The Citizen, 1992-02-12, Page 22PAGE 22. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12,1992.
County council briefs
Heavy welfare demands
lead to staff hirings
White out
Blyth firemen work under blizzard conditions to free Barbara Vanderlei from her car in a head-
on crash in Londesboro Feb. 4. In the midst of a whiteout at the southern edge of the village
Ms Vanderlei’s car collided with one driven by Jane Marshall, also of Londesboro. The crash
led to the closing of the highway. Although firemen had to use extraction equipment to
remove Ms Vanderlei she was released from hospital after treatment.
Londesboro woman injured
Blowing snow and poor visibility
contributed to a head-on collision
on Highway 4 near Londesboro,
Tuesday, February 4, at about 1:30
p.m.
Goderich OPP say Jane Marshall,
42, of Londesboro was travelling
south and Barbara Vanderlei, 21, of
RR1, Londesboro was northbound,
when the two. drivers entered a
white-out situation. Ms Vanderlei’s
1980 Dodge crossed the centre line,
colliding with Mrs. Marshall's 1984
Belgrave
Novices
drop
exhibitions
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playoffs with two exhibition
games. On Feb. 3 the team dropped
a 7-4 decision to Blyth at Belgrave.
Blyth scored the only two goals of
the first period. In the second, Chad
Cook and Tyler Fenton scored, the
latter assisted by Aaron Bakker, to
tie the score. The tie was short
lived, however, as 20 seconds after
the tying goal, Blyth struck back,
then pumped in four more goals
before the period ended as they
exerted constant pressure on Bel
grave goaltender Kyle Anderson.
With just four seconds left in the
period, Tim Robinson gave Bel
grave back some hope as he scored.
Belgrave struck for the only goal
of the third period as Tim Robinson
scored from Justin Campbell and
defenceman Curtis Knight.
The team journeyed to Belmore
Thursday night and dropped a 3-1
decision as they couldn't capitalize
on scoring opportunities.
Belmore took a 1-0 lead at the
end of the first period, then added
another midway through the sec
ond. Belgrave's Aaron Himmelman
scored from Tim Robinson to draw
Belgrave close before the end of
the second period but in the third,
Belmore scored the only goal with
just 2:44 left in the exciting match.
Olds.
Both women were taken by
ambulance to Clinton Public Hos
pital. Mrs. Marshall was treated foi
minor injuries, while Ms Vanderlei
sustained major injuries, police
said. They have since beer
released.
Both vehicles were severely
damaged.
The heavy caseload of those
seeking social services benefits in
Huron county led to the hiring of
three more field workers for the
Social Services department at the
Feb. 6 meeting of county council.
One of the positions is a full-time
worker while two are on a tempo
rary six-month contract. In addi
tion, a clerk has been loaned from
the county clerk-administrator's
office to help deal with the heavy
workload. Council also authorized
the purchase of a computer system
(at a cost of $20,000) to speed up
the issuing of cheques which has
been done by hand.
Social Services administrator
John MacKinnon reported that in
December 113 unemployed appli
cants were added to the welfare
roles while 13 people managed to
find jobs and 32 people received
unemployment insurance coverage
so they could go off welfare. By the
end of December, 587 people were
receiving assistance.
The Canada Employment Centre
had provided information that in
the first three months of 1992, 225
people who are currently receiving
Unemployment Insurance will
exhaust their claims and are likely
to be forced to seek welfare unless
they can find jobs in the meantime.**♦
There was no good news for the
Survival Through Friendship
House in the Social Services bud
get planning. Since 1985 the coun
ty had assisted residents using the
house to escape family violence at
a rate of $29 per person per day.
Last April the county had frozen its
assistance at 1990 costs, plus a
maximum five per cent. The House
had run out of that money by
September and after Oct. 1, the
only service provided was the regu
lar welfare assistance to the resi
dents.
When the 1991 freeze was put
on, it was hoped the department
would be able to reinstate the daily
allowances this year. However now
things are even tighter and the
social service committee approved
only a two per cent increase to last
year's maximum of $38,505.
One case of Meningicoccal
Meningitis has been reported in
Huron County, Medical Officer of
Health Maarten Bokhout reported
with the possibility of a second
case. The first case had been suc
cessfully treated, he said.
Meningitis has been a major
problem in the Ottawa-Hull area
and in Quebec and Dr. Bokhout
praised Huron county residents for
keeping their cool about the prob
lem here. "It speaks for residents of
the county that panic buttons
weren't pushed," he said. "It could
have created a lot of panic situa
tions."
***
Council approved grants of
$1400 to the Blyth Festival, $3100
for the Huron County Mutual Fire
Aid (rejecting a request for $5450),
and $17,500 for the Goderich air
port.
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