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WEAWNG LESSON
— The Grade 8 students at Tuthberry Central School recently
Weaving to the Grade 1 'class. From left: Simon Taylor, Grade 8; Craig Fair, Grade 1; ohn gave
1 and Jeremy French, Grade 1.•
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Home day carp prog
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Although another hurdletas-...been The.. county's 20'
cleared 'b a proposed program to �' per cent share of considered too many by Howick
y P P p g that cost is $16,482. Township Reeve Gerald D'Arcey
provide private home day care for At the April meeting, Bayfield who said he still feels the program is
low earners and mothers on welfare, Reeve ,Dave Johnston asked what wrong and if it proceeds, predicts
it still faces at least one more major would happen if the provincial that council will find itself n t year
test before its implementation, government -,- after getting the with a demand for 30 or 40 or 50
At i is regular April meeting, program started with its 80 per cent places in private home day care.,
Huron County Council approved a grants — begins to cut back on its The program, if it receives final
preliminary proposal for the funding. Would the countybe
stuck approval, will have' restrictions 04
program which will see day carefor
with a day care program and have to such things _as the amount of liquid _ - _.
mothers_ in, these groups. provided in pick up the entire tab, he wondered, assets a nt �s
.private, homes,.an�:. paid ._for ._by the....... .._ �..altowed_andstill_.,. _ ......
Because the ro ._..,_l?
county's social services de `a�tment, P �`� �s'�strictly qualify. A 22 -page eligibility
experimental, Social- Services guideline was includedin the report
However, the final proposal still Administrator John MacKinnon of the social services committee
must be approved by council later replied, the countycould dropit at
this year before the program is presented at the April council
anytime. meeting.,
implemented. - .
Mr. Johnston also asked if the According to the report, if council
The proposal first came before program could be expanded only; in approves the program, a graduate of
meeting when council a g multiples. ,of, .si,nce,under, the an, Early Childhood Edne
pproved a private home day care .provisions, Program willbe hired to develop)
budget allocation of 2,408 for a six- there must be a home day care program, including formulation of
month trial of the program in 1988. visitor for each 25 children in the the
policiesand procedures to
program. Mr. MacKinnon said it determine eligibility, recruiting
would be possible for Huron County people to provide the day care,
In last week's report of the to add me par -ne person for each compiling a manual for day care
Wingham Area Fire Board meeting, five extra child, an if it wished. providers, developing an ad -
a statement made by Turnberry However, Warden Hob Bell vertising brochure, selecting and.
Township representative is in- pointed out that the program as monitoring day care providers,
correctly quoted. . proposed is allocating only 25 spaces completing day care applications,
In transposing notes to story the for 1988, and on a trial basis at that. matching children to
word "decided". was incorrect/ The county is. not even considering assisting providers,
rs-
understood as yg g providers with their in -
"discussed": The 26 to 30 places, he added. dividual programs, and evaluating.
corrected paragraph should read: - Ever. 25 places, however, is the day care needs of the county:
For the record, he said, "this
board has never -decided wages, has ,Patientspleasednever decided on a full-time chief ...
personally I have no idea what that
salary can be." s r, ry i ce, survey shows
owWe apologize for
this error and
any . embarrassment it may have (Continued from page 1) younger patients and their r
espo
caused Mr. Fortune. more specific in this regard, it would duffers from the 87,2 per OM of the
have reduced the percentage seen at -overall OHA survey grot who
night and raised that seen during the disagreed _and felt• it's all right to do
day. .
re -nominated to Almost all of the Wingham so.
patients surveyed felt that the
hospital board emergency department is , for life
threatening. ' situations;' and for
Doris Inglis has been nominated probtenis- whie'p arise when the
as Turnberry Township's represent- doctor's office is .closed. Of those
ative on the board of governors -at surveyed, 98.
Wingham and District Hospital._ y �°t fit that it was
P not right to use emergency depart -
Mrs. Inglis, who currently sits on ments for care they could also get
the board for Turnberry, must be re- from a doctor's office -- unless the
elected at the June annual meeting. office was closed. These were all
Correction
Effective M .:1.
® .feel
flt� his
be operating i etre Practice
under the name of
"Leedham Veterinary Clinic"
at the same location,
11 Alfred Street East, Wingham
New Telephone Number is 357-2471
Schneiders, 450 gr.
Wieners®.®®®®. ... .. • 1.89
Schneiders, 500 gr.
Sliced Side . Bacon , . .......
Hills Bros., 369 gr. tin
Coffee ® .... • •0000®
Campbell's 10 oz,
Cream of Mushroom Soup
Sunlight, 1 Titre
Liquid Detergent ®.. , , ,
2 litre Cola, Orange, Ginger Ale
Royal Crest Pop . ® .., ...
Crunch'n Munch, 150 gr.
Caramel Popcorn ®. ®........ • 1.19
Cello, 6 oz. pkg.
Radishes . , • ®®. ®®® ... 3/1.00
Sunkist Navel Oranges ® . doz. 1.89
2.69
• 2.99
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2.59
1.19
WINGHAM FRUITMARKET
STORE HOURS: 7:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.
Fridays: 7:30 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Phone 357=2240, We Deliver.
hurch Directory
St. Paul's Church
(ANGLICAN) WINGHAM
John Street at Centre Street
THE ANGLICAN PARISH OF
WINGHAM AND BELGRAVE
All services from the "Book of Common Prayer"
SUNDAY, MAY 1,1988
11:00 a.m. - Matins
Minister : Rev. ,,E Q. Madge
Trinity, Belgrave -9:30 am.
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FamilyWorshi,
The Salvation Ar
292 Edward St., Call 357-1367
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Fariil
r orsl�lp,1�1, s00 a.r�.
Praise and Testimon hMeetln . 7:00
y P �r p.m.
Vouu are invited
Doris Inglis
DANCE
Teeswater.&. District Kinsmen Club
Friday April 29,9:O0• 1:0 o0
at
Teeswater Culross Corrimunity Centre
Mugy ¥usic
'rickets - $6.001p,
(392-8150 or
any Ki
$7.00 at
Age ;of• Majority
,- advance
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MIA
One area of concern for the
Wingham and District ` Hospital,
however, is the public percept►n,of
the order in which patients are
served,
Only 20 per cent of those surveyed
felt that the most serious cases were
served first. The largest number, 43
per cent, were of the opinion that the
emergency department opera " ,on
a first -come -rust -served basis
The hospital considers the lie
perception puzzling since a sign at
the emergency department recep-
tion desk states. clear -that
l3► patients
are seen in order of priority • and
not time of arrival. As a rpt, of
this, the sign is. being :replace by a
much larger one. Hospital; poky,
however, remains unchanged - a
triage of 'patients establishes the
seriousness of their problems and
the order in which they ares en ..
In general, 80 per cent Of those
surveyed said Wingham. ltal
personnel are very friendly- d
caring while 20 per cent said they •
are friendly and c ' : a The hospital
considers this an ► mitis heavy
cont-riibultor to the high' &gee of
patient satisfaction with thelsery