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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1980-06-11, Page 3CIRCUS BALLOONS Rachael and Ryan Coulter were happy with, their large balloons at the Martin and Downs circus Wednesday in Lucan, T-A photo Athletic. Club Times-Advocate, June 11, 1.980 Pager 3 Handicapped group. annual HIM ...CLIP & SAVE- THIS COUPON IS WORTH I$ I I I Ladies - While you're in shop- ping for father here's five bucks for you on any purchase of $20 or more in our ladies dept. VALID ON REG. PRICE MERCHANDISE I ONLY UNTIL SAT., JUNE 14 HOPSACK PANTS SAVE Our Reg. Price $22.98 5 S 00 per pair NOW ONLY 1 7 98 Powder Blue, Beige, Brown & Navy the junction EXETER'S LARGEST DEPARTMENT STORE OPEN 6 DAYS A WEEK MAIN ST., EXETER 235-0270 By CATH WOODiN There will 225 different The Huron County Board projects completed in of Education will soon be ,Ontario this summer, hiring 12 students to work in The Huron County Board four different projects under of Education had four the provincial government's projects approved, ranging Experience '80 program, from four to six weeks. The 'Jim Watt, who is in charge first one involves two of the programs, said that he students working out of has received 100 applications Exeter Public School who so far for the 12 positions and will be preparing a catalogue explained, "The pay is poor, of sites in Huron County to but it is the practical ex- which field trips for school perience that's important." classes can be arranged. The ministry of education Another project requires pays the employees, four students for ap- although the board of proximately six weeks in the education will do the hiring preparation of student for its particular projects. resource boxes. This will Board hires 12 students Hay council Centinued from front page aren't enough staff at the centre to enable full tittle use of the facilities, Short said, "Things have &worse. Last week there Were chains around the doors." The Exeter Police Athletic Club is not the only group which uses the facilities. The club shares its equip- ment with the Huron Hockey School, a women's club, memberslof the South Huron District High School wrestling team, and other interested high school kids and teachers, South Huron phys-ed teacher Doug Ellison agreed that some kind of facility is needed in Exeter to ac- commodate the large number of people interested in .a weightlifting and fitness program. South Huron District High School has only a small room tucked away in a corner of the gym for weight training. Presently there is a committee of four interested Zurich home Continued from front page to go ahead with the project. 'Accommodating the disabled was a major factor in their construction with seven units designed es- pecially for the physically handicapped. Available at extra cost to the units residents will be the facilities of the home. Similar units can be found in Forest and Cambridge, RiSi stated. -The home administrator said he was hoping the apartments would be available for occupancy around Christmas. At.present, the rest home has 64 residents while Maplewoods Apartments has all 24 units occupied. Tenders for the project' close June 20. .PN'Oggg 200 Time for fitness is time on Your Side. AMMINVMW Inevomonl lot porste01111 Exeter citizens working with the Exeter Police Athletic Chtb with the aim of raising money to obtain suitable facilities. Jim Chapman, one of the committee members, said that not all yoking people fit into team sports. "We need, Same kind of recreational outlet for kids not associated with team sports," he said. And those who do participate in team Sports need a place in which to exercise, Norm Tait, another committee member whose son belongs to the Exeter Police Athletic Club, said his son and other club members are very discouraged with the situation. He said it was hard for them to maintain self-discipline in their training when they couldn't gain access to the facilities. "We have a beautiful arena with a padlock on it," Tait said. But he said that the Exeter rec centre facilities were never designed to take on in- dividual sports. The committee has hopes that five or six years in the future an addition will be built on to the Exeter recreation centrefora health club where people can go to exercise. It would in- corporate weight training and boxing into its facilities. Chapman said that health clubs in other areas have proven to be one of the few profitable recreation facilities. But since there is such a high demand now for weight lifting and boxing facilities, Chapman said we must deal with this need now. "We must find suitable facilities and get rolling on it," he said. Chapman said that once facilities are found, the club will need an annual budget of „ $4,000 to $5,000. The committee is presently working out ways to raise money for the club. "We want to raise money as painlessly as we can," Chapman said. Short said that a big fund- raising campaign is being planned for the fall where club members will be par- ticipating in such things as walk-a-thons. The club welcomes anyone interested in helping out. Continued from front page Councillor Tony Bedard said council must back up. Farwell on the matter and said policies should be adhered to. Suggesting a compromise was Rau who asked if an inspection of three out of the seven connections could be carried out if a backhoe was brought in to dig up the af- fected areas at Miller's expense. Farwell agreed and said Miller should be notified of the matter. Council approved the purchase of a new tractor for the roads department following the opening of five of the six sealed tenders. Clerk-treasurer Joan Ducharme explained the sixth tender from an unknown firm had arrived 20 minutes late. Following some, discussion, lead by Reeve Jack Tinney, council agreed not to open the tender since it arrived past the deadline. The tender for the tractor including a loader and a cab was awarded to Sherwood . (Exeter) Limited at a cost of $16,638.50. This amount included the trade-in of the existing tractor. In other business, council: Will secure authoriiation from the federal government for the dumping of cement chunks at St. Joseph. Authorized the installation of stop and yield signs on the township's roads. Authorized the repair of the Hay township hall chimney. Repassed a bylaw on the Dashwood water rates as the previous bylaw had been passed under the wrong act. Proclaimed Canada Week to be from June 25 to July 1. involve the locating and acquiring of materials for math, science and language activities and the develop- ment of assignment cards for pupils who will use the contents of the boxes. Two students will be hired for four weeks to design and paint murals on school gymnasium and corridor walls. These students will work in Goderich District Collegiate Institute. A six week program will be conducted by four students for trainable mentally retarded pupil's. These students will receive suggestions and instructions from the principals of the schools which these children attend during the year. Two of the students employed in this project will work in Wingham and the other two somewhere in the south half of the county.. Students under 18 years of age receive $2.15 per hour and students over 18 make $3 per hour. Mr. Watt said, "I believe that these students will be • performing necessary community functions and the taxpayer can see how his money is spent." • Mr. Watt added that the board of education has been supporting him 100 percent and has given him, "free access to operate out of the schools and to use all their available resources." Other projects in Ontario include :developing playground, an Ojibway culture study, a drama-go- around, pioneer community studies and /,„canoeing .:in- struction; Continued from front page In his installation speech, Rev, Van Essen said that the United States Declaration of Independence which states that everyone has the right to the pursuit of life, liberty and happiness, is similar to the goal of the Association - to ensure that all han- dicapped people live in a state of dignity, share in all elements of the community and have the opportunity to participate effectively, He stressed the importance of showing Christian love and compassion to the han- dicapped. A large portion of the meeting was devoted to a review of the past year. This was done through reports and slide-tape shows, Each service provided by the Association was represen- ted. ARC Industries is one of the most diversified training and rehabilitation centres of the more than 164 in Ontario. It continues to provide a wide variety of services to 65 handicapped persons. The major programs are: Life skills, education, office, food services, maintenance, contracts and woodworking. Paul Turnbull, who gave the financial report, referred to the South Huron Bakery, Dashwood, as a "bad story" financially. It lost $13,000 in the past year, The bakery has had to try to make ends meet without any govern- ment support. It employs four handicapped people and is a Stepping stone from ARC Industries to community employment. But Turnbull said that in the past year two handicapped people have found jobs in their com- munities as a result 'of the bakery. He said, "You can't put a value on that." The Huron Hope Day School at J.A.D. McCurdy Public School, Huron Park, continues to thrive. Currently there are nine senior students and six juniors. Silhouettes of all the students hung on a wall at the meeting, One new development is a summer program for the han- dicapped students which is being integrated with the regular Huron Park summer school program, Currently there are eight children enrolled at the Huron Hope Nursery School, Dashwood. The nursery is for handicapped and socially deprived children. Three students are being hired this summer to assist nursery supervisor Faye Blair with a summer program for the children. The two group homes in Exeter have a capacity of 13 and are currently filled. The aim of the group homes is to prepare the handicapped for More independent living,. Residents are bused daily to ARC Industries, unless they are employed elsewhere. The project continues successfully, but Miss Mary McLellan, director of residential services, said that more co-ordination was needed between the life skills program at ARC Industries and the residential program. She also indicated that there will be problems in the future due to severe cut- backs, She said staff may not be able to travel to attend business conferences,as they have in the past. The Prevention and Public Awareness Program has had A successful year. Folders with the slogan "We have a story to tell" were completed and distributed. Presen- tations were made before doctors, nurses, church groups and schools as to how mental retardation can be prevented, Board member Ann Klungel said that there should be a compulsory course on the subject for grades nine to eleven and senior elementary school. Sheila Eisenschink gave a report on Youth Across Canada for the Mentally Retarded (YACMR). She said that one change that has been made is that the group is now funded by the Association rather than members having to gather donations. This, allows then), to spend more time with the handicapped. Currently there are 27 members in the group. A buddy system, was tried this year where a member of YACMR teamed up with a handicapped person to do things together. ' Miss Eisenschink said it wasn't too successful because some members weren't used to handicapped people and needed time to adjust. But they plan to continue this idea next year. In the next school year, YACMR plans to start a babysitting service for parents who have han- dicapped children. The group also wants' to have more programs with the Huron Hope Nursery. Donna Greb, chairman of the Flowers of Hope cam- paign, said that so far donations have, come ,to $7,410.89. The goal is $13,000. However, there are still many areas which haven't sent in donations yet. One special feature at the annual meeting was a large book which stood in the centre of the room. On the front and back cover was the Association's slogan, "We have a story to tell". The inside pages showed all of the services the Association provides to the handicapped. Several pictures were displayed of employees in action, The book was made by the employees of ARC Industries. To the management and staff, On behalf of the members of the Crediton Volunteer Fire Department, I would like to express our ap- preciation and thanks for the help you gave us in' promoting our fireworks display. Thanks to your support, we enjoyed a fine turn-out of people, making it a very successful evening. Yours truly, Jim Finkbeiner, , Secretary Crediton Fire Dept. MEADOWCREST CARNIVAL — The food booth was a welcome spot for visitors to the Meadowcrest Residences carnival, Saturday. Shown preparing hot dogs and hamburgs are Dennis, Bonnie and Heather Higgins and Betty Poole.., T-A photo TWO BIG SAVINGS EVENTS' THIS WED., THuitS. FRI. & SAT. ONLY AT THE JUNCTION VELOUR 150 cm. wide good colour selection. Reg $12.00. Save $2.00 m. NOW 1 000 Choose from thousands of yards of the very latest quality fabrics on sale this week only. 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