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Seaforth Financial Service 96 Main St. Seaforth 527-0810 '1876 NOTICE OF 1987 ANNUAL MEETING Established The 112th Annual Meeting of the Members. will be held in the i i OFFICE BUILDING of 1876 McKILLOP MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY - 91 Main Street South, Seaforth, Ontario on WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1988 at 1:30 p.m. -to receive and dispose of the 1987 Financial and Auditor's Reports. •to elect Directors -to appoint Auditors -to consider and enact proposed amendments to Bylaw No 22 -to transact any other business that may properly come before the meeting. The retiring Directors are Lavern Godkin. Donald McKercher and Paul Rock All three are eligi- ble for re-election The appointment of John Tebbutt also expires, who is 'eligible for election Any person wishing to seek election or re-election as a Director must file his intention to stand for election in writing with the Secretary of the Company a1 least seven - days in advance of the Annual Meeting (By-law No 21(d) JAMES CARDIFF Secretary -Treasurer -Manager Local nurse joins delegation to China At the invitation of a professor from the University of Missouri, Seaforth's Joyce Doig, will he travelling to China. Mrs. Doig, the head of the Emergency and Outpatient Department at the Clinton Pub1 i c Hospital, as well as its Infection Con- trol Nurse, will make the trip in May, as part of an information exchange program between North America and China, that will deal with the control of infection. Her invitation to join the delegation came from Dr. Frank Engley, Jr through the American organization called the Associa- tion of Practitioners and Infection Control (APIC). Mrs. Doi belongs to that agency as well as its Canadian counterpart - the Com- munity and Hospital Infection Control Association (CHICA). As part of the "People to People Health Care Facility Infection Control Delegation" to the, People's Republic of China, Mrs. Doig's official title will be Citizen's Ambassador. With the Chinese Medical Association ac- ting as their office! hosts, the visiting delegation willbe visiting several different cities including Beijing, Guilin, Shijazhang and Hong Kong. The group will participate in a two day briefing session in Seattle, before making the trip. While in China, members of the delegation will make fortnal presentations and have formal discussions with the Chinese Medical Association, who in turn will present some traditional Chinese medicine. • "It will be an exchange of scientific and medical information between us and them," explained Mrs. Doig. Each delegate has been asked to submit a topical paper, and from these papers the Chinese Medical Association will choose what presentation they would like to hear. Mrs. Doig's paper, on infection control in a small rural hospital, must be submitted by the end of February or first of March. Aside from the formal discussions and presentations, the delegates will also be. given the opportunity to make rounds at the foreign hospitals. "I anticipate an extremely busy two OFF TO CHINA - Egmondville's Joyce Doig, a nurse at the Clinton Public Hospital, will join a delegation of medical personalities soon heading to China. The purpose of the trip is to exchange information. weeks," said Mrs. Doig. "It should.be quite interesting; busy, but very interesting." But aside from a busy work schedule the delegated have also been guaranteed some free time: " We will have some time set aside for - what did they call it? - cultural exchange," joked Mrs. Doig, adding wih a laugh that means shopping. Because it will be a very official delega- tion, the united States State Department has sent the participants several sheets of protocol to follow. In fact, Mrs. Doig receiv- ed 45 sheets of protocol. Some of the rules the delegates will have to follow include asking for permission before taking a close up photograph of any individual, and making a good attempt at learning to eat with chopsticks. As well, the rules state delegates are not to spit or drop cigarette butts on the sidewalks because both are illegal. The delegates were also informed they should not be offended if they are asked their ages, because in China the older a per- son is, the more respect they deserve. Mrs. Di pointed out there were even suggestions gthings tock, and added the delegates were told rig, on their form if they didn't conform to the expectations of the organizers, they would be shipped home. When the delegation returns from its 16 -day trip, it will be publishing a journal. Each delegate will be`keeping a dnl y diary of his/her activities. Mrs. Doig is also an- ticipating putting on a local slide show of her pictures. Out of a group of 50 or 60 delegates, Mrs. Doig may be the only one making the tri from Canada. Another person, from Mon- treal, was invited, but Mrs. Doig wasn't sure whether that person had accepted. It hasn't quite sunk in yet," said Mrs. Doig, adding she doesn't really know why she was chosen for the trip. "To be honest, the invitation came as a surprise." When she received her invitation, Mrs. Doig thought the envelope might have been a flyer, something_she normally throws out. However, this time she decided to open the envelope. If she was ever to visit China as a tourist, Mrs. Doig would not be able to visit the medical facilities. Therefore, she said, "I felt this was an opportunity I couldn't pass up. It's an opportunity I probably won't come across again." One thing the Chinese people take as a great compliment is when a foreigner takes the time to learn a few words of their language. So, in preparation for her trip, Mrs. Doig has been studying Chinese. She received a Chinese cassette from the women she works with, and has obtained a Chinese - English dictionary. By the time I go I expect to be able to say enough words to get by," she said. HCBE wants copyright laws ETHNO CULTURAL RELATIONS The HCBE has established an advisory committee on Ethno Cultural Relations. The current provincial government puts a lot of emphasis on resolution of racial issues, and the board's committee was formed in response to a series of meetings sponsored by the Ministry of Education. The committee will be attempting to pre- sent policy statements in the areas of: awareness of racial minorities in the system, how schools deal with racial in- cidents, selection of materials that are non racially biased and curriculum areas that are racially biased. The committee was formed in January and held its first meeting recently. It is an- ticipated the outcome of the committee work will be to recommend a formal board policy on ethno-cultural relations, and a pro- fessional development day for all staff in May 1989. COPYRIGHT LEGISLATION Correspondence was received by the HCBE from Huron -Bruce M.P. Murray Car- diff and Minister of Communications Flora MacDonald. The politicians were respon- ding to concerns the HCBE has about legislation to revise the copyright act. The board would like to see a softening up of copyright laws to allow educators access to material which would be beneficial to students. "Right now it's technically illegal for a teacher to put a poem up on a blackboard with a piece of chalk, or to videotape the CBC News," says Director of Education Bob Allan. "The educational system needs instant permission to use that type of work." Legislation on the issue is expected to come into effect about two years from now, but in the meantime the board feels it is in a vulnerable position. Mr. Allan says there have been gip rificant problems in the past with schools that have copied works, caus- ing the originator of the material to get upsset, School boards would like to have permis- sion to copy articles in journals, magazines, and newspapers or to reproduce and show BRIEFS films and television programs without com- pensation to creators. On the other hand, the owners of these copyrights would like to be paid for the use of their crr ons by set: sols. "Balancing two oppo. interes is always a difficult task. It is this balance which the government is currently trying to achieve. In Bill C-60 we have moved to en- courage the establishment of collectives, a mechanism whereby creators can negotiate royalty payments for the use of their work. Such a mechanism already exists in Quebec, whereby the Department of Educa- tion provides creators with a lump -sum pay- ment of $1.5 million per year in exchange for schools' immediate access to a vast reper- toire of audio visual and literary works," says Mrs. MacDonald. DAYCARE CENTRE REQUEST Little Kid's Corner Daycare of Goderich, Inc. presented the HCBE with a plan to in- corporate the daycare centre into a Goderich highschool. The following portion of Little Kid's pro- posal to the board outlines their idea: "A proposal has come to our attention from a high school in Grey County, in which a daycare centre was incorporated into a Local high school, to serve both as a com- munity service and an educational oppor- tunity for the students. We find this a very innovative idea, beneficial to the commnnl- ty as a whole. Students from the high school are involv- ed in many aspects of the daycare centre. Drafting and Carpentry students helped design and build the physical setting and playground equipment, home economics classes prepare menus and meals for the children, and family studies students active- ly participate in the centre's operation, working with the children and staff of the centre. Parents, in turn, know their children are being well looked after by a qualified licenced staff, with the added benefit of relaxed secondary student participation." Director of Education Bob Allan informed the daycare association the lack of space at Goderich District Collegiate Institute made it impossible to accommodate the request, but said the board would continue to cooperate with the daycare association in any other matter which would be of mutual benefit. RE-ENTRY PROGRAM The principal of Seaforth District High School, Jim Empringham, headed a delega- tion from his school with a proposal for a Re- entry program. The program is for women who have been out of the work force for at least three years, and lack the basic education and/or skills necessary to gain employment. From research Mr. Empringham and his associates on the program have done, it is apparent there is a need for people trained in information processing and accounting in the Seaforth area. The hope is the program will give some local women skills to enable them to take advantage of these existing opportunities. If approved the program willi run from September 6, 1988 to June 16, 1989, and will be heavily funded by the Federal Government. Last month the HCBE passed a motion to support ventures in adult education in the same amount as it supports educational pro- grams for younger students. When presented with this program the HCBE liv- ed up to that obligation, and agreed to sup- port the program up to the maximum pro- jected cost to the board of $32,000. The pro- gram in its entirety will cost somewhere between $120,000 and $140,000. EDUCATION WEEK Activities for Education Week, April 17-21, have been planned by the Huron County Board of Education. A mock board meeting will be held on Monday, April 17 at 1 p.m., and the "board members" will be represen- tatives from secondary schools. Other ac- tivities include n balloon release at the elementary schools, displays of pupil work, and a time capsule at each elementary school. 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The Directors whose term of office expires are John Hodgert and Robert Gardiner, both of whom are eligible for re-election. Nominations will be received for the election of a Director for a two year term, necessary because of the resignation of Robert Chaffe. LORNE FEED EY E.J. CAERS President Secretary -Manager Article 21—QUALIFICATIONS OF DIRECTORS Any person wishing to seek election or re-election as a Director must file his intention to stand for elec- tion in writing with the Secretary of the Corporation at least ten days in advance of ar. Annual Meeting or Special General Meeting called for the purpose of electing Directors.