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Pope John Paul waves to crowds as he tours the Martyrs' Shrine at of •Polish •Canadians and a mass at Downsvlew while he ,was in
Midland In thepopeinobile last. week. Pope John* Paul Visited the ", Toronto and a ride down the Rideau Canal In Ottawa. (Photo by .
Swine duringhis 12 day visitio'Cinada which also included a nilly • Hon Wassink) . • • , • .•
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The opportunity to see Pope -John Ifbati
when he. visited the Martyrs'? Shrine . • `
Midland during hiS stay in Canada was the -
thrillintllighllght of a pilgritriage•inade,dif-
ficult by cold, wet weather. .,
For Betty O'Donnell of Lucknow. the ar- •
rival of the helicopter and the sight Of the ,
white figure hiside it was the peak of the an, • •
ticipation which had grown as. the crowd
stood in the cold and the rain waiting for the
Pope's arrival, - •
, Betty was able to get real good look et
Pope John Paul as he went by in. the
popemobile; after in one spot by
the rope to cordon off the crowd for over two
hours. . , - ,.• ,
"Such a .man for our time." she says.
Strong in his conviction, he draws all of us to
be stronger people regardless • of ' our .
religious or non -religious convictions. •
She emphasizes. with the "utter disap- •
pointment" of the. people of the 'north
because his visit to Fort Simpson had to be •
cancelled. ' • •
For Clarice and Betty Lou Dalton, the trip. • •
to Midland was the highlight of anything
they have had the privilege tad°. • • .;•
Clarice says you can't imagine the an- •
ticipation and the , atmosphere 'unless you
were there to be a part of it. You get caught-. • ,
,up in it,even if you don't expect you will.
"He is such .a loving, gentle, Oaringdper- z r, • ,'
son, the way he approaeheschildrert an the . , • 1.
handicapped,.the way children flock to him,
they know he's spedial." * •
"The, world needs, somebody like him..
somebody to say this is the *..way it should,:
believes,gveii thoughpeople may • •
not , agree with him, they still think he's
great. 6 - ' •
Clarice and her grandson, Tom Chilton
were ale, to take VIP seats left empty
becausdWople who had them did not come.
They were 12 rows from the front and just
missed shaking hands with the pope when he
moved into the VIP section -to meet the peo-
ple following his homily. .
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"We had a wonderful look at him," she
or Betty Lou Dalton, who originally
didn't plan to go to Midland, seeing the pope
has definitely left an impression.
"He has ,an incredible magnetism, you
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Municipalities discuss medical centre cost sharing proposal
Discussion at a meeting of the four , capital costs in the future would be split Lucknow council . indicataed in their original agreement is i0 years old and needs
municipalities' which own and operate the evenly 25 per cent each, Lucknow council proposal; which' was presented to. the to be changed." • '
• Lucknow Medical Centre indicates there is a drew up a proposal for an agreement which councils and clerks of the other three Councillor David Eadie of Kinloss said his
major misunderstanding of how the capital indicated Lucknow wanted the capital and municipalities at a meeting, 'September 19, council had discussed readhing an
costs are to be shared. _ maintenance costs to be shared equally they wanted an agreement drawn up to this agreement whereby capital, costs 'would be ,
Originally when the Lucknow Medical :while Lucknow continues to pay 40 per cent effect .and they wanted all four split 25 per cent each and the maintenance
Centre was establishedlucknow paid 40 per of the debenture. In return Lucknow would municipalities to sign it. ' costs would , continue to be shared with.
Rent of the capital and maintenance 'costs give up 15 per cent Of theownership of the "We're trying to get . away from the • Lucknow paying 40 per cent and the
and theoutstanding debentures. Ashfield, building and property and it would be owned uncertainty as to who pays' what," observed remaining three municipalities paYing .20
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Lucknow councillor Eldon. Mann: , "The per cent each. , '
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Kuilosf and West Wawanosh Townships . - equally by the four municipalities.
each pv id 20 per cent of the costs.
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In F...bruary, 1978 reeve , George Joynt
recomn tended capital costs should be split
25 per ,:ent each. The four municipalities
shared the capital costs °Utile establishment
of .the dental suite and the purchase and
construction of the dental suite parking lot
on a 25 per cent basis. Since then however,
there has been disagreement as to how .
future capital costs are to be shared. ,
Kinloss agreed to•pay 25 per cent but West
Wawanosh and Ashfield indicated that an
agreement to pay .25 percent of the dental
suite capital costs was negotiated
separately, and did not infer that all future
capital costs would be shared on that basis.
No written agreement has ever been
drawn up to spell out the terms of the 'cost
.sharing, the ownership or the composition of
the medical centre board and how the
municipalities will be represented on the
board. Meetings have been held in the
rnedical centre . parking lot on occasion,
without a recording secretary. Only since
1983 has clerk Bertha Whitcroft of Lucknow
acted as recording secretary or the board
Consistently
Unable to convince West Wawanosh and
Ashfield to sign an agreement toying that
West Wawanosh council objects
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to medical centre agreement
The four municipalities which own and `
operate the Lucknow Medical Centre have
drawn • up an agreement on cost sharing
but Lucknow, Kinloss and Ashfield are left
wondering whether West Wawanosh coun-
cil will sign the agreement. •
Lucknow called a meting, September 19
to present a proposal to the other three
municipalities following disagreement'
Over what percentage of the capital and
maintenance costs each municipality is to
pay. Lucknoves proposal read:
Lucknow wants 25 per cent split across
the- board on capital and maintenance
costs on the entire building. They are will-
ing to give up 15 per cent ownership Of the
building and are willing to ,pay off the
debentures at the same percentage as in
the past until they are paid up.
They want a signed agreement to this ef-
fect.
Originally Lucknow paid 40 per cent of
the capital cost of establishing the Medical
Centre in 1974 and the remaining three
municipalities paid 20 . per cent each.
Lucknow . also pays 40 per cent of the•
outstanding debenture' while the other
three pay' 20 per cent each and the same
arrangement is used for payment of
maintenance costs. In February, 1978 at a
meeting of the Lucknow Medical Centre
Board, Lucknow reeve George Joynt `
recommended the capital costs be split on
a 25 per cent basis.
The ettablithment of the dental suite,
and the purchase and construction of the
dental Suite parking Jot were 'split 25 per
tent each. Since then there has been
disagreement as to whether the 25 split of
capital costs was a negotiated agreement
for the establishment of the dental suite or
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• "But. 'then the question arises *hat . is
capital ' and what is maintenance?" , said
Eadie. -.7,
14ucknoW, councillor Ab Murray said he' ,
cannot understand howthe medical centre •
board operated With, four people. The
problem is the .way it was set up, said
Murray; there 'should be a written
' agreement. ,
• With a representative from each
municipality comprising. the board, 'one
munieipality effectively loses its vote when
it provides the chairman for the 'board.
Lueltriow reeve George Joynt has acted' as •
chairman of the board *since its ineeption so
effectively. Lucknow has not had a vote on
the board, . said West Wawanosh councillor
Kathryn Todd. , • ' •
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"It should be done the tame way as the
arena and fire boards," said Ashfield deputy
reeve Allan Gibson. "I never could figure
out why it (the medical centre board) Was
• set up this way."
"There are motions (on the books)* where
° one person Makes a Motion, another seconds
it and another takes it back to his council.
, How can you do business this, way?", asked
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