Court case Sloat v Grand Erie DSB
To the parents of Grand Erie DSB on the court case Sloat v Grand Erie DSB,
High level:
That the Board unfairly dealt with and targeted Trustee Carol Ann Sloat.
That they diverted their attention away from their mandate of “promoting student achievement and wellbeing”.
That they spent an inordinate amount of time and money on minor infractions or unintelligible claims.
I served with Carol Ann as a trustee and I admire her commitment to her community, the parents and families of Grand Erie, and to the staff.
It is time that the Board returns to their core mandate of representing the families of Grand Erie and our students. It is what the trustees were elected to do.
John Harris,
Former Grand Erie DSB Trustee,
Simcoe
Re: local emergency veterinary care
To the Editors,
I read the sad story that Bruce Wallace from Dunnville had in a letter in The Press about his puppy. His story is similar to mine as he too had to go to an emergency veterinarian clinic and paid the price, as I had too.
On a Sunday afternoon in August our beloved shepherd, Max, started passing some gut matter and then started passing a steady stream of blood from the rectum. We knew previously that he had cancer and that he had to be put down. Barb phoned our vet and was shocked when the message said they do not handle emergency services on the weekend and to phone this number.
We got the Niagara Veterinary Emergency Clinic in Merrittville, and they told us to bring him in, so we wrapped his rear end in a blanket to soak up the blood. I thought it strange that in the parking lot we had to phone to get them to open the door.
I carried him into the waiting room and waited about 10 minutes until an attendant came in and I told her I wanted Max put down so she got someone else who gave us a big line: “We might be able to save him if we give him a complete Chemistry 15 Blood Panel 15 with blood gases and manual PCV/TP.” But we would have to pay $600 up front before she could do it and wouldn’t take no for an answer. My wife was so upset, and she said just pay it and again I said just euthanize him because he won’t stop bleeding. The attendant said again “we might be able to stop the bleeding,” which they couldn’t of course.
We had him euthanized and cremated which cost $471.88, which was what I wanted in the first place, but they just had to fleece us for an extra $600 which I made sure I told them about it in my own terms and was asked to leave.
I see no reason why the veterinarian clinics in Haldimand can’t take turns being on call as they used to years ago when they allegedly truly cared about our pets.
Doug Wadel,
Dunnville
