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HomeMy WebLinkAboutWingham Advance-Times, 1981-09-30, Page 1The Huron Comity BoardQQ its elementary school teachers. a collective agreement for Wei' year. The new contract provid€r3 fol package increase of ,approximate. cent, raisieg the average teacher $27,690. .The maximum clary for a tia3cJ the highest qualifications and la; experieaee will be $36,000: Print,. receive a responsibility aliowane• in addition to their teaching Salary;` ty hers get 12%SaIa :The contract also provides for a leave ?pan, a dental plan, a long-term disability +.plan and a vision care plan; all costs i 9sociated with these plans will be .paid by eteachers. In a press release, the board said the ,.r emphasis of the two negotiating teams was to arrive at a salary agreement within the ange of .laries paid by surrounding ards, which range from a maximum of 5,687 tot36,080. ''The board expressed satisfaction .with the ettlement and with "the amicable relation - SRR ship that existed throughout the entire process". In a separate press release, the teachet0 noted that the turnout for the ratification - meeting, held Sept. 21 at Clinton; was one of the largest in. recent years. The ratification vote was 90 Per cent in favor of the new contract, despite "grave concerns" about some areas, the teachers said„They did not specify the source of the coneerns. In addition to discussions directly related to the contract, the negotiating teams spent some time discussing the twinning of ' Seafbrth and 'l gitou public sch00* this veil.. "$ueb atie g of ideas and in situations mew,to tile county'tostexa:p- tye feelings of ca rat on ant# a.willing- "In wi. gr ness • to wort at f indi,�ig', solutions to *nui i problems," the releasesaid. ' ” In my opinion, the experience of two s interchange certainly had a beam ort ttaaintaining an amicable relatronslnp., -among the people involved in reachingca. settlement," commented Jean ner, cliltit, negotiator for the teachers. "I wouldlope' that this approach continues in the future.' 4.4 of Vow eV wvg:9� reo 4r f44- rki 4 ix 4,1 sr 44. 44. ff 4 Or `s f4 *h. ,5 • w �3. $7 nL`'}}���',•�',......:u�;dry: L. KAREN McMICHAEL of Wroxeter was crowned queen of the Howick fair at a dinner and dance held last Saturday evening. Dianne McLean of Wingham was ' first runner-up out of a group of eleven girls participating. Karen Mcfi4ichaei Howick ..Fair.n.., �.. Karen McMichael, a Grade 12 student at the F. E. Madill Secondary School, was crowned queen of the Howick Fair at a kick-off dinner and dance held last Saturday evening. Karen is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ron Mc- Mi'c`hael of Wroxeter. Her sister, Janice, was crowned queen of the fair last year. Dianne McLean of Wingham was runner-up out of 11 girls competing. The girls spent the dinner hour with the judges, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Goodall of Wingham and Paul Rogers of Palmerston, answering questions. At 8:30 each of the girls spoke on the topic "Reflections" as part of the competition. Paul Elgie of Wroxeter acted as master of ceremonies for the evening and Leone Foerter crowned Miss McMichael queen of the fair, as her sister could not attend. Other girls in the com- petition. were: Marilyn Maclntyre, Heather Wilson, Brenda Mann, Susan Mann, Donna Martin, Lisa Lamb- kin, Heather Irwin, Kathy Snell and Beverlee McCann. The Howick . Fair is scheduled for this weekend, Oct. 2 and 3. CORRECTION Complaints about the condition of the roads in Turnberry Township all came from one particular section of the township, not from all over the township as reported last week, Reeve Brian McBurney said. He said this is what led him to the conclusion that just one of Turnberry's two grader operators is responsible for the problem. Grant Rutherford grad- uated Sept. 19 from the Radio College of Canada with a diploma as an electronic engineering technician. Graduation ceremonies and a recep- tion and dance were held at the Sheraton Centre, Toronto. Grant has ac- cepted a position with NCR in Kitchener. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Rutherford of RR 2, Wingham. UItr pr Many expectant mothers — and fathers too — are getting a sneak preview of their offspring this fall, courtesy of a new gadget installed at the Wingham and District Hospital. The machine, an ultra- sonic scanner, has the ability to produce a pretty good picture of unborn Junior without harmful radiation, and as a consequence It its already much indemand for maternity cases. "I like 'to compare it to sonar, because that's really ;what...it' ls:;, l9lal1led 1410r° machine's -operator, Hob. Hollenbeck, chief X-ray technologist at the hospital. High frequency sound waves are passed through the body and bounced back by various things inside. A receiver c scanner gives of unborn child interprets :il :f_ results and produces •'; Acture on a small televi li screen. The math . Advantage of ultrasound ;that it is "non invasive', .''l! . Hollenbeck continued. °'a, cording to experts th* completely harmless; vi s radiation is not. . . He said. thle technique has been around f�r more than 10 years, long,,ugh for most of the bad. cts to have' been . picked ;: p, and the machines ane ben con- siderably reg eed during that time. a.e. "The first' throes were pretty priri i4iv&' It is true that 'sit one time X-rays, were considered harmless too, he conceded, but the. ' physics of sound waves are much better understood than the physics of radiation, "Therewasn't much known about radiation," he said. Most of the work with the new scanner to date has been in the area of obstetrics, Mr. Hollenbeck reported, doing routine checks on the health of the fetus, position of the placenta and looking for any abnormalities. At the same time, the scanner allows a doctor to make an accurate estimate of fetal age, the he bah calculating y is due more.accurately than by using menstrual dates. What he has seen with the machine also has given him a new appreciation of the life of the unborn child. It is fascinating to see a baby bouncing around, he said, Seek 75 -year-old for hospital The Wingham and District Hospital is looking for a 75 - year -old man or woman to represent it during ,its 75th anniversary this year. There is just one catch: the person must have been born at the hospital. This makes the search quite a bit more com- plicated, Executive Director Norman Hayes noted, because while there are quite a few 75 -year-olds still around, very' few of them Will have been born in a hospital. Seventy-five years ago THE CONGREGATION of the Wingham United Church said a final goodby to its minister of 13 years at a service held Sunday. Rev. Barry Passmore will be leaving for his new cnarye it uvveiJUUIiCJ Si ;;y. Passrnores were presented •with a number of gifts from groups within the church at Sundays service. Other members of his family are wife, Margaret, aa, iu SUi , ,VcYUyilil. Aim nor son, mark, was unable to attend the service. most births took place at home, while hospitals were looked upon as a last resort for the very ill or dying. If any reader knows some- one who would qualify • to represent the hospital,. he or she is invited to contact Isabel Arbuckle,i chairman of the public relations committee, at 357-3809. The Family given fond farewell Rev. and Mrs. K. Barry Passmore and their family were bidden a tearful good- bye on Sunday morning after he preached his • farewell sermon to the congregation of Wingham United Church, where he has served for 13 years. He based his sermon on evangelism, the same topic he chose .for the first sermon he preached in Wingham. He also conducted his last communion service, during which he welcomed several new members who are transferring from out-of- town congregations: Mrs. Ken Bate from Lion's Head, Mr. and Mrs George Gibson and Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Louttit *from Wroxeter, Dr. Jim Hall from Port Colborne and Mrs. John Schedler from Guelph, Following the worship service the family was presented with gifts from the congregation and from several organizations with which the Yassmores have been associated. A social hour followed the service at which friends were given the opportunity to wish them well. Mr. and Mrs. Passmore, Mark,Vaughn and Pam now face new challenges and new responsibilities at Knox United Church, Owen Sound. Until a new minister is called to the local church, Rev. Cecil Jardine, who ministered to the conar'egation from 1962 until 1968, will be the Interim pastor. person ,so honored will be invited to take part in .the official opening of - the hospital's new building and renovation project and also will play a major part in any anniversary celebrations held to mark the Wingham and District Hospital's '75th year of service. and once, you have seen, as he has, a three -month-old fetus raise its hand to its mouth and suck its thumb, there isn't much room for doubt that there is a real, live person in there. The scan is a lengthy process, taking between 45 minutes and an hour for a complete fetal scan;' Mr. Hollenbeck reported. However it is not an un- comfortable process' except for the time involved and the fact it .must be done with a full bladder, Which is used as a '"window".. through. which the sound JaV.es pasAfr in an empty bladder would i nterfere • wi th the passage of the sound waes, he ex- plained. • Ultrasound will never totally displace X-rays — at least not in the foreseeable future,— because it is limited in what it can do, Mr. Hollen- beck said. In certain areas of the body X-rays are far more efficient than ultrasound at the.present time: But doing most obstetrical work with ultrasound avoids the need to invade the pregnant mother with radiation, he added, "and that alone is worth the price of purchase". It has always bothered me, radiating a pregnant female, and this eliminates Please turn to Page 2 SHARON' BRoPHY_, Sharon Brophy, Baugh= ter of Mr. and Mrs. Des Brophy of Wingham, si c cessfully completed RNA course at the Wit* ham and District Hos-. pital and has accepted a - position at Victoria Ho* pital, London. Ottawa has power to mit to palliate constitution The federal government is support the federal govern. ' within its legal rights to act ment. unilaterally. to patriate • the ' Prime Minister • Pierre Canadian constitution. • Trudeau, in the middle of a However it would be going, visit to,South Korea when the. against tradition should. it judgment Was handed down; fail to gain provincial con- vowed to press on with plans sent for its proposed cpn- to bring," the constitution :.=:sHtttbiarialatages� _�� That, in a nutshell, is the historic decision of the Supreme Court of Canada handed down on Monday, ,a decision "which both'. sides promptly• claimed as a victory and which appears to set the stage for 'another round in the constitutional debate. On the other side, In a ''7-2 judgment, the spokesmen for several court ruled that Ottawa's provinces claimed the plan to patriate the con- decision as a moral victory- stitution with or without in their • fight to block provincial consent are legal.. unilateral action ;;on the The court also ruled, by a constitution. They called for vote of 6-3, that there is a a return to the bargaining convention requiring table and said if necessary provincial consent ' for they will press ahead with constitutional changes, and plans to lobby the British it is not sufficient that Parliament against the Ontario and New Brunswick constitutional changes. not the provinces agree., However he did open the door to further meetings with the provincial premiers on the subject; provided they are prepared to give up some of their demands for more provincial powers. ULTRASONIC SCANNER—Bob Hollenbeck, chief X. ray technologist at the Wingham and District Hos- pital, demonstrates the use of the new ultrasonic scanner recently installed at the hospital. The $91,000 machine allows a doctor to monitor fetal progress and check for problems without the hazard of radiation. It also is useful in diagnosing gall bladder and othmw problems. Assisting in the demonstration Is Jan Mc- Whinney, a technician in the X-ray department.