The Lucknow Sentinel, 1996-01-17, Page 25284026
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Page 2 Lueknow Sentinel, Wednesday, : January i 1
Facing more reductions
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23 per cent reduction that
most municipalities were
bracing fon
"All indicati+ns are that
we will'. be facing another
grant reduction of similar
prop+o►rtions, for 19971" Mrs.
Andrew said.
West lirawinosh t
rar °
West Wawanoshy
g
Township, the single block '.
transfer of funds appears to
be $10,000 more on paper.
"But in reality" says
Clerk Tre .asuear' Li ane
1,
Mark Becker, :
rktrea-
Nolan, "it is not."
Koss
g .l
eee
surer for Kinloss Township,
agrees • with Mrs. Andrew ,
that the calculation for the
..t . ul o
Ontario leo Municipal �, pl'rt ..
Program is, very complex.
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While it appears that
iuloss is receiving an
increase of $29,534,,, ,they
municipality is in bet faced
with a reduction of 12 ;per
cent over last year's dollars
received in road giants and
unconditional funds.
In 1995, Kinloss 'received
a total.`(roads and uncondi-
tional) of $419,269. This
year's single 'block 'transfer
amounts to $448,803.
However, Mr; Becker says
when ` you deduct the
$80,564that should be put
into reserves for equip.
ment housing and nontruc>
tion, floss is faced with a
12.2 per cent. reduction:
Information on the
Willage of ,ucknow'ss
tran
s-
fer payment will be includ-
ed
in next week's issue.
Area applicants may.,
go to Doon or Stratford
•.from page 1
and the applicant interest.
for the September 1997
enrolment. Applicants
from 'this area still may
apply to the loon or.
Stratford practical nursing
programs for September of
this year. n
Koch jailed the deci-
sion
eersiva to suspend the pro-<
gram regrettable, but said,
"We are all in difficult
utanaial times." He also
said the hospital remains
committed to prowdmg
ee
thnecessary space for the
program if it is able to
restart in 1997.
As far as the nursing
school building is con -
coned, Koch said it
has
the potential to serve as
the hospital's new i ie eal
clinic if extra space is
aeddeed.,;That possibility
will continue to be investi
gated, he said.
The. nursing school.
building was constructed
in 1969, but the history of
the nursing assistant or
practical nursing program'
in Wiingharr .goes•. back
Much further.
Much
he training sehool was
started in 1942 by the late
Iris Morrey-Fielding.
Since that time, hundreds
of young women and more
than a few Young men
have. -trainedhere in.
Winghant. The program
was taken over. by
Conestoga College in
1993.
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Doctors at 'inghan anaDistrict Hospital' have indi9
cared * willingness to participate in the province's mews.
rani of payment to physicians ians coveting low-volume
emergency departnts.
A letter was sent to the Ontario Ministry of Health by
pro-
ceedJan. 5 deadlineconfirmthe to doctors'intent . tq reQm
ceed with the revisedmethod of payment and negotiate a
'more -detailed ' agreement once. the . prototype has been
made available by the -Ministry.
What this means to citizens of Mush= and :area is no
change tothe operation of the hospital emergency depart-
ment as it currently stands.
The chana in funding tlow-volume emergency
y
rooms was announced late .last year by. the province.. As
Qfparticipate ' e .
� 15,� hospitals Which h in the program yVrrll.
see paid: a ,si. nal fee .of : $70 r hoar for.
physicians s q .. 1�,.
weekend and night call; Cuifently,'they ate paid on a perr`
patient basis.
In . speaking . forthe hospital medical staff, Dr. Brian
Hanlon said it still does hot solve the cnrtent manpower
shortage in the emergency department. However, in
answer to a question from Mary Lou• Cameron, Hanlon
agreed that the new arrangement may attract doctors, to
town, who can make .a decent living doing weekend work
until they establish a practice.
severanceli
Ashfield Township. coun-
cil , has made "a recommen,
dation to ,Huron County
Council that an amendment
be. made to the OfficialMan
to delete pol cies. for . sever
ing
sitrPhis residences,
The matter was first
.. reviewed at the ;local : level
when council met on Nov
7.. The current .Secondary
Plan 'allows a property
'owner who'. owns two or
throe .parcels "of land, all.
,with : residences, to sever.
homes on land other than
thee'honne set-up.
• A public meeting was
- held Jan. 4 : to discuss the
• policy.: Along with council,,
Sfivecot, rrTaar,teousapayw;, ers plaBnnruceer~
t
Machan, a Member of the
countyy's. planning. ,and
development committee
were in, attendance
points of concern raiseed.
during the meeting were:
• the effect ons taxes and
rural population,
• lot boundary adjustments
between farms and non-
farrm lots, k
• directing non-farm devel-
opment to the hamlets,
• the need for severances if
farm . sizes continue,
increased
• tightening of thea "sever.
ance policy but not prohibit-
ing
• loss of, assessment from
" houses' torn down whether
or not severances , are
allowed,
• leaving policies un-
changed*
• 'merging, of abutting
parcels under common
ownership and property
standards.
Council subsequently
made the above recommen-
dation
eco a men -dation to county council.
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saliva, such as sharing bev-
erages or cigarettes, or kiss-
ing. - About. 25 : people,
including the, boy's immedi-
ate family and members of
his hockey team, which
share water bottles,wee'
put on'prreventive antibi-
otics,
A .bug called neisseria
meningitidis may result, in
two diseases* meningococ
cemia, or meningitis which
is an infection of the lining
of the brain. It used to affect
small children, `,but ha:,
changed its mode of attack
and now appears to be
affecting., adolescents,
McQuigge said.
The symptoms of menitngo-
coccemia reseemble the flu
when it first strikes. A per-
son may feet .weak, achy,
nauseated and feverish. The
distinguishing feature is that' ,.
it takes "a pretty rapid
downhill coujrse,. much
more rapid then you would
expect your child with the
normal flu," McQuigge
said. It may result in
headaches°, extreme weak.„
ncess, lack of , appetite and
bruising underneath the skin
that shows up in a form of a
deep purple kind of rash.
" y that stage in the
. game they're in pretty des-:
perate straits," he said.
McQuigge said while he
feels confident' the bug has
been isolated, he ;addedpark
ents need to look out for'.
flu-like symptoms that
rapidty deteriorate.' : a
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