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On September 20, the Bluewater Blind Club held a visual display in conjunction with the
CNIB at the Wesley -Willis Church in Clinton. Pictured is Lori Siska Lachowsky, an orien-
tation and mobility specialist for the CNIB of London and district, showing Redmond
Kelly of Goderich how to operate a Braille compass. (Photo by Rod Hilts)
Thanks for campaign success
Dear Editor,
The staff of the Canada
Employment Centres for
Students in Goderich and
Exeter would like to thank
the many people who made
this year's Hire -a -Student
campaign such a success.
First on the list are the stu-
dent emyers themselves,
who not ly contributed to
the success of our offices,
but assisted in making
higher educations available
to a number of students.
Summer jobs have always
played an f ortant role in
assisting st dents to pay for
their school costs and this
year has been no exception.
On behalf of the country's
future 'doctors, architects,
farmers, dentists, lawyers,
mechanics, carpenters,
engineers, managers,
secretaries, politicians,
nurses, whatever, thank you
for hiring a student.
Next, we would like to
thank the town business peo-
ple for donating prizes to the
1983 Canada Employment
Centre for Students Art Con-
, test, for displaying our
posters in store windows,
and for letting us interivew
them for our Hire -a -Student
Week articles. Your efforts
TTERS
are greatly appreciated.
Area high schools were
also very helpful. Whether
we needed help with the art
contest, flyers, tips on how
best to assist students in fin-
ding summer jobs, or leav-
ing messages for the
students, area high schools
were very supportive.
Special mention should be.
given to Dave Bieman of the
Huron County Board of
Education, Jay Campbell of
Earl Campbell's Jewellers,
and the Bluewater Cable TV,
as well as area libraries,
banks and grocery stores,
each of whom greatly con-
tributed to the 1983 Hire -a -
Student campaign.
The most important
feature of any community
campaign is getting the
message to the public and
this year's Hire -a -Student
campaign was no exception.
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Finally, we would like to
thank the staff of the Canada
Employment Centre for
their willingness to answer
the many questions we
always seemed to have.
Sincerely,
Kathy Caldwell,
Student Placement
Officer
Patti Down,
Student Placement
Officer
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Supervisor,
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Students, Goderich
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Laser cliltes'svti 'Wltlh
-beeping 14d61 '10yste l5;
glasses that detect. obstacles
by beaming aiy iriiing.signal
into an earpiece and -talking
calculators .• that de
everything but -walk. Sounds
like an invasion from outer
space. Actually ty . were
just some of' the items
presented to the public when
the Bluewater Blind Club
and CNIB held a visual aid
display on Sept; 20.
Gwen Watson, an
executive member of the
Bluewater Blind Club, said
this is the first time since
1978 that the display has
been held in Clinton. Blind
Club members came from
Exeter, Hensall, Blyth,
Brussels, Goderich and
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'Seaforth to view t e '
"There's been a
ne;aids
signififorcantthe advablind nce oveniiarde,hifire
° last five years,' said Mrs.
Watson.
One of the Most amazing
developments to . aid the
blind is a laser cane valued
at $6,000. Beams project out
of the cane, detecting objectts.
up to 20 feet away. Different
sound pitches come out of the
cane, tel ling the blind person
where the obstacle is.
According to -Lori , Siska
Lachowsky, an , •orientation
and mobility specialist for
the CNIB, the - cane was
developed in the mid -1970's.
She said that most people
can't afford the aids band
service clubs sometimes
sponsor m.
For thosethewho don't care
Goderich 'Garden
Club to get signs
for flower beds
The first fall meeting of
the-Goderich Garden Club
was heldin Robertson School
September 21 with a good at-
tendance.
During the summer, the
Garden Club had been in-
volved in two events.
The Flower Festival, held
in conjunction with the Art
Mart, had the theme
"Feathered Friends'. This
event is attracting more at-
tention each year and it has
been suggested that the club
notify Horticulture Societies
in the district of the dates of
the festival.
The second event was a
visit to President Norma
Hazlitt's home. She enter-
rained the Garden Club and
Tiger Dunlop W.I. All en-
joyed seeing her property at
Benmiller with the trees and
flowers, so well landscaped.
Norma remembers when she
planted the trees and had a
story to tell about each one.
Minutes of the June
meeting and an executive
meeting were read. The
treasurer's report was given
and approved. The cor-
respondence included a let-
ter from the Ontario Hor-
ticulture Association.
If members wish to have a
logo pin or a sticker for their
cars, they are to be in touch
with Beatrice Sparling. ,
The Garden Club is going
to order signs to be put up at
the flower beds they plant
and maintain in the town.
The club is giving the
Green Thumbers money to
be used as prizes for the
gardens they planted and
cared for this summer.
When the Kin Centre
becomes available for rent,
the club is to be notifiedand
will see if that ' building
would be more suitable than
class rooms at the school to
hold its meetings.
The President remarked
about how pretty Harbor Hill
had been this year and that
the Ginko Maple that was
planted on Arbor Day has
made good growth.
Goderich Garden Club had
been invited to two society
meetings; one at Auburn
where Mr. Lange, the direc-
tor 'for District 8 was guest
speaker and to Seaforth
where Mr. and Mrs. Brown
of Harley spoke on the grow-
ing of lilies.
Six , ladies had made up
table centres of flowers
suitable for a breakfast
table. The judges were John
Warren, Carlton Worsell and
Everitt Snarling. Then Edith
Argyle made the final deci-
sions. At that time, Edith
was presented with a Hor-
ticulture Service Certificate.
This is an award from be
Horticulture Society to a
member who has worked to
promote the Society in the
community and held offices
within the Society. Edith was
taken by surprise but thank-
ed the Garden Club for the
honour of receiving the
award.
The October meeting will
be called at 7:30 p.m., in
order to distribute the bulbs
ordered from Holland and
the members will receive
their premiums for being
members. A guest speaker
will attend this meeting from
The Maitland Valley Con-
servation Authority.
Following adjournment,
lunch was served by the
committee.
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t' t4ei, a Pair Of gnawer -
ha re been developed to
9ie etades by use of a
buff! thlt projects outthem,.
A btiaaelr Is connected to the
goes off
earpiece iiiwhen the glassesthe blinand
d
pe'aon is within 12 feet of an
objector per son. The costt of
these glasses l about$4,000..
A portable hand sensor is
another.device available to
aid the ' blind It ' .detest$
objects and''pieppfeaip to 18
feet. away by • simply -
vibrating in the user's !'nand.
This -item is more
moderately pricedat$600-
Mrs', Siska Lachowsky
stressed that ,the term
"blind"' doesn't mean- a
person has totally lost their -
vision, Blind also includes
people that have 'partially
impaired vision. To be
legally blind a person's sight
must be 20 over 200 in both
eyes.
Since 50per cent of
Canada's' -30,000 blind are
y
GODERICHSIGNAIMARDWEDAWAVIAVA hEII .' lI°r ,1683-"T!!!
ems featured a
ove r' the age of 65, the ,CNIB
lays . espedally benefit,
elderly, -
elandia Day, an eye
service nurse for the
prevention , of blindness
(CNIB), said 87 per cent of
blind people have vision
ranging from 20 over 200 to
light perception.
Mrs. Day's display con-
sisted of optic aids including
monoscopes for -distant
vision and hand magnifiers.
She stressed the purpose of
the lenses are not to correct:
neer and farsighted vision
but to make print large for
,reading.
' "These type of displays
are fairly successful as far •
as..exposure goes. It mainly
benefits older people. We
tend to keep these aids away
from younger people
because it acts like a crutch
tothem," said Mrs. Day.
Mrs. Day says the latest
inhovation to hit the market
is a close 'circuit television
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The cont of this machine a
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Mrs. lay, , the popularity, of
this item hes really taken off
overthe pastsis months.
A key area of Mrs. Day's
job .with the CNIB is her
work with school children.
She assesses` their ability to
function visually in the
classroom. The other part of
her job is to , work with
adults, assessing their
ability to work with strong
magnifing lenses.
The display also featured
games like Monopoly and
Checkers in broil. A talking
book machine also received
a lot of attention. Blind
people can now hear their
favorite books on tapes
recorded by professional
radio people. The tape.
library includes over 3,000
,books.
talking calculator
turned ,a tor' healdu. �I
machine can i0ravItie six
' functions, It to you; It's
tone to; get up; the°time; it s
time for your appointment;
it's time for your meeting;
it's time to go andfor those
who ,need a reminder to let
their dogs in, it can be set-to
bark! It's main purpose of
course, is being' used as a
calculator.
A number of cooking aids
for visually impaired people
were on display. Calendars
and playing cards were
printed in larger sizes.
In summing up the success
of the visual -aid service,
Mrs. Day said it has im-
proved a lot over the years.
"The service is certainly
better. Before peoplehad to
go to Toronto to get help.
Now, we usually getrequests
from physicians to visit
patients in their home," she
said., ,
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