The Lucknow Sentinel, 1997-07-02, Page 1,7,171
VOL. 124 WK. 27:
WEDNESDAY, JULY 2,1997
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Quality
care
access
tote ,
exisiire....
Health • Minister
Jim Wilson said ,last
Friday that the Rural'
Health Care
Framework for the
province will ensure
that the residents. in.
Huron County and
rural Ontario. have
access to quality care.
Th'e vision ., of the
framework is to seea '
fullyy integrated and
co-ordinated network
that provides access
to ,a range ' of pro-:
grains and `services '
which puts the patient
first ' while ,using
resources more effec-
tively and efficiently.
am ; pleased to
have played an inte-
gral' part in the `level
opment of this'frame
work.' It: is -clear . that
this government rec
o$nzes the unique ' '
...'.,
needs• of: rural
Ontario," said, Helen'
Johns, MPP• for
Huron • County, who,
accompanied Wilson
when he made the . .
announcement, in:
Goderich.
.;'Close proximate -1.
ly small hospitals will
•be expected to•cluster
in.ord'er:to rati:onalize
the provisionof ser-
'vicerand .T realize
efficiencies through �
shared administra-
tion, clinical and' sup-
port" '•services and
medical staff," said
Johns.,
from . the framework
include:
• (Health services in
Huron need to be
restructured, but , 24
hour . access. to care
`and emergency ser-
vices will'remain.
• The rural health sys-
tem will Use new and
• emerging health care
and communications
technology,to support
physicians and health
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Proud to be Canadian! That was the message students and staff at St. Joseph's School, Kingsbridge, reaffirmed last
Tuesday, when, they celebrated their second annual "I'm Proud to Canadian Day." Taking part in the assembly were
Ashley Wisser, Christina Riegling;and Natalie Hogan.. (Livingston photo)
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Students 'arid staff at Sl. Joseph's School,
Kingsb:ridge,,celebrated their second "I'm.
Proud to be Canadian Day" last Tuesday, their.
last -.day of school. ',, "
Jennifer .Miltenburg, a local parent whois
an 'American 'by "birth; started the special day
last, year. Miltenburg is on a path, to making all
Canadians as big a flag wavers as, the
Americans
"1 have to tell..you that', it is impressivedto
me' that an American had :to come up here and
show: ushow, to be 'proud Canadians," said
Paul S,teekle, MP for Huron'Bruce, as°he
addressed the :assembly of red' and white
clothed Canadians all waving miniature Maple
Leaf flags. !
Other guests bringing greetings and (ion-
.' gratulations. were Art Simpson,, deputy reeve
of Ashfield. Township,' Bob Hallam, reeve of
West Wawanosh and Louise Martin, represen-
tative on the Hfron Perth Separate School
Board;. •
Special guests were Rev Joseph Mack and •
his wife, Mildred, of Sarnia.. Rev. 'Mack was
there to lead the assembly; in• the reaffirmation
of the Oath of Canadian Citizenship,
• ° He was 'invested with the Order, of Canada
in 1982 by then Governor General Edward
Schreyer, and holdsa degree of- Doctor of
I)t.vinity, honoris causa, from Acadia
University, Nova Scotia.
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Born in 1 9 1.9 in the State of Tennessee4
Rev. •Mack was graduatedfrom the American
Baptist Theological Seminary, in 1948 with the'
B.Th. degree. `During his.'career lip' served 'as
.
Rev. Joseph Mack, df Sarnia,.led in the
reaffirmation of the• Oath of Canadian
Citizenship, (Livingston' photo)
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pastor in Winnipeg and Neepawa, Mamtol?a,: "' 1
before becoming pastor of the Cornwallis ,
Street United.:.Eaptist Church in Halifax .in'
1969:.
Membership -in the.<.Cornwallis Street:
Ch.urclt grewso, significantly that it was neces-.,
saiy.to expand the church's facilities.
,His many humanitarian efforts were instru-
mental in getting a number of people off the
welfare and unemployment rolls andback into
the Tabor market, thus restoring. their 'personal,
pride and human dignity.
In"hts address to the gathering, Rev. Mack
•
said he, Was. very proud: to, be part;of.,such .a
•
.great country as.Canada. "Everyone who lives
here has the rightto be proud to be Canadian.,"
he stressed. '
"As Canadians we share a common set of
values. We live u a democratic country where'
iindividual` rights' and freedoms' are recog-
nized," he told the children.
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