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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1971-04-01, Page 17l9' Retarded thildren's-: Association Hoeidiv't.wiII to classroom and she •I wit*, community. She said a location dep,ending on the parents of :and a supervisor was needed to students for bask -up assistance get the project off the ground , for seven or eight retarded tots at home. She said it has leally made a and their mothers in this area. difference" sitiee tile school was Mrs. Reid said the program taken under the jurisdiction of would'. be offered one half-day ,.:the Miran COunty Board of Per week. It would provide a Education., • , free babysittirig, service for Mrs. Barlow also praised the mothers of retarded children Knights 9f Coltimips for their who sincerely' appreciate leisure keen interest in the school and time alone. to shop,,,Jo visit, CO Summer camp for the to rest. ' "The wheels of i/Qvernrnent move very slowly," said Mrs.. Evelyn Carroll, representative to Zone 5 ° of the Retarded Children's. Association ' and manage of.the local • Association's workshop for retarded adults ins and around Goderich, "bttt our hope is that the 'government ;yvill take over workshops very soon. ' Mrs. Carroll was speaking to 'the members and guests o1;, the G oderich and District ,, iscietation, .M.the. Mentally. r. Retarded -at the annual meeting. She told the gathering that the local workshop located in the clubhouse at the. Kinsmen Playground has at the present time . six girls attending daily: She said the program includes a program of work, crafts and . recreation. The __. workshop, said Mrs. Carroll, thrives on jobs" which industries "naisance may not otherwise be able Co perform economically. She said Sheaffer Pen has been an i4 • excellent client and the girls package lead for the company on a regular basis, They alsb fold ,and staple Legion bulletins; stuff envelopes for the Goderich Lions Club; package. the 'Flowers of Hope seeds; as well as any other jobs the community can provide. Each-, trainee' is paid a small fee for each hour she works. "We are looking for more projects," Mrs. Carroll reported. "The girls_prefer to be busy." It was learned that Goderich is the only Association in Huron County which has a workshop. Some thought has been given to establishing a county -wide workshop .-"to which retarded adults from any part of the county and even some out of the county could come. A committee comprising -two.• members from each society in the county -- Goderich, Exeter and Wingharn - has- met . to discuss the matter. Incentive for amalgamation would come from the' increased grants which would, then be available from the , .governixient.. • Tom Consitt, immediate past president' of s. the local. was learned that t? ttr'tAl-enst ter..•w he Association had a npt gain in the local Association ''would be 1970 of $2,059,52. about $1300. Ways and means to raise funds for this projectit was also learned that since were outlined and it was decided ' the resignation of Maurice toi send an informative letter to Jenkins as treasurer, no each of the service organizations" replacement had been found. i Goderich to solicit financial - The Association president, Asa ai. • Steckle, L is Making personal Mrs; Betty Reid reported that contact with various persons in a mothers -morning -out service an attempt to find ' a new was urgently' required in the treasurer. ICU news A ; National,...Farm Products Marketing 'Council, called, Bili . C176, ' will, be coming to the House of Commons soon. Under. this council, agencies would be established to market farm products. • • The T.F.U. favors such a National Marketing- Plan for all farm products, but as Bill C173, reads now, the N.F.U. feels there are definite dangers to the farmer. Association, said the•'committee had estimated there would be from 15 to 17 trainees from' all over , Huron who would benefit' from a-colinty workshop for. ret1. arded __.._... tarded adults,. He said the, committee had examined a site at CFB Clinton and• had found' it ideal. He. did say the, rent for the buildings ' might be .prohibitive .- $3,000 to $4,000 annually including heat and electricity = and that it was not known just when the accommodation would be available. • w . The premises would include a large, workshop area,.. -a possibility for residences for trainees ' and kitchen. and kuasI room facilities as well aS plenty of outdoor room. ,A tentative budget of $12,000 has been talked about, Consitt reported, with each Association picking up the tab for travelling expenses for its own trainees: Suggestions"for fund raising included asking the various municipalities in and around - Huron • County 'to • make donations to the workshop when it was established. Mrs. Audrey Barlow; teacher at Queen Elizabeth School for Retarded. Children gave a . brief report on her work. She said she is starting a language development course in her The N.F.U. is asking for eight amendments. First; Bill C176 calls for the marketing council to answer/ only. to the Minister 'of Agriculture. The N.F.U. is asking that the Council; answer to Parliament for. all its activities. It , is. thought this safeguard wile permit farmers to be heard ,through • their own elected representatives to Parliament. , The family - a ' the late StaiUey ^ 1. Prevett wishes. to thank all his customers whom he had the pleasure of serving for almost thirty-four years. ,Your confidence. amid friendship were greatly appreciated-. The staff of Goderich Motors is to be commended for their cooperation and perseverance under difficult"' ci rcu rnstances. Mr. 'Ken • Hutchins will now took after your transportatiort, needs.' SUN -LIFE a progressive. company to These are the executive members of the Goderich and District Association for the Mentally Retarded. They are (back, left to right) Don Haw, first vice-president; Asa Steckle, president; Tom Consitt, past president; (front) Mrs. Evelyn Carroll, Zone 5 representative and workshop 'manager; Mrs. Rose Hilt, recording secretary; Mrs. Bert Harris, camp convener; and Mrs. Betty. Reid, home care supervisor. They were elected at last week's annual meeting of the Association. (staff photo) Will open up Regional Development Council MODA manager tells Seaforth seminar BY WILMA OKE "Regional Development Council will open,9 up to labour groups, women's organizations, service club`s and Church groups if a proposed restructuring...• of the Council takes' place," said Walter W. Gowing, General Manager, of Midwestern' Ontario Development, Council 'speaking in Sea•for-th-Thur'sda-y-.,night. - ---- Huron and Perth Counties. The Development Council is the voice of the people livin,� in the midwestern region,;' said r. Gowing,' "and deals with, overall. economic planning and acts as 'an advisory bdard'to the regional.. development branch - of the. Department of Treasury and Economics." In his , address at a special seminar on "planning for the future of Huron and Perth", • • sponsored by the rural life ivision ' of - the Huron -Perth 'Presb Y �-te � ' of the United ' Church, he outlined significant changes to ' the - four -county Development Council that will .create five new sections including agriculture, education; industry and commerce, tourism and a general section. "Who better than the farmer knows the , problems . of agriculture and how to deal with them," said Mr. ' Gowing. "The same holds true in the other sections of the restructuring process," he .said. Speaking on regional planning, it was pointed out that the Phase One analysis released last July for the midwe_stern- region of ,:Ontario' w'il'l form _-_- one=tenth of an overall provincial economic plan. Mr. Gowing also warned of -.. the growing ' effects of the Toronto centered region plan on the fringe areas of this concept, -hie--outlined other -functions of.. the Council, including • research, industrial promotion, tourism development, community affairs 'and seminars 'and general • co-ordination of - municipal programs: The meeting -also included a, panel made up of Mayor Don 'Symons of , Clinton, ' ° Reeve Charles•.•• Thomas of Grey Township' and Ross r Milton, Administrator of • the "-Huron Centre of Conestoga College. The first • panelist, . Reeve Thomas .said--he--represented the rural point • of ' view.' "Rural , people are ,ata disadvantage with regional development for rural, people hindered by the tax "structure," he stated. Mr. Thomas compared 'this township of 1700,persons to an urban_centre with double the population.: He said both municipalities would pay the same countyrate to services such as Public Health Units or library facilities but his township 'had only half the number of people tb take advantage of the services. ' He , concluded, "In WORK BOOTS order to 'have good regional development we, 'need tax reform." - ' .Mayor Don Symons, second panelist to, speak, said a meeting such as this provided a great ,\ opportunity for , people to' get their feet wet. "This is e§sentially a rural; area but the towns are necessary for us to shop_ They offer recreation,",he said. Speaking of the closing of the Canadian Forces Base at Clinton Mayor Symons :said it concerns all in this area, not just the people in .Clinton., He reported since the. announcement of the .Base' closing, Clinton's population has slipped from $•300 to 2975. „ Mr. Milton in his remarks talked about Huron County. looking back to its early days and. compared them to modern times. He spoke of the high cost to the farmer of bringing automation to : the farm by "investing in wheels and horsepower". In the question and answer period, which continued to II p.m., Mayor Symons spoke Qf planning. at the local level and Mr. Gowing 'stressed the necessity in planning' to know what "the people''op.the other side of the fence are doing." In a discussion on the population ' explosion , in the Torontar, Kitchener, Waterloo areas, Mr. Gowing said it would be necessary for us° to look at our areas to determine what would be the growth ,potential so that w • could channel the overflow fiipm outside, in an orderly .fashion -- not , let houses get,•built:,do.wn every sideroad. r When the question of a time when the population might have to be restricted, Janis Whitman of Seaforth stated: '`Paul Erlich Says the worldcan only support ' '3.5 billion' and there are over 6 billion now, so it is evident we" are oVercrowded2 We complain the urban sector is expanding at a: far greater rate 'than the rural sector but we should educationally inform both urban• end rural of the problem." .Miss •Whitmarf complained that Huron County sends 23 percent, of the Grade 13 graduates out,, therefore - there are 75 percent without standard qualifications. 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