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Wednesday, May 12, 1999
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Human Resource Centre for Students now open
HURON COUNTY - Attention
Students! For those students with
school coming to an end, now
would be the right time to be
searching for a summer job. The
Human _Resource Centre for
Students is now open to assist all
students find jobs.
The Human Resource Centre for
Students (HRC -S) is located within
the Human Employment Resource
Centre (HERC) at 281 Main Street
South in Exeter. Lisa Eagleson, the
Summer Employment Officer (SEO)
will be available at the Exeter loca-
tion Mondays, Wednesdays,
Thursdays and Fridays and at the
Seaforth location on Tuesdays. The
SEO provides a variety of services
including one on one counselling,
resume and cover letter assistance,
posting of available jobs on the job
bank, and information on govern-
ment programs, employment stan-
dards and prevailing wage rates.
All students are welcome to view
any summer job listings and to reg-
ister with the centre. Registration
involves filling out a card with
information such as name,
address, phone number, employ-
ment history, and various pre-
ferred types of employment. These
registration cards are used by the
SEO to match jobs with . students,
possessing the experience and
skills the employer is looking for.
Students are also encouraged to
access job listings and information
by phone on the job infoline at
(519) 235-2491 (Exeter and area
job listings) or (519) 524-8916
(Goderich and area job listings) or
at the student website
(httpJ/w►ww.goderich.london.hrdc-
dncc.gc.ca/student).
Employers can also benefit from
the Human Resource Centre for
Students. The HRC -S can help
employers find casual labour, long
and short term employment as well
as provide information on wage
rates and information on govern-
ment grants. If an employer has
any employment opportunities
available for students they can stop
by the centre or call the SEO at
(519) 235-1711. There is no com-
mission on referrals and no cost to
advertise job positions... it is all
free.
The HRC -S is open from 8;30
a.m. to 4 p.m.
South. Huron's ER safe from closures
Katherine Harding
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
EXETER - It may be
just' what the doctor
ordered: more money to
keep South Huron
Hospital open 365 days of
the year.
The Ministry of Health
and `:the South Huron
Hospital Association have
come up with an agree-
ment to woo emergency
service doctors to Exeter's
hospital by offering more
money.
On May 7 Huron -Bruce
MPP Helen Johns along
with the Huron Perth
Hospitals Partnership
President Bonnie
Adamson and • South
Huron Hospital (SHH) site
administrator Janice
Cosgrove unveiled the
Alternative Funding
Agreement for Emergency
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"This agreement pro-
vides additional funding
given to South Huron
Hospital and what the -
Ministry is asking for in
return is that we have
emergency -services pro-
vided each and every day,
evening and weekend of
the year and that's • their
guarantee to the Ministry
for this additional fund-
ing,"
said Johns. "The
money will help to ensure
that we have emergency
services in the communi-
ty•" •_
The new fundidtg will
allow SHH to provide
competitive hourly rates
for all physicians working
in the ER.
Emergency service room
doctors now receive a
sessional wage of $70/per
hour for nights and week-
ends. At press time the
new wage had not been
finalized.
"What the alternative
payment plan does is it
provides an hourly rate
which is consistent across
24 hours and is competi-
tive with the current mar-
ket" said Cosgrove.
Since last May, SHH has
had to close its emergency
room doors several times
due to the shortage of
doctors. Last February,
Exeter received underser-
viced designation from the
Ministry of Health which
states the town had been
approved to be designated
for eight general or family
practitioners.
Cosgrove is confident the
increased funding will
solve the doctor shortage
in the ER. "We've already
had interest from outside
physicians when they
heard that we were going
to be taking a look at this
type of prograf ."
SHH- chief of staff Dr.
David Hodder agrees with
Cosgrove.
"We are going to be
much more successful in
finding interested outside
physicians because of the
alternative payment
plan," he said. "This
agreement will make a
big difference."
"I think it is unlikely we
will experience another
It's a deal. On May 7 Huron Perth Hospitals
Partnership President Bonnie Adamson signed the
funding agreement as (I -r) Huron -Bruce MPP Helen
Johns and SHH site administrator Janice Cosgrove
look on.
shortage," said Hodder.
"We are going in the right
direction. All the local
physicians endorse this
wholeheartedly."
Money for nurses,
The trio also announced
on May 7 SHH is in the
process of hiring a nurse
practitioner.
"As far as retention and
recruitment of doctors one
of the models that has
been identified as an inno-
vative model for the
future is a combination of
the alternative payment
plan and a nurse practi-
tioner," said Adamson.
"We are adopting that
model in Exeter."
The Ontario government
also recently announced
SHH will get $118,615 for
RNs and RPNs.
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LUCKNOW - A local
family farm that spe-
cializes in producing
organic vegetables . and
meats for local families.
is hosting its third
annual spring Open
House this coming
Saturday and Sunday,
May 15 and 16.
Fran and • Tony
McQuail have been
farming near St. Helens
outside of Lucknow for
twenty-five years.
They have developed
an wholistic approach
to farm management
and meet the Organic
Crop Improvement
Association's regula-
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organic vegetables, and
meats.
When asked why the
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McQuail replied, " We
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here on the farm. We
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for kids to visit. We
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families to have a
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and enjoy the farm
atmosphere, and learn
about some of the
issues in organic farm-
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McQuail added "food
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and the quality of life
and where it comes
from is increasingly
important to people.
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•SHIPKA .COMIy1U ,ITY CENTER
MEMBERS
Due to increasing costs and decreasing use, members
present at the -annual meeting on April 26," 1999 have
agreed to consider the closure, disbanding and Sale of
the Shipka Community Centre. If you have any
questions or concems regarding this matter please
contact.one of the following members before May 26,
1999. •
John Muller 238-8536
Sheona Baker 238-5585
Ross Pickering 237-3417
Harold Finkbeiner 238-2690
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