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It's something that was rein- forced in her while counsellin women and children who ha been the victims of sexual abuse. Nowadays, it's being rein- forced in a different manner. Six weeks have passed since the Scugog and District Rape Crisis Centre was officially closed, but employees of the now defunct centre are still upset by the decision to close the centre which provided an essential ser- vice to the area. The closure has been especial- ly hard for Ms. Newsome. She had been with the centre since its inception in October of 1979 and had volunteered her time for about 12 years before becom- ing a paid employee. But Ms. Newsome was taken off the payroll in April of this year when she went on stress- related sick leave. Within weeks, two of the remaining three employees were also not working at the centre. Counsel- lor Janet Ries also took a stress- related leave of absence and community outreach co- . ordinator Kelli Moffatt quit. Their stress, Ms. Newsome said, was the result of their con- cern over the way the centre was being run by the executive director. Two of the centre's volunteers wrote a 10-page 11 outlining the women's con- cern and submitted it to the board of directors. "The report outlining our con- cerns was ignored by the board," Ms. Newsome said. "The board did nothing to get the staff back to work and did nothing to re- solve the issues." On August 18, board chair- man Janet Edwards announced the closure of the centre, citing a dwindling clientele and a desire to act responsibly with public money. She also announced that all services would be trans- ferred to the Oshawa Durham Rape Crisis Centre which had been handling Scugog's crisis lines while the centre was short- staffed. "If the Oshawa centre was contracted to provide that ser- vice (while the employees were on sick leave), why did the num- bers go down from 40 (in March) to six (in May)?" Ms. Newsome asked. She also questioned the boards' decision not to hire tem- porary employees to fill the va- cancies created when she and Ms. Ries took sick leave, there- fore enabling the Scugog centre tocontinue servicingits clients. Ms. Newsome said she be- lieves it had been the board's in- tention to close the Scugog cen- tre for some time, adding that a conversation she had with Pat- ty Sanders from the Solicitor General's office revealed that the centre had not applied for government funding this year. But Ms. Edwards, chairman of the board of directors, said the centre did apply for govern- ment money and did so before the deadline. As for Ms. Newsome's charge that the board planned to close the centre, Ms. Edwards said there had been discussions about amalgamating the Scu- gog and Oshawa centres, but that was not the intention of the board. : report on May, She also told the Star that all the concerns which were brought before the board were dealt with. As for hiring temporary help for the centre while its employ- ees were on sick leave, Ms. Ed- wards said labor laws restricted them from doing that. "Also, the doctors' notes never indicated how lon these wom- en would be on sick leave," Ms. Edwards added. Bringing in temporary help would not be beneficial to the clients, either, Ms. Edwards said, adding the board wanted to ensure each client was able to receive the help they needed from a constant source. "The decision to close the cen- tre was a difficult one," Ms. Ed- wards said. "We felt this was the most responsible decision we could make." The Oshawa Durham Rape Crisis Centre opened a satellite office in Port Perry on Septem- ber 20.- The office will be open on an as-needed basis, sald Sandy Saunders, executive director of the ODRCC. "Our concern is that the cli- ents continue to receive the ser- vice and that those who need help have access to it," Ms. Saunders said. Women wishing to access the service may do so by calling the centre's crisis line at 725.2241 Collag) calls will be be accepted You can also enlarge color photos of your: * Favorite pet + Mother-in-law » Old family photos 221 Girl or boy friend { - Baby photos' PORT PERRY STAR 0) (6) CENTRE 188 MARY ST. + PORT PERRY +¢ (416) 985-7383 or Fax Lae) 985-3708 ET ET EE EI. Em mr"