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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1984-04-18, Page 3NEWS AND FEATURES Humor makes life fun "Home Because volunteers are sometimes the only contact Some people have with the outside world, they should, -bring laughter, cheerfulness and a positive attitude into homes with them, said Angela Armitt. The Past Dean of Continuing Education at the University of Western Ontario, she spoke to. over 100 Huron County Town and Country Homemakers at their annualmeeting on Wednesday. "A little bit of humor can change a person's life from drab to fun. Some people never pick up the gems of laughter every day; they say humorous things don't happen. They happen all the time, said Miss Armitt. Examples of humor Miss Armitt notices all the time are funny signs. One sign supporting bingo read, 'Make bingo legal and , keep gramma off the street while another on a farm. read, "Pray for a good harvest but keep on hoeing," Going into a large cemetery in London, Miss Armitt read the sign, 'This is a one way street". Another funny sign at a dance read, "The management reserves the right to exclude any lady they think proper.' Quoting the Bible, Miss Armitt said, "A merry heart doeth good like medicine;" That advice can help volunteers especially when dealing with gloom and doom" people. "They can really get you because you can't get through to them. They look for the shade instead of the sun," she said. Appreciating the humor in life can also keep people young. "How is it that some people are 'so young at 80 and others are so old at 40? They've never stayed young at heart," she said. - People shouldn't let their problems get BACK TO SCHOOL-SIx of Seaforth's firefighters attended the regional fire school held In town last week. George Reeves, Ralph Wood, Peter Kling, Dave Devrles, Rene Dupuis and Jim Finlayson all earned certificates on Friday. (Hundertmark photo) THE HURON EXPOSITOR, APRIL 18, 1984 - A3 them down because people have had problems for hundreds of yogis. "In 1492, Columbus had to 'Mite months to conyinee Queen Isabella to outfit him with a fleet, He ' didn't know where he was going and he didn't know where he was when he found it and then he had trouble explaining where he'd been when he got back," said Miss Artiiitt. Though she said common sense is good to have, she warned never to let it master you since it can deprive you of all the foolish things that make you laugh. "When dealing with difficult people, remember the tea kettle which sings when. it's up to its neck in hot water. Or, listen to Red Skelton who said, °If you can keep your head when others are losing theirs, you'll be .aToot taller than everyone else in the room." Miss Arniitt: congratulated the home- itiakets . for their work for people who othe-Wise might not be able to stay in their lienies. "I feel very humble when I realize the -.mangy many things you do for so many people. Keep up that terrific work and I hope ,Vow, U always carry that cheerfulness and joy into the homes with vou." Board members elected for 1984-85 were Marie Bolton, Dublin; Beverley Brown, Bluevale; Elaine Gottshall, Kirkton; Lois Hodgert, Seaforth; Jane Le Van, Wingham; Ruth Linton, Clinton; Betty McGregor, Kippen; Laurette G. Seigner, Exeter; Paul Stickle, Zurich; Thea Trick, Clinton; Helen Underwood, Wingham, Eileen Ronnie, Henson; and Libbie Davis, Grand Bend. Huron employees will get salary increases. Correction In the April 11 issue of the Huron Expositor, a heading on page B5 was incorrect. Instead of "Liberal spending attacked", the heading should have read, "Conservative spending attacked." We apologize for the error and thank a reader for informing us of the mistake. Experience leads to conclusions After 32 years in the education field, Yvonne Rosenberg, principal of West Park Secondary School in Toronto, has come to a few conclusions on being a teacher. Mrs. Rosenberg was speaking to Huron County secondary school teachers at the Apr. 2 professional development day. As principal of a school with only special learning needs students, Mrs. Rosenberg spoke on the attributes needed by special education teachers. 'I'm not a learned authority," said Mrs. Rosenberg. "Everything i am saying is based on 32 years of teaching." There are six common sense qualities to be a successful special education teacher. And by successful, Mrs. Rosenberg said she doesn't mean successful as in being pro- moted. 1 want to make it quite clear. I am talking abort effective teilc'liink." One qualify'is committment. Thfs committ- ment, should be to education, students and the teacher's own subject, he said. Other qualities include showing a willing- ness to work, spending time and energy on students, being professional, giving clear erplanations and setting and example. She also spent time talking about "burn out", a popular phrase which, said Mrs. Rosenberg, would be more accurate if "dried up" was used. She doesn't like the label stating it is too general. - Burn out is a symptom of several possible causes. These causes include stale teaching, physical exhaustion and personal problems. She suggested change, either change of professions, schools. or just a change in attitude. Department heads and employees of Huron County had salary increases of about five per cent approved recently. ' Department head salaries are as follow$, with 1983 salaries in brackets: clerk -treasurer and administrator $46,228 ($44,044), deputy: clerk -treasurer $39,000 ($37,154),' county engineer $46,228 ($44,044), Medical Officer of Health $53,586 ($49,400), chief librarian $33,514 ($31,928), planning director 013,446 ($41,392), social services administrator $31,330 ($29,848), Huronview administrator $36,08$ ($33,150), and museum curator 525;688 ($24,466). Both the MOH and Huronview administra- tor moved up one place on their salary grid on top of the five per cent increase. Library staff salaries are as follows witil 1983 figures in brackets: children's librarian. and assistant librarian $11.60 per hour ($11.05 per hour), van driver $6.75 per hour ($6.43 per hour), caretaker $491 per month ($468 per month), branch staff ranges from $5.86 to S6.57 per hour ($5.59 to S6.26 per hour), library technician ranges from $14,924 to S17,966 (S14,222 to $17,134) Planning department staff salaries are as follows: planners range from $25,792; to 534,450 (S24,570 to S32,812), junior planner ranges from $20,046 to $25,506 ($19,110 to $24,310), planning technician ranges from $19,162 to $24,492 ($1'9,110 to $24,310), and contract, planner S18,174. Board of health staff salaries are as follows, with 1983 salaries in brackets: director of public health inspections ranges from $26,130 to $32,578 ($24,908 to $31,044), director of public health nursing ranges from S26,130 to $32,578 ($24,908 to $31,044), nutritionist $14.26 per hour "($13.59 per dour), health educator ranges from $23,582 to $28,288. Still under board of health, home care salaries are as follows: director ranges from $26,234 to $31,928 ($23,140• to $2$,574), physiotherapist $28,288 ($26,962), occupa- tion therapist $15.99 per hour ($15,23 per hourj, social worker BSW ranges from $22,568 to S27,066 ($21,502 to $25,792), and social worker MSW ranges from $23,582 to 528,288 ($22;464 to $26,962). Also under board of health,public health inspectors and clerical staff salaries are as follows: public health inspectors salaries range from $21,814 to $26,208 ($20,800 to $24,960), dental and vision technician ranges from $14,274 to $17,004 ($13,598 to $16,198), senior secretary -steno and secretary' book- keeper ranges from $13,754 to $16,328 ($13,104 to S15,574), secretary -steno and clerk technician ranges from S13,156 to $15,600 (512,532 to $14,872), clerk typist and dental assistant ranges from $12,610 to S14,976 ($12,012 to $14,274.) HEAVENLY MUSIC -Mary Hearn, of Clin- ton played a few selections on the harp for the Town and Country Homemakers at their annual meeting In Seaforth last week. (Hundktmatk photo) Seaforth ladies get first vote in 1884 APRIL 18 1884 Dr. Reeve of Clinton has sold his farm in Hullett consisting of 100 acres to Joan 11. Medd of the same township for S2,350. The farm is not a bad one, but tenants have allowed it to get retty badly out of order, James Turnbull- of the fourth concession of Grey had a ewe that gave birth to a Iamb on Monday of week •before last_ Nothing vtry wonderful in •that,• but on the follod+ing Monday she gave birth to a second larnb. Both mother and lambs are living. The vote on the Van Egmond bylaw was taken on Tuesday last. There are on the roll 269 male and 23 female voters. Of these 32 voted against the bylaw and 146 in favor of it leaving a majority of 114 in its favor. This is the fast time in the history of Seaforth that ladies have been permitted to exercise the franchise, and to their credit nearly every available vote was polled, and we believe most of them in favor of the bylaw. Who will say after this that female suffrage is impracticable, or that it should not be extended to municipal and parliamentary elections. APRIL 16,1909 Mr. G.M. Chesney has purchased from Alex Sinclair of Tuckeramith his fine heavy draught chestnut team for which he paid the IN THE YEARS AGONE handsome sum of $600. Wm. Slavin of Chiselhurst had the t misfortune to get his leg broken on Thursday of last week. Reeves turning a. log, with the .,horses, a spirited team, when they moved , too quickly rolling the log on him. Mr. McIntyre of Hamilton who recently purchased the hardware stock and coal business of the tate firm of Reid and Wilson, has taken into partnership with him William Hills, Mr. Hills was with the old firm for a number of years. A complimentary farewell supper was tendered G.E. Parkes, late manager of the Bank of Commerce, who has been trans- ferred to Dunnville, in the Commercial Hotel, on Monday night. The landlords of the Commercial did everything up in style and between 70 and 75 people sat down to prettily decorated tables and enjoyed an excellent dinner. APRIL 20, 1934 Mayor Sutherland, in a response a petition from a number of mercha , has Avoid battles REGISTRATION NIGHT-Seaforth's sunt- ' first joint registration night last week at the mer sports and community groups held their Seaforth and District Community Centres. PROBLEMS/m°rn page 1 problems "and we shouldn't have to research a firm." If Mr. Ward had explained his position before, we wouldn't have had to discuss it at council. "if i don't get'a signal, it's not the fault of my television set," said Mr. Ellis. In the flyer, remarks made by councillor Ellis at the Feb. council meeting were included and the flyer said Mr. Ellis had a conflict of interest because he worked for CKNX in Wingham. "Saying 1 had a conflict of interest was a cheap shot, said Mr. Ellis. "I'm employed with CKNX radio, not television. They're two separate companies." He said the cable company has an obligation to bring good service to their subscribers. "We want and enjoy cable television and we hope the quality continues. But the company should also be able to take criticism. "1 never had so many people thank me for bringing the matter out in the open," said Mr. Ellis: BY SHELLEY McPHEE Separated and divorced couples can still parent together. That's the aim of a pilot project at the Huron Centre for Children and Youth in Clinton. The program, the first of its kind in this area, attempts to help separated, divorced and divorcing couples to make mutual out-of-court agreements for child custody and access. The Huron Centreroject has been in the development stages for the past year -and -a - half and is under the direction of Centre consultants Sandy Stuart and Shirley Hack' man. The consultants are offering confidential. closed mediation between parents in an attempt to avoid ugly court quarrels over child custody and access. "Closed mediation is seen as a preventa- tive action," Shirley explained. 'It helps the children before damage from divorce is done." She said that acting as mediators in custody and goers cases used to be a risky business. Mediators, took the chance of being called to court themselves. Consultants at the Huron Centre will not act in a partisan manner. Their program and work is protected under new legislation in the Children's Law Reform Act which allows mediators to carry out confidential proceed- ings. Under the new legislation, only the agreement reached by both patents in closed mediation is sent to the courts. if no agreement is reached, a report stating this can go to the courts. CONFIDENTIAL TALKS Closed mediation provides parents with a safe, confidential means where they can talk about their children and their future, without the fear that their private discussions could be used in court. The program stresses this fact and clients work under a written contract that guarantees that discussions remain confidential. The concept behind closed mediation is not a new one. it has been running successfully in Toronto and Hamilton for the past four to five years. Mediation is used in Europe and in some areas of the United closed mediation is a legal requirement. Mediation serves a number of purposes, it helps families come to mutual out-of-court, settlements and avoids the emotion upheave! and damages that can result from prolonged. angry custody battles. This method also saves a great deal of time and money that MacNaughton M.L.A. for the riding as standard bearer Li the coming Ontario election. Workmen have comtwned teartn cute the rear portion of the Stoped iceJ proclaimed Wednesday afternoons during Ma,, June, July, August, and September as „Civt ehalf holidays,.: Whgn a,' legal„holida3t•..., comes in the week however, there will beano Wednesday holiday. James Ballantyne, Reeve of Usborne Township for the past eight years and ex -warden of Huron County, was nominated as Independent candidate representing Progressives, Liberals and Independent Conservatives at Monday's convention for the riding of South Huron. Mr. W.H. Armstrong, Hullett, shipped to Toronto market on Saturday a Shorthorn cow about eight years old which weighed 1890 pounds. This is the heaviest cow to pass over the Seaforth scales. Alex Bethune was elected president of the Seaforth Football Club at their annual meeting on Monday night. Other officers are Charles Stewart, Sam Jackson, Charles P. Sills, Lorne Dale and A.W. Dick. APRIL 17, 1959 Huron Conservatives meeting in Clinton Monday evening, nominated Charles S. Station at the corner of Godericli and /s401 Street this week. When the haelt section has been reineqvyed„ from,. tha.,buildiug, built in 1928, workmen will start construction of a modern station directly behind ,thb,pxisting building. Seaforth Legion was represented at the Spring one meeting on Sunday held in Wingham. Attending the meeting from Seaforth were president Riney Nesbitt, past -president John Holland, secretary Ken Powell, vice-president Allan Nicholson and rad comes Ted,Brown, H. Nicholson, George Charters and Charles Wood. An investigation is proceeding as to what happened to 500 gallons of water which disappeared from a fire truck while it was in the fire hall. Water tanks were full when truck was checked on Tuesday of last week. Six days later when firemen answered an alarm for a grass fire, they were found to he empty. According to information given council the only way the water could have disappeared was a result of somebody having drained It out. rough. mediation could be spent in the count system. Research has also shown that mediated agreements are durable, where court settle- ments often end up back in the courts within a few years time., The mediation process does not attempt to replace a lawyer s role. Couples who seek mediation assistance are each encouraged to have their own lawyers to carry out the legal aspects of divorce. We're not replacing lawyers. We want the lawyers there. We don't give out legal advice and don't touch any matters other than custody and access," said Shirley. OBJECTIVE GO -Bei wt..EN The Huron Centre consultants act specific- ally as objective go-betweens for couples who want to consider the best future for their children. As mediators, Shirley and Sandy are not giving treatment, they are acting as facilitators, helping couples make their own decisions. If couples feel that they may require some type of marital or emotional therapys five other workers at the Centre offer this service. As mediators, Sandy and Shirley, won't serve families in both capacities. The mediation program is not designed to bring couples back together. The program is specifically geared to separated couples, not as marital reconcilliation. Other help is available at the centre for this. Mediation is not a magical, easy way out. "Mediators work damn hard to hammer it out. The goal is that they can remain parents to out kids. They may be separating as a couple, but not as parents," said Sandy. Couples who seek mediation are already concerned parents. They realize that parent- ing can still involve shared responsibility and decision making. POST I IV It APPROACH Mediation offers a positive approach to divorce, for the sake of the children. The process itself can involve stressful confronta- tions between couples and intense emotions, as court battles can, but mediation allows couples to go through this period in private. with the guidance of qualified consultants. As well mediation promotes personalized agreements that reflect on all aspects of the couple's and their children's lives. it takes into account finances, ages and work, for instance. Mediation encourages joint custody, where both parents establish equal, but flexible responsibilities, geared specifically to meet the child's needs. The process takes about six to seven weeks to complete. Mediators meet individually with couples to explain closed mediation. Likewise they contact the couples' lawyers to explain the process, then draw up a written agreement. Depending on the degree of discomfort. mediators may meet individually with the husband and wife, or preferably together. The meetings are basically held to plan for the future of the children and to realize and learn how divorced couples can still work together as competent parents. At the completion of the mediation a written agreement is signed by both spouses and is presented to their respective lawyers as a parenting agreement. Mediators also encourage future appointments to ensure that the agreements are working, or make adjustments if needed. Please see BATTLES/ on page 5 COMMUNITY CALENDAR If you're organizing a non-profit event of interest to other Seaforth area residents, phone the recreation office at 527-0882 or the Expositor at 527-0240 or mail the information to Community Calendar, The Huron Expositor, Box 69, Seaforth, Ontario NOK 1WO well in advance of the Scheduled date Wednesday, April 18 1:30 p.m. Sign Language Classes at Seaforth & District Preschool Learning Centre to run for 10 weeks. Cost for book only. Open to public. 1:30-4:30 p.m. Shuffleboard for Senior Citizens. 7:30 p.m. Minor Hockey Awards Night at Arena. Thursday, April 19 9:30 a.m, Fitness Fun for the Over 50's. Joy of Motion. Orange Hail, Seaforth. 8 p.m. - 12:30 Teen Dance at Arena Saturday, April 21 fd 1:30-2:30 p.m. Story Hour at Library 8 p.m. Harmony Kings , Show at Arena "Take Me Out to the Ball Game." Friday, April 20 8 p.m. - 10:30 p.m. Roller Skating Sunday, April 22 7:30-10 p.m. Roller Skating at Arena Tuesday, April 24 7-9 p.m. Roller Skating at Arena. TOES. OR. 24 AND WED. APR. 25 10 a.m. Registration, 1:15 p.m. Opening Session. The 37th annual meeting of the Hamilton and London Synodical of the Women's Missionary Society, Presbyterian Church in Canada in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Wingham. Space for the Community Calendais donated by The Huron Expositor J