Zurich Citizens News, 1978-11-02, Page 1NO. 44
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FIRST WITH LOCAL NEWS
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1978
Administrator slays there is a need
Price Per Copy 20 Cents
County to keep homemakers operating
By JEFF SEDDON
Huron County Council
agreed Friday to pick up a
$5,100 tab to keep a county
homemaker service
operating for families in the
county in need of domestic
assistance because of illness,
old age or handicaps. The
service has been operating
for almost a year under a
Canada Works grant but to
continue operating the
service must be self sup-
porting by January 1, 1979
and needs county help to
meet that objection.
Jean Young, ad-
ministrator of the service,
appealed to council Friday
explaining that the service is
$5,099 away from being self
supporting with the clients it
now serves. She said the
budget for the homemaker
service has been drawn up
for 1979 and after expenses is
that much short of paying for
itself. She said the service
needed assurance that the
funds would be made
available to plan operation in
the coming year adding that
any fund raising held in 1979
would earn funds that could
Several new faces
on local councils
When the inaugural
meetings for area councils
take place early in
December there will be
several new faces. -
Taking his place on Zurich
council for the first time
will be Jim Bedard, a resi-
dent of the village for 20
years.
Bedard who has been
Northlander Mobile Home's
In Hensall Richard
Packham and Klass Van
Wieren will be the two new
members on council.
Packham, a native of
England has lived in Hensall
since 1972 and is employed
in the manufactured homes
plant formerly owned by
Bendix Corporation.
He said his reason for
standing for election was
that he felt he should do
something for his communi-
ty.
Hopefully, his activities
on council will benefit his
children and their friends in
the future, Packham said.
Also acclaimed to Hensall
council was Klass Van
Wieren of 57 London Road, a
foreman in the former Ben-
dix manufactured homes
plant.
In Bayfield, newcomers
Jim Bedard
purchasing agent for the
past 15 years, has been ac-
tive in the setting up of the
rec hockey and rec fastball
league in the village. He has
also served on the board of
St. Boniface church and has
been a member of the bean
festival committee.
"It's something I don't
know much about" Bedard
said about his foray into
municipal politics but that
he had planned on seeking
election to council
sometime.
Council will hold its in -
.augural meeting Monday,
December 4.
Dick Packham
on council will be Reeve
Frank MacFadden, and
councillors Mrs. Gwen
Pemberton and Reg Wilson.
be used for clients that
qualify for assistance by the
homemakers but are being
turned away because of a
shortage of money.
Young told council that
the reaction to the
homemakers service when it
began operation proved that
there was a need for the
service in Huron County. She
said homemakers needs in
the county were going
unanswered and that
homemakers were unem-
ployed.
The administrator said she
and Betty Cardno, nursing
administrator for the county
health unit, applied for start
up funds from Canada Works
a year ago and began to
organize a homemaker
service. She said the service
was designed to co-ordinate
a homemaking service for
the elderly, chronically ill,
disabled, handicapped and
for single parent families
with children providing full-
time, part-time, overnight
and live in homemaking
service.
The Canada works grant
enabled the homemaking
service to establish itself and
plans were made to make the
agency self supporting
selling its service on a fee for
service basis and seeking
support from community
service clubs and municipal
governments in the county.
Young said the fee for
service enables the agency
to sell its services to
Children's Aid, and cancer
society and to private in-
dividuals. She said the fees
are established on an ability
to pay basis meaning that a
client's income is deter-
mined and based on that
income the fee they will be
charged is determined.
She told council that the
homemaking service has
been instrumental in
allowing many people in the
county to leave institutions
and return to their homes to
live with the assistance of a
homemaker. She said the
cost to taxpayers is
dramatically less if a service
is offered in the home rather
than in an institution such as
a hotispital or senior citizens
home.
She explained that clients
in the past year had pur-
chased $71,135 worth of
services from the
homemaker agency and that
if those people had been in
nursing homes the costs
would have been $102,755 and
if they had been in hospital it
would have totalled $564,487.
"The difference in tax
dollars saved is $596,107,"
she said. "As you can see we
are not only a vital em-
ployment agency throughout
Huron County but an
economical member of the
whole health service team."
Young said the service has
71 people on staff and has
sold 10,229 hours of service to
100 different private clients.
She said the rate charged
health and social agencies is
$4.20 in a town and $4.60 for
out of town clients. She
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HALLOWEEN YOUNGSTERS — Young people from Zurich and area took part in a
Halloween costume party sponsored by the Zurich 4-H. Taking prizes for children four and un-
der were (left -right) Jamie Hay, Dawn McClinchey and Mandy Dore. Staff photo
No burning issues for
Hay township 'Iectio:
While there will be a race
for the reeve's job in Hay
township there appears to be
no burning issue on which
the election will be fought on.
Reeve Jack Tinney said he
couldn't think of any major
issue among the ratepayers
of Hay and that from his
standpoint, the township is in
good shape.
On what he would like to
see accomplished providing
he's returned, Reeve Tinney
said the secondary plan has
to receive final approval and
the township should continue
its road upgrading program.
In reply to a question about
the number of candidates
which are seeking office in
Hay, Tinney said there has
always been an interest in
the happenings in the
township. "I guess this
means we're progressive,"
Tinney said.
Asked for his reaction to
the challenge for reeve's job
by deputy -reeve Claire
Deichert, Tinney said "He
was a bit surprised" with
Deichert's standing for of-
fice.
Deichert said his main
reason for running was he
had to let his name stand 'for
either the reeve's or deputy -
reeve's job and that he might
as well go for the top
position.
Hay meeting
Residents of Hay township
will have the opportunity of
quizing both hopefuls and
incumbents as the township
will hold a ratepayers
meeting tomorrow.
The meeting which takes
place in the Hay township
hall in Zurich starts at 8 p.m.
On what he would like to
see accomplished in the
township in the next two
years Deichert agreed with
Tinney that the passage of
the secondary plan and the
upgrading of roads were
important.
Deichert said he would like
to see a few changes made to
the secondary plan before it
is passed with one of his
concerns being the in -filling
of lots surrounding the
villages. He said these lots
should be built in first rather
than having housing units
put up in the township in an
unorderly fashion.
According to Deichert who
has served as deputy -reeve
for two years, his lack of
council experience should
not prove to be a hindrance
as he has been involved in
several organizations over
the years.
CHARTER EXECUTIVE At Wednesday's 25th anniversary celebration of the St. Peter's
Catholic Women's League four members of the original executive were present. From the left
are lil Roche, Laura Denomme, Father Bourdeau and Veronica Etue. Staff photo
FEDERATION EXECUTIVE ELECTED - At the annual meeting of the Huron County Federa-
tion of Agriculture held Friday at the Pineridge Chalet near Hensall, officers for the 1978-79
executive were elected. From left to right are president Merle Gunby from Ashfield township,
director at large Gordon Bianchar from McKillop, second vice president Bev Brown of
Turnberry township and first vice president Gerry Fortune also from Turnberry. Staff photo