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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1971-06-03, Page 19, • , ,‘ - •P .4 • n.'41 4 f. Continued from Page WW1* "It may be considered necessary 10, to allow each county councilAf me in be rship held on the development council, to appoint one member directly, to the 'Board of Directors to xepiesent county council." " Ross said "the man wearing overalls" should be brought into. the picture when the future, of . the region is being planned.. As educational authorities, both the elected members the 4ppointed staffs, must play a role in bringing about "a balanced And social life". , "Through the educational section of the Development Council, the folir-county public school boaids, three separate • school boards, three universities, and a community college all located within the Midwestern region cap be brought together as a vital group in assisting in the fatal educational process of the region," stated Ross. •Ross. noted „that iridtisyymd, cOnii8ree should be brought into the Development Council "as a viable section in which the economy can be stimulated and greater job opportunity created for the people of the Midwestern region". art He descrihed, .the tourist. industry as having "great , potential" and said A section devoted to tourism and recreation within 'the Development Council can/ help to "stimulate the tourist • economy and promote travel within the Midwestern region". "Mr. Average Citizen" - the silent majority - is represented in community affairs, Ross said. That section could ,bring" together groups such as tabour unions, commlinityservice' boards, conservation authorities, women's • institutes, church organizations and "many other community minded bodies". Presently, the Board of Directors numbers 26 persons. If the s„ MORDC structure wag changed, there would be total board membership Of 3r, The basic nucleus of 'the board, four members front each .of the four counties involved in MORDC, will remain 'unchanged at 16 experts from various fields took it Tnifti oanel discussion on"t e Plan For ' Those taking part were Dr. Stanley Young, co-ordinator of Agricultural Extension at the Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph; Dr. James Church, President of, Conestoga College, Kitchener; W. F. Morgan, secretary -manager of the Stratfoid Chamber of - Commerce; ,aad Dr. F. G. We have to have our food produced in our own count • e ' subservient to anyone who wants to feed our people." Dr. James :Church, educational advisor for the meeting, said changes are taking place so fast in education today that "we have to beready to teach those skills, which don't even exist at the present time." "You have heard 'the . term pedagogy Many, many times -,- "SteVzoltrt".iiiinistertiorSWERAhe'-'"art'PaltertseinenWat4actailg- Ahdiew's Presbyterian Church, children," said Dr. :Church. Kitchener. "There is a totally new science A. fifth speaker, Trevor L. , being taught now and that is the Jonei, director of Corporate •science of androgogy - assisting Canada Limited, Kitchener, was learn." confined to hospital. „ the twentieth century *here are many people. AV I dining one ,working life span, don't realize that farming and, many people will have to retrain agriculture is a dynamic._ to' learn new trades, in some industry," said Dr. Young. , cases as many as four and five "Farming is a 'one and a half - times," advised Di: Church. "It billion dollar business annually is estimated by the year ,2000 in the province. There, are skill trades that still remain will • massive things going on. Some of . need to be relearned as many as the developments taking place ten times!" match those developments in , "It becomes absolutely space,_electronics,..etc-They- are—mandatory-that-all professionals - alt intended to fill the bellies of update themselves, constantly in , the people of Ontario." fact," continued Dr. Church. lie said that while ,,the "With - the explosion of number of farmers and farms are knowledge they will ha've to • decreasing -L-• "and will continue accept specialization in all areas to do so" - a large percentage of to a very marked degree." the work force is involved either "From the year zero through -d ire ctl y or inciiitectly in the increasingly -rapid advance of agriculture. ' civilization to the year 1750 the ."Many more than farmers total accumulative technOlogical have a stake in whatthappens to knowledge of the human race -the farming industry," Dr. has doubled, in 1750 years,", 0 Dr Church "B the • PANEL DISCUSSIONS " During the afternoon session' - last Q‘Wednesday at the 1971 Spring Conference ': of the Midwestern Ontario Regional • . Qevelopment, foiir oung remindedhis audience. stressed. . y "Some people have ignored that year 1900 the total' accumulated fact." . • ' knowledge had doubled again - . Dr. Yotihg said that "bigness" that is .150 years. By the year is not only measured in acres, 19.50 it had doubled again, that but it ,really refers to the output is 50 years. By te year 1960 it of all Opexations on a particular had doubled again." farm. Hesaid the amount- of "We don't have the figures production and whether dr not for the position for 1970 as yet the foods produced were of the but we do know that we have at right kind for modern Uving was least doubted again," said .Dr. of prime' importance today.. •- Church. "So what we are dealing •He said synthetic foods 'are with is a rate of: acceleratiOn of "an illusion:" change that is staggering and "Every synthetic food traces that ie humin mind cannot aecep - simplyboggles at the Young pointed out. ' , ' fact." back to plant . growth," 'Dr. CI' itb I Camping is a favorite pastime for many ',Canadians and, Goderich -and district folks are no exception. The local branch of the Canadian Campers and Hikers Association, home-based at Pine Lake Camp in Godericb Township, is trying hard. to 4ive up to its motto„which is to leave a campsite cleaner and more' inviting than when you found it. As a friendly gesture.to Bob and Shirley Elliott, the proprietors of Pine Lake -Camp, the local campers planted two ornamental trees - • and some flowers during, a recentouting, Here (left to right) Mrs. Dorothy Steel, Ripley; Mrs. Ron Barker and Mrs. Paul Carroll, both of doderich, put the finishing touches to their club's gardening project. "We have to search out the needs of the people of this region," concluded Dr. Church. • Bill Morgan' discussed "The industry without a smoke -stack", - tourism and recreation. "Only in recent years have we really recognized e potential of the tourist industry," said .Morgan. "Economic development only comes from new money and new money comes from only two sources, productive industry and the Processing of Ontario "Whatever edUcational products is a key to employment system we may use from here on for Ontario people,", stated Dr. in, for the human r4ce; it has to Young. •be a very .different one than we He explained •that it was have had to date," said Dr.• -necessary for 'farmers to- Church. "There is no limit to produce, whenever possible, the how well we can solve this food to feed the nation and the educational problem except the: • raw products • necessary to limit of our imaginations and the industry. • limit of our economy.", • ::Marketing, is a priority of Dr. Church,ra pioneer in this course,", Dr.. Young' said. "We district with television learning, can't stop trade internationaliy. „ suggested this method: could be We don't want to. But wherever an answer to some of the we can, let us do the producing, problems• . • itself more to _the 'regional concept than the visitor trade. fly communities getting together in a fairly large area and planning for the tourist trade, they could offer .a wider variety . of activities. looking for' diverse activitieg," said Morgan. "And the traveller is prepared 4o -travel from one community to another within a fairly broad area." • "We have. many natural and man-made -resources to promote The ' travelling public is and o improve," continued 'Morgan. "More can be built. We should cater to the needs of the travellingpublic." The 'organization of a travel association is a priority item for tf:.t..region. He advocated a staff to with • touristromotion in the four -county area and reminded audience- that people are travelling anA searching for recreation year-round. • He quipped' about the large amount of snow which fell on Stratford this past winter - 150 Richest'. "We can't export it," he said, "so let's import somebodY to that snow." • Morgan also expressed a hope ,that the government would give favorable reaction to an idea which could be forwiird-e-cl,from thjs_regionwhereby the .goiiernment, would match dollar for dollar any money raised in _ this., region to promote. -the tourist industry. . "It needs to be a partnership arrangement „between private • and public sectors," concluded Morgan. . • "A fine awareness and the rich responsibility" of the orrimunity was urged ,by the final speaker, Rev. Finley Stewart.' • "We've, lost our sense of the community," remarked-. the speaker. "The_school has ,lost its sense of community. The community is compassion and concern.,, • He reminded his audience that the ; whole region of MORDC Should be a community. • "The world -itselfshould be conscious of being; a community," Rev. 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