Wednesday, February 2, 2022
Southpoint Sun - 5
Burst pipe at ESHC forces patient moves, cancellations
LEAMINGTON – Flooding in portions of Erie Shores HealthCare (ESHC) forced patients to be moved and some services to be cancelled. Around 6:00 a.m. on Friday, January 28, a pipe burst in a second-floor obstetric patient’s room, causing flooding in several hospital areas, including patient rooms, surgical clinic areas, ambulatory care clinic areas and the Medical Device Reprocessing Department, which sterilizes medical instruments for the hospital.
Efforts by staff from across the hospital helped mitigate the impact on patient care. Several patients were quickly moved when the burst pipe was discovered. They were transferred to other areas of the hospital. The burst pipe also caused water to be shut off to a large portion of the hospital while the maintenance team repaired the waterline. Infrastructure repairs continued throughout the weekend.
Kingsville approves budget, 2.3% bump
At a meeting on Wednesday, January 26, Kingsville Council approved the 2022 Municipal Budget. The budget deliberations were split into three meetings over the past three weeks. As a result of this new budget, the municipal tax increase is $40.27 a year for a home assessed at $250,000. Assessments are based on the Municipal Property Assessment Corporation’s (MPAC) 2016 assessment valuations, not current market value. According to MPAC’s 2016 assessment, the average home in Kingsville is $239,000. During the budget meetings, there were many projects and improvements given priority, including the reconstruction of Cedar Island Park Laneway and resurfacing of Cedar Island Subdivision, replacing the Sumac Pedestrian Bridge, resurfacing Road 11 from Graham Side-
road to Albuna, and engineering work for the West Side Collector Road. Phase three of the Lions Park Development Project, including installation of an accessible playground, is also on the agenda, along with the refurbishing of the Kingsville range light, as well as consultation work for the Main Street Strategy and some baseball diamond improvements at Ridgeview Park in Cottam. Council also approved grants to support a number of community groups. “Council has given administration a fiscally conservative budget that allows us to further council’s top 15 strategic priorities in 2022,” said Kingsville’s Chief Administrative Officer, John Norton. The full budget is available on the town’s website at kingsville.ca/budget.
FIVE GENERATIONS CELEBRATE 101 YEARS
LEAMINGTON — Dorothy Hyland (foreground) celebrated her 101st birthday on January 21, 2022 from her room inside Franklin Gardens Long Term Care Home, while four more generations of family members gathered outside her window to help celebrate her milestone. Outside the window are, from left, Dorothy’s daughter Dawn Jarvis, great-grandson-in-law Mike Redekop, great-granddaughter Shyla Redekop (Chausse), granddaughter Debby Chausse (Jarvis), great-granddaughter Saydee Lansue (Chausse) and great-great-grandson Jack Lansue (seven months old). Photo submitted
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