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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1973-06-07, Page 16PAGE 2A—GODERICH SIGNAL -STA:, THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1973 OPEN DAILY Nelson Local known as which he in Gode months w ct spoke; d this wee t on the and its at overall I worth tl on it by tht and its dui' B1anchar At the Goderich Area 4H Club Achievement Day held last Saturday at the Clinton Central Huron Secondary School, County Honours were presented to the following girls. Front row; Norma Garrett, Lori Keller, Mary Ellen Sturdy, Linda Matthews, Valerie Merner and Gall Elliott. Back row; Cathy MacPhee, Brenda McPhee, Betty Orr,; Holly Elliott and Deb- bie Dustow. (Staff Ph,to) y„ Project Recreation has received a provincially spon- sored Youth in Action Grant totaling $4,500. The project will last from June 11 to the end of August. Co-sponsors are the Recreation Committee who contributed $200. We have divided the bulk of . the progr`m into five main themes, these being Activity, Information. Acc'omn:odations, Structure and Continuity. This theme will include all working projects which the four staff members will be carrying out through the summer. No, specific time or order have been set but these projects will be carried out as the need and in- terest arise. July 27, 28, 29 and August 27, 28, 29 we will take a group of young people to Toronto to. visit the Toronto Ethibition, Ontario Place, Science Center, City Hall etc. The group wi:l be responsible for guiding the young par- ticipants as well as finding an economical place to stay and making the trip as educational and valuable as possible. This project should be aimed at those young people who or- dinarily could not afford such a venture. The young par- ticipants will have to help finance the trip through car washes, bottle drives, odd jobs and donations. The trip in itself should not prove too expensive as the program c-o-ordinat or will have - a 1969 Chevrolet van -at his disposal for the summer. The vehicle will be properly insured and the co-ordinator is a licensed chauffeur. All precautions will be taken and safety will be the most im- portant factor. The group fully realizes–the -responsibility this will involve. The participants should be at least 14 years of age and over and will have to show written consent from their parents or guardians. The project will also, be fully explained and discussed with parents or. guardians. We will be able to accommodate as many as 12 young people at one time. Two staff members will each choose one day per week in which they will give free guitar lessons to all interested. Two staff members will take about six boys and six girls for approximately six days and in- struct them on proper camping methods eg. set up tents, fires, reading compass.. Guest speakers will drop in to give lessons on various cam- ping and survival techniques. These. will feature people from Boy Scouts, St. John Am- bulance, swimming instructor, Lands & Forests, hunter, fisher- man. The first three -days will be the instruction period and then the group will camp out for two nights at a provincial park within a 70 mile radius of 'Goderich. Young particip,$nts must have written consent from their parents or guardian, and staff will stress parent participation. The project will be fully discussed and explained to parents or guardian. This again will entail a great responsibility and will be carefully organized with staff member, participants and parents. �— The following week will be a repeat of activity with a dif- ferent group of participants. Accurate written -resumes of projects will be a must. In order to promote goodwill and get the community to ac- cept the project, staff . wilt organize young people to per- form small courtesies to patients in hospitals, nursing homes and the Goderich Psychiatric Hospital camp in Bayfield. The Staff will. bring young people to camp where they will participate in games and ac- tivities with patients. This is a service which is a necessity in Ontario Hospitals. Various topical and enter- taining films will be shown regularly during the program. Modern Talking Pic- ture). Speakers will drop in to give small talks on relevant topics. These speakers -will include doctor, lawyer, policeman, photographer, and other such people. The project will attempt to improve the relationship with the comrnun,ity and police. The project will organize young people to form teams and play baseball, soccer, foot- ball, volleyball, tennis, etc. We will stress unorganized sports where teams will be formed upon rival. This will allow everyo'ie a chance to play. The projectwill attempt to recruit volunteer students to conduct physical education classes. Small arts and crafts workshops will be set up to in- volve young girls. The project will attempt to organize' young people to spend one day per week cleaning up beaches; park, the square. This will be a small pollution probe campaign showing community importance of littering only proper areas (garbage cans). The proJect will also set yp a job bank facility where people needing young people to per- form odd jobs around the house or babysitting, cleaning up yards, etc. will phone in. This will allow young people to make a few" dollars of well needed spending money. The project• will attempt to set up one outdoor concert in- volving as much local talent as possible. Recreation will acquire the help of a good mechanic to in- struct young boys and girls about basic mechanical func- tions of engines. Many young people have not even learned to change a flat tire yet. From this the group project will attempt to build a go-kart for example from old Custom Farm Work lawn mower and junk parts. Young people will learn how to use a 16 rn.m. projector properly. The project will attempt to conduct tours of various plants and factories to demonstrate to young -.people how these Operate. These tours will in- clude Ford Plant in St. Thomas, Coke Plant in Strat- ford, Signal -Star Publishing in Goderich, Salt Mine in Goderich, Dominion Road:4 in G6derich. The. project will contact local antique car club and let old car , buffs explain all about -various antique cars they have, Day excursions on nature trails in local provincial parks and scenic areas for young people will be organized. A Big Brother type of service will be set up with local Children's Aid Society. On the former Air Force Base in Clinton a . recreation center is being set up since it has so many facilities such as 'swimming pool, tennis courts, bowling alley, arena etc. The project will help to tran- sport as many young people as possible from Goderich to this center who are interested in using the facilities. Since the project co-ordinator will have a van at his disposal and also is a licensed chauf- feur, transportation for young people could easily be arranged. It is approximately 12 miles from Gode>•ich,, to the former Air Base:. - . The project could find in- terested young people, tran- sport them to 'the center early in the afternoon and pick them up later on in the afternoon. An information theme will include all, public relations with various service clubs, newspaper, community. It will also include a small 'infor- mation project. The project will provide in- formation on V.D., birth con- trol, Birthright, abortion, alcohol, drugs, etc. This infor- mation will be available in the form of pamphlets from Addic- tion Research Foundation and the Huron County Health Unit. The project will also provide referral services for those alienated from recognized agencies. For this project we will enlist the help of a doctor, lawyer, policeman, medical officer of health and a teacher. The community will be kept up to date with all project ac- tivities through flyers, newspapers, posters. The co- ordinator has obtained a weekly column in this newspaper. The co-ordinator will also set up a meeting with group and local service clubs and organizations to let them know about project. The accommodations theme will include all attempts to procure facilities for summer. The project will attempt to obtain a local public or elemen- tary school . gym to be used as headquarters. We will hopefully also gain use of stage as well as gym equipment. The gym will be used as a recreation center, games area, arts and crafts corner, discussion area and small cof- feehouse area. The School will also include a baseball diamond as well as soccer and football fields. The project. will attempt in conjunction with the recreation director, to `stress to the com- munity the importance of making schools and facilities available to people after hours and on holidays. This could be a major effort •in helping to keep -young people off the streets. Mothers are encouraged to send their children to headquarters as it will be well. supervised at all times. This could allow tired mothers to rest for an afternoon. All suggestions for the con- tinuation of the program_after September first will be con- sidered. We will attempt to find young leaders in the com- munity and enlist their help in program directing and involve thein in leadership courses as well. The project and recreation director will attempt to set up a permanent youth counsel in Goderich. This counsel should hopefully lead to a permanent youth -adult organization. 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