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The importance of caring was
stressed numerous times at last Fri-
day's 1989 graduation exercises for
Wingham and District Hospital's
nursing assistant program.
A total of 19 graduates received
diplomas and pins before .repeating
the Nursing Assistants' Pledge in
unison.
Marilyn Irwin, director of the
nursing assistant program, noted
that many of the graduates had
made sacrifices in their personal
lives to get through the program.
She said the class of 1989 is a car-
ing group, always ready to help
each other or provide a listening
-car ccs patient. -
However, she cautioned the
graduates, "I can teach you how to
provide care, but I can't teach you
how to care."
s..Nancy= Pet, of - ,. C,1 -.
ford', was "val d ctoriiait. she spoke
of the day "many longmonths
ago" when the class first et and of
their shyness and trepidation.
"I've learned many things, but
the most important is caring," she
said. "It takes so little to show
someone you care."
She called the Wingham and Dis-
trict Hospital "a great place to
train" and also paid tribute to the
instructors, Miss Irwin and Mrs.
Linda Kieffer.
In concluding, she told her fellow
graduates, "I'm privileged to be
friends with each and every one of
you."
Lavonne 'Ratlagh of Wingharn:
was guest speaker at the gradua-
tion. Slade said that several days ago,
an eight -man expedition made it to
the 'North Pole, the summit of the
world.
"Today, . you are experiencing
your crowning achievement a
goal for which you have suffered,
sacrificed and agonized?'
However, she told the graduates,
they still have new heights to cun-
q erx new stets to reach.
'presents many doors,"
Miss Ballagh said. Some of the i are
closets, but some are corridors and
it takes:astrong, determined person
to search for the corridors.
Nursing is a profession which
offers new challenges, opportuni-
ties and avenues of service. Don't
ever let the profession become trivi-
alized, she said, by forgetting about
gen chess and caring.
Nurses .acre an extended fanily.
who share our joys and sorrows.'
"Do Y9u have any idea what that
Irma,. s. to a :family?" s Ballagli
ask+
patient is the first priority,
s e said, noting the Wingham .hos-
pital's motto, ..Service Above Self".
She concluded her talk with a
nurse's version of the 23rd Psalm.
tudies supp .rt formin
regional railway
The release of two m
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survey are will ng•`to use an.im-
proved competitive rail service.
sary to'' encourage federal and
provincial government support for
their cause.
Released at Orangeville last
week, the studies were commis-
sioned
ommissioned by Project ReRail, an Owen
Sound -based public interest 'group
that has worked more than 10 ,years
toward rational renewal of rail ser-
vices:
The group hopes the .studies
encourage the two senior levels of
government in their support for the
creation of a commercially selfl =sup-
porting regional railway system in
- f
ise ci#r`sultii l�ke�tpetieed
railway engineering and operations
consultants; and the Extended Mar-
ket Study was prepared by Wilson
Marketing Ltd., carried but jointly
with Project ReRail.
The Iron Horse study demon-
strates that :a full regional system --
with
-with proper capital funding — can
earn sufficient revenue to be a
financially successful operation
with some initial one-time capital
funding assistance from senior gov-
ernmerit ,as provided for under the
National Transportation Act.
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This could mean better overall
operating results beyond those
described in the Iron Horse study.
The Iron Horse study recom-
mends that the new railway initiate
commuter rail service to Orange-
ville as part of start-up operations
and also proposes that the new rail-
way locate
ail-waylocate its head office there.
- Project ReRail co-ordinator Peter
tower said the reports bring the
group much closer to the comple-
tion of its business plan and capital
financing arrangements:
"They also point to the urgent
need for the federal andprovincial
governments to get their policies
and rpgrams in place to create a
truly coMpetitive transportation
system for "Canadians and to renew
rail service in areas such as mid-
western Ontario," he said.
Fire department
called out twice
The Wingham Fire Department
was summoned to two calls, in the
short space of one hour last
Wednesday, May 17.
Firefighters were called to the
above -ground hydro switch at the
corner of Charles Street and High-
land Drive at 8:25 p.m last Wednes-
day.
According to a department
Spokesman, a fire had started inside
the Mitch box and damage was
contained to the box itself. There is
no estimate of damage.
the Wingham Public Utilities
Conirinission also responded.
Just one hour earlier, at 7:20 p.m.,
hters were summoned to
AutO Body' at. Lot 3, Con. 2
of Mori Tow ns i. % An electrical
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