Times Advocate, 1991-01-30, Page 1T -A
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Fatal crash
in Lucan.
LUCAN - The Lucan OPP are in-
vestigatin$ a fatal motor vehicle ac-
cident which occurred at about 2:30
p.m. Monday. The collision hap-
pened on Main Street at the north
end of Lucan when a 1977 Ford
pickup truck apparently lost control
when it hit a snow covered area on
the roadway, swerved sideways and
struck a cement hydro pole.
A lone female driver, Lynda Mill-
er, 46, of RR1 Lucan, was taken to
Univeristy Hospital by ambulance
after the Lucan Fire Department as-
sisted in ,opening the truck door.
She was pronounced dead at the
hospital.
Miller was the wife of John Mill-
er, and mother of Jason Miller and
John Miller Jr. of London. She
was the daughter of Jean Warner of
Lucan.
The funeral is planned for Thurs-
day at 2 p.m. Donations to the Lu -
can volunteer Fire Department will
be appreciated by the family.
T -A wins
first place
TORONTO - The Times -
Advocate has been selected as the
best newspaper in its class in Onta-
rio.
The announcement was made by
the Ontario Community Newspaper
Association last week as they re-
vealed the results of their annual
General Excellence competitions.
Each newspaper is judged in a
variety of categories, including best
front page, photography, sports, ed-
itorial content, layout, advertising,
and classified pages. This year,
The Times Advocate placed first,
followed by the Haliburton County
Echo and the Goderich Signal Star.
Publisher Jim Beckett noted the
award is of particular importance
because judging is done by col-
leagues within the newspaper in-
dustry.
This marks the third time the T -A
has placed first in its class since
1977.
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Puppet pal - Pauline Lingard demonstrates one of the Kids on the Black puppets which, through the
use of simple "bunfaku" techniques can lead to a real breakthrough in letting children come to
terms with their own fears and experiences of child abuse.
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Puppet program to
fight child abuse
EXETER - Children have a spe-
cial relationship with puppets.
They feel very comfortable with
them, and Pauline Lingard is look-
ing for volunteers, special volun-
teers who are interested in the use
of puppets to combat child abuse.
Lingard, the facilitator for the
Community Child Abuse Coordi-
nating Committee (CCACC), says
she especially hopes she can find
some volunteers from the• Exeter
area to join in so that the Huron
County program will enjoy equal
representation from all corners of
the county.
There is no shortage of requests
from schools interested in hosting
the puppet shows which are aimed
at explaining the difference be-
tween discipline and abuse, and af-
fection and sexual abuse.to children
in. the most vulnerable age cup,
6-10 years old.
"These shows are designed for
that group," explained Lingard,
"Grades 1,2,3."
The program, called Kids on the
Block, will also be available to rec-
reation groups which also cater to
children of those ages.
With no shortage of shows, Lin-
gard is hoping for a troupe of 15-20
puppeteers, each of which may be
asked to set aside a half day a week
for the program. No puppetry ex-
perience is necessary, and all vol-
unteers will be trained at a Febru-
ary 12-13 workshop in the art of
"bunraku" puppetry with the life-
size figures and be educated in
Child abuse issues by the Children's
Aid Society. The program is com-
pletely funded by community dona-
tions.
Every puppet performance in-
volves two volunteers and a coordi-
nator. The mason for using pup-
pets is that children are very
trusting and open around them.
The puppets act out a scenario of
discussing abuse in terms the chil-
dren can understand and then let
the children join in for questions.
Sometimes those questions reveal
that a child has actually been
abused - what Lingard calls a "dis-
closure".
"Invariably, there will be disclo-
sures of form after some of the per-
formances," she said, noting that is
why a program coordinator will be
present to handle the situation from
that point on.
"A child will ask a puppet a ques-
tion they wouldn't ask an adult,"
observed Lingard.
The puppet program, however, is
mainly aimed at preventing instanc-
es of abuse and letting children un-
derstand their rights in a family sit-
uation.
"I think that the success is meas-
ured in getting children to under-
stand that it [abuse] isn't something
to be tolerated," said Lingard.
The CCACC are asking any
interested in becoming a puppeteer
and helping the program to call 1-
524-5461 for further information or
W set up an interview.
Committee seeks to ease pain of layoffs
HENSALL - An Employees Ad-
justment Committee for the 139
workers who lost their jobs through
General Manufactured Housing's re-
ceivership last November, came to
the Hensall Arena for an informa-
tion and program option seminar
last Wednesday.
The Adjustment Committee,
comprised of former General Homes
staff, a Ministry of Labour repre-
sentative, an Industrial Adjustment
Service official and independent
chairman Ralph Yates, is fully
funded by the federal government
and Ministry of Labour.
It was the fourth meeting called
by the Committee and it was set to
inform the approximately 85 former
employees present about new direc-
tions to take in finding jobs during
hard economic times.
A special job search office for
GMH's 139 former workers will be
located in the P.A. room at the
northwest corner of the village's
arena. The doors will open February
4, and will run 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.,
Monday to Friday. Two GMH em-
ployees will man the site. The next
committee meeting is tentatively
set for February 1.
Intensive workshops are also set
to begin February 4, and will focus
on resume writing, interviewing
skills and salesmanship. A consul-
tant will also be made•able to for-
mer employees who are interested
in opening their own businesses -
many of the workers are at or near•
their journeyman level which is a
skilled trade.
Looking at
classifieds
"discouraging"
Labour representative Mark Van
of Sarnia, noted a good resume is
the first step to a new career.
"Resumes are becoming more of
an expectation of employers," he
said, adding sometimes it's better
not to include negative information
such as an incomplete secondary
school education.
"A good record, personality and
work capabilities should dictate
who gets the interview, but they
don't, he said. "What's important
is whattyou're capable of doing.
Yap- noted many potential em -
age and
i, ucauon into ore grant-
ing
ranting someone as interview. He sug-
gested networking as a source of
nding GMH workers placement in
the job market.
Van conceded looking at place-
ment ads at the employment centre
or in classified ads can be discourag-
ing, but he stated 70 percent of
work places do not advertise for em-
ploymetit opportunities because
they do not have to.
Networking is the key, he said.
Van told the workers pinpointing
five businesses where one would
like to be hired and keeping in con-
tact with them can be a successful
route to job placement.
Yates said the job search office
will be open from six to 10
months depending on its success.
Usually 80-95 percent of workers
enrolled in such networking
pro-
grams find jobs within that ti
span, but Yates said "it's very diffi-
cult to predict" because of chang-
ing times.
You've got to get your own
job. You've got to be persistent
and directed." said Yates. "Thea(naed,,-i
they're people that you know -
d�o�n't hesitate to make demands on
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No DI contract yet
CENTRALIA - A cloud of uncertainty about the future looms over
Dashwood Industries and its 240 employees, located on Highway 4, near
Centralia.
The workers have been without a contract since November 15, and so
far, neither side has put forth a proposal, said United Brotherhood of Car-
penters and Joiners of America Union representative Adam Salvona.
A conciliation officer has been appointed, said Salvona, but no date has
been set for new talks with DI management.
Salvona said the current three-day work -sharing program at DI, will not
be reduced to a two-day plan, even though such a plan could be approved
through the department of employment and immigration. DI's current
work -sharing agreement expires in April.
One DI employee, who requested anonymity, said the work -force has
"no idea what's going on", noting the employees don't know what their
following week's schedule is until the Friday before.
The employee said operations at the plant "seem to be fairly busy", and
that many of the rumours circling the dant have no basis in fact.
"Most of our sales are in Canada, the employee stated. "Things are
sl w all-over."
/DI general manager Tom Duffy made an official "no comment" on the
progress of contract negotiations, and on the future possibility of more
lay-offs.
Yellow ribbons reflect concerns for war in the Gulf
When Jo -Anne Dinney put a yellow ribbon up outside her Country Flowers
store on Exeter's Main Street, she had no idea it would gain the public support
it has.
The ribbons, to show support for Canadian troops serving overseas in the
Persian Gulf and in hope of a quick end to the war, are showing up all over
town. Dinney says she is giving the ribbons away to anyone who asks for one.
Yellow ribbons can be seen on houses on several Exeter Streets, includ-
ing these that were spotted on Huron Street and John Street. Some con-
fusion, however, has arisen over the ambiguity of the ribbons' meaning.
Do they simply call for a safe return of our troops, or are they a call for
an immediate Canadian withdrawal from the Gulf region?
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