HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1983-10-12, Page 1Ole e
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Published fn Ltteknow, Ontario, Wednesday, October 12, 1I10
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Atltartwn leave* art lalling and local resident* took the opportunity awes the long holiday
weeketod to talar terveet end ptepate theft town* rod gottletot lot whiffet, Rod Cad t, 111, woo
helping hfsr Whet, telae the lawn ea! their Mglls Street home Monday rorortihig, He is the were
of Ron good broom Ctleh, IPItoto by gloom' blett 1
NDP task force on agriculture
hears area farrners' concerns
Hy Sharon Diet!
The provincial government should address
the inequity of consumer purchasing power
if farmers are to get a fair return from their
labour, the ptesident of the Hutoti Pedeta-
tion of Agriculture told an agricultural task
force in Wingham last week.
Cony McQuail told the Ontario New
bemocrat task force in agriculture if farmers
are to get a fair return, the president of a
totpotation making t15O,O0O a year should
pay a fair share toward the production of
food.
"It won't do farmers arty good to price
their commodity so high that the working
poor can't affotd to eat,,, said McQuail.
There are fundamental problems with the
economic situation in this ptovince, McQuail
said. If purchasing powet was equitably
disttibuted, farmers could see a fait teflon
ftom their labour and perhaps on theit
eq"lf this inequity is addtessed, not only
fanners will have a gteatet putchasing
power," added McQuail.
Mel Swart, MLA Welland - Thotold, the
NDP's agticultute and prices critic, is
heading the task farce which will tout seven
ateas of the ptovi,tice this fall. Accompanv-
ing him is Donald MacDonald, caucus
chairman and fttttiet NN1:0I1 leader. Ctucial
agticultttal ptoblems ate Hot being dealt
with by dtitatia's Consetvative government
said Swart and the task farce intends to
eaattiitie them in depth at the local level and
diseuss them with tactfatmets and theit
otganitatimns. lY
Thirteen Attlee, Otey and Huron farm
organizations were . represented at the
meeting and each presented an oral brief
followed by a discussion period. Approxi-
mately 50 people attended the public
meeting held in the Winghani town Hall.
In his brief the president of the Pluton
federation also pointed out that bank
officials ate telling the minister of finance
something different ftomwhat they tell
farmers. Through the federation's advisory
service to farmers, the federation found
banks wet* telling farmers they did not want.
to provide farm credit. Hanks were advising
farmers to seek credit from the parte Credit
Corporation. While lobbying the federal
government however, the federation was
told banks wanted to stay in farm credit.
Reasonable long term financing is being
provided by other provinces to Canadian
farmers and Ontario must address such a
proposal if Ontario farmers ate to become
competitive, McQuail said.
On supply management, McQuail said the
federation believes the ttiatltet must be
allowed to detettnifie the value of the quota.
He also suggested if stabilitatian is td
ptesetve the family farm thete must be a
modetate uppetside limit.
It is impottant said Mc -Quail. that
stabili,!atian be tied to v.'hat a farmer M
producing. A farmer should not bepaid for
what he isn't ptoducing, said McQuail,
tefetting to the 'United States Payment in
kind ptogtatn to encoutage fatmets tint td
ptaduce cotn.
1n applying uppetside limits to stabitita-
Turn to page 4*
In the news
ala -pitch champs Identify footbridge
Slo pitch baseball season has concluded
for another season. In the Luria -tour Dungan-
WM league k ingsbtidge defeated Pott
Albett to take the A series and the
Ctystalitets won tvet Nile to caprate the H
division.
Find puffball
Have, Devin and James Pie1 of Huton
Township found four puff balls on theft
father's farm Orr October I. The "pappa" of
the four weighed 11 pounds, measutitrg 15.'
in diameter. The boys ate sous of Mr. and
Mrs. Hill Piel.
June Gilchrist phoned to identify the
location of the foot bridge pictured in last
week's Sentinel. The foot bridge is located
an the farm of Latae Reid and Jessie
5tev+efrsan in West Wawanosh 'township.
Judges at fair
Tim Hackett, auctioneer, judged horses at
the Class "A" Fair at Ancastet. The three
day fait had two days of full judging. 1t was
his first far and he did vety well. Tim is the
sort of Mr. and Mrs. brio Hackett of R. 3,
rucknOw.
Farmer Lucknow boy is happyto be acting in Toronto
grfitereoNotel Three years ago Hob Lem left
a 546,000 job in the steel industty to go into
acting. Horn in Wingham and raised in
Lucknow whets his father. Hatt,' owned a
Chinese restaurant. HOb was taken back to
China at the age of six to be educated in the
language and customs M his native culture.
ltfob feels one of the biggest problems he's
bad to overcome. Pro'th in the steel husitiess
and now in acting has been his racial
identity. His fathe- was Chinese and his
mother was lrisl-,.
The following feature article appeared itv
The Toronto Star recently and we ,trfrlish it
her for the interest of our readers.
Hw Ramify Hrown Speefal to The Star
14oti tern is overjoyed. He is now working
in h}' first serious role as an actor. He's
playing Captain Ken Kadota in a Canadian
play. Yellow fever. which opened last weep
at fht Toronto free Theatre.
Hob has a couple of good reasons to l'e
happy. The role he's got won at ()hie Award
in the Off-Hroaedway production. The other
reasons he's happy is that he left a 546.060
Oh in the steel industry to go into acting
three years ago. and until now he's had
no41'61y but hit parts and commercials.
1n a 2(Y -year career that began at Frankel
Steel in 19'60 and carried ori through seven of
the steel fabricating Firms in Toronto.
including ',Mrs such as estimator, salesman.
contracts manager. sales manager and
vvice.presrdent. ll<ob rem became general
manager at Peel Steel in 198€) before he quit
to go into acting at the age of 41. ''f always
wanted ro he an actor." he says, relaxing in
his '156.0OO home in the Yotrge-Eglinton
area. "l even had an agreement with my last
hors that 1 could take off up to six weeks a
year for acting. over and above my vaca-
teon
The most' drastic effect his career change
has had so far has been on his salary "The
first year 1 earned about il7,000 and the last
two, maybe 510.00) a year." He makes end
meet between jobs by doing what many
aspiring actors do: he drives a cab. And he
does some structural steel estimating Orr the
side.
The fitggegt Prubletno
Roti feels that one of the biggest problems
he's had to overcome. both in the Steel
business and now in acting, has been racial
identity. His father was Chinese and his
mother Irish. "I always felt that people were
noticing me... he says of his looks. "I felt
that ro get ahead, 1 had ro he more than just
a little bent-. 1 had to he a lot better."
For rhe past three years. he has been doing
manly cornmecials and bit parts in movies.
For instance, he is ,'4r, !Mon, rhe face on all
the posters In Tieket to Heaven: he is an
undercover cop in Seeing Things; and he
is Rob (Nakamura, Japanese cipher clerk in
The Amateur. "Aside from the ffoh
Nakamura part. which was an exception. 1
often can't even get an audition for a parr
that cal's for a Japanese. even though 1 look
Japanese. How far can it go? If it calls for an
Hawaiian. can't 1 try, out..""
Aside from the narrow definitions casting
agents put on racial identity. Rob feels there
is an even higger problem which needs
Healing with. there are no rues in Canada
for the inclusion of minorities in advertising.
The situation is different in the U.S. where
Specific quotas are imposed for racial
groups. but this has not vet been done here.
and that means fewer lobs for ernc actors
Rorn in 1e39 in Wingham Bob grew up in
1 ucknou., Ontario. where Harry. his father,
owned the Chinese restaurant "1 can
remember singing along with the jukehor.
and being plagued by the other kids with
that rhyme, '(hinkv. chinkv. Chinaman ."
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