The Goderich Signal-Star, 1986-09-24, Page 7News
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Bernie Smith was one of several models who displayed clothing at the fashion show held in
the Goderich Legion on Monday evening. The show, sponsored by The Fashion Shop, drew
some 50 viewers. (photo by Paul Hartman)
Literacy program launched
The Ontario Government is launching a
comprehensive literacy program to help
the more than one million adults in Ontario
who cannot read and write, Minister of
Citizenship and Culture Dr. Lily Munro an-
nounced today.
The government has earmarked $5
million for the Ministry of Citizenship and
Culture to support community-based
literacy groups as well as coordinate plans
now being developed by the 14 government
agencies and ministries involved in the
strategy. Programs will be available in
English and French, she said.
This is part of the $100 million Ontario
training program announced by Minister
of Skills Development Greg Sorbara, she
told a rally fn suppoirt of International
Literacy Day at City hall.
The government declared its intent to
combat adult illiteracy in the April throne
speech, she said. "It was flagged as one of
the striking problems of the day."
Dr. Munro said she will be meeting with
literacy groups to discuss the mechanics of
her ministry's grants program. Money,
however, will be available for on-going
services, pilot projects and investigative
programs. "The. primary purpose of the
grants is to increase access to literacy
programs."
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An adolescent group for teens aged 14 to
16 is part of Family and Children's Ser-
vices' strategy to improve services to
young people in Huron County.
Starting Sept. 30, a group of 10 teens
who've been referred to the agency with
meet with youth worker Mike Cicchini to
talk about teen issues, plan positive ac-
tivities, learn life skills and build self-
worth.
"There's often a cry in this town that
there's nothing for adolescents to do and
that's true for a certain number of them.
Though the summer program offered by
the recreation department in town was
quite impressive, it was poorly attended,"
says Cicchini.
"There's one group that's not involved in
community activities and basically just
goes to the arcade. I want to involve them
in something positive so they can feel good
about themselves."
The group will have the use of a room at
the high school which could lead to crafts
or cooking classes and the use of the gym-
nasium a'. St. Marys school where sports
will be played.
"There's no definite agenda right now.
We'll meet and see what the group wants
to do," he says.
The group could also be a forurn for
young people to discuss their problems and
concerns surrounding topics such as
school, parenting, children's rights, peers,
drugs and alcohol, sexuality, community,
the police and criminal behavior. Around
the same topics, Cicchini says the group
will probably discuss values and
consequences.
"A lot of kids internalize their dif-
ficulties and their anger. They might have
tried to talk about them at home and
weren't listened to. Talking at the group
will help to relieve the tension if they feel
they're being listened to. It makes living
with their familymuch easier," he says.
Teens who will hp involved in the pro-
gram will be referred to the agency. The
high school, public school and the Huron
Centre for Children and Youth have been
notified about the group's beginning and
can refer youth to it.
"I'd like the group to be relaxed, educa-
tional, supportive and fun. It should be a
way of servicing our client load since
we're involved with a lot of families who
are in crisis because of adolescent
behavior," he says.
In conjunction with the adolescent
group, parents will be encouraged to take
a parenting course offered by the agency.
"Ideally, we'd have the child go to the
adolescent group and the parents go to the
parenting group and maybe get them
together later on," he says.
The group will run in three sessions a
year during the fall, winter and spring for
10 weeks at a time. If funding continues
and the interest is there, Cicchini says the
group may expand.
Religion courses will be offered again
at St. Mary's School this. year
BY WILMA OKE
The high school religion courses will be
held again this year by the Huron -Perth
County Roman Catholic Separate School
Board.
The course at St. Mary's School in
Goderich will start at 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. on
Sept. 24 and the same time at the other two
locations – St. Boniface School in Zurich on
Sept. 23 and St. James School in Seafbrth on
Sept. 24.
The decision for each course time and
location was made on the basis of the needs
of the participants in the area, reported
F; Principal Joe MacDonald.
The Grade 10 course will be offered in
Seaforth and Zurich and the Grade 9 course
in Goderich.
These religion courses are worth one full
credit, if successfully passed by the pupil.
The board will accept an invitation from
Perth County council to have an exhibit at
the 1988 International Plowing Match to be
held in Perth. The board decided on a 10' by
10'.display booth in one of three tents to be
rented by the County Exhibit Committee for
the use of exhibitors. It was suggested the
cost may be $2 per square foot.
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The board approved an administration
recommendation that the Huron County Ar-
chives by appointed keepers of the records
of the separate schools and the boards in
Huron County up to 1969. 'lie Huron ar-
chives are presently located at 66 Waterloo
St. S., Goderich. Records to be stored in-
clude the boards' minutes of meetings, the
schools' attendance records.
Considerable time was spent at the
meeting while trustees learned all about
speech and language, speech pathologists
and speech correctionists and the board's
responsibility in the area of speech and
language.
Speech pathology (treatment) is often the
responsibility of the Ministry of Health and
administered by speech therapists or
pathologists while speech correction and
remediation is carried out by speech and
language teachers and is the responsibility
of the school board.
The above are suggested divisions 'to
serve as a general guideline for local use by
the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of
Health and the Ministry of Community and
Social Services to school boards to create
sharing arrangements for the provision of
speech and language programs for' school -
aged children.
The two superintendents of education,
John McCauley and Gaeten Blanchette,
both explained that these areas are not clear
cut and a decision has to be made to deter-
mine whether it is an education problem or
a health problem.
A speech pathologist usually assesses
children who have been, referred by the
school principal with parental approval and
will assist in the provision of speech and
language services in the system and main-
tain a caseload in a family of schools.
McCauley said it is ideal to have one
pathologist and two speech and language
correction resource teachers in the Huron -
Perth system.
The decision was made by the board to
hire a speech pathologist again this year if
one is available.
The board is concerned about soft drinks
with some alcoholic content sold in grocery
stores, which anyone can buy, young or old.
The board will express its displeasure.
The next meeting is Oct. 14.
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