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some .senior housing
for
The draft report of a the job situation. The About 340 of Hensall's parable to centers with a per cent.
Municipal Hou si ng statement says the over 800 workers are non-residents, similar number of em- Current sewage treatment
Statement outlines a need for full-time jobs in Hensall are the report says. "Future ployment opportunities," the facilities limit population to
six rental -assisted housing "unusually high" for a •population growth depends report says. 12550 persons, but could be
units for senior citizens in village of its size. on...focusing on the village's A successful annexation of expanded to serve 1500
the village of Hensall. ability to attract a resident municipal boundaries is people the study notes.
labour force..." projected by the Ministry's Water service capacity is
It has been proposed that surveys, to increase the said to be 2000 people.
Hensall . annex about 20 population from 989 in 1979 to Hensall council approved
hectares of Hay Township. an estimated 1032 in 1984;an the Municipal Housing
The report ' says this was annual growth rate of 0.86 Statement at their January
approved in principle by
councils in Hay Township_...;
and Hensall. A proposed
subdivision of 157 single
family dwellings could be
built, the report noted, on
this land.
The report indicated high
interest rates have cawed
few housing sales, and a lack
of suitable land in the village
has limited new home
construction. •
There is about 5.7 hictares
of potentially developable
land (about 148 lots) in
Hensall, but high lot prices,
The report, prepared by
the Ontario Ministry of
Housing at the request of
Hensall council, also noted
the need for an additional
four non -assisted rental, or
market -rental, senior citizen
housing units.
A study of Hensall
demographics showed an
average family income of
$16,387 (the provincial
average family income for
1980 is $23,016) . With the
average cost of homes in
Hensall estimated at about
840,000, the report states
"there does not appear to be
a need for. assisted owner-
ship housing in the village."
The report also stated
since about 90 per cent of the
houses in Hensall were built
before 1960 (almost 75 per
cent were built before 1946)
"it would be practical to
continue municipal in-
volvement in the Ontario
Home Renewal Program,
pending the availability of
funds."
The village's future
population growth, and
housing needs, are related to
Where they
come from
The Municipal Housing
Statement for Hensall says
about 340 people who work in
the village, do not live there.
The following chart,
reprinted from the report, is .
based on a 1971 Statistics
Canada census. It lists the
places of residence, and
numbers of people who work
in Hensall.
Incommuters Place of
Residence
Location
Hay
Exeter
Tuckersmith
Stanley
Stephen
Clinton
Usborne
Zurich
Seaforth
I'3osanquet
Hibbert
Ancaster
McGillivray
London
Total:
No. of
Persons
90
65
55
35
25
15
10
10
10
55
55
340
and vacant lots next to in-
dustrial land, makes the
likelihood of new housing
within the existing villages
minimal, the report says.
From 1977 to 1979, Hen-
sall's growth rate was
measured at 0.5 per cent,
"indicative of the lack of
vacant residential land in the
village, which has prevented
population growth com-
12 meeting.
Councillors agreed there
was -little need indicated in
the report for rent or
ownership assisted housing,
but will ask for a
representative from the
Ministry of Housing to meet
with them to outline possible
courses of action, in light of
the housing statement.
TEN YEARS OF SERVICE — Bill Tinney (left), Bob McKee, Paul Predhomme and Douglas
Pinder all received watches for ten years of service at General Coach Ltd., in Hensall. Not
present was another recipient, Larry Hamilton. Staff photo
NO. //� !+\ FIRST WITH LOCAL NEWS
JANUARY 22, 1981.
Canvass
will start
Bob Hoffman, chairman of
the bashwood Medical Cen-
tre. said that a door-to-door
campaign in Crediton and
Dashwood to raise funds will
start the last week of
January.
The fund-raising drive is
to raise the 165,000 needed to
build the medical centre.
The rural campaign will
start the first week in
February.
The money must come
from the community and
area because the federal and
provincial governments do
not give grants for such
facilities.
"They seem to give grants
for everything, except for
the important things," he
said.
Hoffman said that
everything was ready to go
last summer. but the doctor
from Saskatchewan backed
out at the'last minute.
He said that the building
would be built by volunteer
labor just like community
centre in Dashwood.
There is no set floor plan
for the building, but a five
man committee has been to
Toronto and taken a look at
some other buildings.
The building will accom-
modate seven or eight doc-
tors. The building will be
owned by the community,
because doctors do not seem
to like to own their own
buildings anymore, said
Hoffman. He said that the
rent would not be high.
Contacting the doctors has
been done by the committee
of Mervyn Tieman and
Anthony Martene.
Dashwood has been
without a doctor since the
.death of Dr. Voldemars
Gulens, who died last
March. He had been prac-
ticing in the area for more
than 25 years.
NEW SUPER -- Don Towton began work Thursday as Hen-
sall's new works superintendent.
New works super
hired in Hensall
Don Towton has been hired
to replace Bill McLaren as
works superintendent of
Hensall.
Towton, who lives at 78
Mill Street in Hensall, was
chosen from four men who
were interviewed after
village council members had
received 30 applications for
the job.
Hensall Clerk Betty Oke
said she attributed the large
number of applicants to
quite a few people being out
of work at this time of year.
Oke said she was pleased
with the number of, ap-
plications from residents of
the village.
Towton had worked for a
Hensall construction com-
pany, driving a truck and
doing snow plowing. He said
the only difference between
and the . works superin-
tendent job, was looking
after the sewage system.
The ministry of the en-
vironment would assist, if
any' problems in the sewage
system were to arise.
Towton began work
Thursday and McLaren
officially terminated his
employment Friday.
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SS board get details
about special education
Two members of the
regional office, of the
ministry of education,
attended the Huron -Perth
County catholic shool board
meeting Monday to outline
some of the details of Bill 82,
an act to'amend the Educa-
tion Act on behalf of special
education.
Mrs. Sandy Posno and
'regional' superintendent,
Douglas G. MacLeod, ex-
plained that this Bill will br-
ing the first major change in
education in years moving
education from "may" to
"shall".
According to the Bill,
Education Minister Bette
Stephenson shall ensure that
all exceptional children in.
Ontario have available to
them appropriate special
education programs and
special education services
without payment of fees by
parents or guardians.
The act describes an ex-
ceptonal pupil as a pupil
whose behavioural, com-
municational, intellectual,
physical or multiple excep-
tionalities are such that he is
considered to need place-
ment in a special education
program by a committee es-
tablished for this purpose.
Mr. MacLeod said it
becomes complicated when
you combine the regulations
with this Act, but we should
think in terms of the pupils
and what it does for them.
He said no one is excepted
from education.
He spoke of the provisions
in the Act for the hard to
serve pupils thosepupils
assessed to be unable to
profit from instruction
offered by a board due to a
mental handicap or a mental
and one or more additional
handicaps.
He talked,of the trainable
mentally retarded and also
of the gifted pupil and how
these identified and provided
for.
He discussed the respon-
sibilities of the board to
provide the programs and
services needed. He said
when a child is identified as
requiring special education
then a meeting must be held
with the parents to discuss
the program advised. Every
board must have a special
education advisory com-
mittee, he said.
Mr. MacLeod said the
program is to be instituted in
1985. In the meantime, the
boards must have a com-
prehensive plan ready by
May 1982 which will have to
be submitted to the ministry
for approval by May 1982.
He reported there are 21
boards across Ontario (three
in Western Ontario) in pilot
projects which will provide
planning guides for the
whole program: He said
these boards in this project
are working very well. When
asked about the cost of im-
plementing the whole
program in 1985 he said
there is no estimate at this
time but the pilot projects
will give a better idea of
what the costs will be to
meet the needs of this
special program.
He said it is a challenge
for the ministry of education
to make the new Act work
for the best of every child.
The ministry will help
boards by sending ministry
people to act as a liaison and
to hold meetings. He said
there is a good commitment
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Zurich to Oakville
A tag, attached to a toy
balloon released from
Zurich, has been returned
from near Oakville.
It was one of an estimated
350 helium filled balloons
released January 5, by
school children, to celebrate
the beginning of Zurich's
125th year. Each balloon was
tagged with a student's
name
The tag was returned to a
student at Zurich public
school by Ronald J.
Dougherty, RR 2 Hornby.
Dougherty's letter
congratulated Zurich on its
125th anniversary and said
the balloon was found
wrapped around a twig,
while he was cross-country
skiing near 16 -mile Creek
north of Oakville.
Another tag returned by
Shiela Daunt, RR 2 Gorrie,
wished Zurich a happy birth-
day and said the tag was
found two miles northeast of
Molesworth, about 10 miles
north of Listowel.
Principal Don O'Brien was
pleased with the early return
of tags. Other letters have
come from Seaforth and
Staffa.
"Kids won't remember too
many math classes," he
said, "but I'll tilt they'll
remember balloon day."
G.L. Blanchette, principal
of St. Boniface separate
school, said only one tag had
so far been returned.
As yet no tags have been
returned to Ecole St. Marie,
the third school involved in
the balloon release.