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Disappointed in lack of Home Care
To the Editor;
Will Home Care be there
for you when you need it
the most?
My name is Barbara McI-
ntosh. I am 43 -years -old
and I did not qualify for
Home Care because I have
a husband at home and two
children in elementary
school.
On Sept. 27, my world lit-
erally went in circles. I was
so severely dizzy and sick, I
could not move. The para-
medics had to take me to
Exeter Hospital, where I
remained for five days. I
was diagnosed with severe
benign positional vertigo
that left me with severe
dizziness.
With any movement of my
head, it would bring on my
symptoms. I was a high risk
for falls so there was no way
I could manage to provide
home care for myself and
my family.
The nurses agreed I
needed Home Care. Dr.
Kelly fought hard, but with
to no avail. Dr. Kelly knew
the truth, my husband and I
farm a large poultry farm
and my husband is not
home. Early in the morning
he is gone. If I am lucky, he
would be home for a quick
lunch and be gone again.
Plus, there is October beans
to combine, wheat to plant
and corn to take off.
Our children are 11 and
7, who are in school all
day long. I would have to
rely on family and friends
to help me with home
care.
We need to think that
Home Care is not just for
the widowed and elderly
who want to remain in their
homes, but for any age. This
left me angry.
What about those rural
families dealing with can-
cer, heart disease and
stroke? Will Home Care be
there for them? We need to
ask our council and our
government to put more
money into Home Care
because everybody
deserves Home Care when
they need it most.
Barbara McIntosh
Seaforth
EARLY FILES
January 16, 1969
Workers on the Town of Clinton
payroll can expect a six per cent
pay raise, retroactive to January 1,
when council meets next month to
consider a bylaw setting salaries
for 1969. Discussion at Monday
night's council meeting indicated
that negotiations with police first
produced the six per cent figure
and other committees followed the
police committee lead. Mayor Don-
ald Symons said exact salaries will
not be disclosed until the February
meeting but "the recommendation
of each committee was six per cent
or thereabouts with adjustments in
some categories."
January 11, 1973 ianuary 10, 1980
Over $1,000,000 worth of con-
struction has taken place in Clin-
ton the past two years, with the
1972 total being nearly double that
of 1971. Mrs. Grant Rath, Clinton's
building permit issuer and unoffi-
cial building inspector, reported to
the News Record last week that
she issued 53 permits in 1972
worth $635,220 compared to 1971
when 41 permits were issued for a
total of $382,385. Of the $635,220
spent in 1972, the largest chunk,
$320,000, was spent on industrial,
commercial and institutional
buildings and additions. They
include the $130,000 permit for
the remodeling of the old Par -Knit
factory on Albert Street for the
headquarters of the Huron County
Board of Education.
It seems that Clinton is getting
more than its fill of costs for use of
the Goderich Township Landfill Site.
If the problem continues, Clinton
may opt out of the joint garbage dis-
posal site and develop one of its
own. Not only is the town against the
sudden increase in costs of garbage
disposal, but council is also fighting
the way in which the six municipali-
ties using the site share the costs.
Costs of using the site have suddenly
doubled as a result of a survey com-
pleted by the owner and operator of
the site, George Lavis. Mr. Lavis has
determined that his prices are too
low and the contract, which cost
$70,000 in 1979, has been raised to
$178,000.
January 10, 1990
Cigarette smokers will now have to
watch where they light up in town
owned buildings. During their first
meeting of 1990, held on January 2,
Clinton Council passed a bylaw to
designate smoking areas in the town
hall, police office, public works
building, and arena.
January 12, 2000
The doors to the Huronview
Home for the Aged will remain
closed for at least another week,
thanks to the arrival of the flu. "We
closed the doors last Wednesday,"
said Cathie Brown, administrator
of the home, after four cases of the
flu were confirmed. Another case
was confirmed on Sunday and, as
the home has to keep its doors
closed until eight days have passed
since the last reported case, she
said the home will be closed at
least until early next week.
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