Clinton News-Record, 1980-07-24, Page 3f
County reports
Huron County ;Coif• learned at
their July 3 meeting there has been a
dramatic increase in the number of
people receiving general Welfare
assistance in
June this year com-
pared to the number of cases in. June
1979,
According to the administrator of
the Huron County's ° social services,
John McKinnon, there is usiially a
customary decrease .of the number on welfare in the month ' of June. but it
hasn't happened this year. He said he
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CLINTON N W,STR CORD, THURSDAY, JULY 24, .19$
ram:am-increase in welfare cases in
believes this reflects the e Heralst state
of the country', economy.
'Last year he noted, p several people,
who had been on welfare roles for- a
considerable length of time four,
jobsworking on the construction of
highway 21 south in Goderich. But this
year he commented there just seems
to be no work.
There were 47 employable people on
welfare rolls this June compared. to •
only 21',ast.ear. The rolls usual
Y areusually
.much lower in June; there are 341 on
Bad ankle won't stop
Margie from Guie tri
, Islands. at Gananoque.
Margie's birthday, July 19. will be
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• 1000
By Shelley McPhee.
A sprained ankle in the surnme
months is more than uncomfortable
but Margie Wise is not going to let
,...few torn l,igarhencs-stQp.her.
This Clinton .girl plans on doing a lot
of walking over the next • couple of
weeks. In fact'Margie many chalk up a
few hundred miles on foot as she visits
everything from the Sudbury Nickle
operation to Niagara Falls.
Fourteen -year-old Margie, a
member of the Clinton Pathfinder
group in Guiding, along with 30 othe
girls, will be taking a 14 day bus trip
throughout Ontario..
Called Provincial Parade, the trip
is available to girls in Guiding who
are between 13 and 15 years old
Margie just fits into the category and
while visiting Toronto she wil
celebrate her 15th birthday.
• "They usually have cake for bir-
thdays. They may be too busy onthis
trip but- I'm /hoping for something
special," she beamed.
Margie . too could forget her bir
thday during her extensive tour which
begins at Sault Ste. Marie on July 13.
The firs stop. on the trip is to lliott
Lake and then on to North Baytoo visit
..nuclear.: r-rm.usemu and -.-Sudbur•.
Nickle. On July 14 the_ group moves on
to Deep River and on July 15 they will
visit an Atomic Energy Plant in
Ottawa and Chalk River. After a two-
day stop in the capital city the "fancy
bus" as Margie calls it, will move on
to Upper Canada Village and further
west to Kingston where they will visit
For. t Henry and cruise the beautiful
spent visiting CFB Trenton and the
next day the girls will see the Toronto
a Metro Zoo and the Science Centre.
The trip doesn t stop there. On July
21, the group goes up the CN Tower
and will see Guide Headquarters in
Brampton and on July 22 it's on to the'
famous Niagara Falls.
The exciting but tiring trip 'will
come to an end at Doe Lake where the
girls will join in the Small World
s • Camp for three days of camping. This
r joins the Southern Sightseers,
Margie's group and the Northern
Explorers:
There. will be time to sleep on the
trip and the girls will set up tent camp
• at Guide and Scout camps or spread
1 their bed rolls out in community and
church halls along the way. The girls
and their four leaders will cook their
own food at the campsites, but some
dinners will . be provided: when the
girls -visit Guide camps.
Each girl is allowed to take one
suitcase, Margie says she has the
biggest one she Could find, along with
a sleeping bag and ground sheet.
Margie will also be loaded down with
badges and crests from her Path -
y Elude,? pack • to' exhange-Witli others.
Margie's also taking along a camera
so she can show her -Clinton Guide
Company the many sights of her full
trip:
Margie admits that all the walking
won't help her sore foot much, but it's
not likely that this bubbly teenager is
going to give up...the memorable and
exciting summer of 1980. .'
Those "lazy, hazy, crazy days of
summer" are hereat last. The kind
foundundera shady
of days when comfort can only be
tree, with a
thirst quenching Mai Tai in one
hand and a dripping banana
popsicle in the other.
It's the kind of days where you sit
on the beach with friends, absent-
mindedly flipping through the new
fall catalogue and plastering ori
more greasy suntan lotion while
the AM radio sends out the old
summer tunes.
Putting=in a full day's work is
nearly impossible on days like this.
The thoughts of a quick dip in the
lake, chicken sizzling on the bar,
becue and a huge bowl of potato
salad make nine till five seem oh,
so long.
And just one night's good sleep
would feel so good. Even the oldest,
high-ceilinged •.house,L surratinded`
by shade. trees warms up to the
almost uncomfortable point in the
phot, humid weather. And the
shelley
by mcphee
the rolls thisJune.- m sufficiency of basi needs.,197 8, the
s co pared to only } sufficiency cIn $ he
185 in Jane, 1979*. Senate's poverty line indicated a
The nunber on welfare mils are up family of four required an .annual.
across the province, this year said income of $11876. Stats Canada
.show
McKinnon but it isthe fistyear the income level as $9,531, per annum
u ia
Huron Count a b e and the Canadian Cou ci A ci 1
,y h .s e n up. Of the a n n So a.
cO ent areaolaion normally .4P Development uses a figure of $10,606.
p receiving welfare A General Welfare Assistance
assistance. This rose to .7 percent in allowance in 1979 for two adults and
December 1979. . two dependents is $5,376. -(heated
a Huron County's social services accommodation) plus QHIP, drugs,
committee recommended in their Family Allowance, Tax Credits, and
report to county council on July .3 that other premissive benefits.
they concur with a report prepared by « "Obviously," says the report,
the Ontario Municipal Social Services welfare provides a very minimum'
Association (OMSSA), which asks the living (survival?) allowance.
Ontario Ministry of Community and Proposed increases in 198Q will not
Social Services, to increase the basic significantly altar this situation."
needs calculations for general Several studiescompleted by
welfare assistance. various municipalities indicate there
The report also asks that the is a serious deficiency '1n meeting
General Welfare Assistance Act be private market rents because the
amended to provide an increase in the shelter component is.. so low. A family
budgetary allowance up to an amount of two is allowed $130. a month for
which reflects—reasonable - and ___rent and a si ngle _ persen—is -a1
which takes in to account local con- $80.
$ecause of inadequate allowances,
says the report, social assistance
recipients are forced to use money
needed for food and°clothing on rent.
If families are using food money to
pay rent, utilities and other realistic
expenses, a hazard to health exists,
states the report. -
"This inadequacy of allowances has
an impact on family relationships and
most certainly contributes to health
ditions.
Municipalities are especially
concerned about the inadequacy of
basic needs allowances for people on
General Welfare Assistance: This is
particularly true with respect to
shelter allowances and related shelter
costs, especially utilities.
According to the documentation
supporting the association's report,
poverty lines indicate the in -
une
and social problems such as
malnutrition, anxiety, stress related
illnesses, child abuse et, . In addition.
families relocate - frequently and
sometimes involve themselves h
with
minor activities leading to frauds and
PAG
over payments,"
: council' concurred y
County 'With.:the
OMSSA report which is being ter -
warded to, the Ministry of Conmunit
Social Services. and poet 1 ervices,
arol to test tunibieweed
By Shelley McPhee
Tweeter's` to pull out cactus needles
and bandanas to protect tree face from
blowing wing sand are not the usual items
to take on an Ontario camping trip,
but, in the middle of dusty, dry
Wyoming these are necessary sup-
plies.
A sturdy pair of hiking boots, water
purification tablets, a first-aid kit,
cotton gloves and sunglasses to
protect the eyes from the extra bright
sun will all be in Carol Beane's
.Led- knapsack whenshe leaves on her
challenging an_ adventure filled trip
to Wyoming.
Fourteen -year-old Carol is the only
girl from the Clinton Girl Guide group
to join with other Ontario and United
States girls on the three week journey
that will take them from New York
state to the 1,500 acre Girl Scout
Centre West, near Ten Sleep,
Wyoming.
The unique summer vacation is
offered to experienced Guide cam-
pers'
and it's easy to understand why.
The July 19 expedition begins with a
week's bus trip to Wyoming, up with
the dawn each day at 5:30 am after a
night of camping. The girls will spent
a week at the American Guide Centre
where they'll try Horseback riding,
back -backing and study Indian ar-
cheology. Two nights will also be
spent in Yellowstone National ,Park
and the girls will see a live rodeo in a
nearby town.
Carol admits that the trip may be a
bit tiring, especially on . the bus trip
when camping. -gear will have to- be
unloaded each night, but she's figured
out a scheme in order not to. miss a
thing. Carol says she'll sleep .all day
on the bus and then will be able to stay
up ,and party all night around the
campfire. •
It's entirely likely- that Carol's
energy will run out before dusk.
Under the supervision of six leaders,
Carol and her new camping friends
will put up their own tents, do their
own laundry, cook and each will be
"' , assyj'gned a special duty.
Carol will be in charge of the first-
aid kit for the 30 some girls on the trip.
She has worked and studied hard at
first aid to be able to take on this
special' job and is one of the few girls
from the Clinton Guide groups to have
received her standards pin in first aid
and plans to try for her instructor's
pin in the fall
lightest pyjamas and the crisp
cotton sheets offer little comfort.
As the thermometer rises, feet
and hands balloon outto twice their
normal size, only 15 cool baths a
day can keep the body temperature
lower and tempers are hard to
control.
There;s the sunburns to deal
with, sneezing and sniffling from
the air conditionned offices, extra
laundry . loads from sweaty hot
bodies and those only -wear -once
dirty white clothes.
Chefs and dishwashers must
contend with steamy 'restaurant
kitchens, farmers must h -old up
through the worst job of the year -
, haying - and some construction
workers must pop salt tablets to
keep their body fluid levels in
balance: ,
Ah yes, those "hazy, laz9, 'crazy
days of summer are here," with'all
their misery, but who'd trade it for
a mid-January blizzard?
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Two Clinton girls are enjoying a summer they will long remember. Girl Guider
Carol Beane, left, is making an rugged, adventure filled trip to Wyoming, while
Pathfinder Margie Wise, is seeing many well-known sites throughout Ontario.
The special trips are arranged through the Guiding organization and girls from
Ontario and the United States are -taking part. (Shelly McPhee photo)
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W ithh any luck, the first aid kit won't
have to be out into full use during the
Wyoming . Trek,. but the girls have
fully f y briefed on the strange
encounters they may meet in the
western state.
Carol explained that there .may be
bears in Yellowstone Park and the.,
girls have been told to either play
dead or run. The blistering 100 degree
F. temperature in the day will call for
lots of suntan lotion and a ready
supply of canter) water during the
backpacking exped.itiQ.:ns__prevent
dehydration. The girls have also been
toId•to bring tablets which will purify
the water outside of Centre West.
And then there's the rattle snakes.
Carol isn't to pleased at the thought of
encountering one of the slithering
creatures, but she knows that a snake
bite victim has 12 hours to get to' a
hospital for treatment.
Along with the extra precautions,
Carol has had to practice hiking and
carrying her back pack in
preparation for the trip. For the past
few weeks she's been walking through
fields and the bush to break in her new •
hiking boots.
"Already I've had a few blisters,"
she grinned, "but I hope my boots
aren't as tough by the time I leave.
Blonde haired, fair skinned Carol
doesn't look like the . tough, rugged
type herself, but she says she's been .
camping and backpacking and Guide
carnps,for the past four years.
"I'', don't like staying in motels," he
explained. "With camping you an
exploreand it's an adventure," nd •
according. to Carol there's nothing
better then eating sloppy joes cooked
• over the campfire.
Undoubtedly supper will taste
pretty good after a long day on the
trail or even the tiring bus ride. And
along with the walking, each girl has
a back pack that contains everything
from stamps and post cards to a
sleeping bag. The packs will be loaded
with clothes,. toiletries, a flashlight,
pocket knife, wash basin, plate and
cutlery, first aid kits and air mattress
t� make sleeping on rough terrain
more comfortable and hundreds of
badges and crests to trade with other
Guides and Scouts on the trip.
"My friends think I'm a suck,"
Carol smiled, but it is doubtful that
even adults could make the trek that
this 14 -year-old has been looking
forward to sig"ce Christmas.
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