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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1986-10-22, Page 23Communit ' GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1986—PAUF IA lock Arent Week is tirne to reinforce rules of stretrooi Taking your child on a walk through the community and having him or her point out the Block Parent signs is one good way to recognize Block Parent week this week from Oct. 20 to 26, says Jane Hoy, a representative of the Goderich organization. There are also a number of videos and films available at the police station and local video stores that can be used to rein- force the rules of streetproofing to children including "When to , Say No", "Safe Strangers", "Block 'Parents are Good Friends" with Mr. Dressup, "Fan -Out Alert", "Safe Kids, Strong Kids" and "Too Smart. for Strangers" with Winnie the Pooh. Hoy a•(,so says the local organization is .., .y, a • AI,- fil If;. g.: -The more Block Parents you have in a neighborhood, the lower the erime rate is bPrause of the people watching out for anything unusual. Block Parents are organized eyes. You can't have too many Block Parents," she says. The Goderich organization can see the benefit of having a business on The Square become a Block Parent since children walking to and from school often use he Square. • It's particularly nice to have them o here kids walk or around the schools. l.:ven people who work could be Block Parents from 5 to 8 p.m. A few hours a day is better than nothing," she says. Block Parent week is a good time to thank theting Block Parents for the good j existing ed that a family member be called. He was FEATURE REPORT "Block Parents care about the well- being of local children and take educa- tional materials to the schools. They're people who make a point of doing things in the community," she says. Local Block Parents have also help in- itiate .the Fan -Out Alert program which mobilizes the town if a search for a child is necessary and the Safe Arrival programs at local schools- which ensures that s "ii:L. ...— �r?n•tm en.,,.. e7+^.!�';f�4x�-. e ... ..seh. ... each. morning. The Safe Arrival program, which has been operating for a year at Robertson may now be introduced into St. Marys and Victoria schools. Block Parents of Canada recently an- nounced that over one million people across the country are participating in the program. The organization assures the public that the program really does work. Incidents reported in a survey of. members ranged from a child, little more than an infant, who had "escaped" from its home and was found wandering along the street in a new housing development and who was taken to a Block Parent home to the 76 -year-old man who became dizzy and faint while out for a walk. He went to a Bloc Parenthome ail picked up and taken to hospital where he had a heart attack but has since made a full recovery. The largest age group using Block Parents were five to 13 yearolds. lidn Ie type of bullying were the biggestg incident reported followed by bicycle accidents. Children also reported being followed by cares and being asked to come into cars of homes of strangers. They also reported fires and asked for • shelter from bad storms. A 17 -year-old boy went to a Block Parent home asking for help because he was being beaten up by two other while walking home from a party at 1 a.m. Children and .adults asked for directions and assistance because. - sutIclen._ilbaeas, accidents or vehicle breakdown. InGod_.erich, Block Parents are used ap- proximately three to four times a year -by a variety of people including children and adults. Although originally formed to prevent child molestings and abductions, the Block Parent program has grown and expanded since its inception in London in 1968. In 550 Ontario communities, residents of over 100,000 homes are Block Parents. Across Canada, more than 300,000 homes ' show the familiar red and white sign in their windows. Since a million people are involved in the program, this year's theme ' is "one in a million." Be a Block Parent. Be "one in a million." The Huron Centre for the Homebound held their annual Volunteer Appreciation Night on September 9. Being honored for five to eight years of volunteer service were: back row, left to right, Ralph Guertin, Ken McDougall, Jim Allaway and Edwin Zeale. Inethe front row, left to right, are Phyllis Tyndall, Henny Uyl, Muriel Jones and Willy Brehm. Absent from the picture are Gertrude Postma, Ruth Malkey, Russell Alton, Jean Fleming, Mary Muller, Helene Regier and Gerry Mountford. (photo by David Emslie) Day Centre honors volunteers k d ask After having a meal, awards were The Huron Day Centre for theAppreciation ,Homebound presented to all volunteers. The staff then omens Institutes have preserved history v and job they're doing, says Hoy. What rural women's group has preserved Canadians. the history of the farms, buildings_ and Among the topics covered in these books o oks places of interest in their communities so are the geography and topography that the present and future citizens of area, municipal move nmeduent, farming in and Canada will know of the hardships and hap- its aspects, piness of rural Canada? commerce, recreation, complete histories In 1936, Lady Tweedsmuir, wife of the of individual farms and families, the chur- then governor general of Canada, herself a ches and their organizations, • schools, devoted Women's Institute member in libraries, industries abouast ant d peresent ti and England, spoke at the Athens Women's In- anything special stitute branch in Leeds East District and Altogether the community history is a com- stressed the need for preserving the in- the data and treasured pictures rehensive, factual f ofection localorical com- teresting history of Canadian people, places, customs and activities of a develop- munity provided by the Women's Institute ing land. The Federated Women's Institute members, of the people, for the people of the of Ontario seized the opportunity and from locality. there Tweedsmbecome known Historiesr are pat of the CanadaThe hav Feder ted received the' Awardi of Merit havek now bac work that the Women's Institute branches from the Association for local thetlTweedsmuir throughout Canada have been doing for all history, To Celebrate United Nations Day To Know our Oneness To Enjoy our Differences Saturday, October 25, 1986 7:30 p.m. McKay Hall food • music • costumes • conversation FREE ADMISSION ALL WELCOME Histories is their contribution to local history in Canada. The Women's Institutes have put in long hours to produce these histories of the ir • • held their annual Volunteer ppreci . sanga humorous song to the volunteers in ei Cificate of Merit for Night on September 9 with 45 volunteers apreciation of all that has been done in the past year. The evening was wrapped up with a game of IQ 21,000 where everyone got a chance to t their their general knowledge. time• cominunities. Some branches have publis ed their histories while others have microfilmed their histories and these can be seen at all local libraries. present. Joan Spittal, chairperson of the steering committee, welcomed everyone and thank- ed themforth it many hours of donated Kennedy appointed advisor Each year the Tweedsmuir History Brent Kennedy has been recently ap-Brent succeeds Jane Sadler Richards who. Curators of the London Area have a ointed as OMAF's Senior Soil Conservation accepted a position with Ecologistics Lon - workshop to update their skills. This year it P was at Wallacetown, in Elgin West. Atten- Advisor for Huron County at the don, earlier. i.s' ding from Huron West was Alice -Porter,Ef- Agricultural Office, Clinton, says Don As Senior Soil Conservation Advisor, onsible for the erosion con - fie Yeo and Jean Lobb, all of Goderich Pullen, ent agricultural a native of Sudbury and a 1985 soil trol portion of thtive. Brent will be e Ontario Soil Conservation Township. science graduate- of the University of and Environment Protection Assistance The Women s Institutes of the London Guelph. lie has been working for the past Program and will be working closely with Area are proud to be preserving the history P of the rural communities for present and Year and a half as a soil conservation ad- the 'Conservation District, Huron County future Canadians. No other group is doing it visor with OMAF at the Perth County office Soil and Crop Improvement Association. in such an organized way. in Stratford. 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