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Public school students participated last week in an enrichment program developed by
Vanastra Public School with the theme of treasure. Principal John Ross and diving in-
structor Syd Scroggs taught students the rudiments of scuba diving. Jason Boughen,
Clinton, was the first to don the tanks. (James Friel photo)
Get in shape for summer
VANASTRA - The Vanastra Recreation
•Centre Spring Program '85, for summer and
fitness classes will be held April 8 to June 15.
The Red Cross Youth Water Safety
classes encompasses the regular color
system from the Non -Swimmer Yellow
classes to the final White level.
For those who want to continue lifesaving
skills, the National Lifeguard Service
Course will be held over two weekends,
April 26-28 and May 10-12. The pre -requisite
for the course is the LLSS Bronze Cross and
16 years old. This is the highest lifeguard
award ay,ailable.
Adult swum classes include Ladies Only
and Co-ed Adult Classes. These lessons con-
sist of Aquafit, Advanced, Non -Swimmer,
Beginner and Beginner 2 classes.
The popular 'pre-school classes involves
moms and dads learning to teach their
children to swim in a `structured program.
These classes are called Parent and Tot, for
up to two year olds and Guppies and Parents.
for two to four year olds.
Exercise in water takes all the strain and
weight off muscles and joints, making it
easier for people to move. For this reason,
the Water Exercise Class held on
Wednesdays from 11:30•a.m. to 12 p.m. is a
good program for people with arthritis or in-
jury, aches and pains.
The Fitness for Fun classes offer an en-
joyable way to exercise to music. The pro-
gram is instructed by Drusilla Leitch of
Seaforth. She is an experienced teacher and
has trained at many workshops. Regular.
classes are held on Mondays from 8 to 9
p.rn.; Wednesdays, 2 to 3 p.m. and 8:30 to
9:30 p.m. and on Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.
The modified class, which is slower in
paca, for beginners or the overweight per-
son, is at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesdays. All
classes are an hour long, followed by a
sauna and a splash in the pool.
The Baca Care program ( Wednesdays at 1
p.m.) is a series of floor exercises and relax-
ation techniques, designed to help those who
experience back problems.
The pool, the sauna and the fitness room
are available to the public for a daily admis-
sion charge or memberships are available
to those who make frequent use of the facili-
ty.
Another feature for children and adults.
are the • private and semi -private swim
lessons, available for those who need a little
extra attention from a qualified instructor.
A regular weekly activity in the Centre
Auditorium is bingo, which is held every
Tuesday evening at 8 p.m.
Anyone wishing further informatiom can
call the Vanastra Recreation Centre at 482-
3544.
•
Budget meeting open to public
• Anticipating an overall budget increase of
just under six per cent, the Huron County
Board of Education will be holding a special
budget meeting on April 22 at 7:30 p.m. •
Director of educaton Bob Allan told the
April 1 meeting of the school board that
grant information from the province has
been received. This material indicates the
school board will receive about four per cent
more than the $22.7 million received last
year:
In 1984, the board had a b{idget of $37
million with local taxpayers paying $12.8
million for education.
The special budget meeting is open to the
public.
NDP candidate named...
• from page 1
is that a lot of people say 'yes it is time for a
change'; after 42 years the Tories could be
beaten."
About the Liberals, MacDonald said,
"their problem is not that they've had 11 or
12 different leaders, it's that they're irrele-
vant. They offer no alternative." Mac-
Donald added that the Liberals haven't been
the government in Ontario since 1905.
"What about Hepburn, you say? Well Mitch
Hepburn wasn't really a Liberal, he was a
member of the Hepburn party," MacDonald
contended.
WMacDonald said Bob Rae, the NDP On-'
tario leader, "has built an image of someone
reasonable and positive, and is a great asset
to the party." He continued with advice to
the party faithful, "If you can underpin this
with your candidate, you can capitalize on
The former-Bluewater. Centre for the
Developmentally Handicapped is slowly
being transformed into a regional deters-,
tion centre for young offenders.
The transformation, while not visible
from the outside, has been ongoing for the
past few weeks as interior walls fall victim
to sledge and air hammers while others
are replastered in preparation for the ac-
ceptance of residents.
Administrator Carl DeGrandis
estimates that up to $'/z million will be
spent transforming one wing of the centre
into adequate living quarters for the first
residents, expected to arrive in July.
The interior construction is only part of
an interim phase initiated to accom-
modate the move to a juvenile detention
centre this year. While young offenders
will be moved into one wing of the facility
gradually over the latter half of the calen-
dar year, construction of the permanent
facility will take place in preparation for
the 1986 opening.
The Young Offenders Act, proclaimed
by the federal government April 1, 1984
replaced the former Juvenile Delinquent
Act. The Act, basically, redefined the
juvenile as anyone .under 18 years of age
and established regional centres to house
the offenders.
While most of the provisions of the new
act become law April 1, most provinces
will not be in a position to operate such
regional centres unti11986.
The case is not much different here.
While interim measures are being com-
pleted to have the regional centre opera-
tional by July, it will not operate at capaci-
ty until 1986.
As much as $10 million will be spent on
renovations to the centre to convert the
facility to a detention centre. The centre
will house offenders from Southwestern
Ontario in an area bounded by Windsor,
Guelph and Owen Sound to the north.
While' the centre will start receiving
residents in July, DeGrandis expects to
reach 100 by September. When the centre
is operating at peak capacity, the ad-
ministrator estimates it would house as
many as 120 malesand about 12 female of -
it."
"I've been involved with the NDP for 40
years," MacDonald said,"and I've never
seen any party that tries so hard to come to
grips with issues." MacDonald went on to
outline the caucus task forces that have
been established in the last few years and
their,findings.
The issues for this campaign are organiz-
ed around five major policy areas. They
are: jobs, agriculture, the incredible waste
of the Tory government and people's unmet
needs, equality for women, pollution, and
the inequity in taxes. The coming rise in
gasoline taxes is another possible issue.
"It's going to ioe an interesting, exciting
campaign," Ma Donald said.
The meeting attended by less than 50 peo-
ple, was held at the Exeter Public School,
and was chaired by Valerie Bolton.
•
Lake levels on the rise...
• from page 1
of the water treatment plant. Dredged
materials from the harbour expansion pro-
ject will be dumped in the area and a re-
taining wall will have to be built to prevent
the material from washing away.
The project will be phased over several
years and while the cost of the retaining
wall is estimated to cost $1 million, the
town's share would amount to $150,000.
It is estimated that 10 to 15 per cent of
the dredging will be completed within the
calendar year.
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In preparation for the opening, staff
have been involved in ongoing training and
'placement programs with the Ministry of
Correctional Services. Forty-eight former
Bluewater Centre employees have been in-
volved in training programs for .yoyth
'supervisors who will provide direct care to
residents. An additional 36 former
employees are still on' the employment
rolls of the Ministry of Community and
Social Services and will be incorporated
into the centre's staff closer to the startup
date.
The former Bluewater Centre was dos-
ed by the Ministry in November 1983 and
then Secretary of State Gordon Walker an-
nounced plans to convert the facility to a
regional centre for young offenders.
While DeGrandis has taken the initiative
to answer local concerns at special group
and public meetings, something he hopes
to do more of, there are still misconcep-
tions, rumors and apprehensions floating
around.
DeGrandis welcomes any opportunity to
talk about the centre and hopes he can
make as much contact with the communi-
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"The community has legitimate con-
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my job and I welcome any opportunity to
speak," he said. "The public wil be ge-
nuinely surprised how open we are to in-
teraction. I hope to have a citizen liaison
group that we can bounce ideas off."
There will be an open house when the
centre is operational and DeGrandis hopes
the public will be involved on a volunteer
basis. The administrator said there is a lot
to begained through interaction if the
volunteers are giving of themselves
because they want to.
"Many people want to add to their own
lives and they can certainly fill a need
here " he said. "We won't actively solicit
but we don't want to discourage anyone
either."
The interior of the former centre for
developmentally handicapped has been
refurbished but the detention centre will
not open until the 17 -foot perimeter fence
has been erected. The project has• been
tendered and will commence when drier
ground conditions permit.
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