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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1976-11-04, Page 1r FIRST SECTION Wingham, Thit+Mdsr. November 4, 1876 WLU GRADUATE Karen Elizabeth Ritter, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. P. Ritter of Wingham, gradu- ated from Wilfrid Laurier University. She received a B.A. degree in History at the Fall Convocation on Sunday, October 31. Karen is present- ly attending the Ontario Teachers' Education College in Toronto. One member of town council dec'i6des a wont run again0 At a short meeting of Wingham town council on Monday night there wasn't much business con- ducted. It appeared the council was trying, to clear everything up before the'election of a new coun- cil December 6. Just before the meeting ad- journed Councillor Bill, Harris told Acting Mayor Joe Kerr and his fellow councillors he wouldn't be standing for re-election. He didn't give any reasons for his de- cision. Mr. Kerr also told council he wouldn't be in the running for the mayoralty race. He left the door open by saying, I may run for about what he wanted to de. mentioned that an animal control ' "However," he said, "I r e. However I have been told hope tlyt officer has been appointed and by my physician to cut back on some members decide to rW will be patrolling the town to my activities. I cant do this and again. make sure that dogs are tied up run for mayor." "It would take a completely or have licenses. CounMllor Jack Gillespie also new council about a year to field indicated he might not stand for out what is required of It. We re-election. "I might just join you need some older members to Bill," he commented after hear- guide them," said the actilo ing that Bill Harris was not run- mayor. ning on December 6. Ask Stiffer Penalties Gillespie did say that he would During the meetitlg council en - wait until the November 11 dead- dorsed a letter received from line before making up his mind Orillia which is being sent to the definitely. Joe Kerr mentioned he solicitor -general. It asks that thought it was up to each individ- police take drastic steps to cut ual to make up his own mind down on vandalism ' and mali- cious damage. The letter also asks that the judiciary be author- To blitz town for arena fund cod to act severely with ment should be sought and any - Angus Mowbray, chairman of Tuesday, November 16th. The one convicted more than once, the Wingham Arena Building town has been divided into blocks should be given a jail term. Committee, has announced plans for this campaign and the Arena Councillor Harris said that for a fund-raising blitz to raise Building Committee is.hopeful of Wingham town police reported the balance of local donations re- enthusiastic support in order that the quietest Hallowe'en in the quired for the arena rebuilding the tentative goal of $75,000 will town in many years. He said chil- program. be reached. dren should be commended for With nearly $50,000 collected to The building program is well their behaviour and that the date, a door-to-door, canvass has under way and all signs point to it Citizens' Band Club did a good been organized for the evenings being operational by the end of job in assisting the police by pa - of Monday, November 15th, and December. trolling the streets of the town during the evening. New Park Bldg. Councillor Al Harrison told 0 0 council that tenders had been Sevenpeople en ured called for building a new office eon d' the park grounds and that >� Moore was proceeding with the work. He said that the geese which o f r area accidentshad been staying on the park O V property are still around and Seven motor vehicle accidents were -investigated by the Wing - ham Detachment of the Ontario Provincial Police last week. Estimated damages were $9,570 and seven persons were injured. William Scott Stevenson, 11, of Belgrave was treated for leg lacerations la$t Monday after he suffered the injuries when the motorcycle he was riding on the front lawn of his parents' home, rolled over. Following emerg- ency treatment at the Wingham and District Hospital, he was released. The same day, Levi A. Byer of RR 1, Clifford was injured when he and Samuel R. Hymers of RR 2, Clifford were involved in a collision on Huron County Road 28, south of the Howick-Carrick Town Line in Howick Township. Five people were injured on Sunday in two separate chishaps occurring in the area. In Bluevale, a vehicle driven by Raymond Schmidt of that village and a motorcycle operated by Neil J. Warwick of RR 2, Bluevale, were involved in a collision, with Mr. Warwick receiving injuries as a result. A Brussels man, William McWhirter, was transferred to Hamilton General Hospital Sun- day evening after his pickup truck was in collision with a stake AMA MNOVATION FUND DONATIONS truck driven by Paul F, White- head of RR 2, Maberly on Concession 13-14 at Sideroad 5-6 of Grey Township. Mr. White- head was admitted to the Wingham and District Hospital with multiple injuries. Two-.passengecs_in.Ahe _R%Ae- head vehicle, Mrs. Marlene Manning of RR 2, Brussels and her daughter Carmen, were also detained in hospital, Mrs. Mann- ing suffering from a _ fractured pelvis and fractured clavicle, her daughter admitted for observa- tion. Elgin was treated for abrasions and contusions to his face and back after he apparently lost control of his car in front of the Lucknow Co -0p. Morley Shepherd of 40 Downie Street, Stratford, was apparently -Mding a motor bike on the second concession of Huron Township when he fell from the bike, fracturing his clavicle. Both patients were released from hospital following emer- gency treatment. O rth H 11 1k d more seem to be arriving every day. They are being fed and look- ed after and it is hoped they will stay all winter. A motion was passed asking that all merchants in town close on the morning of Armistice Day, November 11. Acting Mayor Kerr said he would not be representing the council at the memorial ser-' vice and Al Harrison was asked to represent council. Councillor { Jack Bateson will also represent council and place the wreath on the cenotaph. Council passed a motion that $25 be sent to the headquarters of ve e a owe en wee en , St. John Ambulance to help fi- The Wingham detachment of Wingham' OPP officers made nance their work. It was also the Ontario Provincial Police eleven liquor seizures but basic - investigated all the above incid- ally, Hallowe'en was fairly quiet ents. and orderly with only 12 complaints being called in. The Two separate accidents, in- two most serious were reports of vestigated by out-of-town de rocks being thrown through tachments, injured two people on windows of two residences in Saturday. Garry Koyle of Port Turnberry Township. FORMER RESIDENT NAMED MODERATOR Rev. Douglas 0. Fry, minister of Knox Presbyterian Church in Red Deer, Alberta, has been appointed Moderator of the Synod of Alberta. Mr. Fry is the son of Mrs. Norman L. Fry of Wingham. His wife is the former Betty Lewis, also of Wingham. Prior to entering the ministry, Doug was a member of the staff at CKNX for several years. Newmarket man dies in car accident A 31 -year-old Newmarket man died Sunday in University Hos- pital, London, of injuries receiv- ed early Saturday morning in a single -car crash near Lucknow. Paul Conrad Wadsworth of 477 Lloyd Avenue, Newmarket, was the lone occupant of a car which went out of control, ran into a ditch, struck a tree and burst into flames. The mishap occurred about 3:50 a.m. about three miles west of the Huron -Kinloss Town- ship line on Highway 86. Mr. Wadsworth was transport- ed to the Wingham and District Hospital via ambulance and later transferred to the London hos- pital. The accident was investi- gated by the Kincardine detach- ment of the Ontario Provincial Police. Paul Wadsworth was the belov- ed husband of the former Susan Williams of Wingham; dear son of Thomas and Pauline Wads- worth; dear brother of Michael and family, Garth and family and Maureen Wadsworth. He is also survived by Maybelle and Mary Smith and the MacDonald family. He was a retired (1970) Sergeant with the United States Army Paratroopers; a veteran of the Vietnam Campaign; a mem- ber of the United States Legion, Buffalo Chapter; and the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 183, Kincardine. The late Paul Conrad Wads- worth rested at the Hallowell Funeral Home, Toronto, until Wednesday morning when- re- moval was made to St. Basil's Church for mass at 10 o'clock. Following the service, he was re- turned to the place of his birth, Kincardine, where graveside and committal service took place in the cemetery there at ap- proximately four o'clock. Donations are being accepted for Branch 183 of the Royal Can- adian Legion, Kincardine. LIMITED MAIL SERVICE ON NOVEMBER 11 On Thursday, 11th November 1976, there will be no wicket service and no rural delivery. There will be a street letter box collection beginning at 10:45 a.m. Mail posted in the red receiver in front of the post office will be des- patched at 12:10 noon. Charges laid Dy Town Police The Wingham Police Depart- ment laid a number of charges during the past week: 12 under the Highway Traffic Act, one under the Narcotics Control Act and nine under the Liquor License Act. One motor vehicle accident was investigated by the depart- ment, on Wednesday of last week when David Wattam of RR 4, Wingham and Brian LaRose of Wingham were involved in a collision in the parking lot behind 262 Josephine Street. Damage was estimated at. $700. . The Police Department is grateful to the Citizen Band operators who assisted during the Hallowe'en weekend and helped to eliminate senselesF vandalism. i We, have, a winte,r vocation for you! GOOK MOW r.VAVE,I Listowel, Ontario "1.2111 Single Copy Not Over 25c THE ONLY LIFE MEMBER of the Western Ontario Athletic Association is Alf Lockridge of Wingham. He picked up another honor at the annual meeting of the WOAA at the Canadian Legion Hall on Friday night. He is presented with the Mike Weichel Award by Hugh Hodges. The award is for "outstanding contribution to minor sports." Teaching methods explained to parents The Education Committee of the Huron County Board of Education tabled a report of a meeting held October 18 in connection with a brief tabled at the board's October meeting by Joan Van den Broeck of Goder- ich. That brief had presented some questions and criticisms of the "Special Education" services available in Huron. According to the report, the October 18 meeting was held to "assist Mrs. Van den Broeck to arrive at an understanding regarding the depth of program now active within the Huron County school system." When asked by R. B. Allan, superintendent of education, to identify her number one priority, she explained that reading was a real concern to her and the way children are being taught to read (how reading difficulties are being approached) and use of the phonetic system. Mrs. Van den Broeck told the meeting parents were confused and do not know how to discuss the problems. Superintendent of Education J. W. Coulter explained that the Ministry approves a set of books in Toronto and the schools are then free to use any one. The Huron system uses a variety, he said. qq He wenfbn to explain the sight - phonetics methods and illus- trated pupil progress com- parisons on the blackboard. He said there is strong emphasis on reading but that this is only a small part of learning and that 45 per cent of the time one is com- municating one is listening, next is speaking. R. E. Smith, superintendent of education, described different ways of learning, such as forming words by, using flash cards. He said teachers can use some sight and some sign material com- bined together. H u ron council asks prMrs. Van den Broeck ex- essed concern over the sight - for early At its October meeting last Fri- day Huron County Council agreed to accept a recommendation of the Executive Committee that department budgets should be started prior to the year end to enable completion of the total budget early in the new year when the auditor's financial statement is received. It was agreed that the policy of all departments submitting a preliminary budget to be dealt wittVf t the November session be adopted as future policy, as many 1977 preliminary budgets as poss- ible to be submitted to the 1976 November session of Council, or at least to be dealt with by the committee with a recommen- dation to the January 1977 ses- sion. Another recommendation from the executive committee, that the council not support a resolution from the Town of Markham that the Minister of Culture and Recreation be requested to con- sider a policy under which the Ontario Athletic Commissioner plates order for equipment pur- chases approved under any Provincial grant with sports equipment retailers located in the community in which the grant applies received enthusiastic support. Morris Reeve Bill Elston told council that "equipment sent out from Toronto free is really se- cond class." He cited broken baseball bats as one example and suggested that if the communi- ties were given the funds instead budgets they could perhaps purchase better equipment. Goderich Reeve Stan Profit said the same held true for soccer balls received by Goderich. "After one or two games the seams were coming apart," he said. A resolution from the County of Perth recommending that the Consumer and Corporate Affairs Ministry of the Federal Govern- ment, the Consumer and Com- mercial Relations Department of the Province of Ontario and the Canadian Radio and Television Commission be petitioned to enact regulations restricting advertising which encourages in- dividuals to incur excessive debt did not meet with the same sup- port. Council chose not to support the resolution. Morris Reeve Elston said that this is a free country and asked, "What next will we be telling people they can't do"' Goderich Reeve Profit said the council was in the business of managing people's affairs, but their public affairs not private. People, he said, have an individ- ual right to borrow. Another resolution, this one from the Association of Munici- palities of Ontario that the Ca- binet of Ontario be requested to intercede on behalf of the Ontario resident and small business users and roll back or stagger Ontario Hydro's proposed increase to a rate consistent with the Anti -In- flation hoard guidelines was sup- ported by Huron County Council, sound use together and indicated she was more enthused by the use of phonetics. She cited examples from her own child. Mr. Coulter told her that no method yet de- veloped suited everyone and Mrs. Ila Kayes, co-ordinator of student services agreed, saying that the two must be combined to teach the language. The rising number of students requiring assistance came under discussion at the meeting, and the fact that the teaching staff had not increased corresponding- ly. Mr. Allan explained that over- all enrollments had been, and would continue, to drop but the number of staff is up, leaving additional aid in special educa- tion areas. Board Member Dorothy Wal- lace inquired as to the success of the remedial program in secon- dary schools. Mr. Kenwell said that in the 1971-72 term the Board had hired one remedial reading teacher who spent his time in all five schools. Because of the in- terest in reading, there was now one teacher in each school work- ing in this area. Mrs. Van den Broeck also asked what programs could be established beyond testing to assist slow readers and slow learners. She felt there were many different methods used in remedial work. Mrs. Kayes said the board tries "to find out what skills the child lacks and tries to build one skill at a time, this is the way we start. We want the child to have success at the beginning." Mr. Coulter also explained that each school has a Student Ser- vices follow-up procedure and that there is follow up action. It was also pointed out that the report from Student Services is available in the school, for any- one connected with the child to see and that Student Services personnel go into the school to discuss the report with the teacher. The teacher, remedial teacher and principal are present at the meeting after testing. Mrs. Van den Broeck also won- dered about the area and num- bers of children who require as- sistance and Mrs. Kayes ex- plained that this assistance is mostly required from kinder- garten to grade three. Probably 90 per cent of the students, by the time they have finished grade three, have contact with one of the people connected with speech, and remedial classes. Mrs. Eleanor Scott, principal of Huron Hope School, said she felt the educators in Special Services in Huron County should be com- mended for their efforts and accomplishments. It was also pointed out that other areas had sent representatives into the Huron system to learn its methods. Mrs. Van den Broeck however, felt there was a gap between par- ental understanding of what parents see and what is actually being done within the system. She asked the Board if it would con- tinue to upgrade services. Mr. Elliott pointed out that the ser- vices had been updated every yeanand would continue to be so, and "there will be a number of areas of concern to receive addi- tional attention." When Mrs. Van den Broeck brought up the question of liaison with parents, representatives of Special Services pointed out that this had already been tried on several occasions "with poor re- sults " According to Mrs. Kayes "parents simply did not come out to meetings." The report tabled before the Board on Monday noted that "Concerned parents can become acquainted with the system's practices by inquiring." "It is to be hoped that Mrs. Van den Broeck now finds herself to be more generally informed, with the realization that Huron County definitely does have a Special Education program -- and a good one. Materials, assistance and guidance are available to parents who require them One only has to ask." M 60.000 55.000 60.000 45.000 40000 35000 30.000 25000 20.000 15.000 10.000 5000, AMA MNOVATION FUND DONATIONS truck driven by Paul F, White- head of RR 2, Maberly on Concession 13-14 at Sideroad 5-6 of Grey Township. Mr. White- head was admitted to the Wingham and District Hospital with multiple injuries. Two-.passengecs_in.Ahe _R%Ae- head vehicle, Mrs. Marlene Manning of RR 2, Brussels and her daughter Carmen, were also detained in hospital, Mrs. Mann- ing suffering from a _ fractured pelvis and fractured clavicle, her daughter admitted for observa- tion. Elgin was treated for abrasions and contusions to his face and back after he apparently lost control of his car in front of the Lucknow Co -0p. Morley Shepherd of 40 Downie Street, Stratford, was apparently -Mding a motor bike on the second concession of Huron Township when he fell from the bike, fracturing his clavicle. Both patients were released from hospital following emer- gency treatment. O rth H 11 1k d more seem to be arriving every day. They are being fed and look- ed after and it is hoped they will stay all winter. A motion was passed asking that all merchants in town close on the morning of Armistice Day, November 11. Acting Mayor Kerr said he would not be representing the council at the memorial ser-' vice and Al Harrison was asked to represent council. Councillor { Jack Bateson will also represent council and place the wreath on the cenotaph. Council passed a motion that $25 be sent to the headquarters of ve e a owe en wee en , St. John Ambulance to help fi- The Wingham detachment of Wingham' OPP officers made nance their work. It was also the Ontario Provincial Police eleven liquor seizures but basic - investigated all the above incid- ally, Hallowe'en was fairly quiet ents. and orderly with only 12 complaints being called in. The Two separate accidents, in- two most serious were reports of vestigated by out-of-town de rocks being thrown through tachments, injured two people on windows of two residences in Saturday. Garry Koyle of Port Turnberry Township. FORMER RESIDENT NAMED MODERATOR Rev. Douglas 0. Fry, minister of Knox Presbyterian Church in Red Deer, Alberta, has been appointed Moderator of the Synod of Alberta. Mr. Fry is the son of Mrs. Norman L. Fry of Wingham. His wife is the former Betty Lewis, also of Wingham. Prior to entering the ministry, Doug was a member of the staff at CKNX for several years. Newmarket man dies in car accident A 31 -year-old Newmarket man died Sunday in University Hos- pital, London, of injuries receiv- ed early Saturday morning in a single -car crash near Lucknow. Paul Conrad Wadsworth of 477 Lloyd Avenue, Newmarket, was the lone occupant of a car which went out of control, ran into a ditch, struck a tree and burst into flames. The mishap occurred about 3:50 a.m. about three miles west of the Huron -Kinloss Town- ship line on Highway 86. Mr. Wadsworth was transport- ed to the Wingham and District Hospital via ambulance and later transferred to the London hos- pital. The accident was investi- gated by the Kincardine detach- ment of the Ontario Provincial Police. Paul Wadsworth was the belov- ed husband of the former Susan Williams of Wingham; dear son of Thomas and Pauline Wads- worth; dear brother of Michael and family, Garth and family and Maureen Wadsworth. He is also survived by Maybelle and Mary Smith and the MacDonald family. He was a retired (1970) Sergeant with the United States Army Paratroopers; a veteran of the Vietnam Campaign; a mem- ber of the United States Legion, Buffalo Chapter; and the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 183, Kincardine. The late Paul Conrad Wads- worth rested at the Hallowell Funeral Home, Toronto, until Wednesday morning when- re- moval was made to St. Basil's Church for mass at 10 o'clock. Following the service, he was re- turned to the place of his birth, Kincardine, where graveside and committal service took place in the cemetery there at ap- proximately four o'clock. Donations are being accepted for Branch 183 of the Royal Can- adian Legion, Kincardine. LIMITED MAIL SERVICE ON NOVEMBER 11 On Thursday, 11th November 1976, there will be no wicket service and no rural delivery. There will be a street letter box collection beginning at 10:45 a.m. Mail posted in the red receiver in front of the post office will be des- patched at 12:10 noon. Charges laid Dy Town Police The Wingham Police Depart- ment laid a number of charges during the past week: 12 under the Highway Traffic Act, one under the Narcotics Control Act and nine under the Liquor License Act. One motor vehicle accident was investigated by the depart- ment, on Wednesday of last week when David Wattam of RR 4, Wingham and Brian LaRose of Wingham were involved in a collision in the parking lot behind 262 Josephine Street. Damage was estimated at. $700. . The Police Department is grateful to the Citizen Band operators who assisted during the Hallowe'en weekend and helped to eliminate senselesF vandalism. i We, have, a winte,r vocation for you! GOOK MOW r.VAVE,I Listowel, Ontario "1.2111 Single Copy Not Over 25c THE ONLY LIFE MEMBER of the Western Ontario Athletic Association is Alf Lockridge of Wingham. He picked up another honor at the annual meeting of the WOAA at the Canadian Legion Hall on Friday night. He is presented with the Mike Weichel Award by Hugh Hodges. The award is for "outstanding contribution to minor sports." Teaching methods explained to parents The Education Committee of the Huron County Board of Education tabled a report of a meeting held October 18 in connection with a brief tabled at the board's October meeting by Joan Van den Broeck of Goder- ich. That brief had presented some questions and criticisms of the "Special Education" services available in Huron. According to the report, the October 18 meeting was held to "assist Mrs. Van den Broeck to arrive at an understanding regarding the depth of program now active within the Huron County school system." When asked by R. B. Allan, superintendent of education, to identify her number one priority, she explained that reading was a real concern to her and the way children are being taught to read (how reading difficulties are being approached) and use of the phonetic system. Mrs. Van den Broeck told the meeting parents were confused and do not know how to discuss the problems. Superintendent of Education J. W. Coulter explained that the Ministry approves a set of books in Toronto and the schools are then free to use any one. The Huron system uses a variety, he said. qq He wenfbn to explain the sight - phonetics methods and illus- trated pupil progress com- parisons on the blackboard. He said there is strong emphasis on reading but that this is only a small part of learning and that 45 per cent of the time one is com- municating one is listening, next is speaking. R. E. Smith, superintendent of education, described different ways of learning, such as forming words by, using flash cards. He said teachers can use some sight and some sign material com- bined together. H u ron council asks prMrs. Van den Broeck ex- essed concern over the sight - for early At its October meeting last Fri- day Huron County Council agreed to accept a recommendation of the Executive Committee that department budgets should be started prior to the year end to enable completion of the total budget early in the new year when the auditor's financial statement is received. It was agreed that the policy of all departments submitting a preliminary budget to be dealt wittVf t the November session be adopted as future policy, as many 1977 preliminary budgets as poss- ible to be submitted to the 1976 November session of Council, or at least to be dealt with by the committee with a recommen- dation to the January 1977 ses- sion. Another recommendation from the executive committee, that the council not support a resolution from the Town of Markham that the Minister of Culture and Recreation be requested to con- sider a policy under which the Ontario Athletic Commissioner plates order for equipment pur- chases approved under any Provincial grant with sports equipment retailers located in the community in which the grant applies received enthusiastic support. Morris Reeve Bill Elston told council that "equipment sent out from Toronto free is really se- cond class." He cited broken baseball bats as one example and suggested that if the communi- ties were given the funds instead budgets they could perhaps purchase better equipment. Goderich Reeve Stan Profit said the same held true for soccer balls received by Goderich. "After one or two games the seams were coming apart," he said. A resolution from the County of Perth recommending that the Consumer and Corporate Affairs Ministry of the Federal Govern- ment, the Consumer and Com- mercial Relations Department of the Province of Ontario and the Canadian Radio and Television Commission be petitioned to enact regulations restricting advertising which encourages in- dividuals to incur excessive debt did not meet with the same sup- port. Council chose not to support the resolution. Morris Reeve Elston said that this is a free country and asked, "What next will we be telling people they can't do"' Goderich Reeve Profit said the council was in the business of managing people's affairs, but their public affairs not private. People, he said, have an individ- ual right to borrow. Another resolution, this one from the Association of Munici- palities of Ontario that the Ca- binet of Ontario be requested to intercede on behalf of the Ontario resident and small business users and roll back or stagger Ontario Hydro's proposed increase to a rate consistent with the Anti -In- flation hoard guidelines was sup- ported by Huron County Council, sound use together and indicated she was more enthused by the use of phonetics. She cited examples from her own child. Mr. Coulter told her that no method yet de- veloped suited everyone and Mrs. Ila Kayes, co-ordinator of student services agreed, saying that the two must be combined to teach the language. The rising number of students requiring assistance came under discussion at the meeting, and the fact that the teaching staff had not increased corresponding- ly. Mr. Allan explained that over- all enrollments had been, and would continue, to drop but the number of staff is up, leaving additional aid in special educa- tion areas. Board Member Dorothy Wal- lace inquired as to the success of the remedial program in secon- dary schools. Mr. Kenwell said that in the 1971-72 term the Board had hired one remedial reading teacher who spent his time in all five schools. Because of the in- terest in reading, there was now one teacher in each school work- ing in this area. Mrs. Van den Broeck also asked what programs could be established beyond testing to assist slow readers and slow learners. She felt there were many different methods used in remedial work. Mrs. Kayes said the board tries "to find out what skills the child lacks and tries to build one skill at a time, this is the way we start. We want the child to have success at the beginning." Mr. Coulter also explained that each school has a Student Ser- vices follow-up procedure and that there is follow up action. It was also pointed out that the report from Student Services is available in the school, for any- one connected with the child to see and that Student Services personnel go into the school to discuss the report with the teacher. The teacher, remedial teacher and principal are present at the meeting after testing. Mrs. Van den Broeck also won- dered about the area and num- bers of children who require as- sistance and Mrs. Kayes ex- plained that this assistance is mostly required from kinder- garten to grade three. Probably 90 per cent of the students, by the time they have finished grade three, have contact with one of the people connected with speech, and remedial classes. Mrs. Eleanor Scott, principal of Huron Hope School, said she felt the educators in Special Services in Huron County should be com- mended for their efforts and accomplishments. It was also pointed out that other areas had sent representatives into the Huron system to learn its methods. Mrs. Van den Broeck however, felt there was a gap between par- ental understanding of what parents see and what is actually being done within the system. She asked the Board if it would con- tinue to upgrade services. Mr. Elliott pointed out that the ser- vices had been updated every yeanand would continue to be so, and "there will be a number of areas of concern to receive addi- tional attention." When Mrs. Van den Broeck brought up the question of liaison with parents, representatives of Special Services pointed out that this had already been tried on several occasions "with poor re- sults " According to Mrs. Kayes "parents simply did not come out to meetings." The report tabled before the Board on Monday noted that "Concerned parents can become acquainted with the system's practices by inquiring." "It is to be hoped that Mrs. Van den Broeck now finds herself to be more generally informed, with the realization that Huron County definitely does have a Special Education program -- and a good one. Materials, assistance and guidance are available to parents who require them One only has to ask." M