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PAGE 4.---(„WDERIctl SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY,MARCH 6, 1975
Bruce Heath,"Director of the
Huron County Children',s Aid
Society discussed family's and
children's crises with the ladies
of Women's Day Out. Although
Bruce quickly ()alined the
responsibilities of the C.A:S.,
questions were being asked
long after it was time to go
home.
The role of the Children's Aid
Society might be simply
described as an agent of help in
the people crises which affect
children and families in the
community. To say that "there
are' no sirnple solutions'', is an
understatement, and to suggest
that "just a wise choice of
alternatives" somehow leads to „,
successful or happy. , con-
clusions or resulutions of
problems in all situations would
be both naive and untruthful.
From 1966, the first year of
operation under 'the present
Child Welfare Act, to thee,
present there has been 100
percent increase in Family
Services workload, and a
doubling of child care efforts on
behalf of the older child in care.
Greatest demands for, ser-
vices are problem areas af-
fecting whole families and
services to teenagers;
The very name, Children! -s --
Aid conjures upsmisleading
impressions. Whilfi everything
.done is focused on the needs or
problems of the children, b'Y far
the bulk of the work relates to
children within the context of
the family, or a return to the
family at_w,enki Jiekoped that
1975 -Sees an adoption orawrilore-
realistic title of Family and
Children's Services.
The C.A.S. role is giving
services to children and
families in trpuble and in so
doinF, CAS workers appreciate
the co-operation 'received from
the partners in various 'health,
education and welfare,
departments and anyone
engaged as a professional or in
a volunteer capacity in helping
people.
In adoption there is a con-
tinuing demand of applications
" and approvals but the length of
,time between approval and
placement will continue to
widen in. the aclepSien entilants.
• The placement of older
children ° and the "hard to
place" child will continue to
II take up a major portion of the
adoption services as local CAS
officials participate in finding
homes for children across
Society and provincial boun-
daries. , ' •
The success of Te -day's Child
and ' Family Finder for ef-
fecting permanent care for so .
many children is a trib-ite to
the partnership of all C.A.S.'s
and the Provincial Ministry.
Diking the quekion period,
Bruce reported that there were
90 children in care in foster and
group homes - 54 were teen-
agers. - 160 families and 500
children were receiving ser-
vices. Foster parents may
adoptfoster children if:they are
legally free for adoption:
—C.A.S. has the authority to
break down the doorand grab a
kid who is being abused by an
incompetent parent who may
be drinking, suffering from
mental illness or low I.Q. for
example.
But, the C.A.S. must have
evidence to-' go into court and
prove that it was necessary to
remove the child for his or her
safety. If the judge believes
that, it is necessary for the
child to become either a Society
or Crown Ward. Some children
may be taken into care when
the parents sign a consent
form.
A great many quest,ns were
asked aboutchild Bruce
asked that any cases Of child
abuse should be ,rported to
C.A.S. the name of the in-
• formant would be kept con-
fidential.
The law is swinging from the
rights of the parents to the
• rights of the children especially
where there is a separation or a
divorce, If there is any doubt as
to whioft;* parent should have
custody C.A.S. case workers
are asked to investigate taking
into consideration:what would
be best for' the child. At one
tine the rights of the natural
mother Seemed to have
priority. To -day more con-
sideration is given to the rights
and needs of the child.
A question was asked, "What
can teachers' do when they
realize that a child has a
Pah rates from all types of.
heart disease in Canadians
aged 65 years anti under have
been reduced by 28 percent
since 1950. "
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serious learning and home
problem?"
Bruce Isuggested that •they
should talk1Tthe School Health
Nurse. who has the child's
health records and if necessary
a C.A.S. case worker may be
consulted. —
Next week there will be a
report on ',:Cancer Can Be
Beaten" with the help of Dr.
Valerie Jones of the Goderich
Medical Centre. ,
Wednesday, March 12 9:30-
11:30 a.m. Get in Step with
Mary Lynne Telford's County
Dancing and learn "How to
Shop Wisely" with Jane
Pengilley, Nutritionist with the
Ministry of Agriculture and
Food.
The, Information and
Friendship Centre closed
February 28 because of lack of
funds. The programs initiated
and supported by the Centre
are now on their own.
The Board of Directors and
c'o-ordinator, 'Isobel
MacDonald have exhausted All
sources of support. Grant
money from the federal and
provincial governments seem
to go towards the ...„ad-
ministration of the grants and
to.larger communities.
The---Goderich- Recreation
Director Mike Dymond said
that he had no money in his
• recreation budget for the 1132
local Senior Citizens except a
small fund to pay for taxis to
• take those needing tran-
sportation to the Golden Gate
Se.nior.0 itizensClub- ,
ThRecreationBudgetmifirel
is now in the process of being
prepared is for salaries for the
Arena staff, 10 instructors and
pool attendants, six life guards
for the beach, six playground
workers; a secretary and a
Recreation Director plus
$50,000 to remodel, the change
rooms at the pool, equipment
and supplies to carry out these
programs geared for the under
20 crowd. •
(bastion Farmers find
OFA income proposal
discriminatory at best
"Discriminatory is the only
word- .for it." said Martin
Verkuyl, President of the"
Christian Farmers Federation
of Ontario, when asked for his
first reactions to the' Farm
Income Protection Act
proposed by the Ontario
Federation of Agriculture to
the Ontario Cabinet on
February 26, 1975.
"The OFA wants to run a'
-largely government ,funded
program and &limit par-
ticipation tp OFA, members
only. This would be outright
discrimination against those
farmers who reject the OFA as
the lobby that speaks for their
farming interests," he said.
The OFA proposal stipulates
that "a farmer wishing to
participate in an income
protection plan must be an
Individual Service Member in
good standing of OFA."
Most members of the
'Christian Farmers Federation
of Ontario (C.F.F.) reject
participation. in OFA mainly
because it endorses such
discriminatory programs as
this one. The few farmers who
do hold dual memberships will "
now have second thoughts
about the value of QFA to them.
The-EXeciitive Board Orthe
C.F.F. held an emergency
meeting on March 1 at its of-
fices in Drayton to discuss the
proposal.
It is incredible," said Elbert
• van Donkersgoed, Executive
after the etihgthar an
• organization thgt represents
less than a third of, Ontario's
'farmers should try to set up ,a
structure that would force
people to join them if they want'
to stay in agriculture. Forcing
, anyone. to support a certain
political lobby limits their
freedom of association as
guaranteed inthe Canadian Bill
, ofRights:" •
• The OFAiproposal requiring
marketing organizations to be
members of. OFA is also ob-
jectionable to the, C.F.F.
Farmers will be forced to
support the OFA indirectly
when they market their
product.
"A more basic problem with
the proposal," said Elbert van
Donkersgoed, "is the assum-
ption that it is right for a
government to delegate
authority to a political lobby:'
We, in the Christian' Farmers
Federation hold that such a
development would be wrong."
"At a time when consumers
are agitating for representation
on our marketing boards the
OFA proposal -can only set
farmer -consumer relations
back. The authority to operate
any program of this nature
would have to be Mahe hands of
a publicly appointed body - not
a political iobby."
COUNTRY CLUB
Plans are underway for the
St. Patrick's Weekend of
curling; March 14 and 15. The
curling part of it is already
filled but tickets are available
for the dinner and dance
Saturday evening - contact Don
Edward at 524-905 for further
information:
Alexander and Chapman
Real Estate and Instil ance,
Glenmark I timber.' Suncoast
Geo. Currell.....
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the only course of action
available as a union member.,
In his carVer he has also seep
the institution of the postal code
system which he claims -is a
nuisance for smaller towns like
Goderich.
"The postal code 'system
works well in larger centres
like. Toronto and Montreal
where the machines do the
-sorting and it snPerls things
BY PENNY PETERS
Estate Ltd., Mel Bogie - Esso
dealers, Candlelight
Restaurant and Tavern and
Hiram Walker are sponsors for
this event.
A reminder to the ladies to
return all stubs and money for
the draw to Eileen or Maurice
this, week also the annual
meeting for the ladies curling
section is tonight following
curling.
a.
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have to bother with it!' . -
up," he said. "We really don't
f
George - Currell has
weathered many a storm,
walked more miles than he
cares to think about, quietened
angry dogs and customers, and
soaked blistered feet after a
day's work. 'After all that.
George Currell would not
consider any other type of _
work.
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Debating Club •
GDCI team hears
'Great Debate' live
BY MARG
• On Thursday, February 27, 12
members of G.D.C.I.'s •
debating club and their coach,
Phil , Main; left for a trip to
TOronto. • •
The first thing the club did
was tour the Parliament
Buildings. Jack Riddell, the
MPP for South Huron talked for
a while, and answered some
questions.
• Next, on theschedule was a
visit ' to Vie Royal •Ontario
Museum. One of the best in the
world; the museum proved to
be intriguing.
FRAYNE
Following a break for supper,
the club made its way to the
Yorkville Theatre' where it
became, part of the studio
audience for the Great Debate
which • is • hosted by Pierre
Berton. The 'debate proved to
be a very interesting one on the
topic of mass media and its
effects on public health.
Senator Gratton O'Leary and
Jean Louis Serbain-Shriver
were • the two renowned–
debators. The club enjoyed the
debate immensely.
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