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a race
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;cites, 12,164
- candidate
oiled 1,979
, night for
''S;t4ding, grown
watching
sweep W`
argins ap-
proaching 10,000 votes.
However they were happy to
see their candidate win in the.
lace of a strong Conservative
tide across the province.
Mr. Gaut, who had
stepped down at the start of
the campaign explaining he
wants to spend more time
with his family, showed the
strain as much as anyone,
having campaigned hard for
his successor.
-That was' to close for
connort!'' he declared as he
arrived at the Teeswater
Community Centre for the
Liberal victory celebration.
He calledthe race "a real
nailbi ter". recalling that one
Of his own early elections
was even closer.
However he assured Mr.
Elston this was •the im-
portant one; now hp hasfour
years to work hard before his
next campaign.
He promised to help his
young successor in any way
he can. offering to take him
down to Queen's Park, "and
introduce you to all those
good Tories down there".
Mr. Elston arrived late,
having watched the race
unfold from his -head-
quarters in Winghain, and he
appeared tired but clearly
happy withhis success.
"Thanks from the bottom
of my bead .t4 each an4
every on of you, 'lie tolde
cheering crowd, "I 8houh4, bP
standing, up here aplgaUnIng
you,
He „thakect all bls CAM-
paign 1,"vcol1ters, paying a
special tribute to Mr. Gaunt,
whose contribution
described as "tremendOUS";
• and promised he will eari
tinue working hard f�jthe
next four years.
-The whole riding of
Huron -Brace will be my
home," he pledged. "I'll
work as hard as possible for
everyone.'
Although Mr. Elston's
campaign manager, Terry
moriao, 414 pre
days berate the
the outcome „,
decided by fe
votes, thi
race app
LftraIS
As
gr�i
scattered
munity cc
-04 the two televisii
'Showing 'Premier;
D4:0§hacirMaf1/4.07a inaj
government and 4.1,0 otht,
wall there
from Jocalpolls.
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NIURRAY ELSTON', elected oast week to take
Murray Gaunt's place as Huron -Bruce MPP, and his
wife, Trudy, accept congratulations from John Mac-
Kenzie Liberal riding association president, and the
Local girl
honored for
citizenship
Kathy Underwood. a
student at F. E. Madill. Sec-
ondary School, Wingham,
W: one of the guestt of
honor at an awards night
held by the Soroptimist In -
binational (London) Club
Iasi week.
She placed a very close
second to Susanne Hofstee of
Listowel in the club's Youth
Citizenship Award,
:The award is available to
students in their graduating
year from a secondary
school. Students' achieve-
ments are based not entirely
on academic prowess, but
reflect their overall con-
ttibution to the community.
Applications for the award
are available from any
Soroptimist club member, or
from school principals and
guidance Counsellors:
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cheers of a crowd of supporters gathered at the Teea7.
water COMmunity Centre. Mr. Elston narrowly edged
Conservative Gary Harron to hold the riding for,the
L beta it.
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Wingham, Ontario, Wednesday, Mairch,25, 1981
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CASTING BALLOTS—Mr. and Mrs. law Moreland cast their ballots during Ate
•provincial election last Thursday. All Wingham polis were located in the Armour
les this year. Liberal Murray Elston won in Huron -Bruce, narrowly edging Con-
At press time Tuesday
there was. Still a possibility
that. a recount would be
servative Gary Harron, while province -wide, the Conservative government of
Premier William Davis won a malority, the first in six years. ,
by, Liberal 1VIurray Elston Harron reiudant to concede*
requested in this riding, won
with a margin of 224 votes.
Gary Harron met 'with his .appii
campaign organizers earlier auds trimmendous gas
Conservative candidate • • r
By Sharon Dietz
Gary Harron, who ran for
the ProgressiVe Conserva-
, tives in Huron -Bruce, told
his supporters at an election
, night party last Thursday
they can be proud to be Con-
servatives.
Premier William Davis
made tremendous gains in
almost every riding, he said,
and "it'll be our turn in four
years in Huron -Bruce.' ,
Mr. Harron told about 50
campaign v-vorkersand patty
supporters gathered at the
Lucknow Distrief Com-
munity Centre that th.e party
will start to paint the riding
blue in the next election.
, "Let's not give up hope
in the week to discuss calling
for a recount of the votes, but
his campaign manager,
Barb Fisher of Kincardine,
said Tuesday afternoon that
the decision was 'still up to
him.
Mr. Harron
meeting of
Escarpment
Tuesday and
reached.
Returning Officer George
McCutcheon said any can-
didate may demand a
recount by depositing $100
and requesting it of a county
judge. The recount must be
requested within four days,
with the time limit expiring
was away at a
the Niagara
commission
could not be
on Wednesday.
figiammammimmimmmum.
Election results
Saugeen Township
Southampton
Port Elgin
Bruce Township
Tiverton •
Kincardine Township
Kincardine
Greenock Township
Huron Township
Ripley
Kinlo's Township
Lucknow
Culross Township
Teeswater
Garrick Township
Mildritay
Turnberry Township
Wingham
Howick Township
Ashfield Township
West Wawanosh Twp.
East Wawanosh Twp.
Blyth
Morris Township
Brussels
Grey Township
Colborne Township
Mullett Township
McKillopp Township
Advance Polls
Totals
Liberal
Murray
Elsto,n
247
402
620
304
99
377
599'
447
498
187
243
308
540
302
666
292
391
905
690
397
303
319
245
432
276
423
322
440
395
495
12,164
Conservative
Gary
Herron
• 417
821
1588
413
214
752
1372
355
573 65
128 26
268 61
229 61
198 61
181 33
239 61
159 40
223 52
455 80
453 138
280 118
189 70
144 49
176 41
270 59
194 29
266 73
317 116
318 57
203 35
NDP
Tony
McQuai I
45
77 •
136
53
27
73
150
55
645 38
11,940 1,979
" idefia644.k.4‘1:4A,
yet," he sad. "We've come
from quite a deficit."
He said the Conservatives
are knocking on the door in
this riding, and in four years
they are going to do it. -I
The battle between Mr.
Herron and his chief op-
ponent, Liberal Murray
Elston, seesawed back and
forth throughout the night.
Al one point the campaign
workers had Mr. Harron
down by only 100 votes, with
the results from Port Elgin
in his home territory still to
come.
However the final report of
the night showed Elston
ahead by 324 votes.
Mr. Harron said the
margin was too thin to
concede, and announced be
would wait for the official re-
sults Saturday morning.
Firemen
assist
at fire
Wingham fire department
was called out Sunday to
help the Clifford fire depart-
ment •,.1-ialotle a house fire in
Howick Township.
Fire Chief Dave Crothers
reported the Wingham
tanker and three men were
dispatched to the blaze at the
home of Stephan Tritten,
Con. 15, Lot 13.
The fire damaged the roof
of the house, however no fur-
ther estimate of damage was
available.
Firemen also were called
out Saturday evening to a
chimney fire at the home of
Don Brintnell, Con. 11 of
Turnberry Township.
Chief Crothers reported
the fire was caused by
creosote build-up in a pre-
fabricated chimney con-
nected to a combination
Wood -oil furnace. There was
no damagef \
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These showed Elston ahead
by only 224 votes, and Mr.
Harron was meeting wit
• campaign workers .MondaY,
to decide whether to ask fora
recount.
He remarked that he and
his supporters had given the
Liberals a good run by
reducing their margin from
nearly 10,000 votes in the last
election to only 224.
One campaign • .worker
commented it would have
been easier to lose by 2,000
votes than only 200. "It
leaves you wondering which
doors you should have
knocked on to make the
difference."
• 4p* e Wingham
--'and DistrictHospital Board
have,OledgeOpeir support of
aneducationi program for
nurses reentering the pro-
fes§i011). • after having been
awakv::freOliiiirsing for a
number of years.
d esigriing. and faimndd nbolts
thoef
program ,peen left up to
- erf „naertmmmenttuaeend‘
board members agreed the•
natter*O. urgent one and
merits more
Nursing IhWilliam
rector
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Woodleyon a presentation. to
the %board last week, said
More money is needed to
provide an adequate in-
service training program.
Only $1,600 was budgeted
for the current year while
already more than doable
that amount has been spent,
. he reported, and he asked
that the budget be raised to
$5,000 next year.
He explained that the
• hospital more and more is
having to rely on staffing
with registered nurses who
are returning to , the
profession after having been
out of it for periods ranging
up to 18 years, As a result
they reqpire a great deal of
refresher training.
•This training is being
provided in a variety' of
ways. through a "buddy
system" in which a retur-
ning nurse accompanies an
experienced nurse through,
her, rounds and through
courses and seminars.
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active. They're really is too far from major centres were employedHiere,4nd
responsible for knowing for nurses to. tommute and, , moved into the area bringing
everything about the since much of the staffing is their wives many of Whom
noted,medicine ad
n they're
ost giving,beable to
he done with part-time nurses, were trained nurses.
The nurses are eager to
upgrade their skills and
spend a lot of time doing
volunteer work before they
are accepted onto the staff,
Mr. Woodley told the board.
He said his biggest con-
cern is in the area of phar-
macology — administering
of medicines since medi-
cations have changed com-
• pletely, dbring the years
since- these nnrses-, were
recognize an adverse
reaction and know which
medi cat ion' is responsible.
While other hospitals also
are experiencing a Shortage
of registered nurses, the
there is difficulty in at, Thio source is drying up .
tracting people to locate and consequently ', the
here.
. hospital has had ,to turn to
The scaling down of
nurses -coming'back after
construction -at the Bruce r;having 'raised theirfamilies.
Nuclear Power Development Six, nurses were hired in 1989
has had a noticeable effect, wtt011atibeenawayArnin the
situation iri yiringhern is he added. At one time a large PtOfession fcir;f periods
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Hospital facing
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He predicted the situation
will get worse before it gets
better, adding he hopes the
solution will come when
nursing schools start turning
out graduates of the new two-
year, three-month program.
ambulance deficit fall.
That program begins this
In the meantime, he said
he needs more money to
While the Wingham and
'District Hospital now ex-
pects to end its year finan-
cially on an even keel,
thanks to an additional
$88,000 in funding from the
'Health Ministry, the am-
bulance department, which
is funded separately, still
faces 'a deficit, .
Treasurer Gordon Baxter
reported to the hospital
hoard last week that the
department still is not
getting enough money from
the ministry to cover its
costs. •
The ministry -finally in-
creased its funding to what
had been promised last year,
he said. but noted that in the
• interim the hospital had to
borrow nearly $12,000 to
• cover its costs and the
ministry won't pay the in-
terest.
He predicted the hospital
will end its financial year in
April with a $3,500 deficit on
ambulance services.
Mr. Baxter explained later
that the problem . in am-
bulance funding arose in
1979-80 when larger than
anticipated salary settle-
ments pushed costs over the
budget.
The ministry funding for
the • ambulance department
that year was $125,674, he
reported, while actual costs
reached $130,886.
. This year the ministry
promised funding of $135,225,
a 7.6 per cent increase over
last year's funding but only
• 3.3 per cent above last year's
actual costs. While costs
have been kept‘pretty,well in
line for 1980-81, they still
went up six per cent, Mr.
Baxter said, which means
the department again will
end up in the hole.
The hospital is forced to
cover the difference from its
own funds, such as the dif-
ferential fee charged for
semiprivate rooms.
Mr. Baxter said Norman
Hayes, hospital executive
director, probably will be
meeting with the ministry in
an attempt to persuade it to
cover the ambulance costs.
provide ' more continuing
education at the hospital. He
plans to form an in-service
committee of himself, the
nursing coordinators and
representatives of the
registered nurses and
registered nursing
assistants. This group will
decide on the wisest use of
the funds: who goes to
courses and seminars, and
what speakers to bring to the
hospi tat.
He noted that while many
other hospitals have a half-
time nurse in charge of in-
service training programs,
he's not proposing that here.
The nursing department can
handle that if it's given the
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