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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1984-10-31, Page 3Page 24, r 1 No r re Q SENTI single copy 35e Printed in Lucknow, Ontario, Wednesday, October 81, 1984 est Lu.' cknow youths Two Lucknow area /youths have been arrested and charged with break, enter and theft arising, out of 22 occurrences in the Lucknow area and five in the. Wingham area over the past several months, following a lengthy investigation by the. Kincardine Provincial Police. • Paul Carter, 16, of R. 5,'Lucknow .and John Faber, 16, -Of R. 1, Lucknow appeared in Ki*ardine Provincial Court on October 15 to answer charges of break, enter and theft following a brealc in at the Lucknow, Legion. They , received a period 'of probation and suspended sentence. On October 23. following a break, enter and theft at MacTayish Sunoco Station ot October 20,: the two were arrested and charged with break, enter and theft for occurrences at. the Sunoco Station, the Lucknow' Community Sales Barn and a Lucknow residence. They are also charged with, taking a motor vehicle without the owner's consent. The, two youths remain in custody in Walkerton Jail awaitinga trial date. In an unrelated. incident a portable • welder taken from in front of Lucknow • Custom Wedling was found abandoned south of Lucknow and Kincardine 'OPP detachment are treating it as an early Hal- lowe'en prank. Harvey Houston dies A prominent and respected Lucknow: resident, Harvey Houston passed away at Wingham and District Hospital Tuesday morning in his 73rd year. A retired Kinloss Township farmer, he was a member of.. the Lucknow District Lions Club. Mr. Houston is survived by his wife,, Elsie, and four sons, Jay of Mississauga; Hugh of Alberta, Kenneth of Harriston and Wallace of New Brunswick; six grandchild- ren; two. sisters, 'Christina,. Mrs. Nelson ' Howe of Paisley and Mamie, Mrs. Archie" Turn .to page 4., • : 1 • Lucknow a hockey town • Approximately 1,6$.boys will partici- pate in Lucknovv's, minor hockey system on major and' Millie leagueteams this season. Hockeyis the program with the highest„regstratith, 0,4 programs offered. by -the s..Lucknow Recreation Departirient iPaIg.eritsJanftehildtterri-alike enjoy the game and this enthusiasm makes it difficult to take an 'objective look at the guile'. . However, parents,, referees and coa- ches are becoming, increasingly coricer- „ 24 pages • ned about the injuries and violence in hockey, The Ontario , New Democrat • party held public hearings to discuss the • violence in hockey and produced a report, Play, It Safe?. which was released last July- • - Because behe,: munhei of children itopesp4cknour area and the. increasing numbers- of injuries in hockey games,. The Sentinel' has prepared a special report which looks at the task 'force recommendations in • today's issue. Witches, goblins and creatures of unknown origin litiR haunt the streets of Lulu:tow toidght at the annual observance of Hallo,e'en. Trick or treaters will jolt' this Egypdan mummie [Adrian Rau] as Children of the community dressed in costumes collect pennies for UNICEF and treats of candy from area residents. , [Photo by Sharon Dietz] eport on hockey violence recommends stiffer rules On Ontario NDP report on hockey safety •the task force concluded the rules must be ecommends the rules in hockey be tough- strengthened and certain rules must be ned to make the game safe for ,layers of worded more explicitly to minimize the SPECIAL REPORT 11 ages the hockey world will not act need for judgement and discretion on the espite three major studies in the' past 10 part of officials ears, government must take action says Many views were expressed during the he report, Play ft Safe, written by Eli hearings concerning body contact in artel, MPP Sudbury East, chairman of hockey. It was obvious most league he NDP task force which conducted officials wanted body contact to stay. Some earinga at Queen's Park in Aprilargued they were seeping to improve a few Based on the medical studies, docu- things, that there was always room for entation on injuries, advice from two, improvement, but generally speaking nowledgeable referees, suggestions of things were just fine. oaches and managers and the encourage- The majority of the witnesses however, ent of interested citizens and referees, expressed a somewhat different view. 411.1••••••• .1.111.4 , Some felt body contact per se was fine but the stick had become.a weapon which was responsible for most or, many of the injuries Suffered by players.: Many expressed the view, that youngsters, because of their • equipment. felt invincible and therefore threw caution .to the winds with their agressiveness. Others argued that hockey, • was an aggressive game and that frustra- tion caused young people to strike out. Some argued that certain aspects of body contact should be eliminated. • Dr. Charles. Tator's study on spinal injuries, for example, recommended that, hitting from the rear and blind siding be • banned. As of October 1983, •fourteen youngsters had been struck from behind and confined to live in wheelchairs. Six months later, that figure has risen to .16, plus two deaths. •• Some felt body contact created problems when it involved kids of different'sizes but similar ages. Others felt lack of coordina- Turn to page' ruce public health inspectors reject contract propos41... Bruce .County ptiblic• health inspectors. ealth unit secretaries and audio and ental technicians will. apply for coneilia- on in their contract negotiations with the ruce County board of health after voting nanimously to reject the proposed con - act October 24. Members of local 210 of e Service Employees Unions, they have , een negotiating for a first contract since une, 5. • Bruce: County Public health nurses were eked' out by the county on October 10 ter. staging rotating strikes following a reakdown in their negotiations with the unty. They are to reopen talks with the unty November 1 The county's proposal the Service Employees Union's 15 embers is similar to the one offered to the rses, It provides for reasonable iricreas- to some and little Or no pay increase to hers. • 'We serve the people of Bruce Courityto protect and promote public health. The best method of dealing with disease is to prevent it, if possible and by education the • public and enforcing the Health Protection and Promotion Act, the Health Unit plays a significant role in our society,” said Carmen Holmes, chief .union steward, in releasing a ,statement. "If our services were denied to the people of this/ county, for any length of time by a labour dispute, it is difficult to estimate the immediate or long term damage to public health." The inspectors and technicians provide a broad rangeof spyices. The Inspection Division enforces health regulations involv- ing such places as. schools, restaurants, ' hotels, arenas, nursing homes, swimming pools, beaches, funeral homes and day care centres. Inspectors investigate com- municable diseases varying from food poisoning to sexually transmitted diseases. Health promotion programs such as rabies prevention presentations in schools and training seminars for /food service • personnel are now an integral part of the inspector's respohsibilities. In addition, they are officersand directors appointed by the Ministry of the Envirotrient to enforce • that part of .the Environmental Protection Act dealing with sewage systems, thus • • affecting severances, subdivisions, and other land uses, including the issuing of some building permits. Dental educators visit all eleinentary •schools in the county to 'promote' dental • hygiene. In areas without municipal fluor- idation they ,provide fluoride rinse treat- ments. In other areas such treatments have been reported. to reducecavities by up to 25 • per cent. This is thgsecond year of fluoride rinse treatment program is being carried out in Bruce County. ' Dental educators also give oral hygiene instruction in day care centres. Public health secretaries provide a key .support service in the Health Unit. They are cegnizant of all the programs of the • inspection, nursing, audio and dental • education divisions: It is most often the public"health secretaries -who have the initial "store ' front" contact with the public, advising people .of, the services available and acting as a conduit 'through • the bureaucratic maze. ( The audio technician visits elementary • schools to conduct hearing tests on children. A hearing impairment can adver- sely affect a child's academic performance. • Early recognition and correction of a hearing problem can have a dramatic effect on the child's progress. • The audio technician is currently con- ducting scheduled hearing tests in South- ampton anti Kincardine. for adults.. This service is also available in other areas of, the County on request.