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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1989-09-12, Page 3Interested people enro for palliative care courses About 50 interested people attended the Information Night for palliative care last Tuesday evening at Wingham and District Hospital. Members of the palliative care com- mittee were extremely pleased with the response as several from the Wingham, Teeswater, Lucknow and Walkerton area attended to learn the goals of palliative care, voice their concerns and ask questions Development plans for Pentecostal Church land A proposal to develop a 7.9 acre piece of land owned by Wingham Pentecostal. Church is being consid- ered by East Wawanosh Council. Lorne, Humphrey, representing the, church, told council last week the owners would like to sever and sell five 100 -foot residential lots from the property, which fronts onto an unopened extension of Crawford St, off Lloyd St. south of the town. The remaining five acres is to be reserved for the construc- tion of.a new church and manse. The property, formerly owned by Wingham District Christian High School, is currently zoned for insti- tutional use. Since Huron's Official CRIME STOPPERS 1-800-265-1777. R04.:=0,064,64, -,>40",e : i �,,-,> Wiginita.00 l On June 1, 1989, an unknown cul- prit shot a hole in a white colored Bell Telephone box that was mount- ed oh a telephone pole on the 20-21 sideroad of Stephen Township, near Lot Five. This type of activity could cause telephone failure, preventing peo- ple in emergency situations to reach police, ambulance or fire depart- ments. Crime Stoppers of Huron County and the Exeter OPP are asking for your assistance in bringing the per- son or persons who committed this crime to justice. Thoughtless activity such as this could cause a serious situation to become even worse. If you have information about this or any other crime, call Crime Stoppers of Huron County, 1-800- Oi '5ig7t?;grrF,4 4-6 5�1. xou,.co}rld gl„�lAF , -.r, war4,of,up to Rol w o1 emember: crime doesn't pay, but Crime Stoppers does! Tobin addresses Huron -Bruce Liberal meeting Brian Tobin, MP for Humber -Port au Port St. Barbe, was the guest speaker at las Thursday evening's annual meetirof the Huron -Bruce Federal Liberal Riding Association held at Lucknow. Approximately 80 party faithful turned out to hear Mr. Tobin address such topics as free trade, the national sales tax and the Meech Lake constitutional deal. No election Was necessary for the association executive, as it remains the same. David MacKenzie is pres- ident; Howard Aitken, past presi- dent; Grame Craig, first vice presi- dent; Jacqueline McGillivray, sec- ond vice; Judy Gates, treasurer and Margaret Shortreed, secretary. Turnberry to approach Howick regarding dump The proposed closing date for Turnberry's waste disposal site is October of this year, a township engineer informed council at its first September meeting. Arnold Spivey of Maitland Engi- neering Services in Wingham attended last Tuesday evening's meeting, proposing that Turnberry officially'approach Howick for per- mission to use that township's waste disposal site. Mr, Spfvey will draft a letter for Turnberry council's next meeting, putting the request in writing and making it clear that Turnberry is not.prepared Us pay for an environ- rnental, assessrnenthearing. Mit , Grey share dump costs Harms Township has agreed to take on a four per cent share of the ,etbj rehabilitation costa for the C fTeiw Ail) alba. � tit -last App , Mania and + � sharing h0,,alte4lth abottf pet*. telt Willie etideildtift p ' ° TOS tip irafficiaIs estimate that at least 10 ye► use is fest in the Wely Township landfJJI site. Plan designates the land for resi- dential use, re -zoning the west side of the property for residential lots shouldn't be a problem, Mr. Humphrey pointed out to council. "We'd like to sell the lots as soon as the zoning and severance appli- cations go through," Mr. Humphrey said, "and start on the church and manse sometime in the coming year, if all goes well," Council pointed out that, except for the unopened road allowance, the property is presently land- locked, and a mad will have to be built. Applications for the zoning amendments have been filed with the township. • and make a decision about'taking an upcoming eight-week course. The evening began with Rev. Douglas Whitelaw, chairman .o1 tle Wingham and Area Palliative Care Services, explaining what the com- mittee hopes to achieve with the new service. He introduced mem- bers of the committee present at the meeting, then Ron Mellish showed a short animated video entitled "Why Me?", in which many of the stages of dying -- anger, denial, bargaining, resignation — were revealed. Discussion on the video followed. Volunteer coordinator of the new service, Joan Wittig, then explained many aspects of the program and the upcoming course was dis- cussed. Response was so good that the course beginning on Sept. 19 is completely enrolled and committee members are planning a second course for the winter -spring months. Representatives of the health-care team in this area will conduct the weekly courses, to be held at the hospital. . Added educa- tion will be acquired through panel discussions, the use of videos and sharing of personal experiences. SACRED HEART PROGRESS REPORT—Work is progressing on schedule for the December opening of the new Sacred Heart Church and manse in Wingham. The entice cost of thestructure is estimated at $a million. CHEVROLET a PONTIAC m OLDSMOBILE a BUICK *CADILLAC federal&+ setak lite icee c 1 fr i charges extra. voila to Wilda l da pused and delivered September 1, oll vehicles may be readily available fr ro dealer stock. Quantitiesof some models may be limited. 1.01 combinad rel new trade registrations for the period ending NI milsiontmo s t.