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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1985-03-20, Page 22OPEN HOUSE Visitors to Women Today on Friday included Mary Gregg and Katinka Dorrance. They're seen here chatting with Valerie Bolton (right), Executive Director of the Clinton -based group. Spring exchange on Thursday New women's office open Women Today has a new office in Clinton, and on Friday it was the set- ting for an open house celebrating In- ternational Women's Day and the move to new quarters. Valerie Bolton, the Executive Director of the group, said that Inter- national Women's Day, "is a time to celebrate the work and ac- complishments of women, as well as joining together with other women to voice our common concerns for issues that affect us all." Women Today has been active for Building on Positive :Attitudes This is the theme of the third annual R.S.V.P. (Rural Seminar for Vital People ). This seminar is offered to all members of rural organizations in Huron and Perth Counties. This year speakers include: Bill Culp from Ridgetown. Bill will he speaking on Motivation. Also. Hilde Morden of Rodney will he doing a session on "Spreading out the work: A Way to Develop Talents and Strengthen Organization". This is sure to help all 'hose involved in organizations. As well, a session will he held on media and writing press releases. This R.S.V.P. will he held in Brussels at the Brussels, Morris and _- -- --n .'eenes- day. April 10 from 9:30-3:30 p.m. Pre -registration is necessary and enrolment is limited. if you are in- terested please contact the Clinton Agricultural Office. The cost is $12.00 and includes a hot buffet lunch. This will be an excellent opportuni- ty to share ideas, gain better insights of other rural organizations and help build on our positive attitudes. Karen Rodman. Rural Organization Specialist Agriculture t. Smocking Open House Huron County residents are invited to a Smocking Open House on Thurs- day. April II in the auditorium al the Clinton Town Hall. Clinton from 2:00-3:30 p.m. and 7:30-9:00 p.m. Numerous smocking groups across the County will have on display their accomplishments. items include smocked stockings. blouses. bibs. night gowns, and much much more: Admission is free so bring a friend along and experience the beauty 01 smocking. For more information call Mary- Ann Yaromich at 482-3428 or 1-81(1-265-3170. Mary Ann \' iromich. Rural Organization Specialist ( Home Economics +. Dairy Producers Plan to attend a one day dairy meeting on Friday. March 29. al the Clinton Legion Hall. Program 1 1o:00 a.m. - 1)MMIt Advertising and Product Promotion Mr. Mike Pearce. Ontario -Milk Marketing Board. Mississauga 11:00 a.m. - The Nutritional Com- promises of Feeding for lligh Produc- tion Part 1+ - Dr. Mike Ilutjens. iI- linois State University. 12:00 noon - blot Roast Reef Dinner. $7.50/person. Reply by March 22 to 1)N1AF Box 139 Clinton. Ontario No111 11.0 1 00pm.- The Nutritional Com- promises of Feeding for !lig!" Produc- tion Part 11 - i)r Mike Ilutjens. Il- linois Stale University 2:00 p.m - The Environment of Four Dairy Herd - Dr. Neil Anderson. University i►f Guelph :3:00 p.m. - Adjourn These are very qualified and ex- cellent speakers and i am sure every dairy- producer could benefit from al - tending this day- on March 29. Dennis Martin Farm Management Specialist for Huron County Joining the Ii -Team With the corning of longer and warmer days. our thoughts turn towards spring. Over the next several months. we will do alot of planning getting ready for spring and the season of growth This will include, preparing a seedbed for our crops. and the actual planting of these crops over the following seasons we will do our hest to nurture those crops to a bountiful harvest Similarly. 4-11 gives young people a chance to grow as members develop self-confidence and gain leadership skills. however. it is necessary that the initial seed is planted. so that the member can grow personally. This initial step is the "joining of the 4-11 program". When you join 4-11. you become part of a local club with other 4-11 members and volunteer leaders. 4-11 clubs have regular meetings to handle club business and to learn more about specific topics. 4-H certainly does offer slot - be it recreation or just talking with others following the working part of the meeting. Also. there will be tours, ex- changes. fairs and conferences to look forward to in future years. These are all part of the growing process. I referred to earlier. Projects :Available 4-11 members can choose their own projects. A quick scan of projects interest. There is the veterinary club for those interested in caring for their livestock. This year there will be a club in the Seaforth area. and also one in the Blyth-Wingham area. Members will have an opportunity to learn about respiratory diseases in animals this year. For those interested in crops you could join the 4-11 field crop club. there are several clubs in different areas of the County. This year members will learn about weed and pest control in their crops. For the avid or novice plowman. there is the 4-11 sodbuster club. No ex- perience needed for this one. If you are mechanically minded or are interested in learning how to maintain your equipment. you might wish to join the 4-11 agricultural machinery club. For those interested in conserva- tion, we have a 4-11 club for you as well. Of course. if you would like to have a livestock 4-11 project we have lots of choice for you. There are Leet dairy. swine, sheep and horse and pony clubs. There is one in your area. 1f you would like to try something different. you might consider joining the 4-13 goat -project or a 4-11 poultry club. Also. if you are interested. in lear- ning more about safety. there are two clubs you might be interested in - the Farm safety club and Score with safe- ty. The latter is a personal and home safety project. As well for senior members those over 16 years). you might enjoy join- ing the leadership project. This club will help develop communication skills and will look at personal needs assessment. ('an 1 .loin? Anyone who is between the ages of 12 and 21 years as of January 1. 1983 can join 4-I1. How 1)o 1 (:row? A member grows or more accurate- ly develops as he learns by listening. studying and seeing: but mostly he learns by doing. Leaders and parents help. hut the members practice the skills taught. Some of the skills developed in 4-13 such as self- confidence. responsibility. leader- ship and communication are things we all have need to practice Members are in complete charge of their own project. This is how they grow. The 4-11 motto is "Learn to do by Doing." This does not mean sitting on the sidelines. itather. it means getting involved if you are interested in getting in- volved in the I1 -Team - the 4-11 pro- gram in Huron County contact Karen Rodman. at the Clinton Agricultural Office at 482-:3428 or 1-800.265-5170. You will be joining 944 other 4-11 members in the County who are already having a gond time while developing new skills and gaining self-confidence. self -responsibility and leadership skills. Karn Rodman Rural Organization Specialist c Agriculture ► the past five years. promoting the status and awareness of womesn in Huron County. The non-profit group has established a support and educa- tional network for women so that they may hasten a social change toward a- more positive and equal treatment in the community. The organization is managed by a board of directors, eight county women. and member- ship is open to anyone who supports the goals of Women Today. The group has accomplished a great deal for an organization run mostly on volunteer help. They are presently completing a project entitl- ed "Growing Together", which has substantially developed the leader- ship skills of their membership. Women Today has lobbied for childcare, been active promoting an awareness of violence against women, and maintained an office with a well -used resource library and file on women's concerns. "Every day we get calls requesting information or referrals relating to services or issues concerning rural women," said Bolton. "We also have volunteers regularly meeting and working at the Clinton office. But most of our work takes place out in the community, at meetings in members' homes, at workshops, or by being active on com- munity projects and research .ac- tivities." Bolton explained. The group is almost ready to begin their next major project. "Women Grand Bend considers offer for beach gleaning services Grand Bend council met Monday with three men who are prepared to keep the beaches beautiful this summer. J.J. Tripp and two associates ap- proached council with their proposal. "The while idea", he said "is to upgrade all our towns in tourism." The newly formed Bluewater Beach Development firm plans to travel along all Lake Huron beach areas on a two-week basis. If accepted in this resport, the group plan to do an initial cleaning as soon as possible. Then, they would return on a two to three week inter- val for normal maintenance. This would be done by running their machine over the sand. Tripp explain- ed that it can pick up everything from cigarette butts and bottle caps to larger items. - Deputy -reeve Harold Green asked the key question "What is the cost''" He was told that $4,665 would do the first spring cleaning prior to May 24. Council preferred every three rather than two week intervals after the in- • itial work for a total of seven visits at $6300 for this maintenance. Councillor Bruce Woodley thought that $10,965.00 was a lot of money. He added that council hadn't a '85 budget yet. The Kincardine trio explained that the machine was expensive and so far they haven't been able to obtain any government assistance. Reeve Bob Sharen informed them that a new grant for helping tourism was now available. If so, their prices would be lower. . Sharen told Tripp that council could not accept their proposal right away. A decision would be made at the next meeting on April 1. "Would you be in- terested injust doing the initial spring clean up?" asked Sharen. It was agreed that could be done leaving council time to budget further. After numerous complaints were received in 1984 about the unsanitary beach conditions in the resort; this could be an acceptable solution to the problem. Tripp assured council that their service would be available in any emergency situations as well. Councillor Doreen Seguin was con- cerned about the time of day plann- ed for this work. She was assured that it would be finished early before Grand Bend beaches became busy. Sharen offered the three Kincardine )nen the names of two private beach areas for their cleaning needs. Green and Woodley passed a directorate of Health and Welfare Canada is funding the project, which will train and support women in establishing self-help groups. "This project will truly enable us to be a self-help network," said Bolton. "We'll establish many smaller groups around specific issues such as mak- ing changes or entering the paid workforce." The open house featured the display "Working Women" prepared last year for a career fair at Conestoga College. The display is composed of three panels. The first. entitled "The Facts". gives eight factual statements about women's participa- tion in the paid labour force. For in- stance. "52 per cent of Canadian women are in the paid workforce". The second panel is called "Women's Work is ('hanging". It displays photographs of Huron Coun- ty women in the workplace with several quotes. One example is a pic- ture of Lucknow area lawyer Alex Stevenson. She is quoted as saying "Women's roles in the Canadian legal system continues to expand. Forty- eight per cent of the 1983 first year law class at the University of Wind- sor was composed of women." "Valuing our Work" is the final panel. It encourages people to con- sider all work. not only paid work. in light of "our contribution. participa- tion and interaction with society." The statement, "Women's work has often been unpaid or undervalued" is surrounded by children's drawings of undervalued work: examples are "Driving people places and deliver- ing things" and "Washing the dishes." Two questions are asked in the display. "How is your work chang- ing"" and "What work do you do that is underpaid or undervalued?" Those viewing the display are encouraged to participate by answering the ques- tions on slips of paper and taping them to the display. The open house was also a chance to meet with Women Today members. and pick up informational material about the group and other county services. Refreshments were served. The new office is larger and more comfortable than the last one: it has been moved from the basement lo the third floor at 52 Huron St. in Clinton An upcoming event in which Women Today is involved is pro- moting a "Spring Exchange". It is he- ing presented by the Huron County Community Services Council, on March 21. from 9 a.m. to I p.m. It's billed as "an opportunity to meet and exchange information with others in Huron County." and will feature workshops. a strategy exchange. and a keynote address by Father Joseph Nelligan on "The Three ("s -- Com- munity. Cooperation. and Communication". The exchange is being held at the Royal Canadian Legion. 95 Kirk St in Clinton. A luncheon will be served, and pre -registration is mandatory. For more information contact the Huron ('entre for Children and Youth, at 482-3931 pick delegate Tuckersmith township council ap- pointed councillor George Cantelon as the second representative onthe Seaforth and Area Landfill Commit- tee. The other representative is coun- cillor John Brownridge. The decision to appoint a second representative was taken when McKillop Township withdrew as a member of the Land- fill Committee leaving Seaforth and Tuckersmith as the only members of the Committee, with one represen- tative each. James Knight, a township roads employee, was authorized to attend the T.J. Mahony Road School at the University of Guelph from May 5 to May 8. Council turned down a request for a tax refund of the business tax in 1914 by Seaforth Tile Limited as the pro- perty has been used for a depot for tile. John McLachlan. clerk treasurer. was given authority to attend the 198.5 tax collectors' spring seminar and workshop on April 18 to 19 at the Hilton International Hotel in Windsor. Council donated 8500 to the Clinton Recreation department.. The township will participate.with iluron Council in the development of a municipal administration program in the county in hiring a student for approximately five weeks. Three weeks will be involved in conduction of a survey of the Brucefield water system and two weeks working with the township zoning bylaw. Passed for payment were the following accounts, Day ('are at Vanaslra, $4562.64; special I)ay ('are at Vanastra: $6.798.53: Vanaslra Recreation ('entre, $18.087.59: roads. $30516.65 and general accounts. $119.724.11 for a total of 8379.689 52. Council will designate by bylaw the William Hearn residence of R11 4. Clinton. part of lot :39. concession I. Huron Road Survey, as historical pro- perty under the Ontario Heritage Act. 1974. LEPRECHAUN HAT - Joanne Fields, secretary -treasurer of the rec centre, sported a green hat in honor of St. Patrick's Day on Friday. The rec centre was sell- ing green slush puppies, and the movie feature was 50 cents Tess for anyone wearing green. resolution to accept the '85 budget for the Pinery Cemetery Board. Board members LeRoy Keyes and Mac MacLaren approached council with the new budget. Keyes showed council that the total revenue needed was $2581.20 if divided between the three municipalities. it would amount to $860:40 each. Bosanquet Township thought it was too much for them. MacLaren explained that for two years now the Boy Scouts have planted trees on the cemetery pro- perty. This has helped cut the board's landscaping expenditures. Sharen suggested that the Pinery Park might be contacted to help with trees. "Ilow can we improve the sales pic- ture''" questioned Sharen. Keyes said that a newsletter would help bring some more revenue. In one other urgent matter. approx- imately 14 reahors in Grand Bend and surrounding area will be advised to inform their clients more carefully. Clerk Dianne Mallard said that there are problems with many new owners. Recently. properties have been sold and the new owner has begun to make changes without ob- taining the necessary permits. Many residential properties in Grand Bend are zoned .commercial including most of Ontario Street north and south. A site plan agreement is required for all commercial proper-, ties. Any renovations in excess of 81.000 require a building permit as well as a sign permit, pins an inspec- tion from the Health Department. Town fined for salt load - Some of the tax dollars [ring rais- ed by Exeter council this year are be- ing tapped by the Ontario government. Council learned this week that the provincial court had been paid $106 in fines registered against two town trucks being used to haul salt from Goderich. '['he vehicles were stopped by the ministry and were found to oe overloaded in relation to their licenses. Clerk Liz Bell said the vehicles had been licenced to the maximum sug- - gested by the manufacturer. but the works department had been advised by the ministry that the licenses could be increased to prevent further fines. counts. in addition to the fine, was a 81.702 expenditure for truck licenses. The accounts payable presented by the South 1luron rec centre board of management also included an expen- diture of $3o.:35 to the provincial court . Board member Goyim] Josephson said he was unable to explain the item because the board's meeting schedul- ed for last week had been cancelled due to a lack of members. Moltard said that uninformed clients could face problems for themselves and for the village. She will advise the real estate offices to have their clients contact the clerk's office for this information. The accounts payable of 8136,773.30 for February was approved before council went in -camera at 9:20 p.m. In 198.1 Reeve Sharon was paid $2.946.82 in salary and expenses for conventions. etc: Deputy -reeve Green was paid 84.324.50. Councillor Dennis Snider received $1.899.46. Councillor Seguin $2.224.42 and Councillor Woodley 82.805.02. Rewarding day planned A challenging but rewarding day is in store for hundreds of farm women who will want to attend New Fron- tiers for Farm Women '85, an all day seminar sponsored by Women for the Support of Agriculture, Southwestern Region. on Friday March 22. al the Thamesford- Recreation Centre in Thamesford. Two well known speakers; Delbert O'Brien and Dr. Fredelle Maynarde will address the group on topics of great interest to all farm women. Au- dience participation will be encourag- ed with workshops- and group discussions. Del O'Brien, the outspoken Chair- man of the Agricultural Advisory Council. who contends that there is something wrong with a system where 87 percent of a farmer's in- come is earned off the farm, will tack about How Women Can Affect Change in the Agricultural Community. The farm women will . participate in workshops to set priorities for action and itemize issues that have been neglected by governments. Internationally known writer, col- umnist and speaker Dr. Fredelle Maynard will address a topic close to every woman's heart - Human Rela- tionships in a Changing Society - Per- sonal Development of Women. Dr. Maynard has written several books and hundreds of articles on child care. education, and family relationships. Her articles appear in Chatelaine. Women's Day. Family Circle. Homemaker's and Maclean's magazine. This is the third annual seminar sponsored by Women for the Support of Agriculture. a representative group of farm women _.,i�` a . gin Coun- ties. By sponsoring educational seminars such as New Frontiers for Farm Women '85, Women for Support of Agriculture are providing a forum where farm women can communicate with one.another. They are also help- ing women to become more knowledgable about issues affecting the agricultural industry, enabling them to tell the farmer's story more effectively. SPEAK FOR TRIP Top public speakers from Huron County's five secondaly schools took part in the United Nations Speak Off, spon- sored by the Oddfellows and Rebekahs in Clinton or. March 1. Tak- ing part were (front row, left to right) Bonnie Turner from CHSS, Clin- ton; Cathy Norris of South Huron, Exeter: Heidi Fillmore, from F.E. Madill. Winghom: Leigh Anne Tamon from CHSS. (Bock row) Rhonda McMichael from GDCI, Goderich: and winner Karla King from F.E. Madill: runner-up Angela Fleming from South Huron: Jayle Harrison and Debbie Barry from Seaforth high school. The winner will toke part in a week long visit to Washington with other winners from Canada and the United States (Shelley McPhee photo) Permit value down; okay more studies The value of building permits issued in Exeter In date this year re mains well below the 198.4 figures Building official Brian .Johnston ad vised council this week that only five permits were issued in February for a value of 83:1,879 Thal brings the 1985 total to $44.870. about half the previous year's figure Three of the February permits were tor residential renovations and additions and two were for commer- cial projects Despite the lack of activity. coun- cil approved a recon►tnendationfmm the executive committee 10 make an application to Employment and Im migration Canada under the student employment experience develop meat program for wage subsidy to enable Johnston to hire a third or fourth your urban planning student for an I8 -week period The student would be paid 85.00 per hour. of which $3 a) would he subsidiz- ed. The government also pays three fifths of benefits The student would to hired to carry out six planning studies. They would include a residential building inven- tory. home occupations study. com- mercial area study. traffic flow study . non -conforming use study by zone and a study of sign bylaws. Last summer. council employed students to carry out a c•ommercaal area study and also one insole mg home occupations "We went through this last year commented ('ounc•illor l)orolhy (bap man in asking for an explanation as to why another commercial arra retail study was being undertaken Councillor Gaylan Josephson ad:1 ed that a study had also ieen done Ia't year on home occupations Members of the executive commit tee who made the recommendation weren't certain as to what type .d studies would be carried out this year. but Mayor Shaw said 3ha1 Johnston had told the committee he feels he can generate enough work for the student and to have that work be of benefit to the student and the town.