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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1986-06-11, Page 5These brownies with the 1st Kingsbridge Girl Guides received their wings to fly up to Guides during the meeting at Brookside school on June 4. The new Guides are, back row, from left, Sandra Meader, . Colleen Dalton and Anju DhaliwaL Front row, Mellissa MacLennan, Angela Card and Elizabeth Dalton. ( Alan Rivett photo) Cancer canvass nets '2,146.40 To the Editor: The Canadian Cancer Society Canvass has been completed in Ashfield Township with a total of $2,146.40 being collected. Team captains were Ken Scott, Eileen Wilson and Rita Howard. Canvassers were: Finlay MacDonald, Elaine Collins, Judy McKenzie, Cyril Austin, Marie Miltenburg, Kittie Ander- son, Bill Farrish, Isabel Hunter, Wilfred Hackett, Jennifer Miltenburg, Emily Dyennan, Denise Dalton, June Meader, Jeanne Brown, Laurie Dalton, Bessie Bell- inger and Darlene Bauer. Mel Farnsworth of the Goderich Unit ex- tends his appreciation and thanks to all the donors, canvassers and team captains. R. Howard R7 Lucknow Calling all CWAC'S - reunion coming To the editor: We still haven't located all our CWAC friends of those days of World War Two. The news Media have helped a great deal in other years, so once again we call CANADIAN WOMEN'S ARMY CORPS VETERANS TO ANNUAL REUNION through this medium. This event is sponsored by the Canadian Corps Association, CWAC UNIT 47, the last weekend in SEPTEMBER, 1986, in Toronto, Ontario. This is the 28th Annual Reunion for our Canadian Women's Army Corps. Here is our schedule in brief:- Friday rief:- Friday evening from 7 p.m. September 26, — Photo viewing, Wreath Laying Ceremony, Social Time, Dancing and Fun. Saturday, 12 noon to closing, September 27 — Reunion luncheon, dinner, dancing, and -fun for all. For a complete REUNION BROCHURE write to the CWAC VETERANS REU- NION CHAIRMAN, Mrs. Shirley Wood l HEESAKER, 201 Niagara Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5V 1C9 or telephone 781-2872 or 781-3821. Luclrnow Sentinel, Wednesday, June 11, 1986—Page 5 Ministry may replace volunteer boards The possibility of a minstry of health move to replace the local volunteer hospital boards in the province with elected district boards was the topic for some heated discussion at the regular May meeting of the Wingham and District Hospital Board of Governors. Mary Lou Thompson, board vice-presid- ent, told the meeting that news of such a possibility was reported during a recent Ontario Hospital Association convention which she attended in Toronto. According to Mrs. Thompson, specula- tion is that the ministry would like to make the change so that in the future members would be elected to district hospital boards and paid to sit on that board. "It is their feeling that since they will be paid, they will more responsible," she said. Mrs. Thompson said she came away from the meeting where the possible change was- discussed "with the feeling that the day of the voluntQer board will no Longer be here in the not too distant future." She said it was suggested at the con- vention that local boards can do some things to try and avert such a change. Emphasis was placed on present boards becoming more responsible "or our days as board members are numbered", Peer reviews and board retreats were effective means of assuring the respon- sibility of members. Retreats were consid- ered the most effective by those at the convention although they were also more expensive. West Wawanosh and Ashfield Town- ships representative Marian Zinn, a former school board member, said she did not think such a move would be a good one and would be opposed to it. Dr. Brian Hanlon, hospital chief of staff said if the change were to take place "the public is going to have a health service that they are not going to be able to get into". The people who suppport the hospital will no longer have the say in how it is operated, he added. "What has happened to the obligation of citizenship?" Dr. J. K. McGregor asked. He suggested the idea of getting paid to sit on a hospital board is "erroneous". Hospital Administrator Norman Hayes told the board the idea was not a recent one. An earlier study, the Mustard report, had included such a proposal among its recommendations. "You should read it some time, Mr. Hayes said. "It's very interesting." The report, according to Dr. McGregor, is also "very frightening". Such a change would be just one more example of people "having their rights legislated away from them under the pretense they will be protected by the government," Dr. Hanlon said. He pointed to legislation for rent control and for the conversion of apartment units to condomin- iums as examples of his claim. "The public is being tranquilized by the so-called social services," he said. Teachers reach agreement... •from page 3 new teachers who will be hired at the minimum, thereby saving the board money, he said. Mr. Cale said he feels this provision will also help make sure there is room for young people moving in by providing an opening for people retiring at the top. Cale said the agreement was strong- ly accepted by teachers with a ratification of about 89 per cent. Although the contract was widely ac- cepted, he said, a lot of issues have been there for a while and will be brought bad again. "It would be naive to think you're going to make great progress in a single series of bargaining. "Especially when you're dealing with hard negotiators like the board. The contract betwwen OSSTF and the board was negotiated in Owen Sound Apr. 18-19. 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