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Trivitt celebrates
Anglican church holds
annual Thanksgiving
service
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INDEX
Editorial 4
Sports 12
Announcements 19
Classifieds 21
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For a good cause — South Huron District High School student council pre-
mier Aaron Neeb gets close and personal with a pig to help raise money for the
school's annual Terry Fox Run. In addition to the 'Kiss the Pig' fundraiser, 500 stu-
dents and high school staff took part in the SHDHSTerry Fox Run last week,
raising in excess of $3,500. (photo/Scott Nixon)
South Huron election set
SOUTH HURON — Interest in this
fall's South Huron municipal election
has proven to be high with several new
candidates stepping forward seeking a
seat on council. Nominations closed
Friday.
Running for mayor in the Nov. 13
election are current Coun. Ken Oke and
Exeter's Dean Ducharme. The deputy
mayor's spot will be contested by cur-
rent Coun. George Robertson, former
Coun. Drew Robertson and Crediton's
Wally Fydenchuk.
In the Exeter ward, four candidates
are vying for two positions — current
Coun. Pete Armstrong will go up against
political newcomers Wayne DeLuca,
Leroy Hoffman and Cathy Seip.
In Stephen, five candidates are run-
ning for the two positions available —
incumbent Jim Dietrich, newcomers
Vlado Bjelis, Dianne Faubert and
Crystal Varley and former Stephen
Coun. Tom Tomes. In the Usborne
ward, David Frayne and Hugh
McMaster face off for the lone position
in that ward. It is the first election for
both candidates.
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Conflicts at
health centre
By Scott Nixon
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
GRAND BEND — The board of directors for the
Grand Bend Area Community Health Centre (GBACHC)
has called in a mediator to deal with a conflict between
the centre's executive director, the board and staff.
Details are few — at the GBACHC's annual general
meeting Saturday, chairman of the board David
Bannister wouldn't say what the conflict was and said a
mediator from London is preparing a report. Bannister
told the Times -Advocate Monday he expects to receive
the report this week.
Bannister later said he doesn't think the nature of the
problem is salary -related and said he suspects friction
has arisen because of policies the board is trying to
implement at the centre.
He wouldn't reveal which policies were the source of
the problem, but said some of the policies have been
"contentious."
"Some people don't react to change as well as others,"
he said.
Crowds overfilled a meeting room at the GBACHC
Saturday as fear has spread throughout the community
the centre will lose more doctors. It has already lost two
doctors — Dr. Ha went on maternity leave in the win-
ter, then tendered her resignation for October, while
her husband, Dr. Rhee also tendered his resignation for
the end of the month.
"I want to address concerns expressed by the commu-
nity about working conditions at our CHC, and the con-
cerns expressed by some staff that they are unhappy
with management directions here," Bannister said in
his report. "I understand that the threat of practitioners
leaving the centre due to these issues is unacceptable to
those who depend on their services for continued good
health.
"The board of GBACHC very much respect and value
the physicians who work at the centre."
Bannister said the centre's efforts to implement poli-
cies to comply with the Ontario Ministry of Health and
Long Term Care has led to some conflicts, "particularly
where practices would have to change from what has
traditionally been done at our CHC."
The mediator has talked to nearly all the centre's staff
and was to present a report to the board.
"I hope that by following this process, we can arrive at
solutions for these issues which are acceptable to all
staff, our patients and clients and the community,"
Bannister said.
Later in the meeting, during public questioning,
Bannister said the board needed "absolute confidentiali-
ty with the report."
He said he regretted he can't publicly say more about
the issue, but said even he doesn't know the exact
nature of the conflict.
"I'm probably as much in the dark as the rest of you,"
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