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The Wingham Advance Times, 1995-03-01, Page 5WEDNESDAY, MARC!! 1, 1995 St. Stephen's Church Guild New WDH e GORRIE--St. Stephen's Anglican Church Guild held its February meeting at the home of Mrs. Beryl Steurnol recently. She was assisted by Mrs. Cheri Parrish. This was the first meeting of 1995 for the Guild as the January meeting was cancelled due to stormy weather. The president, Mrs. Farrish, opened the meeting with all members repeating the Guild -Prayer. Mrs. Farrish thanked Mrs. Steurnol for opening her home tp the group. The devotions were taken by Mrs. Grace Browne. The story was "On • Trust" and another reading about feeding our many feathered friends, was read,taken from the Heritage Book for 1995. The treasurer's report was given by Mrs. Georgina Zimmerman. The roll call was a Valentine reading or poem and was answered by eight members. The Birthday Box was passed to two members with January birthdays. Give more credit to Bob Rae's -NDP Dear Editor: Boy, with all the• attention fo- cused on Ralph • Klein's Alberta government and it's fiscal restraint • policies you'd think these kind of cost-cutting measures were unheard of in this part of the country. There is a certain government -who at- tained power with a surprise $3 bil- lion dollar deficit. In a time when the province was sinking into the depths of a recession unheard of since the dirty 30's. This certain government, just like Ralphie, also attacked •their deficit by slashing $2billion off their public sector bill. But unlike Ralphie, this certain government worked with the civil servants and helped develop policies enabling the public sector to keep their jobs (I think they saved about $40,000) and also allowed the people to re- tain all important .hospital and ACROSS emergency services. Ralphie, you see, just slashed funding and let the people suffer and believe me, they arc suffering. Civil servants joining the unemployment lines and empty hospital beds don' t seem fair to me. Funny, you'd think people would appreciate this co-operative .ap- proach (I think they call it the so- cial contract) but this certain gov- ernment has hardly received any credit at all for this feat. I hope peo- ple soon wake up' and realize this co-operative approach is far more appealing both short and long term to everyone. I hope they really start to think about it, because if they don't they might make a mistake and not re-elect this government in 1995. Don't you think? • Jody Durand, Exeter SOLUTIONS 1. Enchant 5. Medal 7. Contour 8. Twixt 10. Oven 11. Convince • ° 13. Extend 14. Stable 17. Announce 19„Memo 21. Extra 22. Epistle 23. Ledge 24. Suspend DOWN 2. Convent 3. Agog, 4. Torpor 5. Motivate 6. Deign 7. Ctoperate 9. Therefore 12. Undulate 15. Breathe 16. Access 18. Noted 20. Bias You can lose a lot rnore than your licence drinking and driving. Mmstry of the Attomey o��.••a General This year choose E -File And have your Income Tax Refund processed in approximately, two weeks. Fast and Accurate Service Basic Returns done for $25"00 Contact Steve Sharman 357-4132 Huron County Coalition Meeting on Labour and Training Information and Issues Thursday, March 9th 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Centralia International College Lounge, Huron Hall Everyone Welcome! Join a tour of Centralia International College immediately following the meeting For More Information Call: jobs�ntario Training 5'24M56 The business part of the meeting consisted of a discussion on whether or not the group should raise the price of its Sunday supper. Mrs. Farrish gave out lists for some things needed for the church kitchen, which are to be brought to the next meeting. A shower for Kerry King is to be held on June 7 at the home of Mrs. Zimmerman. The 1994 project money went to Palliative Care and Friendship House in Goderich. The March meeting will be held at the home of' Mrs. Janet Hogg. The roll call will be on St. Patrick's Day. Mrs. Farrish closed the' meeting with all repeating The Grace. Grace Browne was in charge of ttie program with two contests .and prizes. The mystery box was brought by Mrs. Hogg and won by Lorna Koebel. Lunch, served by Mrs. Steurnol and Mrs. Farrish, was enjoyed by all. a" SertiOrS 5 SpriNng Fling lt,Iow is' the time to get )our Spring Fling '95 ticket. Daily draws of $30 are being, made during the month of March. A dance will be held Saturday, April 1, at the Blyth.Community Centre at which timedraws fr,m $50 -to $1,000 will be held. Drop by the centre and pick yours up or give us a call at 357-1440. Last week the craft program continued at the centre . • We cleaned more greenware for our Christmas trees and • Lorraine Foxton demonstrated how to make cloth wreaths; paper ribbons and crochet cotton angels. The final "Shared Treasure" program' was held last Wednesday. The senior participants brought along unique and valued treasures from home. The Grade 4-5 class from Wingham Public School. .listened attentively to their stories and asked lots of questions. We thank Jodie Jerome of the Canadian Mental Health . Associationwho intiated this intergenerational program. The next foot clinic will be held on Tuesday, March 28. Please call the centre to arrange your appointment. The Wingham and District Hos- pital (WDH) has a new director of engineering services. WDH chief executive officer Lloyd Koch .told the February. meeting of the Wingham District o Hospital Board, last Thursday that Bob Hanna of Putnam will replace Gord Folkard, who is on sick Leave, on a temporary basis. The CEO also reported that ma- jor milestones were achieved dur- ing February in two projects that have been underway for some time. "The first was the completion of the telephone system evaluation and the approval by the property committee of the system quoted by J and D Systems," said Koch. "Installation has already begun with March 31st targeted for ma jor completion." • . He, said Ahat the second mile- stone was the identification of five strategic areas for the hospital over the next three to five years. "After months of work on these projects it feels good to have achieved these milestones even though there is still work left to be done," said Koch. The CEO also told the board, in his ,report, that admissions to the hospital for January 1995, were the same as January last year. However, he, noted that the aver- age length of stay was reduced which resulted in patient days de- creasing from 1,803 last year to 1,590 for 199,5. The average .length of stay dropped from 7.6 days in 1994 to 5.3 days this year, but on a year-to-date basis there is a very small drop from last year. "We continue to see the trend of more chronic patient days and less active patient days," said' Koch. 'Rehabilitation services " were particularly busy during January and were up in each category"com- pared to January of last year," said Koch. "All our staff are now in place and they.are seeing'a lot of patients." He reported that the. Huron - Perth Liaison committee will meet on March 22. The draft terms of reference and membership of the • inter -hospital, strategic planning committee were approved -in prin- ciple' at the last liaison meeting and have now been revised by the CEO committee and are ready for approval by the board. He noted that this committee. calls for two representatives from each of the eight hospitals in Hu- ron and Perth Counties, to be joined by a physician represents - veering director tive from each of the Huron and Perth hospitals and five District Health Councils (DHC) and com- munity representatives to coM- prise the inter -hospital strategic planning committee.. The final composition and terms of refer- ence will be agreed to following discussion with the DHC within the next month. Koch said Huron County was well, 'represented on a panel that will be discussing emergency on- call and the expanded role of the nurse at the OHA regional 5 coun- cil meeting on March 7. He added that Joe Porter and James Rourke will both present their •viewpoints as will the fact -finder; Graham Scott and Dennis Timbrell. 0 Tap Your =Potential= Meet new friends and share your time. k Only requirement is a warm heart and an understanding ear The Wingham & Area Seniors Day a© Centre needs volunteers to support older adults in programs For More Information Cal! 357-1440 TR•NIl NG BOARDING STABLES Jo -Ann & Ken Prince & Family "Where Our Business is for Your Pleasure" Lessons • Ganes for Beginners Stickball • Roping For times or information stop by or g:us;.a call;. 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