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Hospital annual hears warning
Insurance costs cool
Area residents spent less
time in South Huron Hospital
than normal last year, and
while that may not prove con-
clusively that they were
healthier, it did make the
hospital's financial situation
healthier.
Treasurer Jim Morlock and
Administrator Roger Sheeler
told the annual meeting of the
hospital on Monday that the
overall impact of the patient
flow helped create an
operating profit of $26,932,
compared with a deficit of
$55,258 the previous year.
However, both men said
that with provincial
restraints, the small
operating profit is not suffi-
cient to adequately provide
GET READY — David Turner gives final instructions to
Chris McGregor in the mini -tractor pull at the Hensall
Spring Fair, Tuesday. T -A photo.
Ailsa Craig staff
could lose jobs
Ciba-Geigy has told 23 of its
70 employees in Ailsa Craig
that if the company is unable
to sell its Stewart Seeds
barley division, which went
up for sale in February, they
will eventually lose their jobs.
Ciba-Geigy manager Byron
Beeler said no deadline •has
been set as to when the
Stewart barley warehouse
complex and Nairn breeding
laboratory sale would have to
take place or the business
idled.
"On- May 30 we held a
meeting with employees to
tell them what would happen
if it isn't sold," Beeler said.
Ciba-Geigy will maintain its
Funk Seeds corn division.
"This company treats peo-
ple fairly. and there is a
generous severancepackage.
We told the workers if a. job
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opportunity comes along
tomorrow, more power to
them.,..they'll still get the
severance package if they
take a job."
Ciba-Geigy Seeds is a divi-
sion of Ciba-Geigy Canada
Ltd. selling Funk corn seed
and Stewart barley seed. The
multinational has sold all its
cereal crop seed divisions
across the world, except for
Stewart Seeds, Beeler said.
Ciba-Geigy has decided to
limit its seed operations to
corn, soybeans, sorghum and
sunflowers.
The firm continues to woo
several companies interested
in buying Stewart Seeds
either asa total concern, or in
part: the barley research
facility at Nairn; the Ailsa
Craig cleaning and storage
facility; franchising is Mingo
and Rodeo barley varieties.
for expansion And replace-
ment of equipment in future.
Morloek said that the
necessity to make decisions
based entirely on financial
considerations was stressful
and that financial support
from the public "is critical"
if the hospital is to continue to
provide the type of service ex-
pected of it.
Sheeler -said that while the
situation may be stressful it
does dictate that caution be
exercised in spending and he
added that "when one views
the total health budget for the
province, it might be wise if
more were faced with the
same restrictions on financial
resources."
While most of the reports
tabled at the meeting were
optimistic, the one submitted
by Dr. Peter Englert, chief of
the medical .staff, had as
disconcerting tone about
some future aspects of the
hospital's service.
He explained that due to ris-
ing malpractice insurance
costs for doctors, the medical
staff is concerned that if that
trend continues, many essen-
tial types of medical care
which are presently going on
in the hospital may have to be
abandoned solely for
economic reasons.
In explaining the problems,
Englert said that insurance
companies rate doctors and
increase their insurance
premiums on the basis of the
riskiness of -the procedures
they perforn:f.'
"Family doctors have
traditionally done un-
complicated obstetrics, frac-
tured bones and work in the
emergency department," he
said, but noted these are all
areas where the .insurance
carriers feel there is a high
risk of suing and have in-
creased their premiums
dramatically. As an example,
the rate for obstetrics has
gone up 100 percent in 1984.
Englert said that for an
obstetrician who does
thousands of deliveries a year
the fee increase may be oflit-
tle consequence, but for the
family doctor who does 30
deliveries or so, he would be
hard pressed to make enough
money from those deliveries
to even pay his insurance, let
alone be paid for actually
delivering the babies.
"The ministry of health
seems to be ignoring this pro-
blem," he said, noting that
the medical staff at SHH were
concerned about the changing
patterns of practice of city
versus rural medicine.
In summary, Englert said
the medical staff feels the
hospital is functioning
smoothly and that medical
care is being delivered to the
highest standards; "we have
concerns for the future and
will work diligently to im-
prove the range of services
and level of care."
lioward Pym, reporting for
the property committee,
stated that the extensive
renovation project at the den-
tal building -now to be known
as the South Huron Profes-
sional Building -- is nearing
completion.
A new roof was required
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curtail doctors' services
and the building itself . was
altered considerably. New
lease agreem h8ve been
signed by Drs. rd, Jean
SETS RECORD — Bob Dinney, left, set o recOr • by ser-
ving as chairman of the South Huron Hospital for four
years. He finally gets to quit this year when Bob Down
will take over. Down presented the retiring president
with a gavel.
and Stecluk and there is still
one suite available for
renting.
A new tower for the
hospital's paging system is
soon to be installed that will
make the system capable of
reaching as far away as
Lucan and Grand Bend.
Plansare to market this
paging system to the com-
munity as a public service
and this will necessitate a full-
time operator within the
hospital to handle all of the
calls.
Director of nursing, Audrey
Pooley, indicated another
busy year for the staff and
said they are hopeful that
funds will be available to open
a Geriatric Day Centre.
Should this occur, she ex-
plained, the patients who oc-
cupy the 12 long-term beds
will be given the opportunity
to have their socializing needs
met.
"For quite some time, we
as nurses have been aware
that these patients need par-
ticipation in .group therapy
and nursing staff have been
creative in trying to meet
these needs."
She also noted that a new
trend is being experienced in
the obstetrical unit as
mothers who choose to
deliver their babies in London
are retur ing to SHH either
same day or day following
delivery for post partum care
which is more personalized
and convenient for the fami-
ly. "This trend could be a
possiblity for certain types of
surgical patients in the
future," Mrs. Pooley
predicted.
Picking up on that point,
Marion Darling, chairperson
for the hospital's utilization
review committee, said it was
one area in which her com-
mittee would conduct con-
siderable deliberation.
She indicated that there is
a feeling at the initial stages
of the committee's work that
the community is not aware
of the services the hospital
does provide.
Three summer students
have been hired under a Sum-
ma Canada Students grant to
facilitate the work of the
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SELECT GROUP - Jane Harvey has joined a select
group of three employees to receive 25 -year service
awards cit South Huron Hospital. Nursing director
Audrey Pooley pins a corsage on the recipient at Mon-
day's hospital annual.
Serving South Huron, North Middlesex
& North Lambton Since 1873
One Hundred,and Eleventh Year
EXETER, ONTARIO, June 13, .1984
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SERVING UP BRUNCH — The South Huron Junior Farmers sponsored a Sunday
brunch at Exeter's Homecoming. Shown in action are Florence Ryan, Catherine Johns
and Brian Steele. T -A photo
Tax rate in Osborne
up over .eight percent
Residents of Usborne
township will be facing an in-
crease of 8.1 percent when
they receive their 1984 proper-
ty tax notices.
In a press release this
week, clerk -treasurer Larry
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NEW EXECUTIVE FOR HANDICAPPED ASSOCIATION — The new executive for the South Huron and area
Association for the Mentally Handicapped was installed at Thursday's annual meeting. Back, left, Anne Kik-
kert, Alma Godbolt. Larry Black, Victor Knip, 'Winston Shapton, David Gardiner and Ila Mothers. Front, Bob
Southcott• Ann Klungel, past president Herb Verbeek, president Jim Dalton, executive director Don Camp-
bell and treasurer Roger Sheeler. T -A photo.
Wafting lists for services
will foster further growth
7'he South Huron Associa-
tion. for the Mentally Han-
dicapped continues to grow
and retiring president herb
Verbeek says 0 is due to the
waiting lists for many persons
needing services and pro-
m spaces.
Verbeek continued. -The
government's five year plan
is really oriented to bring peo-
ple out of institutions and
back into the community and
will also add to the need for
services."
New president Jim Dalton
said he would do his best to
keep the South Huron associa-
tion in the forefront of all such
groups in Ontario and cited
retiring president Herb
Verbeek for his honesty,
sincerity and devotion during
his two year term.
The highlight of Thursday's
annual meeting held at the
South Huron Rec Centre was
the appearance of handicap-
ped organist George Jenner
who kept the large crowd
entW'lained long after the,
meeting officially adjourned.
Exective director Don
Campbell reported the open-
ing of the Albert street
residence in Exeter which
alleviated the waiting list and
enabled the local organization
to bring into residential care
more individuals that have
been institutionalized for
more of their lives.
Campbell said the new
woodworking building in
Dashwood has provided
significant expansion for in-
dustrial contracts and allow-
ed a much improved working
environment for this impor-
tant and thriving program.
The director continued. The
Association has undertaken a
greater responsiblity in the
area of Advocacy and issues
related to the rights and
responsibilities of handicap-
ped persons. There exists
within the community, many
options for positive advance-
ment. However, the rapid ser-
vice development and expan-
sion must be carefully
monitored in order to ensure
that appropriate followup and
support are available in the
community for individuals in
need.
The Advocacy Committee,
under the chairmanship of
Randy Evans, and assisted by
the Adult Protective Service
Worker, Gwen Bedford, has
been instrumental in dealing
with a number of concerns
relating -to rights and obliga-
tions of handicapped persons.
The personal caring at-
titudes of committee
members, board members,
staff members and other
volunteers have been ;n-
strumental in keeping us
cognizant of the very human
side of our operations.
Qualitative and individually
directed services to each and
every one of our clients has
been maintained and
strengthened over this past
year.
The high level of profeS-
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Stuck said the average
homeowner with an assess-
ment of $4,00(rwill be paying
$908.71 in taxes this year as
compared to $840.27 in 1983.
Of the total tax figure of
$908.71, the breakdown is as
follows; township $279.72;
county of Huron $160.64:
secondary school $209.97 and
public school $258.38.
In the release Stuck said,
"the township acts as a collec-
tion agency only for the coun-
ty and school boards and
therefore council has no con-
trol over the increases from
these bodies and the subse-
quent effect they have on the
mill rate."
Three hurt
in collisions
injuries were reported in
all three of the collisions in-
vestigated this week by the
Exeter OPP.
Most seriously hurt was
Mark Hartman, RR 1 Hay,
who sustained head injuries
on Wednesday when his car
hit a tree when he failed to
negotiate a curve at sideroad
20 in Stephen Township.
His 1981 model car was
wrecked in the crash and
damage was listed at $5,000.
The other two crashes were
reported on Thursday, the
first involving a vehicle
driven by Rita Lessard and a
bicycle ridden by 11 -year-old
Floyd Riley.
The two Huron Park
residents collided at the in-
tersection of Algonquin Drive
and Columbia Ave. in Huron
Park.
Riley was treated at home
for minor injuries and
damage was set at $25.
Terry Pickering, RR 2
Dashwood was riding a
motorcycle across a freshly
cultivated field on Thursday
when he lost control of the
machine and it flipped over.
He was treated at South
Huron Hospital.
The incident occurred at lot
30, concession 16 of Stephen
and damage to the hike was
set at $120.
The clerk continued, "Dur-
ing budget deliberation coun-
cil.was consistently of the opi-
nion that no matter how much
of an increase the other
boards requisitioned for this
year, they would not
compromise by lowering the
standard of service the
municipal residents of
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SPORTSFEST COMING
Exeter has been selected as
host for the 1985 Lake Huron
recreation zone Sportsfest.
Rec director Lynne Far-
quhar said she was given the
news that the local bid had
been selected.
Sportsfest features games
and contests for all age and
skill levels and attracts over
2,000 competitors in about 20
sporting activities.
This year's event is being
held in Kincardine.
Exeter made application
for the event after local spor-
ting, social and service
groups indicated their will-
ingness to help organize the
various competitions.
MATH TEACHER
BACK IN JAIL
South Huron District High
School math teacher Joanne
Young is back behind bars
again.
The anti-nuclear activist
was arrested Monday while
protesting at Ontario Hydro
headquarters in Toronto
despite previous warnings
that such action might cost
her job.
In November, the 57 -year-
old teacher was arrested in a
demonstration at the Litton
Systems plant in Toronto
after being denied a request
from school authorities to
take time from her job to
"participate - in civil
disobedience."
She went on a f3 -day
hunger strike in a Toronto jail
and was subsequently
suspended for two weeks
without pay by the Huron
board of education.
At that time, she was advis-
ed in a letter from Peter
Gryseels, superintendent of
personnel, that should she
breach her teaching contract
in the future, there will be no
recourse but to recommend
she be fired.
Young was also fined for
her part in the demonstration
when she appeared in court
earlier this year.
Reports indicate that the
teacher is again not
cooperating with police
following her Monday arrest.
A spokesman for the protest
group of which she was a
member said she has iden-
tified herself to police as Doug
Stewart. He said he didn't
know the significance of the
name. When arrested last
year, the teacher assumed
the name of rebel leader
Louis Riel.
Arrest is nothing new for
the mother of four, whose hus-
band died of cancer in 1956
after being exposed to a cloud
of radioactive dust while
working as a chemical
engineer at a nuclear plant in
Port Hope.
Young has been to jail
repeatedly since then for
various protests.
Last summer, she staged a
20 -day hunger strike while in --
jail in Syracuse, N.Y., after
being arrested at an anti -
cruise demonstration at a
U.S. Air Force base in July.
She had refused to identify
herself to authorities when ar-
rested, but police identified
her through fingerprint
records.
About seven leaders of the
group demanding a nuclear -
free Ontario were hauled
away late Monday afternoon
after being asked to abandon
their -sit-in at the lobby of
Hydro's gleaming glass tower
near Queen's Park.
Police also had to force four
protesters from a stronghold
in a revolving door where
they had squatted during the
day, sipping water from
straws held by friends.
About 20 other protesters
left the building peacefully
after being threatened with
arrest for trespassing.
One of those removed from
the revolving door, a frail
young woman with painted
BID NOT ACCEPTED
The remaining merchan-
dise from the Junction was
disposed of at a public auction
at the store, Monday. The sale
was conducted by Gardner
Auctions Inc. for the secured
creditor.
• The building was not sold at
Monday's auction as the bid-
ding failed to reach the
reserve. The final hid taken
was $135,000.
hair, screamed: "If you love
this planet, you'll stop Darl-
ington" as police carried her
out by her arms and legs.
Fifteen other protesters
were arrested for trespassing
earlier in the day after they
refused to leave upper floors
of the Hydro complex where
they were distributing leaflets
to employees.
Karen Young said her
mother is prepared for
anything.
"I think she feels the future
of mankind is more'impertant
than her own future," she
said.
Peter Gryseels, superinten-
dent of personnel for the
Huron County board of educa-
tion, said a protest of this sort
is not an acceptable reason
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John Stephens
John Stephens gets.
another Lion position
For the past year, John
Stephens has been spending
"night after night" in his
capacity as governor of
District A-15 of Lions
International.
For the next year, the
Riverside Drive resident will
be spending "weekend after
weekend" in his new capaci-
ty as chairman of the Multi -
Or
PANCAKE FLIPPERS — The Exeter firemen sponsored Homecoming breakfast was
a success Saturday. From the left flipping pancakes are Casey Zeehuisen, Leroy
Edwards, Peter Snell and Gabby Mol. T -A photo
pie A council of Lions
international.
Stephens was elected chair-
man at a June session in
Niagara Falls among the
governors of the 15 districts in
the Multiple A council. He's
the first governor from the
district to win the honor in a
vote of the 15 sitting
governors.
The council represents the
15 districts in Ontario (ex-
cluding the far north-west
section), Quebec, Labrador
and the two French islands in
the Gulf.
He assumes his new duties
on July 1 after turning over
the governor's reigns to Jim
Loucks of St. Marys.
During the past year,
Stephens attended numerous
meetings of the various clubs
in the district, accompanied
on most occasions by
members of his local council
from the Exeter Lions Club.
Next year, he'll be atten-
ding weekend functions in the
various districts and notes
that his wife, Liz, will be
heavily involved in the ac-
tivities as well.
They'll also be attending
the international convention
in San Francisco which is
slated for July 4 to 7.
There are 710 clubs and
23,500 Lions represented in
the council over which he will
preside.
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