HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1984-02-08, Page 19
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The Ice county. ork, Producers. a
orkin oimprove the pork indu.
roughs' "r i pal ` marketing system,. for
anada., Their proposal is based on two,
inctples:, (1) The domestic rrlarlet' should\
shard.; by '.producers through a quota
stemo ith pricesrrdetermined by , a cost of
®duction o"who;* 2) 'Park., for -',,export
ouluced;with nor restrictions and:
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simply not necessary ani >r Ite, mucX
publicized satabilization ; plant w tf is i er";
,gets ;off the ground; briir g `liimited benefltts : o;
,producers.".
T'he, pork "price ,,cycles, says the associa
Akin, wilt continue to haveLLmore downs than.;
Ops, Only !a Major, change in marketing.
t
r; strategyk cans effectively deal *ith
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problems sot of price collapse.
Bruce County Pork Producers have presW'
ye ted pol9)
to, -
taternent on supply manage -
tar* councilman on , the
otuncil and the director of
•ang.. board.: Tho outline
leludedin letters sent
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Nelson nd, :Elizabeth Aisne; Mrs. Frank
Graham of- Belleville, three. -brothers, two
sisters and two. grandchildren. -
cknow: businessman ';died
9ollsi!rig :a short illness. Roy
rates a business on .Luccknow',s
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Snowmobile rely
Approximately 200 snowmobiles particip-
ated in' ties St. Helens annual poker rally
held on Mite, weekend. One of the more
successful rallies in the area, 435 poker
hands were/purchased with the winner being
Gary. Rodgers of R. 5, Goderich. Cash
inners and prize winners in the lucky draws
appear in today's Sentinel on page 16.
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Membersof the' Bruce Association hi
also.eser ,.nted h� t -.
p e ,proposals to the county
associations, In allot the northern cnUntles of &ookek
the .,province except Perth and intend to the pioneers:_
present the. plata4o southernsonetiff 8 c th and Janine,
Patethe bush Ali
idente are reviving a method of walling *alio the snow used y.
Ick opened our country. From the left are Jeff Weaver, Chris
eats=eq joy obis country hikes en: thoanow shoes through
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ciiuin :ria..' wa J;: Yee e . t . web. .he
presented his annual' report to Bruce County
Council , at 1,,lheir January meeting. An.
eremely iild' winter cut dawn the
ogsump on•of salt, there + *,11#le plowing.
to do, winter con of 'expenses were:.town.
and 'money saved was used -o construction
projects....'=
Lucknow a corrugated ateel:'culve,t Was
inse°°sited through the concrete . culvert on ,
County ROM .1 (;Ross Street). The balance of,
they . Opening above the • steels - culvert . was
blocked 'with sand bags and the ends
backfilled ; ° in the usual manner. Not
removing the concrete culvert was a
considerable saving with the cost amounting
to $10,090.93, said Yundt in his report.
Bruce , County Road 1 was completely
reconstructed in late August from Ludgard
Street to the Railway .Crossing in Lucknow.
As the . railway line was closed in early
September; the railway enbankment was
removed and the grade' lowered. 'It. will . be
paved in 1984. The cost of the project was
$73,000.
The major construction project of the year
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etween co�ncessions4and 6 w roc h tries=? utlt
° in. 1972, wase completely reconstructed. In
the southerly two: kilometers, two large
multi plate culvertshad to be. installed. The
cost to date, . excluding; land purchases, is
$360,000 and it is to be hard surfaced in
1984.
Total , ' eapendituiles for the roads depart-
ment in 1983 amounted to $3,653,069437 said
Yundt.
As the. -road crews had little to do during
the winter, grey insulated and painted the
garages, repaired the offices and work areas
in addition tocutting 'and removing the usual
number of dead trees,•on the roadsides.
A`hot July and August meant the depart-
ment was able to easily complete all projects
on the 1983 program. Road sections com-
pletely reconstructed totalled a record nine
and one-half miles, the largest amount of
road construction since the development
road days in the mid. 60s.
The program of upgrading the shoulders
and roadsides' continued with all the guide
posts and cable on . Road 3 between Paisley
and Highway 21 being removed and
1400,1P!m elpeatedifta
`k�iilge` P air liktogwas
quite
successful, saidYutrdt. Per ears the'
y county
built bridges and then ignored them. Since
commencing thorough annual ins1ections, it
is evidentthat a program of regular
maintenance along with .rehabilitation as
required, is well worthwhile, commented the
engineer. To protect the county's Investment
in bridges, "itis an absolut4 necessity,"
said. Yundt.
This. year initiated a program of roadside
contouring at locations. prone to • snow
drifting. Funds were available and the fall
was fairly dry. Arrangements were made
with abutting property owners and the top
soil was removed on a SO to 60' strip next to
the "road allowance. Grades were lowered
-and the field sloped to the roadside ditch;
then topsoil was replaced. -
This was done on the west side of the road
at three locations , . north of Tara, also on , s` �`•,:
County Road 3, 1''/9 miles south of Dunkeld 't'
and one-third of a mile north of 'the Eden ' •
Grove Corner. These improvements will
reduce plowing requirements and improve
visibility during snow storms, Yundt told
council.
continue in 1984.
kleotape "Aging in a Rural Environment" premieres
. After more than two years in the works,
he videotape, "Aging in a Rural Environ-
eat" premiered last week to participants at
he Wingharn Day Centre, . for the Horfie-
' ound and' other interested . citizens. -
Several day centre regulars and ' local _
. eniors were interviewed by a team of re-
;` earchers from the University of Guelph for
the video. " TOO reaction among those' who
iewed ' it last Wednesday was favorable,
ith th 'st seniors saying it 'is a, good
reflection. of their way of life.
Lir, Anne Martin -Matthews of the Geron-
tology Research Centre at the University of
Guelph attended the day centre last Tuesday
to show the video and present the findings of
the study.
Unlike their city counterparts, the rural
elderly display a fierce sense of independ-
eflce, said Dr. Martin -Matthews. It is their ,
independence they strive to hang onto,
Nether that means trying to remain in their
own homes as long as .possible or not
accepting any "charity" froin others willing
to help. '
She explained there are two generations of
rural elderly: the recently retired who
provide their own transportation and who
are active; . and those in the 80' and over
category, many of whom %annot .live --alone
any longer. It is the transition from *de-
pendence to dependency which causes the
most hardship for seniors. '
Another problem facing the rural elderly
is transportation. Seniors have a difficult
time'`doing even simple things like going
shopping if they have, no vehicles and their.
independent streak makes them teary to ask
anyone. .•
George Taylor, a Wingham area senior
who appears on the videotape,, called the
transportation system in and amend the
small towns of Southwestern Ontario
atrocious because there is no satisfactory
method of transportation between the small
towns and the largercentres like London,
Kitchener or 'Toronto. .
Loneliness ,affects' a high proportion of
rural elderly as well. Janet Reid, "a Wingham
health nurse, said she often saw cases of
extreme loneliness and depression among
the seniors she visited. But places ' like the
day centre go a long way 'in fighting
loneliness among the rural elderly.
One reasonfor this feeling of aloneness is
that family contacts are infrequent for some
seniors as children leave the rural commun-
ity to 'work in the cities:
But there are advantages to growing old in
a small town setting too, because people
usually do look out for their elderly
neighbours and will check 'on them ' period-
ically. They ' also offer 'them' rides to the
doctor' or to do their shopping.
The elderly are not without humor either.
John McMurchy, 97 of Lucknow; displayed
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an easy style,of wit on the videotape that
would have ade George Burns proud.
With the growing needs and numbers' of
seniors in the rural environment, new
services to seniors have sprung up which
were nonexistent even 10 years ago.
The video praises the development of such
thingsas the seniors' day centre for the
homebound and homemakers groups. These
services allow seniors to remain in their own
homes , longer and remain independent
longer.
It also provides social contact without the
worry of transportation.
Dr. Anthony. Fuller, head of the univer.-
sity's now disbanded Rural. Develpiment
Outreach Program, said the findings of that
group so impressed the federal , government
that it .gave' the university the funds needed
to establish , its new Gerontology Research
Centre.
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