Huron Expositor, 2004-02-04, Page 22 -THE HURON EXPOSITOR, FEBRUARY 4, 2004
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CASE 111
News
Public input welcomed for Huron
East council's 2004 budget process
From Pogo 1
was the initial presentation at the county last week. Initially it
alarmed everyone," he said.
MacLellan added that he suggested at county council that
the two county seniors' homes, which employ 50 per cent of
Huron County's workforce, be privatized to cut costs to the
taxpayer.
"The costs are higher there than at private homes and
there's no reason they couldn't run well as .private homes -
they'd still have to follow all the same rules and regulations,"
he said.
Grey Coun. Mark Beaven said council will have to
brainstorm ideas to keep Huron East's costs down and hoped
that Huron East ratepayers would contribute their ideas.
"We really need to publicize the public meeting for the
budget. There are minds out there we have to tap into. We
need to let people know these are the hurdles we have and we
really need you," said Beaven.
But, Seili told Beaven not to get his hopes up.
"We got zero people out to our budget meeting last year and
I don't know how much we spent on advertising," he said.
"They don't want to sit through it anymore than we do,"
laughed MacLellan.
Blindness not keeping Jason
from school, skating or bowling
From Pogo 1
want him to fit in like anyone'
else," says Tracey.
Integration into his
Kindergarten class at SPS is
the result of a team of helpers
from the CNIB and the Avon
Maitland District School
Board.
The CNIB provided an
early intervention specialist
from the time Jason was six
months old to help Jason and
his parents learn to work
with his blindness as he grew
from baby to pre-schooler.
The CNIB also provided
an orientation and mobility
instructor to help Jason learn
to get around safely.
Through early intervention,
Jason learned how to dress
himself, brush his teeth and
get used to the different
textures of the objects
throughout his house.
It also helped him and his
parents figure out the best
approach to activities like
swimming and skating
lessons and an afternoon of
bowling.
"Being blind is not slowing
Jason down. He passed his
level one in figure skating -
the club has been wonderful
and no one has to hang on to
him' anymore on the ice.
And, he did swimming in the
summer. He's a very
determined little boy," says
Tracey.
She says the next challenge
will be skiing in London
where instruction for blind
students is available.
Bowling involved a special
tour of the bowling alley so
that Jason
could feel the
pins, figure
out the
distance from
the front to the
back of the
alley and feel
the tape on the
floor where he
could stand to
throw the ball.
"He just
stood at the
tape and threw
the ball. He
had fun," says
Tracey.
At school, Jason has a
classroom teacher, an
educational assistant and a
teacher for the blind. He also
has friends to help him on
and off of the school bus.
Baxter says one of the
barriers to learning for a
blind student is the tendency
of others to think of him as
fragile and someone to "wrap
in cotton batting."
"We're not going to let him
walk into walls but we have
to let him explore as much as
possible. Jason's parents are
very courageous and
progressive - they've let him
explore," he says.
To prepare for school,
Jason's parents labelled
everything throughout the
house in braille to prepare
Jason for the experience of
learning to read.
And, while he learned what
his name and a few letters
felt like, it's
been school
that's helped
him learn to
use a brailler
and almost
half of the
alphabet.
"Part of the
program is
introducing
braille - we're
hopeful to get
through the
alphabet and
numbers and
some words.
Right now he's learning the
alphabet letter by letter but as
he progresses, he'll learn
contractive braille which
shortens the words and
speeds up reading," says
Baxter.
Because teaching a blind
student is very tactile, Baxter
says he haunts dollar stores
looking for plastic shapes,
craft wood, wax string,
feathers, stickers and
anything with an interesting
texture.
Jason also learns with help
of tapes, CDs and talking
books. And, because one
braille book can contain the
information in one 45 -page
printed book, Baxter says
blind students' resources
"take up a lot of space."
Baxter credits Jason's
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educational assistant Niki
Saunders with keeping Jason
interested in his lessons by
coming up with new ways to
keep him interested in his
lessons.
"Niki's very clever. She
has some great ideas," he
says.
One idea involved putting
a candy in a pill sorter which
had braille letters attached to
the lid of each compartment.
When Jason chooses the right
letter, he gets the candy.
"That's his favourite game
right now," she says.
She's also used a big
plastic fly Jason likes to hold
to soar through the air and
land on different letters.
"The fly feels good in his
hand and he likes to make the
sound effects," she says.
Saunders says Jason is
very inquisitive, smart and
funny - she laughs that when
she told him she got new
tires on her van, Jason asked
to go out into the parking lot
to feel them.
"And he's got a memory
like an elephant. He knows
everyone's voice in the
whole school," she says.
Jason is one of close to 25
people in the Seaforth area
benefitting from CNIB
programs. February is Crocus
Month for the CNIB, which
is selling crocus pots at the
Seaforth Food Market on
Feb. 6 for its annual
fundraiser.
Walton man charged
after abandoned vehicle
found without insurance
Huron OPP
A 51 -year-old Walton man has been charged with operating a
motor vehicle without insurance and using plates not authorized
for the vehicle after Huron OPP investigated an abandoned
vehicle north of Seaforth on Jan. 23.
The gray 1994 Ford pick-up was in the ditch on North Line
Road. Its licence plates belonged to a 1984 Ford Ranger and the
owner confirmed that the vehicle was not insured for the road.
The man is scheduled to attend court in Goderich on March
18.
NOTICE OF
ANNUAL MEETING
The 128th Annual Meeting of the Members
will be held in the
OFFICE BUILDING
of
McKillop Mutual
Insurance Company
91 Main Street South, SEAFORTH, Ontario
on
Wed., February 25, 2004
• at 1:30 p.m.
• To receive and dispose of the 2003 financial
statement and auditor's report:
• To appoint Auditors;
• To transact any other business that may
properly come before the meeting;
• To elect three qualified Directors for a term of
three years;
• The retiring Directors are Walter McIlwain,
John Tebbutt, and Murray Armstrong. Walter
Mcllwain and Murray Armstrong are eligible
for re-election.
• Any person wishing to seek election must file
their intention to stand for election in writing
with the Secretary of the Company at least
seven days in advance of the Annual Meeting
(by 1:30 p.m. February 18, 2004).
(By -Law No. 21 (d) ).
Ken Jones
Secretary -Treasurer -Manager ,