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Home My WebLink AboutThe Brussels Post, 1977-07-27, Page 7170 Wallace Avenue N., Flower Phone 291-2040 Business Directory BELGRAVE CO-OP For Feed & Fertilizer --- Petroleum Products Hardware and Appliances Universal Milker Equipment and Cleaners BRUSSELS WINGHAM 887-6453 . 357-2711 Mrs. Yvonne Knight Agent for Elma Farmers'Mutual Fire • Insurance Company R.R. 3 ' Brussels, 887-6476. _ZiltOcird 9LT16-t Ltct• ED VAN -GEESt LISTOWEL, ONT.. YOUR PERSON-AL FLORIST WITH WORLDWIDE CONNECTIONS McGavin s Farm Equipment We-specialize in a Complete_ Line of FARM EQUIPMENT Brussels Sales and Service 887'-6365 • Walton Anstett Jewellers Ltd. Watch and Jewellery Repairs — We Sell and Service — BULOVA ACCUTRON — WATCHES — 3 Stores — • SEAFORTH — CLINTON — WALKERTON Seaforth 527-0245 , I4 I t -Bray Chiropractic Office 197 Josephine Street Wingharn, Ontario Phone 357-1224 BRUSSELS TRANSPORT- Merwood C. Smith,Ltd R.R. 2 Listowel 291-3810 . TV Refrigeration Appliance Service Livestoek Tit-tidal-kg and Shipping Service Local dnd Long Dittdoe Phone 887-6122• (Evenings). George jutzi, Brussels HEN 'Dairy Systems Sales, Ser.ice and Installation of STA —RITE pipelines and Bru s sel s milking parlours Box 1,59 887 ,6063 Brussels ‘ Pardo Dairy Supplies orutt.ots' 8.87,6644 THE BRUSSELS POST, JULY 27, 1977 Home support service Newprogram in Huron • about 400 homebound people in the county who could use the services offered in the new home support program. He said however, some of .these people may not want such services. The program is also dependent on a needs test and income test. Only needy people on fixed incomes will be eligible for the program. If family members can provide services covered in the program, then those applying do not qualify. Mr. MacKinnon says up until now, the Huron County Social Services work has been 90 per cent income maintenance oriented with such programs as welfare but the new Home Support program may be a shift - toward the start of more social service work. Wingham Scout Troop is to receive $1,365; the Third Goderich Boy Scout Group r Committee will receive $935 and the Fourth Goderich Boy Scouts will receive $595. A grant of $746 is to be made to the First Wingham Scout Troop to aid in the purchase of camping .m...mamasigviramisi•gm k. Pooneachii; thOtliarrhe,i r International Mal organiza. whose major ielp wonel stfeed theta year. 011 ed by soya!' P iers 12 countries, :o ne meeting uaint those ireastfeeding, )n may be: nis 13isback IR rig Huron will be involved in 'a new program to provide home support services for elderly and handicapped adults now underway in Ontario. Services include heavy or seasonal clean- ing, gardening, painting, repairs or alterations to the home, transportation for shopping and medical reasons and other related home care services. The program is not intended to replace any existing programs such as Homemaking, Home Care Service or the Nurses Act Services. • The new program will provide employment ,for the unemployed while at the same time enabling the recipient of the services to remain in his own home. John MacKinnon, administrator of social services in Huron County, says it is a general philosophy that keeping• the handicapped and elderly in their own homes if at all possible is cheaper and better than institu- tionalizing them. Mr. MacKinnon says there is a need for the Home Support services program in Huron County and that it is now just a matter of getting enough people to apply for it. He feels sure that the program will be well underway in the county by September. Each municipality has a choice of entering the new program. The province will pay $20 per day per , eniployee and the municipality wilibe responsible for any wages And employee benefits in excess , f tlie $20 Per day and any transportation costs. Only labor is ..dOVered in the costs. Any materials needed are not supplied, The costs associated with recruitment, training and general supervision are the responsibility of the municipality. The Provincial Government is allowing Huron County to hire three persons on a temporary basis to look after the new services until the end of the provincial fiscal year (March 31, 1978). These people will -. be located throughout the county, possibly in Wingham, Exeter, Clinton or Goderich. The number_ of people hired may be increased later depending on the number of• municipalities willing to partici- pate in the new program. The program is aimed at ptoviding full time employment and therefore the ProVincial Government has asked the municipalities involved not to hire part-tithe or summer students to fill the positions, It is suggested that young, unemployed persons willing to make a longer commit-ment to the program be hired. Mr. MacKinnon says some teferals for these positions have already come through his dike from Canada. Manpower, In order to determine appro pnate clients for the program, inforhiation has been sent out to 40'agencie s likely to be Local homes for the- agedand other institutions have • seen contacted. Those people awaiting dchission to such hiSti, tutions could receive program lives that wotild useful this time and possibly PeApone itistittitionalitation, Mr. MaCkinnon has A list of To date in 1977, the ministry has allotted $n .5 Million to more than 2,745 groups and projects across the province. A grant up to $62,500 will go to the Town of Clinton towards the costs of constructing a new grandstand -in the Community Centre Park. The Blyth Centre for the Arts is to receive a grant of $7,502 to aid in the costs of a visiting artists program at the Victoria Playhouse in Petrolia. A grant up to $6,500 is to be made to the Wingham Municipal Tennis Club to aid ,in the costs of constructing additional courts and repairs to the existing courts. The Corporation of the Village of Blyth is to receive a grant of $5,000 to share in the costs of centennial celebrations. A grant of $3,000 is to he made to the Huron County Public Library in Goderich to assist in the purchase of furniture and equipment. The Seaforth Dashwood. Band will receive a grant of $1 ,515 to share in the costs of instruments and uniforms, Three Huron County Scout groups will each receive grants to defray the costs of transportation to attend the Boy Scouts Canadian Jamboree '77 in Prince Edward Island. The First equipment. The Wingham Minor B▪ aseball Association will receive a grant of $722 to asssist in the purchase of softball equipment. A grant of $441 is to be made to the Goderich. Lawn Bowling Club to assist in the purchase of lawn bowling equipment.$ The Seaforth Minor Baseball Association will receive a grant of $220 to aid in the purchase of baseball equipment. A grant of $60 is to go to the Exeter Curlilng Club Ltd, towards the purchase of curling brooms. BERG Sales — Service Installation FREE ESTIMATES o Barn. Cleaners ° Bunk Feeders o Stabling Donald G. Ives R.R.#2, Blyth Phone; Brussels 887-9024 lowick receives grant for community centre Arena as required by the Ministry of Labour and to construct a curling facility. It is among 15 grants announced in Huron County today which have been approved from the proceeds of the Ontario Lottery. The grants total $476,099 with amounts ranging from $384,898 to $160. An arena in Huron CoUnty is among those receiving special ' Wintario help to correct unsafe conditions. Culture and Recreation Minister Robert - Welch said a grant up to $384,898 is to bc made to the Township of Howl& toald in the costs of replacing the lielmore Community Centre and 1111111011111111111MINIIIIIIIIMINEri HAYWARb'S Discount --Variety Cosmetics Tobacco Patent Medicines Groceries and Stationery Weekdays 9-9 Holidays & Sundays 12-6