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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 1987-04-29, Page 8PAGE 8. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 29, 1987. Riddell announces rules eased for OFAAP program An easing of the rules for the loan guarantee option of the Ontario Farm Adjustment Assis tance Program (OFAAP) was announced by Agriculture and Food Minister Jack Riddell recent ly- Under Option “C” of the program, lenders were obliged to liquidate all the security they held Farm Agricrew programs start soon The Agricrew and Junior Agri culturalist Programs will be start ing in Huron County in the very near future. Similar in all respects to last year, a Youth Employment Co-ordinator will be responsible for both programs. Two Co-ordina tors will work out of the Huron County Agricultural Office, and will begin work on May 4. Donna Keiffer will be covering Huron South, and Susan Diemert will be Youth Employment Co-ordinator for North Huron. Agricrews are teams of enthusi astic students, 15 - 24 years of age, hired to work for farmers from mid-June to mid-August. The cost to the farmer will be $90 for an eight hour day. Students interested in Agricrew as a summer job should have some farming experience and be capable of hard physical labour. Students will be paid the provincial minimum wage. The Junior Agriculturalist Pro gram is designed to give urban students between the ages of 16-18 as of J anuary 1,1987 a chance to gain some valuable agricultural experience. The program is aimed when they made a claim against the provincial guarantee, unless spe cial settlement conditions were fulfilled. “These special conditions have been relaxed substantially to enhance flexibility and to be more conducive to settlements which allow the farmer to remain on the farm, while still respecting the at bridging the urban-rural gap. Students are interviewed and placed on a suitable farm for a nine week period extending from mid June to mid-August. The student receives $20 per day as a training allowance, with the farmer contri Tanya Boonstoppel heads new Huron vet dub executive Thefirstmeetingofthe North Huron Vet Club was held on April 8 at the Blyth Public School. To get to know theother members, mem bers introduced themselves and answered the roll call “Why does your pet or animal need skin?” The Rural Organizational Spe cialist, Richard Hamilton, started the voting of the executive. The results were: Tanya Boonstoppel, president; Nancy Siertsema, vice president; Angela VandenElzen, secretary; Steve Hallahan, trea surer; and press reporters, Anita Wilts and Maria Verburg. The lesson topic was “Skin, the Protector. ’ ’ To help with the lesson a guest speaker, Janet Lobb, came rights of the Ontario taxpayer,” Riddell said. “OFAAP is an older program that is being phased out,” Riddell said. “In fact there are only 170 farmers still in OFAAP. “We believe this change will enable the Debt Review Boards to reach more settlements for OFAAP participants, thus enab ling them to restructure and remain on the farm,” he said. At a recent meeting of the Federal-Provincial Ministers of Agriculture, Riddell said he re-af firmed his support for debt review buting $ 10 and the government the remainder. The farmer also pro vides room and board. Applications are now available at the Clinton OMAF office for students and Junior Agricultura list host farmers. in. She gave an informative presentation on grooming with the help of her doberman named Beatrice. Members found her visit very helpful. 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