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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1999-12-29, Page 1616 Exp Community Wednesday, December 29.1999 May 5, 1999 " Exeter town council received a $240,000 cheque from the Tories to help municipalities with restructuring. The cheque is Exeter's share of the $1.7 million given to the county. ' A case of road rage happened on April 16 and the accused has been charged with assault with a weapon and mischief. The victim had minor injuries. air Public usage of the south beach in Grand Bend has become a problem and the Grand Bend council has set up a meeting with the NSPOA. The past two summers have seen signs been put up by the beach- front cottage owners and many complaints have been called in. May 12, 1999 ar The Exeter town council decided to improve the Exeter Rec Centre roof after $240,000 was given to them by the government. The money was from a grant and had no restrictions on spending. The rest of the money will be invested. Ar The Hensall village council learned that their policing costs for next year will double. The increase is due to the majority of Huron County municipalities that want a county -wide force% instead. u The 2001 games fund raising campaign was launched with a fund-raising party at Gables. Many sports and media personalities attended including Marnie McBean and radio personality Peter Garland. 4'41 May 19,1 999 w The Avon -Maitland elementary school teachers would rather talk than walls but . will strike if they have to: A protest was held in front of the Seaforth I school where board trustees were meeting. OW Threats that told of violence happening on the day of Science Quest were just rumours. The OPP were called in but found that the rumours were unfounded. The police however were asked to be present on the day of Science Quest. sr A public meeting was held for the purpose of deciding the location and appearance of the pro- posed ,• .� Most of the people present. wanted + . new ding to retain original features like the pIIIars; front entrance, etc.. May 25, 1999 T `... ear A seminar held by the Exeter and area CIBC and the Exeter . Chamber of Commerce warned peo- ple of a possible Y2K mess. The seminar was designed to let people know of possible problems. sir Paula Pincombe, from Granton, has landed a job at the Canadian embassy in Washington D.C. She will be an intern for the summer bringing her closer to her dream of being an ambassador. Farmers were told their success is important to Ontario's future in one way or another by four provincial election candidates for Huron -Bruce. The meeting was held at the Huron Centennial School and allowed the candidates to show rural roots. Christmas dinner with friends McCurdy Public School Grade 4/5 students enjoy a turkey dinner with their friends and classmates Dec. 22 courtesy of the school council. Students and staff gathered in the gym for a Christmas dinner with all the trim- mings. From Ieft,Tyson Christie,. Mackenzie Christie,T'ler, Windsor, Kevin Ha,Wade Kennedy and Greg Forrester. (photo/Kate Monk) News from South Huron Hospital for Dec.'99 It seems that the dis- cussion at December's Board of Directors meeting centered once again on how to proceed with the develop- ment of a Doctor's build- ing.. We have received another response to our Request for Information from a design and pro- ject.management compa- ny. Therefore over the next few weeks we will be analyzing what this organization can bring to the table to get this pro- ject underway. Our Board has given itself 60 days to commit Volleyball teams compete in London CLINTON - Clinton and by coining in fourth while District Christian School the boys came in fifth. (CDCS) students enter- Seven teams participated. tained and interacted December 5 was the with seniors at two places date of the first hockey in the last few weeks. practice. They are held The Grade 8 class every Thursday from 3 to enjoyed some time at the 4 p.m. at the Clinton Clinton Day Away Centre arena. This year's tourna- on November 16. On ment is to be held in December 14, the Grade Strathroy on March 9. three class participated in The entire school went a program for the Dining skating from 1 to 2 p.m. Out Program at the along with parents, Clinton Christian grandparents and friends Reformed Church. This on the last afternoon of program is sponsored by school before the Town and Country Christmas break. Support Services. On December 17 the On December 10, the students and staff at boys and girls volleyball CDCS had their annual teams participated in the Christmas program. Woodstock District About 150 guests attend - Christian School volleyball ed the matinee at '1 p.m. tournament at the North All children had a part in London Arena. The girls the program. Many sang team outshone the boys in the choirs. The primary choir, directed by the Grade one teacher, Fran Jongejsn, sang "Little Baby Jesus" and "Gloria". The senior and junior choirs, directed by Pastor Vernon Dean of the Exeter Pentecostal Church sang "What Can I Give Him?" and "Emmanuel". The Grade eight class presented a skit adapted from "Mary's Treasure Box" by Carolyn Walz Kramlich. The stu- dents had decked out the gym with banners to cele- brate Christmas. The atmosphere was just as joyful as that evening when the program was held again at 7:30 p.m. There were about 400 people in the audience during the evening per- formance. to one of two proposals, or to pass on the. project at that time. We all know that a Doctor's building is important to the recruit- ment;: and retention of Ontario. We now - have' vo rrcW'Nthr. This step was under- taken to -provide better primary and emergency care, and was warmly received by our board. Apparently legislation now needs to be passed to allow Nurse Practitioners in hospitals toguy apply their skills. This unfortunately takes considerable time. In the interim, we are fortunate to have retained Let- Morri.ion who is working in r number of areas. We are investigating a number of alternatives to allow her to practise fully. Our partnership with the other seven hospitals in Huron -Perth received some wonderful reviews from Dr. Duncan Sinclair, who chairs the commission responsible for restructuring health As you may remember from the newspapers a few months ago, our Provincial government was most eager to fund and establish Nurse Practitioners, especially ktkrural settin s such physicians tobolster the ranks of Drs. Steciuk, Steele,: Jadd and Hodder. Dr. Krista Fatum is now working with Dr. Jadd and Dr. Theresa Reynolds will be starting in January with Dr. Steele. Part of our partnership involves the sharing of resources and these physicians were recruit- ed through a private' company that was secured by Clinton Public Hospital and us. Dr. Nancy Foley ,will also be joining our ER staff in the summer, and will provide some much appreciated Iocum work to our four local physi- cians. Welcome to all, and we sincerely hope you make our communi- ty the place you perma- nently call home. Snowman By Trevor Whams, Tamara Turner, Tema Mkn and Christopher Ridiairds, Gr. 3/4 McGillivray Public School S is for the shiny, white snow that made him. N is for his long nose that is made out of a carrot. O is for yummy oatmeal cookie eyes. W is for the chilly weath- er that brought him. M is for his tiny water proof mittens. A is for bright shiny apple buttons. 'N is for wonderful name like Frosty. care in Ontlwh . fie has stoney recommended that other clusters of hospitals in the province consider the model that we have proudly been a part of. 1 firmly "believe that it throngs- • the strong leadership of Bonnie Adamson, our CEO, and the team of management people that she has assembled, has this been possible. The next time. I will prepare this column will be in January. Thanks again to Mr. Bill Southgate and his team that has made us as pre- pared for Y2k as possi- ble. The paperwork alone has seemed insur- no , , .stable. I sincerely look for ward to our next round of challenges such as board and bylaw reform, designed to bring all our partnership to a common ground. To one and all, a Happy Healthy 2000. Dr. Doug Hoover Chair, December 15, 1999 TimES -ADVO CAI E RI6TMAQ a§,A, ADVIIII2VOQVia D E A D L V1QQ Fo► the Week of la��ap� to 7 DISPLAY -December 30 - 2 p.m. CLASSIFIED January 3 - 10 a.m. atiGaNITapQ QT Q R p Ki0(19[2Aa December 31 -Closed at noon 424 Main St. Exeter 235-1331 Fax: 235-0766 • email: ta@eedy.com (mall slot available in front door) SON SON O SSON N