HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1989-04-05, Page 1`Tw..entyifive ,,,area :-farm men ,.and women attended .the Grower sored,the course, whichis a,joint:project of the: Ministry: of the En-
Peattcide Safety Cnnrsepr-esentethby±Ridgetown,Agr culture :Col- viroument, Ministry of Agriculture and Food and Ontario
lege in Lucknow last ,week. ,1t& B Elphick :Chemicals ; Ltd.,;spon- Agricultural Crop Protection Committee. (Pat Livingston hoto )
pesticide sa;
Twenty-five area farmers and spouses
took ,advantage of the Grower Pesticide
Safety Course in Lucknow last ;week.
Presented by 'Ridgetown College of
Agriculture and arranged by 11 & B
Elphick Chemicals Ltd., it was an oppor-
tune time for men and .L women alike .to
receive excellent information on the safe
handling and storage .of pesticides.
The ;course is; a jointsprojecectof the On-
.tario Ministry of `Environment, Ontario
Ministry of,Agriculture,and Food, and : the
Ontario ,Agricultural 'Crop Protection
Committee.
It appears to be inevitable; that farmers
will eventually have to, obtain a= certificate
to buyorispray crop pesticides. `Tjrose who
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yet
..have takenthecourse .and ,passedihe open
book : ezam receive a certificate that ::will
be valid when proposed legislation is pass-
ed making'. certification mandatory.
Careless pesticide use, storage and con-
.tainer ,disposal can be detrimental to
°•humens, livestock and the -environment.
•hese <facts -were strongly -emphasized by
instructor John iIazlitt of "Goderich, with
the assistance of films, °displays, course
material and by relaying actual stories of
poisionings and deaths.
liazlitt„ a mixed, cash crop :farmerfor:19
years, is one of the 19 instructorsrhired=and
trainedby:Ridgetown College.to. ;give ;these
safety courses.
A ;Ridgetownspokesperson estimates
:presses eoncern for f.
there are .45,000 pesticide. users in Ontario.
During this past winter 467 courses have
been held in the provinceandtheyfeel con-
fident that their goal of certifying 10,000
farmers will be met.
, Iiazlitt said .agribusiness strongly sup-
ports this program and recommends it to
their clients.
For the safety of their families,
themselves and a clean environment, all
men Land women involved in the farming
industry are being 'urged to attend these
pesticide .safety courses.
if „you missed out this winter, more
courses will be offered beginning in the
fall, wily -not attend - just for the health of
it!
The Christian Farmers Federation of
Ontario (CFFO) sponsored a public ,infor-
mation meeting_ last week in Lueknow.
Sid Sikkema, Lice -president Of 'CFR)
Was gt stapeaker..Mr. Sikkema has been
on thed for Six years and is in bis vorkt year as vice-pl e6ide t. He and hiss son
,tattu,in North Wellington aunty where
ithe " i F. 'FO ; ladrYlinds po! bog r and •l d
ardalliP•
Mr.; s,a-,�ial•concern for,
t °tel /Agriculture eriais Be fiery
*West t rOPWal negotiations .;are
orafanOrtarla agdeldtUre under
of ,.grt on -Tariffs ,and
"'Fade (GATT).
In _August 1.9(l7.he represented CFFO.at
an international wo,,C',, p in' Walt' r -
Sid • � a� �y a, 7 .Fr nt, Christian many on "Globalization of the farm
Farmers -Federattan of Ontario. Crisis,". dinDeeeztlber1988, he attended
' the 'Shadow GATT Conference in
Montreal.
Mr. Silfkemna's talk tothose present gave
a brief 'history an GATT which .was
negotiate) in 1948 following 'World ``War
II," when.Europe vasiinsban hles;.and:so
was the whole world." To . get the world
back on,its feet,canagreenr nt was mob -
ed to _try to liberalize'.trade ln.n. lair WAY.
Tlien the talks were ,on it a :not
agriculture. Mr. Sikkema :mss" ►n 194.8
agriculture was_not.jn Uledfor. pl
reams that no .ono sever ':,it t
Euro .aad_Japan wopld ever, co neeo�
sufficient,, in food."
The 'FO has approximately
members in the,.pravine% who kelieve;ine
,stewardship .APProach to land use, 4ccor-
g ' to their 'Christian principles. Their
ainr� tis to have society ,and goverment
Share in their concerns.
.Aancers..osetwo
to Thu.ndercits
The Lucknow Lancers have run into a
major stumbling block in their efforts to
win the grand championship, as the
Durham Thundercats took two wins over
the weekend. This leaves the Lancers
down two games to none in the best of
five series.
Firday night in Durham the home
team outskated the Lancers enroute to
an 11 - 4 win. Wayne Phillips, Kevin
Stewart, Mitch Twolen and Art Clark
scored for the Lancers while Pat Murray
added three assists.
Sunday night the Lancers jumped out
to an early lead when Steve MacPherson
scored just 10 seconds into the game.
Durham then came back with two goals
to take the lead but Steve Simpson added
one as the first period ended in a 2 - 2 tie.
Durham picked up two goals in the se-
cond and one more early in the third for a
5 - 2'lead.
Mitch Twolen got one back for the
Lancers and Steve Simpson added
another for a 5 - 4 score. That was as
close as the Lancers could get as
Durham added one more for a 6 - 5
victory.
The Lancers, travel to Durham next
Saturday night for an 8 p.m. game and
the fourth game will be in Lucknow Sun-
_dayi 7:30 if necessary.
Loci Cancer
A group of four members of the
Lucknow Cancer Society met: at the home
of Bill Henderson last week.
Margie Lougheed will be Patient Ser-
vices
ervices representaive while Audrey Mac-
Donald is on holiday Anyone wanting to
get in touch with Mrs. Lougheed may call
her at 528-3607.
The group ..feels there is an on goingprobleamithilliLi+
nerVicealiodevinitlieliitentelihtitical
nnit t naive ryd m`tant tthe
public ;rows ,,cif eloon0 wet* and,;
that they<are therelo give ;ham; Al one
need :do .is ask •-there s•vecy °`wed
tape" .involved in obtaining assistance.
New volunteers are welcome to,omthe
Cancer Society.
April is canvass month for the Cancer
Society and during this month, can-
vassers will be knocking on your door.
Anna Kreutzweiser and Mildred Loree
have distributed the material to the team
captainsand the Women's.lnstitutes that
volunteer their hlep.
Please remember that out of every
$1.00 given, 960 goes to services:
A display has been arranged at the
library and posters will be put up in some
of the local stores.
There are some very informative
phampletsavailableconcerning what the
Cancer Society has to offer.
Anyone interested in attending the
Cancer Society meetings may "call the
following for 'further information: Bill
Henderson, ;president, b28-3403; Ruth
Buchmeier, secreatry/treasurer,
395-5491; Margie Lougheed, Patient Ser-
vices, 528-3607; Ed Brown, education,
52832005 or Jane Treleaven, publicity,
528-2943.
Just
relaxing
The overworked Sentinel editor,enjoying
iew xniuuates relaxation.
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