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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1976-08-12, Page 3CASTLE " ,p a ject .arnortized over- : a 20 -Year. Children's Aid .Society Teen .period at 12 -percent, resulting Living Experience.- put:down in annual payments by CAS -to roots last. Thursday evening the County of $5,355.15, As •.-.w-a•s-members.. of Huron County well, the CAS will pay the Council, at.a special summer taxes on the property, aS well session, agreed'to purchase:a as maintain and repair the house in Goderich to, provide house and adioiningland, an independence home for' a CASTLE project first came group of teenage girls, into being when CAS could ne The girls - ranging in age longer provide foster homes from 15 to 18 have been , for the growing: number of living together in rentedteenagers coming into care -accommodation in Goderi¢h..Of the 72 children presently for, the last few months. The- under the care of: CAS; 42 are only su Yervision:in the hoprie ;teenagers: ..... _ wA • is a - model "Who is a young Mr. Heath explained quite woman employed at the CAS candidly that over the last • office in Goderich... The -three ,years; CAS has "model" .doesnot actually "bumbled from one situation; 'supervise, either. Sher only to the other'' when it carne`to provides an . -example -of:-the •• teenagers.._. He -said foster.. kind of orderly life expected parents suited for dealing of the "'girls In the. home .- with the ;:problems : of working, running, a 'adolescents were difficult to iioi ehnlci, ; till herteenagers.kept-- general appearance, normal comieg into care from all behavioue.„ over the CAS director Bruce Heath 'tWe ,didn't know where -to claimsimply, ' "It has place' the kids;" stated Mr. worked." . , ' • Heath, ----When—the—owner - of- the C"ASTL-E-projectitas-been-a present CASTLE ` ac -i kind of, pilot • project, . the comi'r►,odation decided to sell ; director admitted. He' :said th'e property, Mr. Heath -said; -there , have been anxious CAS ` workers immediatelty. moments, with some began to look for another youngsters actually evicted location far the project. The. ra .from the hous.e4.or.•;various search ended last Thursday --reasons.- evening when ctiunty'•council "But we now have .the agreed to purchase a large • nucleus of a real good group," homemat the corner of Nelson _ said Mr. -Heath proudly... Street and Cambria Road in "CASTLE project is Goderich for $40,;010. .: working:" The CAS director views the One ° of the . features of county's decision as "a project CASTLE is • the. business arrangement"'. The amount of _ responsibility initial= money for the property ,. turned over to the young will be provided by,, the women. Although ' all the county, but the costs . will be residents enter into, a written cpntreet with CAS before entering project CASTLE, the ,emphasis is on independence for those, in the program. The residents of the borne are • responsible for everything - including paying foe:. fogd, rent, utilities*Out of the ex= •pense money provided by -CAS. ' • • ., "At first they didn't. manage too: well, claimed Mr. Heath: "But there was no sugar daddy, to bail thein out;, They learned to. make the food money last for- the, month. . Even; the furnishings in the • 8IueW a ter C�:bi� TV :flooded vitt letters • • • home are nigger ly sa .Mr.Heatli, •whc hastened to point out this was• done purposely; He said the; residents of the house novp have begun totake a real interest in the 'home, and much of the furnishings have been "begged, borrowed and recruited" by • the' young people themselves: CAS workers feel •thereis reason. to hope that similar projects could be useful in dealing with .the 'problemof other teenagers in care. The ultimate goal ether is, :bf course, the return the young people,to • . 'a their .,homes' and:their . families in clue 'course. In the meantime, however, methods ►nust be„;, f ii.]j$1 to ; help teenagers ar thei-r parents over what -have become in- tojerable circumstances. CASTLE project, is• one such • - •method. Some county • councillors expressed concern 'about "flack” from : those In the • neighborhood around CASTLE project. `•;1\10 matter where weg o:i some e'ebrowswiil be raised initially,'' asserted -'Mr. Heath. When thevote was. taken) .- mission: en. the Reforni of • concerni n :the a .of gpurchase the pro property, it was approved .► held in Goderich _recently. Properxy.I'axation in piatario,L easily. Soine councillors even . expressed their satisfaction The county had expressed With the success of, the some of its concerns to the.. CA$TLE.,projectto(late. Commission, including. a Routine reports . mere feeling that there would be no submitted to eotincil from the real incentive for rural Executive Committee, 'the, townships with little ..ur'ban Special -Committee, the. 'development to maintain. a Committee of'Menagen3entof, . reasonable levelof taxes with Huronview and the Board of the province paying a large Health; portion of the total taxes to Fortner warden Ansoji;,the municipality a bidden MvKin);ey,-_reeve __of_ Stanley' .control of the sale of farm Township, gave a brief re ort, land because of taxes having of repOrt. bepaid back tothe' of the meeting _the. Com- .... .. pro'vinee if sold forpttrprs other. than:farming; and tilt? administrative. _ nightmare caused - in. small rural municipalities b+ the' necessity of, making a:p- • plication to the treasurer Of the.municipality for payment of the taxesegotiating by thie province.. It was decided• to appoint a ncommittee to negotiate all salaries. county employees. Members ' of the committee will be:tie warden, the administrator, ' the:chairman of:the executive (continued on Page 14) • GIA COPY 25 • • • tin 1973,. people in Clinton, is ,n,ow feared by Mr. _ _ Illolmesville 7 and u``Goder�ich•-Goderiche=-= and-A4ioe ripany- were pleased to find out .that that soon Arne• n television the : Bluewater TV Cable station cove..ge.. will be , Limited was being: set up in denied ,and in its place, .1-1o1mesvil•le ;and that finally -..-French: stations will he American television stations brought in. - - • and FM radio stations could r `'The . CRTC is 'telling• be tuned in. " .- •Canadian people„ that they However in the event of the .. aren't mature - enough to Canadian Radio -television choose' and watch certain Telecommunications COO.- `channels," said Mr. Mission's' • '(CRTC): plan. ,.to •-•Me•Intosh. He also;said that push Canadian' cultur.alism, " he feels that not only are„. "foreign"' radio''stations are • Canadian people having. little ., ' being taken off the air and as say in' the :goverri"ment, but a result the Bluewater Cable ,.also • being told what hasbeen plagued -with letters ' television stations and shows and telephone calls from they can watch. some of • their. 3,500 sub- While the Bluewater .Cable scribers.. '""'"" ..w -received some revenue from While Ron. McIntosh.Jr. of the FM ,stations, they are Real estate in Goderich is nessed by the number. of For the Bluewater Cable; and the more . concerned 'with bein a "buyers' market" ac; Sale signs on front lawns of company are `fighting the., severely restricted in what cording to a general polling of houses in Goderich and .the s a the town's brokers who.claim ., decision; in actuality •their'- .mey can present ; and the condition. of some of those. hands are tied against -what undemocratic wa•y° in which that the .buyer -beware at signs. A rough estimate based they refer to as outright the• public is bein treated. titudeprevalent a: few. months . on the number of listings the censorship, of their. broad- .g. • ago • has disappeared.. The 'larger: real estate businesses* casting license,: The cable: company is: brokers reason anything froth -in.townhaveon:file now Puts Not only have American 'fighting the a CRTC'Schanges high Mortgage . -rates tothe number of houses for .sale. radio stations beeti .banned' but there is little they can do sohisticate:d shopping by at between 100 and 150. Most •' . except to ass' on the letters i from the cable system', vbut P. P, people interested .in. buying , agents •-claim that the -las �' also,.CFCA-FM in Kitchener , and complaints to MP. Robert a house• as the cause, of the time that' ninny in and CJOM FM • in Windsor McKinley and the CRTC it- :change. <' available at .once was in the have been taken off. the air. It self. . •An obvious slowdown in `early 60's and certainly never ..., in this decade: - The large . number of ted with'' the 'inbin '• listing co s length th of time - the houses.are n ot the market shows a sharp declinein'the past Month in a� certain type of housing. As ,,One agent pointed out, { the fading signs on the fronts of,. =soree of the, places indicates' • Teal Estate signs dot the 'front au:esTa BY JEFF SEDDON • house buying • can be wit - Board receives grant for mentally retard� awns o mortgage rates. The rates climbed to nearly 14 percent recently and that problem was compounded bythe fact ,that money was tight last 'winter. The .rates have -since dropped to 113 r; 4 percent but according to one broker 'the. a:pti-inflation program ,has had its affect on' house buying • trends. " He .pointed out. -that people in many cases buy and sell their way into 'the type. of house they want but the Anti Inflation Board has 'made. that practice difficult. The buyand sell se begins with a : lown riced hand ma's P y_ - special that the family buys and sinks sortie m:eney.into fixingand redecorating. The Ministry of Community ' the Province's ' metropolitan programs • and developing”' ''that fhe normal 60 -day listing and Social Services` -has lap; areas. further . programs ° as period has been doubled with proved a grant.application The' program will involve required. This involvement" still no success.. from the , Goderieh ",-=the hiring;of:laStaff-person to- could'-subsequently--pr-ornet •- •The reason cited by most Recreation and Community,.. become invhelp the mentally retarded community integration'• for brokers. is costs. 'They .agree Cenne card for-comniuriity �..-olved -in-ongoing .•the retarded'and. create : that mosthouses between the =g°progr --Jfbr =€lie mentally community cultural and permanent community 830,000 and $40,400 and in retardech recreational programs, •The .programs. " sem:e instances $50,000 'sell The Ministry awarded a recreatioirbeard is hoping to r The recreation board hopes fast. But.•. houses with_ price • grant of' $15;000 for the .' begin the program in 'Sep- ,. to.. have a -staff person hired tags over that are; usually program, • more than half oftember, followinge hiring before September so thatpassed up . due , to : the ,A ti,' 828 000 applied' for by the of a qualified staff person. `.. e•at i s t i rig `. e m m u n i t y . sophisticationthe buyers are Board. The•Ministry is trying The staff person would be programsmay be examined showing. ' to establish' an integration • responsible for• introducingto determine the approach to The trend seems to indicate program . for mentally. the ,retarded ',into existing the introductory process of that people are' not as quick retarded • in centres outside ' ,comm Unity recreation integration: :.p.r now to. take •on the husky . •. $25,000 A '50,000 `' 675,000 • $100,000 A 4 $125,000 = A • about 125 houses in town u About a year later the house is, sold at'a small profit and the extra cash used :to buy a place'a:little more valuable. Four or five years later the • family may_have•sotnething with which they are content. The AIB, however; may have thrown a wrench into • that practice. The .family_ may have reasoned that the father's wage-' increase ;this year could make itpossible to buy that house around the- corner he corner but the AIB mules kept the raise out of the picture. _The result,is.that the family. s st.Ywhere they l are for at stays .least•ariotherYea r. . One broker suggested that, values .of -houses have 'been - inflated over the past •few years • an4 the va lues . have • peaked. He•pointedout that a. recent. ,demand for housing' and' a comparison O.f.prices with. larger centres it the province drove asking prices "- up. up. Added to'that.were claims by. some agents . that the people 'could easily get their - asking. price .oh the market._ and automatically a large margin of profit has been added to the selling price. ' Another :suggestion blamed a decrease :.in'housing starts last winter for the highprices demanded now. Bad weather halted• Con- last ' winter str e'w'horn es .for a iucton of n few months and ,:the result seemed to be an.escalation ;of prices. of existing property.. The ,cost of servicing• new lots in Goderich has also had at tell=tale -affect, on housing sales. At 'the beginning of the decade .lot prices in town 4. ranged from three to °five thousand 'dollars"- but ' that figure has since jumped to 4,- $12,500 or $12,500or $13,000. That figure plus the cost of the house built seems' to be putting the dwellings out of the debtratio of the average income in Goderich.. One broker suggested that the lack of sales may be .. evident in the sales .of • building :materials.-- He, said - he 1, P Pfe t more people were staying where they were and adding to their -present house (continued on page 14) Winds wreaked havoc with removal of the trusses from the . Goderich Arena last week and smashed one against the • sotith-earst section of the building. Work crews have now • ` completed the demolitit n of the roof. (staff photo)