Times Advocate, 1997-09-10, Page 18Page 18 Tintes-Advocate,. September 10, 1997
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Centralia Academy taken over by
community policing conference
The.fourth .annual Community Policing Advisory Council conference
gave volunteers and officers- a chance .to -share. -ideas .. •-
and networking. were represented at the -confer-
- "It's promotion of community ence_and Lessard said that is in--
wellness." he said of the confer- - dicative of. how important coin -
By Craig Bradford
T -A Reporter -
HURON PARK - Community Once't major aim: •
policing volunteers from across On- Each community across the
Carni descended upon Centralia. In- province deals with similar safety
ternational • Academy on the. week- and 'policing ' problems - such as
end for the • fourth* annual - traffic and youth crime, the latter a
Community- Policing Advisory perfect example of how a com-
C'ouncil ICPAC):cunference. • munity policing gathering like the
r.• Ahoui 350' community policing conference brings, ideas on • solu-
yolunteers and police officers from . •tions to the table.
as far. away as Thdnder Bay par- • "You • can only apply so. much
ncipaIe 1 in workshops and thrums police pressure hetore the cram='
on the general theme of 'Our Com-. munity- has to 4get involved:"
mutiny. ;Our Future'. _ said- CPAC Campbell said.
chairperson Jim-Cantphell, one of -'Possible solutions included.
the speakers at the confer- creating a youth centre staffed by
once. . - counsellor~. . That
Wixkshop suh- "It goes to • problem solving ex- -
Iccls included vol: - show there's a excise is exactly what.-
,;nnmlunity policing is
. all about. Campbell
.said. .
What you -need a
community - policing
pmgralir for to identify. a proh-
lent and deal with .it hetiire, it gets
out of hand.".. •
• CPAC chose Centralia inter-
national Acadenmy, 'because it was
.western Ontario's -turn to host -the
:conference . and- because.. tit:. the
schools top. .notch facilities,
.Camphell said. -
Between SI) and 60 communities
unteer management. . lot of interest
personal safety. vic-
tual services and in community
youth. crinrc/ policing:
/;,auttonti.. -
- 'The focus of today is to bring
comniuni y pohcing representatives
together.".Campbell,. a Kingston-
irea 'nal WC. said "We're trying to
promote .r -active inttiauves to en-
sure :,ill:.:nnnuniues."
Conference ::.o -chairperson ben -
ms -Lessard said bringing: -the repre-
sentative,. ;,;,,ether pr( ides•.an op
portunty kir- information -sharing
munity policing has hecome.
-."lt. goes to show there's a !cit of•
interest. in community policing,"
he said.
Corliitt's Jeannise Hodgins. • a
Member of Parkhill's community
policing ,and Neighborhood
Watch committees, said she was ,
enjoying herself and that the con-
ference was fultilling itti mandate.
."There is such -a wide range of
workshops." she said. ;',(The con-
ference) covers everyone': con-
cernS."
Grand Bend community po-
licing chairperson. Bob Sharen
said hetixo,was learning and shar-
ing a lot. -
"I'm i1uir pleased with what.
'Tye seen and heard sci far: he
said. • Sharen saidhe hTO--
•iut a O--
?onto- woman who said she didn't
think there was a community po-
- tieing program in her part of Me-
.
-
trci Sharen gave her the name of
, another Metro community poi -i
!icing co-ordinator Whelp her get
-a community policing committee
set up in her community. - "
'That's -what this is all about."
Sharen said. `"Networking."
Top COPs.. Community policing representatives from across .Ontario attended the Com.
munity Policing Advisory Council (CPAC). of Ontario's fourth annual conference at .Centralia
international Academy on the weekend. Pictured here aro CPAP: chairperson Jim Campbell, •
left, South. !-luron Community.Orientated Policing (COP) Const. Liam Brennan. Huron County
Crime. Stoppers. co ordinator/Const. Paul Graf Grand Bend community policing -chairperson
Bob Sharen and. Parkhill community policing committee member Jeannise Hodgins.
Health Council to merge with Grey Bruce
• MITCHELL = The Huron Perth .
Distract Health Council (HPDHC)
is expected to merge with the Grey
(truce District Health Council
(GBDHC); Distract Health Council .
-(DHC) representatives were told by •
the Ministry of Health last
Thursday: The Ministry of Health
held a -meeting-4 f --all` DHC -Chairs'
and Executive Directors to outline
their decisions regarding • the
restructuring of the DHC System
The existing '3.3 DHCs across
Ontario are expected to undertake
mergers tri"reduce the number ot--
DHCs to .16. .
111 appears that the ministry is
expecting that the mergers".will he
accomplished so that the new DHC
covering Huron Perth and Grey
Bruce can he funded as •a single
entity by April.1, 1998 - the start of
the next fiscal year,: explained •
--Fraser Bell. HPDHC:Executive •
Director: This means that consider-
able work must he done between
now and April 1 to deal •wlih
staffing/severance issues. citing
issues. and to create .i new council
tic volunteer members. "rhe transi-
•
Bylaw to address
nuisance cats
HENSALL - Councillor Richard
Packham reported.on his meeting
with a group of Hensall residents
interested in assisting council with
-nuisance cats. There is -currently
• no bylaw to address eats within the
village -that are- creating havoc.
• "It's a case: where some cats are a
-nuisance and there is no -recourse,"
. claimed Councillor Jeff Rcaburn.-
:adding, If rhere..are pets creating .1 -
• nuisance, they st ouid•be con- -
Council discussed options, for'
identification of cads including tags;
tattoos and:microchips. -
Resident Ann MacMillan pointed
•out the manufactures of the micro
hirrimptants-prin tete tiitrrrictri
-readers t paddles) tree of charge to
municipalities. The animal control'
officer would- not need to take the
e
offending feline tothZurich Vete-
• rinary Clinic for identification.
' "How do.we determine a nut-
; -sance cat? That's something we
have to define in a bylaw," said Ja-
'mie G"3itiwelT, the village's animal'
control officer.
Cuuncilltir Butch Hoffman
• thought there may he -a ",dean: up
.period" after which- "99 per cent.of
the prnhlem .will he looked atter." •
tion will involve the revocation of
Orders -in -Council (0)C) for cur-
rent DHC members and the provi-
sion of new OICs for the new
Council members. it is not clear
. when -this process will take place.".
It is currently not known what
the impact of this restructuring will
he on existing DHC Staff and -sites.
This and a number of -other issues
will be addressed by a "transitional
team" composed of .1 .mall •number
Of existing HPDHC and GBDHC
• .memhers. -file transitional team
will.he:appointed by the end of
Council reviews impact
- EXETER- - C. uncil received an
impact study -last Monday night of
the implications for the town of the
"Who Dr:es What' ciminittee. Tlie
study is .aouded by the fact the
county.'and the !Own have cc:me up
with conflicting - iii ures.
Accordine.io Clerk. treasurer Liz
BclU the county' failed to. account
for the ;hilts in :rinmercial taxes
• and- the impact of ttie transfer of
Connecting Link Agreements. The
- -difference. in effect, exaggerates
the .negative repercussu:ns on the
townships and minimizes the -tax
increases Incurred by the towns.
rhe pr•r'nice contends the down-
.' loaded ,rusts to Hurein.:;.municipal-
-itics will be. 'S•t 1 million, but ef-
ticiencics will off -set that increase
• by S5 a• milli on.- By Exeter:s cal-
-,ulau•m,. an average of 5.163 more
.vill have to be sent to the county
for a total tax increase (atter the
dusts settles) of a whopping 2.1.2
per cent! .
• The point.,according to Chief Ad
mint-strative• Officer Rick Hundev.
is that the province has erred dray--
tically if it believes. the "trades" in
.services is "revenue neutral"..
"It isALMSobvious-the province
has missed downkiaded crisis and
miscalculated others when idea-
til'ying , impacts of . Who • Does
What," said Hundey.
Before council approvcda plan to
consult- with local county partners.
Councillor Roy Triehncr remarked.'
"Until it is proven to be 'revenue
neutral; - we should tell them to
'Stick it in your ear'. What'll they
do. throw all the politicians in jail
fiir six months "' •
Hotdoggin' it
Do4t dogs. Kevin Dickins, 13, left, gets a hotdog from Hen -
sal! Minor Hockey Association fundraising chairperson Kar-
en Campbell at the association's barbecue outside the Ex-
eter Co-op Do -it Centre on Saturday.
As the DHC restructuring takes
place. both the HPDHC-and the
GRDHC will need to organize their
workloads so that existing planning
commitments can continue. In the
case of Huron Perth: the HPDHC
will continue -to work with the- dis-
trict's eight.hos_pitals to move the_
hospital restructuring initiative for.
ward. Similarly, the planning work
that the HPDHC. has undertaken in
the areas of .Lung -Term Care.
Mental Health.. Health Promotion.
- Speech Language services and
other areas. will continue as DHC
September. • - restructuring proceeds. •
HURON PERTH
DISTRICT HEALTH COUNCIL
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
The Speet•h,and Language Serrvur•: Working'.•u,irt "1 •he Huron Porth
District Health Council-1HPDH(;, ,s interested - ;eceiving proposals tor -
:he following system- .onipnnents •
•.public awarenessieducation and rarh• identification-
: •'simplified access and (ommr`h Intake: and •
. • the designated agency thrntigh-which funding will bellowed.
These functions are part rat :in overall system plan :or in nti•gratr•d ,cnri
• oordinated spiiech•.tnrt :anguage services system :or preschool aged _ 1ul?trr•n
frnrri birth to age four) and 'heir families., -
Tile goal of the speech and {anguage stn -ices initiative a cit ••nstire hat ,•'Sere
preschool aged child _.vhd requires speech and language seri ices •.iii :ere:
such services.
Prnpnsals•areexnckied `o he consistent •vuh rhe 13PDHC draft 0)ov% h .,no
Language Services P:an September 19971, •
Proposals must demonstrate rhe'ullnwing feG�rrahk=s
• commitment to lie principles. oafs AO uhtectives.is ,outlined In
:the'dratt plan; .
• c:hildi caregiver focus:•
- -
• partnerships/ linkages with (limmunity in amzations/ agencies:
•bullet on ,xuSting resources and .ntrastructures: anti
• systemic'-ctistnct) perspective. - -
Proposal packages are .available tram chi HPDHC •.vnich provide. further
,guidelines and ,nformation including:
1) an outlint'nf'he fitnctio.nassociated with :tin system •nmpnnenrs isI --o
abpve:-
21 an outline of.: he associated required skill sets: and
3) specific • riterta.'
•
:An intorm:.tion meeting will tie -held at rhe t-IPDHC A-ptetnner . S..997•
from 130 1:30,pan. 'Participants art requested o 'RSV'P •o the HPDHC
for this ineeting).
Submissions should be mailed to:
Huron Perth District Health Council -
. 235 St. George Street P.O. Box 610
Mitchell. Ontario NOK 1NO
Submissions must be received at the HPDR C
Civ 12 noon on September 29. 1997.
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