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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1989-04-25, Page 17.-:7714-gre5- 4.„ •.q 441 •*.at:': • A 44. • • • •I•• • \y• U1',4:41 - • ••••,,t; If .........„. , .\\., . t44,1i,‘ r?' SQUADRON BANNER DEDICATED—A dedication ceremony'was held last Wednesday evening for a banner presented to 543 Air Cadets Squadron, Wingharn, from Branch 180 of the Royal Canadian Legion, Wingham. jack Blackwell presents the banner to Cadet Gerald Moore as Rev. Douglas Madge conducts the dedication. Legion President DonTarnell alsols show. Not just vi�l* "The position of our group is strong," members of the Wingham Business Association were told last week. "It's not just violence by men that's unacceptable ... it's violence that's unacceptable." The statement was made by Doug Reberg, guest speaker at the WBA's regular April meeting. Dr. Reberg's address was on the social and contemporary issue of family violence. A psychologist at the Huron - Perth Centres for Children and Youth, Dr. Reberg is also the co- founder of the Group Delta men's violence program in Huron County. Doug Layton is director of. Crime Stoppers Doug Layton has been appointed as Wingham representative on the board of directors for Crime Stop- pers of Huron County Inc. Mr. Layton replaces David Cameron who has been the Wing-. ham representative since the Crime Stoppers program started here just over a year ago. At its regular April meeting, the Wingham Board of Police Commis- sioners directed its secretary, Byron Adams, to send a letter off to Mr. Cameron thanking him for his ser- vice. "We had good representation from Mr. Cameron," Police Chief Bob Wittig told the board. "And we expect that we will get the same from Mr. Layton." Crime Stoppers is considered to be an effective program that offers cash rewards for information on unsohk4 crime& . , • .1•,.‘“FIC.0 Vi ..1.0r, ir •• o fA,,,,I•If , f k , , , , . , ..,, , . .. 4 . , ; , . . . ... „ • ...,.,1$.46,6,40 4, C•144,111t4 . A .5. a! I Ie A • IC . 4 I A nth...., no I 1,••••••+.a.A.,AA,i0.4.84:411,40,,t1: 4 J. 0)4 0 0 0 4. 0 0 . 0, 0 * 4, ) 0 1.41,...103,10),,yre * y. 41 * '^ ' • . . •'' , • • „ ••!••• - Morris .TOWnSlii, , ncfl is Morris TAW** standing behind a Winharn: Area..'• the rittbas0. isi,), A, rieypurchase. . , ; ..; : ,. :,,. /fit ' Fire Board deeision to purchase a . money for thi.s y: Ui new epompor0401:p! The purchase was discussed- 198W ;:1 04,4 1 , b at thq second monthly meet- In light of opposition, ing of council'. . Town of Witigha, irk • ' ' At its April 12 meeting, the Ara -Township, the board a:-.4 -to hold board decided, by a 0-4 vote, to off the pu li • aise Una ,. 0 ;•,. - ,, purchase anew $165,000 pumper. sentatives had. a chatiCelar reP‘, back to their respective.coundils.. Although .Viorrie7couneil tookTLO 'action on the. as at /I: St :\ weP1.41.ngettijk&it will bg* with a resolution at its first May, meeting from Tumberry council; That resolution will that the- , pumper purchase be putonhold - ,. until .several conditions are met. These include: that the board first .. .., Bert Elliott and Wayne Riley, adopt a needs arid- alternatives ' Morris Township's representatives study for the pumper; that. phi on the fire board, both voted in pumper, if needed, be officially pat favor of the pumper purchase. out or tender; that it is a model built in the.same year the, pumper is purchased andpaid for. ; - The chassis would be paidfor this"year and the balance, for outfit- ting the vehicle to firefighting stare, dards,. in 1990. Morris Township contributes 8.7 per cent toward fire board expendi- tures under a cost-sharing agree - merit. Its share in 1989 would be $3,888.90 and next year, $10,427.39. . „. As M. Elliott had told the fire board, it makes no difference to Howick housing group • ••• meets submission criteria , • ,„ The Howick Non -Profit Housing Corporation has met the criteria for non-profit seniors° and family housing in the township and now • awaits the approval of the Ontario Ministry of Housing. June MacEwen, spokesman for the corporation, told the newspaper Monday morning that the group has met the -requirements for both • seniors° housing and .family units, mainly due to a good response from township residents to a sur- vey completed earlier this spring. Consultant Bramwell Gregson now will prepare the proper form for subinissktT to the ministry office at Lonelo- Mrs. MacEwen • •rtor,rrro.... arrsipOrs, • There are a lot of myths about life in this part of the world, he told the meeting. Things such as non-exis- tent stress levels, or that there is no more peaceful way of life than on the farm where only harmony and joy abound. "We know that isn't true." However, myths aren't just restricted to rural areas, he said. And, unfortunately, another is that families are always harmonious. "The family is not always a secure environment," Dr. 'Reberg said. "We know that there are fart& lies that are absolutely horrible places in which to live." Most conservative estimates say that repeated violence between husband and wife occurs in about six per cent of families, he said. "But those figures have to be as high as 10 per cent," However, Dr. Reberg says that whatever the actual figure, it's too high anyway. "As many as 30 per cent, perhaps as high as 50 per cent, of relation- ships involving men and women have at least one expressed act of violence," he said. "All of us in this room have had close contact with someone who has been in that situation and was trying to talk about it," he added. "It's a problem that has to be faced." Dr. Reberg said that some vio- lence used to be accepted as a wav of life in a relationship between husband and wife. "But how would we deal with that' statistic if we discovered that roughly 15 per cent of teachers were being assaulted by one of their colleagues," he asked. "We'd probably say that's a terrible statis- tic and we'd better do something about it." It's lard, Dr. Reberg said, for those in the situation to talk about family violence, but that's exactly what the Group Delta program is all about. "From a personal and profession- al point of view, it has, at times, been one of the most rewarding and certainly most challenging (projects) in my career," Dr. Reberg said of the pilot program which started just over four years ago. When men tend to be physically violent, the risks are higher, he said, and within the family, physical vio- lence does produce untommon lev- els of torment, suffering and pain. "One of the surprises I found, however, is the level of pain that men who have been violent to their partners also express and feel." Dr. Reberg said this is, perhaps, brought about by the sudden real - ization that their violent behavior had damaged the family relation- ship so badly that its potential for continuing is most uncertain. The Group Delta meetings pro- vide these men with an opportunity to meet with other men who have had the same experience and reached the point where they knew that steps had to be taken to make sure this violent behavior came to an end. "There are very specific things we try to teach the men ... that there are very specific alternatives W. vio- lence." -Men have been brought up to believe it is "unmanly" to walk out on an argument rather than let the anger build up, he said. "The oppo- site is true, it's a very courageous thing to do." says it could be late summer before the ministry replies. The corporation is asking for,30 seniors' units and eight familyunits for family housing in the township. The program is administered by the federal and provincial govern-, • , - ments, however, the corporationte. -....., would gladly receive allocatm •r- . under the new Homes Nowpirvii- cial program, adds Mrs. MacEweit • Corporation members also wilt be meeting with local church and community grotrpS to discuss the latest developments in the quest for • affordable housing for Howick. Township. , cr • Nothing would make him happi- er than to report a 100 per cent success rate. "But I'm not going to do that," he said. "Our success rate, however, is encouraging." Approximately 20 per cent of those who are exposed to the Group Delta Program are not posi- tively affected by it, he said. "That means 80 per cent show improve- ment." Even more encouraging, he said, is that about 50 per cent who claim — and that claim is supported by their families — they are now com- pletely free of violence. "That's the statement that we're really proud of." The remaining 30 per cent admit that there is still violence, but that its frequency has been reduced and (Continued on Page 213) School boards will sharet, almost $9 million in grants The Huron County Board of Edu- cation and the Huron -Perth Roman Catholic Separate School Board will receive almost $9 million for school construction and renovations, Huron MVP and Agriculture and Food Minister Jack Riddell announced on Friday. Making the announcement on behalf of Education Minister Chris Ward, Mr. Riddell said the $8,838,000 which -will go to the HCBE and the HPRCSSB is part of $1.1 bffiion that will be spent across the province on school construction over theext three years. It is part of the largest school building bo in Canadian history, and ore of the greatest construction undertakings in Ontario since the Second World War. The HPRCSSB will receive .27 million to build a new high school in Stratford. The HCBE is receiving $500,000 to upgrade heating systems at Cen- tral Huron Secondary School in Clinton and Usborne Central Public School near Exeter, and for roof repairs at Goderich District Colle- giate Institute and at Howick Cen- tral Public School. Overall, 455 projects will be undertaken in communities across the province, creating 74,169 new pupil places. A total of 73 eletrien- tary schools and 17 secondary schools will be built. The province will provide $662 million in capital grants to school boards for growth, renovation, replacement, and upgrading pro- jects as .part of its three-year capital expenditure program, including in- year'commitrnents of $85 million previously announced, which will create school construction projects valued at $142 million. While responding to growth remains a priority this year, the education ministry is also provid- ing for extensive renovation, repairs, upgrading and improve- ments. Projects tO renovate, repair, upgrade and improve schools have a total value of $139 million. ?Ole ./.,•*•, p „ p p I 1,$)) ,,*,* , • t • .