The Citizen, 1994-12-07, Page 8PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1994.
Area police participate in workshop on abuse
On Tuesday, Dec. 6 and
Wednesday, Dec. 7, the Huron
County Domestic Assault Review
Team (DART) and SWAN ("Stop
Woman Abuse Now!") are jointly
hosting an educational forum for
police and service providers,
examining the problems of Wife
Assault.
Huron County was the first in
Ontario to adopt the "Duluth
Model" of ensuring a co-ordinated
community response to Wife
Assault, under the title of DART
and has been sharing their expertise
widely throughout the province
over the past two years.
The two-day seminar and
workshop is being held at the
Maitland Centre, featuring speakers
from Huron County, the Ontario
Police College, the Ministry of
Solicitor General Victim
Assistance Training Branch as well
as local legal expertise from Crown
Attorney Bob Morris and Family
Law specialist, Heather Ross.
The purpose of the forum is to
bring police, community service
providers and shelter staff together
in an effort to move even closer
"Towards a Common Under
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standing" the title of the workshop.
The event will be a mixture of
lectures, panel discussions and
practical exercise role play
simulations featuring role-reversals
where police experience the
frustrations of a victim or service
provider while shelter workers take
on the role and decision-making
requirements facing police
responding to these "crimes behind
closed doors."
"Huron County had the foresight
to be the first area of the province
to adopt a review team approach to
domestic violence," Sgt. Lome
Moore, the Victim Assistance
Training Co-ordinator said. "The
new Policing Standard on Wife
Assault Investigation encourages
community review of service
delivery with a view towards what
more needs to be done to provide
specific services under specific
conditions. Huron County has led
the way and has been very helpful
in sharing their expertise with other
communities I have referred to
them."
Sgt. Moore is on loan to the
Ministry of Solicitor General from
the Hamilton Wentworth Regional
Police Service to work with
communities and their police
services to improve the level of
response delivery to victims of
violence. In that role, he has
conducted similar workshops in
Cobourg, Bradford, Kingston,
Lindsay and Cornwall over the past
few months.
This workshop is the first in
Seniors go shopping in city
By Barbara Snowden
The cold weather may be back,
but here at the Seniors' Day Centre
we enjoy meeting in a warm social
atmosphere. A wide variety of
interesting monthly programs
include Health Information topics,
crafts, games, intergenerational
programs, musical entertainment,
guest speakers and exercises.
We were especially busy in
November in preparation for our
annual Craft and Bake Sale.
Everyone was proud to display our
craft projects and home baked
goodies. Thanks to everyone who
participated, it was a huge success.
Excitement and enthusiasm
mounted as we headed to the
Conestoga Mall in Waterloo for our
southwestern Ontario. He notes
there are still areas of the province
where police and shelters barely
know each other, which has an
impact on how well they can work
together to assist victims of violent
relationships.
The workshop will be attended
by approximately 50 people, more
than half of whom will be police
annual Christmas shopping trip.
Volunteers and staff were on
hand to assist with gift purchases.
Everyone was excited to share a
peek at parcels purchased for
friends and families.
The December calendars have
been distributed jam-packed with
exciting Christmas activities. We
look forward to sharing in delicious
traditional Christmas dinners with
volunteers, clients, board members
and staff. Entertainment will
include local church and school
choirs, inspirational speakers and
our Christmas parties.
Spring Fling tickets are $30 each
and can be purchased at the centre.
There are plenty of chances to win
cash and there's also a dance to
officers and justice system
officials.
"It is vital that communities pull
in harness on behalf of the women
victims of domestic violence. This
forum will give communities
surrounding Goderich and Huron
County an opportunity to make
linkages with a program that is the
model for the province," Sgt.
Moore commented.
attend on Saturday, April 1 at the
Blyth Community Centre. The first
earlybird draw winner was Doris
Hayes of Belmore.
Hullett council
passes bylaw
Hullett council passed a bylaw at
the Nov. 22 meeting which would
begin the process of developing a
joint fire area.
The bylaw authorized the execu
tion of an agreement with certain
other municipalities for the estab
lishment and operation of a joint
fire area, to be called the Blyth and
District Fire Area Board.
profit for 1993-1994
Shareholders attending the annu
al meeting of North Huron Publish
ing Company Inc., publisher of The
Citizen and The Rural Voice, heard
the company turned a small before
tax profit of $4,774 for the year
ending Sept. 30, 1994.
The company, owned by 47
shareholders in the northern part of
the county, had total sales of
$383,847 for the year, down from
$414,129 in 1992-93. Cost cutting,
however, brought expenses down
to $379,164 from $396,163.
Lingering losses from earlier in
the recession, however, mean the
company still has an accumulated
deficit of $3,382, meaning there
can be no dividend paid to share
holders this year.
Keith Roulston, president of the
company, said that for most of the
year the recession stubbornly hung
on making it impossible to hit sales
goals. This fall things have started
improving and this will hopefully
continue into 1995, he said.
This year marks the company's
10th anniversary with the first issue
of The Citizen appearing Oct. 23,
1985. It also marks the 20th
anniversary of The Rural Voice
which first appeared in June 1975.
Diane Radford, Sheila Richards
and Jill and Keith Roulston were
returned to the board of directors.
Ron Clarkson announced his retire
ment. Hank Ten Pas was named to
replace him.
Under 19s target of Act
Continued from page 1
says Huron County Medical Officer
of Health Maarten Bokhout.
"The key element of the act is to
counteract the ill effects of a prod
uct. It is hoped that smoking in
schools, public buildings and
workplaces can be eliminated dur
ing 1995 and sales decreased by 50
per cent by the year 2000."
The target is to decreased the
under 19 smokers to only 10 per
cent, adults to 15 per cent and preg
nant women to zero.
"The first year of implementation
will deal mainly with the education
of the public, both business owners
and customers, to ensure awareness
of the law and to begin a change in
people's thinking," he says.
The enforcement of penalties will
be reviewed in 1995, once the level
of compliance is determined. Fines
for repeat offenses of smoking in a
non-smoking area can range up to
$5,000 and for contravening tobac
co sales and packaging regulations,
the fines can reach $50,000 for the
individual and $300,000 for a cor
poration.
"The government is hoping that
the stiff penalties will re-enforce
the seriousness of the issue and
show people their commitment,"
says Mr. Bokhout.
The Board of Health is planning
an extensive education campaign in
the county, to work with the busi
ness community as well as the
board of education, to implement
the act.
"We will be hiring a person to
provide background information
and education for the community,"
he says.
"In Huron County, we will not
take a heavy-handed approach.
There is some flexibility in the
implementation and it may take up
to a year to get uniform compliance
across the region as well as across
the province."
Heather Hoover of the Huron
County Health Unit says they have
received many calls regarding the
act, but most have been about com
pliance. There has been little resis
tance.
"We hope there will be a respect
for the law and the enforcement of
penalties will be an aspect we can
deal with as we go along," says Mr.
Bokhout.
An information package, includ
ing signs, has been sent to all retail
ers. Anyone not receiving uic pavi<-
age or requiring further information
may contact the Ministry of
Health's infoline at 1-800-268-1154
or the local public health depart
ment.
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