HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1987-03-04, Page 5GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4, 1987—PAGE 5
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Dear Editor:
I hope that every citizen in Huron County
read and read pages A8 and A9 in The Lon-
don Free Press, Monday February 16.
For many years I have had a bad taste
about county council. The few times that I
sat in council as a listener I was amazed
that three or four councillors did all the talk-
ing, they seemed to, or appeared to be the
top brass. Many of the others sat saying
nothing or appearing to "wake" up to the
call for a ,vote and raise their hands like
puppets.
Mr. Hanley, Mr. McBurney and Mr. Cunn-
ingham, in their own words, have repeated-
ly stated that they do not want anyone who
dares to think any way but their way.
We 'have lost good and dedicated people
all because they refused to cow down to
these men: These people were well qualified
to do their jobs. The treatment of Dr. Cieslar
and some of his staff is so smug I. will not•
comment on it. I just ask that the people of
Huron take the time to talk to some of these
ty
LE TERS
peole antd listen to their side. Our health I
think sh ld. be number one and knowledge
from our library a close second since our
young students must depend on it.
You will note I have not mentioned
money, costs, etc. I am no doubt one of the
people Mr. Cunningham would say was un-
willing to answer to the local politicians.
I am very depressed today, guess I'll
blame it on reading Mr. Hanly's words as he'
blamed his illness pp Mrs. Haydon.
Sorry fellows, I h`lipe the citizens of Huron
will wake up come election time and decide
they would like Huron to change just a little.
"Concerned"
Sincerely
Doris Pagon
Goderich
GLAT congratulated ..r
choic.recent production
porting parents so that children may be nur-
tured and develop optimably. That often
means, parents need to be emotionally
"recharged." so that they might have the
energy necessary to parent children and
adolescents to the nest of their ability.
All parents want the best for their
children - even the mom in the • play -
however, sometimes the needs of the parent
are so overwhelming that things do not go as
well as they had planned.,, '
At Family and Children's Services we of-
fer many programs to 'families who need
emotional support. We have volunteers who.
can sometimes nurture the parents, group
parent training programs, summer pro-
teraction of the mother with her daughters grams, mothers groups and groups for
and "nanny" is easy for us to condemn. And children and teenagers. Our social workers
"'yet, in the play, no adult provided her with offer child management and personal
any validation of herself as a person. She ex- counselling and guidance. Over 500 families
perienced the world as hostile, and a place are involved with these services each year,.
where she was 'not readily accepted. She and all these programs are aimed at .protec-
was, indeed, depleted emotionally and had ting children .and strengthening. families.
very little . energy , to give, even to her • Congratulations, again,, Goderich Little
• children. "Theatre! This was a memorable play. I am
Family and Children's. Service relate to grateful that you sensitized us to the plight
many .families similar to that portrayed in of many Canadian - and local - families.
this production: Contr,ary to the old belief
that we are "child snatchers", we are put- Sincerely,
ting enormous resources and energy in John V. Penn
Dear Editor:
I am •writing. to congratulate and com-
mend the Gocierich Little Theatre for the
courage demonstrated in producing the re-
cent play, "The Effect of Gamma Rays on
Man -In -The -Moon Marigolds". This poig-
nant play represented a departure from the
usual fare, and, I believe immersed the au-
dience in an awareness of the hidden lives of
• many families in Canada:
I also wish to comment on the family por-
trayed so excellently in the play. As a family
therapist and employee of . Family and
Children's Services, I have had a
therapeutic involvement with many
families with sirniliar dynamics. The in=
Proposed p ol•esi M has
sen ` °Yus flaw, says reader
Dear Editor:
It. was with great interest that Tread the
articles and letters in the last two issues of
the Signal Star concerning the proposed.
'Recreation Complex in Goderich. Over the
`past 12 years, I have been actively involved
in the swimming programs in this area as a
student, a parent and more recently, a
swimming instructor at Vanastra Recrea-
tion Centre. .
° Contrary to what Mrs. Haydon thinks, I
did not have anyone knock at .my door or
contact me in any other way to seek my opi-
nions. I wonder how many other people were
missed by this survey?
At any rate, I feel there are two drastic
design flaws in the plans for the pool. The
biggest, and most important flaw is the
omission of a deep end and a diving board.
Starting at the third Red Cross level of
swimming, students are required to learn
and perform various skills in the deep end.
This could neither be taught nor tested pro-
perly without a deep end present. Therefore,
no proper 'program of swimming lessons
could be carried out in the proposed pool.
The second flaw is that the pool has only
three competitive swimining lanes. There
should be at least four or five if the pool is to
be used for competitions. Of course, without
a deep end there could be no swimming
competitions held as only those people Who
• were Y extremely proficient in performing
shallow dives could"use this pool to compete
in, as there would be no deep end to safely,
dive into.
And where could yousafely teach a child
to•dive? 'I know, as an instructor, I would not
risk the danger of'teaching anyone to dive,in
a shallow pool. One slip or wrong' move
could result in a broken neck, a paralized
• child and a million dollar lawsuit against all
those involved.
The proposed pool would only. -serve the
needs of the very young, the very old, the
non -swimmer or the very short. The rest of
the population would have, to continue to
drive to Vanastra or Bayfield for both our
instruction and enjoyment.•
While I whole-heartedly back the concept
of this •centre, I could not support it, unless
there are some serious changes made to the
design of the pool.
SearSearls questions party
Sincerely,
,Mrs. Dona Baker
expenditure by commission
Dear Editor:
I find it hard to believe how the Police
Commission can justify spending. $383 of
taxpayers money on a retirement party for
one of its members. The party included nine
persons or over 40 dollars per person and
was held at Robindale's.
We as taxpayers are aware that the police,
commission are appointed by the provincial
government and'not elected to office by the
public. If they felt a party was necessary
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they should have gone to Premier Peterson
to see whether he would be willing to pay the
bill.
We liave a number of •citizens who have
served on committees of council and to my
knowledge have never, received such a
farewell party. In conclusion I wonder if the
person or persons who arranged the party'
would be so generous if the money came out
of their pocket, instead of the taxpayers.
Jim Searls
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