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‘"By the very nature that it is a house, the atmosphere * . fosters selfâ€"help,‘‘ said Ms. Samuel. ‘‘This is the most valuaâ€" le form of assistance." a: The staff encourages the selfâ€"help approach and urges h women to set up their own support system. f ; ‘"‘There is a time when the women will have to leave here & and set up on their own or return home," said Ms. Samuel. » ‘‘The effectiveness will depend on how selfâ€"sufficient they : have become. Here they can preâ€"plan, discuss the problems s they have and make arrangements for daycare, transportaâ€" T . tion and find a way to make themselves financially solâ€" le % Â¥â€" T ' wor 1 at Anselma House offer support and guid * wards financial and lqaleoumdm: "By the very nature that it is a 1 ~ The retiring director of the Waterioo County Board of Education, Ross Cruickâ€" shank, will be one of the Anselma Ms. Samuel said no one knows why the latter is the case and she hesitated to make any suggestions saying they would only be her personal views and may not in fact be Ms. Samuel‘s staff, including Debbie Lorentz, Marilyn Vaccaro, and Alan Nickell, all perform "short term emerâ€" gency counselling.‘‘ Situations they can‘t handle are passed on to the appropriate bodies. » Anselma House boasts 25 volunteers but they can always use more â€" particularly volunteers who will provide tranâ€" sportation and do babysitting in their own home. Similar centres have been established in Guelph, Camâ€" bridge, Woodstock, London, Toronto, Hamilton, Windsor, Sarnia and Burlington (just in the beginning stages) and all are being used to capacity. What does the crystal ball show for the future of Anselma House? There‘s no doubt about it said Ms. Samuel. The cenâ€" tre could make use of larger facilities already and it will be a necessity in the future. She would also like to develop the volunteer program more fully. What will happen if the Canada Works grant cannot be renewed and financial support for the program is at a miniâ€" mum? **Anselma House will remain,"" said a defiant Ms. Samuel. **We may have to reduce some staff and rely more on volunâ€" teers but the quality of service will remain and we will atâ€" tempt to do a lot of public education in terms of prevenâ€" tion." Children of any age are welcome and Anselma House works in liaison with both boards of education. Children can attend schools close to Anselma House during their stay at the refuge. In emergency situations arrangements can be made to have them transported to their home schools. ~ ‘The refuge charges a minimal fee scaled to the woman‘s rsonal income. * re“We don‘t request pay in advance but we do expect some contribution,‘‘ said the coâ€"ordinator. ‘‘The majority of women want to contribute but we won‘t turn anyone away if they aren‘t able to." i , The majority of the women using the facility are between the ages of 23 and 28 and statistics show March to be the cenâ€" tre‘s busiest month. The women leave the facility when they are ready and feel they can cope. Statistics show that 50 per cent return home and 50 per cent set up houseâ€"keeping on their own.The major problem facing women who want to make a go of it on their own is finding daycare facilities and adequate housing, said the coâ€"ordinator. As-wellasof{erhgpm&fiveaceonumdatim, the staff at Anselma House offer support and guide the women toâ€" Cruickshank to receive honorary older students receiving deâ€" grees from the University of Waterioo this year. Mr. Cruickshank and two (Continued from page 4) **In so doing,‘"‘ the release said, ‘"he has indelibly left his stamp on the character of the public elementary and secondary education sysâ€" tems in the Region of Waâ€" was director, he‘s had the difficult job of merging 17 different school boards into shank is being honoured for his ‘"many contributions to education throughout his lengthy career‘"‘. s His most noteworthy conâ€" t/ibution, the release said, has been through his service as director of education for the Waterioo County board. Mr. Cruickshank was ap pointed director in 1969, shortly after the board was formed. P others will reecive honorary degrees from the university during convocation cereâ€" monies on May 24â€"2%. According to a release isâ€" sued by UW, Mr. Cruickâ€" when you buy a new home in Ontario. YOUR INVESTMENT S PROTECTED HUDAC NEW HOME WARRANTY PROGRAM _ . mt o s WAMie;: / <* 4n D cylocae P iss _‘ A native of Petrolia, Mr. g/ee the next day. ~ . Donald Chhfim, vice Cruickshank grew up in © Although bhe‘s a native of president of Northern Teleâ€" Blenheim and became a Australia, Dr. Keats spent com Ltd. Dr. Chisholm has high school teacher there time at UW studying its fas been active in communicaâ€" before World War II. culty of mathematics. He tions research including He also held positions as was responsible for develop work on the Apollo space school principal. Mr. ing a faculty of mathemaâ€" program. Cruickshank has contribut tics at the University of . ed to education beyond his Newcastle, Australia: | responsibilities, the release ~â€"University of, Waterioo‘s said. . math faculty was the first in He has been active locally Canada and one of the first and provincially in various in the world. The math faâ€" education organizations and culty at Newcastle was the has been a member of the first in Australia â€" possibly senate of the Uniyersity of ‘ the firat in the soythern heâ€" |__ _ Western Ontario in London. misphere. SHOULD YOU PURCHASE He was one of the founders g‘l" Keats has also been mcnl'lgv ‘ of the Association of Large active in military research. | MEMORIAL AHEAD OF TIME? School Boards in Ontario The third person receiving |_ m::amm and was one of a group ree an honorary degree is Dr. certly invited to China. 10| GTIPERPRPINER ceive an honerary doctor of laws degree at the May 25 session of convocation. 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