The Huron Expositor, 1979-09-20, Page 11U'•.,1l9 ^^„pu',�.t+YT3 ai!I;
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NEW VANASTR'A LIONESS CLUB Betty MaCLeart left, formerly of
Seaforth is the charterp `resident of the Vanastra Lioness club.S turda
a y
night she received the charter from George leather, Lion district
. governor, of St,. Marys,
(News Record Photo)•
Ex.ceptiorat kids are top.ic;
John AvecneY. "" MPP
Kitchener -Wilmot, told an
audience at the first meeting
of the Huron -Perth Chapter
of the Council for
Exceptional Children that
only 12 per cent of Ontario
pupils receive appropriate
special education services.
Mr. Sweeney,: speaking in
Stratford, wars a director : of
Waterloo
education
inn
County, before entering
politics. He cited parental
concerns about the lack ocer
deteriorating quality. of
special education services
,and present provincial
funding procedures.) as two
basic problems.
Mr. Sweeney said the one
year teacher, training :course
and Ministry, of Education
Special: Education courses do:
not provide teachers with the
necessary skills to diagnose
and program adequately for
children with; special needs;
He said provincial .policy
shifts in funding procedures
hamper local board efforts to
improve the situation be-
cause since 1975, the pro-
, vincial funding for education
has steadily decreased,.
leaving, local boards .highly
Benefit Dance
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& family
at Clintons Legion
Friday, Sept. 21 /79
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SATURDAY,. SEPT 22
$5.00 per person includes gate entry
'LIMITED ADVANCE TICKETS FOR
ABOVE. SHOWS AVAILABLE •AT
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SHOPPERS RECORD. & TAPE MART.
THE FOLLOWING EVENTS ARE FREE
WITH GATE ADMISSION OF . •
ADULTS $2.00
CHILDREN 7=14YRS..50c
Campbell Amusement* - Over 24 "rides
Horse shows Wed.-Thurs. 'Sept. 19-20
Too' of WE Thurs. Sept. 20
Trans Canada Hell Drivers Sat., Sept. 22
DEMOLITION DERBY SUN. SEs'
ENTRY FORMS AVAILABLE AT
STRATFORD FAIRGROUNDS
FIRST 40 CARS ACCEPTED
dependent on the already
heavily burdened property
taxpayers for expenses.
According to the MPP,.
impending legislation; in-
voicing establishement of ,
programs for early identifica-
tion of learning problems and
mandatory special education
for children in need will only
increase pressure on local
boards 'neonse they will be
fareed to expand:• services
without being provided with
any source of provincial
funding.
Mr. Sweeney feels some
MPP's will be forced to vote
against these proposals,
even though they are "popular'
concepts, '-because in-
adequate provincial funds .for
procuring such programs and
preparing teaching eta ff s to_
implement 'programs will
have an adverse affect.,
DoetHuin ne0d
BY ALICE GII:BB
John and Mary have a gross annual
income of $12.000 and last year their debts
totalled: almost $9,000.. The couple, and;
many others like them', are victims of Our
credit -oriented society, :and their only.
salvation may lie in getting ,help, Prem: a
debt counselling, agency-
Pam Coleman, the debt counselling
co-ordinator for the Huron, Information and'
Multi -Service Centre in Vanastra, said that
Huron County is one of Mk (,;our Bounties.
in the prpvince without some kind of debt
counselling program. Ms,. Coleman made
the statement at ameeting held Thursday
night at. the Vanastra Centre to discuss
establishing such a service locally.
If 40er cent of the cost of establishing.
the service can be raised 'locally, then 60:
per cent of the costs will be picked up by
the ministry of community and social,
services. •
Ms. Coleman said to. date .local busi-
nesses have pledged about $1,000 to aid in,
establishing a service in the county.
AiMS
A debt counselling service aims to
lin totubers
Provide debt counselling members of the
p,blic, to educate people on the uses and:
abuses of credit, and to seek the
c -operation of merchants, lending insti
tutions, banks and others to achieve those
objectives. Perhaps most importantly, a
debt counselling service tries. to protect
individuals from embarassment and
harassment due to their inability to meet
financial contractual obligations, and to.
show them a way they can Menage their
finances to get out of indebtedness.
At the public meeting to discuss
establishing the service locally,: Ron, Mason
of the ministry of community and social
services, outlined Some of the problems
facing the county. ' • '
He said in order to establish the service,
the agency must be a non-profit organi-
zation and the board of directorsmust be.
representative of the community, including
members from labour, 'industry., credit
agencies, education institutions and busi-
nesses in the area.
He said the maior -problem facing a
Po
nseiii
b04r4 interested; }n, establishing: #fie Service
is blit Huron .County .has a stnalll
populatipn and the urban centres are
widely Battered, He .said. nnost •debt
coenseliingg services find they .acquire one
new case per 1.,000people per year.
He pointed out: in a town like Clinton foe
example, there might be only three or four
,people in. the whple town who wool,¢ want
to make use of such a service.
Quoting statistics compiles by his
ministry. he said the average client has an
income of approximately $11;000, annually,
tan be married, divorced',or single, and has,
an average debt of 75 per cent of his 9r her
gtt$s' a,tanual income
1MPAR3"!AUJ'Y
Mr, Mason said an :important aspect of
credit counselling which can't be matched
by banks .Or ether lending institutions, is
that the counsellor must be completely
impartial..
When a member of the audience asked if
there was a need :for such a service in the
county. Pam Coleman quoted statistics she
has compiled recently. She said there were
1,266 claims filed in small claims courts in
Huron County in 1978. Also, although
bankroP tries . aren't broken down, by
county, it has been estimated there were
about 100 bankruptcies a year in Huron.
Me Macon told the audience,composed
of representatives from county spcial::.
agencies, a, credit union manager, a lawyer'
and representatives from Champion. Road
Machinery, ry,th t there •we.re three o dioo
ns.
open in establishing the service locally-
OPTIONS
He said the 'county could have its own
, debt counselling service, and employ a half
time counsellor for approximately •$10
5.15,400 annually.
The second option is to form a local
board, raise the funding and then purchase
the counselling: • service from another
agency such as. the :London; or Stratford
debt counselling; offices.
Mr. Mason said London. already sends
out a counsellor every month to provide
debt counselling services to thepeople in
Axford and Elgin counties.
QUILTS, QUILTS AND MORE. QUILTS -. Joyce Doig, Doreen
Johnston and. Marg"Smile are admiring some :of the beautiful quilts on
display in the window of Box Furniture which were made by Seaforth and.
area women. The quilts will be donated "to families who lost their
belongings in the tornado which ripped through the VVoadstockarea this.
summer.
(Expositor,'Photo).
Crowd at Kippen shoot
Kippen Gun Club on
September 15, had 57
shooters. Scores were:
Goderich No. 1 team 233;
Claybird 223; Kippen No. 1
team 223; Fullarton 222;
Kippen No 2 team 196;
Goderich No. 2 Team .193;
Henson; 162; Exeter 147.
George Hamm 25; Paul'
Middleton' 25; Bill 'B'oussey
25; 'Tom Russell 25;. Bert
Mahaffey 25; John Anderson
25; Bob "Ironside 25; Glen
• Mogk 24; G. Martin 24; John
Hessels 24; Bill Webber 24;
Grant Hodgert 24; Bob
• Cochrane 24; Terry Caldwell
24; Jack Bell 24; Al Bell 23;
Bob Caldwell 23; Al Kyle 23;
Dan Crerar 23; Murray
Christie 23; Calvin Christie'
23; Wayne Riddell 23; Paul
Ritchie `22; Bryan Beer 22;
Larry Mason 22; John
Gredanus 22; Grant
McGregor 21; Jim Butcher
21; J. Fischer 21; Stan.
Christie: 21; Jamie Caldwell
21; Jim Godbolt 21; Ray
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Every Saturday
at 8t00 p,
Blyth Memorial Hall
2 reg. games, S share
the Wealth, Jackpot
$150.00 in 60 Bails
4
Ingram 20; Gary Koehler 20;
Paul Kristoferson..20; Roy
Lamport 20; Bill Armstrong;
20; Paul. Webb 20; Len Lobb
20; Paul 'Armstrong 20;
Sandy Ingram 19; Robert;
McGregor 18; Dave Lovell
18; Wayne McBride 16; Paul
Jeffery 16; Todd Caldwell 16;
Brad McBride 15.
ple
Mr. and Mrs. Jack -Nicholson of Preston visited with.
their Dad at the hospital over the weekend.
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Tavern.
Wed. -.-Sat.
& Sat.
Matinee
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Lisle
Next Week
Dingle Day comedy
Dining Room
Open Daily from 12 Noon
Good Old -Fashioned
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COntlnuona Entertainment front 8 p.ni. to 1 a.m.
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debt meeting
Herold theaittdience that the counsellors
have found they Can't handle debt
management ;for people in business for
themselves, and they have also found that
fanners with.a debt problem, get assistance
from the Ontario Ministry of Food and!
Agriculture, rather than from their Services
Mr'- Mason said most debt eounseliing
services handle wage or salary earners. as.
their major clients•
The final option open to Huron. County i$;
to operate the service on a voluntary basis,
but Mr, Mason, said this usually liadtttt
proved satisfactory In the past.
He said the ministry' also insists that the
debt counsellor be bonded, and that the
service carry insurance against holdups.
:PURCHASING SERVICE
Mr., Mason Said Huron County Might
considerP urchasing the service from the
Stratford debteounselling service, at a cost
of approximately $3,000 annually. He said
this way, a counsellor from Stratford could
come to the area one :day a month. While
Mr. Mason admitted''this would only be a
"minimum service" he told the audience
"it's better than what you've got now."' He
said starting with a part-time service might
eventually generate more financial support
from the community for the counselling
service.
At the end of his talk, he ' told the
Artbitis
is n��Ya s
illness.
3r,
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Townsend of Harpurhey attended
the Lane -Montgomery wedding in Riverside United''
Church, "London, on Saturday, September 1$th.
Mrs. Kerr and Leslie. Kerr. of Toronto were . guests of
their many friends in town on Thursday last.
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson Grovenby of Simcoe were guests of
Mr. and .Mrs. M.H. McKenzie.
Mr. Joe McLean has 'returned from two weeks in New
York,. city. While there: he visited with Jim.. and Donna..
White of Bronxville, New • York.
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Nobel returned recently from a six
week long trip to Holland.
The visit was a surprise to relatives there and the Nobels
were able to attend the 25th' Anniversary of Gordon's '
sister and her husband. .
Hensall's newest business, Drysdale Major Appliance
Centre, Is having their grand opening this week. Bob and
Jack Drysdale have recently completed their new building
on King St. which features Western Ontario's largest
display of over. 200 appliances on the floor. •
froi4VINWOlieer
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audience he; had purPnaeiy pointer ?nut the
difficulties of getting organized, but
the ministry, would be "really deighte4'i
t a see sub ,a service in the eounty,
,Pam: Coleman told' the audience :in her
canvass Odle county, she had fOtInd little
interest in the service at the local'bank
branches, but planned to contact their head:
offices in London next. She said the best
response to the proposed serViges CAW
from area industries,
in on interview following the meeting*
Coleman said she already hasfour
people who have committed themiselyes .to'
serving on a board of directors She, said.
she hopes the first Meetingof the: board
can take place early in Qetober,
She said she hopes a service canbe
established in, the county at least on a
part-time basis and will be approaching the
Stratford debt counselling agency "to; see if
they would be interested in selling, their
services td' the county.
Ms. Coleman said, she was disappointed.
there wasn't • a 'larger turnout at the
Vanastra meeting. She said she had
contacted all the county ,`reeves and.
deputy -reeves either by letter or telephone
to invite them to attend' the meeting.
There weren't any representatives of
county council in attendance at the'
meeting,
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