July 22, 2014 - Ottawa Valley Business

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JULY 22, 2014
The Business of Physician Recruiting
When municipalities have to do the work of the province
By: Jennifer Layman
jenn@ovbusiness.com
When the Upper Ottawa Valley
was short of doctors, a group got
together and formed the Upper
Ottawa Valley Medical Recruitment Committee (UOVMRC),
led by Pembroke Regional
Hospital. The result was six
municipalities getting on board:
Pembroke, Whitewater Region,
Laurentian Valley, Bonnechere
Valley, Pikwakangan and North
Algona Wilberforce. Each municipality contributed $1.00 per
capita and the total was matched
equally by Pembroke Regional
Hospital. The money was to go
towards paying a physician recruiter and marketing the region
to prospective physicians.
“We had to do something
because local residents were
suffering,” says UOVMRC Chair
Debbie Robinson.
In 2010, the Town of Petawawa
joined the cause, which contributed in excess of $20,000 to the
recruitment effort (including
matching funds by Pembroke Regional Hospital.) The work of the
UOVMRC was positive. To date,
11 doctors have been recruited,
and several family health teams
We had to do something because
local residents were suffering.
-DEBBIE ROBINSON
UOVMRC CHAIR
have been established in the
region. And, patients registered
with the UOVMRC have been
distributed to family doctors as
the available has arrived. (The
UOVMRC waiting list works on
a first-come, first-served basis.)
So why would Petawawa, with
a prediction of 20,000 residents
by 2020, withdraw from a program that was obviously bringing
them incredible success? And,
what about the greater responsibility of health care in the
Upper Ottawa Valley region? Did
Petawawa wait until things were
good for them and then leave the
others to fend for themselves?
Well, not really.
Tom Mohns is the Deputy
Mayor for Petawawa, and he sits
on the UOVMRC board as well
as the board for the Petawawa
Centennial Family Health Cente.
When Petawawa began recruiting doctors in 2004, they had
one doctor and 7,000 residents
without healthcare. Today, they
have six doctors and no residents
without healthcare.
“It was tough getting doctors to
come to Petawawa,” says Mohns,
“so we joined the UOVMRC in
2010. In contributing 30% of the
municipal incentive (the $1.00
per capita) we earned 30% of the
slots for local residents. Today,
we have six full time doctors,
three nurse practitioners and
others (ie: dietician) so we are
basically full up.”
The way the UOVMRC works
is that when a new doctor is
recruited, they are required to
take patients from all member
municipalities, regardless of
where they locate. That allotment
of slots is based on the percentage of the incentive the municipalities provide, which is based
on population. For every doctor
being recruited, Petawawa was
earning about 350 patient slots.
Today, that’s more than they
need. And, it take 350 slots away
from other member municipalities who could be using them.
“I felt, honestly, that it was
time for us to leave the UOVMRC,” says Mohns. “They did us
a great service, it’s just that we
felt it was time to turn it over to
the Ministry of Health and Long
Term Care. I can only say good
things about the UOVMRC.”
Mohns explains that Petawawa
has already absorbed 9,300
people from UOVMRC who
are being served by physicians
practicing in Petawawa. By leaving the UOVMRC, that frees up
more spots for other people - the
ultimate goal of the waiting list.
There are a few other factors in
play as well in the decision.
First, the Ontario government
now has their own waiting list,
one that municipalities don’t
have to pay into. The Health Care
Connect list allows anyone to
register, but instead of allotting
people to doctors as they register,
it allots people to doctors based
on needs; the greater the health
issue someone has, they move to
the front of the line for a doctor.
Continued on Page 3
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Ottawa Valley Business
Events
July 23, 2014
Growing Your Business Overseas Without the Growing Pains.
12pm-2pm. Free. Targeted at
companies that are selling internationally through distributors or
intending to do so in the future.
It is relevant to a broad range of
people; from entrepreneurs to
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Phone: 613-828-6274 or
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July 26, 2014
Red Cross Principles of Health
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9am-5pm. For info: 613-3127467.
July 29, 2014
Introduction to Facebook Pages
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July 30, 2014
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August 7, 2014
Doing business with the Government of Canada 9:00am to
12:00pm. Free. Ottawa. The
Office of Small and Medium
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selling their goods or services to
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613-828-6274 or www.investottawa.ca
August 9-10, 2014
Red Cross First Aid/CPR Training. Free to residents of North
Algona Wilberforce. $45 for
non-residents. 9am-5pm. For
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August 15, 2014
Lanark County Warden’s Golf
Tournament. Timber Run Golf
Course. $100/person includes
golf, cart and dinner. RSVP by
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at 613-267-4200 ext.1505.
August 21, 2014
Intermediate Facebook Pages
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August 31, 2014
Deadline for submissions for the
Pontiac Chamber of Commerce
Business Achievement Awards.
Nominations forms available
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pontiacchamberofcommerce.ca
September 5, 2014
County of Warden’s Invitational
Golf Tournament. Renfrew Golf
Club. 1:00pm. $300/team or $75/
person. Proceeds to the United
Way of Renfrew County. To register, contact Evelyn VanStarkenburg at 613-735-2081 ext.440 or
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September 12-14, 2014
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October 18-19, 2014
The National Franchise and
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October 24, 2014
Pontiac Chamber of Commerce
Business Achievement Awards
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Physician Recruitment Continued
Continued from Page 1
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The other issue was the loss of
$20,000 towards the recruitment
efforts of the local Committee.
But Mohns also explains that the
UOVMRC was only spending
70-75% of the budget, returning the excess to municipalities
anyway.
And finally, doctors are contacting the Petawawa Centennial Family Heath Team directly
about practice opportunities,
which is how Mohns thinks recruitment is headed in the future.
“We have no room left in
Petawawa, so why are we paying
into it when we have no more
room here,” he says. “Why are
we spending taxpayer dollars to
recruit physician when we don’t
need any more physicians? How
can you justify that?”
For Robinson, she says that
Petawawa was not coy about
potentially withdrawing from
UOVMRC.
“We knew they were considering getting out,” she says. “Their
residents are looked after.”
But UOVMRC, and the entire
region has another issue looming:
retirement. All doctors have a patient list, some in the thousands,
and if that doctor retires or closes
the practice, those people become
orphaned.
“We are now trying to transition
new doctors with retiring doctors,” she says, explaining that
new doctors prefer walking into
an operating office as opposed
to starting their own. The family
health team scenario also helps
new doctors be connected with
peers and be able to be mentored as needed in starting their
practice.
The loss of Petawawa (which
occurs officially in 2015) may
or may not be a challenge for
recruiting doctors to the region.
As Robinson explains, there is
strength as a larger region, especially when competing with urban
centres. However, Mohns also
has a point of providing more
residents outside of Petawawa
with doctors if 300 more spaces
are available to non-Petawawa
residents.
Both Robinson and Mohns
agree that the recruitment effort is
almost a preventative one. Mohns
says there is not a desperate situation anymore, as there once was
before UOVMRC was involved;
and Robinson says they are
working to prevent having 10,000
people without a physician by being able to transition new doctors
with retiring ones.
Both parties are also looking for the Ontario Ministry of
Health to do more for healthcare
in rural areas. With physician
salaries being completely out of
the hands of local municipalities
(the physicians have an association that negotiates directly with
the province), it only makes sense
that the province should play a
more accountable role in placing
physicians.
Neither Mohns nor Robinson
know how that will play out, but
both, and likely every municipally-organized and funded physician recruitment committee, are
doing what they can to solve a
provincial problem with a local
solution.
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Business News Around The Valley
Valley Motorsports Expands
Scott Newberry is expanding
and relocating his business to the
former Foy’s Marine property.
Valley Motorsports and Fabrication will be located at 1284 Highway 60 in Renfrew. The business
handles parts, accessories sales
and service for marine, ATV and
snowmobiles.
Rafter Enters Publishing
Business
Wilderness Tours owner Joe
Kowalski has entered the publishing business with Connie Tabbert. The Two have produced a
website: www.whitewaternews.ca
to cover news in Whitewater Region. Subscriptions are free.The
paper is also available at local
retailers in an abbreviated form.
Grand Opening
Poize Spa in Arnprior held a
Grand Opening on July 12th. The
business is located at 114 John
Street North and is a complete
day spa with services for both
men and women. For more information, visit www.poizespa.com
New Consortium Name
The three companies jointly
bidding on a 10-year contract to
run AECL has come up with a
new name: Innovation Canada.
The consortium is comprised of
Babcock & Wilcox, Cavendish
Nuclear and Battelle Memorial
Institute. The announcement was
made in Pembroke on July 2.
The final decision on who will
be granted the AECL contract
is anticipated to be released in
September 2015.
Sign Bylaw Passed
The suggestion to have businesses in Downtown Pembroke have
wooden signs of a certain colour
palette to maintain a heritage
look has been removed from the
newly updated sign bylaw. The
section of “Heritage Downtown
Signs” will not be required in the
Downtown core.
Home Hardware Sponsorship
Perth Home Hardware has
donated 50 brooms to downtown
area businesses to assist in local
tidiness and beautification efforts
leading up to the 2014 Communities in Bloom judging day.
The Town of Perth partners with
many groups, individuals and
businesses to participate in the
Communities in Bloom Program.
Township Receives Grant
The Township of Admaston
Bromley had received a Joint
Emergency Preparedness Program (J.E.P.P) grant from Public
Safety Canada in the amount of
$10,000. The grant was used to
acquire a fixed-site generator
to supply power in the case of
a power outage to 100% of the
municipal office and garage.
Licensing Door To Door Sales
If you live in the Town of Renfrew, and you have door-to-door
(transient) salespeople, you can
ask to see their license to operate. The Town implemented a
Transient Trader By-Law that is
required by door-to-door salespeople in order to sell goods and
services in the municipal limits.
Vendor Registration Open
The Township of Whitewater
Region is now accepting vendor
applications for their October
18th Taste of the valley event.
Outdoor spaces are available with
or without power. The municipality is looking specifically for food
vendors. If you are interested in
being a vendor, please send an
email to: cobdentov@outlook.
com.
Resident Offers To Build
Rec Facility
Ralph Shaw has offered to build
a recreational facility in the
Township of McNab-Braeside
that would include a soccer pitch,
football club and ice surface.
The proposal would give the
Township a block for time for
residents to use, and be available
for summer camps. Council indicated they would be interested in
pursuing the next steps of what
the facility might look like.
Jp2g Waives Additional Costs
After work done on Highway 17
in Cobden, residents were unhappy with how their lawns were left
in the completion of the project.
The municipality contacted Jp2g
Consultants to investigate and
solve the problem, which they
did, at an additional cost to the
municipality. Upon further negotiation, Jp2g decided to waive the
additional costs.
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Can you help people
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Health Matters magazine is publishing again
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Book Club: Purple Cow
Transform Your Business By Being Remarkable
It’s A Fact
Ontario Livestock
2.3 Million
total of cows in Ontario as
of January 1, 1987
1.7 Million
total of cows in Ontario as
of January 1, 2014
312,786
total number of cows in
Eastern Ontario in 2011
54,000
total number of cows in
Renfrew County in 2011
8.2 Million
number of chickens laying
eggs in 1998
10 Million
number of chickens laying
eggs in 2013
4.5 Million
By: Seth Godin
From the Publisher
You’re either a Purple Cow or
you’re not. You’re either remarkable or invisible. Make your
choice.
What do Starbucks and JetBlue
and KrispyKreme and Apple and
DutchBoy and Kensington and
Zespri and Hard Candy have that
you don’t? How do they continue
to confound critics and achieve
spectacular growth, leaving behind former tried-and true brands
to gasp their last?
Face it, the checklist of tired
‘P’s marketers have used for decades to get their product noticed
- Pricing, Promotion, Publicity, to
name a few - aren’t working anymore. There’s an exceptionally
important ‘P’ that has to be added
to the list. It’s Purple Cow.
Cows, after you’ve seen one,
or two, or ten, are boring. A
Purple Cow, though...now that
would be something. Purple Cow
describes something phenomenal,
something counterintuitive and
exciting and flat out unbelievable.
Every day, consumers come face
to face with a lot of boring stuff-a
lot of brown cows - but you can
bet they won’t forget a Purple
Cow. And it’s not a marketing
function that you can slap on to
your product or service. Purple
Cow is inherent. It’s built right in,
or it’s not there. Period.
In Purple Cow, Seth Godin
number of milk producers
in Ontario in 2007
urges you to put a Purple Cow
into everything you build, and
everything you do, to create
something truly noticeable. It’s
a manifesto for marketers who
want to help create products that
are worth marketing in the first
place.
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Wisdom
99
Eighty percent of success
is showing up.
number of milk producers
in Renfrew County in 2007
- Woody Allen
3.9 Million
number of milk producers
in Ontario in 2013
The most difficult thing
is the decision to act, the
rest is merely tenacity.
number of milk producers
in Renfrew County in 2013
- Amelia Earhart
number of chickens in
Ontario’s chicken
production in 2013
- Albert Einstein
78
Strive not to be a success,
but rather to be of value.
203 Million
Jobs That Take You Places. Found Here.
8.5 Million
number of turkeys in
Ontario’s turkey
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$13 Billion
total forecasted net income
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Source: Statistics Canada
No person will make a
great business who wants
to do it all himself or get
all the credit
- Andrew Carnegie
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Business News Continued
Continued from Page 4
What To Do With The Money
Art Jamieson and Archie
Vereyken, resident of the former
Village of Beachburg, have suggested to the Township of Whitewater Region that funds received
from Ottawa River Power Corporation (ORPC) should only be
used for the former Beachburg
area. This, they claim, is because
prior to amalgamation, the Village of Beachburg was the shareholder with ORPC. However,
in response, Mayor Jim Labow
indicated that in order for that
to have happened in 2000, an
amendment would be required
that would be supported by the
majority of municipalities in
Whitewater Region. As a result,
votes were held and the amendment did not pass, and thus the
funds were available to the entire
region in the newly amalgamated
Whitewater Region. While Jamieson and Vereyken suggested
that the municipality obtain a
legal opinion, the municipality
felt confident in the decision and
suggested the individuals could
pursue a legal opinion at their
own expense if they wished.
Jamieson is the newly appointed
ambassador for the County of
Renfrew, as appointed by County
Council.
Saving Labour Hours
The City of Pembroke will save
an anticipated $2,500 this year
by relaxing the fire safety inspec-
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tions and education for Fiddle
Park on Labour Day weekend.
Due to success in the past, Fire
Chief Dan Herback and CAO
Terry Lapierre felt that the
inspections could be scaled back,
while still allowing spot inspections. This would reduce the
requirement for overtime pay.
CPDMH Recognized For
Emergency Room Wait Times
The Ministry of Health and
Long-Term Care has recognized Carleton Place & District
Memorial Hospital (CPDMH)
for its improved Emergency
Department wait times. In fact,
CPDMH has the most improved
wait times for hospitals of its
size in Ontario. The wait time is
1.5 hours less than the hospital
group average of 4.4 hours.
Several initiatives are in place to
help support shorter wait times,
such as the creation of a new
wait room volunteer role.
Student Residence Debated
A building owner proposing a
student residence for Algonquin
College has not had his application approved by the City of
Pembroke because it is not in
keeping with the intent of the
Official Plan. The owner of 21
Pembroke Street West had put
forward an application to create
a 27-student residence on the
property and remove the commercial component currently included. The City’s Official Plan
indicates that residential components can only be permitted in
the second story, while commercial operations must occur in the
main level. The City was recommending that the application be
amended to allow only 50% of
the rear portion of the main floor
to be used as student accommodation, which would allow some
of the development to proceed
but the commercial aspect to be
maintained.
Horton Permit Values
Horton Township issued over
$1.7 million in building permit
values for June 2014, bringing
the annual total to over $3.8
million for the year. Five of the
permits issued in June were
for new residences, while four
permits were issued for garage or
storage buildings.
Nearing $1 Million in Permits
The Township of Whitewater
Region issued 23 building permits in June for over $980,000
in value. The permits included
single family dwellings, single
family additions, pools, demo,
septic, accessory buildings,
garages/carports and one each
for commercial renovation and
agricultural.
We are in the business of taking
care of people, and that includes
taking care of our employees.
Being a member of Valley EFAP
is another way that we can
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- Ian Wilkie
Deep River & District Hospital
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Election Update for Renfrew & Lanark Country; Bancroft
Renfrew County
Admaston Bromley
Mayor – Michael Donohue
Councillor – Michael J. Quilty
Cllr - Robert Douglas Dick
Arnprior
Mayor - David Reid
Reeve - Walter Stack
Councillor - Dan Lynch
Councillor - Doug Smith
Councillor - Ted Strike
Bonnechere Valley
Mayor - Jennifer Murphy
Cllr WI - Jackie Agnew
Cllr W3 - Bob Peltzer
Cllr W4 - Mervin Buckwald
Brudenell, Lyndoch, Raglan
Reeve - Garry Gruntz
Councillor - Gerald Resmer Jr.
Deep River
Mayor - David Thompson
Reeve - Glenn Doncaster
Councillor – Leon Landry
Greater Madawaska
Mayor - John Pratt
Councillor W3 - Mark Tomlin
Head, Clara & Maria
Reeve - Jim Gibson
Reeve - Tammy Stewart
Horton
Mayor - Bob Kingsbury
Mayor- Margaret Whyte
Killaloe, Hagarty & Richards
Mayor - Janice Visneskie-Moore
Mayor - Isabel O’Reilly
Councillor W1 - Carl Kuehl
Councillor W1 - Ted Browne
Councillor W1 - April Hudder
Cllr W2 - Stanley Pecoskie
Cllr W2 - Debbie Peplinskie
Councillor W3 - Kathy Marion
Councillor W3 - John Jeffrey
Cllr Ward 3 - Brian Pecoskie
Laurentian Hills
Mayor - Richard Rabishaw
Mayor – John Reinwald
Councillor W1 - Bruce Boucher
Councillor W2 – Anne Giardini
Councillor W3 - Jamie Rabishaw
Councillor W3 - Brenda Blimkie
Councillor W4 - Dennis Hyde
Councillor W4 - John Hoyle
Laurentian Valley
Mayor - Steve Bennett
Reeve - Debbie Robinson
Councillor - George Hodgkinson
Councillor - Allan Wren
Councillor - Jennifer Gauthier
Councillor - Keith Watt
Councillor - Joe Brazeau
Councillor - Dan Mazur
Madawaska Valley
Mayor - Kim Love
Mayor - David Schulist
Councillor - Carl Bromwich
Councillor - Linda Neuman
Councillor - Ernie Peplinski
Councillor - Ted Bialy
Cllr - Elser Lee Faith Archer
Councillor – Audrey Kaminski
McNab Braeside
Mayor - Tom Peckett
Mayor - Aldene Styles
Mayor - Mary Campbell
Dep. Mayor - Brad McIIquham
Deputy Mayor - Len Chapeski
Councillor - Heather Lang
North Algona Wilberforce
Mayor - Deborah Farr
Mayor - Kevin Clarke
Councillor - Lorenz Kelo
Councillor - Dave Plumb
Councillor - Clay Bingley
Pembroke
Mayor - Mike Lemay
Mayor - Ed Jacyno
Mayor - Dan Callaghan
Councillor - Garland Wong
Councillor - Ron Gervais
Councillor - Les Scott
Councillor - Lynn Lavery
Councillor - Andrew Plummer
Councillor - Christine Reavie
Petawawa
Mayor - Bob Sweet
Councillor - Tom Mohns
Councillor - Murray Rutz
Councillor - Wayne Bando
Councillor - Chris Clouthier
Councillor - James Carmody
Renfrew
Mayor - Callum Scott
Mayor - Tom Anderson
Mayor - James Miller
Reeve - Kate Windle
Reeve: Audrey Green
Councillor - Robert Debeau
Councillor - Zenaida Raboy
Councillor - Gregory Lewis
Councillor - Arlene Jamieson
Councillor - Clint McWhirter
Councillor - Jeff Taylor
Councillor - Bill Ringrose
Councillor - Donna Falcon
Councillor - Doug Brookes
Whitewater Region
Mayor - Jim Labow
Reeve - Donald Rathwell
Councillor - Daryl McLaughlin
Councillor - Howard Winters
Councillor - Joey Trimm
Councillor - Cathy Regier
Renfrew County
District School Board
Barbara Basso, Glenn Miller and
Wendy Hewitt
Renfrew County Catholic
District School Board
Andy Bray, Anne Haley (Smith)
Lanark County
& Bancroft
Beckwith
Dep. Reeve - Sharon Mosseau
Councillor - Geoffrey Montreuil
Councillor - Tim Campbell
Councillor - Faye Campbell
Carleton Place
Councillor - Lorey Miller
Councillor - Gary Strike
Drummond/North Elmsley
Reeve - Ted Arthurs
Lanark Highlands
Mayor - Peter McLaren
Deputy Mayor - Bob Mingie
Deputy Mayor - John Hall
Councillor W3 - Peter Rodger
Mississippi Mills
Mayor - Shaun McLaughlin
Councillor - Jane Torrance
Councillor - William Champman
Councillor - Denzil Ferguson
Councillor - Bernard Cameron
Councillor - Duncan Abbott
Montague
Reeve - Bill Dobson
Deputy Reeve - Pat Dolan
Deputy Reeve – Bonnie Burson
Councillor - Vince Carroll
Councillor - Jim Abbass
Perth
Mayor - John Fenik
Councillor - Judy Brown
Smiths Falls
Mayor - Ken Graham
Mayor - Brian Paquette
Mayor - Benjamin Duhamel
Cllr - Anthony John Humphrey
Councillor - Bryan Wiltse
Councillor - John Maloney
Councillor - Lorraine Allen
Tay Valley Township
Reeve - Keith James Kerr
Deputy Reeve - Brian Campbell
Cllr (Bathurst) - Bill Avery
Cllr (Bathurst) - Jennifer Dixon
Upper Canada
District School Board
Bruce Monteith
William (Bill) MacPherson
Le conseil des ecoles publique
de l’est de l’Ontario
Colette Stitt
Bancroft
Mayor - Bernice Jenkins
Councillor - Wayne Wiggins
Councillor - Charles Mullett
Councillor - Don Kopin
Councillor - Peter Whitehead
Councillor - Paul Jenkins
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Workplace Accommodations
On The Move
Kristina Misener
Kristina Misener is the new Job
Developer and Employment
Specialist for ontrac in Arnprior.
Her role is to create and foster
employment opportunities in the
Arnprior area with local businesses and assisting clients with
securing employment possibilities.
Jennifer Stratton
Jennifer Stratton, of Arnprior
has been hired as the new Program Coordinator for ArnpriorBraeside-McNab Seniors at
Home Program Inc. Stratton
began her position on June 30th
having replaced Patti Jennings
who retired on June 13th.
Margaret Whyte
Margaret Whyte was nominated
for Councillor of Horton Township but she withdrew her nomination and is now nominated for
Mayor. She is running alongside
Bob Kingsbury. Currently they
are the only two candidatures
nominated for Horton Township.
Brett Horner
Brett Horner has retired as the
Fire Chief for the Township of
Bonnechere Valley. Horner left
his position to take a full time
job that would make it difficult
to perform the Fire Chief duties
effectively.
Help your supervisor support you
Melanie Leclair
Melanie Leclair is the new
Manager of Human Resources
for the Renfrew County Catholic
District School Board. Leclair
worked for in human resources
for the National Capital Commission and Canada Post prior
to moving to Pembroke. Leclair
replaces Marian Neeson who
recently retired.
Dr. Shane Foy
Integrated Health Centre is
pleased to welcome their third
chiropractor - Dr. Shane Foy. Dr.
Foy is returning to the area after
studying in Toronto at the CMCC
for the past for years. Originally
from Tramore, Dr. Foy has been
involved with Integrated Health
Centre since he was 16 years old,
when he decided to become a
chiropractor.
Amanda Myerscough
Amanda Myerscough has joined
Integrated Health Centre as a
Registered Massage Therapist
(RMT). Myerscough is relocating from Brantford. She also has
training in Indie Head Massage
and Hot Stone Massage.
Ric McGee
Ric McGee is the new CAO for
the Town of Deep River. McGee
was previously the Mayor of
Kawartha Lakes.
By: Shelley TerMarsch
administrator@valleyefap.com
The following advice on accommodations in the workplace is
taken from www.mentalhealthworks.ca.
Accommodation is a means of
removing barriers for someone
with a disability so that they can
work effectively. Some organizations have the practice of a flex
program that benefits all employees who need to modify their
hours of work to coincide with
medical treatment. For others, a
short period of accommodation
is all that is required while an
employee adjusts to medication.
While the suggestion of
accommodations conjures
thoughts of physical changes
of the workplace (accessibility
ramps. etc.), people with mental
illness require different types of
accommodation. For example,
a staff member suffering from
depression or anxiety may find
themselves more efficient when
working in a private office or
a quiet workplace instead of a
noisy open-space office.
Common Accommodations in
Mental Health
1) Flexible scheduling. Flexibility at the start or end of working
hours to accommodate effects
of medication or medical ap-
pointments, part-time shifts and
frequent breaks.
2) Changes to supervision. Modifying the way instructions are
given, weekly meetings between
supervisor and employee.
3) Changes to training. Extra
time to learn new tasks or individualized training sessions.
4) Modifying job duties or
exchanging tasks with other
employees.
5) Modifying work space.
Relocating to a quieter space or
working from home.
The responsibility lies with
the employee to identify challenges and barriers that impede
their ability to be productive and
happy in their work environment.
While physical disabilities may
be more obvious to employers,
learning disabilities and mental
challenges may not be as noticeable. While many adults have
acquired strategies to compensate
for these deficits, minor accommodations and modifications as
cited above, will enhance their
competency, productivity and
pride in being a valued member
of a team.
Shelley TerMarsch is the administrator
and counsellor for Valley Employee and
Family Assistance Program which serves
Renfrew County.
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Ottawa Valley Business
Page 9
Tender Results Around The Region
Union Hall Garage Renovation.
Lanark County.
Whyte’s - $105,119.79
Guy Saumure - $138,800.00
Malloch - $166,052.75
R.K. Porter - $196,472.87
This tender has been cancelled.
Drinking Water Filtration
System. Renfrew County District School Board.
MacKinnon - $236,000
VCI Controls Inc. - $222,326
Awarded to VCI Controls for
$122,000. Awarded the location
of Opeongo High School only.
Engineering Services: Campbell Bridge. Mississippi Mills
Remisz Consulting - $35,415.33
WSP (Genivar) - $51,663.60
HP Engineering - $64,525.82
G.D. Jewell - $79,098.87
J.L. Richards - $84,822.00
Novatech - $137,739.14
McIntosh Perry - $145,560.95
Awarded to Remisz Consulting.
Engineering Services: 2015
Water and Sewer Replacement
Program. Mississippi Mills
Delcan - $140,142.60
Connestoga Rovers - $103,148.66
WSP - $92,056.58
Robinson - $79,580.25
JP2G Consulting - $72,546.00
McIntosh Perry - $70,364.82
Morrison Hershfield - $63,980.60
EXP - $58,539.65
G. D. Jewell - $50,580.65
Ainley Group - $46,556.00
Awarded to Ainley Group.
Evaporator Condenser
Replacement for the Paul J.
Yakabuski Community Centre.
Madawaska Valley.
CIMCO - $59,834.63
Awarded to CIMCO.
Roof Painting for the Paul J.
Yakabuski Community Centre.
Madawaska Valley.
Hastings Painting Corp.
(Option 1) $100,457.00
Hastings Painting Corp.
(Option 2) $133,622.50
The municipality has chosen not
to award the tender.
Services of a General
Contractor for Central Public School Daycare. Renfrew
County District School Board.
Awarded to Frecon Construction
Limited. The School Board is not
disclosing the amount.
Lease of Six (6) Photocopiers.
Township of Mississippi Mills.
Printers Plus - $2204.66
4 Office Automation - $2310.12
QRX Technology - $2150.04
Sharp Electronics - $2315.37
Konica Minolta - $2815.27
Vertex Consulting - $2298.93
Nora Networks - $2202.37
Toshiba - $2111.97
M5 Digital Products - $2137.06
Advanced Business - $2254.35
Awarded to Toshiba.
.Winter Sand. Township of
Bonnechere Valley.
Cavanagh $46,080 (9.60 tonne)
Splinter $31,392 (6.54 tonne)
Selle $31,632 (6.59 tonne)
Cloutier $39,552 (8.24 tonne)
Awarded to Splinter.
Granular M. Bonnechere Valley
Cavanagh $63,920 (7.99 tonne)
Selle $66,800 (8.35 tonne)
Clouthier $74,000 (9.25 tonne)
Awarded to Thomas Cavanagh.
Contract Awarded
The Town of Renfrew has
awarded the contract to perform
Fire Flow Testing to Flowmetrix
at a cost of $17,435 plus disbursements.
Looking For Things To Do All Year Round?
Crack Sealing Program 2014.
Town of Mississippi Mills.
Pavetech Ltd. - $22,494.51
Roadlast Asphalt - $22,252.64
Awarded to Roadlast Asphalt &
Sealing Maintenance Inc.
Diesel Tandem Plow Truck.
Madawaska Valley.
Valley Truck - $248,300.55
Winslow Gerolamy - $249,241.84
Joe Johnston - $315,541.20
Awarded to Valley Truck &
Spring.
Commercial Furnace
Replacement. Greater
Madawaska
Etmanskie Heating - $12,425.48
Byers Heating - $15,468.54
Awarded to Etmanskie Heating.
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Tenders
Canteen Operation
----Westshore Drive
Reconstruction
----Screenings Washer Compactor
----Supply, Delivery and
Installation of Office Furniture
----Surface Treatment, Paul Drive
----Tenders (Lanark County)
----Various Tenders
(Laurentian Valley)
----Single Surface Treatment
----Supply and Delivery of Health
& Safety Supplies at Various
RCDSB Locations
----Supply & Delivery of Diesel
Fuel, Gasoline, Heating Oil,
and Above Ground Storage
Tanks
----Grinding of Construction,
Demolition, Wood, Mattresses
and Other Waste
----One (1) 61,400 lbs GVWR Tag
Along Tri-Axle Float
----Snow Removal
----Supply and Delivery of (1)
Combination Dump Body/
Spreader Unit with Hydraulic
Underbody Plow
----Preparation of a Development
Charges Study and By-law
----Outdoor Rink Roof
Design & Build
----Engineering Services:
Galbraith Bridge
----Solid Waste Curbside
Collection Services
----Full listings of current Tenders,
Request for Proposals,
Request For Quotations as well
as past tender results visit:
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July 22, 2014
Ottawa Valley Business
Page 10
Getting Away From Comfortable
What you might be missing
By: Jennifer Layman
jenn@fwdthink.net
One of the aspects of doing
business in the Ottawa Valley is
that people are very comfortable
with the way things have always
been done. At Forward Thinking,
this is our greatest competition
– making people feel comfortable trying something different.
It is the same challenge that my
clients have in attracting a new
customer: you compete with their
comfortable habits.
If Susie has always been a
customer of Dan’s Health Food
Store, even if she is interested in
trying Bob’s Health Food Store,
she still has to break out of the
comfort zone of having always
gone to Dan’s Store. That request
you make of someone – to do
something different than what
they have always done – is a
pretty big deal.
All About Habits
What we’re really talking about
here are habits. Habits are the
things that make it comfortable
for us to make decisions. Having done the same thing over
and over again provides a sense
of comfort. It makes it easier to
make decisions when you already
know where you are going to
make the purchase. Even if you
are not completely satisfied with
the result, there is risk in trying
something new. What if it doesn’t
work as well as the old faithful?
What if it works better and then I
want to change where I become a
customer?
Marketing Habits
Marketing habits are especially
strong because investigating
new things might cause you to
get bogged down in details that
you truly don’t understand. The
threshold for evaluating new
ideas is often much higher than
what you require of your current
habits. The reason for this is that
you are generally more skeptical
of something you have not done
before, and more comfortable
with what you have always done.
The challenge you face in
marketing is that your habits may
cause you to miss opportunities
that come in new forms: a new
event to sponsor, a new magazine
to advertise in or a new business
connection to make. By doing
something new, you might gain
something new. But, you might
not gain anything new either (as
my devil’s advocates would say.)
This is true, but there is no loss
because by doing the same thing
over and over again, you will
never gain anything new.
Does this mean you jump at every new promotional opportunity
that comes your way – of course
not. What it does mean is that
you should not turn it down just
because it is new. Turn it down
because it doesn’t reach your
audience or doesn’t match your
business goals or values. Don’t
refuse it simply because it pushes
you beyond what is comfortable.
When it comes to having a
habit in your business, think
about the bigger picture. Have a
habit to align your business with
opportunities that help build your
business into the future. Have
a habit to see your business as
your customers see it, so you
can choose opportunities that
will appeal to them. And, have a
habit to consider marketing as a
tool to help you to achieve your
vision and support what you truly
believe your business can do.
New Program
For those of you who could benefit from knowing where to start
in marketing that would have the
best impact, ask about our Marketing Audit program. It could be
the start you’re looking for.
Jennifer Layman is the president of
Forward Thinking Marketing Agency.
Her column appears every issue.
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Neat Stuff
HotWired
The first banner ad on the internet
was an AT&T ad featured on the
www.hotwired.com in 1994. HotWired created it to start monetizing its website. Hotwired was the
first commercial web magazine,
launched in October 1994. HotWired is now Wired.com.
Got Milk?
Rich Silverstein, co-founder of
Goodby Silverstein & Partners
originally hated the ad campaign
“Got Milk?” He thought it was
lazy and grammatically incorrect. It was created to encourage
the consumption of cow’s milk
for the California Milk Processor
Board in 1993 and later licensed
for use by milk processors and
dairy farmers. It ran from October 1993 to February 2014. The
campaign has been credited with
greatly increasing milk sales in
California though not nationwide.
Twitter
Twitter was originally called
Twttr. The name was changed a
few months before it launched.
The first tweet was “Just setting
up my twttr” by Jack Dorsey.
Twitter was created in March
2006 and by July 2006 the site
was launched. The service rapidly
gained worldwide popularity,
with 500 million registered users
in 2012, who posted 340 million
tweets per day. In 2013 Twitter
was one of the 10 most-visited
websites.
Chanel
The most expensive commercial in history was for the brand
Chanel. Nicole Kidman was paid
$3 million to appear and the 2003
commercial cost $33 million.
That’s more than the budget for
“Die Hard.” Chanel is a high
fashion house that specializes in
haute couture and ready-to-wear
clothes, luxury goods and fashion
accessories and was founded in
1909.
Source: www.imediaconnection.com
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