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ITDZ BIZ AKVHJE EAVER oo 41 It‘s for you and your kids. â€" Jl/_ C e CALL Now , F Canada s Best mrwr/t/ /Vm/qef” CCNA Better Newspapers Competition 1993 A Metroland Community Newspaper Vol. 32 No. 107 FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1994 24 Pages 75 Cents (GST included) mm m en m ormen ermpmmmron Administration under fire over OTMH layoffs Hospital board unhappy over way in which cuts were made HEADED FOR A SKINNING By DIANE HART Special to the Beaver Jim Gallagher Jr. explodes a shot out of a Glien Abbey sand trap on his way to winning two skins and $5,000 in the Bell SYGMA Classic Tuesday. The ospital administrators came under fire this week from skins format competition saw two time Open champ Bruce Lietzke take five some disgruntled board members unhappy that in June skins and $7,000 in the $15,000 contest. The nine hole event also included the hospital said no layoffs would occur despite warning Craig Stadler (two skins and $3,000) and defending Open champion David signs appearing almost three months earlier. Frost. The last player to win the skins competition and then go on to win the And, although the hospital said championship was Nick Price in 1991. Second round play contmues today the recent layoff process was a with the final round Sunday. c e gg:ilrzbzlr:rfi;; gied :fieli?:; g?sf mayed it happened so quickly and on so large a scale. Tuesday, after discussing the need to improve communications at the hospital, board members approved the hiring of Hilary Sadler on a new fullâ€"time basis to be the new coâ€"ordinator of cusâ€" tomer relations. (The salary has yet to be determined.) Sadler had been hired on a temporary basis to cover Trish Carlton, public relaâ€" tions coâ€"ordinator, on maternity leave: The customer relations position of Sadler‘s is a new one, created by president and CEO Dieter Kuntz. Carlton remains in her current position in public relaâ€" .20â€"23 SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS The Bay, Kmart, Pro Golf, Ashbrooks, West Manor Homes tions but will report to Sadler. D OI};VAI‘ ANIMAL Last month, the hospital laid SERVICES off 16 employees after it had announced a deficit of $437,000 (C.j:]i :u.on incurred over a three month periâ€" hy d Animals ‘ At Tuesday‘s board meeting, board member Sandra Farley, said N. Jgéc%MM(?mON she had no idea of the magnitude of the layoffs nor of plans of reâ€" structuring. "I felt very much in the dark," she said. But Kuntz Canadian Publications Mail Product said he had left the impression at se (See ‘Board‘ page 2) C ‘Ludicrous® to spend $100,000 on electronic library for OTMH says hospital board member By DIANE HART Special to the Beaver _ _ 338â€"7387 Spending $100,000 a year on a new electronic library for Oakvilleâ€" Trafalgar Memorial Hospital was soundly denounced this week as "ludiâ€" crous" by a member of the board of governors. Hospital president and CEO Dieter Kuntz, in supporting the proposal, had called it a "quality issue" and said other hospitals the same size as OTMH all had similar libraries. He said he understood the difficult times the hospital was in but said it was better to endorse the proposal on the underâ€" standing the project would not proceed until operating dollars were availâ€" able. He said he had no idea when that may occur. But Dr. Tom Staunton said, although he fully supported the idea of a (See ‘Library‘ page 2) MEAL soupsi2 DEALS cuus:s