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Times-Advocate, 1979-11-21, Page 29 (2)Play Santa for this Christmas It's the time of year when everyone is given the op- portunity to play Santa Claus. Molly Burke has taken on the job of volunteer co-ordinator for Exeter's Christmas Bureau for the fifth year. Mrs. Burke says that the depot has been set up in the United Church, and they are more than happy to receive donations. So far they have received about $1500 in cash donations. They are also seeking good used toys or clothing, or new items if people wish to buy them and bring them in. The bureau is set up under the auspices of the county's Family and Children's Services. Needy families then can get Christmas toys and clothing. Social workers, clergymen, public health nurses and doctors refer names of needy families to the bureau. Then the parents receive an invitation to come to the depot and pick out gifts and clothes suitable for their children. Each family also receives $15, plus a $3 food subsidy for each child to provide a Christmas dinner. They are also given $5 per child to purchase a gift. Last year about 150 families were served, and in these families, 461 children received Christmas gifts. Free wool is available from Beth Batten for those who would like to knit things for the Christmas Bureau. All donations are tax deductible. Whalen Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Hodgins visited with his aunt, Mrs. Flora Thompson, in London on Sunday. Wesley and Katherine were home from school for the weekend with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Art Abbott. Mr. and Mrs. Mac Mills were Saturday evening supper guests with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Johnson. Mr. and Mrs. Mac Spence, Mr. and Mrs. Stuart McLellan and Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Hern were Saturday evening dinner guests with Mr. and Mrs. Larry Hern and boys. Juvenile charged with theft Two charges of theft and one charge of break. enter and theft were laid against an area juvenile last week as the result of an investigation by Ontario Provincial Police at Pinery Park. Pinery OPP laid . 39 charges under the highway traffic act during the week of November 11 to 17. Three people were charged under the liquor licence act, and two charges were laid under the provincial parks act. The police investigated three thefts and two break, enter and thefts. NUTRITION FOR SENIORS — Elizabeth Molnar and Freda Rollings of Centralia sample some meat loaf prepared by home economist Grace Bird. The ladies were attending a special seminar on nutrition of the South Huron Rec Centre lost Wednesday. T -A photo Board of education hires employee relations man By JEFF SEDDON The Huron county board of education may have gone a long ways toward bettering poor employee relations recently when it hired a personnel and employee relations officer. Concern that board and its staff were becoming distrustful and bitter toward each other prompted the hiring of the personnel of- ficer. Long and bitter contract negotiations that in 1978 developed into a secondary school teacher strike, the increasing number of grievances being filed by staff, feeelings that trustees and teaching staff couldn't understand the other's position and feelings that the delivery of education was suffering because of these rifts lead the board to its decision. John Cochrane, director of education, said Monday that he hoped the hiring of the personnel officer could patch up differences between trustees and board staff. He said the board was very selective when hiring because it wanted the right person for the job. Trustees feel they found the right person. Peter Gryseels, a teacher for the London board of education, will take up duties for the Huron board January 1. The 37yltirold is currently a department head in the London system and January 1. 1980wi11 begin his duties in Huron county. Cochrane said one of Gryseels' first tasks will be to get into the schools and get acqauainted with the teachers. He said the board hoped that Gryseels' ex- perience as a teacher and his understanding of the profession will allow him to develop the kind of rapport with the teachers needed to be successful at the job. The director said the personnel officer will be "servicing" the teacher contract which could be more important than negotiating the pact, another job he will be responsible for. "We hope he can nip a lot of problems in the bud before they fester," said the director. Notice GRAND BEND PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION has applied to Ontario Hydro for rate ad- justment effective Jan. 1, 1980. This adjust- ment is due to the increased cost of power to Utilities announced by Ontario Hydro effective January 1, 1980. Ideal Christmas Gifts ladies V NECK PULLOVER diamond stitch pattern assorted colors S.M.I. '12" Reg. sle Men Zip Front CARDIGAN Warm bulky knit rib collar pockets SML Xl assorted colors '299' Reg. '45.00 Cochrane said the board realized two years ago it needed someone on staff to negotiate teacher contracts. At that time it hired Fred Reeves, an experienced negotiater in indusry, to represent the board at the negotiating table. That effort failed and the board felt the failure was due to Reeves' inability to un- derstand teachers and the teaching profession. This year a negotiater was hired through the Ontario Public School Trustees' Association and while things went smoother it was ob- vious someone was needed to service the pact once it was settled. The board will be paying Gryseels a secondary school principal's wage, $39,000 a year, but look at the wage as a bargain. It spent in excess of $30,000 hiring Reeves and only had him while the contracts were being written. "We'll be getting more mileage from our dollars." said Cochrane of the wage. Another feather in Gryseels' cap is that he has experience with contract negotiations. -While in London he served as chief negotiater for the London teachers. Shirley Weary, head of the teacher negotiating team in Huron county this year, felt Gryseels' hiring was a "positive step on the part of the board". She said em- ployee relations were "fragmented" now because people with a job to do were also trying to handle the duties of a personnel relations officer. She acknowledged that looking after staff problems was a full time job. Weary said the fact that Gryseels was a teacher would at least allow him to understand the language of a teaching contract. She said servicing contracts was problably more important than the actual negotiating. "Sometimes the way things are carried out is more disastrous than the actual proposal," she said. According to the board's job description for the personnel officer Gryseels will be required to • direct and co-ordinate the negotiations of the board with academic and non- academic staff • recommend to the board negotiating strategy and the board's bargaining position • hold meetings with negotiating teams and ad- ministrative staff to develop board proposals in negotiating • report the progress of negotiations to the board and its staff • recommend actions in any work -to -rule, lock out. strike or other situations that could occur to resolve matters. .• develop continuous and responsible approach to negotiations with each employee group • assist in interpretation and administration of all collective agreements • recommend policy and procedure relating to collective agreements • work closely with the board's legal counsel on all employee relation matters referred to counsel • develop and maintain communications with other boards with regard to new developments and strategies on negotiations • develop and maintain communication with board of education and teaching organizations at the provincial level as well as the ministry of education to keep abreast of trends in bargaining and legislative policies affecting employee relations • maintain and generate statistics on salaries, working conditions and benefits in collective agreements across the province and • perform other tasks as may be requested by the director of education or the board For staff Gryseels' duties will include • visiting schools regularly in an ombudsman role as a means of improving Follow Canada's Food Guide Times- Advocate, November 21, 1979 Page 13A Seniors need more fruit, vegetables, milk Senior citizens often lack fruits and vegetables in their diets, according to Cathy Thomson, nutritionist for Huron County Health Unit. Ms. Thomson spoke to about 36 women at South Huron Rec Centre last Wednesday on common sense nutrition for the mature citizen. She said that it is just as important to follow Canada's Food Guide when you get older, as it is when you are a child. Canada's• Food Guide dic- tates that we need four to five servings of fruits and vegetables per day, three to five servings of bread or cereals, two servings of meat or a meat alternative, and two servings of milk or milk products for a mature adult. Grace Bird. home economist with the Ministry Crediton East ByMtS. STAN PRESZCATOR Earl Haist is a patient in St. Joseph's Hospital. Lon- don. Mrs. Mary Gower is a patient in University Hospital London. Miss Brenda Glanville returned home Saturday after being a patient in University Hospital London. Mrs Bea England has returned home from Univer- sity Hospital. London Mrs. Mary Thornton received word that her sister Miss Anne Kintner of Waterloo passed away Saturday. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Dallier and girls were week -end visitors with Mr and Mrs. Stan Preszcator and family. Mr. and Mrs. Stan Presz- cator attended the 40th an- niversary of Mr and Mrs. Nelson Haine on Saturday at Hensall Community ('entre. Friends, neighbors and relatives Friday evening helped Mr. and Mrs. Jack Jesney celebrate their 50th anniversary at Hensall Community Centre. A bunch of army buddies who were in the army with Jack sur- prised him also. Mrs. Mary Thornton and Mrs. Stan Preszcator visited Friday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. George Cameron and Mrs. Elia Nutley, RR 1 Brucefield. relations and discussing problems encountered • develop job descriptions for all employees and keep those descriptions current • assist the director of education in an annual performance review for all employees and • perform other tasks as may be requestd by the director of education or the board. • Gryseels' will have no easy time on the job but the board is confident any effort and success he realizes will be much better than what it has now. As Cochrane noted his first and most importantduty will be to "try to keep molehilis as molehills and not let them develop into moun- tains" TEA AT UCW BAZAAR — At Saturday's Exeter United Church Women's bazaar the ex- ecutive and conveners get together for pouring of tea. From the left are Ada Dinney, Carol Willard, Marion Dearing and Vero Armstrong. T -A photo Folks in Grand Bend Aboutyou know... peo lpe Edward Devine has been a patient at University hospital, London, for several weeks where he underwent surgery. He will be con- valescing at the hospital for some time yet. and might enjoy cards from friends in Grand Bend. Congratulations to Pamela Brenner, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Brenner. and Paul Road who were married last Saturday November 17 at The Immaculate Heart of Mary church, Grand Bend. Winners of last week's duplicate bridge game, held at St. John's Parish hall, were north -south, Nancy and Griff Thomas, east -west Helen Davidson and Marian Abbott. Sherwood Dewey of New York. and his brother Douglas Dewey of Stratford, visited friends and relatives in this area last week. Clara and Alex Hamilton visited Sunday in Crediton at her sister's Mr. and Mts. Leonard Wein. Mrs. Lawrence Curts is a patient in Strathroy general hospital. Your friends and neighbours are wishing you a speedy recovery. Minnie. Mrs. Rosie Grigg received word last Thursday that her son Alvin Grigg, of Phoenix. Arizona. fell during his work of plastering, and suffered injuries of a broken back, neck and shoulder, and is in St. Joseph's hospital there at 35Z Thomas Ave. West. The folks who attended the Musical "Songs of the Spirit" -"Words of Power" were high in praise of the young performers, Jim Bearden, Linda Jean Butler and Larry Brown, who sang new songs with their own musical accompaniment, plus commentary, held at the United church, Friday evening. Some members of the couples club attended. The Theatre go around presented a play "Nobody knows my name," at the Grand Bend public library on Saturday morning. The children who attended en- joyed it very much. Both the Musical and Theatre go around are sponsored by the local library through Outreach Ontario. of Agriculture and Food, helped with the nutrition presentation. Ms. Bird prepared some dishes for the audience to sample. According to Ms. Thom- son, vitamin pills should not be necessary for the senior citizen if they follow Canada's Food Guide, unless there is something medically wrong. She stressed that milk or milk products such as yogurt or ice cream are necessary in the older person's diet. She said that everyone knows that calcium is needed for growing but she added that it is important to have milk in order to keep bones in good condition. Ms. Thomson told the women that whole grain bread was preferable to white, enriched bread. The fibre present in whole grain bread and cereal is necessary for good elimination, and for the functioning of the bowels, she said. White flour has had most of the nutrients removed with the germ. Later some nutrients are added back when it is enriched, but not all of them are returned to the flour. She said that people should look for whole grain flour. On cereal boxes, it is important to check the list of ingredients and make sure that they are made of whole grain. Avoid pre-sweetened cereals, she said. She also said that it is sometimes better to pur- chase peanut butter in a health food store, where they simply grind their own peanuts. Sugar is added to processed peanut butter. Peanut butter without sugar added. is not high in saturated fat. and is a good alternative to meat. Recipe books were given to the people present, and Ms. Euchre winners in Brinsley news Mr. and Mrs. Harold Guilfoyle, Mrs. Guthrie Stokes and Mrs. Ruth Garrod were conveners for the euchre party held at Brinsley Community centre Friday night. There were nine tables in play. Prize winners were: Ladies high - Mrs. Don Allan Lone hands - Mrs. Kathleen Neil, Low - Mrs. Barker Men's high - Norman Lewis. Lond hands - Alonzo Hodgins, Low - Charlie Rollings. Special prize was won by Mrs. Hannah Clark. The next party is to be Nobember 30 with Mr. and Mrs. Evan Hodgins and Mr. and Mrs. Don Allen in charge. Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gackstetter of Exeter were Saturday eve, visitors with Mrs. Violet Allison and Kathleen Morley. A quite a number of people attended the 40th wedding anniversary for Mr. and Mrs. Giles Thompson held at Lieury United Church Sunday. Several ladies from around Brinsley were at the bazaar and bake Sale at Ailsa Craig United church Saturday afternoon. The baptism service was held in Brinsley United church Sunday with Mr. Snell being assisted by Rev. Harold Snell for the christening. Those babies baptized were Terri Lynn Prest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Prest and Kevin John Lee son of Mr. and Mrs. John Lee. Bonnie Lewis and Lisa Ryerson sang a duet during the service and there was a good attendance. The Brinsley U.C. Sunday School are making plans for White Gift Sunday and their Christmas concert. Bird made some of the recipes. She gave everyone a sample of the meat loaf she made in a frying pan. For those who are over- weight, the importance of physical activity was stressed. A daily walk is very helpful in weight control. Ms. Thomson said that as people get older, they require less calories and less quantity of food. However, she said that the very best way to control weight is "never gain weight in the first place." She advised people to read labies on cans and packages to check the contents of what they are eating. She also gave advice on wise shopping and can-- sumerism. This was the first of eight such talks which will be held throughout the county. Get for CHRISTMAS 111 IIT, 11 Mill IiI! I '1111111 1 111'111 We feature an excellent selection of Hallmark. * Christmas Cards * Christmas wrapping * Party ware, etc. H A RWOOD DRUGS Ltd. W. Horwood, Phm.B 238-8540 Beside Post Office 22. 81 CRESCENT GRAND BEND, ONT. Notice of Public Meeting Huron County Planning Board, Monday, December 3, 1979, 8 P.M. CREDITON COMMUNITY CENTRE, CREDITON To consider o proposed change in the Stephen Township Secondary plan for Southcott Pines Parkland Ltd. and Thompson Warner Motors Ltd. The proposal is to amend the present "agricultural" designation to "highway commercial" on the wester- ly 4 hectares of port of lot 5 Lakerood East, conces- sion for the purpose of establishment of an automobile and boat sales and service facility. Comments are welcomed from all interested persons. Huron County Planning Department Court House, Goderich 524-2188 i w_2 4 SNE wE0 K ONLY: ARMSIRONCSOIAR�gN= WE'RE M �E Gli E4S11 OR• YOU TO STOP � WAXING F Ale eh.* figg t d i ,""'"• a,,, 1 * i "•rit ;t4 sp`Z07.1 rs , f .AirnstrongII f!�IllrN,� *6711111 `l 1 'gIftrful to bi way f"rc s. 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