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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1988-11-30, Page 66A - THE HURON EXPOSITOR, NOVEMBER 30, 1988 Before You Get All Tied Up In The CHRISTMAS RUSH Now's the time to get your in- terior decorating done. �v SUNWORTHY Decorating Centre 30°'° OFF ALL SUNWORTHY WALLCOVERINGS NOV. 23 to DEC. 7 SAVE on these Cash Prices HILDEBRAND PAINT AND PAPER 5271880 Main Street Seaforth Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada LIFE 8 MORTGAGE INSURANCE PLANS DEFERRED ANNUITIES, INCOME TAX DEDUCTIBLE RRSP RRIF'S NON-SMOKERS RATES AVAILABLE Rep. A*NOWD SrlNNISS€NN 107 Goderich St. East, Seaforth Tel. 327.041D a END OF LEASE CLEARANCE 3O% OFF ENTIRE STOCK Dec. 1 till Dec. 14 R.R. 1 MITCHELL on Highway 83 1 Mile West of Russeldale OPEN 7 DAYS PER 10 a.m. 5 p.m. PH. 2296341 a a a "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town MR OF SAVING FRIDAY, DEC. 2 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. EDUCO WIRE TOYS -falfede SWISS TEACHING WATCHES 10%OFF Come In And SAVE Main St. Seaforth 15%OFF JOGGING SUITS AND PANTS Sizes S -M -L Infant to 6X BRIO TOYS 1 rOFF (restock only) 527-2320 LOFT SEAFORTH HASTY NOTES by Brian Haley GUND BEARS We Welcome You To Your Unique Christmas Gift Centre In Seaforth • Sweatshirts •yarn Baskets •Gund Bears •Craftware • Mandrnade wooden ��rds, chests, .Gift Certificates •And Yards and Yards of Yam, of course. 1 GIFT CERTIFICATES PARADE NIGHT o FRI., DEC. 2 Enjoy a relaxing moment Parade Night. Come in and browse and sample our COFFEE, COOKIES and HOMEMADE FUDGE SPECIAL PURCHASE MERCHANDISE We have a limited supply of ... • Watches • Calculators • Orrefors Crystal Vases and Stemware • Board Games • Worcester Fish Dishes • Ringette Sticks • Bauer Skates 37 Main 90. & jil.amitargi P.D. boa 1034 S•aforLA 'l Anne Jaynes ,sortie 5271830 A Unique Gift CONTEMPORARY WATERCOLOURS Originals and Prints by ELIZABETH BERRY ORIGINALLY OF SEAFORTH Scenes from England, Georgian Bay and Seaforth area. Open Friday TIP 9-00 WELCOME... COME IN AND BROWSE Queensway residents educated country of Israel Queensay residents had a great week. It was difficult to decide which event was the highlight Residents began the week with the regular activities. Several ladies gathered for a tea party in the sunroam, listened to music, sipped tea and discussed the news. The Bethel Reformed ladies visited in the afternoon to play Bingo with the residents Afterwards the strains of mato, beautiful hymns filled the dining room as volunteers led a hymn sing. Tuesday Reverend Rogers of the Exeter Pentecostal Church led the worship service with Joyce Pepper as pianist. Wednesday residents started the day with Fun and Fitness in the activity room. In the afternoon they gathered for library time, but ended up discussing the Election results. They looked over several newspaper clipp- ings analyzing the election results and everyone had a comment. Thursday the movie feature shown in the afternoon was "Holiday Inn" starring Fred Astaire and Bing Crosby. In the evening the diming room was filled with residents, fami- ly and friends here to celebrate at the mon- thly Birthday Party. Entertainment was by the "Lesperance Trio" a bit of a misnomer because in reality there were Ed, Donna and Tammy Lesperance and Max Ducharnte, Gord Bleck and Slim Gordon- The evening was wonderful_ Thanks to certain members of the Ladies Auxiliary who made sure anyone wanting to dance had an opportunity to enjoy one. A Big Thank You to the musicians who made the evening so memorable for residents, and didn't mind playing requests. Birthday greetings to Vera Hodgins, John Rats, Mary Westlake and Esther Gill. Residents Council met Friday morning and an official motion was made that coun- cil make a donation to the Huron County Christmas Bureau. The residents felt that after the wonderful support we had from INTERNATIONAL DAY - Residents Grace Dinney and Mildred Gingerich, of the Queensway Nursing Home in Hansall, took the opportunity Friday to look closer al some artifacts, and some photos brought to the home by Elsie Robertson of Hillside, in conjunction with an International Day on Israel. With Mrs. Robertson is her daughter Jean Mcllwraith. Mcllwraith photo. staff, auxiliary, fainly and community at the craft and bake sale we should share with someone else. So, in the afternoon Audrey McGregor came to the nursing home to ac- cept the donation on behalf of the Christmas Bureau. Lsrael was the country focused on at Inter- national Day on Friday. Residents were in- formed about Israel through a slide presen- tation by Elsie Robertson. There were several artifacts on hand courtesy of Mrs. Robertson, Elva Forrest, and the London Jewish Community Centre. Following the Alleged Huronview threats BY MONA IRWIN Allegations of threats against Huronview residents were the result of a misunderstan- ding, says the institute administrator. Wayne Lester said the management -level staff member accused of making the threats has apologized to the resident and "(the resident) apologized back — they were not on the same wavelength. "In residential care there's not much nur- sing care — if (a resident) needs more care, they're moved to another area with more nursing staff. That's where the misunderstanding occurred," he said. The resident later wrote a letter to Goderich Township Reeve Grant Stirling complaining about the incident, and Stirl- ing raised the issue at the Nov. 3 meeting of Huron County Council. At the same meeting, several members of Huronview staff spoke to council about their concerns about a number of Huron - view issues at the same council meeting. Many Huronview staff members, although conceined about a variety of issues, have been reluctant to come forward publicly. One of the biggest concerns has been the transferral of 19 residents out of the 52 -bed "Summerhill" residential wing. Huronview management said it was not financially feasible to keep the wing open for so few residents. The deadline for the moves was the end of December, but Lester recently said that the wing would be emptied in a few days, Hesaid the residents of the Summerhill wing were "extremely anxious to move — they've been very cooperative," and families are urged to become involved in the move wherever possible. "They're allowed to pick their own rooms and roommates," Lester said. "If a resident isn't happy, we'll try to accommodate him or her elsewhere." Staff members are also concerned about two recent bouts of job cutbacks and layoffs, fearing that if the drop in staff continues, the level of care will suffer. Among the staff members cut was one of the three hairdressers who come in periodically to wash, cut and (where need- ed) set hair. Marilyn Reidy, the spokesper- son for the employees at tjie council meeting, said the remaining two hair- dressers were having trouble keeping up with the client load, adding that such atten- tion was necessary for the residents' sense of well-being. In a recent interview, Lester said that residents often have their hair washed when they're bathed, adding that most residents go no more than two weeks between a cut, wash and set. Another concern of staff members was the cutback in staff for the residential care floor. Reidy said there had always been three shifts over a 24-hour period, but the cutbacks left the midnight -till -morning shift presentation residents enjoyed sampling pomegranates, clementines and pita bread filled with grated cheese and bean sprouts. It was a very educational and fun afternoon. Coming Events - residents are an- ticipating include December 2, some Hen- sall Public School childrenwill paint Christmas scenes on the windows; December 8 at 7 pm the Legion and Ladies Auxiliary Christmas Party; December 11 the Family Christmas Dinner and December 23 at 7 pm the Resident Christmas Party. all a misunderstanding uncovered. A staff member from another floor comes up to make periodic checks on the residents. Staff members are especially concerned about this because there are no emergency bells on the residents' beds, in case a resi- dent becomes ill between staff checks. Lester said that people on the residential care floor are more self-reliant and "aren't supposed to need (a lot of) nursing care. Our staff make the rounds on the hour — that's customary in those particular areas." And although there is only minimal staff on at night for supervision, "that's normal all over" because residents aren't fed or bathed and beds aren't changed during the night. "We're never below Ministry (of Com- munity and Social Services) standards," said Lester. There are no bells on residents' beds in that area because it's an old wing that was never wired for a bell system, he said. However, an emergency bell installed in the hall is hooked up to the main nursing sta- tion, which is staffed all night. Reidy also expressed concerns about cut- backs in cleaning staff. A previous article erroneously reported that a lack of clean- ing staff between 3 p.m- and about 8 a.m_ was creating a problem. In a later inter- view, Reidy explained that there had never been cleaning staff on during this shift. What the cutbacks mean, she said, is that if a member of the cleaning staff's day shift calls in sick, nobody is available to take their place for that day. Reidy had also told council she was not speaking on behalf of the staff members'• union, the Service Employees Union Local 210. Vincent Pistor, the union represen- tative, said Reidy's comments were not in- dicative of a split in the union. "It's not that (the union) wasn't backing her," Pistor said. The union still has a grievance pending in connection with staff layoffs, and "we're trying to resolve that." Publicly carrying their complaints to 'County Council while trying to negotiate a settlement would be "like me going to your boss in front of you and cutting you down," he said. "The timing wasn't right for the union to make a statement. "Their employers know full well what they're doing," Pistor added. "They've told me in the past that they know the level of residential care will be lower — they've got the figures to prove it. "But their side of the coin is that the residents aren't complaining — and some of them have family members (in Huronview) and the family members say everything's fine.,, Pistor said if the residents are happy it's "the result of a good staff, that go beyond their (required) duties. "But now it's time to take a good look at the level of care being provided there." Lester agreed that the staff was doing an excellent job. "They're a first-class staff," he said. "They give good care and do good work." Federal results at local polls Last week's federal election resulted in Progressive Conservative Candidate Mur- ray Cardiff being re-elected to his post as Member of Parliament for the riding of Huron -Bruce. Mr. Cardiff accumulated 20,042 votes, 3,413 more than Liberal candidate Ken Dunlop, who received 16,629 votes. New Democrat Party candidate Tony McQuail received 7, 746 votes while Christian Heritage Party candidate Tom Clark received 2.633. The chart shown here, for those in- terested in some of the more local statistics of the election, contains the poll by poll results for the Town of Seaforth, Village of Brussels, and Townships of McKillop, Tuckersmith, Hullett and Grey. PULLS i41.4 6 ca� y7 �A� glZ fil1 15QQ SEAFORTH 155 101 76 26 22 156 120 119 26 11 157 96 77 41 2 158 • 56 92 19 4 159 86 79 50 9 ....,. ;a, A% 460 443 162 48 TUCKERSMITH 148 59 48 9 4 149 90 72 113 12 150 84 60 29 10 151 78 76 36 17 152 138 99 40 12 153 37 66 30 2 154 115 55 19 10 601 0 276 67 McIffidAP 140 77 60 25 18 141 111 75 16 16 142 86 101 21 38 v. ,* 2a 6 72 HULLETT 134 86 • 62 38 46 135 135 73 33 55 136 101 81 28 39 137 62 65 27 28 ,I:t. a, ittIVMI.w, - 1. .0 r. , e „ . 168 BRUSSELS 97 17 66 32 2 98 f 204 81 36 9 �� ' t ,"' la GREY 99 88 65 28 18 100 122 43 56 15 101 141 78 60 17 102 66 59 23 21 �h v.'.'G V T044 161 71