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$'WEDNESDAY 9 OCTOBER 3,1981
il9TH YEAR —.No. 40
are crisis brewing in Huron County
Presentations show problems of
parents of pre-school age children
By Shelley McPhee
CLINTON Day, care concerns in Huron.
County were taken to,the provincial govern-
ment level on September 26 when a a local
group made a preenta,tion to the Standing
Committee on Social Development.
The commitee held hearings in Stratford
to listen to concerns froin surrounding coun-
ties. The Huron presentation took up a half
day and was made by parents and represen-
tatives of the Women Today network. Accor-
ding to spokesperson Valerie Bolton, com-
mittee members were impressed and sup-
portive with the innovative presentation
made by the group of men and women.
"We broke the stereotypes of career
women....I knc w we really had an impact on
them," Ms. Belton noted. "We found a way
for letting the irdinary people talk to them
and it worked.' '
Six women and one man from Huron
County went before the committee to
discuss their personal problems with day
care services in the county. The presenta-
tion was illustrated by . a giant mural,
prepared by local women who attended a
Women Today workshop on child care.
The mural used no graphs, statistics or
figures. It was drawn in free hand, on a
large sheet of newsprint and showed the real
life problems, frustrations and dreams of
parents in Huron County.
The mural shows a sketch of Huron Coun-
ty. Municipalities are marked on, the map
between roads paved in dollar signs.
Sento•
It shows that in Huron county there are
only two government funded day care cen-
tres, in Wingham and Vanastra. They offer
quality, full day care services, but funds
from the provincial and federal government
may force cuts, which will threaten the con-
tinuence of these centres.
The mural points out that many parents
have to drive a half hour to get their child to
a centre (over 25 miles) and back again, us-
ing up much time and gas expense. Roads
are covered in dollar signs to represent this
expense as well as Huron County's
preference to spend money on roads and
highways rather than on children, accor-
ding to the Women Today presentation.
Another illustration shows a woman who
must work overtime, but the day care cen-
tre is closing at 5:30 p.m.
The mural also shows highly skilled and
educated child care workers who subsidize
the child care centres with low wages.
Limited choices
Ms. Bolton explained with only two day
care centres in the county, other towns like
Goderich, Seaforth and Exeter have limited
choices for child care. While most towns
have nursery school facilities, these usually
only offer half days programs. As well
Huron County has no child care for children
who aren't toilet trained. This means that
working mothers with infants must find
their own child care.
,
The Tuckersmith Day Care Centre is only One of two government
The mural illustrates this, showing a pro- funded child care facilities in the county. Operating at capacity, the
fessional woman who must take her baby to centre has 70 children registered and an average of 33 attend each
Turn to page 2
day. A group of concerned Huron County parents are asking the
government to consider day care problems in Huron County.
(Shelley McPhee photo)
using com lek. could .be a _reality tn three years
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ingham. to push the project through various govern- mittees the company has aided with its corn -
As a sheaf of surveys designed to deter- ment stages. bination of services including "information,
e the interest in.the„developnient made Thesurvey asks several questions in- .guicilince and technical, services," have us -
their way. through thelhall, Mr. Ellingham eluding the type' of current housing and its . ,ed the surveys to helOeckle tenants, •
explained that the Surveys completed must cost, age of the potential occupant(s), the Queries from, the crowd were answered
amount to a minimum of double the number- • preference of either a one or two bedroom with assurances that the apartments would
of proposed units.
unit, specialty units and a general estimate be available to anyone in Huron County and
"The committee must prove many more &the monthly household income to deter- that the building would likely be one storey
units • are needed than they plan 'to build," mine the need for subsidy. A ratio of about structure to preclude stairs.
said the consultant. The larger the response, 30 to 40 per cent of the tenants needing sub- . The examples Mr. Ellingham showed il-
the easier it will be to work through the staff • sidy is considered acceptable. lustrated the various developments in such
level at CMHC. Mr. Ellingham stressed those who com- places as Toronto, Parkhill, Listowel and
He estimated between 50 and 70 surveys plete the survey are not committed to oc- Stratford have features geared to the in -
with a tentative occupation date two or cupancy when the units are completed. The terests of older people. Some apartment
three years in the future should be sufficient government and the committee recognize doors face a bank of windows which, accor-
that situations change and homes must be ding to the consultant, creates the impres-
sold before tenants can move. sion of the front door of the residents' own
He did mention, however, that other com- house.
Extra: .parking area
for' Bayfield Harbor'
By James el This experience encouraged the govern-
.
CLINTON - Area te_sidents Tilled a rnent to withdraw from this type of low ren -
meeting room SepternbeVeMnifeefikistiara - taLhousing program and.institute a
Reformed Church in Clinton to listen to Ian system to private non profit organizations.
Ellingham of Sheltercare Management Con- It was thought that with a community based
sultants outline some of the concerns in group instigating the projects, careful atten-
establishing a senior citizens housing com- tion would be given to important details like
plex. Over 50 people attended the presenta- furnishings, paint and carpeting, rather
tion which also consisted of slides of various than have a bureaucrat make an arbitrary
facilities already developed by the firm. decision.
Mr. Ellington said government housing The Canadian Mortgage and Housing Cor -
programs had been imported from Britain
in the early 1950s and resulted in the crea-
tion of housing developments which became
"undesirable places to live".
poration (CMHC), the agency through
which, the federal government disperses
grants, must be convinced of the need for
senior citizens' housing, said Mr. Ell-
Ftepresentatives of the Ministry of Natural Resources' research
station in Maple were in Goderich last week to effect an ex-
perimental program using baited sponge. More than 14,000 of
the sponges, containtlg the harmless antibiotic tetracycline,
were dropped from t --:o light planes Wednesday. Dr. Charles
Maclimes, project supervisor, said the team hopes to determine
if the fox population will eat the liver -coated bait. If the drop is
deemed successful, bait containing an anti -rabies vaccine could
be dropped in limn County next year to combat the disease
which is prevalent in the fox and skunk population. Members of
the team are pictured loading the plane with haft and preparing
for the drop while Dave Johnston of the ministry checks flight
patterns with Ken Bogie. ( photos by Dave Sykes)
By James Friel
BAYFIELD - Council approved a tender
for $2,950 from Merner Contracting to ex-
tend the municipal marina parking lot 100
feet at the October 1 council meeting.
The decision to expand the lot came
following last year's spring thaw when
yachts were parked in an area which placed
them in danger of being damaged during an
icejam.
The marina just completed an expansion
in 1983 which made the extra parking space
necessary during the summer months.
There was some question about the
availability of funds for the work, but
marina revenues were slightly higher than
expected.
The contract has been awarded to Merner
Contracting on the condition that the expan-
sion be completed before midnight October
11,one day before the crafts are taken from
the water.
Resolution endorsed
The Village of Zurich has circulated a
resolution to smaller municipalities seeking
endorsement for a request of the Ministry of
the Environment and the Ministry of Com-
munity Services and Housing to help fund
costly waste disposal studies.
The proposal, moved by Zurich Councillor
Robert Fisher and seconded by Michael
O'Connor, states that the current provincial
policy is not fair to non -industrial, small tax
base municipalities. It goes on to request
funding for consulting and engineering
studies up to 100 per cent of costs.
Bayfield council moved to endorse the
resolution.
Land parcel offered
Harbour Lights Developments Ltd. sent a
letter to Bayfield Council offering parcel of
land east of. the Highway 21 bridge at a cost
estimated by the firm to be $225,000. The of-
fer is open for 45 days and can be extended if
the village requests.
The company suggested the land,
estimated to have 1,400 feet of river frontage
and 1,100 feet of highway frontage, could be
used for parkland.
Reeve Dave Johnston suggested the let-
ter, signed by company president Richard
Peever, could be understood as an oppor-
tunity for the village to purchase the land
before development by Harbour Lights.
approval to
The municipYaoluittyh prreocgeriavmest
hire two unemployed youths between the
ages of 15 and 24 to assist in moving the
village base ball diamond.
The program lasts for 12 weeks and the
village was given $4,992. for costs incurred
by hiring the two youths.
Penny Sales raises over
Public meeting scheduled to $3,500 for hospital work
discuss shoreline erosion control
tallied, but the 30th annual Clinton Hospital
Auxiliary Penny Sale is estimated to make
CLINTON - Final figures are still being
more than $3,500.
Merchants from Clinton, Vanastra,
Bayfield, Varna, Holmesville, Brucefield,
Londesboro and Blyth donated more than
200 prizes for the sale. Hundreds more peo-
ple took part in the event, buying thousands
of draw tickets.
Held at St. Paul's Anglican Church in Clin-
ton, the draws were made on September 29.
The Penny Sale provides ninth that the
Auxiliary uses to assist in projects to
enhance Clinton Public Hospital facilities. R
also brings many people together, the Aux-
iliary, hospital staff and volunteer help.
Penny Sale Convenor Joyce Hilderiey
praised the many people who helped make
Shoreline and gully erosion has been a
recurring problem along the Lake Huron
waterfront for many years. The need to con-
trol this erosion has been a more recent con-
cern of local municipalities with increased
cottage and retirement developments ex-
posed to this threat.
Property owners, municipalities, and
local resource management agencies have
been faced with a 'problem; the most scenic
and valuable real estate is also the most
vulnerable to erosion. Past work by the
Maitland Valley Conservation Authority on
small gully control and lake shore manage-
ment has shown how costly erosion control
can be. It is not uncommon to spend
thousands of dollars on design work and con-
struction only to find that part of the pro-
blem is caused by uncontrolled erosion on a
neighbor's property.
Coastal engineers have been working all
summer on practical erosion control solu-
tions. The key to successful control is the
buildup of a stable beach. By carefully plao-
ing and spacing groynes into the lake, pro-
perty owners can economically build up a
larger beach. Groynes can take many forms
but most often consist of rock filled wire
baskets.
A public meeting will be held this
Thanksgiving Monday at Knox
Presbyterian Church in Goderich from 1
p.m. - 4:30 p.m. the Maitland Valley Con-
servation Authority will be presenting the
results of their erosion control investiga-
tions. Property owners will be given a
Resource Kit that will enable them to select
the type of erosion control devices Out will
best work on their shoreline. The coastal
engineers will be on hand to present details
of their investigations, answer questions
and explain the types of problems property
owners may encounter when implementing
recommended solutions.
the sale a success..
"On behalf of the Auxiliary I want to ex-
press my thanks for the continued support of
all those involved, which helped to make our
30th annual Penny Sale a success," she said.
Mrs. Hilderley expressed a'special note of
thanks to the merchants, cash donors, and
noted, "'Thanks also to a very hard working
committee, auxiliary members and
volunteer helpers who provided many hours
of their time and finally the many ticket
buyers who make it all possible."
She added, "Again thanks to St. Paul's
Anglican Church, the Board of Management
and the rector Rev. Simmons for their co-
operation in providing excellent facilities."
For a list of the 1984 winners, please num
to page 2 A
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