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Provincial Health Minister Alan Pope visited Alexandra Marine
aad, General Hospital in Goderich last ¶Vednesday, on a campaign
swing through this area. Pope was given a tour of the hospt l and
spoke briefly with hospital officials. Here, Pope (second from left)
checks, his figures before answering a question from Hospital
,rt- Board Chairman Bob DempseyAright). Also°in -the picture are
Hospital Administrator Ken Engelstad (left)•and -r. Don Neal,
(second from right). (photo by Patrick Raftis)
Health Minister Alan Pope promises
funding for hospital improvements
Provincial Health Minister Alan Pope
gave his blessing to a proposed updating of
the electricl system at Alexandra Marine
and General Hospital, during a visit �b the
facility, last Wednesday.
The cost of the project, which would in-
crease the capacity for the electricalsupp-
ly for the hospital, has not yet been deter-
mined but the Minister said the goverment
is prepared to "participate in the fun-
ding".,
are prepared to cash flow it (the
electrical updating) in April of '86,'° said
Pope, but he did not say what percentage
of the project would be governemt funded.
Thehospital currently has a 1.200 Amp
service. The updating would increase the
capacity of the hospital by 1,600 Amps, to
2,800.
The increased capacity would allow the
hospital to add more electrical equipment
and will also be sufficient to supply power
to any additions to the building. With the
increased amperage, the hospital could
double in size without adding any further
capacity. However, Hospital Ad-
ministrator Ken Engelstad said there are
no current plans to expand the building
itself.
The increased capacity would also be a
boon in the summer, as the current system
was often incapable of handling the extra
lodd placed op it by the hospital's air-
conditioning system.
Energy savings and reduced electricity
costs will be another result of the updating.
The hospital is charged extra if their
system falls below 90.per cent efficiency of
.the power being used. The new system
would contain capacitors, which would
keep thetefficiency rate between 90 and 100
per cent.
No date for comencing work on the pro-
ject has been set.
"Plans and specifications are presently
being drafted and the matter will have to
come back to the (hospital) board," said
Engelstad.
Mary of Anne Frank ,gives clear
insight into suffering by Jews:
BY SUSAN HUNDERTMARK
The terror and desperation experienced
by European Jews during the Second World
War were portrayed with skill and compas-
sion by the Goderich Little Theatre in The
Diary of Anne Frank which ran From Apr. 24
to 27.
Presented a week before survivors of the
Holocaust recognized the 40th anniversary
of their liberation, the play provided a clear
insight into the horrible suffering of Jewish
families forced into hiding, living with the
daily threat of discovery when they would
be separated and shipped to certain death at
various concentration camps.
'The extremely moving role of Otto Frank,
Anne's father was wonderfully done by
Floyd Herman. The first actor on stage dur-
ing the opening scene, Herman immediately
captured the audience with the intense emo-
.. tion of a man returning to the last place he
saw his family alive before they were
discovered by the Nazis. With trembling
hands, he picked up and cradled a tattered
scarf which we learned later in the play had
been made by Anne and given to her father
as a Hannakah gift.
When he found Anne's diary, the play.
began to unfold and the audience discovered
what has reduced Frank to such a wretched
state.
The 13 -year-old Anne was very believable
and also wonderfully done by 29 -year-old
Colleen Maguire. With an insatiable curiosi-
ty and incessant chattering, she drove the
other seven people in hiding crazy. The fact
that they could never leave the four rooms
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longed to dance, ride her bike and play with
her friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Van Daan (Wayne Lyons
and Maureen Penn) were the selfish, whin-
ing opposites to the ever -virtuous Franks.
Mrs. Frank (Diane Mitchemnore) stoically"
watched the chubby Mr. Van Daan take the
choicest bits of food for two years before
finally blowing up at him and ordering him
out of the biding place after he stole a loaf of
. bread for himself.
Mrs. Van Daan whined, preened, flirted,
boasted, complained and cried so much you
could almost cheerfully lead her into the gas
chambers yourself. But, when the Nazis
found the hiding place and the strident
voices yelling, "Aufmachen! Da drinnen!
Schnell! Schnell! Schnell!" (Anybody inside
open up! Hurry!) rang in the air, you're
struck with terror at their discovery.
The ongoing battle between Mrs. Van
Daan and Anne when Anne and Peter Van
Daan (Jefferson Hearn) visit together in his
room was one of the main sources of comedy
in the play. Though she first teased. her son
about his little girlfriend, Mrs. Van Daan
was not happy when a relationship bloomed.
She was not appeased when Mrs. Frank sug-
gested Anne was only taking the place of
Peter's cat who ran away.
After experiencing her first "real kiss"
from Peter, Anne gave everyone a ' kiss
before going to bed including a horrified
Mrs. Van Daan who yelled "Ah ha!" since •
her suspicions were confirmed.
A touching and educational scene happen-
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May 11.
ed when Hannakah was celebrated.
Recognizing the fight against the tyranny
and oppression of the Jewish race, the
characters, lit the Hannakah candles and
were thankful to be alive. The celebration .
was disrupted by a thief in the building who
heard•them and late`t tftiedlthem in to the
Nazis. • ' .
The story was effectively told by alter-
nating scenes with passages from Anne's
diary spoken by Anne while the curtain was
closed. The only distraction was the noise
from the Livery curtains Which sounded like
Panzer tanks rolling onto the stage.
The setting was realistic and easily il-
lustrated how frustrated the characters
would become being locked in such cramped
quarters for two years. The practical con-
straints such as no noise, no shoes, no runn-
ing water and no use of the W.C. (bathroom)
between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. added to the con-
stant tension from the. fear of discovery
made life close to unbearable at times.
Anne's sister, Margot (played by Saman-
tha McDonagh) was probably expressing
the thoughts of everyone when she wished
the Nazis would come just so she could know
where she was. '
When the play ended on Wednesday night,
the audience applauded loudly but left quiet-
ly pensive over the final scene.,) Mr. Frank
revealed he was the only survivor of the
eight and was ashamed of his bitterness
when in Anne's diary, he read, "In spite of
everything, I still believe that people are
really good at heart."
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