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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1985-10-30, Page 281 a `THEME:.; "A COMIC BOOK CHRISTMAS" .....i 0), Si • If you wish to enter a float in the parade, the deadline for entries is FRIDAY, NOV. lath CATEGORIES NON COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL YOUTH GROUP SCHOOL INDIVIDUAL .\ ,,, „N,‘ ''). „---, A :, . ) sytt, , .5...)vief 1ST, 2ND & 3RD PRIZES will be awarded in each category SATURDAY NOVEMBER 23rd, 1 P.M. Official Float Entry Form Name of Organization or Individual: Address Phone Category Entering: Float Name or Title Return to: -Non-Commercial -Commercial -Youth Group -School -Individual Goderich Recreation & Community Centre Board 166 MacDonald Street GODERICH, ONTARIO 524-2125 N7A 3N5 LET'S MAKE THIS THE BIGGEST AND BEST PARADE YET::: Coneerned cktizens now have their chances to maim a government review of the Ontario Hydro. Southwestern Ontario Transmission Study Environment Assess- ment, released today by Environment Minister Jim Bradley. Ontario Hydro is seeking approval to con- struct and operate an overhead transmission line .system through Southwestern Ontario, along with a transformer station, communications and control facilities. Hydro's p posed "System 7" would con- sist of : - a singe 500,000 volt (500 kV ) transmission line from the Bruce Nuclear Power Development (NDP) to Essa Transformer Station near Barrie. - a new 500 230 kV transformer station to be built west of London, from which three 230 kV lines would run to existing 230 kV lines in the area. - a double circuit 500 kV transmission line from the Bruce NPD to the new transformer station. - a single circuit 500 kV transmission line running east from the new transformer sta- tion, mostly via existing right-of-ways, to a t1.../',.'t.. COMMUNITY Ne\A ` the Nanticoke Generating Station. Ontario Hydro is seeking to acquire the property for these routes, shown approx innately on the enclosed map entitled Figure 1. Sites for acceptable alternative routes are also marked. The public can get further details about the proposed project by examining the En- virpnment Assessment document and the Review during' normal business hours at En- vironment Ontario offices indicated on the attached list. The Review is intended to help the public understand the proposal and whether the re- quirements of the Environmental Assess- ment Act have been tnet. The Review is not a final decision. It is merely a preliminary position based on comments of Provincial government staff and agencies. Copies of the Review and the En- vironmental Assessment document will be forwar4ef, tQ - Flutter, Begin* Muncie.ties and Township Offices before the heart"' g be When . the-:Preejirninary Rearing com- mences, the Joint `Boagd will consider pro- cedural matters, Including identification of parties and partidipants in the hearings and identification of issues. Anyone who wants. to take part in the hearing or make a submission to the Joint Board on procedural matters should either attend or be represented at thePreliminary Hearing or notify the Joint Board by writing to: Hearings Registrar Joint Board, 1 St, Clair Avenue West; 5th Floor, Toronto, On- tario, M4V 1K6. (416) 965-2531. Anyone can make a written submission about the proposed undertaking, the Assess- ment and the Review. A submission can be made in any form that clearly indicates the purpose of the document, and should be sent or delivered to Environment Minister Jim Bradley ,to be received no later than November 11, 1985. . All submissions received will be forward- ed to the Joint Board for its consideration during the hearing. Those who make sub- missions will be placed on the Joint Board's mailing list for all subsequent notices or orders the Joint Board may issue. Initial doubts- about moving erased A study recently released by the Ontario Association for the Mentally Retarded, (OAMR) shows that the families of former residents of Pine Ridge Centre for men with mental retardation have changed their minds. Parents originally voiced strong opposi- tion when the Ministry of Community and Social Services (MCSS) decided to close Pine Ridge, by August 1984. One hundred and forty-seven handicapped men were moved. 89 percent went to homes in the com- munity. The survey reveals that most former residents are now leading much fuller and more productive lives, with better oppor- tunities to grow and develop. Happily, most parents' initial doubts, that the residents were incapable of living in the community, have been dispelled. Pine Ridge is one of six institutions for pe- ple with mental retardation to be closed under the Ontario Government's "Five Year Plan". "Pine Ridge: A Follow-up Study One Year Later" was conducted by OAMR at the re- quest of the Pine Ridge Parents Executive. CALLING ALL MERCHANTS! • IN GODERICH • ' Get Your Thinking Caps On!!! FEATURE REPORT OAMR and members of this Executive in- terviewed the residents, their families and the agencies now providing services in the community, to study the impact of the move on the former residents' lives. The study is complimentary of the way MCSS moved the men. Bill Sparks, Presi- dent of OAMR, said: "This closure was much better planned. The care and strong commitment of responsible Ministry of- ficials contributed a great deal to the suc- cess. We congratulate MCSS on the ex- cellent job they did closing Pine Ridge. "The difference this time was that MUSS recognized the separate needs of each in- dividual resident, and tried to make sure there were services in the community to support him before he came out. There are Filter Queen "IN THE HEART OF DOWNTOWN VARNA" 482-7103 still many services missing. We continue to work to see that they are provided." Sparks concluded, "this experience has taught us that when proper community sp- ports exist, no handicapped person has to live in an institution." The OAMR report further attributes the success to an emphasis on preparing com- munities and services to receive each resi- dent, rather than emphasizing the severity of the individual's handicap. Both MCSS and the communities involved learned a great deal from the closings of St. Lawrence Centre in Brockville, Bluewater near Goderich, and START in St. Thomas. Pine Ridge was even better. Durham Centre in Whitby is currently be- ing closed, and D'Arcy Place in Cobourg scaled down. An effort is being made to app- ly the lessons of Pine Ridge. The Ontario Association for the Mentally Retarded is a federation of 121 local associa- tions across the province. Its goal is: "that all persons live in a state of dignity, share in all elements of living in the community, and have the opportunity to participate effec- tively." The time is fast approaching for the Goderich Signal -Star's !,154f ,7s,,ppwlV pqY 1986 Dodge Aries & Plymouth Reliant 5th annual Christma Store Front & Window Display Contest fl 1 (,(,1 rrut your ()Id mOO (h(',t(k, ( hrititrmiti tr('('ti and light'', trent, �o(ral� holt( orn, break out ,all the old ( ,anti of paint and.. LET YOUR IMAGINATION RUN WILD NOW IS THE TIME TO SHOW YOUR CHRISTMAS SPIRIT!!! -- 11 11 Pl'1 MONEY IN T( If BANK ANOMAYFIF [VFN A TROPHY IN THE WIN[)()W. Watch for details in next week's paper c)l)on,,orl'd h'v- 0 lob • GOederich NEW ALL ROUND COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER IN CANARA (Orcaietlm Class 3500-4500) C C N A Better Newspaper Canpet bm 1984 SIGNAL -STAR P.O. PDX RilZO HUCKINff3 ®T. INL USTRIAL PARK ODDIERICK ®NT. 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