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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-04-07, Page 20G RICH SIGNAL -STAR THURSDAY. AP1OL. u TIie.Goderich Day Nursery committee plans to survey the town in the near future to try to determine the need for either a day care centre or private home day care. The survey was put in motion after the committee met with two consultants from the day nursery branch of the Ministry of Community and Social Services Monday night. . • Eleanor Roberts, provincial consultant, and Judy Cooper, regional con- ;;ultant for the ministry ex- plained to the committee the difference between the two services and the obligations the municipality has when sponsoring each. Roberts, said 'that since the town of Goderich already operates a day care nursery it is eligible to expand the service to day care type programs with financial help from the province. She said the town could expand the day nursery into a day care centre adding that the expansion would probably mean a capital outlay for the town and at best would mean the town would be providing lunch for the children which, would cost. Thealternative that may meet the same need is private home day care which is less expensive and requires only a small in- vestment by the town through the day nursery and requires the town's support financially if some parents are in need of subsidization. Private home day care is essentially a setting where temporary care is given in a private residence for a period not exceeding 24 hours to not more than five unrelated children. The children must be younger than 10 and not more than two can be two years old or younger and not more than three can be three years old and younger. Roberts said she was quite sold on the private home program claiming its Hexibllity allowed it to meet the needs of almost every parent. She said the service is available from one to 23 hours a day at varied costs and revolves around a mutual trust and working relation- ship between the parent of the child and the person caring for it in the day care home. The homes enlisted for the Grandstand.... (continued from page 1) going to sit in it," reasoned Blaney. "What about portable seating?" asked Allen.„ Blaney- admitted this was a possibility since many op- tions for..portable bleachers are open today. Blaney offered a further suggestion: take the,. roof off the structure and for about $9,000, the seating, could be brought up to standard. •"Can the town get the umbrella concession'" quipped Wheeler. Mayor Shewfel-t then threw in a suggestion: what about putting glass along the west side of Goderich Memorial Arena and seating race fans in the newly constructed mezzanine there? Councillor Elsa Haydon felt that the maintenance com- mittee of the Goderich Trotting Association which includes the town's parks chairman, the property chairman and the finance chairman should be put to work on the problem. I think the trotting association should be part of the discussions from the start," said Haydon, Council concurred. Councillor Allen mentioned that when the new agreement was reached between the town and the trotting association, an attempt was made to 'have the horsemen take over the grandstand. "But they wouldn't agree,'.' said Allen. "The grandstand is a town responsibility," commented the mayor. "It involves more than horse racing." One interesting sidelight came of the discussions with Blaney. It was revealed that H.Y. Yoneyama of the Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations has recently moved there from the Ministry of Labor which ordered the arena closed. The same Mr. Yoneyama was responsible for the many' arenas to be declaredunsafe last summer and last fall. "There will probably be more to -come," warned Blaney. "In Goderich?" asked Deputy -reeve Eileen Palmer. "Could there be anything more in Goderich to be closed?" "Definitely," smiled Blaney, taking a swift look around the town hall . Charles S. MacNaughton, for erly MPP for Huron and cu ently chairman of the Ontario Racing Commission had this to say: "The Com- mission is sympathetic to the inconvenience and financial burdens that will be placed on race tracks as a result of the consultant's report; but we know that you will un- derstand that public safety and human lives come first in any of our endeavors." The racing commission has arranged for one bit of. assistance. Ithas retained the firm of Morrison, Hershfield, Burgess and Huggins Limited .... and made it and its ser- vices available to municipalities with grand- stand problems at no charge to the local taxpayers. In his parting words to town council, Steve Blaney urged council to take advantage of this free consulting service. EVIflRwje first in outboards • hilt day care program are carefully supervised by staff hired and paid by the municipality. They are also screened by the public health nurse beforethey are ac- cepted and are visited regularly by the nurse. The person in the home is trained by the staff of the municipal nursery and has the equip- ment, toys and material available . at the nursery school at his or her disposal. If the town elects to sponsor a private home day care program it will have to agree to subsidize parents who can't meet the costs • for sending their •children to homes. Roberts explained that the rate set per child for private home care is normally T slightly higher than the gin*' rate per day for babysitting, ;. She said the province picks up 80 percent of the costs for parents who are subsidized and the town would have to pay the portion of the remainder that the parents couldn't handle. The home visitor appointed by the town is charged withi the task of finding the hones' to be used in the program and evaluating them. Once done the visitor then develops the home and trains the owner in _ day care procedure. They then select what children go. where and then establish a continuous program of visiting to ensure all is well. Roberts said the program just seems to succeed once the logistics are finished. She said the Homes are just• opened once the program kicks off and the applications are plenty.She explained that it may be that people like children. need money, want to become involved in the program -or, just want to feel part of a larger group. The program is designed to meet the needs of working parents, of parents who need rnlinf anal want to haw. their Board puzzled.. (continued from page 1) explanation from the board." "'The people look to the people who strike the mill rate," said Councillor Don Wheeler. "There are two ways to look at it. We can bear up and not jeopardize our programs, making it clear to the public .that the majority of the increase is for child looked -after so they can go shopping or visit friends or parents who need unusual babysitting type care due to shift work. Roberts said that the unique thing about private home care is once the •• school taxes. Or we can also see it as a better system if they collected their own taxes." Councillor Haydon referred to a recent letter from Hon. Darcy McKeough which she said cautioned council to be concerned about local tax- payers. i ,-. "We cannot question police, county,. county school board," she mused. "He (McKeough)' himself has tied our hands." She asked -What became of a study into tax review in the province, and was told several books on the -subject were in • the town hall, available for councillors to study. Mrs. Haydon then sueeested . that if council parent ` and the; r' operating the prig establish a rappe',,, program is flexible;; be set up to meet needs of both partiet y cannot get satisfa, swers from the Hutu' then perhaps son* .should be initiated ti the system". Councillor Wheeler that at an organiz.l the association of sm., municipalities, ther be "a lot of support" i a resolution. HAPPY 111 impute , IIs41{ Xl11111111ISI 1 11 111111101 I , DUNCAN HINES CAKE 16 OZ. PKG. MIXES 59° 16 OZ. JAR COFFEEMATE $1.19 BIO -AD $2.29 BUDGET 15 OZ. TIN DOG FOOD b R $ 1 HEINZ 32 FL. OZ. KEG -0 KETCHUP LIBBYS 48 FL. OZ. 'OSE BRAND DILL45 FL. 01. PICKLES $1 .29 HEREFORD CORNED BEEF 98'12TI°Nz. NIBLET BRAND TOMATO 994 BICKS SWEET MIXED or YUM YUMO 4 3 FL OZ. 9 PICKLES ST: WILLIAMS WITH PECTINRASP. OZ JAM S ROR AW. 24 FL. 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