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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 1993-06-09, Page 13Engagement RAPSON - SANDERS Leo and Corry Sanders of R.R. #4, Brussels announce the engagement of their daughter, Jennifer to Bill Rapson, son of Mrs. Ruth Rapson, Seaforth and the late John Rapson. The wedding will take place Saturday, July 3, 1993 at Sacred Heart Church, Wingham. Open reception at 8:30 p.m. at Sacred Heart Parish Hall, 220 Carling Terrace, Wingham. FORTHCOMING MARRIAGE HENRY - MERNER Mr. & Mrs. Carl Merner Mr. & Mrs. James Henry are pleased to announce the forthcoming marriage of their children Sandra Lee Michael James on Sat. June 12, 1993 at 3:30 p.m. Trinity Anglican Church Blyth, Ontario Reception to follow 9 p.m. Blyth Community Centre Everyone Welcome Scrimgeour's Food Market BLYTH 523-4551 THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 1993. PAGE 13. County Council briefs Welfare use could increase in '93 With the pleasant modem homes for the aged recently opened in Huron, the waiting list to get in has suddenly mushroomed. A report of the Seniors and Social Services Committee, pre- sented at the June 3 meeting of Huron County Council showed there is now a waiting list of 47 people from the county and 11 from outside the county for Huron- lea at Brussels and 87 from the county and four from outside the county for Huronview at Clinton. All meet the first criteria that they have a need for extended care cov- erage, says Wayne Lester, adminis- trator of the homes for the aged. Minister announces Commission To bring all the partners in the education system together to make Ontario's education system work Education and Training Minister Dave Cooke has announced the establishment of a Royal Commis- sion on Learning. This five-member Commission will undertake a province-wide effort to assess and make recom- mendations about the goals, stan- dards and programs to guide Ontario's elementary and secondary schools into the 21st century. The mandate of the commission is to address the accountability in education, the organization of the school system, the program in Ontario schools and the purpose and direction of the school system. The Commission has two co- chairs: Monique Begin, a former federal Minister of Health and Wel- fare and Dean of Sciences at the University of Ottawa and Gerry Caplan, a public policy analyst and public affairs commentator. A toll-free 1-800 number for the Commission will soon be available and will be widely publicized. In a press release from the Min- istry, it states there hasn't been a full review of the education system since the Hall-Dennis report of 1968. This new commission will have a broader mandate than earlier studies and will seek wide input from students, parents and taxpay- ers than in the past. FRISCHKNECHT - LOGUE Lynn and Bill Logue of Blyth are pleased to announce the forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Lisa Ann to Henri Frischknecht, son of Agnes and Henri Frischknecht, of Wingham on July 19, 1993 at Blyth Untied Church at 5:00 p.m. Lionel Wilder, reeve of Hay Township worried that the county had just spent millions of dollars but didn't have enough room to meet the demand. Mr. Lester point- ed out that the waiting list to get into the old Huronview was almost nil. It's the experience in other municipalities as well, he said, for the waiting list to boom when peo- ple see excellent new facilities open. Meanwhile applications for ten- ants for the apartments at the two sites were accepted. One councillor objected to the lack of information about the current home of the resi- dents, noting there was no way of finding out if they came from Huron or beyond. Mr. Lester said the government-approved forms do not reveal the origin of the appli- cant and since the province pays 80 per cent of the capital investment in the apartments, it gets to make the rules. Official opening for Huronlea and the Highland apartments will be June 25 at 11 a.m. *** The province has eliminated the category of residential patients at homes for the aged and only extended care patients, those requiring a much heavier amount of nursing care, will now be included. There are no residential units in the two new Huron homes. Residents will either be extended care in the main home, or able to look after themselves with a little extra help in the apartments. Residents of the apartment must be 60 years of age and in need of a small amount of support to live independently, Mr. Lester said. "You can't be fit as a fiddle and cutting your own lawn and expect to get in," he said of the apartments. In his annual report to council Mr. Lester pointed out that the average age of residents dropped slightly from 84.3 years of age in 1991 to 84.1 years in 1992 but this is still up more than three years from the 1990 average age of 80.9. *** A controversial decision not to allow a member of the Planning and Development staff to attend an out-of-province seminar was over- turned by council. The decision had been made at the April 29 meeting of council but then referred back to the Agriculture, Planning and Development Committee. Warden Tom Tomes reminded council that the county's policy does allow for out-of-province travel and there was no real reason to turn down the request. The seminar would be part of the staff member's requirement to complete a course at the Univer- sity of Waterloo. Lossy Fuller, deputy-reeve of Exeter, questioned the need for the University to hold seminars outside the province and felt the county should inform the university of its concern. Dr. Gary Davidson, Plan- ning and Development director, noted that people come from all over Canada to attend the course and that all regular classes are held in Ontario. The seminars are held across the country to try to make sure everyone doesn't have to travel all the time, he said. Huron benefits from having the longest portion of the course held .iii.nly 70 miles down the road, he said. *** The potential for a huge increase in welfare use in the county exists because 506 people who have been receiving Unemployment Insurance will run out of benefits between April 25 and July 31. If even 25 per cent of those people apply for wel- fare it would increase the number of welfare applicants by 126. The jump from April 1992 to April 1993 was 78 cases, amounting to a 12.6 per cent increase. Still, Huron county remains the fourth lowest of 62 municipalities reporting on the use of welfare. Only 2.59 per cent of Huron's population receives wel- fare, compared to 9.81 in Halibur- ton, the highest municipality. * ** The 1993 budget for grants by the county will be trimmed by 10 per cent and staff has been instruct- ed by the executive committee to provide background research on the history of current grants. Currently the county gives out $73,250 in grants to everything from the Goderich airport to theatres in Grand Bend and Blyth to fair boards and Women's Institutes. The committee voted to eliminate "those grants that warrant it" over a three year period. The committee already voted to eliminate grants and scholarships amounting to $3600 to university of Western Ontario and Ridgetown College of Agricultural Technolo- gy. Goderich Reeve John Doherty said that under the difficult circum- stance he would not press council to retain the airport grant but that "I'd like to thank the county for its support in the past."