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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1977-01-12, Page 2MUSSELS WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 42 1977 ONTARIO Serving Brussels and the surrounding community. Published each Wednesday afternoon at Brussels, Ontario by McLean. Bros. Publishers, Limited. Evelyn Kennedy - Editor Dave Robb - Advertising Member Canadian Community Newspaper Association and Ontario. Weekly Newspaper Association Subscriptions (in advance) Canada $8.00 a year. Others $14.00 a year, Single Copies 20 cents each. OCNA He has contributed When one thinks of Huron county natives who have made great contributions to their community or their country one man that is often overlooked is a farMer from varna, GordonHill. In a county as dependent on agriculture as Huron, the contributions of this man should definitely not be ignored. He has given a good deal of his life to promote the betterment of the farmer in Ontario. For the last seven years he has been.the driving force in the Ontario Federation of Agriculture, the province's largest farm organization. In fact there are some who would tell you that Gordon Hill is the Ontario Federation of Agriculture. It's hard to remember now, but Gordon Hill took over as President of the O.F.A. just shortly after the General Farm.Organiiation vote had badly split the Ontario farm community. The National Farmers Union and the O.F.A. were bitter enemies in many areas of the province. Hill a former N.F.U. president himself, felt the O.F.A. constituted the best chance at uniting farmers. He took over the leadership of the organization when morale was low and personally supervised a change in the whole structure that saw individual memberships sold in order to provide more money for the organization and involved farmers at the grassroots. He also set out quietly to dampen the fires of rese ntment between the O.F.A. and N.F.U. Those seven years have seen successes and failures but overall the success has been dominant. The 0. F.A. now represents more than 20,000 farm units across the province. Mr. Hill has become an important voice in the formation of policies for farmers. He and O.F.A. have become leaders.in the fight to save farmland from destruction, have battled for tax reform for farmland, have battled for farm- income plan , and for many other issues. The record of success has been impressive. He has also provided a calm, reasonable voice in farmer-consumer debates. In short, he has served the farmers of Huron and'the rest of Ontario well, and by serving them well has, in the long run, served consumers well too. He deserves a rest after his long service, but let's hope he will give his skill and dedication to other areas that need them in the near future. — The Blyth Standard. ! sermaratio urn Brussels Post It's one thing to be pulled off to the side of the road by an OPP cruiser. It's. quite another thing to look up from your driver's window and see a policewoman standing in front of you. That's the way things go nowadays. That's the way it is when Constable Diane Brock walks up to your car. Diane admits, "When you see the red light come on behind you at night and when you hear the crunching of the stones as an officer approaches your vehicle, you naturally expect to see a man." • Diane knows the shock waves she sets up in your system. She says she can see the look of astonishment spread all over your face. And it takes you a minute or solo recover from her approach: But those are valuable seconds to her. It's this surprise element that gives her the advantage. She's had guys jump out of their car' and start yelling "What are you' stopping me for?" But once they realize they're screaming at a woman, they stop short. "They lose right there," she says. "By the time they get themselves used to a woman, I'm in charge of the situation. I am in control." Diane knows she has you well in hand. But a h - h - What hands13o have a young lady tell you she's locked you in on her radar at 20 miles over the limit! Now that's not so bad is it? Why, it's something like taking a bitter pill from a pretty nurse. Her kind of medicine goes down so much easier. The twenty - miles - over sounds much sweeter coming from a lady. One night Diane stopped a middle-aged man for speeding. When she walked over to his car, she could see she had the man all psyched out. He was nervous, apprehensive, plain embarrassed, forced to come to a halt by a woman and her radar. He made all sorts of explanations. It was late. He'd just finished putting on a show as a magician. He was tired, he wanted to get home. Boy, I bet if that guy ever wished he could make himself disappear, that would have been the moment. But no such luck, no such neat tricks that night. He did convince the constable, that he was a real magician. He got out of the car, went to the trunk and showed her all of his rigs and gadgets for his performance. But. he still couldn't make the 20 - miles - over go away. She gave him a' ticket and she can still ; smile over the smile he gave her before he drove off. Getting a speeding ticket isn't all that bad -- not when you get one from Constable Brock. Diane has that way about her. She performs her duty alright -- yet you still feel all right. It's probably because she is such a lady. Her new police roll can really tear up some of the men inside. There she is. In line of duty. Taking a male prisoner into the lockup . She walks ahead opens the door for him. But no, he, rushes past her. He insists he must open the door for her. Often they argue - - Who's going to open, the door for whom? Then there are the teenagers she's caug ht drinking on some of the back sideroads. And ink as she's ready to pick up the case of beer to put it into her cruiser, the boys step up to help her carry it into her trunk. And then there's the man who didn't pay his fine for a minor traffic violation "I'm going to let them send out a commital for me and then you can come and arrest me," be said. She tried to tell him this wasn't the thing to do - - to refuse to pay the fine - on purpose, just so she could escort him personally, into court. Well, it bomeranged on him anyway. When the commital came, Diane wasn't in his zone that day to serve the warrant on him. A male officer escorted him to court instead But police work isn't all one comedy scene for Diane Brock . Not too long ago she rode one of those life - and - death speed chases. She got her man alright - - a young man in a stolen car. But it took a 130 mile an hour chase .before he ditched his car in' a country -field. The OPP awarded her their highest award, - - the Certificate of Valour for dragging the man from the burning wreckage. She matched , her 120 lbs. against his 165 pounds unconscious frame, weighed down with 'heavy work boots' and hampered by the Corvett's roll bar that got in the way. That's the heavy side of polke work for Diane Brock. But it doesn't darken the lighter side of her work. She's a policewoman who's in there to stay: She'll keep on patrolling the provincial highways and byways. And this spring she'll have it made. She'll be . First Class Constable Diane Brock. Amen by Karl Schuessler A policewoman Take care of horses, veterinarian says Editor's Note: The Brussels Post is making an exception and publishign the following unsigned letter to the editor, because it points out a problem that the community as a whole should be aware of. A Veterinarian's Vie*point, on horses As a Veterinarian, occasional horse trainer and riding instructor, I see a great number of horses located in a 100 sq. mi. area of Wingham, These horses belong to all types,of people from bearded youths to btisiness executives, and are kept under Varying circumstances. My equine patients range from $10,000 Arabians to $75.00 back yard horses. As a result of what I've seen during the past six years, I have reached a few conclusions about the hotSe industry, which apply particularly to my area, of course, but are probably true for the rest of the nation as The impression width remains uppermost in My Mind, is that there are too many people, who have horses who shouldn't have them at all. My reason for saying this is that many horse howners, apparently are financially unable to provide sufficient feed and shelter facilities for their horses. As an extreme example, there is a welfare family in this are that purchased, two good quality colts of mixed breeding . The Colts never had enough to eat from the day they were weaned. One finally starved to death last winter. The other will n ever reach its full growth potential. If these people can't provide for themiElves, and obviously not for:, their horses either, they shouldn't own any. Another party has recently bought four horses. Thete is no barn, no hay purchased; pasture consists of woodland and Swamp. The horses are ribby and lean from a poor lean stimmer. The people are in tile lOW, low, income bracket, Tempted by a low price, these families bought animals they cannot afford to feed properly. There are just too many horses around for the number of good homes available. I want to emphasize good homes. Any horse no matter what his makeup, has a right to enough feed, shelter and other care so that his life is not one constant' round of misery. It is not only the low income families that are unable to provide good homes. One person of my acquaintance lives in a $40,000 house, has a well paying job, yet cannot afford to buy clean quality hay or afford vet services for his One hotse. Thank God, the Ontario Government took to licence all riding stables. The ones that don't look after their horses, don't operate at all. So come on all you p eople in the Witighath and Brussels area, Walkerton and HanOver, pull up your socks , or sell your horse to someone who will look after it. • One of your local Veterinarians.