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10 -- PORT PERRY STAR -- Wednesday, Dec. 15, 1976 Manning honoured at testimonial dinner Bill Manning, who was described by former Ontario Riding MPP Matthew Dymond as the "backbone" of the former Ontario County, was honoured last week at a testimonial dinner at the Sheridan Mall in Pickering. Dr. Dymond, a Port Perry resident, gave the keynote address at the dinner, and described Mr. Manning as a man who "helped to smooth Delegation to ministry Port Perry's: Yvonne Christie, chairman of the Durham board of Education, led a delegation last week to meet with ministry of edu- cation officials concerning funds for 14 building projects in the works. The group included Trus- tees Alex Keith (Oshawa) and George Pearce (Osh- awa), as well as Ken Mun- roe, director of education. A second topic on the meeting's agenda involved the ministry's recent announcement of reinstating core curricula to elementary and secondary schools in the province. 000000000000 CHRISTMAS GIFTS EEE AAT TRARY The Durham board has already developed 17 courses to study on its own - costing an estimated $50,000 each - over the past six years. Mrs. Christie has wonder- ed publicly what the pro- vince intends local boards to do with the courses they have spent time and money putting together. At the top of the delegat- ion's shopping list for build- ing funds are additions to Beau Valley and Sir Vincent Massey schools in Oshawa, Glengrove Public School in Pickering and Uxbridge Sec- ondary School. out a rather rocky transition to regional government.* "The path that led us to regional government was less rocky because Bill Manning was CAO during its formative years," said D. Dymond. '"We were lucky to have his wealth of experi- ence when the system changed from the county to regional," he said. Bill Manning stepped down as the first chief administra- tive officer of Durham Region Dec. 1. Prior to assuming the role as region's number one civil servant back in 1974, he held many government posts, the one he is most noted for is clerk of the former Ontario County. "You've got big shoes to fill, people keep telling me," Bob Richardson successor to the CAO position told the well-wishers gathered at the Sheridan Mall in Pickering for the testimonal dinner. "Those comments were quite correct," he added. pe. N "They are big shoes to fill." Among the gifts and congratulatory notes receiv- ed from friends, politicians and former employees, was a plaque honoring Mr. Mann- ing on his retirement from Ontario premier William Davis, presented by MPP for Durham North William Newman. Best wishes were also conveyed from the premier's right-hand man, treasurer Darcy McKeough and from James Taylor, minister of community and social services who called Mr. Manning "one of the province's outstanding public servants." In 1940, Mr. Manning filled a vacant position of clerk and welfare officer for Whitby Township. "This man has made a great contribution not only to his municipality but to his province and country," Mr. Newman said. "I'm proud to be associat- ed with him. I am grateful A'S DELIGHT + TYPEWRITERS + ADDRESS BOOKS x 1977 JOURNALS & DIARIES ----E-- "hristmas Cards WITH A DIFFERENCE GIANT POPPITS (17: x 237.1 REGULAR POPPITS (12 x 16) Sr Ka -- for what he has done for me," Mr. Newman added. If it wasn't for him I wouldn't be where I am today," the minister of agriculture said. Mr. Manning in his good- bye address after each mayor of Durham's eight municipalities paid tribute to Mr. Manning, said it would be a night his wife Veronica and he would remember for- : ever. 7 He said he never regretted Emotional continued for young people who would usually be placed in closed psychiatric hospital units, training schools, or who have not been able to benefit from other treatment program- mes. The programmes are designed to meet individual needs rather than the youth accommodating the pro- gramme. Thirdly, the four programmes are geared to stages of growth. In other words, to move a youth from a remote wilderness setting, to a farm or a setting on the fringe of community life, and finally to a programme *4.00 2.00 LEE EE ET EEE EE EE TE EE EET EEE TT ETT TET \_ 191 Queen Street Port Perry STAR 985-8123 Stationery & Office Surrly A Division of Port Perry Star Co. Ltd. / LULU BUTT TTT TT rT LL changing from politics to be coming part of the admini- stration and added that he would cherish many friend- ships he had secured over the past 40 years. In 1947 when the positions of clerk and treasurer at county council became open the council decided to- fill both positions with one man for economy reasons - that man was Bill Manning. children which is integrated with community life. The camp, which is located in a remote area outside of the village of Kinmount, approximately 130 miles north east of Toronto, offers an experience of survival in a wilderness setting. The concept is to take away the usual city life structures that young people relate to and place them in an environ- ment where people are their only real structures. 'Al- though there is a high activ- ity expectation there is also a sensitivity to the individual growth needs of each young person. The emphasis is on learning to. survive with peers and parent substitutes on a daily living experience in the camp, through activ- ities such as hiking, canoe- ing, and cross country skiing. The second phase of the programme is a farm loc- ated at R.R. 1, Beaverton. The youths who graduate from the camp will be moved to the third phase if they are capable of handling school on a full time basis. If they have less scholastic ability they are placed in the farm where they can be taught related skills and also attend our school on a part-time basis. The third step in the con- tinuous programme is what Chimo calls their fringe com- munity programme. This service is established for young people who are motiv- ated to attend on campus school programme or are prepared to explore work avenues. The setting is located on 3 acres on Lake Simcoe with a house and school building situated on the fringe of the village of Port Bolster. This is approx- imately 60 miles north east of Toronto. {he fourth phase of the continuous programme and the one proposed here, is a re-entry house. This pro- gramme is established for young people who can live in a community setting and are able to participate even marginally in the activities ina community. At this time the focus is on helping the young person integrate him- self into community living. According to Chime, in each of the settings there is a high level of normal expect- ations for each young person. responsible to participate with the front-line youth workers in maintaining their house...cooking meals, laun- dry and generally keeping their home. It is also the responsibility of the youth workers to be attentive to the needs and provide successful experiences in the daily life of each young person in the programme. The programmes are staff- ed with a ratio of one front- line youth worker for three youths. The agency provides aresource group to the youth workers in each programme in the form of a psychiatrist, social worker and program- me consultant. The adolescent is KY N y * ¥ > 4 J 4 | | +» & L a } 1 4 3 » » J