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"THE SEPOY TOWN" ON THE
HUROWBRUCE BOUNDARY
PUBLISHED IN LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
WEDNESDAY* JULY 23 1986
16 PAGES 400 pER copy
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Dr. P.A..ITonyl:11iaShilt is the. Most recent Member of the Lucknow Medical Centre staff.
• FolinertY• of Poland, Dr. 'Bekaslak,34, has. been in Canada . for the last fooryears And, for
'the past week, hasbeen,llyingin Whighitmalong- with hilt-Svife"-Grazynaand -their three
chi1dren. He is looking lorward to a long itisocisitloit with the people of Lucknow and area.'
;[Alan Rivett photo]
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r. P.A. Bekasiak joins staff
at Lucknow Medical Centre
By Alan Rivett •
One trip to the Wingham area a year ago
‘• was all the newest doctor at the Lucknow
Medical Centre needed to decide to ply his
medical skills in the Lucknow area, '
"I.was here a year ago looking for a nice
• place to work. I talked to Norman Hayes
(the administrator at the Wingham and
District Hospital) and Dr. Corrin and they
' said there was a need for a. GP -
•anaesthetist at the Wingham hospital,"
said Dr. P.A. (Tony) Bekasiak.
"Lucknow seems like a very nice own. It
has a European, feel, like a small town in
Europe, Western Ontario is a beautiful
area with Goderich, Lake Huron and here.
• Altogether, it's quite nice with the farming
community - not much pollution."
Dr. •Bekasiak, 34, has been at the
medical ceiitre for the past week as a
permanent addition to the medical staff at
the centre. Dr. Jim Shalom has discon-
tinued his work at the centre.
'Na�tPoEaid
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Formerly of Poland, Dr. Bekasiak left,
that country four years ago to practise
medicine in Edmonton. However; he re-
• ceived no credit for his medical training in
Poland and was forced back into study,
Two vehicle • accident near Luck/low
A two vehicle accident on Huron
County Road 1 near Lucknow sent two
people to hospitalMonday 'afternoon,
according to the Goderich detachment
of the OPP.
Michelle Dorscht of RR 2 Lucknow
was taken to Wingham and District_
Hospital with major injuries. She's
currently listed in satisfactory condi-
tion. A passenger in the second vehicle,
David }Wiley of Winthrop, was treated
and released from Wingham and
District Hospital.
Police said the Dorscht vehicle was
southbound following the vehicle driven
by Gordon Cronin of RR 2 Dublin. The
Cronin vehicle was turning into ‘..tt
private driveway .when the mishap oc-
curred •
Damage to the Cronin vehicle, a 1982
GMC pickup; and the Dorscht vehicle, a
1984 Mercury, was estimated at $6,000
each.•
Public sees museum plans
By Alan RlYett
The plans for the expansion and renova-
tion of the Huron County Pioneer Museum
were layed out for all to see during a public
meeting on the museum project at the
Goderich Township Hall in Hohnesville on
July 9;
Approximately 60 members of the public
came to have a first-hand •look at •the
preliminary drawings and a "massing"
model for the $3.5 million renovation
project expected to be completed by 1990.
Those in attendance were the first
members of the public to see the proposed
designs as Huron County Council, at their
meeting on July 2, passed the preliminary
plans for the museum.
Ask questions
During the evening, the audience was
invited to ask questions concerning the
project which were fielded by architect
Christopher Borgal; Museum Committee
Chairman Bayfield Reeve Dave 3ohnston,
project co.ordiriator Claus Breede and
several other members of the museum
committee and county council.
To open the meeting, Project co-ordin.
ator Claus Breede says the floor plan
drawings for the 38,000 square . foot
museum were fifth or sixth generation with
himself and Mr. Borgai "going over and
re -going over" the drawings to come up
with the current preliminary plans. Most of
all, he said the project is "on budget".
Mr, Breede says the costs for the project
will be split between the county, provincial.
and the federal governments with each
paying approximately one-third of the
$3.51 million price tag. Currently the
museum has a • firm commitment from
Huron County with 1.1.5 million being set
aside for the project with $250,000
conunitted in 1985 with another $300,000
earmarked for 1986 to 1988 inclusiVe.
• In•band revenue
Other in.hand revenue includes a
$115,000 grant from the National Museums
of Canada's Museum Assistance Program
which will offset architectural and profes.
siOnal fees. Another grant for $123,000 was
received from the Federal Department of
Manpower and Immigration's Job neve'.
„opment Program which has allowed the
museum to hire six people for a year to
organize and pack up the collection for
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completing post graduate work and an
internship at the University of Alberta, and
Edmonton General Hospital, respectively.
He had originally graduated from
medical school in Poland in 1976 and had
practised for five years in Poland before
immigrating to Canada. During this time,
he finished a fellowship for internal
medicine at a cardiological institute in
•Poland.
' Over the past week, Dr,. Bekasiak says
he has been very busy, especially with
meeting many new people in this area. Ile
credits Dr. Mel Corrin with making his
'transition into the Lucknow office a smooth
Help from Dr. Corrin
"I have lots of appreciation for Dr.
Corrin who has helped me with everything.
He's a very nice man, helping me to get
started. And; his medical knowledge is, of
course„ enormous. I'm sure I'm going to
learn a lot from him over the years," said
" Dr. Bekasiak, adding that -he hopes to have
a long stay in Lucknow.
Dr. Bekasiak and his wife Graz3rna are
currently living on Patrick Street in Wing.
ham. They have three children, Kamila,
51/2; John Paul, 4%; and Ann Mary, 3%.
Markdale "happy" with system,
Byan Rive •basins where the treated sewage would be
a• allowed to percolate into the porous soil.
below. • '
Since the sewage works is located below
the village of Markdale, the effluent is
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• The rapid infiltration system of waste
disposal, the method proposed for Luck -
now, is meeting with great success in
Markdale where the system has been in
use since the spring of this year, says one
of the town's officials. •
"We're pretty happy with it," said
Markdale Clerk G.A. Barlow, in an
interview last week. "We're getting every-
thing finalized right now. The Ministry (of
the Environment) is still doing some
testing. Since it's the first rapid infiltration
system this side of the southern' states,
they're still seeing how it works." "
Delegation
A delegation made upkof uteinbers of
Lucknow, Kinloss and .Ashfield councils
Paid a vist to the sewage •works in
Markdale on July 9 to see, first hand, how
the system Worked.
• Accordinglo Steve Burns of B.M. Ross
and Associates engineering firm of Goder.
ich who also accompanied the councillors
on the trip, the Markdale system is almost
• "directly comparable" to the proposed
• Lucknow system, only the Markdale
system is geared to handling much more
waste than the Lucknow systent.
He said the Markdale system currently
handles 300 gallons of treated sewage per
minute, a rate which is 21/4 times What the
Lucknow system would carry eyen if the
whole village was included in the system.
The Markdale system also includes two
aerated lagoons for winter storage, each
being three and six acres, respectively.
Mr. Burns said the sole Lucknow storage
lagoon would be approximately three
acres. Eight infiltrating basins are also part
of the Markdale system, while Lucknow
would be equipped with "seven or eight"
• 'Alen
A letter to the editor attempts to
dispel the Many myths about midwifery
in the province. SEE PAGE 5.
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