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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1980-02-06, Page 2Did you know that a quarter inch crack under the door is like:,having a nine square tr-{ch-hole knocked through the wall? That's a lot of space for warm air to get out andcold air to get The easy solution is to replace worn weather- stripping around the door. Check caulking around door and window fratnes too. A' filter clogged with dust forces your fun-Lace to work much harder.,Furnace filters should be cleaned or replaced at least once a month during the heating season. It's a good idea to have the whole furnace checked over too, before the cold sets in. Use Energy Wisely Tune-up, clean up,. It's simple. Appliances that are clean and well-cared„,for-last longer and use less electricity. Over the long rqn, you can save money on appliance replSti- ment. And of course, the less energy you waste, the more dollars you save. DOrft waste your enenis tario hydro 4t, HYO-6396 ineots. cou - The focus of a program for the child,. who New resources, must be developed for will remain in the care of FCS over the long„ children in thecounty every year sayS Penn. term, will be normalization of the child so he Last year a foster group home was arranged can move into a traditional foster family. and this year,the county group home is being . The average foster family in the county started. cares for one to three children. There are tour group homes in the county`which are foster `arrangements where a family has The new project is still subject to the approval of the Ministry of Community and consented to take more than three Children under a special arrangement with FCS., The Social Services and the location of group new home in Goderich will be the first group home parents will determine the opening date of the home, Penn is loOking forward to home initiated as a program by FCS with opening the home April 1, professional. cbild-care workers-living-in-the, .. Turn to page home. The streets arc for the people. Exercise your rights. Walk a block a clay. Famcipatllon ® • rather Wanted to wait another year was "unacceptable"., ded that-abortion-wits-a - highly perSonal matter between- a woman and 'her doctor but said he "can't support abortion on demand". '• • • All three candidates supported the concept of marketing board for agricultural commodities'proVided the majority of prod, ucers• wanted a marketing board. McQuall said the concept was a good one but suggested some sort of pricing system be arrived at to allow young farmers'--to purchase what has become a "very expen- sive quota". • . • Cardiff said no government should intro duce legislation imposing marketing boards - unless producers request it, He said control of that board ' should be left with the *from page 1.• Cardiff said ..the goal of th e. Conservailve go'VernmentWas tizieStabtabi a canadlan price, 15 per cent less than the. American price. • He said another important piece of legisla•-• HMI that died when the election was called was the farm tax credit for money paid by a farmer to his spouse. He said that credit was a bonus for most farmerS in Huron-Bruce. •• Tony Mc9uail told the andience "in power there was very little difference between the -Liberals and the Conservativesnv ' • - He said "insanely high 'interest rates" did little more than encourage foreign invest- ment in Canadian agriculture and business. 14 e told voters that policies -imposed by government for the production and export- ing of Canadian natural resources amounted to "sellout of Canadian jobs". He said government should use those resources for Canadian industry. He claimed Canada exports resources and they buys back expensive manufactured goods from other countries rather than manufacturing those goods here. ' ; a McQuail said the NDP has never been given an opportunity to govern Canada but pointed out that many NDP policies have been implemented. He said governments have . seen the wisdom in. many New Democrat policies and used them after eteetions, - • He added that much of that policY was 'established beeause of "the needs of CaPad- ians" and not the wants of• corporations or foreign investors. • The Lucknow area farmer said the NDP prompromised,to 144er interest rates that were causing small buSinesses and farmers' to suffer: He said the prime interest, rate would , be lowered two per cent by an NDP. government• suggesting .-more---Canadians "will invest in their coantry. _they can borrow money at decent rates". • He said government taxation poliCies should be eStablished for the .good, of:the_ country suggesting the Conservative budget was set "by a misguided Robin Hood like . John Crosbie Who gave to the rich by robbing the poor' At times candidates were at a loss when asked to comment on their stand or their Party's_stand on specific issues. The meeting organizers offered the audience an oppor- tunity to, querie the Candidates on anything perceived to be a national topic and some of those questions caught candidates off guard.' The session indicated that many voters disagreed with what the candidates felt were Craig said he couldn't justify allowing a woman to have an abortion simply because she didn't 'feel she could take care of the child. Ike .-'said many couples badly want childretibiti are unable to have them and would gladly offer an unwanted child a home. He said some program could be instituted to help out both parties. Cardiff said he couldn't support legalized abortions, because_it-wasjeowide open. He said an abortion for medical reasons was .• reasonable but an abortion allowed because a.couple. did not want a child this year but ' producers. Craig - said government should have a request for a marketing board before it imposes one on prodncers. • The candidates will face one anOther again at an all candidatesmeeting being organized by the Huron Federation of Agriculture. The meeting Is scheduled for Thursday,,, Febto- ary at .the Hullett Central School in Londesboro. number one issues and at times showed that voters were better informed than politicians. raeme Craig-was asked to comment on his party's agricultaral policy and could only say party leader Pierre Trudeau planned to reveal that Pelicy, later in the week. Murray Cardiff was`'told one . of the PC television ads claimed,the Liberals had run • up a $47 billien deficit in 11 years while CroSbie's budget would better that in 'four years. Cardiff offered-a weak suggestion that inflation factors had to be considered but was at a loss to e to the t. The three did have a tendency to agree on some. matters. All three indicated they were opposed to legalizing abortions. Group BY SHARON DIETZ A group home for young adolescents will open in Goderich to serve the needs ...„'Of children in the county who present excessive -demands fOr foster families. According to John Penn, director of Family and Children's Services for Huron County, the new program will match a need . Qwhich has developed in the county; "These children are too emotionally or behavioutally upset to be,placed in a foster —family '' says Penn, 'and-there-is evidence they do better in a group home arrange- ment." Group home care operates well with teen- agers according to Penn. The program will use the •house formerly fused by the county's Children's Aid Society Teenage Living Experience (CASTLE) pro- gram which was terminated at the end of . November. The home will accomniodate children who require more than the average family situation can give them. Abused children do well, in group homes says Penn. They don't trust foster parents will not abuse them; In a group home they have the opportunity to see other children who are living in the home and have not been abused. The children who • have lived there for a time act as role models for the newcomers. Group homes also work well for the delinquent child says Penn. Skilled group home parents will live in the home. Family and Children's Services (FCS) is looking for a married couple with child care; training or previous experience T as group home parents. The home will accommodate up to six children ranging in ages from 10 to 15 years. The program will be funded on the basis that one of the , parents will work full'time in the group home and the other wilt have a job outside the home. FCS will pay the group home parents on a' scale of $12,000 a year plus living accommodation. % Penn said the program will cost $40,000 and the project will be funded by deflecting the cost of supporting two children in institutions and the CASTLE operating budget. The program will have $20,000 from the CASTLE budget and the $24,000 saved when the two children' who are now institutionalized are placed in the group home. More money will be saved down the road said Penn, when the, children who would be placed in institutions for the lack of a group hoine, can be placed in 'the new program. The 'average length of stay in the group hoinefor a child will be six months to a,year. The child's parents will be actively involved in the program and will contribute finan- cially, Parents- will participate in family counselling sessions fixed* re-integrat- ing the child in his family.