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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance Times, 1995-03-29, Page 7DIHESDAYY MARCH 29, 995 CEO Koch likes Finlay collects Daytona hardware the Sc�tte for original motorcycle art work°•report By JIM BROWN The Advance -Times • BELMORE - Bevin Finlay 'has been riding motorcycles for the past 10 years. He also enjoys do- ing custom paint jobs on motorcy- cles. At a recent international bike show in the United States, the owner of Finlay Murals and Signs received recognition for his work. He took top honors in his class, for the paint job on his own bike. Earlier this month, Finlay trav- elled to Daytona Beach, Florida, to view the bikes in the Boardwalk Classic Motorcycle Show and pick up some new ideas regarding paint jobs. He noted that Bike Week was held March 6 to 12, with thousands of bikers from all over North America attending. Bike Week is held in conjunction with motorcycle races held every year at Daytona Beach. He came away with a first place trophy in the Big Twin Softail Stock class, with his 1989'Harley Davidson Softail. "This will be a good plug for my business, " he said. Finlay said he never intended on entering a bike show when he went down, but some friends sug- gested that he enter his bike in a show. The boardwalk is a cement walk, at the edge of the beach. front. "I got a nice souvenir out of it," he said. He noted that there were two big shows, March 10 and March 11. "The one I entered, on the Fri- day, was the smaller of • the two shows," said Finlay. There were over 100 bikes en- tered in the competition. He ex- plained that the judges determined the classes the bikes were in, and those classes were not determined until all the bikes were lined up. #7,744WA ;PP HY35�� �. .n Award winner. .Bevin Finlay of Belmore captured Boardwalk Classic Motorcycle Show in Florida. Finlay said the classes were de- "iermined by the number of modifi- cations to the bike. He indicated that he has made quite a few modi- fications to his bike during the years. "There were a lot of nice bikes in the show," he said. "A lot of time and money has been put into some bikes." Finlay said that Daytona Beach is one of the biggest bike rallies in North America, and during Bike Week, the main street area is full of vendors selling leathers, hel- mets and a variety of motorcycle accessories. He noted that for ' some of the businesses in the city, this is one of the busiest weeks of the entire year. While the shows and the races are the main attractions,. Finlay said there are a lot of events. "We only got to see a small por- tionof the events," he said. "We went,to the space centre and to an alligator farm." " Finlay said there are a number of shows in Canada, but they are indoor shows held during the first the top prize in his class at part of the year in the bigger cities. Although he won a trophy this year, he doesn't' plan on going down to next year's, show. "This is usually the busiest time .of the year for me," said Finlay. "I'm doing custom paint jobs for people getting their bikes ready for the summer." , , „ As well as the trophy, he also got some new ideas 'for custo- mized paint. jobs. Finlay said he took a lot of pictures which he will keep in a catalogue in order to give his customers added ideas for paint jobs. Continued from front page did the report deal with the emer- gency room issue, it also dealt` with recruitment, retention and the working hours of rural physicians. Koch noted that one of the find- ings of the report was that there were not enough general surgeons for the small/rural hospitals. The report stated that there is a , crucial shortage of general sur- geons and/or general and family practitioners skilled, in anaesthesia, emergency, obstetrics, and psychi- atry. The report indicated that rural medical practice is different from an urban or suburban practice, but that rural physicians believe the differences are not fully recog- nized and contribute to a strong sense of dissatisfaction. Regarding rural medical prac- tice, the report indicated that not enough family physicians are ade- quately prepared for the specific demands or rural practice and con- sequently are not comfortable about establishing themselves in rural areas. This was just one of several reasons why rural medicine is not attracting enough recruits. The report stated that medical schools and residency programs at Academic Health Science Centres (AHSC)'are not oriented to the ur- gent .professional and physician needs of rural medicine, and rural physicians do not have the neces- sary support available from AHSCs and the medical academic leadership to both enhance their skills on a regular basis and to aid them in patient management. The report found that hospitals and communities must work to- gether, particularly in the smaller communities to ensure basic cover- age is reasonably available. Among the recommendations of the report were the role of physi- cian incomes, education, hospitals, and communities in recruiting and retaining enough physicians. P,F The short term recommendation of the report was that the Ministry of Health should maintain and ex- ercise its discretion to approve out - of -province applications of physi- cians recruited to win in under - serviced areas, provided that they meet a number of requirements in- cluding practical experience in ru- ral medicine or have been fully trained for rural medicine. Koch told the board that Graham Scott has heard what rural physi- cians and hospital boards have said. "This report is pretty realistic," he said. However, he added that the re- port indicated that the changes should be made within the confines of the current $3.8 -billion OHIP pool of funds for doctors's servic- es, and shouldn't require any addi- tional funds. Whitechurch water system WHITECHURCH - The White- church Water system held its annu- al meeting last Thursday, March 23, at 7:30 p.m. in the hall. Presi- dent Murray Simpson called the meeting to order. The secretary, Kathy Lubbers, read the minutes of last year's meeting and Treasurer Kathy Gib- son gave her report. Angus Falcon- er gave the maintenance report and said everything , is working well with the system. The election of officers was held with the following results: presi- dent, Mr. Simpson; secretary, Mrs. Lubbers; treasurer, Mrs. Gibson; water sampler, Brenda Ward; direc- tors at large, the executive, as well as Peter Brink, Keith Foerster and Mr. Falconer. The new mainte- nance man is Mr. Brink, assisted by Mr. Foerster and Mr. Falconer. 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