The Citizen, 2008-05-22, Page 7THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MAY 22, 2008. PAGE 7.
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Isaac Nicholson was on dessert duty last week, lending a
hand at the dinner and silent auction to benefit the Blyth
Public School graduation trip of 2009 to Camp Celtic. The
current Grade 7 students were all on hand to help out on
either the auction or dinner side of things. (Shawn Loughlin photo)
A large crowd gathered on May 9
to celebrate the official opening of
the newly-renovated Clinton
Medical Building (CMB).
The building is the home of the
Clinton Family Health Team
(CFHT) and houses six physicians
and 15 total staff, including nurse
practitioners, registered nurses, and
a social worker, among others.
Renovations cost between
$450,000 and $500,000, according
to Clinton Public Hospital
Foundation chair Marg Makins. The
Ontario Ministry of Health provided
$100,000 of this total, a number
matched by the former Clinton
hospital board. The rest of the
money came from former
shareholders in the medical building,
she said.
The Foundation is the owner of the
building, and rent will be paid by the
CFHT and physicians within the
health team, said CFHT
administrator Kim Van Wyk.
Huron County warden John
Bezaire, a former chair of the
hospital foundation, said the May 9
opening of the CMB “may be one of
the happiest days for me in recent
memory.”
It was “a lot of hard work,” he
added, saying that the project was
“what being in a small community is
all about. It was what rural Ontario,
rural Canada is all about.”
He also spoke to the benefits of the
family health team model for rural
Ontario and Central Huron in
particular.
“They bring in allied health
services – things like psychologists,
nutritionists … so that the general
practitioner isn’t expected to cover
absolutely every need,” he said.
“If you have a physical need, they
take care of you. If you need some
counselling … they can send you
two doors down in the same building
to someone specially trained to look
after that.”
Dr. Keith Hay, lead physician for
the CFHT, also praised the family
health team model, noting that it
improves efficiency and frees
physicians to provide the more
complex care that they are trained to
do.
Dr. Hay has been extensively
involved in the CFHT for a number
of years, and admitted to being
excited when the CMB was opened
officially.
He noted that he was quoted in
The Clinton News-Record a few
years ago as saying he hoped to have
the CFHT up and running by the first
of the following year.
Rev. Pat Cook titled her messageat Londesborough United Church onSunday, May 18, Our Part.The morning’s gospel reading wasMatthew 28: 16-20 and was the storyof the great commission. Christcommissioned His disciples to go
forth into the world and teach and
baptize in His name.
During her message, Rev. Cook
noted that that commission is also
relevant today. All Christians have a
ministry to fulfill for Christ by being
a model of Christian living.
As people benefit from God’s
goodness they need to show their
thanks by fulfilling their commission
to help others, she said.
The Old Testament reading was
Genesis 1: 26-31, the story of the
sixth day of creation.
The other aspect of Rev. Cook’s
message was that discipleship alsomeans caring for the land. Shestressed that one should leave theworld a better place than they foundit through good stewardship.Her message was a readingadapted from an old Irish prayer,
Take Time.
Brenda Konarski read a minute for
missions which reminded everyone
of the situations which have
occurred in recent weeks, a horrible
cyclone in Burma and a deadly
earthquake in China. These events
have caused thousands of deaths and
displaced thousands more.
The mission and service fund of
the United Church will work through
local and regional agencies to assist
these people. Monies donated to this
fund are used by the church for just
such circumstances.
Hullett Central will hold its annual
track and field meet this Thursday,
May 22.
Perhaps you will want to stop by
and cheer them on.
Top competitors will participate in
the regional meet on Monday, June
9.
Do you have your duck picked out
yet? The Londesborough Lions Club
will be releasing the
ducks on Sunday, May 25 at 1:30
p.m. into the water by Bev and
Helen Wallace’s just east of the
village.
Any Lion member will be able to
sell you a duck.
Have you considered a yard sale
yet? A few more folk have signed the
sheet at the post office this week.
You still have a month to get
organized.
The UCW will lead the morning
service at Londesborough United
Church on May 25. Rev. Pat Cook
will be away at conference that
weekend.
The female choir will gather for
practice that morning at 10
a.m.
The family of Marjorie Duizer
helped her celebrate a most
significant birthday on May 18. It
seems she has joined the segment of
Canada’s population who will be
receiving one of those brown
envelopes each month.
They reminded her at dinner at the
Fireside Cafe in Wingham that age is
just a number and life should
be lived to the max and
enjoyed.
Happy birthday from the
community, Marjorie.
Medical building is now open
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