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• Dear Editor:
Shame on you Helen Johns
and the Conservative Party
for pitting community against
community, neighbor against
neighbor, doctor against doc-
tor, etc. etc. Do you (Johns)
take some sort of perverse
satisfaction in sitting back
and watching the good peo-
ple of Huron and Perth
Counties wage a war against
themselves? Do you (Johns)
have any idea of the stress
and anguish you arc inflicting
on seniors (many in poor
health), families and health-
care workers in your riding'!
It is time for you to call a halt
to the D.H.C. study as it
stands, and show the people
who elected you to power
that you arc working for them
not just following the party
line!
Shame on you D.U.C. Task
Force and A er Bell for
plodding o b a flawed
plan that d meet the
criteria initially stated at the
outset. Have you given all the
information to people in
communities chosen in all
three options? I.E. Have you
made it abundantly clear that
in hospitals chosen under the
present options, that after
redistribution of manpower a
great many of these employ-
ees could be displaced by
employees from other hospi-
tals? Have you left them with
the impression that all their
jobs are safe?
Given winter road condi-
tions would it he feasible or
safe for an R.P.N. from St.
Marys to drive to work in
Goderich, a technician from
Wingham to drive to work in
Seaforth, an R.N. from
Clinton to drive to work in
Stratford. In the event of a
snowstorm with roads closed
for three or four days would
staffing of hospitals under
this redistribution of man-
power not be a logistical
nightmare or even impossi-
ble? Has the D.H.C. even
thought of this scenario?
in fairness to the
given that you were indoctri-
nated with a plan from the
outset, throw in a little poli-
tics, influence and turf pro-
tection, .then put an impossi-
ble deadline on the study, it is
no wonder you arrived at
some had decisions for the
residents of Huron and
Perth!! The worst decision
and the biggest mistake you
could make, is to close your
thinking to better plans and
options for all of us!
The most sensible, efficient
plan to date was outlined by
Ralph Smith in a letter to
local newspapers December
II. Local hospitals don't dis-
pute the fact some beds need
to be cut, one administration
for rural hospitals would
work, services can be shared.
I am mailing a clipping of the
letter (Ralph Smith's) to
Fraser Bell at the D.H.C.
, I implore Helen Johns to
show some initiative, stand
up for your constituents, or
pass the torch to someone
who will.
Yours truly,
George Kruse
Bayfield
Landowner writes:
Town map of broken drain incomplete Takes hundreds
the field did not go down was of volunteers
Dear Editor:
On November 29, we
received a copy of a letter,
for our information, written
by the Town Clerk to the
"owner/developer" of the
land behind our ho c. The
letter asked abMr.
cTeague's intcntio for the
; division and indicated
tion by simple tile replace-
ment is not an answer to the
problem, for the original
blockage will still remain.
Some time ago Council was
informed about the broken
drain, (I mentioned this in a
previous letter) but they
chos*p to ignore this prohlem,
because, in the dry weather
tlfAt as the owner of the prop- we then enjoyed, it was well
erty on which a "field" drain nigh impossible to prove that
was broken, thereby causing- the problem existed: The sud-
dysfunction in a nearby sep-
tic system, he was responsi-
ble for repair of that drain.
Attached to the letter was a
map showing the location of
the break in the drain. As
usual, when information is
disseminated from the town
office, it is more notable for
what it docs not tell us than
for what it does.
Representation of the drain,
on this map, terminates at the
position representing the bro-
ken tile. The, lower portion of
the drain. from that point to
County Road 12, is omitted:
The "original blowout".of the
drain at the point indicated
on this plan, could only have
come about as a result of the
lower portion, that part not
indicated, having a complete
blockage. Therefore correc-
gden, prolonged rainfall
changed that, but not the
"town's" method of dealing
with problems. In the rela-
tively recent history of this
subdivision application,
begin with the Council
labelling my objection to
rezoning as frivolous, on the
samenight that I spoke'
directly to them about the
brdken drain and of their
responsibility as elected rep-
resentatives in all matters
where decisions were war-
ranted, Thanks to a Higher
Power than either the Mayor
or the Town Clerk, die drain
problem was verified.
After the initial flooding
occurred (Sept.) it was sug-
gested by a member of the
Works Department that the
reason why the water level in
that Mr. Ring was pumping , CONTINUED from page 4
down his pool for winter clo- administration expenses.
sure. How asinine. As usual, hundreds of vol -
Further, a council member • unteers have given a lot of
stated that it was likely the time, talent and effort to
drain had been damaged by make the past year a resound -
the persons who had done the ing success. Their work as
drivers, canvassers, care -
excavation for Mr. Beaver's
home; this in spite of what I
had related to them previous-
ly re. the boring machine
employed to enlarge the con-
duit capacity under County
Road 12. Proof that those
responsible for the suspected
damage, had not effected
repairs came only years later
after the house was built and
the blowout occurred.
The true responsibility for
this problem lies with previ-
ous town administrations
who granted Rl zoning, 'sev-
erance and building permit ,support from the residents of
for a house where the boring Huron and Perth counties in
machine sat, at the low point
and obvious drainage route
out of the "future develop-
ment" area. Now the present
administration casts about for,
others to share blame for the
problems and in so doing
muddy the waters. No pun
intended.
To change the subject
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means a great deal to those
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deal with cancer.
in the midst of the festive
season I would like to sin-
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teers who have supported the
Huron -Perth Unit of the
Canadian Cancer Society. I.
urge them to continue and
invite others to join us and
help in any way you can.
i Zook forward to continued
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