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Seniors 5 Centre is "Dream " of Community Care Administrator Community Care Coordinator, Roxy Barnes was the Rotary Club speaker on May 21. Mrs. Barnes spoke about her wish for a seniors' centre in the Town of Newcastle, as well as all the wonderful work that the Community Care agengy does. Pictured with Mrs. Barnes are Garnet Rickard (left), who introduced introduced the speaker, and Rotary President Bill Hall. Mrs. Barnes was presented with a painting done by Rotarian Don Staples. by Carolyn Hepburn Community Care Administrator Administrator Roxy Barnes has a dream. "I would really like to see us have a seniors' centre," Mrs. Barnes told a meeting of the Rotary Club last week. She envisions the centre to include many of the services services presently offered by Community Care -- services services which include Meals on Wheels, home care and maintenance, income tax services, transportation, home visits, telephone security security checks, grass cutting and snow shovelling. Community Care also is assisted by the postal alert program in which letter carriers carriers watch for signs that a person is in need of help. For example, if mail or newspapers haven't been removed from a mail box, the carrier will notify Community Community Care. In addition, Community Care is able to provide foot care on an ongoing basis through the co-operation of the Public Health Unit and Dr. A. Marcus. Although all these services services are already offered through Community Care, Mrs. Barnes is hoping that the idea of a seniors' centre will start to develop. "II would be a place where seniors would be welcome, and they could feel comfortable, comfortable, and have a place to stay,' Mrs. Barnes told the Rotary Club last week. Community Care, which began in Oct 1977, has a mandate to provide senior citizens that have special needs with services so that they can stay in their homes. From April 1, 1986, to March 31,1987, the Community Community Care volunteers logged 76,404 km while providing over 11,000 hours of work. They delivered over 4100 Meals on Wheels, made 2300 drives, filled 637 foot care appointments, and made over 2000 home security phone checks. There are 560 clients on file with the agency. Most of these are senior citizens, although although between 30 and 45 are disabled adults and children. All this work is provided by 215 volunteers, who give much time and effort to provide provide the care. Another important service service offered by Community Care is the Care Giver Relief Relief Program. A study conducted conducted by the Durham Region Region Community Care Association Association indicates that 68.4 percent of caregivers for elderly elderly persons could not go away on vacation. Twenty- six percent said that caring for an elderly relative seriously seriously affected their lives. Thanks to the program there is a chance for the caregivers to get out for an afternoon, or even a vacation. vacation. Mrs. Barnes agrees that there is a real need for the program in this region. "According to population trends, 36% of the population population will be over the age of 65 by the year 2000. Of that group the largest amount will be over 74 years of age." says Mrs. Barnes. In their efforts to fulfill For children 6 -14 years of age. The YMCA Day Camp, operating in the Bowmanville/Newcastle area, will help your child develop confidence, independence and a feeling of self-worth, while teaching "real life" skills like fair play and co-operation. IT S GREAT FUN TOO! 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Entries will be evaluated on gain per day and carcass quality. The competition will provide provide an ideal opportunity to see how various types of cattle cattle perform in the feedlot. All Durham County cattlemen, cattlemen, both cow calf and feedlot operators, are encouraged encouraged to participate by entering a steer. Further information information can be obtained from the OMAF office. GRAIN INTERIM STABILIZATION PAYMENTS: PAYMENTS: Federal Agriculture Agriculture Minister, John Wise, has announced interim stabilization payments for 1986 corn, soybean and winter wheat crops. The international grain situation has put severe pressure on prices for the 1986 crop resulting in this assistance to producers. Corn producers will receive $15 per tonne, soybean producers producers $11 per tonne, and winter wheat producers $14 per tonne, on sales up to March 31, 1987. Payments will be made to producers using data provided provided by the Ontario Wheat Producers Marketing the needs of the community, Community Care held their first-ever health fair this past month. There were 34 agencies present from all over the region, and over 260 people attended the very successful event. Future projects for the agency include the expansion expansion of the Meals on Wheels program. It presently runs two days a week, and the need is growing. Mrs. Barnes is hoping that expansion expansion can proceed just as soon as Memorial Hospital's Hospital's dietary facilities can handle the increase in the number of meals required. '. The Community Care office office . oh King Street West shares^ space with the Big Brothers agency-.and. .the YWCA. Though Mrs. Barnes says the "offices"'.'cam get quite busy, it is a positive move for the community to have all those services together. together. Volunteers also work in the office, where they answer answer phones and respond to inquiries, book appointments, appointments, and help everything to run smoothly. "One thing I am very grateful for are the many wonderful volunteers I have the chance to work with," says Mrs. Barnes. "Knowing that when I go into the office I'm working with people who really want to be there, makes my job that much easier," said Mrs. Barnes. While she finds her job enjoyable, Mrs. Barnes pulls together a large amount of volunteer power, to do a very large amount of much needed work in this community. Still, no agency can run on hope alone. Anyone with a little spare time can make a very valuable contribution contribution to the region through agencies such as Community Community Care. When you think about it, it's hard not to want to help. Everyone may need the help of agencies such as Community Care one day. Board, the Ontario Corn Producers Association and the Soybean Growers' Marketing Board. Cheques should he mailed out by early June. While stabilization payments payments are indicated for oats and barley, no interim payments payments are being made at this time as only a small volume volume of these commodities is actually marketed. BROOKLIN SPRING FAIR: The Brooklin Spring Fair will be held June 5, 6, and 7. In addition to many entertaining events, the midway and parade, there are agricultural agricultural exhibits, including; Sheep, Beef and Dairy Cattle, Cattle, Goats, light and heavy Horses and Grain and Forage Forage Classes. Anyone interested in entering entering can contact Jack Woodward, Secretary, at 655-4525. Area 4-H members will be participating in the Dairy 4-H Interclub Show on Saturday June 6 and the Beef 4-H Interclub Show on Sunday, June 7. Urbanites are encouraged encouraged to come out to Brooklin Brooklin Fair and see a bit of "rural Ontario". CHANGES IN O.P.I.I.P. ELIGIBILITY: By Jim Walker, Pork Advisor. Advisor. As of April 1,1987, the Ontario Ontario Pork Industry Improvement Improvement Plan has revised the required production levels for enrollment to at least 20 sow equivalents. A sow equivalent is defined as 1 sow or 15 market hogs marketed annually. This may allow some producers who were not previously eligible under the old 20 sow or 300 market hog production production requirement, to now join the plan. For example, a producer could meet the 20 sow equivalent by combinations of production. production. such as: a) 20 sows b) 15 sows and at least 75 market hogs c) 10 sows and at least 150 market hogs A Daffodil Dance held at the Wilmot Creek community has raised a total of $685 for the Cancer Society. Here, Rhoda Davies, representing Wilmot Creek, makes the presentation of the cheque to Campaign Chairman Glenn Prout. d) 5 sows and at least 225 market hogs e) at least 300 market hogs. This change may allow small farrow to finish enterprises enterprises to be eligible to enroll. enroll. Producers who are now eligible to enroll will be able to collect the yearly grants (Production Analysis; Enterprise Analysis; Artificial Insemination; Insemination; Herd Health Program; Program; Education and Feed Analysis) for the 1987/88 fiscal fiscal year, and will be eligible eligible for items and services purchased since April 1,. 1986 under the Ventilation, Productivity and Quality Improvement, and Rodent Control Grants. Enrollment forms and brochures on the plan are available from the local OMAF office, or by calling Jim Walker at (416) 623-3348. Vincent Massey News At this time of year the faithful kindergartens of Vincent Vincent Massey school are discovering discovering transportation and farms. The seniors are doing farms and juniors are doing transportation. In their farm unit they will make books, draw pictures and read, sing songs about farms. They'll be visiting all different kinds of livestock and crop farmers. They also like role playing the animals of the farm. The juniors will be taking trips to the Oshawa airport, take a ride on a bus and then take a ride on the GO train. In class they have a collection of models of many transportation transportation methods. They do role playing, watch films and make pictures about ways we travel. Both the students and Mrs. Yellowlees like their topics. The favourite thing is the trips for sure! If you talk to a junior or senior kindergarten, kindergarten, I'm sure they'll talk about their favourite subject. You might hear anything from cows to airplanes. by Craig Rickard Mrs. Avery's class is very busy doing Environmental Studies. On Thursday, May 14 they are taking a class trip to Space Court. There they will learn many amazing things about earth, the universe, and space travel. They are also starting Pioneers in Grade 4 and Mexico in Grade 5. It will be quite a trip into the past and into the future. A&R FLOORCOVERING Low rates make State Farm homeowners insurance a good buy. 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