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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-02-01, Page 3GODERICH SIGNALi-STAR, THURSDAY, FE,TIRUARY 1, 1979—PAGE 3 MOH will take executive development course in Banff Says Ontario qualifications not enough BY JEFF SEDDON Huron County council wondered Friday why the county medical officer of health needed to attend a managment course in Banff, Alberta, in 19811 when he hard just spent nine months at one in Toronto. Council was asked to approve a recom- mendation from its board of health to send Dr. Brian Lynch on a three week executive development course for senior health ad- ministrators at the Banff Centre School of Management in 1980. Costs for the schooling will be about $2,000, which includes tuition, beaks, rooms, meals and registration. The board of health suggested that the course costs be budgeted in 1979 and travelling costs be budgeted for 1980 to spread the expense over two years. Goderich township reeve Grant Stirling asked Dr. Lynch if he had learned anything in his first session at school. Stirling suggested that there must be "something wrong with Toronto if you've got to go to Banff to find out what you learned in Toronto". Dr. Ly-nch was hired by county council just over a year ago and spent nine months in training to handle duties of the medical officer of health. The MOH told council It's more convenient for everybody that the nine month session in Toronto was the next best thing to a waste of time and money. He said he was not the only student of the course that was dissatisfied with the results. He said other medical officers had the sarne- opinion of the program and had made the minister of health aware of the fact that it leaves "a lot to be , desired". Dr. Lynch said many professionals had come to the decision that they would be better off taking university programs for training. Ile told council that it was very important for the medical officer ,. of health to be a good ad- ministrator. He said the "age we live in" requires that the art of ad- ministration be "far more necessary". He said he knew very little about, administration when 'he took the job of medical officer con ceding that he "learned a bit" at the nine month course. He said ad- ministrative ability would help him to get through budget cuts from the province and may be the difference between surviving restraints without service cuts or cancelling programs now offered by the county health unit. Paul Steckle, Stanley township deputy -reeve, told council that the .cost Searls wants night snow plowin BY JEFFSEDDQN. Councillor Jim Searls is convinced snow removal on -the-streets--of G Ode r-ieh would be cheaper and more efficient if it was done at night. Searls tried once to convince town council that the town work crews should be on a split shift to handle snow removal but council didn't buy his idea. Council turned down a recommendation to have the town work crew .go. .to- ..a_splitshift during the winter but Searls says he can refute arguements used against his suggestion and adds that he may bring the issue back to the council table. Searls made his pitch at the last ' council meeting when he claimed town work crews would have a far easier time clearing town streets. at night. He told council the crews -would not be hampered by traffic, parked cars or other similar inconveniences that slows down the snow removal. He added that the crew assigned to work nights would be paid a shift premium and while he didn't mention a figure he did say it would be far cheaper than the over- time now paid by the town. The town's work crew is a 19 man force that now works from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Any work done outside those hours is considered overtime. Deputy -reeve Bob Members of the Xi Delta Epsilom Sorority, spon- sors for the March of Dimes campaign in Goderich this year,this week helped chairman Helene Alcock (seated in front) count the money collected by volunteer canvassers.. They estimated that about .7,690 was raised. Back row, left to right, are Lorraine Baechler, Ellen Connelly.„...: Shirley Baechler and Pat. Dockstader. (Photo Joanne Buchanan) Allen told council that the split shift had already been tried by the town and had been un- successfull. A7 cn -sat there were several reasons for the failure citing lack of work for the night crew if there is no snow to move, lack of trained operators to keep all the town's equipment running night and day and problems created by breakdowns as a few. Allen added that he was not sure the town's noise bylaw would permit the heavy snow removal equipment to operate at night. Allen, who is also chairman of the town's works and engineering committee, told council that in an effort to keep the town's, equipment . in tip top condition each man on'the crew had been assigned a piece of equipment. That man was responsible for keeping the equipment clean and in good working order. The deputy ;reeve said the move was successfull pointing out that not only is the equipment in ex- cellent shape but •the morale of the works crew has never been better. He -pointed ;,out that if council chose to go to a split shift there would be . now way to keep that practice up. He said there is not enough equipment to go around and the men would have to share trucks and tractors. The deputy -reeve added that not all the men on the work crew are able to operate all the equipment used for snow removal. He said some of the men work on tractors and some on trucks and it is not as simple a job as it appears to plow a street. He said things like manhole covers, fire hydrants, poles and other, obstacles have to be carefully avoided by plow operators. He added that each ,.gran is trained on a certain route through town and it woutd take months for the new 'man to learn the route. "You can't just let a man loose on a snow plow," said the deputy - reeve. "That may be all right on a highway but not in town. It's not easy to train a man to operate a plow in town." Allen went on to explain that equipment break - dons at night tie up machinery until morning when parts can be pur- chased for repairs. He said the town mechanic can be kept on call but the town can't afford to stock enough spare parts to cover all kinds of break- downs and must rely on businesses in town to supply parts as needed. He added fuel to his arguement by pointing out that if there is no • snow to remove the night crew is inactive because . other jobs that would normally be done during -daylight hours would not - be able to be done at night. Allen said the result is idle work crews adding that "a lot of Turn to page 6 • - Final Markdown SALE PANTCOATS SKI JACKETS iteg.'76.98 to '84.98 HALF PRICE SALE Price and More LONG PARTY DRESSES COMPLETE STOCK Reg: '34.98 tar `79:98^^^°^^^°^.,, FINAL MARKDOWN SALE $,.349 .0$4249 COMPLETE STOCK $999-$1 499-$1 999 DRESSES Reg. '33.98 to '69.98 HALF PRICE SALE $1 699 .03499 WINTER COATS COMPLETE STOCK EXCEPTIONAL VALUE, GOOD SELECTION HALF PRICE SALE Our policy is "NO CARRY OVER" at the end of each season. To clear our winter stock we are again reducing the present sale prices even lower. Savings are now 50% Our complete winter ready-to-wear stock 1/2 or more off our regular low values. COMPLETE STOCK COMPLETE STOCK SHIRTS. 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