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Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, August 31, 1094 - 3 "Discover Clarington" Passporî Scott Rose of Community over $350 in prizes to be won Services presents Mayor Hamre simply be discovering the various with an honourary "Discover service organizations located Clarington" passport. There are within your Municipality. Much More Jazz for Clarington Residents It is not enough that we jazz up our flower gardens, and lawns and trip off to the CNE for Clarington Day but now we are encouraged to enter the "Discover Clarington Contest". The Leisure Services Committee of Clarington's Community Services Department is promoting "Discover Clarington Contest" to promote this area's cultural and recreational facilities. After September 6th residents can pick up a Passport at any of eleven non-profit organizations and facilities that are part of the contest. Passports are available at the Clarington Fitness Centre, Y.W.C.A., Ganaraska Region Forest Centre, Visual Arts Centre, Community Care, Big Brothers, Darlington Provincial Park, Bowmanville and Clarke Museums, Public Library, and Newcastle Family Connection. Collect a minimum of six stickers to complete your passport and drop off at any of the above Letter to the Editor It is with extreme pleasure that I was advised by our local Member of Provincial Parliament, Gord Mills, that approval has been received by the Durham Region Non-Profit Housing Corporation for a project to be located in Bowmanville and which project ,,prises 40-60 units for singles/seniors together with 8,000-12,000 square feet of space for an activity centre at a site to be determined. We are hopeful that the site for the project will be located in the downtown area of Bowmanville where the residents will be within walking distance of the downtown core, the post office, the public library, local churches and medical offices. This is good news for mentioned centres. Your Passport will be entered in a draw. Entries are to be received by Friday, October 21st. The draw for four prizes will be held on October 30th at the Clarke Museum's Harvest Halloween event in Kirby. The grand prize has a value of $350.00 including a day pass to the Bowmanville Zoo, a Library Golf Umbrella, a family pass to the Ganaraska Conservation Authority, a family membership to the Visual Arts Centre, and a Y.W.C.A. membership for child and mother. First Prize - a Good Neighbour sweatshirt, vehicle day pass Darlington Park and a family day at Orono Cat World. Second Prize - Cream of Barley t-shirt and Family Swim Pass to Fitness Centre. Third Prize - Big Brothers Cap and family membership Clarke Museum. Fourth Prize - Family pass to Bowmanville Museum and Big Brother Mug. Clarington as there is a long outstanding need for seniors housing within the Municipality. As Mayor of the Municipality of Clarington, I really appreciate the efforts and support of our local M.P.P. Mr. Gord Mills, in our endeavours to see this project receive approval. Diane Hamre, Mayor May be one too many As Northumberland County embarks on the development of a $6 million recycling/assorting plant the Recycling Council of Ontario suggests that the province should re-examine its policies before more plants are built. The council suggests municipalities are using provincial funds building plants that may not be needed. The Northumberland waste manager states that any plant she bas seen has been bulging at the seams. Queen's Park Report from Gord Mills.MPP Durham East In last week's column I finished up by telling you that I would tell you this week about the delay in getting "my dad's hip replaced", and how more often than not the delays are being blamed on the social contract or the NDP!!! Waiting times depend on the patient's condition, demand, availability of resources and physicians schedules. Times vary from institution to institution as well as from physician to physician. Physicians determine need and urgency of patients requiring care. They monitor the condition of patients for appropriate treatment, generally speaking, over the past year the trend has been towards more procedures, and fewer patients waiting. The ministry monitors radiotherapy, and cardiac surgery waiting lists on a monthly basis. There is a centralized referral system for cardiac surgery and radiotherapy that refers patients to other centres within the province - according to urgency and need - to ensure timely access to services. Our governments' improvements to Ontario's cardiac surgery, radiotherapy, and bone marrow transplantation services, means more resources and increased service. Waiting list management systems will be developed for Dialysis services and Bone Marrow Transplant. Emergency procedures are performed immediately. For orthopaedic surgery there is no tracking system, patient schedul ing is done by the physician at each hospital. Waiting times vary from physician to physician and institution to institution. The Provincial Adult and Paediatric Care Networks have developed a centralized referral system to manage waiting times for cardiovascular surgery. Regional Coordinators located in participating institutions help facilitate referrals within, and between regions. They provide information to patients and their families, physicians and physicians about waiting times, reasons for cancellations and any other information required to redirect patients sooner. The current waiting time for elective adult open-heart surgery is between eight to ten weeks. For radiation therapy the Ontario Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation and the Ontario Cancer Institute/Princess Margaret Hospital has developed a centralized referral system to better manage waiting times. At the time of referral to the participating centres, patients are priorized according to urgency by the physician specialists. The provincial waiting time average for radiation therapy is 4.6 weeks. The Ministry of Health is working with the Provincial Bone Marrow Transplant Network Committee to develop a computerized BMT registry to provide current information on the number of people waiting for transplants. The number of BMT's performed in the province has doubled since 1990, to about 500. There is no current central tracking system for dialysis services. In the past four years this government has spent $30 million to expand dialysis services. Contrary to the press, all patients who need dialysis treatment in Ontario receive it. Constituents who have concerns regarding care they received in hospital should consider the following: . . .1a patient advocate or social worker at the facility. a letter the CEO, the administrator, or the chair of the board of the hospital. Hospitals receive global funding from the Ministry of Health, but are independent facilities. As a result, complaints should go to the facility directly. I hope that the above information has been of some help to you. Since the introduction of photo radar last week I have read many articles and editorials with different points of view. As a government we didn't just sit down to see what we could think up to take more money out of everyones pocket. As the Parliamentary Assistant to the Solicitor General I was part of the preliminary discussions centred on the introduction of photo radar with the OPP, long before it was presented to our caucus. I also knew that the proposal would be unpopular with my colleagues. After all, who would want to introduce anything as controversial in the run-up to a provincial election? My judgement proved correct. But the question I asked over and over, and I might add presented somewhat passionately in the debate in the Legislature was, how much longer can we keep paying out over $9-billion, that's right $9-billion, every year in costs directly attributable to traffic accidents? 1,000 people are killed and 90,000 injured on Ontario highways every year. Eighty-five per cent of collisions are caused by driver error and speeding is the most common driver error in fatal crashes. I believe that if we have the tools to change those numbers and save lives, we have a responsibility to act. 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