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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1987-09-29, Page 01I I 0 lomwWr i Ir i THE McBURNEY FAMILY was honored at an appreciation night last Friday evening at Belmore for Huron County Warden Brian Mcgurney, reeve of Turnberry Township. Mr. McBurney, at the microphone, was joined by daughters Jackie and Shannon and wife Brenda, centre, at the front of the half for the presenta- tions. FA a C a-pacity crowd attends Warden 9 s appreciation night A capacity Crowd lined the Belmore Community C;entre last Irriday evening to pay tribute to Huron County Warden Brian MeBurney at an appreciation night held in his honor. Mr. McBurney, who is reeve of Turnberry Township, will complete his term as warden this December. He is the first Turnberry reeve to sit in the warden's &air since 1VA. Turiiberry Deputy Reeve Doug Hospital gets of its building With the payment of the final installment of its pledge to the Wingham and District Hospital's building fund, the Wingham Lions Club closed the books on a 190 per cent return of all pledges, the hospital's board of governors was told at its regular September session. Bpard Secretary Gordon Baxter made the announcement to the board while presenting the monthly report of the finance and audit committee in the absence of the committee chairman, Marian Zinn. Fortune was master of ceremonies for -the evening. He said the large crowd was Indicative of the respect Mr. McBurney commands not only in his own township, but in the entire county. Mr. Fortune commended Mr. McBurney for his constant attention to Turnberry Township, particularly in light of his commitments at the county level. In his address, Mr. McBurney 100 per cent f un,d pledges Board' Chairman Mary Lou Thompson described the achievement as "absolutely in- credible". The accomplishment shows what a dedicated community the hospital serves, she said. "I don't know of anything else that can report a 100 per cent return on its pledges. " The Lions Club presentation rep- resented the final payment on its $10,000 pledge and was made last week by Lions Club member Lloyd Casemore to the hospital's executive director, Norman Hayes. thanked members of his own council- ' the citizens of Ttirnberry and his colleagues at county council, many of whom were in attendance. Turnberry Councillor Nelson Underwood presented Mr. McBurney with -a hand -made clock in the shape of Huron County and Councillor Paul Elgie read greetings from MPPs, Murray Elston and Jack Riddell and MP Murray Cardiff. Clerk -Treasurer Dorothy Kelly presented Mrs. McBurney with a flower arrangement and the couple's 'young daughters, Jackie and Shannon, with travel bags. Mr. and Mrs. MeBurney were presented with a table lamp. Papers available at A -T off ice In the event of a postal strike, Wingham subscribers may pick up their papers at The Advance -Times office. We are presently seeking a means of delivery for rural subscribers in this area. Those who normally receive their papers at more distant addresses will have to wait until the strike Is over, we are sorry to say. FINAL INSTALLUENT — WinonSM Lions (,;tuo memner L10y(7 (;assmore, rigm, prevenre rWW Wwrawwnr Or the servico club's S 10, 000 p"o for the Wingham and Dist& -t Hosp#*IS bu**V h1nd. A61.116V ft h. quo jS th# executivo director. Norman Hey". 0 , k Several areas' "impress 9 officials in hospietal survey Two readinas aiven to Turnberry bylaw Turnbwry council gave first and second reading to the township's comprehensive zoning bylaw at the second monthly meeting held recently. Patty Munkittrick of the county planning department attended the meeting to present the draft zoning bylaw to council, the result of many months of work between the department and Turnberry council. Mrs. Munkittrick said once council gives third and final reading, presumably at its Oct. 6 meeting, she will send the bylaw to the printers to ready it for distribution among township � residents for their consideration. Objections to the bylaw must be in written form and submitted to Dorothy Kelly, township Clerk - treasurer. Mrs. Kelly will pass on I Kby,teachers' meet tornbrrow at Holmesville A "key teacher" meeting for the Huron �bunty Women Teachers' Association (HWTA) will be held tomorrow in Holmesville at 4:30 p.m. Marie Parsons, HWTA president, describes a key teacher as one who is a comunication link between the local Federation of Women Teachers' Associations of Ontario (FWTAO) president, with her e ecutive, and the local FWTAO members within a local jurisdiction .uch as Huron County. Without the 25 key teachers, Ms. Parsons says, the flow of information between the executive and its membership is much more difficult to manage. Tomorrow's Information ion is organized by the HWTA early in the fall to outline new thrusts for the current year and to familiarize the key teachers with the new executive and other key teachers as well as to underline the importance of the key teacher In the communication network. A workshop on the role of the key teacher as a communication link will be conducted by FWTAO Executive Assistant Pat Johnston. The workshop will outline actual means by which to transfer the information to the local mem- bership. In addition, 17 women teachers — new to the Huron County system — will be the gucats of the key teachers and their executive at this workshop and dinner. Ibis offers the new teachers an opportunity to be in- troduced an a less formal basis before their induction into the membership at the sesociation's fall banquet in October. Walk-a-dog-athon slated for Sunday Don't forget about this Sunday's Walk-a-dog-athm scheduled to start at 1: 30 p.m. at Riverside Park in Wingham. The walk-a-dog-athon, an annual event, raises money for guide dolp for visually -impaired Canadians and its theme is "Walk your bat friend %r those who cannot". How"ier, don't let the name fW YOU, if you don't have a dog, a reasonable fusirnflo will do. There will be refreshments provided in waMers, MW UVOIN wW be praganted to the ad%* sod child with the mod pledIft. Plefte sbaeft a* available at Hill's Swes, Hanna's Men's W400, Sakelaar Jewellers. MeG" ALft Zkwtrk, Hayes' Clotl1kinill. 8 h U ikotals, Vame's Drulp. WhOm Driv*.In Cleaners, dw WW*bM Vet"jaM CHWe mW dw Maklead 111114114419rad. obJe&ions to Mrs. Munkittrick, who will formulate options for council to act upon. However, she said it is likely the township will find itself before the Ontario Municipal Board sometime in the next year to settle disputes. had/given the management com- mittSe a Synopsis of what they had found. Included in that synopsis, the management committee chairman told the boird, was the indication the surveyors vim "impressed" with a number of points in the hospitays operation. Some of those listed by Dr. Hanlon and other members of the com- mittee, are: -The hospital's orientation and peer review at the board level. --The hospital's procedure for recruiting members for its board of governors. -The fact the hospital has just recently conducted a role study. -The ability of the hospital to repeatedly operate "in the black". -The operation of the hospital's new outpatient and emergency wing. Dr. Hanlon told the board ooe person conducting the survey w particularly impressed with the hospital's financial finesa.' "Most hospitals be goes to seem to spend without control and at the and of the year are frantically asking for funds. " Of the hospital's role study, Dr. Hanlon told the board that a final draft from the consultants has now been received and will be discussed by the committee at its next meeting, Oct. s. 6'It's going to be a long meeting, folks," Board Chairman Mary Lou 7bQmPWa warned her msnA ement committee colleagues of the Oct. 8 sesssion. Warden's night Page 3A Howick Queen crowned . ... In a recent accreditatim mwvey of Bowling scores .... the Wingham and Distrid Hospital, PeeWees officials indicated they were im- undefeated pressed with several areas of its YBC Bowling ....... Page 313' operation, the hospital's board of Impressions of governors learned at its regular Page 2A September meeting. Page 4A During the presentation of the Page 4B management committee report, Dr. Page 913 Brian Hanlon told the board that -Pagel 88 while a report on the survey has not been completed by the officials, they Mutual settlement reached in hospital addition dispute A mutual settlement has been and Garratt, nor the builder, Ref - reached in a dispute involving ftataus Construction of Goderich Whigham and District Hospital, the permitted to comment further under construction company which built the terms of the agreement. the hospital ' 'a new outpatient and The suit was launched by the emergency Wing, and the architect builder in early 1986 when the who designed the project. hospital held back its final payment The settlement was announced in following completion of the new a statement read by Executive wing, because it claimed there had Director Norman Hayes to the been no notice of substantial com- September meeting of the hospital's pletion filed by the contractor. The board of governors. architect was also included as third Under the terms of the settlement, p. . arty in the suit. the statement read, its terms are not The project, orikinally scheduled to be disclosed by any of the three to finish in 38 weeks, actually took parties involved. Neither are the more than 80 before it was com- hospital, Architects Kyles, Kvies pleted. Two readinas aiven to Turnberry bylaw Turnbwry council gave first and second reading to the township's comprehensive zoning bylaw at the second monthly meeting held recently. Patty Munkittrick of the county planning department attended the meeting to present the draft zoning bylaw to council, the result of many months of work between the department and Turnberry council. Mrs. Munkittrick said once council gives third and final reading, presumably at its Oct. 6 meeting, she will send the bylaw to the printers to ready it for distribution among township � residents for their consideration. Objections to the bylaw must be in written form and submitted to Dorothy Kelly, township Clerk - treasurer. Mrs. Kelly will pass on I Kby,teachers' meet tornbrrow at Holmesville A "key teacher" meeting for the Huron �bunty Women Teachers' Association (HWTA) will be held tomorrow in Holmesville at 4:30 p.m. Marie Parsons, HWTA president, describes a key teacher as one who is a comunication link between the local Federation of Women Teachers' Associations of Ontario (FWTAO) president, with her e ecutive, and the local FWTAO members within a local jurisdiction .uch as Huron County. Without the 25 key teachers, Ms. Parsons says, the flow of information between the executive and its membership is much more difficult to manage. Tomorrow's Information ion is organized by the HWTA early in the fall to outline new thrusts for the current year and to familiarize the key teachers with the new executive and other key teachers as well as to underline the importance of the key teacher In the communication network. A workshop on the role of the key teacher as a communication link will be conducted by FWTAO Executive Assistant Pat Johnston. The workshop will outline actual means by which to transfer the information to the local mem- bership. In addition, 17 women teachers — new to the Huron County system — will be the gucats of the key teachers and their executive at this workshop and dinner. Ibis offers the new teachers an opportunity to be in- troduced an a less formal basis before their induction into the membership at the sesociation's fall banquet in October. Walk-a-dog-athon slated for Sunday Don't forget about this Sunday's Walk-a-dog-athm scheduled to start at 1: 30 p.m. at Riverside Park in Wingham. The walk-a-dog-athon, an annual event, raises money for guide dolp for visually -impaired Canadians and its theme is "Walk your bat friend %r those who cannot". How"ier, don't let the name fW YOU, if you don't have a dog, a reasonable fusirnflo will do. There will be refreshments provided in waMers, MW UVOIN wW be praganted to the ad%* sod child with the mod pledIft. Plefte sbaeft a* available at Hill's Swes, Hanna's Men's W400, Sakelaar Jewellers. MeG" ALft Zkwtrk, Hayes' Clotl1kinill. 8 h U ikotals, Vame's Drulp. WhOm Driv*.In Cleaners, dw WW*bM Vet"jaM CHWe mW dw Maklead 111114114419rad. obJe&ions to Mrs. Munkittrick, who will formulate options for council to act upon. However, she said it is likely the township will find itself before the Ontario Municipal Board sometime in the next year to settle disputes. had/given the management com- mittSe a Synopsis of what they had found. Included in that synopsis, the management committee chairman told the boird, was the indication the surveyors vim "impressed" with a number of points in the hospitays operation. Some of those listed by Dr. Hanlon and other members of the com- mittee, are: -The hospital's orientation and peer review at the board level. --The hospital's procedure for recruiting members for its board of governors. -The fact the hospital has just recently conducted a role study. -The ability of the hospital to repeatedly operate "in the black". -The operation of the hospital's new outpatient and emergency wing. Dr. Hanlon told the board ooe person conducting the survey w particularly impressed with the hospital's financial finesa.' "Most hospitals be goes to seem to spend without control and at the and of the year are frantically asking for funds. " Of the hospital's role study, Dr. Hanlon told the board that a final draft from the consultants has now been received and will be discussed by the committee at its next meeting, Oct. s. 6'It's going to be a long meeting, folks," Board Chairman Mary Lou 7bQmPWa warned her msnA ement committee colleagues of the Oct. 8 sesssion. Warden's night Page 3A Howick Queen crowned . ... Page 3A Bowling scores .... Page 2B PeeWees undefeated Page 213 YBC Bowling ....... Page 313' Inside Crossroads Impressions of Fordwich. Page 2A flying a Harvard ... Page 4A Show Biz . � ------ Page 4B Puzzle Poser � .... Page 913 Bramah's Ontario. -Pagel 88 First woman firefighter ready to 'test her mett'le' by Margaret Stapleton The newest member of the Wingham and Area Fire Depart- ment is awaiting that day when the alarm goes off and it's nDt a false alarm or a dry run, but the real thing. Any new member is eager to "test the mettle", however for Karen Trivett the first female flivilghter in Wi;;j�am, it is particularly im- portant. Don't get her wrong. The 19 -year- old rookie is not out there praying for a major fire, but she is eager to get out and put to use what she has learned in three months of training. Although she did riot join the fire department to prove anything to anyone, being "the first" at something always brings with it a certain amount of pressure and Karen realizes that, which is why she is determined 6 give this her best shot. Several months ago when Karen and her fiance Glenn, an Ontario Provincial Police officer, were searching for a house in Wingham, they went through the house of a local fireman. Karen says that when she saw the uniform hanging in the closet, something piqued her curiosity and she kept In—king about it for many months afterward. In spite of recent newspaper ar- ticles about the need for more firefighting personnel on the Wingham department, Karen says the seed was sown in her mind long before the possibility of women on the department became an issue. She made the plunge in June when she applied to join the Wingham and Area Fire Department and was accepted. Like other rookies on the -depart- ment, she has started slowly, attend- ing monthly practices and meetings, as well as boning up on her first aid., The men of the department treated her with respect and courtesy right from day one, she says, even though sometimes they treated her "like a girl". However, they really were just trying to help and as the men became more comfortable with her, she says, they started to treat her as an equal. And that's exactly how she wants to be treated. Karen says she feels if she can't do what the male firefighters are expected to do. then she has no place on the department. Her new husband is supportive of Karen's efforts. Although he admits he felt a little trepidation at first, he realized that his wife is a deter- mined young woman and would have gone ahead anyway. Glen Trivett also is proud that he may have had some small in1luence on his wife's decision to join the fire department. He feels she may have felt inspired to do something for the community by his example as a police officer. There is very little in Karen's background which might have pointed her toward the fire depart- ment. Born and raised at Brussels, she attended school there and in Wingham before spending two years in a modelling course. She was (Please turn to page 3A) Nursing assistants' class is second best in province The 1987 graduating class of Wingham and District Hospit I a, Registered Nursing Assistants Training School was second overall in Ontario, the hospital's boa. -d of governors was told at its regular September meeting, the first since the hospital's annual meeting in June. The hospital's executive director, Norman Hayes, made the an- nouncement of the Wingham school's success in placing second out of 32 schools across the province. "Although we did not quite repeat our first place standing of last year., the tradition still continues," Mr. Hayes said. That tradition, he added, "is if they take their training in Wingham, they generally do well in the (RNA) exams-,, The announcement was included by Mr. Hayes In his monthly report to the board. KAAEN TROVETT is ft *at ftnw" mwr"r of tho WkVham and Ar" Fire Dopertmont. Sho has boon ki trakft aft* staitkV **h tho br%pdo In Jww, bw says the is "gerly *nt1c#W#V r*spor4*V to 1W fk*t cao.