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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1986-05-07, Page 6PAGE 6 —GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1986 appy 21st Wendy! (F uller) This Week O Thurs., Fri. F. 0 Sat., May 8,9 aid 10, 1986 LIW ROCK 'N" ROLL at the —Hoven— "Under the Hood" 0 0 6 tT Next Week LADIES NIGHT Thursday, May 15/86 • You haven't changed a bit! WARM UP TO A COOL IDE.. PUMP THE REMARKABE HtAT Air conditioning that saves you money. 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ND OPENING, SHOWROOM �,5 GRAND SpECI A FREE installation of doors and windows (subject to prior inspection) • wide selection of vinyl clad & wood windows • easy shopping convenience • FREE estimates ALL AT ONE CONVENIENT LOCATION cRDASHWIOOD WINDOW AND DOOR CENTRE 1196 Wallace Ave. N., Listowel 2914612 JetifW: McDonald, Manager Home Tel. 887-9542 Halley's Comet A project on Halley's Comet by Lee Williamson won first prize in the junior model category at St. Mary's School Science Fair. I photo by Susan Hundertmark) Despite setbacks, Goderich student plans to take aid to Haitian slums BY SUSAN HUNDERTMARK At the same time that 10 medical students and a team of doctors from Lon- don are travelling to Haiti, Mia Dalton and three other local people will be visiting the slums of Port au Prince, Haiti. The Grade 12 student at Goderich and District Collegiate Institute has been working on a return trip to Haiti since last April when she came home from her first visit to the poorest third world country in the world with the Canadian Foundation for World Development. But, with the overthrow of the Duvalier regime in Haiti in January, Dalton's been having a difficult time. "I sent applications to all the high schools in the area but I heard the schools didn't circulate the applications because of the politicial situation there," she says. She's also had a few interested people decide not to accompany her group for the same reason. For a while she planned to organize a trip to another third world country which could use help. But, after assurances from the Canadian Foundation for World Development and from her group leader, Nancy Moura iri'Mississauga who's been in touch with theHaitian embassy in Ottawa, the group decided to go from July 2 to 11. "A group was down in Haiti during the worst time in January and they had no pro- blems at all. The poor people are still try- ing just to exist and they're who we're in- terested in helping. We'll be in the slums; we're not going to spend much time around ' ,the palace," says Dalton. • Pointing to a news article from the Toronto Star entitled "Rats eating dead babies in Haiti doctors' strike," Dalton says it's obvious to her that the poor people of Haiti need help. "They really need us down there. They're begging for a new start," she says. The group will take the truckload of soap, clothes, q -tips, tootbrushes, toothpaste and cutlery that's been col- lected throughout the year by area elementary schools, and service clubs and church groups in Goderich, Dungannon, Nile, Auburn and Kincardine. "The. whole purpose is people to people aid. Government to government aid doesn't filter down to the people who need it most. When we go dowr),there, ,our aid gets to the right people," She. says. ' Dalton's -group will also be helping to plant the 100,000 trees which will be planted between June and August in Haiti and painting a medical clinic. Right now, she's asking the people of Goderich to donate old furniture, cutlery and dishes for a missionary's house in Haiti. "That would be such a simple thing for Goderich to do," she says. Earlier in the year, Dalton attempted to convince Goderich town council to twin with the city bf St. Marc, Haiti and St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church in Goderich to twin with a church in St. Marc but both attempts fell through. "It's so hard to make this project accep- • table to everyone," she says. She is also hoping to raise $8,000 in the next two months to help to subsidize the students who wish to travel -to Haiti with the group. To that end, she is planning several fundraising events. Eight people are now slotted to travel with Mia to Haiti in June. The local people include Mary Margaret Fuller, Connie Osborn and Mia's mother Clarice Dalton. Other .participants include people from Guelph and Mississauga. • , There is still room for four more people, says Dalton. • Committee will study shoreline solution A committee to study long-term solutions for shoreline management along the Great Lakes has been appointed by an order -in - council, Ontario Natural Resources Minister Vincent Kerrio and Municipal Af- fairs Minister Bernard Grandmaitre an- nounced recently. • The seven .members named to the Shoreline Management Review Committee include representatives from provincial and municipal governments as well as the general public.. "We can't control extreme water level fluctuations in the Great Lakes, but we can work to minimize potential damage to shoreline homes and properties," said Kerrio. "This committee will examine and make recommendations on options for longterm shoreline management, as well as look at the roles and responsibilities of the various levels of government and of private landowners." "The committee will look at the roles of private and public sector in solving existing problems, preventing new ones, and pro- viding emergency assistance in combating flood and erosion problems." Kerrio said. "This could entail' determining how remedial works should be planned to solve existing problems in built-up areas, and how better land use planning can help avoid new- problems." ewproblems." The committee is. chaired by James McGuigan, MPP for Kent -Elgin and Parliamentary Assistant to Kerrio. The other members of the committee are Gord Miller, MPP for Haldimand-Norfolk; Roger Vermeulen, a councillor for the township of Delhi; Ray Lavereau, reeve of the village of Port Stanley; Shannon Olson of Woodslee, vice-chairman of the Essex Region Conservation Authority; John Plyley of Stevensville, a real estate sales representative; and Reid Kreutzwiser, .Associate Processor at the University of Guelph, who has technical expertise in this field. "The extensive- damage caused by high water levels over the past year - especially along Lake Erie, Lake St. Clair and southern Lake Huron - has shown us that short-term relief measures aren't enough," said Grandmaitre. "We need to find ways to prevent this type of damage from recurring." The committee will hold a minimum of 12. public meetings this , summer in com- munities along the Great Lakes shoreline in Ontario. The meetings will allow members of the public who are directly affected by high water levels to make their concerns and suggestions known_ Itis anticipated that meetings will be held in Kingston, Toronto, Wainfleet,' Pott Dover, Blenheim, Kingsville, Windsor, Sar- nia, Goderich, Collingwood, Sault Ste. Marie and Thunder Bay. Dates for these meetings will be announced within a few weeks. 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