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Home My WebLink AboutHuron Expositor, 2006-02-08, Page 4111111... Page 4 February 8, 2006 • The Huron Expositor Opinion Proprietor and Publisher, Bowes Publishers Limited, 11 Main St., Seaforth, ON, NOK IWO FL Weeks before a new provincial ea th p creat- ing Local', Health Integration Networks (LHINs)` becomes law, a public meeting is being held in Seaforth. Feb. 21 to discuss local concerns. (See story on page 22.). A replacement for the former Grey Bruce Huron Perth District Health Council (along with several other former DHCs), the South West LHIN will. serve one million people from Lake Erie to the Bruce Peninsula, causing critics to point out there's, nothing "local" about the new system. .M. Among the staff of Huron Perth Healthcare Alliance hospitals - including Seaforth, Clinton,; Stratford and St. Marys - fears are being expressed about the redistribution of services and even possi , ble closures of hospitals. Because LHINs will have the power to decide which hospitals within their huge jurisdictions offer which services, union representatives are express- ing fear that staff may be forced to relocate to keep jobs and consumers may have to travel even greater distances to reach necessary services. During the past few years when the Alliance has grappled with ways to cut a deficit as large as $7 million, local hospitals and their communities have been working hard to retain as many local services as possible. While Health Minister George Smitherman has pledged that no hospitals will close on his watch, local fear of being swallowed into a much larger system and possibly stripped of services tliat keep our hospitals viable is completely understandable. The continuing erosion of local control of munici- palities and smaller bodies like school and hospital boards, by the province - beginning with the Conservatives and now continuing with the Liberals - is not a welcome trend. It's in the best interests of the local community to ' attend the public meeting and learn how LHINs will affect local health care. Susan Hundertmark • Your Community Newspaper Since 1860 E-mail us at seaforth@bowesnet.com Visit our home page at www.seaforthhuronexpositor.com MOM OUEBECOR MEDIA "We acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada, through the Publications Assistance Program (PAP), toward our mailing costs." Canada Lighter side of news reminds us there's more than bad to the world Do you ever begin to feel that there's more bad going on in the world than good? When was the last time you picked up a newspa- per, or turned on the nightly news without reading or hearing the new body count in the Middle East, or the crime that has happened in a town or community that could very well be yours. Does it ever seem to overwhelming? Like there's no point in reading or watching the news because all it will do is further support your bleak outlook on countries andindividu- als and their quest for peace and understand- ing? Maybe just like music's effect, your mood can vary depending on the kinds of news you're accustomed to hearing and reading about. Maybe after learning of only disturbing news, day after day, you are left with a jaded feeling towards the world. Well, that doesn't need. to be the case. There are things going on around the world that have nothing to do with fighting, death and inequality. There is interesting, strange and funny news being made each day. Dare I say, news that might even make you 1-1111111111 By Jeff Heuchei•t smile, maybe even laugh? You just need to know were you can go to read about the lighterside of the news. One website is www.ananova.com. This website offers hundreds of news stories that they like to call quirkies, and trust me, they're called this for good reason. These quirkies are mostly unusual news stories like the man who tripped, falling into, and destroying a priceless vase at a museum in Britain recently. There's stories that will leave you shaking your head, , like the story about the man who set up a dating agency for, are you ready for this, lonely parrots. It doesn't make a lot of sense, but it -doesn't have to. You can read` about the Croatian soccer player who says he can no longer foul his opponents since he found God, or how actress Cameron Diaz once won an award for burp- ing. You many not have noticed but there's more refreshingly rare news at yahoo.ca. If you scroll down underneath the entertain- ment and the Buzz Log sections, there's one called Say What? See WHO, Page 6 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: LOCAL - 35.85 a year, in advance, plus G.S.T. SENIORS; - 33.85 a year, in advance, plus G.S.T. USA & Foreign: 35.85 a year in advance, plus $83.20 postage, G.S.T. exempt Published weekly by Sun Media at 11 Main St., Seaforth. 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