The Lucknow Sentinel, 1984-05-02, Page 1u•
Two .of Lucknow's finest citizens .Owere>
honoured on the occasion of their retirement
Si a banquet Saturday evening, in recogni-
tion of their 3q10., 14as fire chief :
'eCretary-treas0110
e Department. •
w!` George Whitby b?
b January. 1955 a
tient in November, ,
^,appointed secreta y
ent in Februa"
men since the
George and Stu A
were chauffexar
the ban++!!
nagh. Th€
men and pres
ent, representata
nicipalities sero
}eknow District :
ucknow fire chief •
ping the depart-
Coilyer was
the. depart.
vlig': been
rch,
vices, Jean and
Legion`:'Ball to
Barry.
caner.
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b'tlie four up:*will;Georg,
Lucknow
t?. tract, Fire Department, representatives.
from area fire departments and Bruce
County Mutual Aid and" members ' of " the
Whitby and Collyer famtilos.
Master of ceremonies, Harold
Thompson introduced the head office table:
.retiring: -fife " Chief, George :" Whitby- and . his
wife, Jean; *retiring secre , -treasurer, Stu!
Collyer and his wife, it the present
fire chief, William °A l•Bttn•d
hrs'*and
hisrwife,. Josie.
',Thompson also!
ted Stu had been
memberrs'„of
ranch° 309 Luc
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George.
trommunity
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Concerned citizens, who.,turned 0104see. the meeting 1�hat when this happens, . the
m on drug' abuse;;sliown bybthe local .Lions,” p .rents'bring the kids to:.the' doctors and
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Club. last week, were taol �t alcohol ;abuse. expect them to pilin their bodies ba k
amajor robinzirt .ie%, cltnnteTAXSat together again, D 'said the parents.
sw .. f� le alciuet'tiat 'tl a tee .a.. sop .,
uekniaw to�"d ;thy � egg A + � .. ; � , -a `' .
daughter was ::d ring, even. Gth u4 he; :o
,,;;„4,,,she is well under the- legal age limit.. `
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*fig; their paten
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rug Concerns lg pan l s den the for °15 years at smoking cigaa et es Causes.
punt Forest 0F"i narcotics 'l aoeii..` 'disease, :people continue to smoke. .
Jolly said that Clifton and Ben. were not Jolly said ;parents tolerance is unbeliev-
er stating the:alcohol problem in this area able. If there. 'was..a child molester In the
d that many people do not reals* how- school, people' WOW he'doing,- "Mottling.'
us it is. Jolly said. the kids `he Seek Awned* Menage' to their children, hut with
ming to the emergency department for drugs people ignore it. The top 20 abused
tment at Whigham and- District Hospital • drugs in North America are :, prescription
o get drunk, take claire car -and run it into drugs, he noted. :. •
tree are between the "ages of 14 and 1'5. A teacher at Lucknow Central . Public
ly commented to..The„Sentinel following Turn to page 20
n M and dance
- George, thy: left,. and ,Stuart Caller were honoured at a iretire% 1;blatiuet
Saturday evening;;by their fellow m}en, ,pini sad. lune*, to calm, their service as' fire
chief lof the, Lucknow 'District Fire *panment for 30 yea and seeretaryrtre uiurrer of
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dpaMaenforA� �! respectivl . art Hreelde#s helmet and
bue-nCollyer:s presentedwith aHail fter dWit:
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by;shiroometzl
ospital board debate procedure.
e Wingham and District Hospital board
tit some time'at its regular Meeting last
ek debating ,prohCdures used dining an
amera session April 5 at which thew
ding project was officially approved.
oard member Archie Hill questioned the
dity of the motion act pt%ug= the, tender,
ing he had risen on a point;of order atthe
e which had not been properly dealt with.
pother rnernber Robert ' Pike, also
ressed conc'ertiiwer the way -discussion
been cut off to force ae vote on the
ding project
dministrator NorimanHayes, who acts as
etary to the boa` d, told” Mr. Hill he had,
out of • order in zraisitng• his point of
, and read a lengthy and obscure
age from Rbberes Rules of Order which
aimed supported hits _case.
11 disagreed with the interpretation
ver, saying he , still feels there Was a
h of conduct the part of the board.
up to the board what it wants to do with
further action was taken, although
s did agree to revise the minutes Of that
ing which several board members
ed did not..accurately. reflect all the
sion.
rd Member John Schenk raised a
ion about the reasons given for the
n the building project having come in
r cent above the estimates, after the
had been assured they probably would
per cent below.
en he asked the question during the
Cera. meeting April 5, he explained, he
Id it was due -to inflation aid having
l the best bidding period last fall. As a
result, lfe said, some board members felt
badly that they might have delayed the
project and .caused additional expense.
However he. noted that since .that meeting
he had checked with, two people in the
building industry, ,including one who had bid
on -the project, and they laughed at that
explanation, saying :prices thisspring are
probably the lowest they have been in three
years and bids would have been even higher
last fall. -
"That's one point of view," Administrator
Norman Hayes told him. But he maintained.
that the explanation given earlier by himself
and the architect is also supported by the
Ministry of feal'th;based on its experience'.
with tendering' projects.
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In response to a request made at a previ-
ous board meeting, Hayes presented statist-
ics onthe number of patients transferred to
other hospitals during thepast six years. He
said.the numbers varied- up and, downover
the years, with more transfers ' for - some
types of problems and ,fewer for others.
(`tit's very hard tosay we transferred more
people in one particular area or whys" he
said, concluding he had reviewed the figures
with the medical records department and
here did not appear to be any clear trends.
However board member Robert like disa-
greed, suggesting the figures which showed
transfers of 79, 167, 174, 153, 200 and 218
patients per year betwee' i 108-70, and 1983
did show a rising trend.
"It seems. the number' .of transfers is
increasing and the number of patients is
declining," indicating, a higher percentage
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By Henry Heea
A committee of `area residents has been
formedto lead"the' drive to false money for a
new emergency and out patient wing at the
Wingham and District Hospital, Mary Vair -
chairman of the hospital board, announced
last week. • - "
The co nmittee includes representatives
from each municipality represented on the •
hospital board, Vair said the members were
chosen as a result of consultation with
• inuiiihipal councilors or - hospital board
members • and the final committee *was •
formed under her authority as board
chairman.
The committee consists of Alex Graham
from Howick; Bob Perry, Turnberry; Audrey
Cardiff, Morris; Doug Sholdice, Brussels;
Betty Cardiff, Grey; Clarence Hamra, Blyth
and East-Wawanosh; Marson Zinn, West
Wawanosh and Ashfield; Frank MacKenzie,
Kinloss; Rod McDonagh, Lucknow; Tom
Miller, Wingham and George King, Tees -
water,
Don Thompson of Teeswater will chair the
finance of the fund raising committee. Vair
added.
Murray Cardiff, the Huron -Bruce MP, has
agreed to be the honorary chairman of the
drive, however the actual chairman had not
yet been selected. The committee was sche-
duled to hold, its first meeting Tuesday night
and it was •eicpected to choose, a ,can
from within its ranks at haat tiea►eW "
The committee will spearhead the drive to
raise money for the new building project
from individuals, groups and businesses in
the hospital- community. A final target for
the fund raising drive has not been
announced, however -figures ranging . be-
tween 5300,000 and $400,000 have been
quoted in discussion of the project.
The contract for the new wing has been
awarded- to Refflinghaus Construction of
Goderich at a cost of about $1-.5 million, and
construction is expected to start at once. The
pirice, which does not include furnishings or
equipment, was about $250,000 more than
the hospital board had expected to pay for
the building, however the Refflinghaus bid
was the lowest of 13 received.
The Ontario Health Ministry has promised
to contribute $250,000 toward the project,
with, an additional $93,750 to come from
Huron County. This leaves aoout $1.15
million to be made up through the fund
raising campaign 'and from the hospitals's
own capitalfunds, which have been swelled
in recent .,y„ears by a series of budget
surpluses.
Auction sells farmhouse for 110�
Bruce County Federation of Agriculture
and the Canadian Farm Survival Association
are concerned that the saleof farm land to
foreign interests will erode the municipalit-
ies' tax base in the county, following an
auction of farm buildings on the weekend
where a farm house was sold for $100.
The Survivalists set up a road block but
were unable to stop theauction which saw
the sale of farm buildings on land owned by
Canadian Agra Tne. to reduce the amount of
taxes to be paid on the property.
Emile Hachey of the Farm Survival
Association said the environment suffers in a
community when land is purchased by
foreign , interests which then sell the farm
buildings to reduce their taxes. The people
who purchase the land do not come to live on
the land and the township is left without
people to supports its schools and business-
es. The land is free of taxes which causes an
erosion of the municipality's tax base and
creates a larger burden to be carried by the
remainder of the taxpayers in the municipal-
ity. "
Manfred Lesereit of Blyth, a representa-
tive of Canadian Agra Farm,' said it is the
lack of government support for farmers
which has led to the sale of the land to
foreign interests and it is the government
which is responsible for the changes in farm
communities when land is sold to foreign
ownership.
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