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However Deputy Reeve
Parakt Wild'pointed.; out
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Willhvet�findth Via'.
taatia•Ors1•"..pockets:
"TheregoAffit* place for It ,
to ennwftntn, isn't there?"
he aaMMiirded•
Hospital Board Chairman
Jack Kopas , and
Administrator Norman
•Hayes attended the meeting
and spent about an hour with
council explaining the -plans
for building and renovations
The plans include Shifting
around a number of depart-
ments, enlarging laboratOrYt•,,, „
and, physiotherapy space,
and building a new addition
for administrative offices
the front of the hospital.
Mr. Hayes admitted that
the project isn't entirely
• directed' '• I,Ot , improving
patient facilities, but denied .
that the hospital will be
spending #00i$0.40 to
increase affiee'i;pao: -The. .
additional off
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, inadequate, heiaid. •
He told council this is the
first, phase of a two-phase
program; the second phase
will be a $1.5 million ex,
pension of . outpatient
facilities four or five years
0, atia0s is
because
be 9141171 -WAY TQ GO—Jennif
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Years tt. Turco: hospitals to
get tict.4c1St h) the system,
allnglltIt!1wcoinVinta;i#;1;e
nowhere l�ft to
gueeze" and ti*, P#0,,10e
ve to ••..reyie3y .its
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fun -
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Asked about the lisapftlit's'"
own capital fund of about
$300,000 accumulated
through donations and
bequests, he said it is:part
Marked far reblacerimit, of
equipment in the X-ray
department, which is
WaalhigOut an
regaling withn
years.
Councill�r Dick 141
quetp ed
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Ip initnaanY1 eland
through re-
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ever Mr.
he finds it
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dowrithe road, .
"That's not the way we
wanted to do it initially," he
said, but the hospital has had
to take this approach to tie
into provincial funding.
Since the funding for this
project doesn' eXceed
$500,000, the hospital can get
it itnznediately without
having to wait on a priority
list.
Asked how the hospital can
get funding for a building
project when just two years
ago it was forced to close
beds, he explained that the
• Health Ministry funds
capital projects differently
than operating costs.
Operating costs have been
funded below the rate of
inflation for a number of
Wenger Bros.
buy Sun
publications-.
The Milverton Sun and its
sister publication, Farm'n
Family, have been pur-
chased by Wenger Bros.
Limited, publishers of The
Wingham Advance-Tims,
The Listowel Banner and
The Mount Forest Confeder-
ate, as well as Crosroads,
and two farm publications,
Farming Today, Wellington
and Dufferin County edi-
tions.
Transfer of ownership
from Ron and Sheila Ken-
yon, publishers of The Sup
for the past several years,
was finalized on Dec. 31. The
purchase includes the Mil-
verton -based pablications,
as well as The Sun building
on Main Street.
Lynne Pinnegar of, Mount
Forest has been named edi-
,ter of The Sun and Brian -
hides, ListmVel, will co-
ordinate advertising sales.
The purchasers plan no other
changes in staff atMilver-
ton-
The Sun will continue as a
community -oriented news-
paper, devoted to the in-
terests of Milverton and the
surrounding villages and
rural area.
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de Good, 1,4 to.fialtilierareund-lciwnalrikaslital
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onstable iniured wlien,
struck by car in storm
Two men, One .:(if them a
constable with the" Ontario
Provincial Police, were
injured Sunday when they
were slruck by a car, while
sorting out an earlier ac-
• cident betWeen Belgrave and
BlYth
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Const. Jim Dore of
Wingham and Rcinald
Marshall of Strathroy were
hit and knocked down as they
trid•to free. the bumper at
the back of Mr. Marshall's
pickup truck, which had
been broken in a collision
between the Marshall truck
anpl a car- driven by Floyd
Herman..
Sgt. Roy Anderson of the
Wingham OPP reported that
Brian David Chantler of
London apparently- became
disoriented in the heavy
snow and struck the tWo
men, who were standing
behind the truck on the
shoulder of the road.
Fortunately the car struck
them a glancing blow rather
than pinning threm against
the truck, and both escaped
with . minor -injuries. Mr.
Marshall suffered a broken
ankle, while Cons. Dore had
cuts and bruises. Both, wete
released following treatment
atthe Wipghamand District
floapital,
" However this was not the
end, of the accident,' as the
Chantler car which was
stopped on the road was
struck from behind in what
turned into a six -car 'chain
collision. •
• A car driven by Donald J.
Bracken „rn into the
Cheater car. It was hit in
turn by a car driven, by
Jeffrey Soper, which was
struck by a car driven- by
Ray R. Rochon, Which was
hit by ' another driven by
Theresa Abell, which in its
turn was hit by one driVen by.
Richard Deichert.
No 'injures • were reported
in this accident, and • the
investigation is continuing.
Sgt. Anderson reported the
visibility was "next to
nothing" at the 'time, of the
pile-up, adding that he can't
understand why anyone
would choose to drive in such
conditions. -
The accidents occurred at
Open winter predictions
blasted by blizzard
Ignoring forecasts of
another mild winter, the first
blizzard of 1981 swept into
Huron County on the week-
end with bitterly cold
Weather accompanied by
snow and wind.
Blowing snow closed a
number of area highways
and made driving hazar-
dous, particalariy ea Sun-
day, with , police urging
motorists to stay off the
roads Weather conditions
contributed to a number of
accidents, including a six -
car -chain collision near
Blytand an accident near
Exeter which 'claimed the
life of an Fxeter youth.
By Monday winds had
moderated and most roads
were . reopened. Tem:
peratures also rose Monday
and Tuesday, but a return to
colder weather was
predicted for the remainder
of the week.
Temperatares in the range
of -30 to -35 degrees Celsius
set record lows for some
parts of sonthern Ontario,,
and locally temperatures
sank to about -30' degrees on
the weekend. However areas
to the south of Huron County
did not, receive the snow
which was duruped her
The cold wave also
reached into the eastern
United States, with the
thermometer reading 0
degrees Celsius as far south
as Georgia on Sunday' af-
ternoon. Meanwhile parts of
western Canada • were
basking in spring-like
weather. 4,
Here at home, however,
tractors and- snowblowers
have been raining non-stop
as residents are having
trouble finding places to pile
all the snow.
about 145 Sunday afternoon
• on Highway 4, three miles
northof Blyth.
Sgt. Anderson reported
only one other injury- ac-
cident in this; area over the
wekend. Vehicles driven by
Linda Miners and Robert
Longway, Stratford, collided
along County Road 12 south
of Brussels,- resulting in a
minor injury to Mr.
Longway's six-year-old
daughter. She was taken to
the Seaforth hospital for
treatment. '
An Exeter youth, seven:-
teen-yeat-old Scott Richard
Hasselback, was killed in a
collision which occurred
near Exeter on Sunday. He
was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Bruce Hasselback. No -
further details on the ac-
cident were available.
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A cal a raat't 'Year's Day. This Is the 4hird year for' the Hew year's '
i !evei' other
ngieaallnyd otipe.
it.
',' he board's
in favor of
aAl Williams,
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chainnan
ti they didn't .
in Currie tiild
,, Kopas said
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' ahb4c1 t'e Ansley Currie, one of the guests at the levee held New
he '01: that Dr. a
t$ said bc;
'Hors should
I Harris -
o review the
ke !up their
whe pifal board
there had wer
one member
e board oi!
finance co e. However
y ac on such
;is:al ost.
MAYOR BILL HARRIS—wishei a Happy NewYeat to • '.
Chctirman. gets
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dt.th the monthly allowance this year,
receive the same $300 mr. Merkmals nwnthlY -
allowance is no $450. s
r ‘' etPans,im• If Huron County Board of ..roOntb... than other 'board
members and that stipend-
iie board
•te the addition .
Education trustees will was increased to one-half. •
18- prinneeded, woUld be
better ad o accept
_ obvions";hpSai . 'scale Monday.
Mr.;•"•LeVan agreed there . The motion to retain the ance claiming it 11.16°1 -
was. no reason for delay, and same pay scale met with changed in four years and ,
couneit voted unanimously in _considerable Opposition hatfallen victim to inflation:
lavers of accepting The arotind the board table and Others ' argued that board
request forlunding. , passed by a slim 8..7 margin. , .members know what they're
'The hospital board hopes :While board • members getting . into when seeking
to raise $100,000 toward the voted ' to maintain their„
office. . -
$500,000 project from theTuckersmith-Clinton
'allowance at the preVious
municipalities served by the - rate, the motion included an trustee Frank Falconer sue
hoapital: It has sent out increase for Chairman Don- • leated the board increase-
requests for donations, i. ,ald MoDanald. He. had been the allowance by 10 percent.
based on what percentage ofreceivinne-third"It's poor policy to accept
more
the patients treated at. the 1• the same thing," he -said. "If a -
hospital come from . each •. • - trustees were paid $300 for .
municapality; Wingham • ak •
. T rubber stamping they're
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the patients,' and therefore
supplies about 15 per cent of VV e mus -
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worth 10 per cent more for a
The board also has been -
was askedf Or $1a,000. ...... k hungry 'M.drray Mulvey 'echoed '
• . . Falconer's ' sentiments,
adding that if a trustee's .
'it is neede41,,„ fog igitotylif, a- Several Fird risen -I -here
w)th. lhe bo:,
raise the members' allow-
promised a $5,000 donation
A new eatitig place will be
from East Wawanosh Town -remuneration increased at
. ship. Other -municipalities coming to Wingham soma
The Twin's Drive -In of half, the pace of inflation,
have 'yet to commit them -they would be earning $400
selves. The board has of Kitchener has applied for a
per month. In consideration
fered to ' let councils spread -building permit for a tucky fried chicken outlet at Ken -
of the number of meetings
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'the donations over two years 'attended by the board chair -
if they choose. -
ifsuneddi. ng$318a,01010d Mis According to a quick
tiring to 13 the
number of eating places in or
the Wingharnplaza. •
man, Mr, Mtilveysuggested
In addition the hospital has count, this will
his allowance be increased to
$500 per month.
Trustee Bert Morin also
ptevnincpiraolm
hoping for close to $125000 immediately adjacentao the
town. It must be somekind of
favored an ..allowanee in -
from the. Huron County
crease inyiew Of the number
record for a town of fewer
hospitatieserve fund. . than 3,000 people: , - Of meetings attended by
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weekend, leaving farmers, homeowners, merchants
descended on Wingham and erivIronS aver the past
ALMOST TO THE EAVES—More than a little snow
and -road crews with a big job digging out from under.
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If the remainder of the winter continues like this,
people will be walking In and out their second -storey
windows by February!
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Whil•jWaS fliat held 101i
tennlar ylar in 1979.'.Atto
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trustees. Some truste0rlie aticl525Trusjee'1';
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exaMple here yina,T..o7„
maintained, are underpaid.
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"For five years we letthe
creOlei,q4'
. press to pi & up anciald and
abet but they buried 'it,''
said. °"The- aim was not
achieved. We are not over;
paid and -there-are v�iees on
this board and not rubber
stampers."
Nice Chairman Morin
mfanted the • trustee's • allow-
ance raised to $350 monthly,
while the vice chairman and
chirman would receive $400
New Years
baby late
this year
At press time the title of
New Year's baby for 1981 at
the Wingham and District
Hospital was still unclaimed.
This is a change from last
year; when Erin Miranda
Hutchinson put in her ap-
pearance promptly at 20
seconds after midnight. —
We're not sure whether the
little,ones are -shy, or if they
all managed to beat the Yec.
31 deadline for the tax ad-
vantage. Or perhaps they
heard -about the weather
we've been having and •
decided to waft for a while.
Two men
injured in
snowmobile
mishaps
David Sanders of London -
and Gerald Tisdelle of
Tilbury were treated at the
Wingham and District
Hospital last week for minor
injuries suffered in snow-
mobile accidents.
Mr. Tisdelle apparently
was involved in a mishap
which occurred about five
miles west of Wingham last
Friday, while. Mr. Sanders'
injuries resulted from an
accident which occurred on
private property near
Brussels on Dec 30.
Both were released from
hospital following treatment.
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• Dorothy Wallace told
trastees they were familiar....
with the pay scale when they
made theirdecision to run:
.7"If they didn't think the °
pay was adequate they didn't
need to run," she said.
"Where is our sense of public
service? -This is no time to S
raise salas because
. trustees -don't have to be
here if tey don't Want to."
Trustee Eugene Frayne
said :the bickering over
allowances was not im-
pressing anyone and that the,
public mast be made aware a.
that education costs will
continue to rise.
• "Trustees must Change
their attitude arid tell the
Public it wilfcost more each
year for education," heaid.
"we're talking pennies here
and not nickels and dimes.
There are days when Ihave
to debate losing $3,000 by
going ti) the board meeting
or $300 by not going. I knew
that -when I ran for •the job;
but $350 -is not out Of
The motion to retain the
allowance . structure, with •
the exception of 'the chair-
man, was. passed
recorded vote.
Jean Adams, John God-
dard, J. Jewitt, Clarence,
MDonald, Donald McDon-
ald, Joan an Den Broeck,
Dorothy Wallace and Marion
Zinn voted in favor of retain-
ing the pay structure.
Trustees Frank Falconer,
Harry Hayter Eugene
Frayne, Bert Morin, Murray
Mulvey, R. K. Peck and
Dennis Rau voted against
the motion
Ping appointed
chiefof-itaff
' Dr. J. Chong Ping of
Wingham has been ap
pointed chief of the medical
staff at Wingham and
District Hospital. The ap-
pointment was made by the
hospital board of governors
on the recommendation of
the m edi ca I advisory
coinmititneeg.
Dr pthices the piece of
Dr. ' R. B. Treleaven of
Lucknow, whose term as
chief -of -staff ended
December. He also will
assume Dr. Treleaven's seat
on the hospital board.
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