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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1981-02-25, Page 5ty Statistics make a far: - My old grandmother called February the suicide month. The older I get, the more I appreciate, her nickname for this most miserable of months,. Although this year the weather has been unusually mild, it is just the thought that , winter',. is far from over yet that makes it that much harder to bear. High. winds as cold and wet as a dog's nose and just as probing still whine and howl through the bleak, black hardwood limbs in the bush behind the house. No Canadian will truthfully allow that winter is over. We hunker into ourheavy coats and scarves and slog through the snow knowing. full well that at leastone. more, probably two or three, storms will swoop relentlessly across the land. It's depressing. We have already been through three months,- some, years four of winter. I get snarky and morose. in February. I'm sick of snowbanks, knifing winds, yellow snow, white snow, brown snow and black snow. ' Every time a supercillious television announcer says we are going to get five centimetres of the "white stuff" I feel like punching him in the mouth. I'm even snarling at Ozzie,our playful, little Siamese cat. She doesn't know the winter is going on out there. A smart cat, she sl Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, Fe 25 1981 Fage 5 s February depressin, won't even . go. outside the door; hasn't been out since the first snowfall. And why do those announcers insist on calling It white stuff? Surely, theere are more creative people available tri those , fancy newsrooms. Getting . out of our long laneway becomes a real problem. Although we have a snowblower rernOV‘ most of it after every snowfall, there is a buildup and we have to be careful not to dig through the crust orit will; take another., half-hour to get to workI'm like a skunk in February. I feel like sleeping all the time so I never leave enough time toget out of the lane. I'm late more often than I like to be. My old-fashioned, Protestant work ethic'keeps me punctual the rest of ti the year. To make matters even more depress- ing, along comes Statistics Canada with that annual story on . cash receipts for farmers. They doit every time. They on- ly tell half the story: Paan cash receipts rose 11.1 per cent to $15.6 billion in 1980 from a year earlier. That's it No mention of increased costs, just that farm income rose 11:1 per cent. Every city slickertri the nation reads those figures and comes to the con m elusion thaLfarmers are living high off the hog, tripping over subsidy cheques when they pick up the mail at the farm gate, if they can get through the snow. It must make farmers StatsCan doesn't say khat feed costs doubled during the same time period, that land costs keep escalating, that in- terest rates have hit farmers hardertthan any other sector of the economy, that fer- tilizer ertilizer costs have doubled, that labor casts are up 10 to 15 per cent. In a recent study, a group, of farmers was polled by, statisticians at the Univer- sity of Guelph whish houses - one of Canada's best-known agricultural col- leges. After those farmers ' paid themselves wages, they endedupwith a rate of return of about 3.5 per cent on the capital invested. How many other people . would stay in business with a return like that? These were more profitable farms . that were studied, too, commercial -scale farmers; Look at those huge profits racked up by oil -companies in recent years -and you wonder why anyone would be stupid enough to stay in agriculture. It is fortunate for Canadians that enough men and women love the ' land and the rural life to remain in farming. If they weren't so good at what they do, half of this nation would be wandering around with distended bellies sufferingfrom malnutrition. Lettei* to the editor •from page .4 cosen to. circumvent its .own legislation and refuses • to listen to us.' . ' We urge you to consider time seriousness of this prob- lem for while this particular topic is South Cayuga and an environmental issue = if the government's dictatorial atti- tude goes unchallenged . - next time it could be' you and your community over another' issue.: , If th overnment cares so little fot .the rights of 4,000 people in our area - do you really think they will care or listen to you? Think carefully beforeyou cast your vote on March 19th. Your truly. Rene Tunney, For H.O.P.E. (Haldimand-Norfolk Organization for a Pure Environment). P.O. Box 10, R.R. # 9. Dunnville, Ontario. Thank you To the Editor: A sincere "thank you" to the residents of Huron and Perth Counties who, once again, have supported ihe., work of Christmas Seals in the 1980-1981 Campaign. We are encouraged by Community response and will be able to carry on ex- panded service' programs. and research in Lung Dis- ease. There is still tithe to answer your Christmas Seal letter, "Lungs Are For Life" "Use Christmas Seals - - It's a Matter of Life and Breath". Mrs, Beryl Dunsmori, Executive Director, Huron Perth Lung Association. • I Dates vailable tudcbow & District Community Centre SATURDAY, FEB. 28 Leo Dance OPEN DATES AVAILABLE MARCH Friday 6 Saturday 7 Friday 13 Saturday 14 Friday 20 friday 27 APRIL Friday 3 Friday 10 Friday 24 MAY Friday 1 Friday 15 Friday 22 Saturday 23 Friday 29 Now Booking For 1982 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AND MID WEEK BOOKINGS; CALL 528.3532 Lucknow Arena SdUie WEDNESDAY, ;FEB: 25 1:30-3:30. Moms and Tots 3:45 Brookside Boys Hockey 7:00 Atom Game Lucknpw vs Brussels. THURSDAY, FEB. 26 8:30 Industrial League Playoffs Kiritail vs Flying Dutchmen 10:00 Lucknow vs Holyrood FRIDAY, FEB. 27 3:45 Brookside Girls Hockey 7:.00 Pee Wee Oame W.O.A.A. Finals' Paisley,vs Lucknow 8:30 Intermediate "C" Game •' If Necessary Mount Forest vs Lucknow Or Wingham SATURDAY, FEB. 28 House League ,.8:00 Canadians vs Hawks 9:00 Red Wings vs Leafs 2:00 - 4:00 Public Skating 8:00 Holyrood Butchers vs C.K.N.X. Tryhards SUNDAY, MARCH 1 1:1 - 3:00 Public Skating • TUESDAY, MARCH 3 Broomball 8:00 Lucknow vs Lanes 9:00 Holyrood vs Ashfield 10:00 Teachers vs West Wa. • heavierrhilk :production • faster gains • better feed efficiency 25 kg tET WEIGHT CO -OP's new special rations for dairy and beef producers include grain that has been steam Conditioned, rolled and cooled, then' mixed with a pellet for added protein, vitamins and minerals, Heating makes the grain's starch portion more useable, and CO -OP's unique steam conditioning process provides More even heat, while preventing the kernels from popping. Steam conditioned grain is then rolled to an ideal'/4" thickness for maximum feed efficiency with minimum break- ing reaking and brittleness. 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