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EXETER - KevinA of Exeter was sentenced to a total of
seven months in jail in court last week as a result of a standoff with
police last December.
Wallace, armed with a
shotgun, was arrested af-
ter surrendering to police
after a two-hour standoff
-rat a Thomas St. address.
Wallace was charged
•r*vith breach of probation,
careless use and storage
of a firearm, possession of stolen property, three counts of failing to
comply with bail, threatening death and bodily harm, and assault.
Wallace received eight separate jail .terms, adding up to seven
months total, but two 30 -day terms for the threats and assault will
be served concurrently with the other five months.
When Wallace is released he will be placed on 18 months proba-
tion and be banned for possession of firearms for 10 years.
Narcotics possession
Also in provincial court last Tuesday a Zurich man pleaded guilty
to possession of narcotics.
Police testimony in court stated that Kelly Schenk of Zurich was
seen in Exeter on September 25 standing with an open bottle of beer
• in his hand, and showing signs of intoxication. Upon searching the
ratan, police found a quarter.ounce•of marijuana and four pieces of
nsnushrooms. The value of the narcotics was estimated at less than
1$100.
Judge R.G.E. Hunter took into account a February 1993 convic-
ittion of narcotics possession and fined Schenk $300 and gave him
Tthree months to pay.
Assault
A Dashwood man received a suspended sentence on an assault
.:charge. Wayne Gaiser pleaded .guilty to the charge, which police'
-said resulted from a domestic argument at the residence of Kathy
n tierin•Hensall on June 29. Geiser .was said to have grabbed her
arnein the altercation, and chased her.
An addition to the suspended sentence, Geiser was placed on 12
trsnonths of probation.
An Exeter man received a conditional discharge and 12 months
probation to keep the peace after pleading guilty to an assault
charge that resulted from an argument over a bicycle.
Harry Matters pleaded guilty to the charge that came from an Au-
gust 22. argument when he was outside his apartment and Ross
Langford was arriving onlhis bicycle. The two men got into an ar-
gument as . to where the .bicycle :should -be placed and Mothers
grabbed.Langford who fell.
Developmentally handicapped
Surrey shows .respite
care services need to
be expanded upon
CLINTON - A survey conducted
in 1992 in co-operation with the
Huron County Planning Depart-
ment, clearly indicates that respite
care needs in the county aren't
completely being met.
Currently .the. three Community
Living Associations. in the county
have one respite bed each which is
available. That is one form of res-
pite care service which, according
to the .survey has to be expanded
upon.
Respite care is assistance fami-
lies who take care of developmen-
tally handicapped adults and chil-
dren receive from certain agencies.
For example, if a family wants to
go on vacation or an emergency
arses in which they am not able to
take .care of the person, group
homes are utilized to help in •the
care. `, .
Taking care of a developmentally
handicapped person is a very large
task which often requires the rami=
hes to take a much needed and de-
served break.
Lust Tuesday night at the Huron
- Health synd Social Services Liaison
Committee meeting in Clinton,
Joan Spittal presented a report
based on a survey she conducted
for the Huron Planning Committee.
"This information was gathered
in early 1992 so some of it is al-
ready outdated," said Spinal.
Some of that information in-
cludes major recommendations
such .as that community forums
should be established to take a
more closer look at respite care.
In her presentation, Spittal noted
the importance of deinstitutionaliz-
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hopefully the information gathered
by Spittalcan be used.
Also Ant Tuesday's meeting,
Joanne Jasper made a presentation
on Long Term Care .and Carroll
raised the issue of caring for the
developmentally handicapped and
mental health in general.
Jasper said as .far as Long Term
Care is concerned, "we've had no
direction in that regards."
Useful information: Tile infor-
mation gathered by Spittal is very
useful not only to the families but
to the service providers as well.
However, when that information
can be distributed remains a big
question.
"It has a shelf life of a couple of
years then it becomes old. 1 don't
know what the. planning committee
plans to do with it," said Spittal.
She said that "someone huts , to
Lake it and tern .with it," but upon
that comment,. Paul Carroll, co-
chairman of the Huron Health and
Social Servicers Liaison Committee
asked who would do that.
"If we :sit on this until wc,get a
District Health Council, it will be
old and outof:date," said carton.
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CLINTON - Hospitals can no
longer be all thingsto all people.
That was the message Dr. Pat
Conlon brought to the public and
the Huron Health and Social Ser-
vices Liaison Committee last Tues-
day night in Clinton.
Conlon, president of the Huron
County Medical Society, was
speaking of emergency services at
the five Huron
County hospitals.
Since Exeter doc-
tors who staff the
emergency room at
South Huron District
Hospital made it
known they wanted to
be paid for providing
the emergency ser-
vice, at least two oth-
er hospitals in the
county have entered
into negotiations with
their doctors.
Conlon said doctors
at both Goderich's Alexandra Ma-
rine and General Hospital and
Wingham District Hospital are cur-
rently negotiating.
He also added that besides South
Huron, the hospitals in both Sea -
forth and Clinton have come to
agreements with their local doctors.
"This issue has been smouldering
for sometime," said Conlon.
He is a psychiatrist working out
of Goderich so he was able to
present an impartial opinion since
he does not provide primary emer-
gency services to the hospital.
Conlon noted that this issue is not
simply one which is contained in
dduron County .but one which has
:become of major concern to -all ru-
_ra1 hospitals, those with 100.:or less
beds and who have less than. 20,000
emergency room visits per year.
"There . aresome provincial ef-
forts going on. A committee has
been struck to look at this at a
broad perspective."
Earlier in November, the Ontario
Hospital Association urged Queen's
Park to adopt an -alternate :pay
method for emergency on-call.doc-
tors.
"The government has made it
quite clear that the issue, at least
short term, has to be locally
solved," said Conlon.
It was estimated that the addition-
al wages paid to the Exeter doctors
were 5200,000 which will come out
of the South Huron District Hospi-
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Future uncertain: What that
means is that in the future, Exeter's
and other hospitals may have to
take a serious look at what services
they can and cannot provide to their
respective communities. it becomes
a case of priorities.
"I believe the commtmities will
have to make some decisions and
determination themselves to where
they prioritise," said Conlon.
South Huron for ex-
ample, . was in the
midst of a strategic
plan which would sec
many changes to the
facility. However, the
doctors new wages
along with the social
contract have put fu-
ture plans on the back
burner.
With a major high-
way running through
Exeter, the emergency
service is a necessity
which means other
services and their necessity may
have to be examined. •
"We are probably looking at a sit-
:4ttttion in which all the hospitals
+will no longer be _able to be all
'tthings to all people. It won't be able
.40 provide a complete cadillac
.range of services. There are fiscal
* ualities here."
Conlon' pointed out that the prac-
rpcprofileaof'ahe rural physician,
teach as 'those an Exeter has
:Changed.
"Times are changing, they're not
the same they were five, ten, twen-
ty years ago."
In defence of the doctors, Conlon
said manpower as far as the number
of physicians which can provide
services is being stretched.
"The medical coverage in rural
-.areas is done by family practioners
tiOihere it's only part of the services
tithey provide. It's not desirable to
have work-aholic physicians."
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