HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1979-09-19, Page 27 (2)Craigwood welcomes new director
By JOY SCHEIFELE
AILSA CRAIG
"Learning to Laugh, to
Love to Live". This motto
appeals on the front page of a
pamphlet outlining the
philosphy and objectives of
Craigwood and on meeting
Craigwood's new executive
director, Kenneth Thomas
one immediately feels these
few words accurately -ex-
press the caring concern he
personally has for the boys
living at Craigwood.
He comes to Craigwood
with a wide experience in
working with children
having emotional or
behavioral problems, and
consequently stresses the
uniqueness of each child.
"We need to be sensitive to
the individual boy", he
emphasizes "and recognize
different approaches or
methods may be necessary
to reach different boys".
Born in North Wales he
first graduated from the
University of Wales, and
University of York in
England with an honours
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CANDIDATES SUMMARY OF
ELECTION EXPENSES
„� ELECTORAL DISTRICT OF
HURON -BRUCE — MOIRA COUPER
NUMBER OF CONTRIBUTORS
CONTRIBUTIONS Money and the
difference between the amounts paid for
goods and services provided at Tess than
commercial value and the commercial
value thereof
ELECTION EXPENSES PAID - and• the
commercial value of goods or services
donated or provided .at less than their
commercial value
UNPAID UNDISPUTED CLAIMS
UNPAID DISPUTED CLAIMS -
AMOUNT AGREED
TOTAL ELECTION EXPENSES
PERMITTED LIMIT OF ELECTION
EXPENSES
35
2,857 00
'2.569 72
ml
nil
'2.569 72
25.948 75
OFFICIAL AGENT - HELEN TENCH
The complete return respecting electron expenses may
be inspected by any elector at my office during the six
months following the date on which I received the
return '
QATE RECEIVED AUGUST 30.•1979
,FETURNING.OF'FICER A GARAFET HICKS
ADDRESS 109 JAMES ST EXETER, ONTARIO
AUDITOR'S REPORT
PURSUANT TO THE CANADA ELECTIONS ACT
Helen R Tench
P O Box 1033.
212 James St .
Clinton. Ontario
NOM 1L0
Official Agent for Moira Couper
a candidate at the election of a member to service in the
House of Commons of Canada. held on the 22nd day of
May, 1979 in the Electoral District of Huron Bruce
We have examined the Candidate's Return Respecting
Election Expenses. which includes the Summary of
Election Expenses. in respect of the above candidacy of
Moira Couper
Our examination as made in accordance with
generally accepted auditing standards. and accordingly
included such tests and other procedures as we con
sidered necessary in the circumstances In common
with all other candidacies. it is not possible to derter-
mine by auditing procedures the extent of omissions.
if any, from the accounting records selatrng to this can-
didacy. and therefore our examination of financial tran-
sactions was directed to transactions recorded in such
accounting records
In our opinion. the Return presents fairly the financial
transactions, rewired by Section 63 to be detailed in
the Candidate's Return. that are recorded in the can-
.
didate•s accounting records
Further. we report that the amounts shown in the Sum•
including contrillutiortic
2.8 an Ota a ec Qn exEensess f 2:569 i2 are
the samer `tofas the related als in the R aril-.
Respectfully submitted,
NAYMAN. RESNICK. LAYTON b WI$E
,40 '-' : - ` C iariaree Accountants.
August't4. 197a '
Downsview. Ontario
B.A. While teaching at
Denton, Ma nc hester,England
from 1965-67 he came in
contact with "latch key"
students: thirty-two of his
thirty-six students at that
time were on probation
which prompted him to
return to university for
further training and took
post graduate work in
criminology and law at the
University of Leeds in
England.
For two years he was on
the staff of the Thorpe Arch
Grange Approved Training
School for Boys, a residential
institution for delinquent and
acting -out boys in Yorkshire,
England. -
In 1970 he and his wife,
Kathy immigrated to
Canada and moved to
Montreal, Quebec. For the
next seven years he worked
at the Shawbridge Youth
Centre an English speaking
agency of the Province of
Quebec for the treatment of
delinquent and acting out
boys and girls from 12 to 18
years of age; where he act
as Educational Couns or
and later Director of
Resources.
He took a brief leave of
absence to obtain his M.S.W.
from Wayne State Univer-
sity in Detroit, Michigan and
returned to the program to
become its Director of
Personnel Services.
At the mention of the
Shawbridge • Youth Centre
many happy memories
obviously well up inside Ken.
"It is amazing", he relates.
"There are so many
similarities between
Craigwood and Shawbridge.
The physical set-up is
similar with the cottage
concept, and even the ter-
minology is the same - the
"big house" for ad-
ministrative building, etc.".
He left Shawbridge to
accept the position of
Director bf Professional
Services of Youth Horizons,
an english speaking
residential agency of the
province of Quebec, for the
care and treatment of
psychosocially maladjusted
boys and girls from 6 to 18
years.
In addition he was a part
time professor at the College
Marie Victorian in Montreal
where he taught courses to
students training as child
care workers, as well as
working with the School of
Social Work at McGill
University as Field
Placement Supervisor to
Graduate Students.
Coming to his new position
Ailsa Craig entry
wins soccer test
By JOY SCHEIFELE
The annual Home and
School's corn roast Sep-
tember 11 was a great way to
meet the parents of his new
students acknowledged
grade five teacher, Bill
Pickering. "It was
something I'd never even
heard of before and think it
was super," he stated.
Many parents turned out to
meet the teachers and each
other in a very informal
atmosphere and enjoyed a
feast of corn as well.
Although new this year to
the East Williams Public
School, Bill Pickering is by
no means new to the
profession. For the past nine
years he was on the staff of
Centennial Public School,
and was transferred to East
Williams this September.
Born in London he
graduated from London
Teachers' College in 19584
and was thus able to fulfill
his life long ambition of
becoming a teacher. He was
immediately employed at
Centennial and taught a
grade five class there as
well.
"I find the children here at
East Williams very polite as
well as being appreciative of
what you do for them," he
stressed. He also finds the
children in general more
learned than they were even
when he began his teaching
career. "They question
things much more readily,
and are far more travelled,"
he reflected.
In addition to teaching the
33 children in his glass, he
will be involved in extra
curricular activities with the
New staffer
at school
By JOY SCHEIFELE
Although only in their
second year of playing Ailsa
Craig's youngsters became
the - atom divisiorr--soccer'
champs iA - tournament
matches held in Nairn
Saturday.
They triumphantly carried
away the trophy in the "A"
division after a 2-0 win
against the Arkona
Taxandrias in the final
game. They began the series
Saturday morning taking the
Gunners 1 to 0 in an overtime
game.
t.ucan was the winger of
the "B" division in a hard
fought battle against the
Gunners, with a -score of 2-0.
They had earlier been wiped
from the "A" division by
Taxandria by a 2-0 score.
Six teams participated in
the round robin 'tournament
which also included Nairn
and Exeter.
Trophies were presented
to the "A" and "B" champs
by the Ailsa Craig and Nairn
Soccer Association and
crests were given to each of
the participants.
Although it was the first
time the Nairn team hosted
i e annual tournament, it
was felt the day was most
successful and a good crowd
was on hand to support the
boys and to cheer on the
victors throughout the day.
tha was fix -
ton to
Nova< Sender who turned
over her kitchen for the day
. in order to provide'each of
the howl play_e_r_s with_hot
dogs and pop, sand also10 the
ladies who cheerfully opened
the booth at the park on very
short notice.
children including coaching
the girls' soccer team.
In his free time he works
with the Ilderton Bantam
team in minor hockey. His
wife Joanne, is a public
health nurse in London.
Brinsley
Rev. John Brown from the
Thedford and Sylvan
United Church Pastoral
-Charge was guest -speaker at
Brinsley United Church,
Sunday and Mr. Peter Snell
conducted the anniversary
for Sylvan United Church.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Newey
of Kingston visited with her
parents Mr. and Mrs. Jack
Trevithick Thursday and
Friday.
The Ladies Guild of St.
Mary's Anglican Church
Brinsley held their first
meeting of the fall season in
the basement of the Church
with Mrs. Ralph Rowe and
Mrs. Murray Rowe as
hostesses.
Roll call was answered by
each member telling of an
outing she enjoyed during
the summer. The date for the
annual bazaar was set for
November 28.
A good number of girls and
boys attended Brinsley
Sunday School Sunday and
plans are being made for a
choir for anniversary.
-Seven of the Brinsley
United Church Women were
back to Lieury Church
Wednesday evening and
heard the speaker a
missionary Vivian Grant of
London. -
Todd Lewis, Lorne
Brewer. and Jeff Amos
attended a soccer tour-
nament at Nairn, Saturday.
at Craigwood on September
10 only days after ter-
minating his position in
Montreal, Ken and his
family have barely had time
to settle into their new home
in Nairn, but he is very much
looking forward to his new
responsibilities at,
''Craigwood.
The institution currently
holds a licence for 28 boys
and 22 are presently housed
in the seven cottages. Within
the past year the three
cottages located behind the
century old farm house
currently being used for
administrative offices, were
renovated to house two
families each. Two sets of
houseparents each with four
boys live in a duplexed
cottage with the seventh
family living in the white
house to the left of the cot-
tages.
"If someone in the com-
munity phoned and asked,
"Can I .Qome and visit
Craigwood and see what it is
all about? I'd be more than
happy", asserted Ken. "We
want to welcome the com-
munity into Craigwood -and
let them know what is taking
place here."
Part of his projections for
Craigwood include having
the community more in-
volved in the lives of the
boys, and hopefully, having
the boys able to become
more involved in the com-
munity through sports
having the boys provide help
when needs arise, e.g-.
assisting senior citizens,
helping people move,
providing fire wood, etc.
On the other hand the
community will be invited in
to work with the boys as
volunteers, "open house"
will be held and the com-
munity invited to attend
special functions. The boys
need to be integrated back
into society, Ken outlined
"No matter how much they
may appreciate what is
being done for them every
boy deep down wants to be
with his immediate family
and we have to plan for the
day."
The boys range in age
from ten to thirt-een years of
age and come primarily
from southwestern Ontario.
They attend school right on
the Craigwood campus
which consists of some 200
acres. The school
programme is supervised by
the Middlesex County Board
of Education and consists of
six classes from grades 1 to
8. Specialized individual
programs have been
carefully developed for the
boys and a speech therapist
from the Board visits,
weekly.
Regular home visits and
family contact form an in-
tegral part of the
programme although
"family life" atmosphere is
stressed at Craigwood.
Houseparents serve on a 24
hour basis, working three
week intet:vals with one
week off. A consultant
psychiastrist and four social
workers are on staff..
Craigwood is owned and
operated • by Mennonite
Central Committee of
Ontario and funded through
the Community and Social
Services.
GETTING DUNKED — The Kirkton-Woodham Optimist
Club dunking booth at Saturday's Kirkton Fair was popular
Above. Dennis Richardson dares to be dropped in the water
and below. he emerges drenched. T -A photo
Times- Advocate, September 19, 1979
Page 11A
Usborne Township
PUBLIC
MEETING
Wednesday,
September 26
8 00 p.m.
Elimvllle Township Hall
PURPOSE To discuss the
Usborne. -
Township
Secondary Plan
Usborne Township Council
Get
Ready...
For Those
Cool Days
Ahead
Area group
Roger Quick and the
Rainbows will be en-
tertaining at the Plowing
Match. near Chatham, this
year, for Sperry Nev
Holland.
They will be doing 4 shows
a day with Roger doing a
guest spot - on Celebrity
Cooks at the Taste Of Kent
building at 1.45 Thursday
September 27th. The
Rainbows are planning on
flying back and forth to cut
down on travel time
at match
weather permitting
Roger is also preforming
at the Bothwell arena this
Sunday afternoon and
evening with Jeanie Pruett.
and others. He -will be en-
tertaining in Wheeling West
Virginia late this fall and has
planned a bus trip which is
almost sold out. with 4 buses
of friends going -along.
In between all this Roger
says he has to take some
time out to get the kidney
beans and corn off.
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