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t22nd Year No. 43 Ambulance service won’t be interrupted, says province Winter may be well on its way. but (item the left) Tracy Talmage, Kevin Bater. Steven Baton Darin Talmage, and Lisa Eater don't seem to mind at all; The children There is no fear of a service interrup- tion when a new operator takes over ambulance service in the Twin Cities from K-W Hospital next March 31. The provmve will ask for proposals “It's a conipiicaied' thing." 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'P2t, >2. lv" _ 'f, r'_iiiirvriis's,i,is ", .1... 'i/rr'?, V _ s' s' 's, 2.- 1 5212111122 'sfal 211 2 ', . 'i'is"5,ri',.' rijvi:Ejjg.i',' ctji?i' 12.32222 "'-,ici,'tiiiii'(lti""riii,') j""'-" jr', W :'iftf, T 2 , lt: "rl/si-rr' _')",", .22-.2222 1r,Tp'vr,ly?sril ,cri)src: ",'iis't,tv,"/t,,,a,ti,' Even if no new private operator takes over by the deadline. "service won't be jeopardized. It will remain constant." Rick Armstrong, district supervisor of the ambulances services branch of the ministry of health said. The province will ask for proposals from private operators to take over the service, but if none are received or can't begin by March 31. the province will take over, he said. By Paul March Wednesday, October 26, 1977 vice was made last week by the Hospital Commission _ The hospital has operated its own ambulance service for 70 years. as well as that for St, Mary's Hospital, and Cam- bridge‘s South Waterloo Memorial Hos- pital. "It was not an abrupt decision. not at all," (LA. Cox. K-W Hospital executive director. said. "We were evaluating all our services, to determine which we can best operate and which would better be taken over by other agencies" A " TUMN DA " gathered recently all the leaves from their own spa prob- ably other Mayfield Ave. yards and ended up with a A-foot-high pile . . . perfect to play in. Wheel ___._______________ choose There are currently " hospital-op- erated ambulance services in the prov- ince: compared to 86 private operators and M municipally-run services. The Region has expressed an unwill- ingness to pick up the service. but it is possible one or more of the 25 ambulance drivers may make a bid for it. Mr. Amistrong said the lowest-costing proposal for resuming the service won't necessarilybeaccepted. - _ Though anyone can submit a proposal, the ministry considers such things as the level of service and integration with other services. as well as cost. Of the 25 employees affected - am- bulance drivers and dispatchers - most will likely go with the new operator, or some may be employed by the hos- pital doing something else. Ensuring the employees' future is “a serious consideration for us," Mr. Arm- strong said. "We would look more favor- ably on an operator that will take on the Ensuring the employe serious consideration fox strong said. "We would ably on an operator that existing staff. .. Employees will also other job postings and where in the province A ministry "can't guarant that the employees will March 31 As for maintaining l ministry can take over or if necessary. In other p inee. the ministry ha bulance service in a " after an operator has quit "When we're given a resolve It as K-W Hos; fotesee any problems," ht 'rf" " - -"'"lT""rrc-crrr,' '"? . l, gr-doo tgistnew Ae?L. ' as will also be notifiet , postings and openings the province All the same "can't guarantee l00 per-c employees will have jobs i m as much Hospital did ' the service. the ’on an interim basis F parts of the prov- has provided am- sri/iii?),)),. Hobson he said matter s' future us," Mr. ook more will take notified of time hours is "g Arm, favor, on tht cent" after 19 to don't else the the of Waterloo Tories Wednesday night nom- llated lawyer Rich Robson to carry their banner in the next federal elec- tion. expected in the spring. The 33-year-old Waterloo resident. a partner in the firm, Harper, Haney, White. Hobsbn. Wood. and Jenkins. went un- opposed in his nomination bid. The new Waterloo federal riding, which will come into existence with the calling of the next election, takes in the city of Waterloo. the Stanley Park area of Kitchener, along with the Townships of Woolwich, Wellesley, and Wilmot. Tories Nearly 200 Progressive Conservatives turned out for the meeting, held at Binge- man Park. -Canadians are beginning to turn to- wards the Conservatives as a viable al- ternative to the Liberal government, Mr. chson said in his acceptance speech. The admiration being garnered again for former prime minister John Diefen- baker is resurrecting the "dream, the inspiration. and the vision" for Cana- dians, he said. Mr. Hobson said Trudeau and the Lib- erals must shoulder the blame for Can.. ada's current troubles. He said the -gov- ernment has failed to protect manu- facturing industries that are import- ant to Waterloo Region at world tariff negotiations. - If the Conservatives form the next government, jobs would be protected through incentives that would help develop the technical knowledge and saleability needed to stay alive in world trade. he added. He said he plans to "hit the streets and begin canvassing right away. as soon as I get some literature printed up. .. Mr. Hobson. married to the former Penny Paisley. and with four children. is a long-time party worker, and former chairman of the St. John's School of Elora. board of governors. as well as a former member of the board of governors of Renison College. Liberals and New Democrats are ex- pected to field candidates in the spring. RICH HOBSON