Clinton News-Record, 1986-05-28, Page 9•
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Clinton X11 be beautified .tbi`u mer,
Dan McGregor (centre) is congratulated by Clinton Business Improvement Area Chair-
man Clarence Denomme for being chosen as the new groundskeeper for Clinton's
downtown area. Jane Groves, the Chairman for the Committee for Planting was respon-
sible for the hiring of Dan. (David Emslie photo)
CLINTON - Through a major contribution
from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs'"s Ex-
perience '86 program, and a little help from
the Clinton Business Improvement Area
(BMA), Clinton will, be beautified this
summer.
Experience '86 is a program which gives
grants for community improvement pro-
jeets with an emphasis on downtown or com-
mercial areas.
This grant will pay 70 per cent of the
wages of Dan McGregor, a Grade 12 student
at Central Huron Secondary School, who
will be working during the summer to keep
Clinton beautiful. The other 30 percent will
be paid. by the BIA.
"It will be called `Operation Spruce Up'
because he is going to spruce up the
downtown area," Jane Groves, Chairman of
the Committee for Planting of the BIA said.
"The project is to benefit the agency and the
community."
Mr. McGregor's duties will include cut-
ting the grass downtown, weeding, edging,
hedge clipping, planting, and generally
keeping the town's flower beds and public
areas free of trash.
Although these are all outdoor jobs requir-
ing some co-operation from the weather,
Mrs. Groves said, "He will work every day.
On rainy days he will be kept busy, as we
have rainy day projects as well."
Applicants had to be hired through Man-
power, and they had to have experience in
gardening, Mrs. Groves explained.
"We tried to keep the applicant local as
such„ but no one from the exact Clinton
area applied," she said.
Mr. McGreggr is experienced in this field
as he worked at the hospital last year taking
care of the gardening, and he is also
familiar with the operation of a tractor and
a trailer, Mrs. Groves said.
There are already 72 boxes of flowers
waiting to be planted in new planter boxes,
as well as nine barrels for flowers that will
be put in the alley beside Duddy's Real
Estate, Mrs, Groves said.
"Flowers will be planted by the fire hall,
where there are usually weeds. and gar-
bage," she said. "We (Clinton) will never
have looked better."
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CCB member attends conference
The Bluewater Canadian Council of the
Blind (CCB) Club held their meeting on May
20. Before the meeting started, everyone
present sat down to a Kentucky Fried
Chicken supper. Tea and coffee was served
by the sorority ladies.
Len Schcoeter was asked to give a report
on what took place at the 42nd Conference
for the Blind held in Kitchener on May 5-7.
The speaker for the evening was Bencher
Menzies, w,ho spoke of the need to have a high Ontario's: A CNIB task force on employment recent -
will, followed by a short question period. g ly prepared a paper advocating training
The CCB members are now selling tickets Bill Dalgarno of Kitchener, president ofp p g g
for a draw in November - Prizes are a plant the CCB's Ontario division, said he knows of programs as.yvell as expanding from four to
stand, macramepurse, and a large ceramic
eight the number of federal employment of-
g eight or nine young people in the area who g
filter sgekjn jobs 'r t an icpp, d The
Christmas tree. e u bu ti g,dor,., orli i z r `tareasdk, d 'p
It i nefflr tila�Ef c3iY1d s e h' of t e roe
Members 'don't 'fotg�et tlid peke on iT t iii{�i f lyd. them e etc , vince outside Toronto.
11, at the Crystal Palace in Mitchell. 1 are willing to workin any field. He added One of the f'ons'woulil be to allay the
An article from the Kitchener -Waterloo that the job -wait for young visually han kinds of employer concerns' Pearl Chivers
Record on May 7 maybe of some interest to dicapped people used to average about six found are erninin her search for a job.
potential employees and employers: months, but that period is getting longer. undermining
Said CNIB region director George Mayor:
For eight long years, Pearl Chivers has Delegates attending the Kitchener con- "I think they (employers) get a little scared
been turned down for jobs as a nursery ference point to a number of factors hinder- when someone knocks on the door and says
school teacher. ing job -search efforts: descrimination, 'Yes, but I have a vision problem."'
It's nothing personal, employers say, it's employers' fears about safety, expense and The CNIB's execl$ive director for On -
just that you're blind. job performance; and a lack of initiative on tario, Gary Magarrell, admitted to the 28
Like many job -seekers suffering from the part of the government and the CNIB in conference delegates Tuesday that "we •
blindness or visual impairment, the 29 -year- finding jobs and raising public awareness. don't do a very 'good job in employment ser -
old college graduate is frustrated with the The visually impaired and the agencies - vices and I think were going to have to im-
cool reception employers give her after they that serve. them are beginning to focus on prove that."
discover her handicap. jobs because of a growing desire to give the Mayor said empltjyment is now the ser -
"A lot of times, they're really excited visually handicapped the same oppor- vice organization's top priority and the im-
tunities as everyone else. They're also con- provement will start When it implements the
about my skills," the Sarnia woman said, cerned that the unemployment problem is task force recommendations.
"but once they find out I can't see, they say getting worse. "I think in the next three to five years, you
`No, no way."' will certainlysee a large improvement in
The unemployment problem amongthe "With the automation and computerize- employment or eblind and visually impaired
visually impaired is getting increasing at- tion of industry, jobs are becoming less
tention from the Canadian National In- available," said Phil Jackson, CCB infor- persons," he. said.
Proince's farmers..,
welcome new tnidget
Harry Pelissero, President of the Ontario with farm credit, a crucial input cost to pro- efficiency."
Also missing was;;greater funding the
Federation of Agriculture, (OFA) welcom- ducers," he remarked. Ao the Liberals promised foro ile
ed the initiatives announced in the provin- Pelissero said he was encouraged by the drainagedrease from which60 t e per cent whenrothey cam-
n -
Ontario's
budget. government's' proposals to: extend the On- ai neo last year.
Ontario's farmers are caught in a. war of tario Family Farm Interest Rate Reduction p The Feasratian noted With agricultural subsidies between the U.S. and Program, enrich the Farm Operating Credit crease in tobacco tax with
regret, the in -
the European common market. The OFA Assistance Program, expandgthe Beginning crease ly difficult x mus for tobacco
par -
head said the budget may not solve all of the Farmer Assistance Program and undertake farmarl
industry's problems, but "now we've got new research and education initiatives, and to the announced
some leverage. We have a little more room provide new marketing ideas for Ontario's • Respondingion to treasurer's • provincial
to maneuvre." agricultural products. In Transition wind'downprogram, ,Pelisserol
Pelissero agreed with treasurer Bob The Federation representative, however, Farmersautioned the government against moving
Nixon's observation that many Ontario noted that missing from the budget was any too fast.
farmers are experienceing the worst condi action, on the Liberal party campaign pro- "Ottawa has not released any details of
tions"he farmerince the 's bottom line is affected by ton930s. e of ato cai "supportlloans prthe ogram based on a the national program. We wouldn't want to
see the provincial effort until the
two major factors - commodity prices and farmer's ability to handle the loan for see theral governmentovicialshowstdropped run l the
input costs. Yesterday's initiatives deal capital improvements and for improving they're planning to do." `
stitute for the Blind and The Canadian Coun- mation officer.
cil of the Blind (CCB), holding its provincial Many jobs, traditionally filled by the
annual meeting in Kitchener this week. visually handicapped, such as assembly and
The CCB contends just three per cent of switchboard operation, are being taken over
the blind and visually impaired people in by 1980s mechanization.
Ontario are employed full-time — the worst The Canadian Council of the Blind, an.
record of any province. Because most of the association of 86 clubs across Canada
visually handicapped are over retirement (including ones in the Twin Cities, Guelph
age, figures are low everywhere, but in and Cambridge), wants the. CNIB to start
British Columbia, for example, the employ- training visually handicapped for new
ment rate is ten per cent — three times as technologies.
Dr. John Hordyk
(photo by Forde Studio Inc.
Announcement
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pleased to announce that Dr. John Hordyk
joined our professional staff on May 15,
1986.
Dr. Hordyk is a recent graduate of the
Ontario Veterinary College and has a
Bachelor of Science degree from the
University of Guelph.
John, his wife Brenda, and young son
Colin are residing in Goderich.
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