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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1991-10-09, Page 6PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9,1991. Letters to the Editor Reader passes along rumour Organization honours volunteers THE EDITOR, Town and Country Homemakers, as well as other homemaker/sup- port agencies in Huron County and all across Canada are taking the lime to honour their workers during National Homemaker/Home Sup­ port Week, October 20 to 27. Homemaker/Home Support workers are unique. They help peo­ ple of all ages and in all kinds of situations to meet the challenges of remaining in their own homes. Homemaker/Home Support work­ ers do everything from giving baths, to doing or having a chat over a cup of tea. Homemakers/ Home Support Workers give the most precious gift of all - indepen­ dence. Take, for example, Helen. Helen has been widowed for five years. She lives alone in a small house and until recently has been able to manage all the daily household chores. Her son and daughter-in- law, help out as much as possible, but they don't live in the immediate area so are unable to assist Helen on a regular basis. They discussed with Helen, their concern about her managing by herself. Her son suggested they contact the local Home Care office. Home Care arranged with Town and Country Homemakers to have a homemaker visit Helen two hours one time a week to help with the housekeeping and laundry, and assist with personal care. The Home Support Co-ordinator at Town and Country Homemakers also arranged for Helen to receive dinner three limes a week through the local Meals on Wheels program and for a volunteer from the Tele­ phone Reassurance Program prove a daily phone call. Through these programs offered by T.C.H. Helen is able to maintain her independence and her son and daughter-in-law have the peace of mind knowing their mother is being cared for. Without these dedicated and car­ ing homemakers and home support workers, people like Helen would not receive the in-home support needed to maintain their indepen­ dence. Jean Young Executive Director. Councillors skeptical continued from page 2 But councillors, led by Reeve Gordon Workman, were skeptical. The Reeve said he felt there were very few people who couldn't get a ride with relatives or neighbours and that people from Brussels might want to go to Listowel, not Wingham, for services such as doc­ tors and hospitals. Councillor Dave Hastings warned that if council agreed to accept a share of the costs, "you're going to pay whether you use it or not". Council agreed to check with other municipalities before entering into any agreement. THE EDITOR, I took more than a passing inter­ est in the Letter from the Editor this past week as you so ably expressed many of the same sentiments as those of area taxpayers. You, of course, were comment­ ing on the recent 5.5 per cent salary increase our Huron County Board of Education trustees saw fit to bestow upon the board’s secondary school teachers. One particular comment of yours encouraged me to get my quill out and respond. You expressed the fear that some of your teacher friends may, by now, be ex-friends. Mr. Editor, I was always taught that a true friend would stick by you through thick and think and not desert you just because you happen to disagree with him. And so, if your beliefs have left you with less friends, well I don't think you lost much. The real purpose of this letter is to pass along a little rumor I heard the other day. Some of my cronies and I were hashing over this "extravagant hike the teachers received" issue and one of them said he had heard that the teachers themselves were sur­ prised and embarrassed with the huge increase they received. My friend explained that with the adversarial type of collective bar­ gaining, we have the teachers fed­ eration asking for more money than they really want, while the Board Trustees would offer less than they were really ready to give. He continued that the Teachers Federation were expected a real fight from the Trustees with the upcoming election - the Trustees would of course be bargaining hard to prove to the electorate that they cared about how education dollars are spent. The last thing the teachers expected was for the Trustees to give in so easily. My friend said he had heard the teachers were totally embarrassed to be seen by taxpay­ ers as the greedy lot they appear to be. But, having never before having been caught in such a situation, the teachers are al wits end knowing what to do about it. The last thing the teachers want it to further diminish their public image. I have a suggestion, Mr. Editor. Now, I am mad as bejeebers, myself, about this whole fiasco, but, you know if the teachers were ready to come out and say "Hey, we were just kidding - we are real­ ly quite happy to accept, say, two or three percent" - if they would do that, you know, I think I might just be ready to give them back some of that respect I once had for them. And, let’s say that this was the start of much more reasonable demands by the Teachers Federa­ tion, I just might try to encourage some of my friends to try to work a little harder at ironing out some of the differences they have with our current educational system. I've often been told that I'm way too much of an optimist and not anywhere near enough of a realist. But even I wonder if perhaps peo­ ple will think that I just had a won­ derful "dream". I guess we'll find out Mr. Editor! Facetious Lee SUNSHINE. 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