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Times Advocate, 1997-02-19, Page 17CQMMLJ[JTY Renewing vows Four local couples renewed their wedding vows on Valentine's Day. From left, Joan and Ivan Disher of Clinton, Charlene and Larry Priebe of Seaforth, Betty and Ken Berwick of Clinton and Barb and Ron Listtnan of Seaforth. Chairperson speaks to Beta Sigma Phi EXETER ; Donna Jones and Ma- rie Astle were co -hostesses for the February= 4 meeting of Alpha. Tau Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi . at Jones' home. President Shirley Walkom an= nounced that Founder's Day would he held April'29 at the White Car- _ nation- in Holmesville and Daffodil Day ,will beheld April 4.. Sorority member Verba Russell was guest speaker. She gave a brief history of her involvement first as a hospital Auxiliary member and officer and then on the Board of Governors of South Huron Hospital. She served. as treasurer of the hospital board and became Board Chairperson last year. She is the second woman to serve in this position as Muriel Dunlop was the first. . She explained that • the Huron - Perth ,Health Council was formed in June 1994 to consult with resi- dents to determine local health care needs, establish short and long- _ term health care priorities, coordi- nate health planning to 'promote an efficient and effective health care system and advise the Minister of Health- of their findings. She told about the Task Force Study which began' in August 1996 and led to the three options announced on No- vember 22. with South Huron Hos- pital having greatly reduced servic- es. A Citizens Committee was - formed and important information was given to the public at the De cember 11 open' house. Theis. also prepared an option which was pre - sensed to the Task Force on.Decein- her 16.' The eight hospitals worked together diligently and on restricted time to produce an agreeable alter- native option which was presented to the -Task Force on January 21. Out of this- presentation has come the preferred option with all hospi- tals -remaining open. The hospitals are still meeting to make.additional changes and will present them to the Task Force before the final --re- . port date of March 31. The Citizen's Committee, the C.E.O and the Board of Governors are continuing to work and fight for South Huron Hospital. • • •• Russell was thanked and present- ed with a gift. • Refreshments were served by the co -hostesses_ . Your Views Letters to the editor Concerns from Goderich ".?it is imperative that 'the Town ;of Goderich be restored...as an anchor hopsital with four I.C.U. units and 20 medical. beds. The following is a copy ofa letter sent ro the Hu- ron -Perth District Health Council by Goderich Mayor Deb Shewfele Dear Ms. Hook and Mr. Bell: First. I would like to congratulate the Task Force for their efforts in bringing all eight hospitals to- gether in an attempt to.resolve a very controversial issue. To keep all eight hospitals open and have a single governance and single administration seems to address the concerns and meet the iteatth care needs in Huron and Perth -Counties for now and the foreseeable future. However,1 do have some major concerns which are addressed in the following: • reducing the number of I.C.U. beds from four to two.does not meet the current and future needs of the area served by the Goderich Alexandra Marine and General Hospital. • as you are aware the report submitted by the Town of Goderich addressed the criteria of the Dis- trict Health Council. Within that report reference was made to the large number of industries. particu- larly the Salt Mine and Champion, the tourist traf- fic, the access and the requirement for qualified spe- cialists in the area. to name a few. This reduction certainly affects the quality of care in all of these ar- eas.. . . • the reduction in the number of medical beds from 20 to 15 is unacceptable based on the require- ments of the Town of Goderich and surrounding area in relation to•the medical staffs requirements for properhealth care. • I believe that the other hospitals. although affect- ed, can function under the proposed conditions. I do believe. however. the town of Goderich is unique • and although the status previously indicating a sec ondary hospital for this municipality is not accepta- ble for whatever reasons, I do believe that the Gode- rich Hospital must be an anchor hospital for this health facility to Meet the current and future require- ments for health care purposes' in the area served by the Goderich Hospital. At the very least, it is imper- ative that the Towh of Goderich be restored to what I refer to above as an anchor hospital with four • I.C.U. units and 20 medical beds. Finally, it is further my understanding that when this decision was made with regard to the eight hos- pitals. it was made in the absence of the Hospital Task Force representative from the Town -of Gide- ' rich. I respectfully request therefore that considera- tion be given to the above request and that input be acquired to verify my concern from the medical • staff and the Board of the Goderich Alexandra Ma- rine and General Hospital. Yours truly. Deb Shewfelt, Mayor All Canadians should be treated equal A candidate must be selected by the people, for the people ... Dear Editor:. Does equality still mean anything in this country'.' 1 sense not. Our Prime Minister Mr. Chretien is pre- pared to appoint women candidates to achieve a gender quota and then impose his selections on stra- tegic ridings. A candidate must be selected by the people, for the people and as a woman that believes in achieving success based on merit, l rind Chreti- en's style of dictatorship insulting and certainly un- democratic. If that isn't repulsive enough to Canadians, Jean Charest is desperately hoping to secure his political future by entrenching distinct society of Quebec in the constitution, a concept Canadians overwhelm- • ingly rejected in the Charlottetown referendum. Can he be serious in thinking that somehow granting special status to one province at the expense of the • other nine will unite our country and classify hitn as a credible nation leader? This sense of misdirection -probably explains why. according to the polls. he is currently running third in his own riding. • Preston Manning .and his Reform "Party will be smiling all the way to the ballot box during the next election. After recently reading Reform's Fresh Start election platform it is evident to me that they truly believe in the principle that all Canadians should be treated equally regardless of gender, race or culture or provincial origin. What a novel idea in this day and age! Mavis Reffell Port Franks, Ont. Times -Advocate, February 19, )997 Page 17 Valentine spirit at Bluewater. Rest Home ZURICH - Thursday evening the residents of Blue Water Rest Home enjoyed an evening with members of St.. Boniface Church, Zurich and St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church. St. Joseph. Dianne Miller and Har- riet Vandehurgt lead the : youth group with a presentation of songs and music from the .broadway show. "Joseph". Rev. Brian Williamson, Bayfield Baptist Church conducted Thursday afternoon Chapel Service with the assistance of his wife Mar- lene as organist. Their message was on "Love" - to look & listen, obey, ,value and enjoy God and each other. The residents Sang "Oh How i Love Jesus, Count 'dour Blessings, I Have Decided to Follow. Jesus,. Blessed Assurance, Blessed Be The Name" and "Thank You Lord." Fr. Matthias Wronski, St. Boniface Church, Zurich celebrated Mass.. Tuesday afternoon Rev. Gani La- zard. Dashwood/Zurich -.United Church " led Bible Study in . the Chapel. _ Friday was "RED DAY" at the home as residents and•staff dressed • with a Valentine Spirit.. in the af- ternoon the Grand Bend Golden Agers Kitchen Band • visited- the Home to 'entertain the •residents.. Larry Cole as chairperson,- Irian, Cole .. and Ron Dann as pianists played for the 18 member en- semble. The group brought their washboards, old pots, gut buckets, violins, guitars, juice harps. plastic pails. 'maracas and children's plas- tic trumpets and saxophones and made music -playing many a fa-. vourite• old familiar tune. The guests and residents enjoyed red punch, cheesier, .pretzels and Val- entine. candies while mingling in conversation. Friday 'morning the wheelchair bus. with volunteer driver Glen Thiel headed to Grand Bend to look at ice and snow sculp- tures created for the winter car- nival. Hilda Rader, Rose Meurer, Philippa Steckle, Clarence Gascho, Elda Wagner, Clara Hamilton, Dor- othy Dietrich, Kurt Gebel, Bob - Carson and Ruby Fulcher enjoyed- their trip into the winter wonder- land. Our best wishes to Eleanor Watson and Mae Fox who are vis- iting South Huron Hospital, Exeter. The Residents look forward to a - visit from their Buddies on Feb. 18 and the Christian Reform Church,- Exeter hurch,Exeter in the evening. Feb. 19 im- maculate -Heart of Mary, Mount. Cannel host the February birthday party. Feb. 2Q. Lloyd Otterbein, a tenant at Maplewoods Apartments will entertain,. February is the month many -human snow hirds head south, others prefer the winter sports such as downhill or cross _ . country skiing, snowshoeing, snow- _ mobiling, bur for many Huron County Residents it is thoughts of spring and the mental preparation - of their crops or gardens. For the later group here is a poem written many years ago by a resident in the. • Home, Philippa Steckle. The Seed Catalogue 1 must take a minute to order A couple of kinds of seed, - It won't take long; I know just what. , I want, • There's not very much that I need.. • Just some giant tomatoes, and sal- _ via Forearly•starting indoors, The rest I can pick up later - Browsing about in the stores. Oh, here are those trim -coreless carrots; - I really should have -some on hand, They keep well. so crisp and so But I'll stick to the same kind this • year, And sinced'm into the business, I may as well order them here. Now, tomatoes - i •wonder where - oh, here it is, • Look at•how lusciously red! Makes me want to reach for the juicer . But hold on! That's still. months ahead. Oh, peppers! 1 would-• have for- gotten, .. But I shall need plenty of them, For casseroles, salads, and delicate strips. To serve with a snack now and • then. And endive, kohl -rani and spinach ." 'Swiss chard and brussels sprouts, Pimento, parsley and radishes: Are -all needed without a doubt. Now.where in the -world is the• sal- . • via. This. catalogue's .all mixed up. td• - say, - You'd think you 'shouldn't have to • Keep hunting in this fruitless way. • Oh, gaze onihose stately cannas! Some lupins i simply must order • Pentstamon, tris, snapdragons. Alyssurh to round off_a herder, Pansies there must be. -and -asters Kochia of flaming hue, - - • Purple phlox -and gay zinnia . • And graceful delphinium Ob, here at last is the salvia I must say i almost' forgot, - • I'll order all three —dwarf, medium • and tall, Then take my choice of the' lot. -Now, I'II add up all my_tigures, to see How it's going . to. fare with the; Pocket, - - Twelve 'dollars and eighty-five • cents, can it he" - • My! My! , -How, those prices do rocket! tasty (Cousin Mary's (Martin) were,cer- tainly grand). Just look at all those cucumbers, - r`:" . Exeter Branch Ubrary held one of its most successful Customer Appreciation Days on Sat- urday from 1 to 4. p.m. Pictured above •library patrons enjoyed tea, coffee and baked goods supplied' by the- library staff. , Festival Singers host Scottish Ceilidh . BLYTH - "Hoot mon! Hae ye no • heard"' The Blyth Festival Singers are havin' a Ceilidh. A wee bit of dancing. a wee bit of. singing and a grand meal are on the agenda • when the Blyth Festival Singers host their annual Scottish Ceilidh. • The evening of music. ' dancing and good food will take place at the Goderich Township' Hall in Halmesvillc on Saturday February. 22. The sound of the pipes will begin the evening when the doors open at 6:30 p.m. and Geoff Peach of Blyth, a member of the Clinton Le- gion Pipe Band, entertains with some bagpipe selections. A hot buffet meal will be served at 7 p.m., complete with the tradi- tional address to the Haggis deliv- ered by George Yeats of Clinton. The event is licensed under -the LCBO. ' Singing and dancing with a varie- ty of entertainers will be featured after the dinner. The Blyth Festival Singers will sing traditional and modern Scottish and Celtic favor- ites, from Loch Lomond to Fare Thee Well Love. As well, there will be the popular audience sing - a -long. ' Along with some young highland • dancers one of the Ceilidh's most requested items is Scottish Country Dancing. Rob and Marilyn Parr of Clinton will lead novices and old hands through the steps of the strathspeys, jigs and few reels. This is a fund raising event for the Blyth Festival Singers, a 40- 4 voice community choir. led by Wade Whiittaker ofStrattbrd. The choiipractices each Monday night in Blyth and performs several con- certs a year, including various com- munity events and special occa- sions at the Blyth Festival. For ticket information, call the Blyth Festival Box Office, Snyder Studios in Wingham, The Dutch Store in Clinton. Nifty Cornets in Seaforth and Campbell's Cameras in Goderich. 493 MAIN ST. S, EXETER Member of the ACUPUNCTURE COUNCIL OF ONTARIO Capsule Comments with Ernie Miatello They say when God designed the human magi, he son of goofed when he came to the prostate gland. The prostate is a source of 'real problems as men age and knowing the signs of an enlarged prostate is important for men to know. Here are some of them: ' Feeling the need to urinate frequently. particularly at night; difficulty emptying the bladder completely; difficulty starting urination plus a weak urine flow; feel- ing pain during an erection or orgasm. ' About half of all men over 50 have enlarged prostate glands. The great worry with enlarged prostates is prostate cancer. Early diagnosis Is very important and can result in successful treatment. As is true with many health problems, some men may have a prostate problem without realizing iL It's important that men over 40 have a rectal exam every year. This exam can detect enlargement: Blood tests (PSA test) are also used to further confirm prostate problems. Paying attention to your own body is important to your better health. Paying at- tention to the medications you are taking is an important part of our pharmacy service. - HURON APOTHECARY Ltd. Phone 235-1982 440 Main St., Exeter "Your Health Care Pharmacy"