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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1983-03-23, Page 1L Single copy 3sc Lucknow EN'I'IN Janii)oree '8,3 Published In Lucknow, Ontario, Wednesday, March 23, 1983 Junior Farmers tour Australia Several area Junior Farmers have return- ed from a month long tour of Australia arid New Zealand. Nora Van Dyke, Audrey Ritchie, Kathy Pentland, Ralph Morrison, Roger Morrison and Ralph Nivens were six local young people who took the trip with a group of 45 junior farmers from the counties of Huron, Bruce, Perth and Grey. The group left Canada January 12 and returned February 13 having toured Sydney, Canberra, Melbourne and Adelaide and surrounding districts in Australia and Christchurch, Waimate district and Rotorua in New Zealand. ^ The group left Toronto and flew to Vancouver where they took a bus tour of the city during a four hour lay over. From Vancouver they flew to Hawaii for two days and nights of sightseeing in the city of Honolulu on the island of Maoi. From Hawaii they took the nine hour flight to Sidney, Australia. After arriving in Sidney, they toured the city by bus seeing the sights the city is famous for including the Sidney Opera Hotise and the harbour where they watched the ferry boat races. From Sidney they were bused to Can- berra, the capital of Australia. Following a bus tour of Canberra, the group was billeted in private homes for their stay in New South Wales. Audrey and Nora stayed with host families in the district of Culcain near Yerong Creek, a village much the size of Dungannon, Ontario. The area is enduring severe drought conditions and most families were buying their water. Adelaide Following their stay in Culcain, Nora and Audrey travelled to Adelaide in South Australia stopping on their way to see a in the news Show sportmanship A special note to the 1982 BANTAMS who played in the Harriston Tournament. Of the more than 60 teams that took part in last year's tourney, you won the honour of MOST SPORTSMAN-LIKE TEAM with the team name properly inscribed on a trophy which stays in the Harriston Minto Community Complex. To quote Charles Lamb, "The greates pleasure I know is to do a good act by stealth, and to have it found out by accident". All right you guys! You've been found out! Congratulations to each of you! Receiving applications The Lucknow and District Recreation Committee is receiving applications for the position of swimming instructors and life guards at the Lucknow Swimming Pool and Playground Leaders in conjunction with the morning swimming program. Lucknow winners Rick Martin won first in the Lions Public Speaking competition in Ripley, March 15. He proceeds to western Ontario level competition in Wingham, April 7. Rick is a grade 13 student at F. E, Madill in Wingham. He is the son of Austin and Joan Martin of Lticknow. Donna Raynard of Ashfield Township placed third in the 1983 Paddyfest Step Dancing Competition held March 13 at the Listowel Secondary School. Kim Hutton of Listowel and Jeremy Luxton of Dundalk placed first and second respectively in the eleven - 14 years solo class. Donna is the daughter of Doug and Mary Lou Ravnard. Toni Pritchard of Goderich was the winner of the Jamboree '83 lottery draw last week. The draw was made by Debbie Haves and the lucky number was #1469. Fresian Holstein farm, a horse stud farm and sheep farms. They stayed at Gowier, a town about the size of Stratford, Ontario where they toured the vineyards and wine cellars of the Barrosa Valley. Irrigation systems are used exten- sively to water the vineyards. Audrey's family owned and operated a flower nursery. The necessity for irrigation makes a nursery a very cost intensive business in Australia. While staying with the family, Audrey worked a day in the nursery and enjoyed sightseeing trips to parks and local points of interest with the family. One of the high- lights included a ride on a camel. Nora's family owned a market vegetable farm located on a riverbed where the soil was suitable for market gardening. Unusual in an area where most farmers raise cattle and sheep, the farm uses extensive irriga- tion. The family also owned a manure compost- ing business. Livestock farmers have no use for their animal manure as it cannot be used to fertilize the land because it is too dry. The manure business purchases the manure from the farmers, composts it in huge piles and sells it to other vegetable farmers who can use it for fertilizer on their land. Turn to page 40 1 Nora Van Dyke, left, and Audrey Ritchie were two area young people who took a tour of Australia and New Zealand with area Junior Farmers recently. Nora and Audrey display some of the souvenirs they brought home, Including a kangaroo and koala bear made of kangaroo hide and a wallaby hide rug. [Sentinel Stoaif Pbotoj Teachers plan second charge against board Bruce County's secondary school teachers will be filing a second bad faith bargaining charge against the county's board of educa- tion after the board didn't appear at a meeting with Education Relations' Commis- sion (ERC) mediator David Kates on March 11. Mark Viavaglia Ciavaglia, the teachers' chief negotiator said the board was not represented in Owen Sound at the meeting to resume negotiations over the 1982-83 contract. Ciavaglia said the teachers would file a second bad bargaining charge in less than three weeks. "They're saying Bill 179 (Inflation Re- straints Act) lets them away from meeting when Bill 100 (The School Boards and Teachers Collective Negotiations Act) has appointed a mediator," said Ciavaglia. The first charge was laid after the board indicated they wouldn't resume talks for the 1983-84 contract year. Board chairman Barry Schmidt could not be reached for comment. Schmidt said in a, press release that the board would not be represented at the meeting, saying that the board's position indicated that Bill 179 extends agreements, meaning that there is no role for a mediator. The chairman said the board's view was supported by a recent Ontario Labour Relations Board decision which ruled that the inflation Restraints Act extends the operation of agreements which would other- wise cease to operate. "That labor relations case is not a valid case because they've stopped appointing mediators," Ciavaglia replied. "We're not under the Labour Relations Board." The KDSS teachers feel the current debate over the right to negotiate will probably be settled in the courts. Should the ERC find the board guilty of bad bargaining, Ciavaglia said they will take the ERC to court. The hearing date for the first charge is being scheduled and will probably take place in early April, Mr. Ciavaglia said. "1 guess we have to sit and wait," he added. "Should the ruling go against us, we're done." Perth federation denounce survival association By Stephanie Levesque A telegram sent to Perth MP William Jarvis by the president of the Perth County Federation of Agriculture denounces actions taken by the Canadian Farm Survivalist Association (CFSA). Perth Federation president Ron Christie, R. R. 2 Staffa said the telegram to Mr. Jarvis called CFSA president Allan Wilford's hunger strike a ploy for publicity. Thetele- gram also stated there is little support for the CFSA in Perth County and the local federation, as long as two years ago. went on the record as being opposed to the concept of forgiveness of debt. Christie tired off the telegram on the morning of March 14. the day following the church service head outside the Stratford jail. He called the church service a "media event". As for opposing the CFSA, Christie said he has no qualms in speaking out against the association as he is sure "95 per cent of the farmers in Perth County are not supportive'' of the CFSA. The real concern, said Christie, are the ramifications of Liberal backbencher Ralph Ferguson's private member's bill. This bill is an updated version of legislation passed in the 1930s to allow a farmer facing foreclos- ure to seek a court order so he could seek alternate financing or sell his machinery and livestock in an orderly fashion. "The real fear is that no matter how you cut it. it's foregiveness of debt," said Christie. And the result of this, noted Christie is that lending institutions will be extremely cautious in lending money to farmers. This won't have any effect on the farmer who is financially secure, but it will affect the beginning farmer or "more specifically it will affect the the farmer who is in an iffy position." said Christie. The Perth federation president s.1;d tnay- be half of those farmers in an "iffy" financial position would be able to make it through the loan period, but the banks won't take the risk. He noted there are three options facing the federal government which would assist Turn to page 4. Clarifies proposed farm tax rebate program Three errors appeared in the story. Concerned about Farmers' Credibility, published in last week's Sentinel. The story described OFA director Merle Gunby's concern that the Huron Federation 'of Agriculture has decided to oppose the proposed farm tax rebate program. The Sentinel story stated the program would enable farmers to apple for 100 per cent rebate of their farm land, while paying 100 pet cent tax on their homes and farm buildings. when in fact. farmers will be ahlc to receive a rebate of 100 pct cent of the taxes on his farm property, land and farm buildings. The story said the proposal allows for a 50 per cent rebate for the land on which the buildings are located, when in fact, the farmer will pay 100 per cent of his taxes on his house and an imaginary or 'deemed' lot. The lot. because it cannot he severed will he assessed at 50 per cent of a similar severed lot. Regarding farm land assessment. the Sentinel story incorrectly stated the tax rebate proposal will reduce the market value. effect on farmers assessment, when in fact the new proposal will shelter farmers from so called productive value assessment. It has been the Ontario Federation of Agriculture's policy for over 10 years that farmland should he assessed on 'true' productive value. The assessment depart mcnt very much prefers market value assessment. The assessment act .states that farmland must he assessed at productive value. But" the assessment act defines productive kaluc as farmer to farmer sales. The circle is complete Farmer to farmer sales are based on market value.