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o Mark Slipp (416) 359â€"4633 100% Government Guaranteed _ *Rates subject Strip Coupons Maturing in 2004 to change THE OAKVILLE BEAVER LBE "Canada‘s Best Community Newspapéf” CCNA Better Newspapérs Competition 1993 1 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1994 60 Pages 75 Cents (GST included) Hospital board chairman urges calm after decision to oust OTMH president Dieter Kuntz asked to resign by governors Oakville Beaver Staff INS I D E Today‘s Paper io Safe Crossings | _ /m | Program teaches younsters how to cross the street J A Metroland Community Newspaper ‘ ~ Vol. 32 No. 109 akvilleâ€"Trafalgar Memorial Hospital staff have been asked to keep a stiff upper lip following the resignation of president and CEO Dieter Kuntz. OTMH Board of Governors chair Bill Polley confirmed Monday at a gathering of staff that Kuntz â€" who had held both posiâ€" tions since 1989 â€" had been asked to resign Thursday at the conclusion a closedâ€"door contract review by the hospital Board. "(Kuntz) agreed verbally it was the best thing for the hospital that he tender his resignation," explained Polley, who said he agreed with Kuntz that he should seek legal advice. We both want this to be amicable." Hugh Pauwels â€" who will fill in as acting president and CEO â€" told staff that the byword for the weeks ahead should be "attitude." While the hospiâ€" tal‘s image may not be as "shiny" as it once was in the community, he asked that all employees maintain a positive spirit. Last week‘s decision came only two days after a Board meeting which saw Kuntz come under fire for his support of a $100,000 electronic library 4 for the hospital. He was also taken to task for comments he made at the June annual general meeting indicating that a balanced budget and no layâ€" Page 1 3 offs were expected. In August, however, OTMH laid off 16 employees after it announced a $437,000 deficit incurred over a three month period. m Pauwels said the meeting was necessary, however, in order to stop inacâ€" curate rumors from circulating. Soccer Power Even so, Polley said he was "handcuffed" answering a lot of related Oakville ’ teams victorious questions given the sensitive nature of the matter and the fact that details of the severance package and the joint statement are still being ironed out. "Please appreciate it is difficult for me to get into specifics. Let me make it clear there have been no improprieties and no disasters at OTMH," said Polley. "The long and the short of it is it was time for a change and in Ontario Dieter thought it was best for the hospital." Soccer Pauwels said OTMH is known for its "excellent patient care" and no > wÂ¥ | Cup play matter what happens that will not change. "This is not the first disaster, or challenge, that we‘ve had to face," he Page 1 8 said. The Board will soon decide on a search committee to find a permanent SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTS White Rose, The Bay, replacement. Sears, Purolator, Ren‘s Pet Depot, Overdrive OT board member resigns over decision Don Clarkson, a member of the Oakvilleâ€"Trafalgar Memorial Hospital Board of Directors, confirmed Tuesday that he has resigned over the deparâ€" ture of Dieter Kuntz. _ "You can appreciate the sensitive position I‘m in," said Clarkson. "I C ‘l‘)‘flsérs income Tax Course can‘t say any more than that." i The lgc:;m: Clarkson said he verbally resigned at the end of last Thursday‘s meeting j Tax. raimng Schoo which had been called to determine Kuntz‘s future at the hospital. At that For more information see page 16 time the hospital president and CEO was asked to tender his resignation. Liar® U *L relZ "That‘s a polite way of putting it," said Clarkson. HR BI-ocK Asked whether he plans to put his resignation in writing, Clarkson said For callâ€" it may be proper procedure to follow up in that manner. 681â€"8006 ext. 102 "I should do that but verbally or in writing, it‘s done," he said. "There‘s Canadian Publication Mail nothing more I can comment on." 3 Clarkson, a retired director of the Toronto Stock Exchange, had been a Pioduct Agiscement «40020 i Board member since 1991. THE PRICE WAS RIGHT Councillor seeks to amend bylaw that sees Region pay chairman‘s legal fees Oakville Ward 3 regional councillor Keith Bird does not believe taxpayers should be payâ€" ing Halton Regional Chairman Peter Pomeroy‘s legal expenses. At today‘s (Wednesday) Bomb scare turns out to be a hoax There were a few tense Robert‘s Fish Cove, 379 Speers â€" the package and hit it with a water moments along Speers Road, Road. cannon to diffuse any possible yesterday morning, after an The sheds are adjacent to explosives. Upon closer examinaâ€" apparent homeâ€"made bomb was Lansing Lumber which had two . tion, however, the bomb was disâ€" found at the rear of a restaurant â€" propane tanks in the nearby vicinâ€" .covered to be a hoax. parking lot. ity. The police blockade was lifted s i s s ¢ Halton Regional Police were Police blocked off the entrance _ at about 11:15 a.m. irfif’el r?gfltg(;g?ri)l duT:ez:rlnn;gr,neBrfif =contacted at 10:15 a.m. shortly to Robert‘s Fish Cove and called It was the second call for the fhient 18 an indemnification insur. after a resident reported seeing an in the Halton Regional Police disposal unit which earlier in the apparent homeâ€"made bomb â€" six â€" Emergency Disposal Unit and the morning had responded to a bomb b small pipes wrapped in tape â€" _ Oakville Fire Department. scare outside the Milton police between two sheds at the rear of The bomb experts examined _ station. The disposal unit was Parents, siudents teachers picious ance bylaw passed on June 1st. The bylaw provides coverage to pay legal fees â€" for regional councilors, regional employees, volunteers and appointees â€" if a charge or action arises from the execution of their duties. _ Last week, Pomeroy publicly] revealed his legal expenses were, wrapped in tape in the parking lot S U p pO T t ive Of SC hOO l Sâ€".5 u}’vey behind the Milton police station at 7 a.m. being paid for by the region| By KATHY YANCHUS That package also turned out thanks to the indemnification .Oakville Beaver Staff to be a hoax, but police did recovâ€" £ bylaw. So far, he has recovered| $28,000 in legal expenses. Pomeroy was charged more] than a year ago with two counts| of breach of trust and accepting a secret commission. If found guilty, Pomeroy must! reimburse the region for his legal > fees and be responsible for any es penalties. er a small amount of jewelry [ Halton parents are basically supportive of their schools and the _ stolen from a Milton home in quality of education in those schools. They are also uncertain about the _ June inside the box. changing curriculum and what is going on in the classrooms. « That, in a nutshell, is how Joanne Zywine, the Halton Board of POIICC Seeklng help Education‘s Superintendent of Instructional Services summed up the : 5 5 results of four Effective Schools Surveys for staff, students and parents n flndlng lOCl man taken over the past three years. Halton Regional Police are "It shows a strong support for schools," said Zywine as she asking for the public‘s help in divulged the results of the parent surveys at Thursday night‘s board _ locating a missing Oakville man. meeting as well as the direction in which the board plans to move to Peter Marino, 67, was last seen Zimbabwe native Nick Price showed his fellow profesâ€" h B.lrd’ how?vir, doelsn’t believe accommodate some parental concerns. by his wife Sunday around 1 p.m. sionals Sunday just why he is the number one golfer in the m}t)ent Oe el bylav_»;]was to Two questionnaires were sent to 1,000 randomlyâ€"selected parents Of _ at his Constance Drive home. He the world. Price held off all attempts to catch him in takâ€" Co‘ff"lr Omf 50}); P l;]l j . both elementary and secondary students in 1993. is described as having been very ing the 1994 Bell Canadian Open at Glen Abbey. 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