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'BY'HEATHER `HENIIY aregoingto concentrate on forming a com- with the proposal."
Huron County towns offer-almostnoaffor- mittee and once it's established they will Until the committee's formed, the priori-
dable bruising for the working poor, ,single identify theneeds and send a proposal to the ty will riot lie identified.
mothersor•youmgpeople living awayfrom provincial government to receive money to "It'a.qutte obvious there is a great need
home, according -to a 1987 housing -study. go-ahead'with the project. for the working poor and single youth and
The problem continues today, area Access to permanent affordable'houstrig I know for single mothers."
residentstold a meeting on affordable hous- committees in suchtowns asStratford and Compared to other eommunfties,
ing held in Goderich last week. London, are seeingtheirgoalsbecomereali- Goderich'has a fair amount of affordable
Concerned groups are currently trying to ty, Turner said. housing, she said.
formanaccess to affordable (permanent) Turner's role at Wednesday's meeting
housing committee for Goderich. was to advise Goderich how to setup a com-
Housing committees are created to to mittee and outline various projects which
identify the needs of communities and help have been undertaken by other com-
find homes for the homeless, said Virginia mutates as well as target groups.
Turner, a Ministry of Community andSodal Currently, most committees are address -
Services spokesman. ingthe issue of homelessness, Turner said.
About 12 people representing such groups "There are a lot of myths. There are
as Wingham's Community Living and Sur- myths that there is lots and lots of housing."
vival Through Friendship House agreed People have to begin "dispelling the
that Huron County needs such a committee. myths," Turner says.
"I was rather pleased (with the meeting) For Huron County, however, it is not yet
considering there wasn't a lot of planning clear whether more affordable housing
ahead of time. I really didn't expect an must be made available for low-income
awful lot (of people to attend)," said Linda singles, low-income families, single mothers
Bruinsma, president of the Survival as well as seniors.
Through Friendship House and organizer of The next step is "to investigate the needs
the meeting. in Huron County," Bruinsma says. And
Bruinsma says the people who attended identify "the priority need and go ahead
"We have a large volume of town hous-
ing," she said. Communities -such as Exeter,
Clinton and Seaforth have very little, if any,
affordable housing, Bruinsma added.
Housing manager Bill Tugwell of the
Huron County Housing Authority, says he
isn't sure of the needs of communities
beyond rent -geared income housing.
In Goderich, there are 66 single units and
64 family units as well as three rent -
supplement apartments located at the
Brownstone Apartments, Tugwell said.
Bruinsma says people seem to be in-
terested in forming and sitting an a commit-
tee and "I certainly am encouraged at their
willingness to come to another meeting."
The next meeting will be held on Monday,
May 29, 1989.
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Seaforth Library to enter computer age
The Seaforth Branch Library is entering
the age of technology and automation.
Should fundraising efforts go well, the
Seaforth Library is hoping to purchase the
computer equipment needed to run a Public
Access Catalog. At present the library uses
a card catalog of books available only in
Seaforth. The new catalog would enable
patrons of that library to find out not only
what books are available in Seaforth, but
what books are available outside the town
limits.
The Huron County Library system has
made that possible by using compact disc
technology to place the records of all its
books on a single CD. It built the database of
the compact disc catalog, along with 20
other county and city libraries, including
Lambton, Middlesex and those in Bruce
County. Instead of music, this CD indexes
half a million titles and shows the location of
over two million books in the 21 libraries
which cooperated to create it.
The Public Access Catalog will be the first
catalog of library holdings for most bran-
ches in Huron County, and for all library
users in Huron County, it will mean a level
of information service previously expected
only at a large city library. Because of its
speed and sophistication it is expected to
benefit professional, business and farming
people. Because of its simplicity and ready
availability it is expected to benefit children
and students. And, because of its com-
pleteness, it is expected to benefit both the
regular and the occasional user. It is called
the Public Access Catalog because it is very
"user-friendly„
The cost of each unit is approximately
$3,260, with a color monitor option available
at an additional cost of $400. Originally the
library had hoped to pay for the unit through
a Wintario grant, but that source has recent-
ly redirected its funds towards health care.
Now, the library is relying on the generosity
of local service clubs and businesses, as well
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that library. All money raised in the area
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Hullett Twp appoints full time clerk treasurer
The Township of Hullett has hired a Clerk -
Treasurer.
Council voted recently to offer the position
to Beverly Shaddick, effective May 1, 1989,
at a starting salary of $24,000 per annum.
Ms. Shaddick has been fulfilling the duties
of the Clerk -Treasurer since May 1988, when
then Clerk -Treasurer Harry Lear took sick.
Prior to that Ms. Shaddick was an employee
within the township office.
As part of the terms of her employment,
the new Clerk -Treasurer must serve a six-
month probation. After that time she will be
given a salary increase of $1,000 - to $25,000
per annum, and will receive full benefits -
.100 per cent OHI?, (BOERS and a Medical
Plan. In -November 1990 her'ealarjeallll'in-
crease a further $1,110, bringing her up to
Level 2 on the salary grid. Before moving on
on that grid, Ms. Shaddick must successful-
ly complete the AMCTO course.
Level 3 of the salary grid, would move the
clerk's salary to $28,000 by November 1991,
and Level 4 would move it to $30,000 by
November 1992.
OTHER BUSINESS
In other business, council accepted the
Tile Drain Loan Application for Lot 27, Con-
cession 8 of Hullett Township in the amount
of $20,000, subject to township by-law and
availability of funds.
A by-law was passed designating the area
zoned VRI on Key Map 41-B of By-law 1989.6,
as amended, as a site plan control area
under section 40(2) of the Planning Act,
1983.
EARLIER MEETING
In the April 4 meeting of Hullett Township
council a tender of $3.84 per yard, for A
gravel, was accepted from Radford
Construction.
In the same meeting the township's road
superintendent was authorized to hire the
Town of Clinton sweeper to do the paved
streets in Londesborough and .Hullett'sside
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of Main Street in Auburn. He was also in-
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Londesboro, and three on the'Main Street of
Auburn, cleaned.
The township's recreation co-ordinator
was authorized to go ahead with the repairs
to the Auburn Ball Diamond; and the
Recreation Director was instructed to order
300 hats from Riehl Advertising for the ball
team.
Tenders were called for the Londesboro
drain; a donation of $700 was designated for
the Huron Federation of Agriculture; and a
motion was passed to ask Marius Bos to roll
all four cemetery lots, plus the Londesboro
hall lot. The accounts were passed as
presented.
NDP holds executive meeting
The executive of the Huron County New
Democratic party held a meeting in
Lucknow on April 15.
A recent press release said an NDP
membership drive is scheduled for the
Goderich area on May 3. The executive also
decided to take part in the policy review
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