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• Reeve Ed
11d Huron county
ythat hislfailure
agunendation,
.porth form a
tIdid not result
•ast:of the recom-
'i„gaid the vole
'teimcil.was 8-7
r.steering com-
ating but .added
ative vote did not
mittee has been
aim years to look
pects of forming a
health council,
gation was mad6
11 professionals,
and most other
Is connected with
;ces balked at the
ng grouped with
Oxford and Elgin
one council and
councils voted to
o•county system
ative.
uncils were a
veloped by • the
inistry of health
s of health care
ciVe-tO m p etition-
neighboring
ties and allow
t access to people
I. the health care
n told council that
against the for-
e council because
ve any flexibility
he formation.11e
Unicipalities had
ouncils in the
d he was in favor
erth - just sitting
watching their
t. He said by
a Huron -Perth
d benefit from the
qualities and not
ed with the
ers faced.
cil could storm in
r it could take two
develop," said
that the vote did
y times on the
d if that had
he Id have
e motion. He said
t
s ntrely to form
edo say more.
ist y used the
0,000 as an ar-
e when setting up
cils and decided
uncil should be
r every 100,000
east. That meant
, county, did not
ugh people to
n independent
had to be linked
r Municipality.
n said Perth was a
ce but pointed out
rth was distinctly
m Huron. He said
completely rural
erth• did •not. He
of Stratford gave
different attitude
and suggested
Huron should be
wn council.
o magic in the
000," he said. "It
e inevitable that
vhis
You
ss,
we get a health council but it
could still be one for two .
counties,. or .,one for each,"
s rad, the Hayfield reeve. •
He said .the ministry would
not force a health council on
thiNarea pointing out that
then minister of health Frank
Miller made that romise two
years ago when thesteering
committee began its work. He
said he felt that promise
would hold true now despite
the formation of 18 health
councils. since that time and
the advent of 98 percent of the
province being under councils
If Metro Toronto votes in
• favor of them.
"Th.e ministry has its
plateful now and would
probably like to sit back and
review what- happened, he
said.
In a report to council Bill
Dale, Seriforth deputy -reeve,
said the steering committee
met with physicians from
both counties to try to deal
with some of the concerns the
doctors had with councils. He
said the medical officer of
health -16f Huron, Dr. Frank
• Mills, reported to• .the board
• that the conclusion he drew
from the meeting was that a
council formed at this time
•would interfere • with the
present process of health care
delivery in the two counties.
He added that the doctors
agreed- that if the formation
c
Workers met
• Family care workers held
the May, 19 meeting in the
board rooms of the Clinton
"-F'tiblic Hospital and listened
to guest speaker V.P. Roy, in
insurance agent in Clinton.
The group responded to the
keynote with many -questions.
Mrs. David Long of the
Kilharchan Nursing Horne in
Seaforth will be. the guest
speaker at the June 16
meeting and will be speaking
abotit health care, habits and
diets of elderly people.
Town Talk
Mrs. Nancy Harwood and
Mrs. F..R. Braddy are visiting
with Mr. and Mrs. Chris
Black for three weeks, from
England. Mrs. Braddy is
Jennifer -Week's mother and
Nancy is the sister. This is the
first visit to Canada for
• Nancy. This is the first time
for several years they have
all been together. The ladies
will be staying for three
weeks and are enjoying the
lovely weather.
4,f
of a council: was 0040;
necessary In two or three
years they, Woulit-C64iici
completely with the,riinist
Two members or the .15
person 'committee said fhey;
were confidene'4 healt
council would be formed la*
despite a committee
recommendation agaiiig
them. Dr. Mills and Lig*
Morrison, chairman of the
steering committee and reeve
01 Fullerton.. township, said.
they didn't feel the com-
mittee's decision against the.: „
council would prevent it for
long.
Both min felt confident that
the two counties will not be
amalgamated with the larger
municipalities but Morrison
said he got the impression
from ministry personnel that
a situation could be created
where the counties ask to be
allowed to form the Council.
Mills backed up the comment
adding thatevery time the
county applies for more funds
It will be plagued with
1.91.11010.Ptk ............... that
no council his- been formed
yet and he believes it will
eventually be a strike against
the area.
Mills added that he does not
feel the ministry will permit
Huron and Perth to stand
apart from the remainder of
the piOvince, the - bulk of
which have formed councils.
He said the administration of
the health •care in the
province WoUld be different
from Huron and Perth • and
the two systems would
probably not be compatible
forcing Huron -Perth to follow
in the way of a council.
Norman Hayes, Wingharn
Public Hospital ad-
miiistrator and Dr. Nprman
McGregor, also of Wingham,
feel that the ministry will
support the committee's
recommendation not to form
a council. The two members
of the committee said the
ministry has indicated it is
not as convinced of the worth
of health councils as it was a
few years ago and may be
willing to hold Up the creation
of more councils pending
further study. Hayes added
that the committee was told
that the ministry is thinking
of declaring a moratorium on
the councils across the
province until there is proof
they are as effective as
hoped.
McGregor said he thinks
the ministry will be happy
Huron -Perth • rejected the
council formation and will
believe an intelligent ap-
praisal of the people's views.
He said he felt the speed at
which the councils formed
caught the government off
guard and they would.
welcoine a chance to take it
easy. for a while,
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executive at their list regular meeting held at Robertson
School last Thursday, The new executive 'includes Pat
• JohnOton, Jeannie Nortintn, secretary -treasurer; Micide
Hamilton, telephone chah•man; Sandra Davidson,
&cadent; Mary Dzus, vice-chairman and Sharon Scruton,
publicity chairman., (staff photo)
Jack Riddell is a graduate of
the University of Guelph, with
a B.Sc. In Agriculture. He is a
former high school teacher,
having tagglit at Clinton and
ExOer. • .
He 'owns' and operates a 200
acre beef farm in ,,Stephen
Twp. Married to the former
Leone Bryan of Bidulph Twp.
They have a family of four
girls and one boy.
A . Liberal member of •the
Legislature since 1973, he was
the Agriculture critic for the
Liberal Party in the last
session of the Provincial
Parliament.
RE-ELECT
Jack
IN HUReIN-MIDDLESEX
As your member in the Legislature for the past 4 years:
Jack.Hiddell's forceful presentations stopped the Government attack on
local hospitals
Jack .Riddell's background as a teacher qualified him to formulate the
polky of a "COre Curriculum" in our schools (now accepted by the
govarnment).
,JackIticidell'Oirdice from Huron -Middlesex stopped the Davis plan for
Riagional GovOnment in this area.
.11.0tk :Riddellt`.:...inicultural Critic at Queen's Park, forced Agriculture
Minister Newritan to re -vamp his "Farm income Stabilization Bill".
s,nffecthrelrhandled hundreds of constituency problems
tely and accurately reflected the best Interests of Huron.
Ij
When we moved into our
new home last spring • we
naturally expected to be living
trouble free for a considerable
length of time, but not so, it's
been one complaint after
another! The latest is with our
toilet which keeps plugging
up.
The construction company
have promised to send out a
Pitomber Ind so forirS belto all
talk and no action!
• The builder claims that all
home buyers are asked to send
in a, list of unfinished or un-
satisfactory items after* a
thorough inspection of the
house.
This was NOT done by this
party, but in spite of this, the
builder is adamant that "they
have bent over backwards
'trying to please this client, we
have to draw the line
somewhere, and we think that
time' has come!"
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• Anticipating a refund
cheque from the Income Tax
• of more than Si ,000 I filed my
return very early, but instead
of a cheque, Ottawa sent me a
letter asking what pensions I
receive.
This has me completely
stumped as I don't receive any
pension's of any kind and
furthermore, won't be eligible
for any for several years yet!
Naturally I wrote and told
them this, but that was over
two months ago and so far not
a word.
• Can you people do anything
to speed up the cheque that
I'm entitled to?
Since our enquiry we have
been informid that the
mistake originated • from
Ottawa's Data Centre and the
eagerly awaited cheque has
now • been mailed, received
and cashed by our happy
reader.
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It will be a year ago next
month that my car was
damaged by a soft drink truck
while parked at a golf course.
Fortunately the driver was
barely moving but never-
theless, almost $200 worth of
damage was done to my car.
The driver and his company
were very cordial and I Was
told to send them on
estimates. Thit I 'Promptly
did, but here I am, almost a
year later, still awaiting a
settlement.
I pride myself on being a
patient sort of person, but this
is a bit much'
The general manager of the
soft drink company admit:I,
authorizing our reader to have
the car repaired and forward
the bill. "Why it was never'
paid is beyond me," he. says.,
A cheque has now been',
mailed,