The Wingham Advance-Times, 1989-11-14, Page 5'.•
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:program. to,improve tia.reesuite
, merit and retention of nurses.
Beeallee hurseS play a Cnidal role in
our healthcare system, the :ministry
is implementing a variety of steps
to stimulate ways to increase job
satisfaction among nurses.
Six major initiatives will have an
annual cost of $3 million over five
years:
—a five-year, $5 million nursing
innovation fund;
—an ongoing $1.5 million bur-
sary program for nursing students,
registered nurses and registered
nursing assistants who agree to
work in designated areas of the
province;
—annual funding of $400,000 for
research in quality of worklife
issues in nursing;
—annual funding of $200,000 for
a nursing human resources data
centre;
--establishment of the positions
of a nursing ccordrnator and two
nursing policy advisors within the
ministry and;
—the restructuring and broaden-
ing of the membership of the advi-
sory committee on nursing man-
power. ,
The findings of four recent
reports — by the Registered Nurs-
es' Association of Ontario, the Hos-
pital Council of Metropolitan
Toronto, the Ontario Nurses' Asso-
ciation and the Health Ministry's
Advisory Committee on Nursing
Manpower — all concluded that
the quality of worklife for nurses
needs improvethent.
Through the five-year, $5 million
Nursing Innovation Fund, hospitals
will be encouraged to address such
issues as staffing and scheduling,
while at the same time universities
and community colleges will be
funded for implementing new
approaches in continuing educa-
tion.
Nursing schools will be support,
ed in their efforts to attract high
LEGION LIFE MEMBERSHII'S—Bill Renwick, Willis Hall and Clarence Ohm all were honored
with Legion life memberships last Saturday evening at the Wingham Legion Hall.
Mother says 'thanks' to
Belgrave Novice coaches
Dear Editor:
Due to the low number of chil-
dren in the Belgrave hockey sys-
tem, there always has been the need
for some children to play on more
than one team. This year was no
different, but there were fewer chil-
dren to start with, which rnakes,it,
more difficult.
The decision to fold the Belgrave
Novice team did not come easily.
Two couples spent a good deal of
time trying to avoid this situation.
They sent a second note home with
our children, hoping for more play-
ers, but this did not work.
So, finally, the bad over -ruled the
good — there were just too few
players and just too many overlap-
ping games to make it work You
know the old saying: "You can't be
in two places at the same tune."
The decision is a very sad one for
everyone involved, especially to the
following boys who really wanted
to make it work: Jeremy, Luke,
Dave, Ryan, Robbie, Wayne, Tom
and Brian. These boys have had
Cam Cook and Jeff Lockridge as
their coaches for the last few years
and, p special relationship has
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teams, some to play for other
towns, I'm sure they all will agree
that Cam and Jeff will be hard to
beat for their friendship, as well as
their coaching skills.
I would like to add an extra spe-
cial thank -you for the behind -the -
scenes helpers, Mary Cook and Peg
Lockridge, who kept the paper
work straight and made a lot of
telephone calls to keep the players
and parents informed of re -sched-
uled 'or cancelled games.
It takes a good team effort to
make something work and as one
Society places limits on
what it finds acceptable
Dear Editor:
Back in July of this year the
Wingham Advance -Times pub-
lished an editorial in which the
author of said editorial decried the
use of pressure tactics by certain
groups to bring about the demise of
a particular television series these
groups found objectionable.
This, the author said, was censor-
ship and should 'not be tolerated.
By the way, the author identified
himself as a liberal by doing what
liberals always do when one of
their "idee fixe" is challenged —
raise the spectre of Joseph
McCarthy.
In the months since that article
was printed, some things have
occurred to me, to wit:
(i) Does the author really mean to
imply them should be no limit on
what he calls "freedom of expres-
dere? Now "freedom of expres-
sion" is a purposely vague term,
one that is not found in the writings
of.; the political theorists upon
whose teachings the political sys-
of Great Britain, Canada and
U.S.A. were built. I mean men
like Samuel Rutherford, William
Blackstone, Montesquieu, the
Pit4ttiSe Madison, Hamilton, etc.
tteterm • freedom of expres-
,,
Was coined about forty or
ago by liberals interested
Arreaking down legal and moral
taboos whirkley outside the cover.
of the freedom of Speech clause
U.S. SiOnttitation.
reed** of expression" is a
term under whose umbrella
hidden all sorts of deviant
Does the author of this
ser�usIy prOpose that we
an abiolutist View of this
t IS, are there tO
„to vhat anenn
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*Bois under the preteo.,
"1reedora of ekpres.
a View would, if Ottir into
practice, eliminate all laws p- inhibit-
ing slander and defamation of char-
acter. Laws intended to suppress
"kiddie porn", sado-masochistic
sex literature (including "snuff"
films) would also become null and
void.
It is precisely this absolutist view
the American Civil Liberties Union
(whose founder, Roger Baldwin,
was a communist) advocates. lf,
however, the author would. like
some limits to "freedom of expres-
sion", he has opted for censorship.
Why then should groups which
would censor such drivel as "Fred-
dy's Nightmare" be faulted, unless
one assume a priory that Only the
editor and his liberal toniradei
have the wisdom and right to
determine the limits to which
"freedom" may be applied.
Cu) As previously mentioned, the
phrase "freedom df expression"
does not cur in the writings of
lithe:Word, tiladcstone et al. What
, oktur "freedorii ttif
, I .4
"sand to those theorists:dr§
p Meant the right to.publicly
;
dissent from the political status
quo.
It meturktlie'right to criticize not
only a sytem of government, but
indivjduajs within that spit, and
to do it
of the parents, (feel these four did
their best to make hockey possible
for these children and others over
the past few years. I'm sure that I'm
not alone when I send a special
thank -you to these four.
Sincerely,
i Cindy Fenton,
Belgrave hockey mom
Where was
town council
on Nov. 11?
Dear Editor:
Did they forget or do they no
longer care?
For me, the Remembrance Day
Service at the Wingham Legion
Hall this year was marred by the
absence of a representative of
Wingham Town Council and the
Student Council of the F. E. Madill
Secondary School to lay their
wreaths during the ceremony.
would be interested to read the
reason in nest week's issue of this
newspaper.
Yours very truly
J. Beattie
Town renews
contract for
garbage pick-up
Wingham Town Council has
renewed its contract with Carter's
Waste Disposal to provide garbage
collection for 1990. The contract
price of $36,288 is a five per cent
increase over 1989.
Councillor Don. Carter declared a
conflict of pecuniary interest at last
Monday evening's council meeting
and did not participate in the dis-
cussion or subsequent vote.
Association to
choose executive
The %%ham Business Associa-
tion will elect its executive at the
November regular meeting tomor-
row evening.
The nominating committee will
present a slate of officers for consid-
eration by the membersh'p. The.
positions of prelfideat Wed
, The idea that
all of
smtni these mendent secretary and treasurer Ware
view,
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were Puritans
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moral filth it lUdieninni and Untire FORCI
able.
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place runits fteedenitt It is the th#.lt nitiatia
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numbrs of Men, as well -.:1114*
grants With nursing degrees from
other anuries,
indilkdual RNs and RNAs also
will be able to apply for assistaxteq
for travel pr registration costs to
attend courses or continuing educa-
tion seminars -
The need for more nurses in hos-
pitals in Northern Ontario and cer-
tain parts of Southern Ontario also
will be addressed with the Nursing
Bursary Program. Each year, up to
$1.5 million in grants will he pro-
vided to nursing students in their
last two years and working RNs
and RNAs in refresher or spedality-
training courses.
In exchange for these bursaries,
recipients must agree to wink in a
designated hospital or hospital unit
after completing their courses. Last
February. a regulation governing
Christmas
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otsitte4 this chang will be ikle to
benefit from the return of service
ptovisionin the bursary program.
A Nursing Human. Resources
Data centre for research and analy-
sis of nursing issues will get
$200,000, annually. The University
of -Waterloo has been selected
b*Ause of 44* pardcular interest in
applied, health research, systems
analysis and computer applica-
tions.
Collaborative proposals for
research into nursing worklife
issues involving universitiese corn-
munity colleges and hOspitals will
be reviewed by a committee
chardby the new nursing coordi-
nator. Successful research proposals
will receive $40000 annuallY.
begins for War Amps
Christmas is coming, and each
year at this time the War Amputa-
tions of Canada Association sends
out convenient return address
labels as part of the organization's
fund-raising activities.
Originally formed by ex -service-
men from the First World War, the
association provided counselling,
self-help and practical assistance to
their amputee comrades. The mod-
ern-day organization growing out
of these small beginnings has
expanded its services to include
amputees from all walks of life.
Donations are voluntary; funds
raised through the address label
and key tag campaigns help to
finance the association's Child
Amputee (CHAMP) education and
counselling services, family sup-
port programs such as Matching
Mothers, provision of recreational
limbs not provided under provin-
cial health plans, and other pro-
grams designed to assist both child
and adult amputees in leading
active and full lives.
This year, a pamphlet called
"Where Your Money Goes" is
included in tine mail -out, spelling
out how support of these services
benefits amputees from all parts of
the country.
The War Amps organization
hopes that, at this special time of
year, Canadians will think of its
organization and the many people
- who have come to rely upon its
assistance through public support.
REME4131RANCE DAY --Grade 5-6 students at Howick Central School led
service Friday with poems, songs and readings.
the Remembrance Day
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dents froth the F. E. Madill Secondary Schow
verside Palk and on the bank behind the SAAN
the Wirighain Optimist Ctub as a community service