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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1989-03-15, Page 1_T� INDEX Mensal! - A8� Obituaries - A9 Births - A9 Walton - A10 Sports - Al2-M4 Graduates - A19 Serving the communities and areas of Seatorth Brussels. Dublin Hensall and Walton Seatorth. Ontario Seciforth h 41) The Seaforth Community Hospital has negotiated 24 hour medical coverage for weekends This coverage. offered by a group of 30 doctors out of London and organized by a Dr. Greg Chernoff. will :begin this weekend in Seatorth and here- on -out will result in a doctor locating in town and being on call between the hour of 6 p.m. Friday through to 6 p.m. Sunday, every weekend Don Smite. the Hospital's Chief Ex- ecutive Officer. explained this coverage was negotiated because of a desire by the hospital to extend its service to the com- munity. as well as to give local doctors. who are presently on call seven days e week. 24 hours a day. a break "You can't have someone workmg 2; HURON EXPOSITOR WEDNESDAY MARCH 15 1989 50 cents a copy hv-.m 4 -h .ter weeken hours a day, 12 days in a row. on a regular baste " he said, adding that the weekend service is already being implemented in the neighboring communities of Clinton and Exeter, and with good success Weekend coverage will be provided b} young doctors who have several years of general practice and family medicine ex- perience. as well as training and ex- perience in specialty medicines such as surgery. orthopaedics. ear, nose and throat surgery and obstetrics and gynaecology. All doctors have indicated a willingness to work the weekend shift Mr. Smith noted a trial weekend of the service, last weekend. met with rave reviews. both from the nursing staff and, administration of the Seaforth hospital, as Co-op looks at °NicK i I to . Cocci ion Hensall District Co-op is considering the construction of an agricultural service and suppi\ establisnu,ent in 1\cKiliop l'ownstup. on the East half of Lot 21, Conces- s:on 1 I a mite and a quarter east of Seafortn. across from Arts' Farms Two representatives of Co-op. Jim Pappie an: Ever Ridder. appeared before McKillop Township Council last week to see if zoning on the lot could be changed from General Agriculture (Ag 1) to Agricultural Commerical and Industrial (Ag 3). Co-op is proposing to buy the 50 acres of land, and in the summer of 1989 is proposing to build a dryer. fertilizer blending tower, as well a: e warehouse/office/workshop building. In the next year or two a grain elevator and platform scale would be added, and among future considerations would be a Co-op gas bar and lumber yard, MART DEVELOPMENT li. other McKillop council business, another zoning amendment application was made for the proposed Hart development. west of Seaforth The zoning would 150 well as from the doctor placed in the com- munity for that time period. "The nursing staff was very impressed with the physican, and in turn the physi- cian was totally impressed with the com- petence of the staff and with the equipment we've got." said Mr. Smith Both Mr. Smith and Dr. Chernoff, em- phasize the weekend service is being of- fered solely to supplement service already given in Seaforth - not to replace it. Doc- tors involved in the service provide the doctoring needed over the weekend, then return to their own pursuits of specialty medicines during the week. They pose no threat to the doctors already in service in Seaforth. "It's a very nice complement to the ser- ver e vice already provided." said Dr. Chernofi "The objective is to come and provide excellent emergency service for 48 hours. then send the people back to their family physicans during the week. Dr. Chernoff noted the "weekend doc- tors" are well qualified to handle any emergency , big and small. and added all are trained in surgery "Weekend doctors" are not unique to Seaforth according to Dr Chernoff, who said similar services are in operation all over Ontario, as more and more GPs, par- ticularly those in rural areas. indicate a desire to have weekends off, Dr. Chernoff noted on average his doc- tors see between 50 to 75 people in the 48 hours they are on call. He noted of those people presently being seen in Clinton on weekends, approximately 20 to 30 per cent. are from Seaforth - a town Dr Chernofi described as having "good if not better facilities"- indicating the service is lone, overdue. "As I said before, we're here to comple- ment service, not to oppose upon it. And, we're nice guys too he said, adding quali- ty control tops the list of the service, and if a doctor is not adhering to that quality standard. he is soon removed from the service. As an added benefit Mr. Smith noted presence of a weekend service may serve as a drawing card to the town for genera) practitioners. Seaforth has been looking for another GP for approximately one year now since its present doctors relocated to the Seaforth Health Care Centre. changed from Development to Village Commercial, A public meeting on the Hart re -zoning will be held on April 4 at 1 p-tn., and the Co- op hearing will be held the same day at 1:30 p.m . SCBERBARTR DRAIN Engineer William Dietrich was before council to review the report on the Scher- tarth Drain. A court of revision for the drain will be held April 4 at 2 p.m. The report recommends the open dram. 533 meters of ditch, be filled m with tile at an estimated cost of $55.300. Of this, $37,275 would be paid .by the two McKillop fanners whose property the dram is located. $9,996 would be paid for by property owners in Logan Township, $4.189 will be paid by Perth County, and $34840 will be paid by Huron County where the drain -traverses roads. A provincial grant of one-third of the costs is available for the agricultural lands. OPP COMMITTEE EE The policing committee, as recommended Turn to page 18A Lockout ends, relations .poo'r The lockout has ended, a collective agree- ment has been negotiated, and employees of iiensall's General Coach plant were back to work Wednesday, March 8. But according to Adam Sansone, representative of Local 3054 of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, the plant still faces obstacles in employee relations. The union membership met Tuesday night to vote on the company offer, and was advis- ed by the umon bargaining committee to ac- cept. -The result was employees voted 97 to 67 to accept the proposal. "I think it's important to note that without the negotiating committee having recom- mended it, this would never have been agreed upon." .says Mr. Salvona. He adds the employees' negotiating committee couldn't get the company to move any more on wages, and the suggestion was made that it was getting late in the season to secure work for the plant, and the plant may have been forced to close. Mr. Salvona says the company also stated it would consider br`-' awing in replacement .workers, so the negotiating committee urged the member- ship to settle. "We were not prepared to gamble with the members' jobs," he said. The collective agreement which was final- ly ratified is of a two year duration from November 1, 1988 to September 30, 1990, and gives employees an approximate 4.5 per cent wage increase over each of the next two years. Effective November 1,1988 the employees will receive a 45 cents per hour wage in- crease, and on November 1, 1989 they will receive another 50 cents. In addition to this, employees with 10 years seniority will receive an additional 10 cent seniority premium, and those with five years will receive a five cent premium. 'Both Turn to page 5 kK4i 3f' liletR' 1EE 84t ta5f ,shoo atrdzDave;Ml tree f )midair f1> + nd„ atryiatil> ritgatettlrtrd rtld:' wen ourttero[ kitaleafatth a iAearasttd edlavlpgsadaot latrigiPiPaginWirneY;SurtdapittentilWrtentorthanciallisirict f ( : :“.451241. C 4*1s, 111�nttst VfOlnioistly ntrea 4 osted ort ie piing iddlar .,; Ainboriae- *PPrr#titttfat y.425maddteelteadedthe2event,•which;attracted r mer 01#idttfsrs horn .tarosmdd ssauthwestetn '3 iatario u t l ntfjgan Moliw 9lttOhoio. )mother. � � 'torn as - raasr an, • !jndaor,...r' oh*, .Owe l > lilt d, obletn. r n'eviliet^,,and 9 .number of .xouthwestern "'On ario rmtaun cipell#es, urn a='at ltelfol unity Mitrit o e;7. County budget up almost 20% !TESTING STREET,LIOHTS aro (from et 1, ,00reo. Rob--ttiteir-ciitss:has,bulilosparwot. sietteoap6Pject. Theptojecttincor- ,bie e/,anden-;doyen, TomeBannon..anMf,. .ibink. iese,pornles,Sociaf;i.Sturliescakiiiwand;Sniencei4kilisr.,andttieir.,vipage • Grade aand Aratudents-from:Mrs.;Mawhinney s _ las , to St. ,lames ,Stoney,vllle- comes coniplate smith,Hydro;,p>ower,r,Coraettiphate. mS -.parate,$choolrlitdap thesstraellights ion:iihe n .lature.<,v14ge BY BILL (HENRY Huron County residents will pay almost 20 per cent more taxes to the county this year, largely toward the proposed rebuilding 'of Clinton's Huronview Home for The Aged and a waste management study. The $22.4 million budget approved by county council Thursday includes a 4.28 per cent increase in the operating budget, just less than the expected rise in the cost of living. But with almost $900+000 being set aside towards a new Huronview, and $300,000 toward the five year waste management study, the overall mill rate increase totals 19,58,per cent for county ,purposes. That -means residents owning property .assessed.at11750000.will.pay $234:53 toward county.operation. That's.an increase of $38 over :what they ,paid in 1988) County resfdenis alsopaylaxes to operate their ,home municipalities and to finance public or,separate schools. Parents bring baa In Goderich last year, school taxes amounted to just over 50 per cent of the total, while county operations required 12 per cent. The Town of Goderich last week set its mill rate increase at 4.1 per cent. Despite county taxes last year being the smallest portion, the disparity in mill rate increases between the two operations will see Goderich residents faced with a greater direct dollar tax increase for the county than for the town. For example, the owner of a $75,000 home is being asked for $38.40 more from the county in 1989 compared to $31.00 more toward the town. Similarly, a $100,000 home will cost its owner $51 more ,toes to the county A $50,000 home or property .will cost $lb more Untilthe school boards set their budgets. probably next month, it can not be deter- mined what percentage of taxes goes to Turn to page 4.A • ck Prayer Issue Media, attention bus, shit Led.away keen the Lords- Prayer, issue and thetupic of ,opening exercises in ,schools, .whilerprovincial and slocal.edueators.ei iIi inelthis controversial ,iaeue. But ,at ;the /March -meeting .of the Almon :County ;Board.o£•Edueation.a;delega- Mon, of, parents;from Howigk awrlsbyp..ahow- .ed that ,this iasue bas;not,b naost.public ;attention. "Che --matter tis riot of a ;slight cbannge in opening,exercjses.11e issue is .who do we .tell,our <children..Iesus is - our God and 0Savtpun.or,a; atar'dchild. T.liere are noin- ,.betw,eejis." said -Ray:DYkstr'a, spekes>nan -for. to le1y ,tionrfrom Howick towDs ip. °""'When; ye, pray. be,i,,ord's-P1 er-in'our thchottls,.eyen' f a. fia4' icuiarateacuer,orr9tu- a•dent?d1oes.noew r:1t,.,we2proeiajm sic Christian truths to our children. In r- ticular that .we are in subjection to a Holy Godwlie supplies us, with our needs and who alone can forgive our sins," he said,.addiug : ".:When .we ,give equal time to other reliigions,we have just ;demoted Christ from being.. Almighty Clod, to ,been a toed exam- ple. Why;then should,we celebrate the birth of, entbelleathof, a., good,example? " ;Since the Ontario Coprt,of Appeal decided that no onc religion eheald be.given ,a posi- tion of proinlhepce in the ,public school -UAW the :1I013E,;.,alnd virtually all ,school boards in the province, havehem ,wrestiitig with Abe issye ,of 4what, wiIt be,takee ,ae. ap- ,prgprate ,upeniogAnd.eloxiog exercises in .cagssr..00itns. -Top ,su,page HA •