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The Brussels Post, 1975-05-21, Page 11BERG Sales — Service Installation FREE ESTIMATES o Barn Cleaners o Bunk Feeders o Stabling Donald G. Ives R.R.#2, Blyth Phone: Brussels 887-9024 *H. oard office leaves Seaforth The Huron-Perth County oman CAtholic Separate School oard will move its dministrative offices from eaforth to Dublin this summer it as revealed at a board meeting eld in Seaforth Monday night. Trustee Michael Connolly, ippen, in releasing the details of he move, said the board offices a Seaforth have been cramped or space and the parking acilities have been inadequate. he board offices have been cated on the Main Street in eaforth since shortly afters the formation of the county board in 969. After July 1 they will be oved to the building housing the rmer Dublin high school and the Ursuline Order convent. Mr. Connolly said the Ursuline rder will be vacating the onvent at the end of the school erm in June after 60 years of ervice in the 'community. The o teaching sisters will remain the school board staff and take p residence in the Utsuline onvent in Stratford. Sister orence Kelly is principal at St. atrick's elementary school in Dublin and Sister Marian is principal at St. 'Columban elementary school. Mr. Connolly said the board has leased the building for a five-year period from ' the St. ,Pitrick'S Parish at Dublin and the Episcopal Corporation for the Diocese of London. The kindergarten class for St. Patrick's school area which has been using a room in the former high school part of the building, will continue in that location under the new arrangement. The agreement calls for St. Patrick's parish to collect $1,000 per month for the building and at the end of the five-year rental term the board has the right to purchase the building for its continued use as a board office. Richard Box, owner of the building housing the present board offices, will be notifed his premises will be vacated by the end of the present lease in January, 1976. In other business the board agreed to send three board members to the Canadian Catholic , School Trustees St. John's, Newfoundland, from June 25 to June 27 --Chairman David Teahen of Stratford; Ted Geoffrey, Zurich and, Donald. Crowley, Gadshill; and alternate, Arthur Haid, R.R.4, Listowel. The Board approved a 1975-76 school bus rate schedule of approximately 15 per cent increase over last year's. Trustee Donald Crowley was named to attend a testimonial dinner in Toronto on May 16 for Monsignor Hardy of Hamilton. Board approval was given several changes in updating board policies as outlined by Stratford trustee Howard Shantz. A new policy approved called for copies of general minutes of all board meetings to be sent to separate school represenatives on the Perth County and the Huron County Boards of Education in order to keep them conversant with its general business. William Ennis,Stratford board counselling officer, was authorized to attend the Ontario Association of Counselling Officers in Geneva Park in June. The board approved giving the Stratford Recreation Association permission to use the ball diamonds at the Stratford Separate School for the summer program, also the soccer field at Aloysius School. "I'm, glad these are being used now", commented Joseph Looby of Dublin . They were only cow pastures when this board took over those school grounds. John Vintar, Director of Education, reported the initial approval has been received from the Ministry of Education for construction of a general purpose room and dressing rooms at St. Patrick's School at Kinkora. Stratford trustee Francis Vere, • chairman of building and property committee, outlined the various maintenance works being carried out at the schools in the two counties. Mr. Vintar and Ted Geoffrey both reported on the Ontario Conference on Education held in Toronto on May 7, 8, 9 and 10 which they attended with the theme Learning to be Where in the World do we stand. Citizens ,(Continued from. Page 1) saying: "Do you want someone to second it?" Mr.Tyerman said no one can predict the absorbancy of the soil when a flood comes. The hurricane hazel level is based on saturated 50:1 plus 6" of rain. "Mr. Tyerman, said: "I'm going home to dinner, while I can 'get there without a boat." Councillor Bridge said "They never said half the town could burn down but it did. It's just as likely to have a fire as a flood." He said the town could object to the flood mapping study "with everyone else". "Similar studies are being carried out 'throughout Southern Ontario. "If you get enough support it can be th4,-nv out," Councillor Bridge said. One possible way to protest the study would be to send a delegation to Toronto and get the MPPs to help fight it, he said. Smiles A little girl who was rebuked for incessant chatter explained, "I dOtrzt know any big words so I use lots of little ones to make up." midst of change What's happening in health discussed in Goderich does really little more than identify problems. It doesn't provide solutions. . As one seminar goer so aptly stated during coffee that morning: "all know what the problems are. What we need is answers." In the afternoon, Dr. H. Humphrys, •a x family medical practitioner from St. Mary's who is also a member of the Health Planning Task Force in Ontario took the spotlight to talk about the Mustard Report. He spoke long and tirelessly. , Patients are Important Among his opening remarks was one which touched the hearts of most people present, including a strong representation of nurses and allied health care workers. He said the individual patient is of prime importance to the authors of the Mustard Report. He went on then to talk about eventual amalgamation of heath and social services; optimal health care within financial resources; availability of health care services; accessibility of health care services; continuity of health care services; co-ordiria- tion of health care services. He' said the proposals in the Mustard Report are not revolu- tionary but evolutionary - and he said the process could take as much as 10 to 15 years. Dr. Humphrys talked. about grouping health care workers into prime care sector. He mentioned renaming hospitals. He sugges- ted Health Care Centres would be a more appropriate title if the Mustard Report is implemented. He spoke about "professional" health care - and then added this does not imply necessarily that the "professional" should be a physician. "We must utilize the skilli of allied health care workers to a greater extent to keep costs down," he said. "We must encourage a team approach and a team spirit," he insisted. He spoke about the need for health care centres to make money - turn a profit. He suggested a share system for pay ment of workers - a kind of fee schedule according to responsi. bility and type of service rendered: He admitted he didn't knOW just how thiS Would be done. Dr, HuiriprhyS spoke about the • probability of seven regions and seven regional directors in the By Shirley J. Keller It was a long day - a gruelling y - a frustrating day. It was a y to discuss the Lalonde White apes and the Mustard Report. More properly called "A New erspective on the Health of anadians" and "Report of the alth Planning Task Force", the o documents had enough meat them to occupy an entire orning and aftei'noon of discus- n at Goderich Psychiatric ospital, Wednesday - and then me. But as Phoebe Stanley, Direc- t of. Nursing at Stratford eneral Hospital so appropriately id in her 4 p.m. summarization the day's events, "What can I - except that we're in the idst of change." Mrs. Brenda Wattle, Editor of anada's Mental Health" and a presentative from the federal nistry of Health, had her work out for her to condense and plain the White Paper in the ead of the Hon, Marc Lalonde ho was unable to be present. She did a fine job - she pointed the health needs of the nation outlined in the report. She talked about better access health care, reducing mental d physical disease through rious means including some- ng called "modification of life e", and well organized corn- nity health care services. She said there is great potential prevention of disease, and ded that the high risk segments the population must be identi-d, rs. Wattis spoke 'about the e strategies to achieve this end: e health promotion strategy; regulatory strategy; the Catch strategy; the health care ctiveness strategy; the goal twig strategy. he touched on diseases of ee resulting from things like eking and drinking and drug se; diseases of affluence like r.eating and under-exercising; eases of neglect, he advocated greater public areness, long range • health lung and greater emphasis on ve,ntative medicine. "She honed her own special cOn- that of mental health and the d to recognize the causes of tutbenees which filially tot, 't and hospitalize an inereaS. number of people every y9:dr, nd then she stepped, She had top. lot the White Paper onbedly a costly docuntent province; the districts with their District Health councils within each region; the areas with their Area Management Boards within the Districts in the Regions. At the helm, quite naturally, is the Ontario Ministry of Health. , He said regional directors were not to be dictators as some had predicted they might become. Dr. Humphrys saw these people reflecting the needs of the District, the wishes of the District Health Councils, the thoughts of the Area Management Boards. He saw the regional directors taking the basic, grass-root con- cern of the people to Toronto. He explained District Health Councils would be planning bodies responsible for the development of prime care facili- ties for the health needs of the district and provision and opti- mum use of such health facilities. Area Manageinent Boards, says Dr. Humphrys, are nothing more sinister than hospital boards with added responsiblities. He told the audience hospital boards have done such a great job in the past, they have shown they can handle more decision-making power. These area management board would have fiscal responsi- bility, provide leadership, sup- port primary and secondary health care sectors and recom- mend to District Health Councils. "They would be operating arm of the District Health Councils," said Dr. Humphrys. Following both speeches, morning and afternoon, the reac- tion panel chaired by Angela Dawson, staff development offi- cer at Goderich Psychiatric Hospi- tal had its say. Panelists were Norman Hayes, Executive Director of Witigharn District Hospital; Marion McGee, Associate Professor of Nursing, University 'of Western .Ontario; De. Frank Mills, Huron County Medical Officer of Health; Robert Watson, Social Services, Strat- ford; Pat Wheeler, co-ordinator of volunteer services at GM and Shirley Keller, Signal-Star editor, Then there was a free-wheeling question period .when the audience could react to what had been said .. And there was plenty ' of reaction = Phoebe Stanley called it a "display of fireworks." It was abundantly dear froni the day's deliberations that finances Were a ingot concern ter a great iiiiitiber of people. An affluent society this is but in the throes of mounting inflation everyone is aware of the high cost of everything. More thari that, they are interested in controlling expenses. Perhaps the most pertinent comment on this 'matter came from Robert Watson of Social and Community Services in Stratford.' Mr. Watson said, "Costs are going right out of sight. Nobody wants to talk to anyone else. They all have their own little empire. But expenses must only increase with delivery of services." It was pointed out by both the panel and some members of the audience who spoke that the programs, for instance, advo- cated by the federal ministry of health in the Lalonde White Paper are very, very costly. Perhaps too costly for the amount of actual value they will ulltimate- ly provide to the people of the nation. 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