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Farm profits seminar
set for Centralia
On the money
Wayne Lowe concentrates on his shot as he lets his rock go during a curling bonspiel in Brussels,
Morrisand Grey Community Centre Monday. Thespiel was co-sponsored by Brussels Agromart and
Huron Feeding Systems.
Bly th Council briefs
New lights could be expensive
Blyth Village Council and the
Public Utilities Commission will
look closely at the alternatives
before deciding what to do about
street-light upgrading in the re
building of main street as part of
the Hwy. 4 reconstruction pro
gram.
Officials of the Ministry of
Transport met with village officials
regarding the lighting of main
street. Nearly all material costs of
putting in new or improved lighting
would be borne by the village, they
said. Cost range from $250,000 to
completely install new lights from
one end of the village to the other,
to smaller amounts to install a few
extra lights to brighten the area.
Longer poles could also be installed
to make the light spread farther,
council learned.
The reconstruction program will
also mean improvements to water
mains and sidewalks so there is a
lot of money involved. Helen
Grubb, village clerk-treasurer told
council. “We’re talking a couple of
years of hard work ’ in making the
plans, she said.
Reeve Albert Wasson said there
was some urgency on settling on
what the village planned to do with
lighting because it needed to tell
the Ministry so it can get on with its
plans for the reconstruction.*****
Council gave its blessing for a
new oak hardwood floor to be laid
in the auditorium of Blyth Memor
ial Hall but withheld a decision on
whether or not to donate toward the
project. Council had been told in a
letter from Bill Howson, its repre
sentative on the Memorial Hall
building committee that an inspec
tion of the floor of the theatre after
the seats had been removed for
repairs and padding, showed that
the old pine floor was not in good
shape. It was felt that a new floor
should be laid while the project was
underway, he said. The cost for the
oak hardwood for the main floor
would be $12,000 for the main floor
and $3,600 for the balcony. Refin
ishing the new floor would cost a
further $5,000, he said to bring the
cost to over $20,000. He suggested
council make a one-time donation
of $10,000 toward the project.
Councillor Dave Lee wondered
why council should make any
donation. The old floor was func
tioning well for the village’s pur
poses before the seats were remov
ed, he said. He wondered if the
Centre for the Arts had enough
money to complete its plans al
ready undertaken without taking on
more expense. Reeve Wasson said
he was more worried about the
Centre being able to keep up with
the ongoing overhead of the project
than he was a one-time project like
the floor.
Because of the lateness of the
hour council decided to approve the
Centre going ahead with the new
floor if it wished but to withhold
possible commitment of money
until more information as to other
expected expense for the hail (such
as restoration of the bell tower) are
more firm.
In other news related to the
Memorial Hall expansion council
received a report from Bruce
Potter, an engineer with B. M.
Ross and Associates who had been
hired by the council to give
opinions on the construction pro
ject. Mr. Potter said the project
was behind schedule because of
weather problems and problems
with soil conditions but he felt the
project was proceeding well and
now that the initial cement work
was done, lost time can be made
up.
A report on the project from Joel
Harris, General Manager of the
Centre for the Arts said the project
had seen its expenses increased by
$10,000 because of additional bills
to the Public Utilities Commission
for new wiring.
Festival president Carol Irwin,
and Lynda Lentz, development
officer had also visited council to
bring their annual report and ask
for the annual grant to the Festival.
Council approved their request that
the grant be increased to $1750
from $1500 which it had been for
several years.*****
Council approved a policy that
would allow village employees to
buy goods of up to $200 from any of
the Radford Group Companies
without getting council approval.
The company had stated that as of
January 16 it could no longer allow
village employees to purchase
goods without a signed resolution
of council authorizing the pur
chase. Council approved a standing
purchase order for purchases of up
to the $200 limit without individual
authorization from the council.
BY BRIAN HALL
FARM MANAGEMENT
SPECIALIST
FOR HURON COUNTY
The Ontario Ministry of Agricul
ture and Food is hosting a two-day
workshop for top farm managers
entitled “Managing Your Farm for
Profits’’.
The seminar is being held on
March 1 and 2 at Centralia College
from 8:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. on
Thursday and from 8:30 a.m. to
3:00 p.m. on Friday. The leader of
the workshop is Roy Ferguson, a
nationally known financial planning
specialist from the United States.
From Roy Ferguson, participants
will learn how to develop plans for
achieving maximum success in
today’s agricultural industry. At
tend this intensive seminar and
discover how some managers solve
that problem.
Participants will gain a better
understanding of business financial
management. Topics include: esta
blishing appropriate financial ob
jectives and seeing how to monitor
and measure them; determining
land values and land rents; negoti
ating with your lender; creating a
financial profile of your business
and tips on successful business
management. Many former par-
Junior Farmers
give donation
The Advanced Agricultural Lea
dership Program (AALP) will be
the recipient of the hard work and
generosity of Junior Farmers from
across Ontario. The AALP is the
1990 Charity of the Junior Farmers’
Association of Ontario (JFAO).
Junior Farmer members and
clubs across the province will be
raising funds for the AALP to be
presented at the Provincial Confer
ence of the JFAO March 16 - 18 in
Barrie.
BRUSSELS LIVESTOCK
INC.
are holding a
SPECIAL
STOCKER &
FEEDER SALE
FEB. 27/90 AT 1:30 P.M.
APPROXIMATELY 400 HEAD NOW CONSIGNED
More Consignments still QQ"7 C ACH
to be taken call 00 f "04D I
ticipants have stated that the
workshop helped them achieve
their goals.
Cost for the workshop is $145 per
person and $95 for spouses. This
includes the workshop manual,
overnight accommodation and
meals. For further information
contact the Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food office in
Clinton at 482-3428 or 1-800-265-
5170.
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Hensall came to life before the
period ended, cashing in two
rebounds for its only goals of the
game. First-time goaltender Tyler
Fenton was at the mercy of Hensall
shooters on both goals.
The team cleared rebounds well
for the rest of the game and the
scorers took over again in the third
period. Craig Marks scored from
Justin Black and Tim Robinson
with just under three minutes gone
in the third. Five minutes later
Curtis Knight scored an unassisted
goal. Tim Robinson and Craig
Marks scored unassisted goals to
close out the scoring.
Belgrave Tykes beatHensall
Continued from page 15
The home team took a bit of a
break in its scoring and needed
four minutes before Tim Robinson
scored from Craig Marks. The two
connected again with just over a
minute left in the period to make it
5-0.
Justin Campbell needed only 40
seconds of the second period to
start the scoring onslaught again
from Mathew Cameron. Curtis
Knight expanded the lead with
assist from Tom Robinson and
Craig Marks. Craig Marks then
scored an unassisted goal. Justin
Clark got Belgrave’s final goal of
the second period.
SPRING IS ON THE WAY
Much of planning and estimating your Farm
Drainage Projects can be done now, using maps
and photographs.
K.M.M. FARM DRAINAGE
CALL TODAY
887-6428
WALTON