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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 1988-10-26, Page 11THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1988. PAGE 11. Huron Foster Parents honoured for efforts Foster Parents from across Huron County were honoured at a banquet in Blyth Thursday night with awards being presented to seven couples and four other volunteers by Huron County Fam ily and Children’s Services. Garth and Ruth McClinchey, RR 1, Auburn: Tony and Mary Van Dorp of the Kinburn area and Gerald and Reta van Engen, RR 1, Wroxeter were presented certifi cates for 20 years of foster parenting. Charles and Connie Kernick, RR 3, Exeter were honoured for 15 years of foster parent work. Herb and Joanne VanAmers- foort of Blyth, John and Sandra Maaskant, RR 2, Clinton and Mike and Donna Murray of Goderich were given certificates for five years service. The Murrays and the Maaskants were unable to attend. Volunteer awards went to Gerrie Bos. RR3, Auburn; and Sandra Dykstra. RR 1, Clinton who were present and Ruth Clancy, Goderich and Mabel McAdam of Clinton who were not present. In honouring the McClincheys, Anne Miller, Foster Home Co-or dinator for Huron County Family and Children’s Services, recalled that at last years banquet, their foster son had shared a moving poem about his 12 years experi ence with the family. Although the son is grown and off at college they are still taking in other foster children. The Van Dorps, she said, are talking about retiring from foster parent work but when they hear the story of a child in difficulty they open their hearts and homes to take the child in. For the Van Dorps, a fostering is a family affair and their daughter and son-in-law have become relief foster parents. The van Engens, Ms. Miller said, have fostered more than 25 children, many of them develop mentally handicapped, over their 20 years of service. The Kernicks have fostered 11 different children, some of whom were with them for several years. The Van Amersfoorts have provided a home for 18 foster children in only five years as well as raising four small children of their own. Given the service they had- provided, Ms. Miller said, it was a surprise to see that they had only been involved in the program for five years. The Murrays, despite each having a full-time job and lots of hobbies have provided foster homesforeight children, several of Too few bridges, speaker says There are too few bridges between the world of children and adults, a professor of psychology told the annual banquet meeting of the Huron County Children’s and Family Services in Blyth Thursday night. Dr. Don Morgenson, professor of psychology from the University of Waterloo told the foster parents and volunteers at the banquet that it is a sad fact that children are no longer an integral part of the family life as they were long ago. Patterns of life are such that children and families are last on the list of priorities, he said. Jobs come first, civic responsibilities come second and children are left for what little time is left. A recent survey showed that husbands and wives had about four minutes of meaningful conversa tion per day and parents had about 31 seconds of meaningful discus sion with their children. Adults are faced with pressures and priorities that allow neither time nor place for relationships with children. The trend has been further Continued on page 12 whom still “drop by’’ for visits. Despite having nine children of their own the Maaskants have taken in foster children many times. Their oldest daughter has already begun volunteer work for Family and Children’s Services. in presenting the volunteer awards, Peggy Rivers, Co-ordina tor of Volunteer Activities paid tribute to the long volunteer hours spent in the aid of the Family and Children’s Services. In 1987 volun teers travelled 63,965 kilometers which, at an average of 70 km. per hour works out to 914 volunteer hours in driving alone, she said. Gerrie Bos has helped in the Children and Family Services weekly children’s groups connect ed with the Childreach program. She has been a friend to a young mother and has driven families and children throughout the county. Sandra Dykstra has helped with the Huron County Christmas Bureau operated by the Christian Reformed Church in Clinton as well as helping young mothers with their children and driven families to various appointments. Mabel McAdam has always been helpful and eager to drive, Ms. Rivers said. She drove some teenagers to London for weekly therapy sessions and has made countless trips to and from God erich. Ruth Clancy “has almost paved the road to the art and play therapist’’, Ms. Rivers said. She has attended almost weekly with one child or another. i Y £>1 Five couples were honoured by Huron County Children’s and Family Services Thursday night at a banquet in Blyth for their work as foster parents. Receiving certificates were: [front row, left to right] Herb and Joanne Van Amersfoort, Blyth; Mary and Tony Van Dorp, Kinburn; [back] Garth and Ruth McClinchey, RR 1, Auburn; Reta and Jerry van Engen, RR 1, Wroxeter and Constance and Charlie Kernick, RR 3, Exeter. 14 OZ. 68 2.49EA. 2 KG, RED LABEL 450 G. CRACKERS 29 W5 454 G. 1.ft SCHNEIDER’S ALL BEEF STEAKETTES FIBRE GOODNESS HAMBURG & WIENER ROLLS 8s 1.59 CHICKEN .79 .99 3.6 LITRE 12' LITRE BOX TIDE SQUIRREL SMOOTH OR CRUNCHY PEANUT o BUTTER PRICES IN EFFECT FROM OCTOBER 25 - 29 “SPECIALS WHILE SUPPLIES LAST-WE RESERVETHE RIGHT TO LIMIT QU ANTITIES’’ SCHNEIDER’S SLICED BOLOGNA 3/5 g 2.29 CADBURY’S INSTANT 10 « 30 G. 4VA*IET,ES ENVELOPES HOT «i nnCHOCOLATE 1 MCINTOSH ZkPPI PRODUCE DEPARTMENT VALUES YORK BEEF. 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