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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-12-11, Page 23Tony Jeacock presents the runner-up trophy to Atoms: Captain Jeff Den.omme and manager Ron Young and coach- , Larry Schertzl. The atom .tea ii finished in second place in their division. (staff photo) GOD E R ICH SIGNAL -STAR, THU RSDA,Y, D] ecommeid. closing:.w.. ‘('r►ntinued from page 88) testified that the conditions of many patients had stabilized and would benefit from a boarding home en'viron,ment, "but weren't ready to step back into normal society. Mrs. Haskett said from the witness box that Heather Gardens was more than a hoarding' house because the patients had- better medical care and closer supervision. She said that the home has been okayed .the fire department and even the Huron Health Inspectors, after.a few initial complaints. had foundwthe- facility well- run. Although , the home currently has a staff of 15 to handle the present 64 residents, Mrs. Haskett said she envisioned Heather Gardens eventually handling upe to 140 patients in about five years time. Mrs:. Haskett said that she doesn't. want the patients to be a burden on the welfare system of Huron County, Aird would like to see the welfare patients 'paid welfare by the community from which they-. 'came, - Many patiEnts -collect welfare for the first several weeks they are here until they get their disability pensions. Mr. Cyr said the 'county is'. reimbursed 80 per cent of the Welfare,. cheques by the province. • Mrs. Haskett, on cross examination by her lawyer, '-Mr, Cyr, said that 'Heather Gardens now has anadvisory hoard of local persons,' as well as . experts from • the psychiatric hospitals and .social vror'kers. Mrs, . Haskett said she and her family dQn' consider the res'idents darigerous or Cie building firetraps. j "1 have six grandchildren staying in the same building," she said.' - Mrs. Haskett testified that she has bought'the' former physical training centre at Vanastra and hope's to get a Local Initiatives Program grant t,o,fix it up. ,Dr, Brian Baker of Clinton, a- general practitioner who looks after the medical needs of the residents, testified he found the-su'rioundings clean. and generally found . the esiderits to. be happy,,.with their home, but he said there 'should be mors, liaison bet: .:Ween the home and the in- stittitions from which they Tony Jeacock and Gard Craw -ford presented Goderich Minor Soccer's best offensive and players at their banquet last Wednesday. The awards to included Gerrard , Stinnissen- (rear) and from left, Joe. defensive Melady, John Thompson, Trevor Erb, Lou DeWinter-and recipients Ken Huff. (staff photo) `l inisterpredicts secondary school enrolment drop Ontario's secondary .sChool enrolments. schools has been dropping school year when it reached enrolment will decrease by , The projections indicate steadily since the 1971-72 an all-time peak of 2,031,360'. more than 100,000 in the next that elementary school .10 years, Education Minister' 'enrolment, which began to Thomas Wells said last week. drop a few years ago, will Mr. v Wells said that . a continue to . decrease by • ey ministry enrolment another I00,000 -between now projection indicates that and 1980,- secondary' 980• secondary' school enrolment The projection forecasts... reached its peak last year and that elementary school is expected to fall from enrplment,w,ill drop from the 589,650 to a low of 479,526 in 1,404,839 of last , year to 1984. He said that school 1,303,884 it -0980. However, the board officials across `the study' foresees -an increase of province have been warped to 55;719 elementary students prepate themselves to deal between 1980 and'1984.` with the 'many problems " Enrolment in ,associated with declining elementary and are released" Other testimony during the inquest showed'that most of '.the residents are , from• St. Thomas and London 'Psychiatric Hospitals. recent inspection in October he found the health--sta_ndards to be adequate but wondered what effect the environment of the home would have on the patients who sit around 411 day and do almost nothing. "It needs proper planning," Dr. Mills said. C11VIBHR 11, 1975 -.PAG.g 911. Appliaflce : air We repair all makes and models.pf appliances. Two A service men available at ail times to serve you. Graham Electric 62 CAMBRIA RD - GODERICH 524-8670 • � THE TOTALLY NEW AUBURN GROCERY 8t VARIETY STORE THIS WEEK'S SPECIALS KLEENEX. 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Iwfi:a Partner 2S2 banjos guitars accordions orgarfs amplifiers music and more,' HOME ELECTRONIC OR.AN , I 1 With "Partner 16 -Bravo!", automatic .accompaniment unit. 2 Manuals of 44 keys, Pedalboard of 13 keys. — Upper Manual: 4 footages — 9 voice registers Automatic Wha Wha. — Lower Manual:.; voice registers — Rhythmic Wha ' Wha — Automatic ,,. Bats — Easychord, — Pedalboard: .16'-8'•Sustain•Bass Guitar, — Reverberation — Vibrato — Leslie, — 2 amplifiers With bench and shutter type lid, 1 music 18. llNPPIIM$S ...Give Musical Gift MUSIC UNLI-MITED MUSIC IS UNLIMITED HAPPINESSI 79 HAMILTON ST., GODERICH IN THE' SHOPPERS SQUARE 524.2711 'Dr. James Kaufman, medical director at. St. Thomas hospital and ' Dr, Michael Conlon, medical- direc:tpr at Goderich hospital, disagreed on, the basic philosophy behind the home. While Dr. Kaufman gave his full support to 'Heather Gardens, and said there was a desperate need for such facilities, Dr. Conlon said he agreed with the concept but had serious reservations about releasing patients to the • home from Goderich because of Mrs. Haskett's severe financial limitations. Dr. , Conlon ° said the Hasketts had worked "like staves" but the residents'I" need more professional help. "It's a shame she has to rely on the patients' disability pensions," Dr. Conlon said. Hans ' Strybosch and .Pamela Dedici.,- social workers from St. Thomas, were fully' behind the Hasketts and said that patients they had visited there were cheerful and well looked after. Dr.", Frank Mills, Huron Medical Officer of Health, . testifie$ he found the home to be in poor shape in December of 1974 and said the barrack building' wasn't ready for "occupancy even though 11 residents were living there. A "No one knew what it (Heather Gardens) was," Dr. Mills said when the Health Unit first inspected it last year. He said that the Huron Health Unit had withdrawn their representative from the Heather Gardens' advisory board because Mrs. Haskett wasn't taking theirdvice. Dr. Mills said that ' on a IT. GI.,Y.ES US GREAT PLEASURE TO PRESENT MISS DIANA, OUR TOP STYLIST FROM STRATFORD AND.MISS JOANNE WELL KNOWN T,O RESIDENTS OF THIS AREA, JUST RETURNING FROM OUR STRATFORD SALON.: FEATURING UNISEX HAIR STYLING *SUPERB NEW FASHION STYLE CUTS 4'AIR-WAVING INTO COMPLETE SETS WASH -N -WEAR PERMS Aq . (NEWTOGODER1CH) * STREAKS & TINTS TO YOUR SATISFACTION * PAINLESS le EAR PIERCING- .. 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Iwfi:a Partner 2S2 banjos guitars accordions orgarfs amplifiers music and more,' HOME ELECTRONIC OR.AN , I 1 With "Partner 16 -Bravo!", automatic .accompaniment unit. 2 Manuals of 44 keys, Pedalboard of 13 keys. — Upper Manual: 4 footages — 9 voice registers Automatic Wha Wha. — Lower Manual:.; voice registers — Rhythmic Wha ' Wha — Automatic ,,. Bats — Easychord, — Pedalboard: .16'-8'•Sustain•Bass Guitar, — Reverberation — Vibrato — Leslie, — 2 amplifiers With bench and shutter type lid, 1 music 18. llNPPIIM$S ...Give Musical Gift MUSIC UNLI-MITED MUSIC IS UNLIMITED HAPPINESSI 79 HAMILTON ST., GODERICH IN THE' SHOPPERS SQUARE 524.2711 'Dr. James Kaufman, medical director at. St. Thomas hospital and ' Dr, Michael Conlon, medical- direc:tpr at Goderich hospital, disagreed on, the basic philosophy behind the home. While Dr. Kaufman gave his full support to 'Heather Gardens, and said there was a desperate need for such facilities, Dr. Conlon said he agreed with the concept but had serious reservations about releasing patients to the • home from Goderich because of Mrs. Haskett's severe financial limitations. Dr. , Conlon ° said the Hasketts had worked "like staves" but the residents'I" need more professional help. "It's a shame she has to rely on the patients' disability pensions," Dr. Conlon said. Hans ' Strybosch and .Pamela Dedici.,- social workers from St. Thomas, were fully' behind the Hasketts and said that patients they had visited there were cheerful and well looked after. Dr.", Frank Mills, Huron Medical Officer of Health, . testifie$ he found the home to be in poor shape in December of 1974 and said the barrack building' wasn't ready for "occupancy even though 11 residents were living there. A "No one knew what it (Heather Gardens) was," Dr. Mills said when the Health Unit first inspected it last year. He said that the Huron Health Unit had withdrawn their representative from the Heather Gardens' advisory board because Mrs. Haskett wasn't taking theirdvice. Dr. Mills said that ' on a IT. GI.,Y.ES US GREAT PLEASURE TO PRESENT MISS DIANA, OUR TOP STYLIST FROM STRATFORD AND.MISS JOANNE WELL KNOWN T,O RESIDENTS OF THIS AREA, JUST RETURNING FROM OUR STRATFORD SALON.: FEATURING UNISEX HAIR STYLING *SUPERB NEW FASHION STYLE CUTS 4'AIR-WAVING INTO COMPLETE SETS WASH -N -WEAR PERMS Aq . (NEWTOGODER1CH) * STREAKS & TINTS TO YOUR SATISFACTION * PAINLESS le EAR PIERCING- .. YOUNG FOLKS LQVEOLJR $TYLECUTS & BLOW THE LADIES LIKE OUR SHAMPOO' -SETS AT A MODERATE PRICE PHONE: 524-8515 or JustVaIk In!! ,.t