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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1978-09-28, Page 22FAIR DOOR PRIZE WINNER — Harry Van Gerwen ot Exeter was the winner of $50 as a door prize at Friday's Exeter Fair. A total of $100 in cash for prizes was donated by local jeweller Earl Campbell. Above, Jay Campbell, left, makes the presenta» tian to Van Gerwen. Looking on are fair directors Norm Tait and Bev Rabbetts. T- A photo Cattlemen angry aver subsidy loss Could cost $30,000 in 1979 Discuss ball diamond prospects Following a request from the South Huron Recreation Centre Board the grounds committee has basically the recommendations regards to ball playing facilities within the town as it had previously. Jim Deblock appeared before the board Monday with some rough cost estimates for the relocation of the existing diamond and the construction of another facility/ Renovations to the existing diamond which would be moved to the east could cost around $21,000 with the biggest chunk of that ex­ pense — $15,000, going towards the purchase of new lighting. Deblock said this diamond should have as its primary use softball with between 500 and 700 area residents now playing the sport. The second diamond which could be located to the east end of the grandstand would be a combination softball made same with and baseball diamond. Lighting for this facility would not have to be in­ stalled immediately but when it is installed the cost could range between $15,000 and $18,000, he said. Deblock recommended that the item that should be given the highest priority would be the draining of the playing fields at a cost of $7,000 for the seven acres that the two outfields would encompass. In the grounds report presented to the board in the spring it had been recom­ mended that the entire community park be drained. He said the committee has changed its mind on the grandstand and the remnant of the race track with both facilities staying. During the discussion, a question came up as to whether the provision of a soccer field was still being included in the park’s development. Deblock replied in the affirmative. Chairman of the board Bob Down added another twist to the possible use the grounds with it being Down’s un­ derstanding that the Mid Western Horse Show might be requesting some type of a permanent ring. Mayor Bruce Shaw asked if it was not possible that such a ring could be ac­ commodated to the south of the grandstand. Al Sinclair of the ministry of culture and recreation who was in attendance on another matter, questioned the need of a permanent facility pointing the ex­ cellent facility which the Exeter Saddle club now has south of Huron Park. Getting back to the grounds committee recommendations, Down said the board was talking about a total expenditure of approximately $30,000 in 1979 to have two ball diamonds and one lighting system operative. Sinclair said it’s going to be more difficult to secure Wintario funds for capital projects such as ball diamonds with a feasibility study now being required when an application for funding is submitted. Another point which Sinclair stressed is that it would be a good idea to get a commitment from the various ball groups for the upkeep of the diamonds. The board instructed Rec Administrator Kirk Arm­ strong to have further consultations with the grounds committee. Exeter will be the host for area recreation conference sometime before December In a discussion between Don Graff, a professional conference organizer, Sinclair and the board, plans were laid for the holding of a conference involving recreation groups and councils of Stephen, Hay, Usborne and Exeter. Following this meeting, a recreation conference open to the general public would be held in 1979. a mall wide BEAT THE TAX INCREASE FREE PARKING L- SAVE! OCVt fTXill another suncoast spectacular V .. • • Leaders of the Canadian Cattlemen’s Association have reacted with anger to news that there will be no federal government subsidy to offset losses last year. Stu grown of Sheddon, president of the association, criticized the federal government for lacking “the nerve” to announce its deci­ sion earlier. The decision, still not an­ nounced officially, was con­ veyed in a letter from Agriculture Minister Eugene Whelan to the association. The letter, received last week, was a reply to the organization which asked about the subsidy. Both Brown and Alex Connell of Palmerston, president of the Ontario association, criticized the federal government for making payments on a quarterly basis last year, but not this year. Had the calculations been quarterly, there would have been a hefty subsidy for cat­ tle marketed in the first half of the year, they said. The subsidy for the final quarter of 1976 was $2.98 a hundredweight and Brown noted that market prices declined by an average of $1.40 a hundredweight in the first quarter of 1977 “and were little different in the second quarter.” On the basis, the subsidy most farmers anticipated Lay charges against youths Charges have been laid against two area juveniles as a result of police in­ vestigation into some recent break, enter and thefts. The two have been charged by Exeter OPP Constables Frank Giffin and Don Mason, who in­ vestigated the theft of a cart at Parkhill, the theft of some money fromthe Corbett store and other area incidents. Only one theft was reported to the local detach­ ment this week, it involving a picnic table from the ministry of transportation and communication park on Highway 83 near the Huron- Perth line. It was the third picnic table stolen from the park in recent weeks. was in the $4.50 per hun­ dredweight range, or close to $50 per market-weight steer. The federal government reckoned its 1976 subsidy, had all farmers applied, would total $45 million. The letter from Whelan to the Ontario association boil­ ed down to the fact that there will be no subsidy for 1977, according to secretary­ manager Graeme Hedley. The federal government issued statistics this week as part of its weekly livestock market report which amounted to the same news as Whelan’s letter. The statistics for the first time revealed the federal government’s calculations of the five-year average price — $42.78 a hun­ dredweight; and the previous five-year average cost of production •— $36.88 per hundredweight. It showed the 1977 weighted average national price at $40.19, The law demands that prices be supported at no less than 90 per cent of previous five-year average (in this case $38.43) adjusted to reflect increases in production costs over the previous five-year average. The 1977 production costs figure is missing from the figures released in the government report. Both Connell and Brown repeated lobbying positions taken by their associations that the subsidy formula should be public so farmers can make production and marketing plans with some confidence about the government’s . com­ mitments. TAKING A BREAK — One of the more popular spots at the Exeter Fall Fair this past weekend was the refreshment and food booth sponsored oy the local chapters of the Oddfellows and Rebekahs.Taking advantage of the facility was Mrs.ThetmaRussell and grandsons Mark and Scott Russell, all of Exeter, T-A photo Zurich greenhouse may be installed next week According to a spokesman for the Bluewater Solar Greenhouse group, the unit which they have ordered could be installed as early as next week. Wellwood Gill, one of the ten directors for the Solar greenhouse group said the greenhouse which was ordered from Hotfield Systems of Lindsay was scheduled to be shipped during the first week of October. The unit which is 10 feet by twelve feet and is worth $2,400 will be located to the east side of the rest home so as to facilitate easier maintenance of the unit. As a supplementary source of warmth when extremely cold tem­ peratures occur, electrical heating will automatically cut in, Gill stated. Credit for the original idea for the procurement of the unit should go to the late Anthony DeBosdari, Gill said, with DeBosdari and other directors of the group investigating other similar installations. Gill stated that the greenhouse is for use by both Maplewoods and Blue Water resident with the residents of the two buildings “Hopefully developing a green thumb.” While the intent of the project was never to make money Gill stated, there should be some savings involved as the seedlings for the many plants that enhance both Maplewoods and the rest home will be grown in the greenhouse. In addition to the growing of flowers, residents of Maplewoods who have a garden at the apartments could begin the growth of their vegetables earlier, Gill stated. Earlier, it had been an­ nounced by the federal department of health and welfare that the group had received a grant' totaling $3,475. The funds over and above the unit's purchase price will be used for its installation, Gill said. S/1LE 10 Big Days SEPTEMBER 28 to October 7 Have book on funerals “A Factual Guide to Funeral Costs” is an eight- page pamphlet which dis­ cusses the many items in­ volved in the cost of a funeral, and is now available through member funeral homes of the Ontario Funeral Service Associa­ tion. The booklet points out the duties fulfilled by the funeral director, and adds that about 75% of the cost of a funeral is for services, and the remaining 25% for the funeral merchandise, in­ cluding the casket. Each complete funeral requires about 65 man hours, “The cost of living is ris­ ing considerably faster than the cost of dying . Statistics Canada report a jump of 68 percent in the cost of living since 1971. During this same period the cost of funerals has increased by only 42.3 percent,” says the booklet A pie-diagram illustrates the breakdown of a typical funeral home budget, which shows merchandise, 22.6%; autos, 7.8%; supplies, 5.7%; all taxes, 7.6%; facilities and equipment, 7,9%; per­ sonnel and fringe benefits, 33,3%; public relations, 1.5%; and after our tax profit, 6.8%. A complimentary copy of the booklet can be obtained by contacting any member funeral home of the O.F.S.A. P-nr. 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