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L s + e 3 l '\}'55 g | | Students return to their own C assroomis : ffort involved upply amounted, By PauuNE KerR 20% She added that she was _ He ntgggn"-ifef;veen the two ?: tig 3&2&@'3 81'1'5?1110'01?" SCNEditer > ~Pleased the work has been C0--oper boards, and several ~education g]'ynl i'{stry fundi | completed in time for the School nt ministries includ-- _ Work not begin--until Walkerton students will be -- beginning of the school year. gOVel'flm.eomnem education, funr' uy lglg A serics returning to their own schools "A tremendous amount of ing en¥ d the local health fdmg;' e m feld, Sest. 5: & work _ went into -- this," hez_atlth. anop me 20ca' / he. :p n;n'.'%'?(,pwgfs g'i_V:;,fe i and (| »»Vern Batte, director of edu-- asspoo! said. unit. m s h cation for the Bruce Grey __ Thanks to government -- Cost of providing the alter-- ODK' then did the work begin. Separate School Board, said funding, extensive prepara-- prega.rafions are in %}zwe. and . tions were made to ensure the ---------------------- O 'aite ~ ~ ' students will be back at their . Students are not exposed to | own schools. Walkerton's water. Tg:e town | The contaminated water. is still under a boil water emeergency in -- Walkerton -- order. %, forced students to finish their Batte explained how storage .| school year in alternate loca-- tanks have been installed at ' ioz tions, mostly in Hanover at the schools. This involved E { various locations. repiping with temagraxy las-- . Waram Althotigh everyone wag tic pipes, from the hofiiing ( $ (| extremely co--operative, said . tanks. 9 | Continu Page A Bafl:igiltl was anl;'a,dmjnjsu-la- t.')Th)g.e water :vfll'be sub_ziacvt,;fi \ inued from Pag tive nightmare". For example, extensive testing, and wi Hogg said. students from Mother Theresa _ be used for e\'e%':lmg except | | Hogg, who. called the School attended classes in . drinking at the three elemen-- | | staff efforts "truly heroic," three different buildings. tary schools. At the hltfih | said the. conduct of the Everything worked -- out, Schools, the water from the Walkerton hospital during although it wasn't easy. tanks will be used for wash-- ( the crisis has been prajseg "You do what you can, but... ing. Bottled water will still be by citizens, medical pro-- . everyone's very happy to be . brought in for drinking.. _ fessionals, the district | back in their own scglools," he _ The repiping and installa-- health council, and the | said. tion of tanks has been under Ministry of Health, includ-- "School is about communi-- way since the first week in mg Minister Elizabeth \| ty," Batte said, "and there is -- July, Batte said. Witmer. | \| nothing like bein% at home." Even with the alternate Hogg also commended | Janet Glasspool, director of _ water supply, there will still be those who provided assis-- ) \|education for the Bluewater extensive testing. "There are tance, including other || Board, said, "It is important to _ so many precautions, there is regional hospitals, which \| the community for things to no danger for the students, »supplied resources and | get back to normal." said Batte. =-- assistance, physicians and [i) sgecialists from outside 1 W ded for the _ area, _ such -- as | Yvaram commen Children's " Hospital . of \ o e estern io-- and . the | London Health Sciences handling of E. coli out'hbreakd c pe ts Rarns ion, define what she needed . worked in many areas and . gv_l;%m%SCN--_ :gd et the attention of those who . the M"'m'a/ of Health, _ PS coul§ provide é'tnl_l is a u;stam]nent WhiCh'gffiVil ed zhddl?ona(.} \|_'Acting CEO Dianne Waram to her iron Will and coolness financial help and relaxe receiveg a standing ovation at the . under pressUre," Said Hog% Chict deadlines for the hospital. \| South Bruce Grey Health Centre _ _ Dr. William Knox, SBG ef _ The cost for handling the Annual General Meeting, for her _ of Staff also commended "War£tl11n E. coli outbreak locally has role in handling of the E. coli out--. for her "skill and courage" in h6 been pegged at about break at the V\galkerltolé sit]ej. dual rolg 8-"; CEO and Director 0 $7'§&?£l(1)1~ y meas o. "When we. aske ianne . Patient Care-- 4 © e Waram to_stand in for Mike _ "The medical and nurstn% smfit'. efforts to handle the E. coli | Jackson neither she nor we had as well 48 ttpe BS°B ~your | outbreak a "team effort. _\ (| any inkliné as to what was in Walkerton Are fOrever In yo "This --included the | store," said SBGHC board chair debt," he Sa'dd' that all hospital! sWitchboard staff who | * Walter Ho%g. H°g§ note kad one._Bours handled the extra calls and | Days before the crisis struck, staff have u"i'tm' 8 difio n§ for the : kept the media at bay, the | SBGHC CEO Mike Jackson was under dlffi"kS condido maintenance staff who | transferred to hosgitalml.ondon, last five We"ih P exposed to responded to security and | where he required heart surgery.. "Many of em'werein)g;e early a.sr%dng issues, dietary, Waram was appointed acting the deadl¥ 'glg"ms"f eak, some EOUSekeeping, laundry CEO. & gtages ol C Outbr d ones who _ and secretarial staff, who C |. "Im an instant, Dianne foung -- became ill or had love the stress adapted to all the demands | herself propelled from relative became ill, increasing . P 9 '?St placed on them, purchas-- obscurity into a world of flashinfi level enormously. Thfh {'h"' poin ing, who were able to | [ cameras, glaring TV lights and for our Staff came with the fass- obtain whatever we need-- daily press conferences with ing of our logg-sgmce employee 0d and front line patient national and international media,. Betty Trushinski on June 1, care and medical staff," he "That Dianne managed to deal (See Waram td T with this, keep control of the situ-- on Page 5) 581C i Pm