The Brussels Post, 1975-02-05, Page 42
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To pay for boarders at Vonastra
County Social Services asks for more money
county and that the financing
should eome from the province
and not. the residents. He stated
that since the residents were
coming from outside the county
that Huron County w.as handling
someone elses. burden..
Mr. MacKinnon stated that
anyone who comes to Huron
County then becomes the
responsibility of the county.
Despite the fact that many of
them come from St. Th omas they
have taken up residence in a
private home and • therefore
become private residents. He
stated that they can apply for
disability pension and all have
been referred to welfare and that
the county should lose all
financial responsibility.
Goderich reeve, Stan Profit,
concurred with Mr. MacKinnon':
stand saying to council, "Wt
must remember that these pan*.
are not animals, they are human
beings." •
Mr. MacKinnon said that no
one received any warning hul
Mrs. Haskett simply came and
started the home. He continued
saying that at this point council's
concerns should be about
potential fire hazards at tlx
home, supervision and financia;
arrangements.
Dr. Frank Mills, medical office/
of health, agreed with Mr,
MacKinnon that the building it
more of a fire hazard than
should be and that it should lx
inspected by the fire marshal's'
office to make sure it is protected
against any tragedies.
John MacKinnon, Social
Services administrator„ asked
County Council for more money in.
1975 to cover additional costs
which may be incurred by the
committee in providing assistance
to the boarders 'at Heather
Gardens. in Vanastra.
The home operated by Clair
Haskett, a . former psychiatric
nurse, provides a home for
patients who have been released
from psychiatric hospitals in
London, St. Thomas, Woodstock
and Goderich. The social services
(By W.G.Strong )
"God be thanked for books" wrote a
medieval author. " They are the voices of
the dead and make us heirs of the spiritual
life of past ages. In the best books great
men talk to us, give us their most precious
thoughts and pour out their hearts and
souls into ours." To this Carlyle added,
"All that mankind has done, thought or
gained is lying as in magic preservation on
the pages of books. Good books do many
things for us. Tfley are our universities, the
levellers of society, the teachers of wisdom
and knowledge:
Modern civilization has its fulfilment in
books and there is culture for all through
reading:- For the wise, the joy of reading
should be life's crowning pleasure." No
one who 'seeks to live a full and adequate
life will omit the culture of his mind which
comes from a love of literature and the
study of books. Books are the vehicles of
,thought and vision and man cannot gain
real breadth of view without them.
We read not only to inform, 'to add to our
store of knowledge but, also, to flourish
within us fine and noble feelings and lofty
aspirations. The best books live by the
appeal they make to the heart. They move
us, inspire us, console us, enlarge our
interests, quicken our emotions and keep
us from mental stagnation. They provide
bridges by which the reader may
communicate agreeably across the barriers
of time and space. After reading a good
book, we feel well above our normal best.
Lifted on the shoulders of great writers
we catch a glimpse of new worlds which arc
within the reach of the human spirit. A
luminous hole has. been knocked in the
dusk of our knowledge and we rise from the
book with wider horizons, broader
sympathies and greater comprehension. It
has been said that the great books
constitute a transcript of a great
conversation across the ages and we share
the thoughts and emotions of the writers as
if we were sitting with them around the
cheerful fireplace. hi the reading room we
can join the great company of writers and
journey into fair lands where worry and
vexation never follow.
the committee added $30,000 to
the budget to provide for this
although they hope it will not be
required.
Elgin Thompson, reeve of
'tuckersmith, said-, that council
has been led down the garden
path' and it was unfortunate that
the people of Huron County had
to look after these people who had
come in from outside the county.
Brussels reeve, Jack.
McCutcheon, argued that the
boarders at the home would be an
added financial load to Huron
Solemn, Sober
Unfortunately too many of us arc
inclined to regard book-reading as rather a
solemn and sober pleasure, to connect it
with learning and the painful effort of
study. Many modern homes are without a
library of books. It has been suggested that
the tenant's past conjures up visions of
dry, factual; uninteresting text-books . and
he does not relish the risk of going at the
ordeal again. Then there are those who
love to read but never seem to have the
time for it. When one understands the
background of an individual he realized the
difficulties presented by books. Reading
level ability and visual defects combine to
thwart the good influence of books,
A few hundred well-chosen books on a
few feet of shelving may contain much of
the wisdom, excitement and emotions that
have stirred and developed mankind since
the dawn of time. One has only to reach out
a hand to bring them down, only a mind to
bring them to life. There they stand
silence, lingering patiently not to grant
audience but to gain it. Unless the contents
reach the reader's mind, a book is nothing,
its writer a voice unheard and
meaningless. To use them wisely is to go to
them for help, to appeal to them when our
knowledge and powers of thought have
failed, to be led into wider fields than our
own and receive from them the judgment
and counsel of time. Anyone who does not
find the habit of reading books arresting
must inevitably pass through this world
with only a tiny understanding of his
potentialities. It is a truism to state that he
would be missing one of earth's keenest
pleasures.
"A host of knowledge lies in wait
For him who will but ope the gate;
A realm of pleasure lies it store
For him who knocks upon the door;
A treasure from the store of time,
A gem of learning,. bright, sublime;
A trove of fancies for us all,
For rich or poor, for great or small,
Awaiting every man who looks:
Our silent, speechless friends - the
• books,"
(To be continued)
is presently providing assistance
to 16 of the 27 boarders of the
home since there is no
government funding while the
remaining boarders are able to
pay for their room and board with
disability and old-age pensions.
In the social services committee
report the committee stated that
it is concerned about the
potentially large number of cases
that could be generated from the
opening of such a home, The
home could eventually have
70-100 boarders and as a result
'God be thanked for books'
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opposed to ra raise then, but said
that the person who ran against
him was.
"How can you budget when
you don't know how much you are
going to get paid?", Mr.
Conaboy asked. Councillor Ten
Pas said that because of the work
load involved he felt the bonus
was fair.
Reeve McCutcheon said that
County Council paid a per
meeting bonus and estimated the
amount involved for budgeting
purposes.
He said that last year's council
had been polled at their last
meeting and had set two different
figures as fair pay for councillors,
reeve $1,000, councillors $600
arid reeve $1500, councillors
$700. Orey't reeve receives $850
and councillors $/50 while in
Morris, the figures are $750 and
$600.
BrUSSeIS- .COtIneillcitS are paid ,
4.-1-HE BRUSSELS POST;
$400, the same as 1974 plus the
$15 per meeting and the reeve is
paid $600, up $50 from 1974 and
the $15 per meeting.
"Would you have paid people
you hire a 90% bonus?" Mr.
Conaboy asked. (If council meets
20 times in 1975 councillors and
the reeve will receive an extra
$300 each.)
"If I'd been underpaying them
that long, yes," the reeve replied.
"I think you'll see when all is said
and done that the tot& amount is
not over what other municipalities
who may use a different scale
paY °
"BLit not till the end of the year
When you take your blank
cheques and go to the bank," Mr.
Coriaboy said, People shouldn't
be on council if they need a $15
incentive to attend' Meetings, he
added,
Colincilleat said that they
agreed but that it is the voter's
job to settle that Situation.
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