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4, Orono Weeky Times, Wednesday, Juiy 7, 1982 Off to Summer School Groups interested in"ý_-' providing ln-Home Chronic Care service Four groups have already physio-therapy in their made it known they are in- homes. terested in providing the ser- Medical Officer of Health vices for the Regional Health Dr. Jean Gray said that Unit plan to provide mn-homne although the program starts chronic care. Larry September lSth, patients wili Grossman, Minister of not flood in ail at once. She Health stated in mid June said the board wili flot have that the Region of Durham to make a decision on a pro- would get the program and vider right away. that funding in the amount of Services for the acute home $773,200 wouid be provided care program are provided to fund the service until now by VON, .which is under March 31, 1983. contract untîl the end of this Under the progran- people year. Gray said VON could are given nursing and service those patients who homemaking services and will register before January speech, occupation and of 1983. Somewhere around sjix thumberland and Newcastle vince of Ontario. at the north of thse Village, hundred children are now Board of education) and Children from the Village Taunton Road, the south of leaving for Sumnmer School in funded through a mosdest fee of Orono are well represented the Village and as this group Bowmanville which is pro- and monies 'from the- Pro- in the group and board buses in tlie middle of the Village. moted by the Nor- Hamilton Twp. objects to Ganaraska PR off bcer The Township of Hamilton Cound. Charlotte Clay, a is to protest by letter to the member of the Authority and Ganaraska Region Conserva- councillor on Hamilton tion Authority over a pro- Township, said it didn't reai- posal and possible hiring of a ly make any sense when you public relations officer. thought of it. "If they are go- The proposai- came before ing to publicîze what w've the finance committee of the got they are going to have to Authority wh~o are now expand to meet the demand. awaiting a report as to the Deputy-reeve Jack Avery terms of reference of such a said it all boiled down to position and as well how and dollars and that the Authori- who is now handling public ty should be puiling in their relations. horns rather than expanding. for Bd. Of Ed.ofie The Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Educa- tion has and is considering the possibiity of securîng Victoria College in Cobourg as a location for their ad- ministrative offices. The large white structure has housed the Upper Canada Academny as well as being part of the University of Toronto granting degrees, been used as a hospital and a mental institution. The original building was constructed in 1836 with Edgrton Ryerson being its first president, the founder of Ontario's public educational systemn. The building was proclaim- ed redundant this spring by the Ministry of Community and Social Services and is now being offered to board and municipalities since no other Ministry showed any initerest in obtaining the building. The Northumberland and Newcastle Board of Educa- tion has obtained a feasibility stuîdy at a cost of $10,000. The consultants have estimated it would cost $2 million for restoration of the building and providing ade- quate services. Dr. Ian Wilson has been reported to have stated that although the basic building is considered to be sound the plumbing, wiring and heating system would have to be up- dated. He said even then they would flot know if the beams were structurally sound. He has said the board is presently looking into possi- ble grants being available from the Ontario Heritage Foundation and other- sources in order to determine if the renovations by the board are feasible financially. Wilson said the board has no intention in using the building as an administrative office building if costs were to be high. He said the major expenise would be renovations and maintenance. He said a comparison would have to be made with the present sygtemn of renting accommodation. Wilson pointed out that the board just signed a five year lease for their rentai ac- commodation and at the ex- piration of the lease of the board may have school ac- commodation available through the continuing decrease in student enrol- ment. It has been documented the the original 1832 building must be treated with special care and any exterior altera- tions must be strictly avoid- ed. Wilson did- say the board was a lone way from making a decision on the building and that the economics of do- ing 50 could be 'pretty wild'. H an di- transît opera tions above expecta tions in Newcastle Handi-Transit Incor- porated operating within the City of Oshawa and, the Towns of Newcastle and Whitby shows an oPerating surplus after four months operation in 1982. This amount includes some carry- over from 1981. Handi-Transit is assisted in its operations by aIl three cen- tres with Oshawa supporting the budgeted amnount by $105,900, Whitby $30,300 and the Town of Newcastle an estimated $25,800. Handi-Transit as of the end of April had total assests in the amount of $34,364.42 of which amnount $8, 140 is in cash and -batik, $15,000 in short-term béans and the re- mainder in accounts receivable and salary ad- vance. In the operating surplus the Town of Newcastle as of the end of April had an equity of $5,426.49 while both Oshawa and Whitby who have been in the-operation longer have an equity for each municipalitY in the order of $12,000 to $12,500. It has been pointed out that due to the fact that the municipalities pay in advance on a monthly basis opera- tions do show a sizeable surplus. The province of Ontario subsidizes the service up to a maximum of $1.85 per resi-* dent in the three municipalities and pays fifty per cent of the operating cost up to the $1 .85 per capita imnit. In speaking with the Town Treasurer, Kathryn Campbell she said she has been inform- ed by Handi-Transit that the program is running ahead of the projection in the Town of Newcastle and is being weli utilized by the handi-capped. Handi-Transit operates out of Oshawa Civic Centre as a non-profit organization with administration being handled by the handi-capped themseives. A small modest charge is made to the handi-capped for the facility. REG.13J9 ga Simnilar savinga on One-Coat Wbites, Primers. Packaged Colours, and Tints. L~) VWkre close to your home elliw to paint exterior surfaow" bookiet ROLPIl HARDWARE Phone 983-3207 SPECIAL! 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