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4 =c*£K*xt«i **4tu,W<t MsiJ-'SlI 1 F «% />/) <;> 4XV A V V 1% AA/ 4 I / j b 1 w V wW %" v l'^ V v v v Total Market Coverage of Clarington from the Publishers of The Canadian Statesman • A James Publishing Community Newspaper Saturday, November 7, 1998 144th Year Circulation: 21,265 The Bowmanville Mall held its first annual Great Pumpkin Day, just in time for Halloween last Saturday. Events included pumpkin rolling and carving, a pumpkin pie contest, a costume parade, and pumpkin weight-guessing. With the giant pumpkin in a display provided by Watson Farms, Price Country Market and Kent Farms, are sisters Laura (left) and Rachel Edmondson. Woman Still Unidentified oooo Patients Satisfied with Hospital Care by Jennifer Stone Staff Writer A recently-completed survey says Ontario patients are generally satisfied satisfied with the quality of "care they receive in hospital. hospital. The results are no surprise surprise to Chris Kooy, Director of Operations at Lakeridge Health Bowmanville (formerly Memorial Hospital). Kooy says Bowmanville's hospital implemented a system of quality indicators a few years ago to keep tabs on clinical, corporate and professional professional aspects of the facility. "We continually benchmark benchmark ourselves against our own standards and against provincial standards," says Kooy. The survey, done by the Ontario Hospital Association (OHA), questioned questioned 2,000 people with recent experience in hospi tals in order to rate patient satisfaction. While the report doesn't name individual individual hospitals, it compares compares the facilities by region and by type of hospital. hospital. Ontario was split into five different regions, and Bowmanville was grouped with hospitals from across the Greater Toronto Area. Overall, the report states patients are "generally "generally well satisfied with their own personal experience experience with hospitals." In Bowmanville, hospital hospital officials already had a good idea people were pleased with the service they got while receiving care. Last year's survey of clients at the Bowmanville site showed -i 77 percent satisfaction r(itn. In spite oflhe high level of satisfaction reported by patients last year, Kooy says results of internal surveys surveys are used to implement implement improvements to the hospital. For example, LynMcLeod Ontario's former Liberal leader slammed the Mike Harris government government for being "cynical and irresponsible" in a speech to local Liberals Wednesday night. "We have had three years of beating up on the education system," Lyn McLeod told members of the Durham Provincial Liberal Association at their annual meeting . McLeod, who was a school trustee for 17 years, expressed concern over how Bill 160 is affecting students. "I've had students approach me and ask, 'Are we really receiving such a bad education?'," she said. Health care reform was also highlighted in McLeod's speech, with Tories "Beating up on Education," MRP Tells Liberal Association when one survey was completed, completed, it revealed some dissatisfaction with the method of registering in Bowmanvillc's emergency ward. As soon as the concern concern was noted, hospital staff immediately took steps to improve the process, says Kooy. While the OHA survey was not site-specific in terms of results, Kooy says Bowmanville's hospital could hold its own if compared compared to other facilities. "We would be very satisfied satisfied with our results if we benchmarked ourselves against other facilities province-wide," says Kooy. In spite of receiving some tips, Durham Regional Police arc still looking for help in identifying identifying a woman whose body was found on a Newcastle beach more than a week ago. The body was found washed up on the beach of Lake Ontario near Mill Street South on Thursday, Oct. 29. Police released a description of the woman last Friday and, since then, have received some tips regarding her identification. identification. A woman matching her description was seen in a taxi in Newcastle Oct. 28. Police believe the woman's first name may be Lily. She is described as white, approximately 60 years old, 5'2" tall, 101 pounds, with collar-length brown hair and hazel eyes. She had a full upper denture denture and a partial lower denture. Clothing worn by the woman was described as: a medium-sized blue jean quilted jacket with the label "Lady Foot Locker Casuals," a medium-sized black shirt with the label "Peak Collection," a home-knitted sweater, green in color with a pink and white diamond pattern; pattern; large-sized wine-colored wine-colored pants with the label "2 Much," a pair of white socks with gray soles; and a pair of black, size seven "Tenderwalk" loafers. An autopsy completed Remembrance Day Services. Remembrance services will take place across Clarington over the next week. Saturday, November 7th, the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 178, in Bowmanville, will hold its Armistice Dinner. Sunday, October 8th, services of remembrance will be held at the Orono Cenotaph. The parade to the Cenotaph will form at the Odd Fellows Hall on Church Street at 1:30 p.m. On Remembrance Day, Wednesday, Nov. 11, services will take place at the Cenotaph at the Bowmanville Town Hall. A parade to the Cenotaph will form up at the Legion parking lot, beginning at 10:30 a.m. Services will also be held Nov. 11 at the Cenotaphs in Newcastle and Newtonville, both beginning at 10:30 a.m. Oct. 30 at the Coroner's Building in Toronto listed cause of death as drowning. drowning. Murder Suspect Back in Court Tire man accused in the August murder of a Bowmanville bank teller was briefly back in court in Oshawà Wednesday. Robert John Appleton, a 29-year-old Oshawa man, was arrested by Durham Regional Police August 4th, following the stabbing of 24-year-old Jennifer Copithorn, a Courtice resident. Appleton is charged with first degree murder. Copithorn was attacked on her way into work at the National Trust bank on King Street in Bowmanville. She died of multiple stab wounds sustained sustained in the attack. Appleton's lawyer was granted a six-week adjournment in late September to get full disclosure disclosure of information on the case from police. Wednesday, he requested more time. Appleton will return to court December 2nd. particular emphasis on the slashing of funding to Ontario hospitals and the concern that health care may develop into a two- tier system. "We've seen hospital closings and the anguish of people waiting for a hospital hospital bed, and we haven't even seen the full measure of the Harris agenda yet," she said. McLeod also mentioned mentioned that the Tory government government may be looking at the American health care system as a model for Ontario's system. "We just don't want to go that route," she said. "The Americans would love to have our health care system. If we lose that, we'll never get it back." Due to her concerns, McLeod has made the decision to seek re-election re-election as an MPP in the Thunder Bay riding where she began her political career. "Never before in my 30 years of politics have I felt that the basic values of health and education are so threatened," she said. McLeod, whose political political career has spanned three decades, was the ■ Leader of the Ontario Liberal Party from 1992 to 1996. She is currently the Liberal Critic for Education and Women's Issues. The annual meeting, which was held at Courtice Secondary School, began with a business meeting, following which McLeod addressed the audience of over 100. After her speech, Ms McLeod fielded questions from the audience. Of particular particular concern was the subject of Bill 160. One man who said he works in the field of education education questioned the veracity of the Liberal platform. "The Tories lied to us, the NDP lied to us, how do we know the Liberals aren't lying to us?," he asked. The Liberals have promised that, should they be elected in the upcoming provincial election, Bill 160 will be repealed. However, McLeod conceded conceded that should this happen, happen, Ontario cannot Continued on page 3 , \4h;V i ; ..... . r -, ... , /. •...•! 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