HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1980-08-06, Page 3 THE BRUSSELS. POST, AIJCIUTT 0, 1000 3
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TAKING IN THE MONEY—For many years
Vera Hastings has been taking in the money at
the Annual.Men's Invitational Ball tournament.
Here she is at her post just down the street from
McCutcheon Motors. (Photo by Langlois)
A NEW HANGAR7The Brussels Flying Club just completed the I
building of a new airplane hangar at the home of Jim Armstrong. It will
house two planes. In the front row are:. Kang Yoon, Bruce Armstrong,
Mel McArter, Ross Hemingway, Jack McCutcheon, Marlen Vincent, Ken
Campbell, Hank Ten Pas and Hugo Menh' ere. In the back row are:
Wayne Hood, Henry Devlin, Jack Knight, Jim Armstrong, Graeme
Craig, Neil McGavin, Ray Gowdy. Missing from the picture are: Gerrit
VanKeulen, Jim Knightand Robert Armstrong. (Photo by Langiois)
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A new airplane hangar has
just been erected at the home
of Jim Armstrong.
It took the Brussels Flying.
Club one month to build the
The committee looking
after the Laotian family in
Brussels says thank you to
the residents of Brussels for
sponsoring the family, but
help is still needed.
Suvit has worked part-time
and is looking for full-time
'work as he is anxious to
, become self-supporting as
soon as possible. He will do
anything-paint, weld, cut
lawns or any odd jobs in the
* meantime. Osoth is going to
school, learning English as a
second language.
can get in contact with Jim
Armstrong.
This year the club held its
Remember! It takes but a
moment to place a Brussels
All the committees work-
, ing with this family have
enjoyed them, made friends
and learned from them.
Those interested in help-
ing out can contact Hank
Pardys about any jobs, Mary
Ten Pas about transportation
annual picnic in the new
airplane hangar.
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hangar which holds two
planes. Currently the club
has one plane. Flying is
taught a couple days each
week and anyone 'interested
Committee says thanks
Laotians need lobs
Huron's bean mould, sprouting
wheat will cost farmers plenty
Continued from page 2
them with the digested facts from the
hundreds of pages of information that
arrive each month. If the administrator
does a good job and makes sure that
accurate and complete information gets to
the politicians there is a hope that things
may run smoothly in local government. If
not, chaos reins.
There are cases where the public servant
becomes even more important. When the
people elect weak politicians the public
service often ends up virtually running the
local government not for the politicians, but
inspite of them. It may not be representative
democracy at its best, but often it's the only
"I would say about 90 'per cent of the
wheat is sprouted," said Doug Mann,
manager of W.G. Thompson and Sons in
Hensall, a grain elevator depot. "It's not
thing that keeps the wheels of government
turning at all.
But what is such a public servant likely to
get for this? Most likely a lot of abuse both
from above and below, from the politicians
who resent the leadership of the person
.who's supposed to be their employee even
though they don't want to lead themselves
'and from the public who feels the public
servant is getting too big for his boots.
'Thanks is a word not often heard by a civil
servant.
So you want a nice civil service job? S how
up at your municipal office about the next
time taxes are due. You might - find
.somebody ready to give you his.
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(very good. It means a 55 per cent bushel
scount."
, The source of the problem for both the
wheat and the beans is the weather.
"The damp, humid conditions we've had
iover the last couple of weeks is the cause,"
said Don Pullen, agriculture representative
at the OMAF office in Clinton. "These
conditions are ideal for the mould."
"At this point in time you can't tell the
costs," he added. "It will reduce yields, but
it doesn't affect bean quality. The mould can
be sporadic throughout the field. It could
get serious if this weather doesn't improve."
The mould will be most prevalent in fields
Bluevale hall
that supported beans last year, or in fields'
where lush first yeaf bean growth prevents
the soil from drying out.
Spraying is one treatment for the mould,
but once the disease has settled it cannot be
stopped.
"The key is prevention,' " said Pullen.
"There's no point in spraying after it has
started."
There are four registered chemicals that
ain be used to treat the mould, and they may
be applied by both ground rigs and
airplanes. The products are Benlate, Botran,
Bravo and Easeout.
The sprouting wheat hits in a season when
yields are high. Mr. Mann said. yields are
usually about 60 bushels per acre but this
yeat it is about 10 per cent higher.
"Some yields have been up to 85 an
acre," he said, "but some have been as low
as SO." Mr. Mann added that the higher
average yield doesn't really make up for the
losses caused by the poorer quality wheat.
"To have such a good crop and have it lost
to the weather, well, it's a real devastating
:loss to the farmer," *sitid Mr. Mann.
"It's something people who have farmed
all their lives have had to deal with before,"
said Mr. Pullen.
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The damp weather which has prevailed
in the area for the past month is causing
white mould to spread in bean crops as well
as sprouting in wheat crops.
Behind the scenes
by Keith Roulston
Continued from page 1'
the rest locally from projects and donations.
One rough estimate for the total cost of the
new hall was around the $65,000. figure.
The group said proposed sketches for a
new hall would be welcomed, including
sketches for the new kitchen for the building
committee to consider.
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