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Apply at any Scotiabank branch for Scotiaclub membership. cotiabank I THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA • • Ask stabilization for corn and white bean crops By JACK RIDDELL MPP Huron-Middlesex The price of many farm commodities is most discouraging this year for the farmers in Ontario and, as a result, the Farm Income Stabilization Commission in Ontario has received requests for stabilization plans for the current year for the commodities of corn and white beans. In response to these requests the Commission About 500 sea, land and air cadets from across Canada are • now at Canadian Forces Base Borden, Ontario, attending courses at the Annual Cadet Summer Training School (CSTS), This is the sixth year in suc- cession that training on a national tri-cadet basis has been taking place at the base. The officer commanding CSTS is Lieutenant Colonel Art Pill of Rondeau Provincial Park, Ontario. It's his seventh year on the school's staff and his third as commanding officer. He retires from the position at the end of the current training session, LCol Pill said "What we do here is conducive to the process of building good citizens and leaders who are physically fit...and we do it within the military framework. The things the cadets learn and gain here are of benefit to the entire country." Until August 19, the cadets will be training in fields such as electronics, aeroengines, air- has discussed and virtually finalized plans for the two commodities. I expect that both plans will be in place in early September and I will be glad to provide more information on these plans as soon as it is available. The information that I can provide at the present time is that there will be no enrolment fee payable at the time of enrolment. For 1977 only, the producers' fees eaual to one third of any payment will be deducted from the pay out at the time of payment. If present deadlines are met, the final enrolment date for both plans will be October 15, 1977. Sales of corn or beans between September 1, 1977 and August 31, 1978 will be eligible for stabilization, Shelled corn, high moisture corn and cob corn will be eligible in the corn plan. This includes all sales, even farmer to farmer OMS,PMememoimft.w frames, photography, music, vehicle maintenance, driving, radio communications, scuba diving, athletic leadership and rifle marksmanship coaching. All of the cadets on special courses participate in a two-day exercise on and along a nearby river. The exercise includes approximately 24 miles of canoeing, camping and survival techniques and other wilderness- related topics. Throughout the course training period the cadets also tour places of scenic and historic interest in Toronto, Niagara Falls and other Ontario cities and towns. About 140 reserve and regular force personnel are employed in support and training roles at CSTS. A number of cadets from the Huron-Middlesex 2923 Army Corps attended courses in various locations. Call Out Officer Cadet Janice Frayne and Cadet Captain Dave Roloson were at Camp Ipperwash along with Cadet Corporals sales which are properly documented as prescribed by the Commission. The present thinking is that sales must at least be weighed and signatures appear from both the buyer and the seller. All sales will be calculated into equivalent quantities of shelled, corn at 56 lbs. per bushel and 15,5 percent moisture by the Commission. White beans will be eligible in the bean plan. There are minimum and maximum requirements for white beans, The minimum requirement is 100 hundredweights per eligible applicant and the maximum requirement is 2,000 hun- dredweights per eligible ap- plicant, For corn the minimum requirement is 500 bushels per eligible applicant and the 'maximum requirement is 30,000 bushels per eligible applicant. An owner-operator is an eligible applicant on all farm units. On multi-manned operations the second and third person, if they are full time operators and have a vested financial interest in the en- terprise, are eligible upon ap- plication for a maximum up to the first operator of the farm. The maximum for any farm unit will be three times the quantity of the first applicant. The Ontario Stabilization Program permits the Com- mission to pay from 90 to 95 percent of the average market price for the previous five years, plus an adjustment for added cash cost or the cost of produc- tion, whichever is the lesser, After considerable discussion the Commission has agreed that the 95 percent maximum will be the limiting factor for the corn plan for 1977 and thus the corn crop would be stabilized to 90 percent by the Federal Government and, using today's figures, that amounts to $2.18 per bushel. This Provincial plan can then pay an additional eleven cents per bushel,bringing the calculated Minderlein and Sweet and Cadets Medd, Morrison, Wegg, Hewitt, D. Conlan, B. Conlan and Steele. • Attending courses at Canadian Forces Bases at 'Borden were Cadet CWO Jim Harvey and Cadet WO Peter Christie, Cadet Sgt. Gary Alblas and Cadet M Cpl. Glenn Alblas, Cadet Major Greg Pfaff was in attendance at Valcartier in Quebec and Camp Ipperwash while Cadet Sgt. Little was in Quebec. Taking part in an Outward Bound course in Northern Ontario was Cadet M/Cpl. Bill Simmons. The local Cadet Corps Com- mander Captain Don Lee said this week that a number of cadets did not bother to turn out for summer training. Lee continued, "An awful lot of time, work and cost goes into setting up these camps and courses. For someone not to turn up for no apparent good reason, appears to be very thoughtless on their part. stabilized price for corn in Ontario to $2.29. This figure may be adjusted when more current costs and marketing information are available, For white beans, the Com- mission has deemed that the cost of production is the limiting factor and therefore this year's crop would be stabilized at $12.20 per hundredweight or up to 76 cents per hundredweight if the price falls that amount below the $12.20. Currently, the Federal Government has made no commitment to the white bean producers that they will stabilize at the 90 percent level, The Commission would request producers to submit all sales slips to the Commission im- mediately after the plan year has been completed. The Commission intends to make payments to the producer as soon as possible following August 31, 1978. The Ontario Government has released an information package on the contamination of fish in Ontario waters. Signs are to be posted at public access points where some species of fish are known to be contaminated Where there are problems, many species of fish are still safe to eat — some in limited quantitites only. However, others should be avoided. Members of the public are urged to check their catch, to identify species, to measure length of fish, and to check charts for the respective lake or waterway to make sure of the amount of such fish safe for human consumption over a specific period. Anyone fishing, on and off, for more than three weeks during the year, and eating their catch, should con- sider themselves a long-term consumer, according to charts or information given concerning the waterway. Children under 15 and women of child-hearing age should eat only those fish designated as totally safe, and it should be remembered that a meal is considered equivalent to 230 grams or 8 oz. Fish should not be taken home for freezing and' eating, unless it is from the totally safe category. Information about the waters in which you plan to fish can be obtained from regional and district offices of the Ministries of the Environment and Natural Resources, or by writing to the Ministry of the Environment, Information Sergices Branch, 135 SI. Clair Avenue West, Toronto, Ontario, 14f4B 1P5. Fish in many parts of the world have been affected by natural and industrial contaminants, and as an industrialized province, Ontario has not escaped this problem. Metal mercury is the most widely found toxic pollutant, although man-made materials such as DDT, mirex and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB/ have also been found in fish in dangerous amounts. Apart from industrial pollution, fish can only become contaminated by mercury from natural sources, from concentrations of mercury naturally occurring as mineral deposits in the bedrock. The Government's information package on this problem points out that since contaminants were first discovered in fish in the 1960s, governments have developed extensive monitoring programmes to detect con- tamination, and have used their powers to restrict the manufacture or use of the of- fending substances. There were six Chlor-alkali plants using mercury in Ontario in 1970, They were ordered to curtail mercury losses. All complied and contamination dropped from several pounds per day to a few ounces. Today, only two plants use mercury and their losses to waterways are ex- tremely low. One of the two plants is to close this year. Use of mercurial slimicides by pulp and paper mills was stop:led in 1970, In mining, mercury was in widespread use to separate gold and silver from the ore, in the early twentieth century. It is still used in some gold mines, but in a controlled manner. However, some mercury is still being found in disposal areas from gold, silver and copper mines. Controls have been placed on disposal of sewage sludge from sewage treatment plants, because a mercury build-up can occur if used as a soil conditioner for a long period of time. Small quantities of mercury may be contained in sewage treatment . plant effluents and discharged to the watercourse. Since 1972, the sole North American manufacturer has voluntarily restricted sales of PCB to uses in electrical tran- sformers and other sealed con- tainers. Waste PCB are disposed of by methods which prevent contamination. Current PCB contamination arises from unrestricted handling of the materials during the decades prior to their being recognized as a health hazard. Mires was discovered in fish and sediments of Lake Ontario in 1975. The U.S. manufacturer has stopped discharges of mirex into Lake Ontario, although minor contamination may still occur from drainage systems saturated with mires in the past. No traces of mires have been found in water, sediments or fish near the two Ontario plants which used mirex until 1970 to make plastic parts and sealants, Use of the pesticide DDT has been restricted since 1970. Its presence is still detectable in fish in those areas of Ontario where large amounts were applied. The concentration of DDT in the environment has been declining since its use was stopped. Not all lakes in Ontario are included in the Government's monitoring programme, nor have all species of fish been covered. It is the intention to expand this information in the future by in- cluding data from the Inter- national Joint Commission Upper Great Lakes Reference Programme, Environment Canada Fisheries and Marine Service inspection programmes, ongoing Ontario monitoring programmes and from other agencies. MI. Carmel 237-3456 mom mon mum In April of this year I sent money to a stamp firm in the States for a special offer. The ad. claimed that this was a limited offer, but I've received absolutely nothing, in spite of the fact that I've written repeatedly and demanded my money back. Can IMPACT help me please? We wrote to the firm in question and have received word back, that your order was apparently misplaced. That explanation may well be the reason that you didn't receive what you •paid for, but it certainly doesn't ex- plain why you got no acknowledgement from your many letters. However, all's well that ends well, and by now you should have received your re- fund, in full, along with their, "most sincere apologies." SEE US FOR I never ever thought that I'd be the one who would ever buy, "a pig in the poke", so to speak, but alas, I succumbed to a very tempting advertising promotion. I wanted to pay COD for some big band records from an American mail order firm, but was told it was cash with order, and as you've probably guessed by now, my money order has been cashed long ago and still no big band records have arriv- ed, I've sent them letters including a registered one but nothing happens! We have received word that your records have now been shipped they apologize for the long delay, but claim that the response to this offer was so tremendous, that they were caught un- awares, hence the slow delivery. FREE estimates on Body & Collision Work 24 Hr. Towing RUMBALL MOTORS xh\DASHk1fOOD 237-3302 237-3765 (Nights) In view of the many letters we get concerning mail order houses we are reprinting an excerpt from one of our columns, which may help some readers: IMPACT can only contact these firms hoping to speed up delivery, sometimes a lit- tle extra pressure helps, but alas there are many in- stances where our letters too, are completely ignored, es- pecially by firms located on the other side of the border. We must point out to our readers, that although the majority of these firms are classed as legitimate, in a great many cases their business ethics leave much "to be desired". A number of these firms DO NOT HAVE the advertised item stocked indi ng Sufficienttn th their ira d v quantities,et t itshi ne they order AFTER receiving the money from people respon- promotion. WINS BIKE Shelly Robichaud of Huron Park was a recent winner in the Scotia Bank Hockey College draw. Above, Shelly receives a bicycle from Arn Laithwaite, manager of the Exeter branch of the Bank of Nova Scotia. T-A photo Number of district cadets attend various summercamps EXETER PHARMACY Main St., Exeter *WI Ar4,10i..kik.;44041V,int Aagastl$,1977 Page 7