HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1986-06-11, Page 26Page 6A—CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 1986
Howard Aitken named. chairman
J. Howard Aitken of Goderich has been
appointed Chairman of the Huron County
• Housing Atitliarity Alvin Curling, Minister
of Housing, ant iOunced.
Mi) Aitken, vice-president of operations
with Signal Star Publishing, has served on
the seven -member authority since July,
1982. The authority manages Ontario Hous-
ing Corporation's (OHC) 415 assisted hous-
ing units in the Huron County area.
Mr. Aitken was appointed after the un-
timely death Of Gerry Ginn.
The federal, provincial and municipal
governments nominate individuals for ap-
pointment to the housing authorities by pro-
vincial orders -in -council. The province ap-
points the housing authority chairman.
The day -today management of OHC's
84,000 housing units is carried out by local
housing authorities, although the primary
responsibility for assisted housing remains
with OHC.
Mr. Curling said: "By volunteering their
time to serve on the local housing authority,
private citizens such as Mr. Aitken, are
helping to ensure that Ontario's assisted
housing program is sensitive and can res-
pond to the needs of the many communities
it serves."
The Huron County Housing Authority
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HOWARD AITKEN
manages 331 senior . citizens assisted hous-
ing units and 84 units for low-income
families. The authority also provides hous-
ing for physically, developmentally and
psychiatrically - handicapped persons who
are capable of living on their own.
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Mom, apple
pie and jobs
for youth
By Tony Carlson
Summer means a lot of different things to
different people.
For many of us it's, holiday time, vacation
trips crammed with eye -straining sights or
long lazy days away from the frantic pursuit
of money.
For many young people, though, it's a
time of tension, especially early on as they
jockey for jobs that may seem too few and
far removed from career aspirations.
Oh no, I can hear you say. Another
motherhood lecture on youth
unemployment.
Well, yes. Besides, I like my mom, and ap-
ple pie and all that good stuff.
The issues involved are well known but
they do bear repeating, especially in the
face of an increasing onslaught of media
hype about kids who can't find work and
who may never hold a steady job.
A summer job can mean a variety of
things to the student who lands it. Money, of
course, is of prime interest whether it's to be
socked away for tuition and books—"Of
course, that's what I spend all my money on,
Mom and Dad; ignore that pub bill"—or
whether it goes into the bank for a rainy
day.
If the student is lucky enough to find a job
that gives him some experience in his or her
chosen field, it can mean laying a solid foun-
dation for future success.'
But the key word there is experience, that
well-known best teacher.
For even if the aspiring architect ends up
flipping hamburgs or piling bricks, he is
gaining experience. He or she is learning
what it takes to get up in the morning, to be
on time, to meet responsibilities outside of
the cloistered academic world.
He or she is learning how to deal with peo-
ple—with the public if the job demands it,
but certainly with co-workers, with bosses
and in the odd case, with subordinates.
It is a case of learning the critical job at-
titudes which, according to many employers
are in shorter supply these days than job
skills.
For employers, the advantages of hiring
one or more students are many. It's a
relatively low-cost way of getting some
work done, of course. But it is also an oppor-
tunity to plant a few seeds for the future.
Even if the student doesn't stay with the
firm, it's a chance for employers to add
their bit of expertise to the student's
education.
That's why senior business spokesmen
from organizations such as the Canadian
Federation of Independent Business, the
Canadian Manufacturers' Association and
the Canadian Chamber of Commerce are
encouraging their members, and employers
across the nation, to hire a student if they
possibly can. At
It's an inireSti(iet1NfX the f6itui%l`vhlt ti .*illi'
pay dividends for ail'of .us, for we all benefit
from a skilled., motivated workforce.
There now. That's all the motherhood and
apple pie. It's not too hard to swallow, is it.
In fact, it tastes rather good.
Chelsea Lyn Schoenhals, cnnton
If you think fitness is
a distant goal,
consider this:
you can walk �r
all the w#. naannnarroon�•
The Clinton Cubs held their banquet at Ontario Street United Church on May 29 at" which
time various people were honored for their achievements throughout the year. Cub of.
The Year went to Jeff Oesch (front) while Bill Hoggarth (left) received a set of bookends
for 10 years of dedication to the movement. Pete Caldwell was also honored for his sup-
port to the Cubs over the years. (Anne Narejko photo)
Accord is not a solution
By Mike Singleton
Federation of Naturalists
Before us stretches a magnificent chain of
forest -ringed, blue lakes, flanked by vibrant
marshes and by cliffs adorned in centuries -
old lichens... all suffering a slow, malinger-
ing death. A few ancient, gnarled
muskellunge prowl the shallows, in
desperate search of something to eat.
They'll be the last of their kind; reproduc-
tion has long since failed. Already gone are
the pickerel, trout, sunfish, mayflies and
their brethern - important as the food base
for 'otter, loons, and a host of upland
creatures.
The forests themselves languish. Near -
barren hilltops stand exposed, pocked by the
rotting skeletons of what were once artists'
ideals. The malaise creeps, slowly downhill,
rippling and coalescing through the forest.
Some species are already gone. What should
be lush conifers are drab, stunted skirts,
with barely half their foliage alive. Others,
resistance weakened, stand riddled with in-
sects or disease. Soils slowly wash from the
dying roots. Silently, deceivingly, the
plague widens its grip on the shield
landscape.
Acid ,precipitation remains, without
doubt, one of the most serious threats to the
health and variety of the landscape upon
which this - and f ure generations ultimate-
The Canadian -US acid rain aceord, reach-
ed at last .week's Reagan -Mulroney summit,
is a halting, third, step in a long series need-
ed to solve the problem. But it is no panacea.
Indeed, there is a risk that the public may be
lulled into a false sense that the solution is at
hand, while antagonists intensify their lob-
bying efforts.
The accord builds upon growing public
recognition and on demand - in both Canada
and the northeastern US - for a curtaihnent
of sulphurous and nitrogen oxide emissions
causing the problem. The accord also
follows action by Canadian and Provincial
governments last February, which dictate •a
50 percent reduction in eastern Canadian
emissions by 1994. To achieve that reduc-
tion, major cuts were ordered from Sudbury
area smelters, in automobile emissions and
by electrical generators like Ontario Hydro.
Guided by the foresight and determina-
tion of Environment Minister James
Bradley, Ontario has gone further, ordering
a 67 percent reduction by Ontario's four
main producers - Inco, Ontario Hydro,
Falconbridge and Algoma Steel.
But, while this has been happening in
Canada, stateside demand for cheap energy
continues to grow. This is at the same time
as the US strives for energy self-sufficiency,
moving steadily toward use of its own vast,
sulphur -laden coal deposits. Nowhere is this
demand more pronounced than in the in-
dustrial heartland "upwind" of the sensitive
landscape. It is for this reason that US com-
mitment, now, is vital to curtailing
geometric growth of the problem.
On the surface, the accord appears to
commit the US to a major„ cleanup. But
details remain - conspicuously - vague and
interpretations contradictory. Careful study
reveals that the accord .
• signals formal US acknowledgement both
that acid precipitation is a problem and that
the US must participate in the solution.
This is, in itself, a significant step forward;
• commits - subject to congressional ap-
propriation - $5 billion over five years
tow -d develop nt of clean coCburntng
1 ec ology, T ie e st would be finaiiced..ha
by' government, nent, half by industry. `
• fails either to commit specific reductions
or -to set a timetable for reductions in acid
emissions.
There is a well-founded fear that, in the
mood of government restraint, and faced by,
intransigence of . the combined power
generation -manufacturing lobby, that the
needed funds will not be forthcoming, either
as government expenditure or•in forced in-
dustry compliance.
Solutions are within reach. But, whether
the -problem is resolved - or whether it in-
crementally etches away our children's
heritage - will depend upon the resolve of in-
dividuals - both Canadian and American - in
ensuring that acid rain cleanup sits at the
pinnacle of the political agenda.
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