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Money
stolen
at smash
and grab
at New
Orleans
Pizza
An undisclosed
amount of money was
stolen from New
Oyleans Pizza in
Seaforth during a
smash and grab
sometime during the
night of June 26,
reports the Huron
OPP.
Thieves smashed
their way into the
restaurant, stole
money from the till
and fled.
Anyone with related
information is asked to
call the Huron OPP or
Crime Stoppers at 1-
800-222-8477. (1 -800-
222 -TIPS).
New management...
Ottavio Ruccolo reveals
his plans for the
Queen's Inn and Spa...
pg. 16
A tasty Canada Day
Greg Huard, a Kindergarten student at St. James enjoys an ice cream sundae at the
school's Canada Day picnic at Victoria Park on the last day of school Thursday.
Susan Huriee'rtmark photo
Seaforth part of project to
reintroduce chestnut trees
Susan H u n d e r t m a r k
An endangered tree that was
prevalent throughout Southwestern
Ontario until a blight killed it off in
the early 1900s - the American
Chestnut - is being planted in the area
in hopes of reintroducing the species.
Larry Dolmage, a member of the
National Wild Turkey Federation
(NWTF), says he's asked two Seaforth-
area landowners to plant four
chestnut trees each, all from different
nurseries, in hopes of creating a hardy
breed that will survive in Ontario.
The joint project of the NWTF, the
Canadian Chestnut Council and the
Ministry of Natural Resources is
sharing chestnut seedlings from
mature trees in Ontario that have not
succumbed to the blight.
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Steckle
unsurprised by
results of last
week's ag
policy talks
Huron -Bruce MP Paul Steckle says
there are few surprises in a report
tabled on Agricultural Policy
Framework II talks.
"We're hearing the same stories,"
says Steckle, who notes as a former
chairman of the committee, one of the
few things that stands out is the
number of gray-haired farmers.
Of the 36 recommendations spelled
out in the report, there are a couple
worthy of note.
The first is No. 12, which recognizes
the dominance of the grocery -store,
chains, specifically the two big ones —
Sobeys and Laidlaws — and that they
are benefitting the most from the
fruits of farmers' labour.
"We need some new teeth in the
Competition Act," says Steckle.
A type of food tax, which is
something Steckle himself proposed a
few years ago, also worked its way
onto the table.
Steckle says it is somewhat ironic
the tax, though given the name `eco',
worked its way into the dialogue since
he was "laughed at" when he brought
it up at past public venues.
The veteran Huron-Bruce,MP, who is
serving his last term in federal
politics, says agriculture should be
receiving more attention than it is
from the federal government since the
nation's food supply should rank Jigh
in importance.
One major step in the right direction,
says Steckle, is for the federal
government to completely take the
reins of administering ag programs
since, as it stands, each of Canada's 10
provinces have independent ag policies
and then there are the federal ones.
"This is not going to work," he says,
noting the United States has only the
Department of Agriculture for farmers
to deal .with.
See STECKLE, Page 18