Wingham Advance-Times, 1978-11-22, Page 1et;
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FIRST SECTION
'Wiangham, Wedn!
day, November 22, 1978
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5011 in the talking stage
Outlook good for health centl'e
Drcc•osed for Wingham hospital
The outlook is very;; good for the probably require changes to the
)roposed wholistic health centre hospital bylaws and in general
sere, provided the health means "a tremendous amount of
ninistry, the hospital board of work" for all involved in setting
governors and the doctors can it up.
reach agreement on how it should Board member Don Kennedy
operate. said he was puzzled by the,
The initial reaction by the ministry's apparent eagerness to
health ministry to the wholistic embrace such a new idea.
centre proposal has been very "I don't understand. If this is a
favorable and there is a good new approach to health care why
chance the government will is the ministry in a position to go
provide the funding necessary to 'bingo' and fire a guy in here to
set the centre up and get it going. put this together for us?"
Norman Hayes, executive In response Mr. Hayes told him
director of Wingham and District the implications' of a wholistic
Hospital, reported to the board care delivery system go beyond
last week on a meeting he and Dr. the boundaries of the health
1��•D. Wilkins had with an official ministry and, if it comes off, it
e Ontario Ministry of Health. will be a model for the delivery of
He said he was pleasantly sur -
health care in all of North
prised at the enthusiasm with America. In wholistic care the
which the project was greeted
and is optimistic. the ministry
may agree to back it.
During the meeting in Toronto
he and Dr. Wilkins outlined the
proposal and also discussed, on
an informal basis, the possibility
of hiring physicians on salary,
Mr. Hayes reported. He said both
suggestions met with a very
positive response and the
ministry has assigned a liaison
officer to meet with the board
and the medical staff to hold ,
further discussions,.
He also emphasized that any of
the three sides—board, -medical
staff or ministry -can back away
from the idea at' any time before
an agreement has been reached.
"There,s:Aothing threatening
in it for anyone,". he' assured the
doctors. "It's; strictly 'opt in', as
far as the •medical' staff is con-
cerned and there are no penalties
for not taking part."
Mr. Hayes pointed out the
proposal hasn't really gone very
far yeti "it's still in the ministry
of health and still in the talking
stage," but he said this
represents the type of thing the
ministry wants to do from both a
political and a bureaucratic
standpoint. -
"All of us are threshing away
for ways to cut costs," he noted,
and this approach has been
proven to work elsewhere.
This is the first time any group
has gone . to the Ontario health
ministry with this type of a
proposal, he told the board, and
the ministry is approaching it as
an experiment which, if suc-
cessful, could be applied in other
areas.
He said the next step will be to
set up a task force of community
members, the ministry and the
board and "they (ministry of-
ficials) approach us and make a
presentation through the medium
of the task force".
RADICALLY DIFFERENT
APPROACH
A wholistic health care centre
represents a whole new ballgame
for the ministry and will require
a radically different approach to
funding, Mr. Hayes added. Since
it combines a wide range of
health services and emphasizes
preventive medicine the ministry
will have to come up with a
funding formula not based
simply on the member of beds a
hospital requires.
He also noted the system will
m
emphasis is shifted to prevention
and to keeping people out of
hospitals, "where the big dollars
are spent", he noted.
He also agreed with Jack
Hodgins, board chairman, that if
the ministry buys this concept
the board wen't have to worry
about raising money to start the
centre or collecting rents to keep
it operating.
OTHER BUSINESS
In other business at the
meeting the board approved a
salary increase for the hospital's
public service employees and
agreed to keep the dietitian hired
last year.
The public service employees
will get a four per cent raise as
recommended by the finance and
audit committee. Mr. Kennedy,
chairman . of the committee,
noted this group is in its third and
final year under . the Anti In-
flation Board guidelines, which
limit it to a four per cent in-
crease. The public service em-
ployees include maintenance and
housekeeping staff.
The board also reviewed the
hiring of nutritionist -Paula
Blagrave and decided to ; make
the position a permanent one.
Board member Dr, -,:.Doug
Mowbray told the bpt#rd-; Mrs:
Blagrave has done a wonderful
job with dietary plaiming, "A
grades all the way", ajsd Mr.
Hayes added the position • has
been contained quite nicely in the
budget.
Hospital auxiliary President
Mary Vair reported a record
profit of over $1,600 on the
rummage sale held by that group
and also spoke on the progress of
&:Wingham and area day centre
for the homebound. The hospital
will provide some staffing for the
^ .centre when it is. set up and it
i dight eventually be ac-
eomodated in the wholistic care
facilities at the hospital.
Mr. Kennedy inquired about
the purpose of the board's joint
conference committee, pointing
out it hasn't met in thepast year.
The: committee serves as a-
liaison between the board
members♦ and the medical staff.
IVIr. Hayes suggested this
committee might the basis for
the task force on wholistic care
,and said he didn't know why it
- *dill met. Maybe there were no
;problems for it to tackle, he.
Suggested, however Mr. Kennedy
said he doubts whether every-
thing has been "all sweetness and
Iight". Normally the committee
-meets three or four times per
year.
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HOUSE OF CARDS—The high winds Friday night brought the framework of thiS new
house on Charles Street tumbling to the ground. There were also reports of damage: to r
barns and silos around the area by the wind, ,which gusted to over 70 km per how.
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FESTIVE SEASON—Though it is still more than a month
away from Christmas, the town looks well-prepared for the
festive season. Harley Gaunt of the Wingham PUC turns on
the lights in the Christmas decorations on Wingham Street
light poles. Many merchants have their windows decorated
with seasonal goods and ornaments.
planning boar
The recently.appointed Wingham plan-
ning board is going to hold in abeyance un-
til January, 1979 proposals to change lot
sizes and to change the zoning of proper-
ties.
The decision came because board mem-
bers wanted time to develop policies in
such matters and to study policies used in
similar municipalities.
A zone change application by Hans
Kuyvenhoven which would allow the crea-
tion of 20 new lots for more of the 'Single
semi' houses in the Maitland Estates
subdivision, isn't affected by the board's
decision. A proposed spot zoning bylaw,
which would allow the construction of
more of the single semi houses, was
mailed Nov. 15 to landowners with
property within 900 feet of the affected
area, Planning Board Chairman Tom
Deyell said.
tennial
A special meeting of the Wing and revehue.
ham Centennial Committee Na r Only. few of the committees
16 was the first step toward prey : will likely show a profit at the end
paring a budget for thel99: den
,erirna"fode1et"�eass; ,lweett+et+a�
sub -committees presented - pre-
liminary estimates on income
Of.: eii s• t2vente"d vv p s
F +v "lose money; it was reported.
Though the cost of bands for
the Saturday, Aug. 4parade isn't
yet known, parade committee
chairman Tom Deyell estimated
the parade. would cost•. about
AM, Tt e, be no.revenue
from the"piiyadd elf. ilrlife-
l:y incltide five drum and bugle
bands, five pipe bands and many
WinghamLions Club
hears presentations
The Wingham Lions Club
listened to two presentations by
local groups at its Nov. 14 meet-
ing.
Wingham Centennial Com-
mittee Chairman William Rin-
toul approached the club to find
out how plans are progressing for
the Lions' projects which will be
part of the Wingham centennial
celebrations Aug.. 1-6, 1979.
The Wingham Lions will ar-
range for a midway during the
first week of August and Will also
be in charge of a talent show
sometime during the week.
The Lions told Mr. Rintoul they
expect about $3,000 profit from
their projects and that this will be
turned .over to the centennial
committee to help offset other
centennial expenses.
Brian Elmslie and William
Stephenson of the Wingham and
District Association for the Men-
tally Retarded told the Lions
about the group's lottery de-
signed to raise operating funds
for the association.
.Three hundred tickets will be
sold for a trip -a -month -type
The planning board members agreed
they need more time to study their duties
before they can develop policies to follow
for several years. By the January deadline
they will have studied how other muni-
cipalities handle planning and will present
town council with the policies they will
work under. Board member Tom Greenall
said a formal policy agreement with town
council would help avoid Misunder-
standings between the groups.
The spot zoning bylaw, Huron County
Planner Gary Davidson told 'the board,
will do two things in the Maitland Estates
subdivision. The bylaw will legalize the
single semi units already built in the
subdivision and it will also allow 20 more of
the houses to be built on 36 -foot frontage
lots in the development.
Mr. Deyell told the planning board any-
one in town can object to the spot zoning
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lottery. A trip worth $1,500 will be
the monthly prize and there will
also be a runner-up prize of a
weekend trip when the draw is
made each month. The draws
will -start in April and $120 tickets
are available from association
members. '
Guest speaker for the evening
Lions meeting was Hans Kuyven-
hoven, owner of Royal Homes
Ltd., who spoke on the history of
the company and the advantages
of factory built homes.
Construction workers can work
more productively in a factory
with a controlled climate, Mr.
Kuyvenhoven said. People con-
nated in a factory built home, he
said.
The Lions also discussed
organization of their candy cane
structing conventional buildings
must battle rain, cold weather
and other problems and building
materials can warp under the in-
fluence of moisture and tempera-
ture extremes, but these prob-
lems can be reduced or elimi-
caper, a fund-raising .scheme
which replaces their peanut cam -
re ti
bylaw within 21 days of its distribution, but
that an objection would force an Ontario
Municipal Board hearing. If there are no
objections the bylaw could be passed by
mid-December
Mr. Deyell said Mr. Kuyvenhoven
wanted to get the process completed
before it becomes too cold to pour founda-
tions for the six single semis for which the
developer is presently seeking building
permits. He said it would be dangerous to
approve building permits without ap-
proval on the zoning bylaw.
"What do you do if somebody walks in 20
days from today and objects?" he asked.
Mr. Davidson suggested the board should
tell Mr. Kuyvenhoven it can't issue build-
ing permits until the OMB approves the
bylaw.
He said the way to eliminate late fall
paign. Most Lions were out Mon-•
day evening selling candy -filled
cane -shaped tubes and met with
a good response according to one
Lion spokesman.
Lions were also going door-to-
door Tuesday night selling the
candies, which will provide funds
for the local club as well as
providing jobs for physically
handicapped of the London area.
PRIDE Multicap Foundation,
which packages the candies, is a
company which provides jobs for
the physically handicapped.
floats, clowns and community
group exhibits, Mr. Deyell said.
The entertainment, ways and
means and Lions committees
y!Q4u1A61��~y�' lt m e - o
activities and will help offset the
costs incurred by - -ott►err.:om-
mittees; -' including the parade
committee.
Registration committee chair-
person Vern Galbraith said her
committee hopes to get sponsors
to help pay the cost of regis-
tration badges and, because
sponsors haven't been found yet,
it is hard to know how the com-
mittee's balance will be at the
end of the Aug,, 1 to ' 6 cele-
brations.
The central centennial Com-
mittee decided registration
would be one dollar for adults and
free for children. Wingham resi-
dents will be encouraged to regis-
ter along with former residents
and the registration would entitle
them to attend activities like the
Aug. 5 street dance.
Some of the committees which
won't have any revenue include
the program, home and school,
invitations, advertising and pro-
motion and the sister city com-
mittees.
Pedestrian is injured
Craig Kennedy of RR 2, Tees -
water was sent to Wingham and
District Hospital Saturday morn-
ing after he was struck by a car
in front of the Cozy Restaurant in
Teeswater, Walkerton OPP
report. No details are available
on his condition.
Driver of the car was Georges
Tesseris.
In another one -car crash Nov.
16, Robert Siecker of RR 2, Luck -
now received lacerations and
abrasions to his face and arms
after the car in which he was a
passenger struck a bridge on
Highway 86.
The car, driven by Mrs. Hanny
Siecker, was eastbound on
way 86 when it crossed the ad
way and struck a bridge. Mrs.
Siecker also received minor in-
juries as a result of the collision. -
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BIG MONEYMAKER
One of the big money makers in
the centennial effort will be the
Mit
tee flcftalrm�Ahe �.
the centennial committee, A.1979-'
car will be raffled off and willLbe.
on display for most of the year,
until it is awarded to the winner
during the big week of the-cenz;-
tenary in August..
Centennial committee. chair-
man William Rintoul told the
committee the Wingham Lions
Club, forecasts a profit of about
$3,000 from its midway and :talent
show slated for the first week of
August. The club will turn 100 per
Please turn to Page 2
Overheated pipe
starts house fire
Overheated stove pipes started
a fire Sunday afternoon at the
home of Laurie Cerson, 345
Minnie St., Wingham Fire Chief
Dave Crothers reported Tuesday.
The pipes caused at least $2,000
fire damage in a recreation
room, bedrooms and the attic of
the house, Mr. Crothers said.
The increasing popularity of .
woodburning stoves is increasing
the risk of fire in the area, he
said, because some of the stoves
are installed by young people
with no experience with wood -
stoves. Some of these installa-
tions are hazardous, he said.
The Huron County Mutual Aid
Association had its .monthly
meeting Monday night in Goder-
ich and a paramedic instructor
from Conestoga Coll a in Kit-
chener spoke to a firemen
about how to handle car crashes
and how to admin ter aid and
oxygen at the scene.
construction tie-ups due to zoning prob-
lems is to apply earlier for a zone change.
Before the January policy statement is
sent to council the planning board will
investigate how larger communities.
handle the demand for single family dwell-
ings on small lots. Mr. Davidson said
Wingham is the first Hurbn municipality to
encounter small -lot subdivisions.
PLAZA PLANNING
Mr. Davidson presented board members
with copies of a model site agreement
designed to control developments like the
shopping plaza proposed by Landawn
Shopping Centres fort' the south end of
town.
The details will be worked out with the
developer of the plaza and the bylaw could
restrict the type of stores allowed in the
site, the height and location of the building,
the location of parking,- '• e number of ent-
rances, how it is serviced and the location
of the servicing, how garbage disposal is
handled, the system of snow removal, the
elevation above flood levels of entrances
and openings in the building and pro-
visions for storm water removal from the
parking area.
The site agreement worked out with the
developer would be registered on the title
of the property and any future owner
would be obligated to meet the criteria of
the agreement if developing the property.
A representative of Landawn will be at
the next meeting of the planning board
Dec. 6 and Mr. Davidson said the board
will probably be asked what types of stores
it would allow in a plaza at the south end of
town.
"A full-blown plaza out there would
probably be very damaging to the core
commercial area of Wingham," Mr.
Davidson said, but he noted there are
several typesf stores which could be
moved to the periphery of a town without
damaging the inner commercial district,
including an automotive supply -type out-
let.
In small towns like Wingham there is
currently a trend in which commercial
outlets with large floor areas are moving
away from the downtown and are moving
toward the periphery, he said. These out-
lets include grocery stores.
In other business, Jim Watt, vide -chair-
man of the board, suggested the board
should designate a certain area as indus-
trial land and should consider working
with town council's industrial committee
to help attract industry to Wingham.
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