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Tell them about the services offered by your business. For information call 235-7337 Jack's Jottings About hockey Members of Thedford curling club objected to the Curling Club are not happy price hike, because they said about price hikes in ice time the ice is seldom properly suggested for next year by .prepared. Questions were Bosanquet Township also raised about the Council. At the curling club 'cleanliness of the club room annual meeting last Wed- and their kitchen and nesday, president Gary washrooms. Struyf said that the township The club executive council, who recently took suggested that they might over the operation of rent the ice at the Forest Thedford-Bosanquet arena, curling club at a cheaper are doubling the cost of rate. The Thedford Curling Saturday ice time for the Club would carry on as curling club, usual, but meet in the Forest At present the curling club curling arena. Some pays $300 to operate a members objected to this, Saturday bonspiel, ' but idea, saying that members under council's new fees, it from Grand Bend and will cost $600. The cost of ice Parkhill would drop out time during the week will go because of the longer drive. from $175 a day to $250. The It was finally decided that curling club uses the ice members of the executive Tuesday and Wednesday and other interested club evenings, but they have to members would meet again pay the cost of the whole day, this week to' prepare for because it takes a day to another meeting with prepare ice for curling. B'osanquet township council. Several members of the Bosanquet reeve Charlie Thedford curlers object By JACK RIDDELL MPP Huron-Middlesex After 12 months of study of parents' attitudes and a series of public forums on the question, the Ontario Hockey Council recently submitted to the government a 107-page' report on the quality of minor hockey in Ontario, Some 31,000 parents of young hockey players were surveyed by mail, and asked for their written opinions; subsequently public forums were held in thirty Ontario communities, The survey and report were dedicated to the idea that "future generations of children in Ontario could have the opportunity to participate in hockey (at whatever level of in- volvement they choose) in an environment which fosters learning, enjoyment and healthy competition, in that order of importance. Fur- thermore, they should have the opportunity to learn to play as well as possible and' to learn that enjoying the game is more important than winning any single game 'or tournament." In the report there are comments on such questions as: hockey skills develop- ment, parental behaviour at games, money and time spent on hockey, quality of coaches and referees, violence in the game. There are 119 recommendations, some of which I would like to tell you about. For example, it is recommended that there should be at least two practice hours for every game played. There is considered to be too much specialization too early. A player should be encouraged or required to play all positions including goaltender in the early years of hockey involvement. Coaches must stress the teaching of skills, sport- smanship, how to accept defeat, and the spirit of competition, rather than stressing- winning.. All coaches should be certified and evaluated. Parents must cease the abuse they direct toward officials, Parents "should be seen and not heard" in the arena. A reduction in travel, the number of games, and in the length of the season must take place. In minor hockey, a penalty Take advantage of OUR OWN Trades people & for highsticking should be, called whepever the stick is raised above the waist ex, cent in the act of shooting, The puck is on, the ice, not around the shoulders, Referees should be required to visit the dressing room of each team prior to every game, to introduce themselves by'' name, teach and review certain rules, and to answer questions " about rule interpretations, Other suggestions are that body checking should be prohibited for peewee-and- under age groups; that local associations eliminate body checking in all age groups of House Leagues, and that all two-minute penalties be served to duration, no matter how many goals are scored. Of course, this report gives rise to a number of questions. For instance, on the subject of properly certified coaches, would this mean that some com- munities might not be able to have a hockey team pending the availability of a properly qualified coach?. How will implementation of the recommendations be monitored? With respect to more practices , compared with games, ice time is very expensive in some com- munities. How will the extra funds be raised? The provincial govern- ment has announced that it will spend up to $2 million over three years to improve the quality of minor hockey in Ontario. The money will be used to improve youngsters' basic hockey skills, to upgrade the knowledge of coaches and referees and to try to im- prove the atmosphere surrounding the game. These funds will be ad- ministered by the Ontario Hockey Council, a co- ordinating group for regional and local hockey associations. Funding will be in two parts, one a total of $900,000 over three years as part of the base funding for the OHC and up to $14, million over three years from lottery profits, The Minister of Culture and Recreation has an- nounced proposed changes in the structure and con- stitution of the OHC in order to meet its expanded responsibilities for developing Ontario minor hockey, The OHC will become an incorporated non- profit provincial organization, Currently, the Council operates under Orders-in-Council placing it under the direct control of the provincial government. The Minister has asserted that "this is ,a relationship that is too close. "We could create a completely public council that had no direct representation from organized hockey, but I think . the best of all worlds is one in which the public at large works, with organized hockey in an independent body," he said. It is proposed that four public representatives will be placed on the OHC board of directors in addition to the representatives of the eight hockey ,associations around the proVince. The public positions will be appointed through the office. of the Minister of Culture and Recreation, and the new appointments are intended to ensure the general public has a say in the development of minor hockey in the province. The Chairman of the Ontario Hockey Council has expressed the view that. "we have all the information we' need to act and, now, with the clear support of the Ministry of Culture and Recreation we are ready to act on the positive recom- mendations presented in our examination of the quality of minor ,hockey in Ontario." The recent sharp drop in market hog prices along with increased interest rates is putting pressure on many producers. Huron's Ag Rep Don Pullen said this week, "It's a real dilemma and causing great concern and anxiety especially for the young farmer in the hog business, Pullen continued, "If the market price increases soon the established producer may be able to tough it out." Prices for market hogs have dropped by as much as $27 per hundred weight in the past 12 months. The Ag Reg added, "In March of 1979 the market price was 74e and the in- terest rate was 9,5 percent. This week the price has dropped to about 47$ and the interest rate is around 18 percent." He continued, "In addition to the interest rate all input ,costs including housing, equipment, supplies and ser- vices are all up, but the farm price is away down." "We haven't any recent documentation, but, we hear by the grapevine that several hog producers have gone out of business in re- cent weeks. The list of auc- tion sales in area papers seems to bear this theory out," says Pullen. He continued, "Top productivity and cutting costs is the only answer at the moment. I know talking cost control until you are blue in the face is futile while taking losses." The latest issue of Pork News and Views reported that farmers were losing $2.50 on each market hog when the market price was $53.10 per hundred weight. The price this week has dropped by another $6 which would mean a further loss of $10.20 based on a market hog of 170 pounds. The following information comes from Pork News and Views. "Hog marketings in the United States have shows a 24,5 percent increase and Canada a 23.4 percent in- crease to date this year. These heavy hog marketings have kept prices in Ontario in the low 50 cent range, It would now appear that marketings, will continue to be very heavy during March and April. Prices will likely be forced down further dur- ing this period. Prices could bottom out during the Easter period. A general reduction in marketings is required in Canada and the U.S. to bring about some price improve- ment. Grain and livestock prices have been under pressure since the U.S. grain em- bargo was imposed against Russia. The U.S. Secretary of Agriculture recently in- dicated that U.S. farmers will not be paid to keep acreages out of grain production despite record grain inventories. He indicated an acreage reduction could further fuel high inflation in the U.S. This move will keep pressure on grain prices and may prolong low hog prices," The Pork News and Views also indicates that a farrow to finish operation needs a market price of $55.69 per cwt. when weaner pigs are at their current price of 85 cents. When asked about the possibility of envoking ?ork Stabilization, Don Pullen said, "Producers will probably ask for it, but, with the high prices during the most of 1979 it may not amount to much." Stabilization is based on the average weighted pork price during the last five years. This works out to $62.56 per cent. The current year runs from April 1, 1979 to March 31, 1980. During the first six months, of this period the price ranged from 61 to 67 cents which would keep the yearly average high. The last- time Pork. Stabilization, a federal progratn was used was in ,1973. Head for Forest The majority of" grade eight pupils at Grand Bend public school will be going to North Lambton Secondary School in Forest this fall. Of the 24 children in grade eight, 15 will be attending North Lambton, while nine will be going to South Huron District High School in Exeter. The line dividing the two- school districts runs down Main Street in Grand Bend, Huron county board of education recently said that those people not living within the school district, now owning property in Huron county would be charged $200 a year to attend Exeter high school, Grand Bend school secretary Carole Thar says that the $200 fee may have changed the minds of one or two families. She says that they aren't sure if anyone will be paying $200 to go to South Huron. Principal of South Huron District High School, Joe Wooden says that they have probably lost one grade eight pupil because of the fee. Wooden says that many of the students who are now attending SHDHS but living in Lambton county will be back next year. Of the 17 students who live in Lamb- ton county, and now attend SHDHS without charge, he estimates that five or six will be graduating, He says that six will be coming back and paying the $200 a year fee, two will probably be coming back because their parents own property in Huron county, and there are four who have not yet indicated where they will be attending school. Thaste.AdrocateiMarch26, 1989, Po . 15 Hog producers pressed.. Srokosz said that the curling club may have to cut back to one night a week. He said that the other night could be easily filled up with hockey, He added that the curling club may have to drop Saturday bonspiels. \ After council's first meeting with the curling club regarding the price hikes, the curlers said that they would have to meet with the rest of the club and re-evaluate their budget. "When we talked, they (the curling club) didn't sound that upset," Srokosz said. Bosanquet council hds also put• up costs of hockey ice time, in an effort to over- come the arena's deficit. Minor hockey will be charged $27 an hour next year, as compared to the $23 an hour they now pay. Recreational hockey will be charged $38, up from $35. r