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Huron Expositor, 2007-03-14, Page 8Page 8 March 14, 2007 • The Huron Expositor News 'Put your county hat on. From Page 3 will be made up by looking at the "big picture," he says, noting there are a number of retirements com- ing up at the hospital. "That's a sizable chunk of money for a hospital your size," says Dowson. Coun. John Bezaire (Central Huron) wondered whether the committee has received provincial approval to purchase the scanner and whether an appropriately trained radiologist will be joining the Goderich hospital staff since the current radiologist may retire in the near future. Thibert notes ministry approval has not yet been received, but he is confident that won't be a stum- bling block. He adds the hospital has been attempting to recruit a new radiol- ogist, though a recent hopeful recently turned down the position. That, says Thibert, is a "minor set- back." Neal argues the hospital has a "zero chance" of attracting a new radiologist with- out a CT Scanner. "That's the expected standard of care," he says. "It's a chicken - and -egg situa- tion." Coun. Ken Oke (South Huron) Ear Custom PrIntbi Design a Printing available A great Avenue for liver distribution. • Typesetting • Printing • inserting • 8.5 K 11 flyers • business Cs • ask skeet 2 sided and colour .,rti f.,rrrf, Huron Expositor • 519-527-0240 Church Services You are invited to attend these area churches St. Thomas Anglican Church A Corgegaton o The Farsh of The Noy Spm Jarvis St. Seaforth 527-1522 Rector The Rev'd Sue Malpus M Div Sunday. March 18- Fourth Sunday of Lent Join us for coffee 9am WORSHIP AT 9:30 AM KID -ZONE children's program et 9:30am Tarte Style Worsh.p on Thursdays at 7 3Opm dunng lent Rector's Coffee Eburs Tuesdays 9 11a w,th Dady Oftce devotron5 at 9am Pansh Kid's Fun Day - Ages 4-16 Sat Mar 17 from 10-2 at Tnndy, Mrtchea • Can 519-527-1522 b regrster St. James Roman Catholic Church Welcomes you 14 Victoria Street, Seaforth 527-0142 Weekend Masses: Sat 5:15 pm Sun. 11:00 am Fr. Chris Gillespie Bethel Bible Church An Associated Gospel Church 126 Main St. Seaforth 527-0982 Sunday School 9:45 am Sunday Worship 11:00 am B&G Club Wed. 7:00 - 8:15 pm Youth Activities Wed. 7:00 pm Pastor Mark Kennedy EVERYONE WELCOME Egmondville United Church Pastor Steve Hildebrand Sunday, March 18 WORSHIP 11 AM SUNDAY SCHOOL 10AM NORTHSIDE UNITED CHURCH 54 Goderich St. W. Rev. John Gould Sunday March 18th Worship at 11:OOam Sermon: "The End Of The Beginning- The Beginning Of The End" All Welcome. First Presbyterian Church Goderich St. W., Seaforth Rev. Henry Huberts Sunday March 18 11:15 am service Sunday School & Nursery Provided. .. it's $9, 7 says warden says it is unfortunate the province does not pay for CT Scanners. He adds that the Goderich Foundation should consider sending out fol- lowup letters to solicit donations from those who benefit from the equipment once it is in place. Coun. Tim Collyer . (Central Huron) says while he is not debat- ing the merits of the equipment, he questions whether it is an appropriate road for the county to go down. "My dilemma remains the same," he says. "This really is a provin- cial/federal mandate." When Coun. Max Demaray (Howick) questioned whether the Goderich hospital has the support staff necessary to help man the equipment, Thibert assured him it does. "We're not experiencing a short- -age of nurses at our hospitals," says Thibert. "We're not really overly concerned about that." "You're the only hospital I've heard say that. That's good," CarSt ;he:k !tt.• .!Thi IcyYOU fiR()KY HEARTLAND KY CREDIT UNION A 1910 tADILLAC IN NEW BRUNSWICK By Bill Sherk "The Old Car Detective" A 1910 Cadillac Model Thirty five -passenger touring was purchased new by Maria "Minnie" Shives of Campbellton, N.B. Mrs. Shives was the widow of Kilgour Shives, a prominent local lumber mill owner and popular philanthropist who died in an accidental shooting at Grog Brook, N.B., in 1905. With no Cadillac dealership nearby, Mrs. Shives probably had to order the car directly from the factory in Detroit. It was shipped on the Grand Trunk Railway in a special boxcar labelled "Automobiles." The base price (without options) was $1,600 US, a lot of money in 1910 when many people worked all day for a dollar. Mrs. Shives had to pay extra for the two-piece folding windshield and the folding top. Bumpers were optional and her car does not have any. Standard equipment on all 1910 Cadillacs included a pair of acety- lene headlights (optional until this year), a pair of side oil lamps, a tail lamp, a rubber and brass horn, a set of tools, a tire pump, tire repair kit, and tire holder. The optional spare tire was carried on the right- hand -side running board with the toolbox on the opposite side. No 1910 Cadillacs had front doors (and of course no seat belts) but the bucket seats in the front helped to protect the occupants from being thrown out of the car while cornering. Nearly all early cars (including Mrs. Shives' Cadillac) had the steer- ing wheel on the right so the driver could keep a close eye on the ditch. When Henry Ford began building the Model T in 1908, he put the steering wheel on the left because, with his plans for mass production, he figured the oncoming traffic posed a greater risk than the ditch. Cadillac switched to the left in 1914. The tires on Mrs. Shives' Cadillac were white (unless covered with mud) because that was the natural colour of rubber. Starting around 1916, carbon was added to the rubber to make the tires stronger, and this turned them black. Her front wheels had ten wooden spokes and the rear wheels twelve. The car was rear -wheel drive and the extra two rear spokes added extra strength to the wheels when the car was going through heavy mud. Under the hood of the car was a flathead four -cylinder engine that had to be cranked by hand (electric starting was still two years away). Fortunately, Mrs. Shives had three sons (Arnold, Reginald, and Robert) to do the cranking. The engine produced 3o horsepower, hence the designation 'Model Thirty.' Mrs. Shives appears to have driven the car herself at times, and had it driven for her, for a number of years. She died in 1927 and nobody alive knows what became of the car. Do you have any car stories or photos to share with our readers? Email: bill@carstory.com or write Bill Sherk, 33 Oak St. E., P.O. Box 10012, Leamington, ON N8H 2C3. replied Demaray. Meanwhile, Coun. Ben Van Diepenbeek (Ashfield-Colborne- Wawanosh) says he knows of one area resident who recently had to travel from Goderich to Walkerton to London in order to get diag- nosed. "I guess it really hits home when you know someone personally," he says. "I think it'd be an asset to have it in Huron County." When Oke questioned whether the EMS crews would immediately take a suspected stroke victim to Goderich or London from Exeter in an emergency situation, the doctor said it would depend on which was closest. Coun. Neil Rintoul (ACW) won- ders whether other hospitals in the county will be asked for funding, but Thibert says that has yet to be decided. Rintoul also wondered whether the scanner would be manned 24 hours a day. The doctor said it would always be useable because techs are available at other hospital sites if there isn't one in Goderich. When asked by Coun. Dorothy Kelly (Morris-Turnberry) whether other counties will be asked for donations as the Owen Sound hos- pital had done for a recent fundraising campaign, Thibert said no since other counties already have their own CT Scanners. Coun. Dave Johnston (Bluewater) favours the idea of the county pitching in to purchase the scan- ner "It comes back to me as an issue of need," says Johnston. "I believe we have a need for a CT Scanner in the county, and I will be sup- porting the request for funding." Following a short exchange by Councillors John Grace (Goderich) and John Bezaire (Central Huron) about services accessed in Goderich, Warden Deb Shewfelt (Goderich) urged councillors to look at the CT Scanner as a regional issue. "You're being asked to put your county hat on. It's $9. It's a $9 (per household) program," says Shewfelt. Later, treasurer David Carey notes a householder's commitment to the scanner would be connected to assessment so a person with a home valued at $100,000 would contribute $4.16 a year to the cause. A motion by Coun. Bernie MacLellan (Huron East) to approve a $300,000 commitment from the county was later tabled so council can further review the CT Scanner plan during its ongo- ing budget deliberations.