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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1989-01-31, Page 1• • - . • • itik,o• ••• • • • • erg 1 4 ; • , *1- FIRST SECTION winelanti Ontario, Tuesday, January 31, 98 'Teens Unlimited is new youth group in Wingham A new youth group has been formed in Wingham and will be known as "Teens Unlimited". A number of interested teens and adults turned out to meetings last Monday -and Saturday at the Wingham Armouries. Adrian Keet, adult advisor, says the group's first priority is to find a place where the young people can Do you have a red label? How many of you readers noticed the color of the address label on your paper recently? If, when your paper arrives, you find the entire address label colored bright red, take a look at the date, also on the label. A red label means your subscrip- tion has expired. Red is simply a. warning that it is time to pay. Please don't rely on your friends • at the A -T office to realize who you are and just keep on sending the paper. The computer which prints YOUTH GROUP FORMED — Unlimfted"; het been fOrmed-lbfr'' The executive.' incitidesr Mk"— Richardson, vice president; front J A ;,.0,ely 1r:p441, grcs,yrp Winghamrd-thiia y Aftwitircoir Pretlerefitr ;Nadir Kerri McGrath, treasurer and oanne Crawford, secretary. OPP#14,,r atpI'ocedure Sound riendly but that's the way -cOnifintera work, ayes prays govern ent rrt the Streets". Tracy Taman' was put in charge of public relations. meet, with adult supervision, rather than congregate on the streets. "We have a duty to thekids to get them somewhere t� go," says Mr. Keet, who also was involved with the Junior Citizens, a youth group popular in town during the late 1970s and early 1980s. At last Monday evening's meeting, an executive was chosen which in- cludes : president, Jason Purdy; vice president, Jason Richardson; secretary, Joanne Crawford and treasurer, Kerri McGrath. Bob Hewines of the Wingham Kinsmen Club also reports that the Kinsmen will donate the proceeds of a basketball game on Feb. 11 to get the new teen group established. Mr. Hewines says the game could raise - as much as $900. At' last Saturday's meeting, the young,people appeared eager to get involved in some. kind of project, perhaps-heiping out with Wingharn's upcoming Frostyfes, wit a' °up ago 040w s dis- cussed. The young peop'Ie were asked to come up with ideaslor logo and one suggestion was "Beat, wOrft V • do somethingIn aAg: T:eniisse:Uaitalimdai‘rieadt; meet stupid m All irjiterested young at people are encouraged to attend. aao . Ontario Health Minister Elinor Caplan's suggestion that hospitals reopen the contracts with their nurses is one which could result in more problems than solutions, the Wingham and District Hospital's board of governors agreed at its regular January meeting. "I'm praying very hard that the provincial government doesn't do something stupid," Executive Director Norm Hayes said during his regular monthly report. However, based on past performance, one doesn't know (what government is going to do)." Recently, in reply to criticism that patients, are having to be turned away from hospitals because there are not enough nurses (among other reasons), Mrs. Caplan said the hos- pitals should re -open their pntracts with the nurses, "I'm having some difficulty with that," Mr. Hayes told the board. "And, it's not that I feel nurses shouldn't get paid well." If the Ontario Nursing Association contract is re -opened, he said, hos- pitals will then be forced to look at every contract they have with their other employees' grOups. Although 'employ* of Wingham and District Hospital are not union- ized, the hospital has traditionally geared its salary increases to those reached in agreements between the larger hospitals and 'the union rep resenting the corresponding em- ployee group. "Other unions would have a case (for re-oPening) based on the fact that their benchmark :figure is also based on the nurses" cOntracti" • Hayes said. "If we're going to have decent labor relations in this province, then when an agreement is reached and signed between management and a union, it has to be honored as it is written," he added. Dr. Brian Hanlon pointed out that neither management nor the union can arbitrarily make changes in the ,agreement. "The only one who can change it is the government." Dr.,Hanlon suggested that nurses should now be considering establishing residency programs in relation to the high stress positions within their profession. He compared such programs to those used for doctors in preparing for the different specialties. "I agree, but they have to do that themselves," said Board Chairman Mary Lou Thompson. "I know, they should have been doing it 20 years ago," Dr.1Lanlon added. 2 Fire department responds to calls at the same time The Wingham Fire Department responded to two calls last Tuesday, both coming at 1:55 p.m. Fire Chief Harley Gaunt says the department responded to a call Jan. 4 to the Marjorie McKay residence at 15 George Street in Wingham. The chief says an air freshener took fire in the bathroom, but reports no damage. At the same time, 1:55 p.m., a call came from the Charles Bentley residence at Lot 25, Con. 3 of Howick Lockiidge Memorial Arena on Feb. Township. 11 from 1 to 2 p.m., sponsored by the Wingham Recreation Department. According to Mr. Gaunt, overheat - The Wingham Sportsmen's Club is ed stove pipes in an upstairs bed - sponsoring a horseshoe tournament room are to blame for the blaze, on Feb. 11, starting at 1 p.m. which resulted in $30,000 in heat and The Wingham.. Kinsmen Club is water damage. sponsoring a special evening of fun Feb. 11 at the P. E. Madill Second- MVCA holds ary School when the Canadian Half- .- Pints Midget BaretbaltTeam takes, Mooed CI Plans are made final for Frostyfest '89 Plans for next weedend's Frosty - fest '89 celebration in Wingham have been finalized. Things get underway with an Optimist bingo next Wednesday eve- ning, Feb. 8, at eight o'clock at the Wingharn Legion Hall. A Lions ,Club talent show, com- plete with prince and princess cont- est, is Set,to go neXt Thursday, eve - flirt& at 8 -p.m. in the town hall audttorium. IViercharits in Wingham will open their doors for,FrostYfest Shooing Day neittridity, Feb. 10. Sitturdity will dawn with a pan- cake breakfast from 8:10 'to 11:30 .a.rn. at the Wingham Legion Hall. • There also wlll be free -sleigh rides 'from thetegton hall, starting at 11 iinL and2 running until 2 p.m. on Feb.; iksbonsored by the Wingham OptiMiSt • There Will be free Wig at the on the CKNX ryhards at eight..1- • Feb °woo On Saturday, Feb:11. • 16 • The Showarama- ter Cripplimit ruar - dren is , scheduled fitif Sunday, Oely.71,:. The annual meeting of the Mait- 12, tteattieriieim' itting. ft is spoil: land Valley Conservation Authority soredby the Wingham -Snowmobile will be held at the authority's Wrox- AssOolatibilaridthe:Winglittrn Lions eter aditinistration centre on Club Witb proceed gong to the Thursday, Feb. 10 `at 1:30 p.m. Easter zSeal campaign for Included on the meeting's agenda capped rqhfitatera. The time is 9 to are a review of the 1 budget and 11 a.m. • • •projects, election Of -officers, and a There wUl h# Skittilit'At the 100k at the MVCA's itecom- ...• 00tiA11434 00:P,4000 PAIIIPAql*gi Editorials Opinions Community Classifieds Sports