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i 8 The Canadian Statesman K/ccfaUe*, Bowmanville, Saturday, May 15,1993 Health Minister Announces Review Maple Grove Students 0bserve Arbor Dayby Planting Trees i Of Ontario Air Ambulance Service i . ■ Health Minister Ruth Grier has announced an independent review of Ontario's air ambulance system. "During the past months and following following the death of 15-year-old Peter Gervais of Sault Ste. Marie, concerns have been raised about air ambulance contracting and safety procedures, as well as a number of issues relating to patient welfare," Mrs. Grier said. "We must ensure that we have the safest, most reliable system for transporting transporting patients by air." The review, which will begin immediately, immediately, is to be conducted by a committee of people from the aviation aviation industry, labor, and government agencies involved in aviation. Gail Donner, PhD, a registered niirse and an associate professor at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Nursing, will head the review. Ms. Donner is also a former executive director director of the Registered Nurses' Association Association of Ontario. The committee will have a broad mandate to advise the minister, concerning concerning the provision of safe and timely air ambulance transportation. It will consider among other things: - the standards established and service levels provided by. the ministry's ministry's Air Ambulance Section for all patients, particularly those who are critically ill; - the manner by which the Air Ambulance Section monitors the compliance of contracted carriers with established air transport standards standards and quality controls; - the way in which the Air Ambulance Ambulance Section maintains a close partnership partnership with contracted carriers to ensure ensure improvement in the safety, efficiency and user satisfaction of the system; . - the methods used to select companies companies and organizations for contracting contracting air ambulance transportation; - the role of Transport Canada in the assurance of air transport safety; and - the safety record of the air ambulance ambulance system between 1981 and 1993. Jumping Rope for Heart Fund Two students at Vincent Massey Public School try skipping together together during a recent Jump Rope for Heart challenge held in the school playground. Kids collected pledges and then jumped for two hours as a way to keep their hearts healthy and to raise money for the Heart and Stroke Foundation. COME IN FOR A PLEASANTLY SURPRISING DEAL! 1993 Plymouth Sundance FINANCING or $1,250 REBATE BOTTOM LINE PRICING Oldest Established Chrysler Dealer Id Durham Region MACINTOSH CHRYSLER PLYMOUTH LTD. XIX 331 PARK RD. S. <JU> OSHAWA, ONT. Vv 728-4638 --8 * - «OHO IT, --| -- KUO ST, -- ^ 5 CUM IT'.--| HWV, 401 1 I J * » I In celebration of Arbor Week in Canada, the Henk Kobes Nursery in Hampton donated a 10-year-old Colorado Spruce tree and three-year old seedlings to the students of Maple Grove Public School. Helping Helping Rosalynn, Becky, Zackery, Kyle and Jeff with the tree-planting ceremony were Katherine and Robert Robert Strickland of Mr. Trim Lawn and Garden Service. School principal Tim Nobes also got into the act. The tree will reach a height of 80 to 120 feet when it reaches maturity in about 60 to 80 years. This Arbor Arbor Week celebration continues the tradition that began in 1872 as Arbor Day in Nebraska when people planted trees on agricultural lands to replace those which had been cut down. In recognition of United Nations World Environment Week, the Visual Visual Arts Centre is pleased to present an exhibition of artwork produced from found objects and recycled materials. materials. The show is entitled Lost and Found, an exhibition about recycling. recycling. It will be at the Visual Arts Centre in the Soper Creek Park, Bowmanville, from May 30 to June 12. Elementary school students have been invited to participate in the Upstairs Upstairs Gallery Show, where pieces may be entered on a first-come basis, basis, up to capacity. (Approximately 100 works.) In "Lost and Found," the Mill Gallery will feature an exhibition of artists' work based upon the related theme of re-thinking the environment. environment. Guest curator Maralynn Cherry describes the philosophy behind the exhibition as follows: "Anonymous mega projects delineate our landscape, landscape, erasing our capacity to translate translate such engineered devices into meaningful stories. Within these networks we need to re-insert ourselves ourselves as creators. It is here that the creative imagination could set up a kaleidoscope of meaningful viewpoints, viewpoints, re-inventing useless objects that act as levers between the act of making what we know and understand. understand. This is a show about finding openings. I have chosen works that engage the viewer in a series of vignettes vignettes that gather found objects, reshape reshape spaces, document hidden energies energies and examine what appears to be in stages of decay. It is hoped that pieces and performances here will shape new dialogues and questions questions regarding our place in the environment. environment. Following the opening reception on June 5, there will be a potluck dinner and a perfoirmance piece featuring featuring artist/curator Maralynn Cherry Cherry and Arleen Hartman, whose exhibition exhibition entitled "Resurrection in the Urban Environment" was featured at the Visual Arts Centre in May of 1992. Support for this project has been provided by Environment Canada's Youth Action Fund, the Lions Club of Bowmanville, Strike Salmers and Furlong, and Durham Region Works Department's waste reduction section. section. | Increase Your Home's Value. Landscape This Spring with... MR. 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