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Dear Editor
May 21st, 2015, here I was at Wiarton Hospital with acute asthma. After four days, as I am surfacing and on my way to recovery, eating solids, I am dismayed. This is not new to me, after all, I had been hospitalised back in 2011, same week end in May, same acute asthma, I had even spent the week before in Parry Sound hospital. However, that was when they used to cook the food in Ontario Regional Hospitals.
Is the stuff they serve patients health? Is this food? No cooking anymore, it is all standardized and mechanically prepared. For example, the "beef" stew I ingested, (ingested because I couldn't eat the tiny Tic Tac size meatball like pieces save for one or two) it couldn't even compare to canned stew it was so scary. To say nothing of the "chicken" piccata which consisted of one piece of chicken that could easily have fitted in a teaspoon and, wonders of wonders, it was tough. How can that be? There were minute pieces of peppers that couldn't even cover a fork, that amounted for vegetables. I couldn't ingest the pasta, the sauce was just gross. A very dismal experience. Then to top it all out, everything came prepackaged with added sugar (yogurts, puddings, Jell-O, custards).
How can you get well soon? On the other hand, my dad used to keep an uncomfortable bed so ...
Dear Editor:
Recently a letter was sent to you by Mr. and Mrs. Thomson that contained information that I would like to address as Chair of the Board of Management for the Tom Thomson Art Gallery.
In a recent interview with the Sun-Times, I clearly indicated that we will take another look at the current site for the Gallery. I also indicated that we may look at other sites which had not been identified. I did not say that we would undertake a complete re- think of our current plans. In fact I was clear that our goals had not changed. I was clear our timeline had not changed.
Editor, The Hub
Linda Myles Gallinger, Chair of the Tom Thomson Gallery Board is quoted as saying in the SunTimes, May 20 that the Tom Thomson Gallery Board will have to undertake a complete rethink of their plans for needed expansion of the facility. This is good.
We speak as 45 year members of the Tom Thomson Gallery, and as active participants in the life of the gallery over that time. We both have been members of the Board, Judy has been Chair of the Board twice and Ken has been City Council appointee. We continue to be seriously engaged and interested in gallery plans, especially the gallery’s future.
We make the following three points with respect to the much-needed review:
Editor:
The Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) National office has just released its analysis of the recent federal budget. CFUW, Owen Sound and Area Club's response is the following edited and abridged version of that three-page analysis.
BUDGET 2015 WHAT'S IN IT FOR WOMEN?
This year's budget is heavy on tax benefits, as well as additional support for women
entrepreneurs and women in the corporate sector.
WOMEN'S ECONOMIC SECURITY
There are no specific initiatives to promote job creation for women or enhance their
economic security. There is little investment for low-income women.
EDUCATION
CFUW points out the need for the federal government to increase its investment in
post-secondary education to 0.56% of GDP, and specifically earmark those funds to
transfer payments to provinces and territories. This action will help defray university
operating costs and help universities reduce tuition fees.
Editor,
Owen Sound Hub:
Irony: Council agrees to stop praying before meetings, because that would be an exclusive practice, and refuses to even consider an amendment to the Flag Policy, which would make the City more inclusive.
I was extremely disappointed in the behaviour of most Owen Sound city councillors at the meeting of May 11. A request was made to consider the current Flag Flying policy of 2006, and add an amendment to allow any local community group to have their flag on the standard which is affixed by the front doors of City Hall, as long as that group is one that abides by and honours the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. By a vote of 4:3, it was decided that Council would not even agree to reconsider the outdated policy. In the light of recent anti-Semitic, racist, and homophobic events, one would think it's time for the City to take a more inclusionary stand. In addition, does Council not realize that the policy has already been breached at least twice, and for that reason alone, needs to be reconsidered? Thanks to Councillors Richard Thomas, Marion Koepke, and Peter Lemon. The rest of you: I expect better.Sincerely,
Joan Beecroft
Owen Sound,ON
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