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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1977-07-13, Page 1.1" ;,,if • FIRST SECTION PUC agrees to timepa.; for factory power su Wingham Public Utilities Com- the commission has funds avail- over five years. • mission (PUC) will foot the bill able to use for the project. If it for building a power substation didn't, he noted, it would be for the Lloyd -Truax, Ltd. door unable to oblige as regulations plant if the company will sign a prohibit it borrowing money to contract guaranteeing repay- build something not for its own ment, commission members de- use. cided 1st week. The proposal for a contract At a meeting July 6, they came in a. letter from Harper agreed to offer a contract allow: English, manager of the 'Wing- ing repayment of the approxi- ham plant. Mr. English said he mately $30,000 cost of building the can't commit the company to pay station over a five year period. for the substation in a lump Sum, PUC Manager Ken Saxton said but is willing to contract payment 4' ent ioti CC& a in • to 520 kilowatts, Mr. SA_ XV - Maitland Estates subdiVision, The substation, with a capacity ported at that timewtkl lope .:.among others. Cost of the units is of 1,500 kilowatts, would remove commission has beet, *OW :410Pg . about $14,500. the overload the door factory is with it to avoid closing the iuutl' ; The.commission also decided to currently placing on the PUC's it puts too much load'Otkthe cir• .aceepf ,the .tender of Walden Minnie Street substation. cuit. T04for putting insulation and In other business ,S its.4143, a new roof on the PUC Wilding. . „__,L 00 The commission last month de- meeting, the commission VOW to'- Walden's tender, at $4,685 for R20 cided to send a letter to the conn- order two feeder units from insulation and new roofing, was pany's head office, warning that Canadian Westinghouse for it is exceeding its 450 kilowatt stallation in the Carling Te.rrace Peat it!''.. ,fOnsiderably below that of Smith limit and making it responsible substation. Roofing, which tendered . 867 for service breakdowns $11 cause The feeders, described by Mr...., The only difference in the ten- , . by the overload. Saxton as "metal covered suritck.:; e_.. , .ders Mr. Saxton said, is that The plant has been drawing up gear", will supply power to the..„-cWalden does not intend to remove jhe old roof, feeling it is in suf Iigficiently good condition to roo ; over. It will spot check the roof .../'''., during the job. Mr. Saxton reported PUC workmen have changed all the wafOr services on the three blocks of Shuter Street scheduled for reconstruction this summer and have been working at flush- ing hydrants. The new street light at The Home Place has been hooked up, he added, and the light at the cenotaph repaired. INTERIM DIRECTOR Wingham resident Gary Lisle has been hired as interim recreation director Jor the town following the resignation of James Ward. Mr. Lisle started work on Tuesday and officially takes Over the department next Monday. Mr. Ward submitted his resignation last month, saying he feels he has used up his attributes as rec. director for Wingham. The recreation board will advertise the posi- tion during the summer and hopes to have a permanent director by the fall. .Win , gnam museum invites onations to collection The Wingham and District portant historical material. It is Heritage and Historical Society the objective of the heritage .and museum invites public participa- historical society, with your help, bout preserving our past for the to preserve what is left. future, If you have in your possession The museunt!ii now ready to anything that may be of help in receive artifa#tsi documents, telling the story of the history of pictures, eqUIPMent, fixtures, Wingham or Turnberry, Morris furnishings ',arid memorabilia or Wawanosh townships and wish 'pertinent to Ale early and recent it preserved for posterity, Please history of the communities and conta t any of the OHA HOSPITAL TOUR, --Officials of the Ontario Hos it I p a oppI Wi ngham and its neigh - Association, toured -the Wingham.fanxL.Dii,t,r4tta4dthopKdilkeng.,--George 1. Campbell and itihn-R;-Haslendest assistant • • Tuesday of last week fr. exat.T0e,itsfacilities and meet HS • ectors; R. Alan Hay, executive director and John W. Ostler, board members anti senior staff people. At left and right, president of the association. S president, executive Wingham hospital visitors k John W. Ostler president of the procedures in order to r minimize to prepare a brief which would Ontario Hospital AssoCiation, lost time because of personal in- t h suppor t e council s wish to con- trol all health care services in the county, the OHA spokesmen said they could see no valid basis for county control. They pointed out visited the Wingham and District juries. The majority of 'such Hospital last. week and after a cases in most hospitals, involve tour of the facility sat down to 'an back injuries resulting from informal luncheon with several of improper lifting techniques. Mr. , the hospital's trustees and senior Hayes outlined the training staff members. Mr.. Ostler was methods which are 'employed in accompanied by R. Alan" Hay, the local hospital and the.visiting executive director of the OHA team agreed that the low acci- and George I. Campbell and John dent rate would indicate that I. Haslehurst, assistant executive these training methods must be directors of the association. efficient. • The luncheon was hosted by Asked about the OHA's attitude Jack Hodgins; chairman of the in regard to district health coun- hospital's board of governors, cils, , Mr. Ostler said that at and its executive director, Nor- present the stance is "wait and man Hayes. see". Many areas of the province - Following lunch there was an are already organized into dis- exchange of questions and in- trict councils, which are intended formation betWeen the two to oversee and advise on all groups. Mr. Ostler commented health care matters. The presi-. faVorably on both the physical dent said, however, that it is al - facilities provided by thebospital ready evident that aggregate and the high quality of patient health care costs increase under and staff services. the system, and it remains to be ;•-• The OHA president stressed the seen what amount Of actual ‘• importance Of making trustees control the councils will be al - fully aware of their responsibility lowed to exercise. to the patients and to the corn- The steering committee which .munities they represent. He was appointed to study the ad - pointed out that the trustee's visability of a health council for responsibility is not merely a the counties of Huron and Perth • :f moral one, but, in fact, carries recently voted down any move in • with it legal obligations as well. that direction. . , There was some discussion of • k'S' Mr. Ostler pointed out the vain - the necessity for regular training able services which are available of staff members in safe working through the existing area coun- cils established by the OHA. These councils can assist local Foolish pranks hospital boards in many in- stances where problems of dis- ,cause accidents trict impact arise. Mr. Hayes of It has come to the attention of the Wingham Hospital is vice- thechairman of District No. 2 OHA Advance -Times that some council. people in Wingham are up to foolish pranks or perhaps just On the subject of hospital don't know any better, boards, the OHA people ex - A tree branch about three or pressed the opinion that board more feet in height was placed in Membership should not include a manhole in -the middle of more doctors than the number Catherine 'Street on Saturday designated under the Public Hos- night. That could cause an acci- pitals Act. In the case of the local dent. hospital which has over 100 beds, If hit by a car, it could snap and three doctors must be board cause damage underneath. If a members, The underlying pur- bicycle came by, it could get pose, said the OHA president, is caught in the spokes and throw that the preponderance of control the rider off the bike. That could should lie with the lay members be fatal if a car happened to be of the board, who have no special coming along at the same time. `1 interests to meet, but rather rep - It would not be nice to know resent the broad spectrum of tax - that your thoughtlessness caused payers arid patients. serious injury or death' to some- When informed of the recent one. ecision of Huron County council , I ••. that a county council has no ex- perience in the operation of hos- pitals and believed that serious dislocation of health care could' result from such a shift in the direction Of hospital supervisiOn. tag townships„ . Winghain.was ineoriiorated as a comm 't April , jus over.103 years ago. Sixteen years before that, our founder, Edward Farley, settled here at the forks f the Maidens There are 119 years of history to hopefully some •day record and preserve for fu- ture generations. To reach this pal will require many years of oncerted effort. It was people who created our o it i th d 0 g c owing. 1.ANO4EA-AIR PACKAGE TOURS Business or pleasure - book nowl SERVICE Listowei, Ontario ri 2,14111 Coll Toll Fitio 1-800-2656332 Single Copy Not Over 30e ;416:14:41INAMISHIgitagginalffrAlla HOLIDAY CLOSING The Wingham Advance -Times will be closed for ANNUAL STAFF HOLIDAYS from JULY 18 to JULY 31 INCLUSIVE There will be no issues of the regular paper -on. - July 20 and 27 but readers will receive the Crossroads sectioa. First annual Fun Fest gets underway next week Plans for Wingham's first an- nual Fun Fest, set to begin July 21, were finalized during a dele- gates' meeting at the Junior s' headquarters last week. Twdiey representatives from service groups attended• the meeting to organize support for the JayCees, who have been working hard ironing out details of the carnival. The merry Making will begin at 6 p.m. next Thursday, when a blast from the fire siren signals the start of*. a noise minute. Everyone is asked ko Make as much noise as possible until the siren sounds a second time. A bicycle parade and an an- tiqhe car parade are among the events scheduled for the first evening. Any children wishing to enter the bike parade should be at the ball park with decorated bi- cycles at 5:45 p.m. The car par- ade wilt startlrom the ball park at 7:30 p.M. Bingo games will be held that night as Well as Friday and Sat- urda g s, atp.m. in the 357-1782 or 357-2092 days; or town ' COUrtr00111. JAI,§1=10E0P444.104M 1 beer garden will be held at the Armouries from 6-12 pin, Friday and from 1-6 p.m. Saturday. Saturday's events include a pancake and sausage breakfast, watermelon day at the town pool, a slow pitch tournament getting underway at 830 a.m., canoe races above the upper dam at 1 p:m., a baking contest in the courtroom at 4 p.m. and bed races at John and Cenih'e Streets, at 6 and 7 p.m.• An adult dance to the music of "Masquerade" is slated for the legion nt 10 p.m., preceded by a • shirt-tail parade front the ball park to the Legion. The JayCees urge everyone to ' get out, join the fun and make the first annual Fun Fest a big suc- c.ess. .Tickets' for the events'are available from the Waxworks Boutique, Triangle Discount,' MacIntyre's Bakery and the Jenny Wren Shoppe; also from any of the Junior Citizens. Tick- ets for a raffle on a trip :and a stereo are available at all area 357 t2703'eyenings. ' --"" "The flittAttinhirivit rdIr Antorffigioh tents t 'The society also invites your with a teen airietoll.sTi ••• active membership. There are tain" in the Wingham arena.. The or Brenda many jobs, big and small, to do. ,It is very interesting and defi- nitely rewarding work. All itmeS donated will be ack- nowledged with a receipt of evaluation which can be used as an income tax deduction. All cash donations will be likewise ack- nowled d. A monster chicken barbecue is dance begins at 9 and ends at 12 midnight. Events on Friday get underway with a soapbox derby at Carling Terrace. There will be categories for ages 12 and under and 13-15 and prizes both for design and placing. histoN set for the arena Friday evening ry w s e uty of their descendants to preserve it Scat- tered throughout this area and beyond are Many of the • frag- ments ofjheir story. Much has been lost through the years for want of a safe depository for im- STUDENT ADMINISTRATOR—Luke Abner of the Marshall Islands is working at the Wingham and District Hospital for one month to study hospital administration. He was sent to Wingham from the University of Toronto on a work program. He was in Milton last month and leaves for a Winnipeg hospital next month. with the chicken provided by Foreman's Barbecue of Walker - ori. Servings are between 9:30 and 8 p.m. A dunking machine will be set p near the old wading pool along Josephine Street on Friday Ind a —Mr. and Mrs. Michael Mc- t Phail of Sacramento, Cal., form- er residents of Wingham, have been visiting with friends here for u the past week, Foxton. Mr, Stokes was walking An error was made in reporting an accident involving Donald Stokes of \ Wingham last week. . Mr. Stokes was on foot when he was struck by a car backing out of an alley, not in a car as re- ported. We regret this error, which arose from a misunderstanding of information provided. Hospital student is long way from home Luke Abner learned about Can- ada in school, but never dreamed he would come here. Mr. Abner, from the Marshall Islands, about 5,500 miles from here in the south Pacific, is presently working at the Wingham and District Hospi- tal. He is observing hospital ad- ministrative duties at Wingham on an internship program from the .University .of Toronto. He was in Milton before coming to Wingham and will go to Winnipeg ,Alnd Saskatchewan next. He 'spends a month in each place.. Before coming to Canada last August, Mr. Abner was told Can- ada is the coldest country year round. "I had two weeks to pre- pare for Canada," he says. A hospital adminiStrator in his homeland, Mr. Abner received a scholarship from the World Health Organization to better his job qualifications. He originally asked that he be sent to the Philippines or Honolulu so he would not be too far from home. He was then told he would go to the northern United States and then, two weeks before he was to leave, Mr. Abner was told he would take his schooling in Can- ada. He never planned to become an administrator. "My aim was for politics," he explains but laughs • and agrees you never know what you will end up doing. The hospi- tal administrator died and Mr. Abner applied for the position. The administration course at U of T is one year in length, with a second yea 'r of internship. While at Wingham, Mr. Abner is mainly observing the various depart- ments and how they operate. He has been working with Gor- don Baxter, business manager, on reports; has obseryed the ad- mitting department, the medical department and has attended meetings of committees. By the end of the month, Mr. Abner will have spent time with each de- partment. ThroUgh visiting different hospitals, Mr. Abner will have had exposure to different ways of handling hospital affair S and will be able to use them when he re- turns home. Mr. Abner thinks Canada is a beautiful country with' friendly people. He says his teachersand classmates at school were parti- cularly good to hiin. He says it is difficult when you have i?o friend to call and just talk to. He said the customs were not too different than those at home, as the younger generation is try. ing to adopt the Western Culture in the Marshall Islands. He didn't have any problems with language either. The school system he attended used English. Although the lan- guage of the islands, Marshall- ese, was always spoken at home, English was spoken at school, he said. Marshallese is a mixed lang- uage of Polynesian origin but also includes English, Japanese and German . several languages. Mr. Abner said the good farm- ing land here caught his atten- tion. He explained that the Mar- shall Islands have no real export but are now trying to export crude oil from coconuts, They are also trying to establish a fishing industry. He was somewhat prepared for the snow. He had seen it on moun- tains before but had never seen it falling. "Interestingly enough," he says, "I enjoyed it." He spent his winter in Toronto and says people have told him th...t winter is nothing compared to this area. The temperature on the islands usually remains at 82 to 8/ degrees. Mr. Abner will return to the 85 bed hospital at home when his internship is completed. He plans a trip to Vancouver first for his own interest. Although he enjoys Canada, it is quite a distance from home, and he admits his time here is a little long to be away from family and friends. 7 a