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Parents form Fut.,1:.rTWatch
Parents, Mends and relatives of retarded persons
in Ontario will discuss the feasibility of forming an
advocacy group at a special meeting at the Bluewater
Centre for the Developmentally Handicapped
Saturday, September 10 at 2 p.m.
Future Watch, a non-profit organization of parents,
friends and relatives is a concept formulated by the ,
volunteer organization of START Centre In St.
Thomas. The committee hopes to unite parents of
retarded persons to ensure that the rights, well-being,
happiness and security of retarded persons is being
preserved and maintained.
A statement engineered by the volunteer
organization at the START Centre suggests that the.
five-year plan of the Ministry of Community and
Social Services necessitated the establishment of a
unified alignment of parents.
The report on Future Watch says the government
enjoyed a distinct advantage when it announced the
closure of six regional centres for the develop-
mentally handicapped in that there was no cohesive
parent body to represent concerns. The government
still enjoys that advantage, the report says, but
Future Watch will unite parents and concerned
relatives in a cohesive and universal group.
"We propose to change all that and we,must do so if
the retarded in the community and in the, facilities
are to be accorded the care to which they are en -
tilted," the VOSTART statement said.
.IAee ,the government's surprise announcement
concerning the closure of centres and the, placement
of retarded adults in community settings, parent and
other groups. of. , concerned people have "been
fragmented and hastily organized. Without the united
and cohesive effort of a parental group, many con-
cessions agreed to by the government could be lost,
the volunteer organization claims.
The organization proposes that chapters of Future
Watch be formed on a county -wide basis since the
ministry intends to, locate residents in their home
county. Chapters will be combined in regional groups
but each chapter is to develop its own committees to
monitor residences, programs training and care of
the retarded in the community and in facilities.
The authors of the study paper on Future Watch
arri!.:hts.
have contacted parents with children In other centres
across Ontario. Parents of Bluewater residents and
officers of the Bluewater organization have offered
,soup to the program.
e proposed organization, Future Watch, will be
discussed at an organizational meeting at the
Bluewater Centre for the Developmentally Han-
dicapped on Highway 21 on Saturday, September 10
at -2 p.m.
The Bluewater Centre, the second of six regional
centres ordered closed by Community and Social
Services Minister Frank Drea, is expected to be
vacated by November. Several staff members have
already accepted employment at other institutions
and residents have been moved from the facility as
well.
Will appear in Provincial Court Sept. 12
A Goderich woman charged with second degree
murder in connection with the death of her husband,
was remanded in custody in Provincial Court here
Monday.
Doris Noreen Evenshen, 48, charged with secgnd
degree murder, was returned to a London detention
centre in the custody of police after a brief court
appearance. Defence lawyer Jim Donnelly of
Goderich said application for release from custody
may be heard in Supreme Court in London September
6. Evenshen was remanded in custody until Monday,
September 12.
Evenshen was charged with second degree murder
after her husband, Myron Evenshen, 44, of 313
Cambridge St. Goderich, died in Alexandra Marine
and General Hospital Sunday, August 7. Police were
called to the Evenshen home about 8.30 p.m. August 7
to investigate a domestic dispute.
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Anna els
Goderich.
In this highly mobile day;
and age, most people don't
stay put in one town forever.
In Goderich, for example,
people come and go -some of
them without much notice.
But Anna Melski is one
former resident who will be
remembered.
Anna and her husband
Tony, are leaving Friday,
September 2 to take up
residence in Halifax, Nova
Scotia. Both of them are
originally from Nova Scotia
and while visiting there
earlier this summer on
vacation, they' found jobs
and decided to move back.
"My husband loves the
sea. Me, I was happy with
the lake," jokes Anna who
says she will dearly miss
Goderich.
And Goderich will miss
Anna.
In just eight short years
here, as well as selling real
estate, she has worn many
different hats.
In 1979, she was appointed
to the Goderich hospital
board and later re-elected to
the board. While sitting on
that board, she was in-
strumental in helping to get
the campaign for the new
Intensive Care Unit off the
ground, including the
chairing of five committees
for this highly successful
project.
. With the persistent can-
vassing of clubs,
organizations and in-
dividuals, Anna also helped
to raise $20,000 for a new
sound system at the local
arena.
Since coming to Goderich,
she has served as a certified
first aid instructor with the
St. John Ambulance Brigade
and says she loved meeting
the public this way.
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Anna Melski is leaving Goderich to take up residence in
Nova Scotia on Friday. During her eight years here, she
accomplished more for the community than many life-
long residents will. (Photo by Joanne Buchanan)
She has also belonged to
Goderich Little Theatre
since she first moved here,
acting in some productions,
directing others and serving
backstage wherever needed.
"Whenever I move to a new
place, I always join a theatre
group. You meet the most
interesting variety of people
this way. The Goderich Little
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Theatre people are so much
fun. I'm going to miss them
the most."
Anna has also been a
member of the Goderich
Arts Foundation since its
inception, working again
wherever needed and
helping to raise funds for The
Livery.
And, she became a
member of the Circle City
Toastmasters Club when it
was formed here. "It teaches
you public speaking and
confidence but I'm still very
nervous if I have to get up
and speak in front of a group
of people," she explains.
Forsomeone who feels
that way, Anna certainly
hasn't let it show in any of
her activities here. She has
plunged right in and made
her mark in Goderich, ac-
complishing more for this
community in a few years
than ` - many life-long
residents probably ever will.
Thank you Anna Meiski.
Goderich's loss is Halifax's
gain.
Murphy
elected to
national
council
The Canadian Bar
Association of Ontario,
largest voluntary legal
association in the province,
has elected 70 lawyers from
throughout Ontario to sit on
the National Council of the
parent organization for the
year 1983-84, commencing in
September. These same
lawyers will serve on the 180
person provincial Council -
the governing body in
Ontario.
Daniel J. Murphy, Q.C. of
Goderich was one of the 70
elected.
CBA -Ontario is a volun-
tary association of lawyers
formed to provide support by
the profession, to the
profession, so that it may
render better service to
clients. This is accomplished
by extensive Continuing
Legal Education
programmes, representation
to government and other
officials of the views of the
Bar on topics of current
concern; initiation of,
reform of, and response to
new laws, statutes,
regulations, commissions
and reports. The CBA -
Ontario is the largest
provincial group
representing over 13,000
lawyers and law students.
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