The Goderich Signal Star, 1976-03-04, Page 26• , , •
PACki MAT:. G R ICH SIGATA*L-S'TAR, TaURSt)AY, MRei.1 4, 107.q.
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oppos
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to•resource centre at Goderich
• At a meeting last weekend,
• •rePresentatives of the Mid-
western bntario Council on
• Mental R etardation,`spoke out.
strongly against the Ontario..
government's• decision to
• change'. the GoCirich
Psychiatric Hospital. intk.a.,
• 1*,'`' Resource Centre for retarded.
*... persons and their families. ..
• The council endorsed the
position of its. parent
organization,. the Ofitario
• Association for. the Mentally
Retarded, which haS publicly
• .objecred to the arbitrary way
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• in which the Qoderich : government,,, states that ' facility for both mental health
decision was made. • • retarded citizens have. the and mental retardation
' -No consultation was sought right to. Live, Work an services'. It pointed to the
Itiy the, government with recreate. In normal corn- , ...recognition several year ago
ei•thv ,O, 'M.R,. Or, the. munity settings in their home 7' by both the governme.nt! and
qup" rec ntly .Other large, Mentally RetarTzled, that dual. ,
'Is
hed the need for an
established London J.-)" • trict Planning. t trrpunities, He .questioned the Association for the
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by • the ,Ministry of .Copat, isolated- :institution in"this qprpoSe.facili_tie-§ Are aginst
• triunity and Sod'ral. Services. area which is already served the best interests of both
' The'se two -groups have been by - •large government psychiatric -patients nd .
assured repeatedly 4 the .'faci,•lities .at Patmerston retarded' individuals hectiuse
Ministry that they would be - Woodstock, Lqndon and :St: of. their.diveitent needs.. ,.
partners h planning corn- . Thomas. • • ' .
munity-based services for He felt that using the for-..:• -Pe r s on S. • • need in g:
- 'retarded people. , mer Goderich Psychiatric ' psychiatric care; require
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Peter .Nobs de. Burgh, Hospital for such a purpose specialized services to -
Chairman of the ,Midwestern . would. deflect ,planning • ef- •overcome specific mental• .•
Council, stressed that forts, and quite •possibly disoyders that are often short-
.0,A.M.R. has been heavily money, from the develop- term in.natnre,. On the Oilier
involved, over the last .rnent of.small-scale services` • hand; mental retardation is a
-several year's, . in the for retarded people in normal life-long handicapping
development anclexecutiOn of settings throughout the _condition that can be.
the "community thrust" for district, • - • minimized by , training
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mental retardation services. • The kidwesterri Regional prdgrams• and variou3 types .
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:This policy, which.has been •"CoUncil Was particularly of longerAerm support sr -
supported by the Ontario opposed tO using ,the Goderich Vices. .
Public moilinginWingfiam
to oppose seat •belt
• During the..final days of seatbelts; only thelegisiation of thepetition, • Elora; a
February, to meetings were which. makes the use of seat representative of the Con- .
held in Dungannon to •belts mandatory. • • •cerned Citizens. Committee at
'organize a fight against the • A public rneetin.g is set for Goderich,, and a represen-
compulsory use pf seat belts March 4 at ' F:E. Madill .tative of The. Citizens'
in. Ontario. '•• •. Protection Association with •
•The group, named the Secondary School auditorium head:office at Niagara Falls.
Citizens Protection in -Windham at 8:30 p.m., A further. meeting of the
Association Huron • Chapter Guests at that time will, in- ` group is set for March 10 at 8
No. 1, elected officers in_• elude MPP Murray 'Gaunt; p:m. af.., the home of Marvin
chiding Chairman Marvin Karen-Hepinstall, originator • Scott. • ••
Scott; vice-chairman Brian •
Hallman; 'secretary. • Lynn ,
Wall; and treasurer'llona . •
ljumphrey.
Spokesman Ray Uanna
talkpd about ,the petitions
-Which he has been circulating_
in the area, and which have
°received wide spread support
for the •group's stand that the
•use of seat belts should ribt be
compulsory in'this province.
It was explained again that
the petitions- do not dppose
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