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Page 14 The Clarington/Courtice Independent, Bowmanvillc, Friday, April 9, 1999 ■Scfsool Program to ieæhæ T6' Durham Gets Money For Speech and language Durham Region will receive more money than expected for speech and language programs for pre-school children. Originally, Durham was expecting to receive $730,000. But, with the enhanced allocation, allocation, the Region will now get over $900,000. "This speech and language program is part of our government's government's on-going commitment to children," said Parliamentary Assistant Dan Newman, who made the announcement in Sault Stc. Marie on behalf of Minister of Health, Elizabeth Witrncr. "By increasing access to prevention and early-support programs, we are improving the quality of life and bpportunities to children and their families." By 2002, the government says more than 70,000 preschool preschool children will benefit from the creation and expansion of speech and language services through partnerships with social, educational and health services in 32 communities across the province. "The government believes strongly in creating services that help children get a better start in life," said Community and Social Services Minister Janet Ecker. "These programs directly benefit children at a very early age and help prevent problems later in life." The preschool speech and language program is part of the government's broader system of prevention and early-support services for children. In most regions, the program ensures that more than triple the number of children receiving services previously will get access to the program they need earlier and closer to home. "The enhanced program ensures all children have the same opportunity for a bright and healthy future," said Margaret Marland, Minister Responsible for Children. Short Hearing for Lishman Project? hi V, r m From page 1 used for more than just fur manufacturing. manufacturing. Hamre said she doesn't think the new wording will make it any easier for Lishman to change the factory into anything but a fur-knitting facility. "If he decides to jump ship, lie's dead," said Hamre. "He can't use it for anything but fur" without going through the entire public process again. She added the Lishman company company has been through enough since making its initial application regarding the property in 1997. "This application application has been through the most rigourous public process I've seen in my 19 years (as a municipal politician). politician). This is an abuse of the public process in the worst way I've ever seen it," the mayor said. Bill Lishman was on hand at Regional Headquarters "OVERT" Seeks Help The Ontario Volunteer E me r g e n c y Response Team (OVERT) is a non-profit charitable charitable organization organization that provides emergency ground search and rescue services services in partnership partnership with a variety variety of police services. OVERT is currently seeking seeking a limited number of volunteers volunteers who live in or close to Cobourg, Port Hope, Lindsay and the Durham Region. These volunteers volunteers arc required to participate in a variety of functions functions such as looking for missing missing persons, evidence evidence searches, fundraising and public relations. Successful candidates candidates will be trained in search techniques, crime scene awareness, lost person behaviour and search probability probability tables. Anyone interested interested in joining OVERT is invited invited to attend an information session session on April the 15th that will be held at Durham College (2000 Simcoc St. North, Oshawn) in room B238. The information session will start promptly at 7:00 p.m. and will review the OVERT program as well as answer any questions, Wednesday, as council voted 16-5 to accept the new wording. He agrees getting to this point has been an "arduous, arduous process." "It's cost the township (Clarington), the Region, and ourselves a tremendous amount of money. It's a travesty of the democratic process," he said after the ruling had been made. He added, had he and his wife known how difficult the process w.as going to be, they might have built elsewhere. "I think we would have moved to China," he said. The new wording will help somewhat when Paula Lishman International approaches banks to get the estimated $1 million it will need to build the factory. 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