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NO E 1 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 191986
50 CENTS
A creepy-crawly comedy was performed by Central Huron Secon-
dary School students on December 20. "A Fine Monster You Are,"
directed by • Stephen Oliver, held the audiences' attention
throughout the performance. Here, Steve Lippincott (Dr. Jonathan
Starbuck) tries to revive fortune teller` Michelle Butt. Looking on is
the maid, Michele Verbeek. ( Anne Narejko photo)
New dear's resolutions by
prominent county people.
BY Stephanie Levesque
It's time 'to put away the wrapping paver
and for some, take down the Christmas tree,
but the spirit of the season remains.
At this time of year, thoughts turn. to New
Years' Eve and the ushering in of a brand
new year. It's also a time for making new
years' resolutions.
The Bluewater Regional Newspaper Net-
work, of which this newspaper is a member,
recently undertook its annual task of
discovering the resolutions of prominent
people in the two counties of Huron and Per-
th.
Some of those interviewed hedged,
because as a --rule they don't make resolu-
tions. However, after some careful thought,
these people individually came up with
resolutions they hope to keep in their
various roles.
Ron Marcy
The chairman of the Huron -Perth Roman
Catholic separate school board was re-
elected to this post earlier in the month. He
made four resolutions.
"To keep the needs of the students in the
school as the main priority. To continue the
positive relationships which have developed
over the years between the board and all of
„ its employees.
To maintain the cooperative attitude of
the trustees. And to obtain funds for St.
Boniface school in Zurich.'
The school board plans to put on an addi-
tion at the Zurich school to accommodate
students from Ecole Ste. Marie which is
closing in June of 1987.
Leona Armstrong
The reeve of Grey Township was elected
as Huron County's first female warden
earlier this month.
"As warden of Huron County my new
,years' resolution is to continue to serve,
with God's help, my community and county
to the best of my ability.
"I resolve to work in the best interests of
all our Huron County residents on our varied
projects. v
"I resolve to use-uvevy opportunity to pro-
mote the economy of agriculture and to at-
tract industry and tourism for the better-
ment of our county.
"I resolve to stand tall and proud that I
reside in the banner county of the pro-
vince."
Art Clark
The Wingharn trustee on the Huron Coun-
ty board of education was named board
chairman after having served as vice-
chairman for two years.
He made two resolutions for his first term
as chairman. Mr. Clark wants to keep in the
back of his mind "if not in front" that the
children are the main recipient of the
board's decisions. He wants to remember
that when discussing various issues over the
coming year.
"Secondly, hopefully the board and
myself will use common sense in every issue
we deal with in 1986," said Mr. Clark.
Doug Garniss
This Wingharn area farmer was renamed
as chairman of theluron County federation
of agriculture earli ' this fall.
"We'll continue oking for solutions,"
said Mr. Garniss.
The solutions will be for what he calls the
"big problem of farm economics". Ideas
presented by the Farm Credit Corporation
and the idea of a moratorium on farm credit
will have to be looked at over the coming
year.
He said the local federation will have to
look at several issues this coming year, in-
cluding the Ontario Hydro transmission line
proposal, soil conservation and environmen-
tal pollution along with the spills bill.
"For the Huron County federation of
agriculture the big thing will be to increase
membership. We haven't been able to do
that for the past three or four years. We'll
also v o improve the effectiveness of our
conn ittees," said Mr. Garniss.
1986 committees set
By Stephanie Levesque general public, the members are Janis
Bisback, Robert Ritter and Martina
Schneiker.
Exeter Reeve Bill Mickle has been nam-
ed chairman of the agriculture and proper-
ty committee. The members are Goderich
Township Reeve' ---Grant Stirling, Blyth
Reeve Albert Wasson and Hay Deputy
Reeve Clare Ceichert.
Hay Reeve Lionel Wilder was named
chairman of the planning and development
committee. The members of this commit-
tee are Usborne Township Reeve Gerry
Prout, Goderich Deputy..Reeve John
Doherty and Stephen Township Reeve
Thomas Tomes.
Zurich Reeve Robert Fisher was named-
as
amedas chairman of the social services commit-
tee. The memb rs are Harris Township
eon' ireeelvei nanship- for they. board " of„.. •:.,Reeve „.Doug Fr er., Ashfield Township
health goes to Turnberry Township Reeve ' Reeve Allan " Gi :ion and Goderieli
Brian .McBurney. Members are Warden Township Deputy Reeve Laurie Cox.
Leona Armstrong, East Wawanosh Reeve Bayfield Reeve Dave Johnston was
Ernest Snell, Clinton Reeve Bea Cooke and made chairman of the Huron Co atty�
provincial representative William Morley Pioneer Museum committee. This new
of Usborne Township. committee is made up of Goderich Reeve
Hullett Reeve Tom Cunningham has Harry Worsell, Hullett Reeve Tom Cann -
been named chairman of . the library ingham, and Stephen Township Deputy
board. County council members are Hen- ' Reeve Ken McCann.:.
sail ,,Reeve Jim Robinson,, ,Howiek• The executive committee is made up of
Township 'H:eeveGerald D'Arcey envie, chairman of all the committees with ,
Warden' Leona Armstrong. From the/ Warden Armstrong the chairman.
Huron County council set its committees
for the coming year at a recent meetinge
Tuckersmith Township Reeve Bob Bell
was named as chairman of the road com-
mittee. Its members are Colborne Reeve
Russel Kernighan, Reeve William Bennett
of Seaforth, McKillop Reeve Marie
Hicknell- and Wingham Reeve Bruce
Machan
James Aitchison, reeve of West
• Wawanosh Township was named as head
of the board of management for Huron -
view home for the aged. Committee
members are Stanley Township Reeve
Clarence Rau, Brussels Reeve Hank Ten
Pas and Exeter Deputy Reeve Lossy Fuller.
New policy for addiction tion services
ment services only. As of January 1, the also announced the ministry will extend fun -
ministry also provides them with funds to ding to an additional 13 non-residential ad -
cover residential costs. Four other residen- diction treatment services. The cost of these
tial programs that have not " previously 13 new programs will be $1.5 million. ,
received any ministry financial support will This brings the number of community- "
also be fully funded. The funding required based addiction services funded by .the
for these eight residential programs is ex- ministry ,to 83, for a total annual cost of
petted to be $2.8 million annually. . more than $14 million. The cost of the 21 ad -
As many as 1,800 Ontario residents will be diction treatment prograins receiving hew
treated at these eight facilities every year. or increased- funding this year will be $4.3
The residential addiction programs will be million annually.
located in Ottawa, Toronto. (2), Timmins,
North • Bay, Sudbury, Hearst and
Thamesville.
"The new policy is designed to ensure that
a comprehensive system of addiction ser-
vices is developed in each community." Mr.
Elston said. "It ensures equal access for all
residents of Ontario to both residential and
non-residential community addiction pro-
grams."
Besides increasing funds for residential
addiction treatment programs, the minister
TORONTO - Ontario Health Minister Mur-
ray Elston recently announced that, effec-
tive January 1, people being treated at
community-based addiction treatment cen-
tres will have the costs of their room and
board paid by the provincial government.
Clients requiring .accommodation at a
community-based addiction treatment cen-
tre have had to pay their own room and
board in the past, while those admitted to a
hospital for treatment have been fully in-
sured under OHIP.
"To eliminate what I consider to be an un-
fair discrepancy, the Ministry of Health will'
now pay 100 per cent of the residential costs
of community-based alcohol and drug addic-
tion programs operating in the. province,"
Mr. Elston said.
"By providing 100 -per -cent funding for all
community residential programs, we hope
to put the programs on the same financial
ipasis as the hospital programs."
Four of these are residential facilities that
ve .n "nistr fundin for treat -
In addition, new policy guidelines. have
been adopted that will set out the re-
quirements for those health care providers
who work in the field of addiction treatment
services.. These guidelines will help them
makemore appropriate use of existing
resources; identify gaps in existing ser-
vices; develop the most appropriate pro-
grams and services for their community;
identify and plan for the special needs of
specific groups and develop a local method
of co-ordinating treatment centres. -
Principal retirfter 34 years.
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HENSALL — e people of Ontario are be-
ing provided with a reasonably good educa-
tionat a minimum cost says Bob Reaburn.
Mr. Reaburn, who retired as Hensall Public
School principal on December 20th, bases
this opinion on 341/2 years in the field of
education.
Born and raised in Chesley, Ontario, Mr.
Reaburn taught for two years at S.S. No. 2
Elderslie (between Chesley and Paisley)
- after graduating from Stratford Normal
School. He went to Hensall as principal in
1953 and stayed there until 1972 when he was
transferred to Holmesville Public School.
He stayed at Holmesville until returning to
Hensall in'1979.
"I thoroughly enjoyed my seven years at
Holmesville and owe a deep debt of
gratitudeto the parents of Goderich
Township for the fine co-operation I receiv-
ed while I was there. It's beenthe same here
in Hensa}1). I have enjoyed the support of
e community for the most part," reflects
Reaburn:
He feels -that transfers, within reason, are
a good thing because each school is unique
and offers new opportunities. He says, "Go-
ing to HoImesville was very good for me. It
gave me a chance to work in a school where
almost all of the students are transported by
bus." However. he adds that "if the (school)
board •is going to have a policy of transfer, it
Should be applicable to teachers as well as
.principals.'
' Strong Opinions
Mr,..Reaburn a . stra o inions on a
., mere ucation-related issues and he is
ribt tenet' tn' g -``arc "rias �cpi f►�;r i r ltitiry" ,�
them.
Take the strap for instance. Although he
has not strapped any student in a long, long
time and although he feels that the strap is
not the cure-all that many people thought it
was 50 years ago, Mr. Reaburn says it is
sometimes a necessary form of discipline.
"The strap is a desperation move on the
part of the teacher. If the teaclwrhas his or
her class in reasonably good con rol, the
strap won't be necessary. It's important to
keep a class busy and learning. The at-
mosphere in Ube classroom is the answer,
knot the magic Crap," he says.
However, he concedes that, "The teacher
today hasn'•t many avenues of discipline
open to him or her other than some harsh
words. In the final analysis, you often need
some type of fear to keep the discipline.
Some children still respond better. if they
know there is a form of punis ment they can
receive. Most children don't need this but
there is always that small percentage..."
Mr. Reaburn thinks that parents are often
too critical of teachers and says more
parental support is needed. "The class is
like the teacher's family. Sometimes in-
' cidents can get out of control. Parents have
to allow for mistakes on the part of the
teacher and vice versa."
Likewise, he feels that principals should
keep a hand -in teaching so that they cap
relate better to classroom situations.
"Many of out laministratots tend' to forget
what it's actisl y like in the classroom. I've
tau:ht,abo ' i'r cent • he ime WJilt
I''ve been a principal. I think it gave me a
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types of students we have today."
Mr. Reaburn says it is also important for
a principal to set out his or her philosophies
about a school in clear terms. He calls his
own particular philosophy "fairly_. tradi-
tional" in that he believes in discipline first
and then a well-developed mathematics and
English program, with a- strong gram-
matical approach to English •
"The teachers didn't necessarily have to
agree with my philosophy but it was impor-
tant that we knew each other's opinions and
tried to reach a happy medium," he
reflects.
Museum receives help
GODERICH - Huron -Bruce M.P. Murray
Cardiff announced that the Huron County
Pioneer Museum will receive $123;725.00
under Employment and Immigration
Canada's job development.
The project will provide training and ex-
perience in the museum setting to six local
long -termed unemployed workers.
Participants in this project will be trained
in skills that will be directly transferable to
the private sector such as computer data in-
put, inventory control, artifact handling,
photography and preservation.
Job development is one of six thrusts that
together make up Employment and Im-
migration Canada's new Canadian Jobs
Strategy announced by Flora MacDonald in
June. Job Development's focus is on im-
proving the long-term employment pro-
spects of the long-term unemployment
through a combination of on-the-job and
classroom training lasting up to 52 weeks.
The strategy's other thrusts are: skill in-
vestment, aimed at preparing Canadians
for future jobs and guarding against their
skills , becoming obsolete through
technological change; job entry, which con-
centrates on providing work experience for
young people seeking a first job and women
re-entering the work force; skill shortage,
which helps employers develop skilled labor
to increase productivity and corn-
petitiveness; innovations, which en-
courages and supports projects testing new
solutions to labor market problems; and
community futures, aimed at better
understanding, anticipating and responding
to the impact of social and technological
change in communities.
Good Teaching
Mr. Reaburn says there is a trend toward
public relations in education today which he
sometimes questions. "We often build up
special • events which interfere with good
sound regular classroom work. That is, peo-
ple will look at a school because it has a good
football team or a special week. Instead,
there needs to be more recognition" for good
day -in and day -out teaching." .
For this/reason, Mr. Reaburn always felt
it was important for teachers tb present him
with their long range plans so he could see
what their basic goals were in the
classroom. "Students are always more at
ease with a teacher who is consistent and
who is heading somewhere. Uniformity is
important."
Mr. Reaburn attended the University of
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