Times-Advocate, 1987-06-17, Page 7Times -Advocate, June 17, 1987 Page 7
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be available a 1-800- "hot line"
number in Goderich, open 24 hours to
a social worker,..for concerns about
family violence.
After thanking Penn, the meeting
adjourned and refreshments were
served.
By Roberta Walker
Women Today - "Working together
for women in Huron county," held its
annual meeting in Clinton on June 10,
with nearly 30 members present. This
group was formed in 1980 to promote
the well-being of rural women and en-
courage their full participation in the
community.
Their goal is to raise the status and
awareness of women in Huron Coun-
ty by maintaining a network between
women to share ideas, find support,
provide learning opportunities and af-
fect social change within the com-
munity toward a more positive and
equal treatment of women.
The membership fee is $7.00, which
entitles the member to four newslet-
ters a year, and keeps her informed
of upcoming meetings, committee
projects, conferences and learning
opportunities in and around Huron
County. Becoming a member gives a
woman the opportunity to participate,
get involved and work with and for
other women.
President Debbie Wilbee called the
meeting to order, and gave her an-
nual report. The Board of Directors
of this non-profit organization has
been expanded from eight to ten
members.
Through the efforts of "Women Be-
ing Well" project co-ordinator Valerie
Bolton at provincial and national
levels, she has enhanced the profile
of Women Today to the degree that
CBC contacted their office as a
resource for information related to
rural women's issues. The creative
style and idealistic vision of Women
Today always keeps the organization
a fore runner in women's issues.
Maggie Crane, program co-
ordinator of "Women Being Well"
helps to provide the opportunity for
women to promote their own oppor-
tunity for women to promote their
own health and well being through
self care and mutual aid. "Women
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Being Well" is knowledgeable about
the county's services, in both infor-
mation and referral, working active-
ly with other service providers to
identify needs and advocate positive
changes in the delivery of services.
Ms. Crane has trained 29 new
facilitators to assist both existing and
newly -formed self-help groups
throughout the county, both in train-
ing and financial assistance. Health
educational workshops includes
topics such as alcohol and drug
abuse; self-esteem and creativity;
stress management; body image;
assertiveness; menopause; and
more. The Women Being Well
Library contains over 500 titles plus
magazines and files on health issues
including books on parenting, quitting
smoking; and starting your own
small business. The staff is available
to assist in research on a particular
health concern.
As Women Today becomes more
recognized in the county, more
women have been drawn to the
organization and in the past year
membership doubled! Funding for
Women Today is received through
ministry of community and social ser-
vices, ministry of health, Ontario
Women's Directorate, Secretary of
State Women's Programs and Health
and Welfare Canada.
Briefs have been presented to the
Social Services Review, Midwifery
Task Force, Pay Equity, and Task
Force on Childcare. Members of the
group have actively participated in
the Huron County Community Ser-
vices Council, Parents Committee for
Daycare, Task Force on Family
Violence, Huron -Perth Mental Health
Implementation Committee, Cana-
dian Mental Health Association for
Huron, and the Huron County
Employment Task Force. They also
networked 'with many social service
agencies and community groups
throughout the county, and were
guest speakers at meetings. A four -
session workshop will be held on June
19-20 at the Women Today office call-
ed "Envision the Future".
Women Today has also supported
the development of a feminist theatre
group 'Sheatre" who have perform-
ed several times including the
"Women at Work" conference. Two
projects, the Huron County Directory
and the Task Force on Family
Violence are managed by Women To-
day as an incorporated body. The
group has also made a decision to re-
draft their goals in order to apply for
JUDGE HAY CROP
Judging of hay for the field crop
competitions at the 1987 Exeter Fall
Fair has been completed.
Tom Hern was the winner with a
total of 97 points. Tied for second with
94 points each were Alan Rundle and
Miller Farms. Deadlocked • for the
next position were Hern Farms and
Brian Pym at 91 points each.
The balance of the scores were Bob
Down and Gerald Dearing 90, Cliff
Hicks 87, Ernie Miller,86, Earl French
and Wayne Hern 84, Bruce Shapton
and Allan Hern 82, Donald Dearing 81.
and Tom Triebner 79.
Any area farmers wishing to com-
pete in wheat, barley, white beans,
soybeans, grain corn or silage corn
competitions should contact directors
Roy Pepper 235-2584 or Allan Powe
228-6557.
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a charitable tax status, enabling them
to raise funds from private sources,
not so dependent on government
grants.
The "Reaching -Out" project, under
Women Being Well, was a six-month
project which included the Sheatre-
group, that wrote directed and acted
a play addressing women's employ-
ment concerns, presented at the
Women at Work Conference.
"Reaching Out" financed the theatre
play "Side Effects" with Heather
Bishop, a very successful undertak-
ing. A workshop for nurses "Vital
Signs" was held in September 1986
that proved to be very educational.
A project targeted for 1987-88 is titl-
ed "Speaking Out". This project will
involve Women Today in researching
identified issues, discovering solu-
tions and sharing that knowledge. A
booklet will be designed and publish-
ed on rural women's employment
concerns. A daycare group will
design, distribute and analyze a
survey determining specific needs of
daycare in rural areas of Huron Coun-
ty, plus two educational workshops.
The Sheatre group will research to
communicate traditional sources of
feminine understanding and strength,
in theatre workshops and an actual
production.
Beth Bolton presented gifts to the
departing board members; Bev
Teeter, Fran McQuail, Judi
McMichael, Debbie Selkirk and Pauli
Sommer.
The new board for 1987-88 includes:
president Debbie Wilbee, Jean Schoe-
ble, Dianne Klopp, Beth Fulton, Mag-
gie Crane, Carol Cardiff, Sharon
Dietz, Trish Wilson, Shelly Hartman
and Joan Chandler. The list of com-
mittees includes membership
nominating, fundraising, newsletter,
public relations, personnel and the
Sheatre group.
Debbie Selkirk then introduced the
guest speaker, John Penn, Director of
Family and Children's Services of
Goderich,who addressedthe topic of
"child abuse". He explained the ser-
vices available in Huron County and
the grim statistics of child abuse.
Penn outlined the three basic forms
of child abuse: neglect, physical
abuse and sexual abuse. In the first
and second cases, the child is usual-
ly given treatment as needed, then,
returned to the family which receives
counseling, support and education.
Sexual abuse usually requires more
intervention. Cases of incest are
usually more amenable to treatment,
with the physical safety of the child
as first concern and various person-
nel to help the family function better
caring support. Sexual exploitation
and violent sexual assault require
removal of the child from the family
environment and prognosis is usual-
ly poor.
There is an abuse register,
available oniy to the child welfare
system.
Afterwards, John Penn answered
various questions from the group on
the "Tough Love" approach to han-
dle teens, the need for foster parents,
and the Child -Reach program for
moms and pre-schoolers that's
available in Goderich. '!'here will soon
READY FOR A PICNIC — Hensall United Church was represented in Saturday's Hensall Fair parade
with a Picnic Lunch float. , T -A photo
Bayfieldprolect aided
The Village of Bayfield will receive
special financial assistance of $170,854
from the province, Agricultural and
Food Minister Jack Riddell, the MPP
for Huron -Middlesex, announced this
week.
Speaking on behalf of Municipal Af-
fairs Minister Bernard Grandmaitre,
Riddell said the grant will help reduce
the tax burden on ratepayers in the
municipality.
The village was required to spend
considerable amounts of money to
repair a portion of Long Hill Road
damaged as a result of the Bayfield
riverbank erosion and an abnormal-
ly high water table.
This special assistance grant will be
provided under the Ontario Uncondi-
tional Grants Act. The Act, ad-
ministered by the Ministry of
Municipal Affairs, provides for
assistance to municipalities where
the minister believes that property
taxes are unduly high or have been
unduly increased for any one of a
number of reasons set out in the
legislation. •
These may include a substantial
loss of revenue previously available
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