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This week until Dec. 13, donations of canned goods, new toys and
clothes and money are being collected by the Christmas Bureau co-
ordinated by Family and Children's Services. Yvonne Porter and
Dorothy Bourdeau have been sorting out the donations to be
distributed to the 300 families in Huron County who use the service
each year. (photo by Susan Ihmdertmark
Twinning with Haitian city would
start dialogue, council is told
Twinning Goderich with the Haitian city
of St. Marc would begin with a letter to the
city's mayor to start a dialogue between
the two communities, the president of the
Canadian Foundation for World Develop-
ment told council at its Dec. 9 meeting.
"It isn't the idea that you're going to do ,
something big for them; just that Cana-
dians care and somewhere along the line,
you may find that Goderich has some ex-
pertise that may be able to help them,"
said Ken Davis.
Sending surplus equipment such as old
water pumps or used vehicles which would
have minimal resale value but would con-
tribute to Haiti's development were ideas
Goderich could use if twinned with St.
Marc.
Davis was invited to council to further
explain the idea of twinning Goderich with
a community in Haiti first presented to
council by Maria Dalton, a Grade 12 stu-
dent at GDCI who is organizing a trip to
Haiti in July, 1986 for interested local peo-
ple.
"I'm here tonight because our organiza-
tion functions entirely with volunteers so I
act as a catalyst and hope you can become
one like Maria. She went to Haiti and is
trying to be a catalyst in Goderich. I -want
to invite you to help elevate the community
of St. Marc," he said.
Explaining that his organization
operates more with personal involvement
than spending tremendous amounts of
money, Davis said he's been involved with
reforestation, immunization, eye glass
programs and agricultural programs in
third world countries.
"We're channelling hundreds of Cana-
dians to Haiti and Jamaica to put aid in at
a grassroots level. We don't have to build
hotels and airports and . $1 million
agricultural projects that are too com-
plicated for people to service," he said.
Goderich council made no motion for or
against the idea of twinning the town with
the Haitian city.
"The issue will be dormant until council
makes a recommendation," said Mayor
Eileen Palmer.
Separate school board requires capital
Money for capital projects" will be a
priority of Huron -Perth Roman Catholic
separate school board, says its re-elected
chairman.
Ron Marcy of Stratford was re-elected at
the board's inaugural meeting on Dec. 3.
The original meeting date of Dec. 2 was
cancelled because of a snow storm in the
area.
The main capital project to be under-
taken by the school board in 1986 is an ad-
dition to St. Boniface in Zurich. The pro-
vincial ministry of education has denied
funding for this project for 1986.
"We have to build," said Marcy.
The addition is planned to house students
from nearby Ecole Ste. Marie which has
been earmarked for closure in .June of
1987 The school had originally been
scheduled to close next June but lack of
provincial funding delayed the closing.
Marcy expects accommodation will
again become a problem in Stratford
schools in 1987. Unlike two years ago when
initial plans called for the closing of two of
the five Catholic schools in that city, Mar-
cy says the problem will be increased
enrolment. No schools were closed two
years ago.
The increase in enrolment is directly
related to the French immersion program
started this past September and the high
school program starting next fall.
A mathematics teacher at Stratford's
Northwestern secondary school himself,
Marcy sees "no problem" between the
Perth County board of education and the
Catholic school board over the high school.
"I don't think it (Catholic high school )
will affect the public high schools," said
Marcy.
The high school teacher defeated Vin-
cent Mclnnes of RR 4. Wingham for the
board's top position. McInnes has served
as vice-chairman for the past year.
Dave Durand of RR 2, Zurich was ac-
claimed as the board's vice-chairman. An
electrician, he has served on the board for
three years.
Other committee chairmen elected on
Tuesday, include Gerald Groothius of
Seaforth as personnel committee chair-
man, McInnes as property committee
chairman and Ernest Vanderschott of RR
7, St. Marys as finance and insurance
chairman.
Atlas should show deficit
A deficit of about $100,000 for the Huron
County historical atlas is expected at the
end of the year.
The financial statement of the book which
was launched in October was presented at a
special meeting of Huron County council.
It cost the county $226,468 to publish the
atlas and at the end of November the county
had received revenue totaling $140,454.
However, the deficit is offset by the fact
that 2,000 copies of the atlas have yet to be
sold. The atlas is available at the county
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He shrugged off the shortfall noting it is
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