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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1976-12-16, Page 39k. Jack's Jotfiogs '." from Queen's Park 8g Jack NMI IluroQ-Middlesex MPP A Legislative Committee after sitting for five days, decided to delay the parss,age ,of the Family Law Reform ,bill introduced . this session, until next year. This, they say will give interested " groups more time to make sub- missions. Attorney General, Mr. Roy McMurtry said he would have been delighted to have had the -new laws in effect before Christmas but he was con- , cerned that undue haste would producea document somethingless than what might otherwise be the case.. The Bill will die - op : the Order Paper next week when the.House prorogues and will -I have 'cto be reintroduced by the Attorney General when the new session opens. The Committee agreed to. advertise for public sub- missions again 'next year to give clause -by -clause con- sideration to the bills in the committee rather than in the ,, House where-:- the public cannot take part in the debate. ' • The Attorney General also intends, to raise the minimum marriage age from 14 to 16. Both Opposition Leaders called upon the Government to have an emergency debate on the Greyhound -Gray Coach controversy, which they considered to be , a matter of urgent public importance, which should take precedence over other matters. .. • After strong and growing' pressure in the Legislature," the Ontario Cabinet has told the Ontario Highway Tran- sport Board to reconsider the decision to allow Greyhound Lines of Canada Ltd. to compete - with the publicly owned Gr Coach Lines•Ltd. ° As Stuart S ith has pointed out, this wwod be equivalent to Ontario handing over a $10. million public asset to a U.S. controlled company. ' The Minister of Tran- sportation and Com- munications has asked 'the OHTB to re-examine the _economic imp a c t_ of the decision, and determine how this will" affect bus service to smaller communities and Gray Coach finances. T.T.C. and union officials have Warned that some 245jobs could be lost and the company put in the red by $300,000, although the president of Greyhound has=ta`l "'t1Th new routes tobe granted his company, would "increase employment' iri Ontario by at• least 90 jobs and perhaps as . many as 130". According to the Minister, his decision to ask for the review is not a reversal of 3k{d government policy, nor a hearing of the decision itsetf.. ' It is more a review of the y-, consequences'of the decision.. Stuart Smith and Stephen Lewis have attacked the Minister over statements he t,x has made about the Board's decision which indicate, they say, that he has already made up his mind. Stuart Smith maintains that the review is "an admission of the Board's failure to deal adequately with the matter." The .Provincial Secretariat- for Social Development, The Honourable' Margaret Birch, told the Legislature this week that Family Court Judges will no longer have the power to send children who have committed no crime to `<a training schools. On January 1, 1977, ' an amendment repealing Sec- tion 8 of the Training Schools Act, will be proclaimed.. Section 8 of the Training Schools Act, allows a Family' Court'judge to co mit a so- called unmanage child to .training school if no other program was ' appropriate and if training school was thought to be: needed. The Legislature voted to repeal Section 8 in May, 1975, but proclamation was delayed to allow the Province to study the implication of the repeal and to allow the .Province to establish alternative placement for the children in training schools under Section 8. As of December 3 of this year there were 786 children. still in the wardship of the Minister of Correctional Services under Section 8 of the Training Schools Act. Of this total 103 are in Training Schools. Others are in group homes:, foster'. ... homes, sAecial treatment centres and their own homes. Mrs. Birch said, that after proclamation,, some will remain where they are. She said she would place herself in an unconscionable position if all of these children were to have their wardship, terminated on January 1st, with no regard for their -care. Many of them are responding GODERICH SI NAI. -STAR, THURSDAY, DECEIVIBER' 6, I.1 (1 Family Law reform •delayed until positively to the care and. treatment they are receiving and it would be irresponsible to move them from their community placements. Of the .103 children still in training school 42 are ex- pected to be returned to their own homes. ' Another children will beplaced in. the Ministry'sf group'' homes and 2.6 •will go,to ministry - supervised . foster homes. Twenty others will be placed in' boarding homes, treatment centres and special facilities. The aim of the Minisfry of Correctional Services is to have moved all Section 8 wards from Training Schools by September 1, 1977, and to terminate wardships under Section 8 just as soon as suitable alternatives to wardship can be found. Mrs. Birch assured the Legislature that the repeal of Section 8 is'a necessaryand a proper action, and that her Ministry ;is continuing to "grapple with some of the large issues surrounding the problems of those children who- require special at- tention." " Some administrative dteps egionalLibraries involved in new Ontario Outreach Public libraries in • the .region -.of Waterloo and in Perth, Huron and Wellington counties are sponsoring performances of some of Canada's best known artists through the Ontario•Outreach program. - Ja'n ,Rubes, Czechoslovakian -born opeta singer, television personality, writer and narrator, recently performed • Christmas programs for children in. Cambridge and • Stratford, and 'appeared in the Kit- chener and New Hamburg public , libraries last Satur- day, December 11. Working with Guelph opera singer Ann . Linden, Mr. Rubes traced the develop-) ment of music. and singing through a selection of Christmas songs in many languages. The program was part• of the . singer's efforts to popularize opera, and this forms the basis for his regular television show, Guess What, as well•as for his numerous concert and per- -forrnance appearances across Canada. While •opera will always be something of an "elite" art form, said Mr:Rubes, there is •no reasor why children cannot be exposed to fine music and singing at an early age - "This. is the only way- to encourage people to develop a love of rnusic,"- he said in a recent interview. "While opera itself is only patronized by six per cent of the people of 'Germany - the home of opera - nevertheless there are many people who have never even had the chance to think about music as an art form." Mr. 'Rubes,' whhose library' performances are co- ordinated by the Midwestern regional library system, also starred in . the. 'movie "The Incredible Journey" and has recently, completed work on the Canadian film "Lions for. Breakfast • Also appearing through the Outreach grant program is the Toronto Consort group. Five regular' musicians, supported by guest artists, perform vocal and in- strumental music of 'the medieval and renaissance periods. - . : - Toronto Consort will ap- pear at the Kitchener library 'January 20, at the Guelph library January 21, at the Palmerston library in Wellington county January 22, and at the Cambridge Public Library January 23. The joy of the new year will be celebrated in a play by the °Contact. Theatre group. Contact Theatre will present its own . vocal and musical material by new Canadian talent'in Cambridge January 15, in Guelph January 22, in Ayr January 29, and int Wellington county February 5. Some locations:. for the performances are still to be finalized. HensaiI couple 0 ciebr•t� have already been taken. On November 23rd, the Minister of Health issued a directive restricting the circumstances under which a psychiatric hiispital can lay charges against children in their care. Charges cannot be brought simply to relocate a child who is difficult to manage and each case must be reviewed by the Minister. `The Minister of Natural Resources, Mr., Leo Bernier, has'stated that his Ministry is ,seeking ways of easing the Province out of the camping business. He has . said the Recently ,the Outreach Ontario grants, which are provided by the ministry of culture and . recreation,- sponsoredperformances by George Gray, a London-based. plumber who has become nationally ' knows for his cooking and serving of wild plants. .Mr. Gray 'runs -the Nature Bounty School in London and conducts lectures ' and, correspondence courses on the selection, cooking, - preservation and eating of wild plants. Mr. Gray recently appeared. at the Waterloo public library. All performances under the Ontario Outreach program are free. Individual libraries should be- contacted for further details. Mt. and Mrs. Herbert Jones • :V of Hensall celebrated their t 10th wedding anniversary with an Open _ House at. _the Hensall United Church, ;„ Sunday •afternoon: Mr. and Mrs. Jones were k. married on the Finkbeiner homestead at Lot, 11, Con ke cession 8; of Stephen township on. December 6, 1916. Mrs. Jones was the former Lillian Finkbeiner. • • After their marriage they moved to the -family farm at Lot 4, South Boundary of • ""' Stanley township and remained there until moving to their present home in Hensall in 1961. They have one daughter Mrs. Bernard (Margaret) Keyes and one son, Harold, 11112 Hensall. They also have fourgrandchildren and five great grandchildren. Mr. Jones recalls the weather on his wedding day as being "sunshiny" with no snow evident. Mary's Gift Suggestions..: ANEW WHITE OR ELP4A SEWING MACHINE Come in and well be glad to demonstrate a White or Elnafor. you. You'll appreciate the quality -and expert workmalnship of these fine sewing machines, and Mom will appreciate their special sewing featuees. We're now open 'til 9 p.m. each night. • SEWING BOXES & BASKETS ' • SEWING NOTIONS • SEWING MACHINE CABINETS • PURSES' • LACE TABLECLOTHS ' • GIFT CERTIFICATES • HATS (upstairs at our new "Hat shoppe" Mary's $ewing Centre 17 Vittoria St•' Clinton. 4824036 .14 10 1.4 • .t, 18,1 and.tu. Government would like to drop the financial burden of the 21,000 campsitesin 123 provincial parks, whichlast year attracted more than 1,500,000 campers. It is estimated that the campgrounds lose something like $9:5 million annually, and the government would like almost all provincial cam- psites to be in the hands of private enterprise corn=" -panies. - However it would seem that it could take approximately. 20 years to hand over all the campsites. The ,Minister �.1111d1n Hirt made it clear that any new provincial parks would not have. campgrounds •in. them, PAGE I9 and he indicated that no campgrour#dS are under construction at present. Homeowners - — • Contractors . 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