistance fighters, with guns supplied by the allies, ambushed and killed a particular brutal German army officer. The result was that a new brutal German officer was appointed and all the innocent men of the nearest village were deported. Most of them never in to the source of power it shone brightly. FROM WALTON recently awarded to the Huron-Perth area. The Huron-Perth Hospital’s Partnership has just received $450,000 to start a new Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) team in those two counties. An ACT team is a multi-disciplinary group of mental health professionals who provide support to clients with the most serious mental illness in the community, as an alternative to hospitalization. - However, even with this new funding, the Grey Bruce Huron Perth DHC remains concerned about the findings from a recent report from the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) dealing with trends in the provision of mental health care in Ontario; specifically, what proportion of the population is receiving mental health care and how much money is spent per person. Of the 16 health planning districts in the province, Grey Bruce Huron Perth, falls below all other districts (except Northwestern Ontario) in relation to: mental health OHIP billings per person; and the per cent of people over 15 years of age receiving mental health services from a physician. “The relatively low use of came back. Nothing was accomplished. If the gun lobby wants to win the argument they will have to come up with better arguments. Adrian Vos A different way of banking.™ 1 YEAR CLOSED MORTGAGE *Residential Properties only Some restrictions apply. Call- Robert J. MacVean Mike Cregan Clinton Community Credit Union Limited “We are like the light bulb, plugged into the night light which is Jesus who is connected to the source of power, God,” Joan said, “We must stay connected to the source and bring light and show forth the power of God’s love. The children were invited to design their own night light and draw it on the paper that Joan handed out. Her sermon was called, ‘The power of love.’ She told of David and Bathsheba, the story of David falling for another man’s wife, and plots to have him done away with. David's integrity is compared to Uriah’s and David comes up short. She said He is unfaithful, deceitful and murderous. Yet in spite of this, God continued to be in relationship with David. “There is hope for all of us and nothing is beyond God’s love for us,” she concluded. physician services and billings is in part due to the fact that there are now 10 communities (five in Grey-Bruce and five in Huron-Perth) that have been designated by the Ministry of Health as ‘Medically Underserviced’, meaning we have fewer physicians delivering services”, said Jim Whaley, DHC executive director. “However, because physician care is only one component of a full range of mental health services, we need to be continually assessing how well served are residents of this district in terms of other hospital and community-based mental health services.” The ICES report offers the following summary observations: • that there was an increase in the percentage of the population who used mental health services provided by physicians; • that groups who were underserved in 1992/93 (particularly males, adolescents, the elderly and residents of rural and Northern Ontario) continued to be underserved five years later; and • that the majority of mental health care users (63 per cent received that care from a family physician, rather than from a psychiatrist or other medical doctor. Overall the ICES report concludes, “There are clearly major issues surrounding provider availability, system barriers and individual choice and perceptions that still need to be addressed to achieve the Mental Health Continued on page 20 6.6 0/*/o Purchasing a New Home or bring your Mortgage File back home. NO-FEE TRANSFERS 482-3468 in Clinton 235-0640 in Exeter PEOPLE AROUND WALTON By Patty Banks Call 887-6156 Rain did not prevent the Fraser Family Reunion from happening at Doug anti Marjory Fraser’s on Sunday. There were 45 in attendance coming from Windsor, Waterloo, Kitchener, Stratford, Bramalea, Maple and Blyth. The McKillop discusses ambulance locations After a discussion regarding ambulance service at the July 5 meeting, McKillop Twp. council supported a population-based alternative. With six ambulance stations currently and considerable overlap in the Clinton/Seaforth area, consultants suggested reducing the number of stations and relocating the Clinton and Seaforth bases to one site between the communities. Council supported the alternative provided that station was moved to Seaforth Community Hospital and that the hospital provide a structure for the station. With more training needed for ambulance attendants to be upgraded to Level 2 as required by the county when the service is downloaded Jan. 1, council hoped Seaforth hospital could be used as a training base. The township will use the $534,000 from the provincial government’s community re­ investment fund to hardtop existing municipal roads and mitigate increases in the 2000 general property tax rate. The road and general accounts in the amounts of $16,652.06 and $43,746.88 were approved for payment. W.E. Kelly and Associates will be appointed engineers for repair and WINGHAM & DISTRICT HOSPITAL HIGHLIGHTS BLOOD DONOR CLINIC: There will be a Blood Donor Clinic at F. E. Madill Secondary School in Wingham on Thursday, August 24th from 5 - 9 p.m. Give the gift of life. KNITTERS NEEDED: The Hospital Auxiliary has received a donation of wool for baby sets. If you are interested in knitting, please call Brenda Anger at 357-3889. SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY SERVICES: We are pleased to welcome Paul LeBlanc to the staff at the hospital. Paul will be providing speech-language pathology services to preschool children through the Small Talk program. He will also work with inpatients and adult outpatients with communication problems. A doctor’s referral is required for adults and children over 5 years of age. You may contact Paul by calling 357-3210, ext. 289. HOSPITAL AUXILIARY TEA: Everyone is welcome to attend this annual event. This year the tea will be held at the home of Eveiyn Galbraith on Monday, September 11 from 10:00 - 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 - 4:00 p.m. For more information call Brenda Anger at 357-3889. DIABETES EDUCATION CLASS: The next program will be held on Tuesday, August 29. Please call Linda Kieffer at 357-3210 ext. 362 to register. A doctor’s referral is required. OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY SERVICES: We are pleased to welcome Jody MacDonald Adams to the staff of the hospital. Jody is an occupational therapist. She will be providing services to adults and children on both an inpatient and outpatient basis. You can reach Jody by calling 357-3210 ext. 269. A doctor’s referral is required to access occupational therapy services. AIR CONDITIONING UPDATE: The new air conditioning system is operational in the inpatient areas of the hospital. Work on the installation for the first floor of the hospital is continuing. Our thanks to patients, visitors and staff for their patience and fortitude during this project.______________________________________________________________ Phone:357-3210 Fax:357-2931 E-Mail: winghosp@wcl.on.ca food was prepared by Doug and Marjory and their kids, Carolyn, Clayton, Dianne and Cheryl. There was a history of the clan given by Gerald Sulivan (Carolyn’s husband). The Frasers came from France to Scotland and on over to Canada. The families took advantage of the gathering to hold a wedding shower for Randy and Lorna Fraser’s daughter, Kathy. Kathy will be marrying Ron Rinn. Everyone had a good visit and enjoyed the time together. Congratulations to Jim and Valerie Shortreed who have been blessed with a 10 lb. 1 oz. baby boy named Jordon Robert. improvement to the Walton, Hillen and Boyd municipal drains following 30 days notification to the conservation authority. The Winthrop Community Centre park pavilion was rented to Cavan United Church, Design Concrete Systems, Lisa Glanville and Marlene Glanville for various occasions through the summer. There were no objections to the community centre committee applying for a special occasions permit to sell alcohol Aug. 26, 27and Sept. 2 at a ball tournament. All proceeds from the sales will go to minor sports and park maintenance. Support was given to the recommendation from the Town of Seaforth that the Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Authority reduce municipal representation on the board. One representative will be shared by Seaforth, McKillop Twp. and Tuckersmith Twp. Council endorsed a resolution from Ashfield Twp. that the provincial government immediately put in place a moratorium prohibiting the construction of any new liquid manure facilities or the addition to any existing facilities until it has been proven that the environment and drinking water will not be negatively impacted.