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A Tradition Of Results
THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 2004. PAGE 7
WI holds final winter potluck luncheon
The final WI potluck lunch for the
winter, held at the Belgrave WI Hall
was attended by 30 adults and two
children.
Jack Marks was presented with a
cake decorated with lighted candles
and everyone sang Happy Birthday.
Audrey Fenton called on Dorothy
Coultes and Jane Van Camp to
present a program on gardening.
Mrs. Coultes read a poem, Daffodils,
which was familiar to many as a
piece of memory work from public
school days.
Mrs. Van Camp spoke on lawn
care, touching on using aeration to
let moisture into hard soil and
different ways of getting rid of
weeds. For this area it is best to
fertilize the lawn early in the spring
and again in the fall if necessary.
There are many plants that can be
used as a groundcover in places
where grass doesn't grow or where
grass isn't wanted. She also
explained different types of soil for
flower beds and planters including
potting soil, a three-way mix and
pre-fertilized soil. Outdoor potted
plants should be fertilized every two
weeks.
A pot of daffodils was given to
four people who were sitting in the
designated chairs — Ross Taylor,
Isabelle Craig, Mary Hunter and Ivy
Cloakey.
There is a change in date for two
of the caterings during the summer.
The April annual meeting will
feature six winners of the public
speaking at EWPS, beginning with a
potluck meal at 6:30 p.m. on April
20. FROM BELGRAVE
The community extends
congratulations to Brian and Alison
Wightman on the birth of Olivia
Florence who arrived March 9. Proud
grandparents are Bill and Muriel
Coultes and Norman and Florence
Wightman.
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Playground donation
The Belgrave playground will soon be enjoyed by all, as another generous donation was made
on March 16, towards the purchase of new playground equipment. Tom Cameron, middle,
president of the Belgrave and District Optimist club presented a $1,670 cheque for the
equipment to Jo Schurter, Optimist member and secretary of the Belgrave Park Enhancement
Committee and Jennie Hopper, also an Optimist member and treasurer of the park committee.
(Elyse DeBruyn photo)
Letter to the editor
THE EDITOR,
My first 18 years were lived near
Dungannon. I have been involved in
agriculture all of my life. For me,
working in the agriculture industry is
a labour of love. We are the
caretakers of the land and animals,
and are responsible for providing our
nation with the best quality of food
in the world.
The way I see it, with all that is
going on in the world today, our way
of life is on the verge of extinction. I
am a cattleman by trade so I see
firsthand the fallout of BSE. It is a
depressing thing to watch the news
at night and see all the hungry
people in the poor and war-torn
countries, then I see the price of
Canadian grain, beef and pork.
Well, here is my proposal. I feel
Canada should stop sending foreign
aid in cash form to these needy
countries. We have been trying this
approach for the past numerous
years and it is not working. I feel that
this money would be better spent if
we made the product (food to feed
the hungry) here at home so we
know where the money is being
spent and it would put more
Canadians back to work, which is
needed.
This would have to be run like a
business and the profit would be in
the savings to the nation. It would be
a fair chore to manage but far from
impossible.
Examples of what I mean are as
follows:
1. Canadian cull cattle overload.
The government could pay 50 cents
per pound to the farmer, perhaps one
half in cash and one half in a tax
write-off which is deferred for up to
a year so it 'can be used by the
farmer, then pay to have the cattle
slaughtered in each province. Put the
hanging beef on reefers and truck it
to the empty canneries in Eastern
Canada to be de-boned and canned.
Then it could be shipped to wherever
it is needed without the added risk
that if it were money that was sent to
the.poorer nations, it could be taken
by the ruling government (or
dictator) and spent for military
power.
With food being shipped it would
seem that it is more likely that it
would get to the people to which it is
intended. (The same could be done
for cull hogs).
2. Instead of shipping raw cereal
grains and corn to these nations
where there are corrupt war lord
governments, we should take and
process the grains into food products
here at home and create more jobs
for Canadians. Then the food could
be sent as humanitarian aid to the
needy countries.
To ensure this food gets to where it
is needed unmolested, our armed
services could take over the
distribution of such aid instead of
where they are now placed in harm's
way trying to keep the peace.
It is believed that people with full
stomachs would be less likely to
cause problems that needed a
military presence. If a person is
always hungry and spends all their
time and energy trying to exist they
have no opportunity to better
themselves. By doing this Canada
would win the respect of all the free
world and would give our armed
forces an honourable role that
everyone could take pride in.
To myself and my friends across
Canada whom all feel this would
help Canada as well as the world:
1. This plan would help to bring
Canadians, both east and west
together.
2. This would help create jobs and
better the standard of living in some
of the provinces which seem to
consistently have unemployment
problems.
3. Canada would save money in
the long run. What we budget for
foreign aid would help cut El and
welfare and could very easily help
save our great nation from economic
disaster.
What is proposed is not a political
tactic. I am disappointed by
governments in which no one will
consider a good idea because the
person who thinks of it is in the
opposition party. If all votes in the
House could be free votes
(especially for issues which will
benefit all Canadians) our Members
of Parliament could better represent
the people who voted for them.
Perhaps we should work on a five-
year term system even if the party in
power loses the free vote.
I would appreciate any responses.
Yours truly,
Jack Chisholm
Writer tells the way he sees it