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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News Record, 2016-02-24, Page 44 News Record • Wednesday, February 24, 2016 www.clintonnewsrecord.com NewsCl Record PUBLISHED WEEKLY — EST. 1860 53 Albert St. P.O. 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Canada 1 pcnal Member of the Canadian Community Newspaper Association and the Ontario Community NewspapersAssociation Insurance Brokers of Canada supports rural Ontario Valerie Gillies Clinton News Record Eight hospitals throughout Huron and Bruce Counties were each the recipients of a $5,000 donation by the Insurance Bureau of Canada in a reception in Lucknow on February 19 hosted by Huron -Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson. Front from left: Kimberley Payne, Executive Director of South Huron Hospital Foundation (SHHF) Exeter; Brenda Teichert, Director, Alexander Marine and General Hospital (AMGH) Foundation, Goderich; Dick Burgess, Seaforth Community Hospital; Lisa Thompson, Huron -Bruce MPP; Sally Kidson, Executive Director, Saugeen Memorial Hospital Foundation (SMHF), Southampton; Russ Taylor, Chair of the Wingham and District Hospital Foundation (WDHF). Back from left: Ron Lavioe, Chair, Seaforth Community Hospital; Doug DeRabbie, Director of Government Relations, Insurance Bureau of Canada; Andy Bingham, Treasurer SMHF, Southampton; Myles Murdock, Chair AMGH, Goderich; Tim Mancell, Chair of the Walkerton District Hospital Foundation who also accepted for Kincardine and Community Healthcare Foundation. Valerie Gillies Clinton News Record Huron -Bruce MPP Lisa Thompson hosted a presenta- tion reception at the Lucknow Sports Complex on February 19 that had the Insurance Bureau of Canada present a donation cheque of $5,000 to each of eight hospital foundations throughout Huron and Bruce Counties. When Thompson had seen similar donations being given out to Grey County hospi- tal foundations from the Insur- ance Bureau, she was quick to contact the Bureau and Grey/ Bruce/Owen Sound MPP Bill Walker to find out how to make it happen for her own constituency. Doug DeRabbie, Director of Government Relations for the Insurance Bureau of Canada related that Thompson had been working hard with them since last fall to make this hap- pen. Thompson appealed to the interest that the Bureau takes in rural Ontario. "This is only the second time we have done this," DeRabbie said during the pres- entation. The Insurance Bureau of Canada understands that it takes partnerships to make things happen. The hospital foundation workers are those who operate in the communi- ties to ensure that services can happen. DeRabbie explained that they realize that it is an ongoing struggle to deliver ser- vices without the necessary funding. "We are happy to help the workers be able to do their work." In her introduction, Thompson spoke about her ongoing work to "get politics and crazy -thinking out of the way" when it comes to diagnosing and treating rare dis- eases in Ontario. An example of this is Lyme Disease, which is present in Huron and Bruce, but which Ontario doctors are not allowed to treat under the current system. Thompson has spent much time working with Micheal Harris out of Toronto to try to help families who are dealing with rare diseases to be able to sustain their quality of life as a family, not just the quality of life of the person with the rare dis- ease. Thompson asked everyone to get the word out about a new website created specifically to address some of these issues at #TreatRareDiseases. CONTINUED > PAGE 5 FROM THE ARCHIVES 15 years ago... • The Municipality of Central Huron had some luck of its own at the Clinton Racetrack Slots when it was the recipient of a cheque for $160,926. Brian Wood, Chief Operating Officer of the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Cor- poration (OLGC), along with Huron -Bruce MPP Helen Johns, were on hand to present the cheque to Central Huron Reeve Carol Mitchell. The sumrepre- sents the municipality's five per- cent cut from slot revenues from the facility's first four months of operation. Wood, in his address, noted that he was pleased to pre- sent the first of many cheques to Central Huron. He invited all to share in the success of the opera- tion, and pointed out that after construction began on the Clin- ton Racetrack Slots in the spring of 2000, it was open to patrons on August 26. Since that opening day, he said, the facility had wel- comed over 89,000 visitors, which is an average of over 500 people per day. New legislation will mean new power rates for residents of Cen- tral Huron's Ward 3 (Clinton). A notice in the News -Record makes note of the fact that "the Clinton Power Corporation must unbun- dle electricity rates into electricity distribution rates and rates for power and other charges in order to meet the requirements of new legislation" Central Huron Clerk Richard Harding explained that rates will be structured according to a model set out by the Ontario Energy Board. 20 years ago... • A strong passion for human life prompted former ballet teacher Miloslawa Zablocki to demonstrate her desire for peace and support for troops in the Per- sian Gulf. "I heard on the radio that the bestthingto do ifyoufeel bad about the war is to talk about it, however I could not talk to any- one about the war, so I decided to do something," she said. Mrs. Zablocki said that a news broad- cast from Tel Aviv showing a baby without a gas mask prompted her to make a sign that reads "No Masks for Us! Stop!; and another that reads, "The Helpless Inno- centVictims! Stop the War!" In addition to these signs, she put one outside her home which reads "Come Home Soon: Zav locki explained, "I believe in love and being able to forgive. I recentlywrote letters to Pope John Paul II, United Nations Sec- retary General Javier de Perez, President Mikhail Gorbachev, Mila Mulroney and Barbara Bush. In each letter I sent a pho- tocopyof apicture of ayounggirl during a peace ceremony which appeared in the News -Record, and photographs of the signsI had made" A new computer purchased by the Huron County Home Care Program at the cost of nearly $6,000 will help standardize information provided to the provincial gov- ernment, says county medical officer of health Maarten Bok hout The computer will enable the home care workers to give the provincial government uniform operating statements, board members were told at their meet- ing. Home care programs across the province have switched to the computer system requested and paid for by the Ontario govern- ment However, the switch will mean that the home care com- puter is no longer compatible with the county system, said Huron County clerk -administra- tor Nigel Bellchamber. Huron County is one of the last health units offering the home care pro- gram to commit to the new com- puter. Middlesex -London health unit has not accepted the offer yet The remaining 37 other home care programs went on -stream when the computer was first introduced, said home care direc- tor Joanne Jasper.