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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1989-01-25, Page 31Page 30 Times -Advocate, January 25. 19A9 Yack,"s ,jottings By Jack Riddell MPP Huron Government to ensure consistency in school_ drug education programs Karl Kinzingcr, a thirty-five year veteran of Ontario's education system, has been appointed chairman of a Ministry.Advisory Com- mittee to help school boards develop drug education and drub abuse policies. The creation and adoption of drug.cditcation and drug abuse poli-• cies by school boards was one of the recommendations of Muskoka Georgian Bay M.P.P., Kcn Black, in his report ori the use of illegal drugs in Ontario. The Committee is one of seyeral steps the. Mini stry. of Education is taking in a co-ordinated attack on drug and alto- hol abuse in this province. . Presently Director and Secretary -Treasurer of the North York Board of -Education, Mr. Kinzinger's background includes 15 years as a teacher and principal in both rural and urban schools, and 20 years in administrative postslvith the North York Board. . - In addition to the appointment of a chairman, ten major cducatiori organizations,.thc Addiction Research Foundation, and the Ontario Provincial Police will be invited.to have representation on the corn.- mittee along with Ministry of Education representatives: The Advisory_ Committee's role will be to ensure that there is con---- sistency in the drug education policies school boards adopt. It will -present its report to the Minister by year-end: - • - Province covers deficit_ for Red Cross and other Homemakers -programs - Town and Country Horneniakers of Wingham have recently learned their 1988-89 deficit -will be covered by the Ontario Govern- ment. Community •and Social Services Minister John Sweeney re- - cently announced thc provincial government will cover the deficits totalling S700,000 forecast in the homemakers programs of the Ca nadian Rcd Cross Society and six other not-for-profit organizations across Ontario. - Homemakcrs provide services in thehomc to frail, elderly and dis- abled people as well as families in difficulty who needassistance in performing tasks such as housekeeping and meal preparation.• - - The province has also:comrnittee to covering the '1989-90 deficits of these homemakers services subject to a thorough operational re- view which will examine the costs -of providing these services and verify the deficits. - Planning and Co-ordination of patient care to im- prove through .-hospital computerization Health Minister Elinor Caplan has announced a $1.6 million pro-' jcct that will result -in computerized patient information systems for emergency care-being:installed in 38 Ontario hospi_ cls. Most emergency departments keep records manually, making it difficult to cornpile and analyse statistics on service. The Ministry points out th;u• tke computer systems will facilitate planning .for emergency services and help streamline administrative tasks. Data analysis will assist emergency personnel in providing better patient care. Grants for the new systems are the third. --phase of a project that began in 1985 with a feasibility study and development of a prototype system tested in two hospitals. A steering committee rep- ( resenting ten Ontario -hospitals worked with the Ministry to identify emergency room information to be incorporated into the computer systems. - Implementation of the computerized system will begin immediate- ly, with the facilities expected to begin data collection and central re- porting by March of this year. Hospital Computerized project I was pleased to learn from Minister of Health Elinor Caplan that Clinton Public Hospital is one of thirty-eight hospitals In Ontario that will receive a grant to install a computerized patient informa- tion system for emergency care. Last May the Minister invited hos- pitals to apply for grants of up to 540,000 to help. with the acquisi- tion and implementation of emergency patient -information systems. In the case of Clinton, the full S40,000 has been granted and I have no doubt the money will be wisely used td assist in streamlining ad— ministrative tasks for the hospital. Bullets Continued from page 17 .the opening period and once in the second before Exeter could get on the board.. Parsons once again did the scoring, from Foster, with 2:18 left in the second period. The locals got another back early in the third to make it a one -goal game when McBride connected from Parsons. Exeter's final goal came off the stick of Rolph, unassisted with just 37 seconds left to play. Scoring for the locals in the 5-0 win over forest last Friday wcrc; Webster from Agnew" from Par- sons, Parsons from Agnew, Foster from Parsons, Agnew from Par- sons and Webster and Ben Arm- strong from McBride. Dougall picked up his sticu ilr shutout over Forest in three days. EXETER .9 L1)CAN. 4. Exctcr got the only goal of the first period, when Rolph connected from Trevor Truemner. , They increased the lead to 2-0 with a goal by Parsons from Jeff Empringham just 42 seconds into the sccon Lucan got - on the board at 4:44 --when Rob Paul scored from Steve Dame. . Exctcr then scored the next four. goals 'to take a commanding 6-1 lead. P' • s_.lcad- tf►ree of those r.e•nIM ., nc from Empringham, one from( Armstrong and one unassist- cd. Faster .picked up the other, from Robbie Wagner and Agnew. Lucan then bounced hack with a pair.'hilie f';)rrnl yr•nreri fr ) Ted McKenzie and Dame scored from Brian Damen and Paul.. Rounding out the Exctcr scoring were; Parsons from Agnew, Em- pringham unassisted and Foster from Webster and Agnew. Brent Herbert got Lucan's final goal from Jcni-Mac Pfaff. ONTARIO "ARCH INN 4 OF DIMES i Sports Spotlight by Wayne Proctor Has everybody had enough hockey yet! . - Is cverbody hockeyed out like I think I am getting. ; • Arca hockey teams have all seen some important games and tour- naments over the last little. while. .. •. I knew when I took this job here at the TA that it was a big hock- ey arca and in the last month or so 1 have been at a lot of crucial games. Most Exeter teams Have done extremely well in those con- . tests as well. I thought this would be a good opportunity to review all of the important games and seriesthat began right around November. The first arca tcam tp play in a major tournament was thc Novice - Waxers, who played host to a tournament in mid-November. The . tournament was won by Lucan. Lambeth took the'B title. The Wax- ers were beaten 5-2 by Lucan and 3-2 by Forest and were eliminated from the tournament. - The next tcam to participate in a tournament was the Kinsmcn - General Midgets. They took the consolation title at the Wingham Silver Stick Hockey Tournament, beating Tavistock 3-2 in overtime to take the B title the first weekend in December. There were several big tournaments and hockey games between Christmas and New Year's. One of the most interesting came on De- ccmber 29 when the Exeter Legion Bantams took on a team from Sweden. The South Huron Rec Centre was full that night but they left dis- appointed but entertained as the Swedes won the contest 12-3. The locals boys learned what hockey is like across the big pond. The next day, the Eketer Broncos won the Atom tournament at the Rec Centre, which was sponsored by Petro Canada and Dave Moore Fuels. To take the title, the Broncos beat Huron Park 12=2, tied Post Stanley 1-1 and beat New Hamburg 5-2 in the championship game. The Pee Wee Bullets won the championship at the John -Henry - Memorial tournament in Strathroy during the holidays. They beat Port Huron 6-1, Petrolia 7-2 and Ildcrton 2-0 to take that championship. , Most Stcphcn Township hockey teams took part in holiday tour- nament at the Stephen Township Arena. The Tykes were the only Stephen Township team to win a B title. The Hensall Novices and Atoms each won A Division championships in Huron Park. The Exeter Hawks rebounded after an opening game loss to Lucan Irish to win the B Division of their tournament in early January. The Hawks beat Seaforth 7-3 and Grand Valley 8-1 to win the B title. - • President George Pratt and Hawk executive should be congratulat- ed for a fine tournament despite a last-minute pullout by the Port Elgin Bears. Even though they had one Tess team, things still went off rather well and the hockey was very exciting. That same weekend the Exeter Molting Hawks were finalists in the Lucan Flyers Oldtimers Tournament. They lost to Lambeth 4-2 in the championship game. On January 14, the Western Junior D All Star game was held at the Lucan Arena and that- eame ended in a 10-10 tie. Coach Jack Nairn, trainers George Pratt and Andy McIntyre, goalie Todd Camp- bell and skaters Jeff Anscros and Dan Nairn represented the Hawks. Goaltender Doug Haskett and skaters Paul Barnes and Scott Denomy represented the Lucan Irish. . That same night the Exeter Mohawks.; opened their Hardy Cup playdowns against the Durham Huskies and lost rather handily 8-4. They played again on Thursday and won 4-2, only to lose in the de- ciding game 7-3 Saturday night. The Mohawks willnot be playing hockey in May this year like they did last year. The High and Dry and Gaiscr Kneale Rec Hockey teams won the A and B Division respectively at the Hensall Minor Athletic Associ- ation Rec League tournament on January 15. After a week with no tournaments to cover, the Molting Hawks will be playing host to a tournament this weekend and; it will be very similar to the oldtimcr's tournament in Lucan. The Lucan Atoms will also be playing host to a tournament this weekend at the Lucan Arena It is a good thing I like hockey because I would be going abso- lutely crazy with all there is to watch in this area. People in the TA office keep asking me if I ever get tired of cover- ing so much hockey and I really don't. Granted it is not easy making 20 different hockey stories sound different and exciting each week but it can be done if you really like the sport, which in my job I would have to or 1 couldn't do it. I appreciate all of the co-operation I have received from teams so far in terms of getting game sheets and reports of games that I can- " not personally attend, into my hands. 1 can't make it to every game and getting those game sheets to me really makes my job easier. • That way I don't have to go tracking you down trying to get -the sheet so the results will appear in that week's paper. Congratulations to all thc winners so far and good luck to all the teams that have big games still to come since many minor teams are.curretly embroiled in playoff battles. If things go this year like they did last year, I am sure hockey won't be over in this arca for - some time'to come. Awards CLINTON. - On January 27 the - Huron Soil and Crop Improvement Association will be honouring re- cipients of Soil and Crop awards at a banquet at the Seaforth Legion. The Norman Alexander Conserva- tion Nomination Certificates will be presented to Brian and Peter 01- dridge, Blyth, and Henry Hohnstein - of Clifford. The Huron Soil and Crop Project Certificates will be presented to Laurence Taylor, Lon- desboro and Wayne Cantclon, Sea - forth. Also to be recognized will be three supporters of the Soil and Crop Improvement Association:, Keith -Roulston, Blyth, Murray Adams, Clinton and Milton Dieu., _. Seaforth. Elbert van Donkersoed, Research and Policy Director for the Chris- tian Farmers Federation of Ontario will be the guest speaker at the banquet. - Tickets are available from .the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food °Me in Clinton or from Huron Soil and Crop directors. Ticket deadline is January 20. 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