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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1978-09-28, Page 15For Al I Seasons 21.55 29.99 ANTIGEL Times-Advocate, September 28, 1978 Board sets policy for emergency calls and horn. Swivel base. ■ ............................. 547-412 A SKATING ACROBAT — Before Saturday's skateboard competition at the Exeter Fair got underway, Dave Underwood displayed some of his acrobatic tactics. T-A photo. Hi-Boy Dog Chunks An expanded, bite-size dog dog a needed -303 By Jeff Seddon Huron County Council learned Friday that it may soon be responsible for the co-ordination, planning, delivery and funding of children’s services now be ing offered,in the county by Family and Children’s Ser vices (FACS). John Penn, director of the Huron FACS, told council that the province is in the process of turning over the administration of children’s services to local governments. He said the transition is being made in five municipalities in the province now and the problems and successes en joyed in those areas will be monitored to make the switch in the remainder of the municipalities much simpler. Penn said the move is be ing made to streamline the delivery of children’s ser vices offered by the ministry of community and social services through FACS. He said the ministry created a new branch, the Children’s Services Branch, ’ that will coalate services now being offered by as many as five different ministries. Penn said the main reason the province wanted to co ordinate services was to en sure that the greatest benefits from resources, staff and funds are spent on children needing the ser vices rather than have it lost in a shuffle of papers in ministry offices. He said last year the new children’s services division assumed responsibility for all services to children. He said prior to that those ser vices were shared by the ministries of the Attorney General, community and social services, health and correction representing a total budget of $300 million spent on about 115,000 kids. Penn said the county will be given the task of es tablishing a local children’s services committee that will identify needs, plan future programs, assist in the hard to place or hard to serve child, ensure the accessibility of service to the community, monitor and evaluate service, review budgets and funding and allocate funds to services es- tablishing spending priorities. ’ He said the funding may be the most important aspect of the new com mittee’s job. He told council the committee could be composed of elected of ficials, FACS staff, citizens and consumers to give it broad representation, it could be made up of FACS workers to give it professional expertise or it could be a standing com mittee of council to give it maximum accountability to council. He added that whichever system council chose the committee would be required to report to council. The director said he felt the local committee needed professional expertise and for that reason he favored a committee that consisted of at least one FACS worker or a social worker from another organization. He said he felt the funding could be a stumbling block for FACS workers if the com- mittee in charge of allocating funds was not made aware of problems facing FACS workers or gaps in services. Penn said the new system merely reduces paper work and does little to change ser vices provided to children. He said the same amount of money will be budgeted in Huron and the same ser vices provided but pointed out that through the local body FACS could have a louder voice with the ministry to have policy changes made to better con ditions for children here. Council seemed un concerned with the added responsibility being handed it. No councillor questioned Penn about implications or problems the switch could have for Huron. Warden Gerry Ginn said he was sur prised by the lack of response from council con sidering this change “looks a lot like district health councils that were so con troversial here two years agd”. "However,” added the warden, “I can see the needs and benefits of this change.” Principal gets okay for job inquiry A request from Central Huron Secondary School principal G.O. Phillips for permission to be nominated for Department of National Defense work was granted by the Huron County Board of Education Monday night but nob without some subtle criticism by Goderich trustee Dorothy Wallace. Phillips sent a letter to the board asking it to nominate him for a two-year stint in one of the DND schools overseas. Phillips said it was his understanding that the DND schools would be in need of principals in the near future and he wanted per mission from the Huron board to apply for a post. The CHSS principal who took over as senior ad ministrator at the Clinton school in 1977, told the board that he realized it was a surprise move considering he had just taken over his present duties. The board’s approval of Phillips’ nomination means that if he is accepted for a two-year DND term the Huron board must guarantee him a similar job to the one he leaves here. As principal at CHSS he is paid $37,590 a year and the Huron board must take him back at a salary comparable to that when he returns. The letter from Phillips to the board was handwritten and showed the principal had excellent penmanship but was not all that proficient in grammar, Goderich trustee Dorothy Wallace noted the grammatical errors in Phillips’ letter. “Not that it’s going to get me anywhere but I would like to make note of the grammatical errors ih Mr. Phillips’ letter,” . said Wallace. “This is a letter from a secondary school principal and there are three mistakes in it.” “Yes but the writing is heal good,” said Exeter trustee Clarence McDonald. /V 9" Motorized Tilting Arbour Saw with stand 99188 1 1 1 1 ■■ -----------------------------K If. Sonic riijL ---.-4 ANTI-FREEZE | WARNING/AVERTtSSEMENT *ASHEfT GLAce ea. /1ENT Windshield Washer Anti-Freeze Effective to -35°C. Special anti-smearing formula. Premixed. Rubber preservative minimizes wiper blade wear. Safety childproof cap................................ 548-022 ea. gal. Hundreds of Town & Country Specials HURRY...ENDS THIS SAT. 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