The Goderich Signal-Star, 1986-12-03, Page 9Community News
'Voices for Choices' seminar well -attended
CLINTON - Despite the discouraging
weather conditions there was a good atten-
dance at the seminar `Voices for Choices'
held in the auditorium at Huronview on
November 20.
Sponsored by the Community Services
Council and Town and Country
Homemakers with funding assistance from
the Ministry of Community and Social Ser-
vices the object of the exercise was to Iden-
" tify needs, gaps and overlaps in services,
and endeavour to seek practical solutions,
and thereby improve the quality of life for
residents in Huron County.
Presentations were made on behalf of four
groups by Paul Carroll for youth; Helen
Owen for the aging; Linda Girard_ for the
handicapped and Dr. Cieslar for mental
health. Each speaker dealt with current pro-
blems and indicated the areas of future con-
cern which needed to be addressed.
Dave Overboe as chairman and Vernon
Foster in his role as Facilitator definers the
intellectual and emotional factors related to
decision making.
The participants in the seminar were
divided into groups to identify the needs of
the four categories. These were then
presented and analysed. It quickly became
obvious that there were areas of common
concern, namely transportation, adequate
public awareness, inter -service co-
ordination, comprehensive and readily
available information, consumer input and
utilization of such resources and better co-
ordination and up -dated training of care
givers.
Following a lunch break the groups re-
assembled to consider ways and means of
resolving the problems and the. ways in
which various agencies, government
departments, services and volunteers
should be informed and urged to take the
necessary steps to implement the sugges-
tions. Each group then presented its sugges-
Grade 3 students make dolls
By JASON CAMERON
and ADRIAN RAU
Grade 3 students in Mrs. Ottewell's class
learned how to make apple dolls. Mrs. Lin-
da Andrew donated the apples and with the
help of Mrs. Webster and Mrs. Robinson
taught the children how to make apple doll
faces. She told the students that it takes
three weeks for the apples to dry before the
face is actually finished.
Grade 4, room 9 reporters Mellissa
MacLennan and Patricia Robinson report
that Mrs. Webster, . Mrs. Robinson, Mrs.
MacKenzie and Mrs. Logtenberg came in on
pay day November 25. The class has finish-
ed their totempole. It is almost to the ceil-
ing. There are some scary looking faces on
the totem pole. This week, • the Grade 4
students are having a potlatch with each
stu eiit iiia ..iib ^ nnrl We
will be wearing Indian clothes.
Mrs. Clarke's room 4, Krakatoa, is in-
troducing Chris Curron this week and they
are happy to welcome Carrie Meriam to
their class. The Bookworm has grown to 105
circles. Mrs. Graham taught the stridents
how to make colors from the primary red,
yellow and blue.
BROOKSIDE
BROADCAST
tions and the final surrunation was made by
Mr. Foster.
He pointed out that the
initiationttsnand
im-
s plementation of imp
in-
evitably a slow process and required an ob-
jective approach. He referred to changes in
lifestyles which generated their own
specific problems going back 15,000 ears
when nomadic peoples began to adopt a set -
then
wed lifestyal era
hich began Ie, and the
300 ears ago, and the present
high tech age in which we lived today. The
challenges were different as were the
means of dealing with them and it was im-
portant in endeavours to achieve common
goals . that we should establish common
values.
He concluded by saying that a comprehen-
sive report of the meeting would be
prepared and made available through the
Community Services Council.
Janice Webster and Heather Jefferson
report that Mrs. Febbutt's Grade 6 class had
a visitor on November 24. Mr. Warren
Robinson talked to the students about
rudimentary principles of movement and
voice as they relate to humans. -
We finally completed our senior volleyball
house leagues. In the play-offs, team 5,
Billy's Bumpers, beat team 1, Derek's
Destroyer's, and team 2, Andrew Glenn's
team beat team 3, The Rowdy Raus. In the
final game, team 2 beat team 5 in a closely
matched game with the final score 45-36.
Congratulations to all players.
Mr. idailitt's aliii- ls'S rteit5 s'rT- to Vic-
toria school in Goderich every Tuesday for
home economics and shop. Mr. Reid and
Mrs. Bruinsma are teaching a variety of
projects including making bread dough or-
naments, key chains, -name boards and
metal pot -hangars.
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Courtland man visits
Rev. Father Mike Dalton, MBE of
Courtland spent Saturday night with his
brother and wife, Dennis and Irene Dalton.
On Sunday he had dinner with Cletus and
Mary Louise Dalton and family. Cletus
then drove him home to Courtland on Sun-
day night.
Dan Wilson is home from sailing for a
few weeks holidays with his family.
Joy Becker of Lucknow spent the
wcckend with Cathy Dalton.
Jim Sinnett is home for a tew weeks holi-
day with his family.
Many people from the area attended the
Santa Claus parade in Goderich on Satur-
day afternoon.
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