HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1996-09-18, Page 13• inipressed with the num.--.
• bet of jobs .created in
Bruce County. •
• "A lot of -jobs have
s
opened . up this year, • ,
Verrips said. "Smile are
seasonal, but the number
of ffill-tiine, 'permanent
• -jobs is up."
Mixed With Verrips'
co)
Upcoming changes to
the welfare system Were a
hot topic at the BIBCO
County Council Meeting
Sept. 10 hi. Wiartom
Dick Wraps, Bruce
County COnaliliSSitOneT,
said he.was pleased with
the drop in welfare cases
over the last few, months.
There were 708 •cases in
• August, the lowest it has
been all year and 177
cases less than this time
• last year.
"Our numbers are look-
ing- little more normal'
uow„" he said. 'Why is the
caseload going down?
Quite frankly, people are
getting jobs." * .
Verrips is also
•. ,
rstem wa
good news was a touch of
realisne. Witilethe num-
bers have come down, he
knows the Fall will bring
those numbers back up
.closer to nonaL
"We always see a
reduction in the summer,"
he said. "Fall is just
around the eorner, and
weather will play a big
part in how soon the num-
bers
In 1995, winter came
early, putting many people
out of w• rk earlier than
• normal. •
With the caseload .
'eduction conies a $93,000
savings for the 'welfare
budget - a number that.
should reach over
$100,.000 by theend of the
year.
Another topio.Verrips
touched on was the new
. .
Ontario' Works program,
coming ,soon to Bruce;
County, The 'program is
designed to put some wel-
fare recipients to work for.
their monthly cheqUes. •
"This program will sup
port participants in their
effort to become job
ready," lie said. "It will
enable welfare recipients
• contribute to the commu-
nity while on assistance."
T major hurdle to
overcome is finding jobs
for Ontario Works without
putting anyone else out of
WO*.
• "There are very strict
requirements for this pr -
* grain," Verrips •said. "No
ne ean be placed i a
positi n where siene
• has been laid off in the last
two years.
"Businesses ,can't use
welfare people to replace a
present or past employee."
Verrips gave an exam-
, ple. of a local arena need-
ing 17 hours 'a week help
with maintenance. Ho said
the arena manager °would
get two or three potential
-people referred to them
and 'they could decide
which one the best for
the job,
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"The person stays on
general weffaie system but
the job will kip them gain
skills that might get them
a job down the Toad,"
Verrips said. "
COWL Harry The&
from Sangeen Twp. was
concerned about how die
jobs wouki be created arid
how the pe ple on welfare
would find these jobs.
•"We ei,uld contract an
agency to work with wel-
fare recipients," Wraps
said. "It wisuld be p t
td sell our program
to the employers."
• At the October meet-
ing, council will decide if
they will put in an applica-
tion for participation in
Phase 2, early in 1997
Ontario. Works will be
implemented throu'ghout
the whole province some-
time in 1998. •
A series of meeting will
be held across' Bruce
County to'give non-profit
groups and agencies more
infonnatiom
-We extend synipathy
to Violet Thompson and..
family in the death of•her
husband Ed after, a
lengthy illness. The
remains rested at -the where the service, was
•
• "xlft*WW:
Mackenzie and.
McCreathFuneral H�rne
•
Cemetery. The
llioflhl)scin's were former
• residents' of Conc.si 8. -
Word was received
here of the death of Mrs.
• Itoy Button of Weyburn,
• held on Sunday with bur- Saskatchewan. She'was a
ial at Greenhill- daughter of the late Mr.
. • • /
,ca.111•1•._
"• The youth bowlers in Lucknow now
have physical evidence of their
prowess on the lanes.
The evidence, the form of pen-
nants, is hanging in the Lucknow Bowl
and Game Centre for everyone to see
and includes: Family, Twosome 93/94-.
Amber and Jim l Ritchie; Family
Twosome 94/95- Anson and Jim.•
Ritchie; 94/95 Bowlers- of. the .Year
Davti 'Gillespie, junior- and Marlene
Johns:: n, senior; Combo Team 95/96,1'
Marlene Johnston,'senior; Paula
Taylor, junior; and Angela
bantam.. The efforts started • at the
house' round, advaneedorpt,tghthe
zone round and onto provincials.
- •
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This year's youth bowlers at Lucknour Bowl and Game Centre **tit.-
ered for the unveiling of five pennants recognizing several acconi!,
plishMents. (see accompanying story) Left to rights back row:
Sarah ,Morrison, Marlene Johnston, Mathew Stewart, Jeff, Rumble,
Patrick Ritchie. Second row: Miahael. Hofer, Greg Archer, Jennifer'
Beyersbergen,Whitney Taylor,:Kevin Finnigan. Third row: Jamie Sean Berry, Andy- Gammie, Curtis Dyk, Cote McDonald,
Amanda Kingo Jodie Cadet Sitting:. Vickie.. King, Patricia Wall.
Bocce kings John Rutiedget- Nicole BeyerSbergent: Nicole Berry,
Grace, Finnigan, (phOto submitted).
and Mrs. Jaines' Stanley
who grew up here.
Frances celebrated her
. 100th birthday on June
9th. and pissed away in
August. '
Bessie ° Maulden
returned home on
Wednesday after spend-
• ingthe past' week with
her sister; Jean
at Fonthill. She was a
.guest at the 'wedding of
her greats nephew on
Saturday at Ponthill.
Members of - the,
Ripley Seniors Citizen
Club from here - attended
the pot Itrck..diniier on
Friday. This is the start of
their' meetings for this „1
season.aspgr Mrs.
Marion Christensen spent.
rhtirsd4Yri.ith relatives
atLoti
• Edna and May Boyle
were 'inests at the i•
lielfenstein • fa.rrell
Wedding at Pine Itiver
, tilted Church ' on
-Saturday' with the dinner
• and reception at the
Ripley Community -
Centre. -
Michael Arenburg of
Simeoe visited on
Saturday with Glen and
Ed:ma IIaldenhy and
family* and with Bessie
Glen, and Erlina
Haldenby and .M.yrtle
Percy went to Mitchell
on Saturday to attend the
Bill and Viola StanI6Y
!• wilily picnic.
The • Presbyterian
Sunday School started
for the fall months on
- Sunday:
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