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Page 20 The Clarington/Courlice Independent, Bowmanvillc, Saturday, March 1, 1996 Region will Contract Out Laundry at Homes for Aged their teeth or whatever before the next meal," Noseworthy said. With clothing going out- Diamond said she supports Councillor Nicholson's view. She added, "we all have family family or friends who have been in homes. If you have your laundry service in the build- by Laura J. Richards Staff Reporter Most Durham Region councillors agree contracting- . - - out non-personal laundry side, that may not happen, she items will save money in predicted, homes for the aged operated Another point she raised is ing, it is right there when it is by the regional municipality. that currently, all of the laun- needed. Contracting out the laun- dry services -- from sewing "This is not a place where derin<r of towels and bed labels on clothing to folding seniors drop into, but they linen° will save Durham new ty washed items --- are live there," the Oshawa $450,000 in this year's bud- done in-house by the laundry mayor stated, get, elected officials were told staff. In a recorded vote, 20 Wednesday, Feb. 26. Noseworthy said with the councillors agreed to out- loss of some laundry staff, The decision to out-source the services came after a half- hour debate by Regional Council and a presentation by a woman employed at one of the homes to be affected. Councillors heard from Debbie Noseworthy, who voiced her concerns that all laundry, including personal clothing of residents, would be processed by an outside company. certain work they now do would be downloaded to other staff members, such as nurses. Noseworthy observed, in her final comments, that "private "private homes don't contract out." Sharon Swain, of Durham's Health and Social Services Department, noted that $796,000 would be saved However, during questions by ^e Region for a total of to the Health and Social tw0 .services the department Services Committee, elected officials were assured that the recommendation only covered covered "institutional linen." Noseworthy, an employee of Lakeview Manor, warned councillors going to a complete complete service outside of the homes would create havoc among the residents when they lose personal items like dentures. "Now, the residents get would contract out. The second second service would mean the buying of more pre-prepared foods for the residents. Oshawa Councillor Brian Nicholson observed, "all of us have risen in these chambers chambers to brag about our homes for the aged. We don't have the complete information before us to make this kind of decision." Oshawa Mayor Nancy Arctic Students Visit Nuclear Station Innuit students from Grise Fjord, NWT, present a hand-carved musk-ox horn to Bob Strickert, director of Darlington Nuclear Generating Station. The delegation of Arctic youth was invited to Clarington this month to work with Çourtice Secondary students and their technical technical mentors from DNGS to build a robot for the Canada First competition. Susie Ningiuk, Jeffrey Qaunaq and Gail Attagutsiak (above) spoke to local school kids at Darlington's administration building on Feb.' 17 about life in their remote community where sled dogs outnumber outnumber human inhabitants and temperatures often plunge to minus 40 Celsius. source the laundering of linen and towels, while nine were opposed. Mayor Diane Hamre, along with Councillors Ann Dreslinski and Carson Elliott were among the 20 elected officials voting in favor of the move. Shelter Seeks $ 10,000 For Children's Program Since Bethesda House, the only shelter for abused women and their children in Clarington, opened in March of 1995, nearly 300 women and children have passed through its doors. "More than 50 per cent of our residents are children," Mary Howard, the co-chair of the shelter's board of directors, told Clarington councillors Monday night. Because of that fact, Howard asked Council to consider the board's request of $10,000 through the municipal grant process. The money would be used for the shelter's children's program program and its various components. The children's program consists of a breakfast which teaches mothers how to prepare a nutritious meal for their children to begin their day. "Some children coming to the shelter never had breakfast before they came to us," Howard noted. The program also includes a summertime component where current and former residents' children will be involved in in-shelter activities and visiting local recreational facilities through free passes or reduced rates. Howard explained the children's program is not funded in the shelter's annual budget of $336,000, but must rely completely on donations. "Initial estimates put the cost of the children's program at $20,000 per year," Howard said. "We received a one-time donation of $16,000 from the Oshawa Motor City Kinsmen Club which allowed us to begin the program." Other factors help keep costs down, including providing counsellors for children on a part- time, on-call basis. However, Howard noted, "we would like to be able to have a full-time counsellor for the children, so that she would be available to help the children as needed and could co-ordinate the program." 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