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dORMkIrnfNITARDfl ljuNE§cDAY, APRIL 19,1995 Asuccessful carnpaign cornes to an end at Mernorial Newvcasfle Family Connection faced wîth 1995 budget eut Memorial Hospital employees gathered in front of the "We're Better Together" indicator sign recently to celebrate the end of the Hospital Foundations first annual equipment campaign. The campaign raised $243,00 just short of the $250,000 goal. The hospital staff, contributed over dîsposable, full-body cover. It $3,000 towards that amount to keeps the patient warm and purchase a patient warming comfortable through the device. procedure and during the A warming device works like immediate post-ojierative period. a large hairdryer, bathing a It also reduces tbe stress and patient in warmn air which blows oxygen depletion @aused by heat through perforations in a loss. Memorial Hospital in agreement with Durham Region Acute Care study 'The President and Chief Executive Officer, Tom Schon- berg of Memorial Hospital along with Joan Higginson, chairperson of the Board, informed the news media on Monday tbat the recent Durham Region Acute Care Study has received a vote of support from Memorial Hospital regarding its plan for a regional system of health care. She said the study committee was looking for quality care, assessable service throughout the Region, a service being efficient and cost effective and equitable throughout the Region and province. It was said that the report suggests that the potential' 1of Memorial Hospital should be maximized to accommodate future population growth and health care needs with additional roles determined within regional specialty programs. The study reaffirms Memorial's prset role of proyîilfg primary and selecd secontJaIy level care within its commurtitY. There is a role for future de. elopment and expansion of programs and services. Joan Higgîns@n pointed out that Durham RegitJn was rather unique in that its population is younger, on averâge, than other centres. Also Durbam does lack in life style, due to over Smoking, a poor physical eondition and poor dieting. (ContLllued page 2) Young familles in the Village of Newcastle, and its many, who make use of the programs offered by the Newcastle Family Connection are keeping their fingers crossed as to funding in order that the programs will continue. Since 1994 the Newcastle Family Connection has operated with funding through the federal program funding Durham Faim and Rural Family Resources. This program was started in 1987 and grew rapidly in the rural areas of Durham Region and reaching into the Village of Newcastle. The Newcastle Family Connection bas served some over 100 familles since 1994 offering a Tuesday and Thursday Drop-In Centre at the Newcastle Com- munity Hall when upward of forty children could be in attendance. A paid co-ordinator looks after the program offering on both days. Prior to the funding from the Durham Farmn and Rural Family Resources organization the Newcastle Drop-In'Centre wa-s operated on a volunteer basis which Mis. Kathleen Pasquet lias said proved difficult at times. TMe Newcastle group did receive a grant amounting to some $101,000 in 1994. Mrs. Pasquet feit that it was possible that the Drop-In Centre could continue operating until September when funds would certainly be exhausted. This would require a cut in the Drop-In Centre during the two summer months. In the meantime the group is hoping for word from the province that funding could be received through the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services thus replacing the funding which has been cut by the federal govemment. Mis. Pasquet said to continue the operation as it is to-day would require a grant -of some $20,000 anniually. The Newcastle Family Connection also operate a Resource Lending Library and Toy Library, a programn which could continue with-volunteer help if all funds are cut. The Newcastle and the Durham group do look for support with cails to politicians to voice the concern of the lack of funds to operate the Drop-In Centre in Newcastle as well as in the centres of Uxbridge, Can- nington, and Ashburn. The Master of Toast Maker Durham wins award for waste reduction pr-omotion Tom Schonberg said Memorial was involved in and supported the acute care study process and that Memorial hospital was already commited to a number of cooperative efforts with other hospitals and healt-h care providers in the region. He spoke of sharing a Director of Management Information Sys- tems between Memorial and Pickering/Ajax. t was said! that the Acute Care Study would lead to other significant joint projects. Joan Higginson, who not only heads up the Memnorial Board but was a member of Uie Acute Cure study committee States that without a comm-itmrenit b a regional model Durhami Region residents would continue to see fr agmented and limited growth in acute cure services. The Region of Durham Works Department bas recently received two awards for Waste Reduction Promotional materials produced in 1994. The awards, presented by the Association of Municipal Recycling Coordinators (AMRC), were presented to Durham in Brampton on March 3, 1995 at the AMVRC's General Meeting. The AMRC awards program received hundreds of entries from Regions, Municipalities and Counties across Ontario and Canada. T he awards received included a first prize in the category of Best AdverisemientlBest Poster for Durham's Grassecding Poster "Zero to Green in 30 Minutes", and a second prize in the category of Best Event Promotion for their newspaper advertisement, "The Garage Sale to End ahl Garage Sales," an event organized and promoted jointly by the Region of Durham and the Nlunicipality of Clarington. Both pieces (,f Promotion include graphic W@rk by a local artist, Randy Timîis', the creator of the Region's Lëgo Character. Mr. Timm's artWprk bas been used in mnerous *aste reduction campaigns, includiP1g cOmposting and recycling, sincd 1990. "We are pleasçd to accept these awards front the AMRC" says Peter Watsofi, Manager of Waste Reduction ffir the Region. "Our promotional materials are valuable tools and play a large role in the sucêess of our programs." "Promotion is the key to participation," says Jack McCorkell, Director of Operations-for the Region, who is proud of tbe level of residential (Continued page 2) It bas to be a long way from pouring over legal books to be master of toast maker at the Kirby United Church Easter Sunday morning breakfast. But it happened and it was Kay Lycett looking down the throat of the toaster to check on browning of the white bread. Well done or over lightly - it was your choice. Breakfast was a sell- out. Kirby Church did serve breakfast following the Sunrise Ceremony held in the Lang Memorial Chapel on Sunday at seven p.m. Rev. Dr. Mervyn Russell took the service which was attended by close to thirty residents of the community. A brass trio of AI Mote, Ro y Forrester and'Dick Morton did assist with the hymns. 45< Orono '/)ekf'imes mnc. G.S T. Servig Omo, NwcpstIe, Newtonville, Kendal, Starkville VOI. W, NO. 14 UN 1 mrtiv, vvr-ui-ir-z-- %1^1 Ra Kit% 1 A