The Citizen, 1996-10-16, Page 32The doctor is in
Dr. Susan Norton is the newest member of the staff at the
Seaforth Medical Clinic.
Clinic welcomes 8th doctor
Seeking a local
family doctor?
Let us know.
Clinton Public Hospital is working hard to recruit
additional family doctors to our service area. With the
departure of Dr. Lal, and Dr. Newland's recent
retirement, we believe there is a strong demand for
additional physicians. That's what we have been telling
physician candidates that have shown interest in
relocating here.
To be more certain of the demand, we'd like to hear
from everyone who feels they would join the practise
of a new Family Doctor in our area. This will help us
prove to prospective physicians that they will be able
to quickly establish a successful practise.
Here's what to do:
Call Clinton Public Hospital at 482-3447
between 8:00 am and 9:00 pm
When you call our
Admitting Staff will ask you
a few basic questions.
n Your name and telephone
number
n The number of
adults/children you are
calling for
n Your place of residence
(town, village, township)
n Whether you have a family
doctor now.
PLEASE CALL TO LET US KNOW YOU
NEED A LOCAL FAMILY DOCTOR
THANKS FOR YOUR HELP!
PAGE 32. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1996
County council kills Ashfield landfill proposal
Huron County councillors
Thursday finally buried the pro-
posed Ashfield A-3 site for a coun-
ty landfill, opting instead to utilize
the space in existing landfill sites.
In a move that will save county
taxpayers millions of dollars (it was
estimated it would cost $1.7 mil-
lion just to get approval to use the
Ashfield site, with construction
The sale of the Morris Tract to
the Nature Conservancy of Canada
is the first step in turning the for-
mer Goderich-area county forest
into a "nature preserve class
provincial park" the Conservancy
said in a letter requesting the coun-
ty remain as a recognized stake-
holder to assist in determining
various uses of the land. ''The bene-
fits to your constituents include
recreational pursuits such as hiking,
bird-watching, skiing and snowmo-
biling," the letter said.
The Conservancy has allotted
$5,000 for a study of a manage
ment plan for the Tract.
* * *
Provincial government mit:
changes mean that residents of the
Highland Apartments at Huroalea
and Heartland Apartments at
Huronview, who moved in after
July 1994, will no longer have first
priority access to the homes for the
aged if they feel they can no longer
reside in the apartments. When the
By David Scott
Dr. Susan Norton started last
week as Seaforth Medical Clinic's
eighth doctor and third female
physician.
Norton was recently practising in
the northern Ontario community of
Englehart, two hours north of North
Bay near Kirkland Lake.
Englehart is a community of
1,600 and has a clinic and hospital
facilities similar to Seaforth. "I was
looking for a small, rural family
practice," says Dr. Norton.
She previously worked with Dr.
Dan Rooyakkers at Englehart and
heard from him about the positive
atmosphere at Seaforth clinic. Dr.
Continued from page 8
its own community identity. "It is
preferred over one large block,"
said Thompson. 'The land area is
costs another $10 million or more),
the county decided that changing
circumstance allowed calling a halt
to the idea of a county-wide site.
Pat Down, chair of the Planning
and Development Committee said
that recycling and the use of back-
yard composting had reduced the
flow of waste into landfill sites,
making it possible to use today's
apartments were originally built,
tenants were given to understand
they would have first chance to
move into vacancies in the homes.
But the province introduced the
Placement Co-ordination Service
and now tenants who moved in
after July 1994 will no longer have
priority.
* * *
While most county committees
rejected a report from the Town of
Goderich about supposed ineffi-
ciencies in the county system, the
Health and Seniors Committee is
taking a look at the concept of sell-
ing one or both of the county's
seniors homes. The committee will
also look at doing whatever is
needed to make the homes break
even to the point of requiring no
support from county taxpayers.
The county is on record with the
province indicating concern not just
with funding levels but also with
the regulations the province impos-
es on county homes that increase
costs.
Norton also found out about
Seaforth Community Hospital at
the recruitment tour held in
Kingston. It was there she met Dr.
Mark Woldnik, Gwen Devereaux,
business manager and CEO Bill
Thibert.
Dr. Norton studied medicine at
UWO in London and completed
her post graduate work in Ottawa.
She is now living in Kitchener
with her husband Alan, who works
at Pearson International Airport in
Mississauga.
Dr. Norton is happy to be
opening her practice in Seaforth
and welcomes new patients. To
make an appointment, call the
clinic at 527-1700.
just too large."
Staff and service sharing discus-
sions are still taking place with the
Saugcen Valley Conser.vation
Authority.
sites longer.
Consulting engineers Gore and
Storrie also recommended that
ownership of the local landfill sites
remain with the municipalities. It
suggested, however, that the county
assume responsibility to the landfill
sites. This would allow changing of
the those municipalities using the
site without having to go through
an environmental hearing. It would
also allow the county to help devel-
op operating policies to maximize
the lifetime of each site.
Key to the new policy are the
Morris Twp. and Exeter landfill
sites which, if the municipalities
agree, could become the two north
and south sites once other landfill
sites are filled. These sites could be
fitted with new equipment and pro-
cedures to optimize their life
expectancy.
Steve Janes, of Gore and Stor-
ric, said Morris and Exeter have
been very co-opertive in discussing
the possibilities of wider use of
their sites.
Janes said there is also the
opportunity for composting at Mor-
ris, Hensall and Exeter sites if
changes can be made and approvals
obtained.
"The approach we have taken is
riot normal," Janes said of the new
proposal. "This puts the control in
your hands."
Huron, he said, is unlike many
other municipalities in that it still
has capacity in its existing sites.
Export of garbage is also a pos-
sible future opportunity, he said,
but currently it's much cheaper to
landfill the garbage locally ($35 a
tonne versus $12-$15 a tonne for
transportation and $40-$65 a tonne
for tipping fees plus the cost of set-
ting up transfer stations).
Brian McBurney, reeve of Turn-
berry said he agreed with the plans
and said the savings were thanks to
the persistence of Ashfield resi-
dents. "If it wasn't for the persever-
ance of the Citizens of Ashfield and
Area pushing for an alternatives
study, we wouldn't have been here
(cancelling the A-3 site)", he said.
Cty. committee studies sale
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