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HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2009-07-29, Page 5Opinion- The Huron Exposi1orw ertly`29),/ifecPileie 3 "••"° Seaforth needs its hospital back to a normal 24-hour service; it doesn't need any more healthcare buildings Ib the Editor, It seems every time we pick up the Huron Expositor or any local paper, a new bunch of health people are wanting another new health build- ing to be built in Huron East. Now there is talk of a lecture hall discussion centre and about further partnership with Gateway Rural Health Research. Huron East does not need any more buildings for health. What Hu- ron East really needs is our hospital back to normal, open allthe time. This means 8 p.m. at night to 8 a.m. in the.morning - all the time. Instead of building (buildings make no money, they use money) more buildings, let's start paying higher wages and bring in a couple surgeons, an anaesthetist and full and part time nurses. I'm sure there is a list of these peo- ple we can contact some place. Maureen Agar and Bill Wallace each had very good letters in the pa- per a while ago and we the people better stand up and listen to them and reclaim what was taken and never returned to our hospital, but paid for by the Seaforth public. Seaforth hospital has the shortest wait time to get patients in for excel- • lent treatments, than any other hos- pital and our doctors are very proud of this. A few of our good people left Sea - forth Hospital for another hospital to "better" themselves, so they said, but it was the "pay cheque" that got better, as the people didn't get ,beter, they are still doing the same job now in the other hospital, that they left Seaforth Hospital for. Like Maureen says "where" is our' Local Advisory Committee and what are they doing about our hospital? We only donate now to the telethon from CKNX Wingham to go to our hospital and we sure hope that's where it all goes. Let's hope the LAC has enough sense to say no to having anymore buildings built in Huron East for health, now it's Clinton's turn or Stratford's turn to get their new health buildings, not Huron East. Clara and Bill Brown Egmondville What goes around, comes around with the wind turbine issue To the Editor, Yes, I'm for green, but not like some, who seem to be green with envy or totally saturated with the "green on green" theme, that they are ready to compromise with any salesman including government. Just remember, "You can't win an argument with an ignorant man." On the wind turbine issue, I found it necessary to write in easy to read "fine print" on the negative points of the turbines. Face's frtflfl th(• 1" L-1 There are five clauses which might mean the differences of "signing now, worry later" - a predicament we could all find ourselves in some day. 1. If the turbine is put on my prop- erty, I agree to put it as close to my buildings or dwelling as the setbacks Frank Phillips photo Entrants in the 1966 Beauty Contest at the Seaforth Uons Club Camival were from left, Elizabeth Witmer, Wendy Fry, Joan Sinclair, Joan Coleman, Cheryl Moore, Uz (Smale) Cardno, Linda Kennedy and Nancy Berger. • require, and make sure my neigh- bours home is at least 1.5 km away like the ones in Europe require, that have been studied, and all know the golden rule - do unto others as you would have them do unto you. 2. I agree "shadow flickering" from the blades will be a problem. It will bother me for about three or four hours in the evening and same with my neighbours, plus the flashing beacon all night long. Maybe dizzi- ness or irrationability will become a problem - you're on your own! 3. The noise created by the turbine is like a thumping base woofer in a car radio we hear each day at a busy stop sign, only with the turbine you hear it 24 hours a day, 365 days a year - be pr pa•ed to put up with it! 4. If stray' voltage is a problem, no doubt the company that built them, and our government would tell us, go buy yourself a pair of rubber boots. They are as good an insulator to electricity that is known. Where do you think you live? The Bahamas? 5. I realize the money that can be made from these turbines, but my land and surrounding neighbours' land will soon be worth nothing. Who would want to live in the midst of these turbines anyway? In the ru- ral area it's our home and business. That's your problem says the "salesman" and our "MPs." "What goes around comes around" - sort of like the wind turbines? Yea! Jim Shea RR 1, Dublin All letters must be signed y and include an address and phone number. Letters will edited for grammar, =� 4 punctr ttion, Ili»fir ... and Iib