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Times -Advocate, July 27, 1988
- PICNIC IN THE PARK - The Exeter. Lioness Club hosted a picnic lunch for the exchange students being host-
ed by the Lions Club. Shown are Lioness Liz Bell, zone chairman and camp counsellor John Siertsema,-Roberto
- Capucchio from Italy, and camp coordinator Dr. Jim Loucks, a member of the St. Marys Lions Club.
Session
wrap-up
By ,Lack Riddell
Mpp Huron
By the•conclusion of Queen's Park's -busy spring session, 38 bills
have been passed and given Royal Assent. .
Included in these bills were several initiatives that underline the
govcmment'-s long term commitment to people -oriented legislation.
Among these initiatives wcrc:
* an extension of protection for Ontario tenants;
* a new first-time homebuyers' savings program through tax cred-
its;
* stronger and more comprehensi.ve protection for injured workers;
* a Northern Heritage Fund that will provide $30 million -annually
for 12 years to support.Northem economic dcvclopmcnt;
*-proposed legislation to allow local governments to regulate Sun-
day retail hours and to provide workers' protection;
* a crackdown on car repair ripoffs:
* new trucking safety laws.
The government also announced major health-care and education
initiatives. . ' -
The government's stated priority to provide new education facilities
for rapidly growing communities was met with a S900 -million,
three-year capital commitment that will support construction of ele-
mentary and secondary schools.
Class sizes in Grades 1 and 2 will be reduced and more classroom
computers will be -provided.
Province -wide there will be an S18 -million expansion and treat,
merit programs for heart and circulatory diseases. In addition, a 57 -
million AIDS public education was launched.
Legislation was also introduced, asserting thc government's ability
to ensure for -Ontario a secure supply of energy resources and water
in the future.
As this session drew to a close, the Legislature endorsed the Meech
Lake Accord, following thc unanimous recommendation of an all:
party committee.
Provincial MPPs arc now involved in work on nine Legislative
• committees, including a Select Committee on Energy -to study Onta-
rio Hydro's Draft Supply -Demand Planning Strategy and a Select
Committcc on Education looking at educational philosophy and•the
organisation of the educational process.
Thc Legislature is scheduled to resume sitting in -October.
CRAFT TiME - Harold Sissons was among the volunteers helping out during the Vacation Bible School held at
Trivitt Memorial Anglican Church. He passes on some tips to Adam Wilts (left), Angie Smibert and Karen Farwell. '
Educational leadership program
The challenges and opportunities power to make changes. Pesticides
facing rural Ontario arc perhaps and- chemicals wcrc other issues
greater now than ever before. Com- brought up.
plcx issues that arise every day in a The Canadian ambassador was in -
modern world are not far away - troduccd and he gave the partici-
they're - on our doorstep. To face
than future lcadcrs must be well ed-
ucated in provincial, national and
international affairs, familiar with
the needs of our society and able to
view changes in rural Ontario with
abroad perspcctivc.
A new leadership dcvclopmcnt
program in Ontario, the Advanced
Agricultural Leadership Program, is
preparing rural leaders for tomor-
row's challenges.
These words, taken from a publi-
cation from the Advanced Agricul-
tural Leatdcrship Program (AALP),
clearly demonstrate what the pro-
gram's objectives arc: to educate ru-
ral lcadcrs.
. Two rural leaders from Scaforth,.
Bryan Vincent and Bill :Wallace,
have been active with the AALP for
the past ycar and a half, and recently
compldted a two week North Amcr-
ican tour which included Washing-
ton DC, Rhode Island, Canada's
pants frank information concerning
the differences between the Canadi-
an and American governments.-- -
The visitors- also saw the World
Bank, and the July 4th celebration
in the U.S. capital in which
$110,000 was spent on fireworks.
Thcy met with the U.S. Farm Bu-
reau, which is the American equiv-
alent of our Federation of Agricul-
ture, and discussed issues faced in
American farming.
And they spent most of a day at
the U.S. Department of Agriculture
where they talked about free trade,
the drought in the U.S. and Canada,
the upcoming election, and farm
subsidies which thc Americans-
want
mericanswant to sec done away with by the
ycar 2000.
- While at the USDA thcy met
someone with a tie to Huron. Thc
secretary of the Senate Agriculture
Committee, Chuck-Ricmenschnei-
dcr, had been an exchange student in
Maritime Provinces and Quebec, this area and stayed ori the farm of
Throughout the tour they met with Con Eckert. .
1 people who make a difference in ag- ' - From Washington the group went
riculturt: marketing organizations, to Flemington, Ncw Jersey to one
farmers' groups, and representatives - of the largest milk processing
from government and business. plants in the U.$. This was of par-
Thc idea behind this program is ocular interest to Mr. Wallace who
to _take 30 individuals who have runs a dairy operation. Thc plant is
shown leadership in rural Ontario in -called -the, Johanna plant and is
the past, and give them skills and owned by John Labatt Limited. It
knowledge which will help them be processes the milk from 2.5 mil -
better leaders in the future.
-This North American tour was de-
signed to help participants develop
an awareness and appreciation. for
agricultural issues in other parts of
Canada and on the other side of the
border. It is also intended to allow efficiency, and small producers arc
the participants thc opportunity to :not as common as they arc in Cana-
mcct agricultural lcadcrs and others
involved in policy and decision
making. it has allowedthe, partici-
pants to meet and exchange ideas
with participants in Agricultural
Leadership Programs in the north-
eastern USA.
"There's a big world beyond the
farm gate," is how Mr. Wallace
sums it all up.
The tour involved the class of 30
individuals who arc currently.
"studcnLs" with AALP, and it began
on a bus bound for Washington.
Washington- Was one of the key
stops on the tour, which: included
lion cows, which is the same
amount as all the cows in Canada
combined.
Mr. Wallace said this showed the
group how farming in the U.S. has
become concentrated in the name of
da.
In Pennsylvania the group saw
another aspect of agriculture in how
the Amish there farm. They will
use a modern baler buttake thcrub-
ber wheels off and put steel ones
on, because they believe the rubber
poisons the land. Then they draw
the baler with a team of mules. •
The group was given a break.
from the bus as they travelled from
Portland, Main to Yarmouth, Nova
Scotia by fcrry. They looked at
farming in the Atlantic provinces,
and met with many of the movers
and shakers in Nova Scotian agri-
3,400 m1 mile-srand.aa-clawipatLa bus., culture. Looking at their problems
There Mr. Wallace and Mr. Vincent
got some first hand information
about the U.S. government.
They mct with an environmental
protection agency and discussed a
variety of issues. Among the larg-
est concerns was acid rain, and the
agency admitted it has very little
many wcrc found to be similar to
those in Ontario - problems such as
the drought and right, to farm legis-
lation.
But there were some differences
between Atlantic and Ontario farm=
ing. In Ncw Brunswick there arc no
municipalities outside of the
LIMBO DANCERS - Cara Gardner and Lisa Campbell put their rope to
unusual use during a skipathon by children enrolled. If1 the summer play-
ground program ih Hensen. .
rime Stoppers
fr rash of thefts and vandalism hit
'-the Village of Hcnsall during the
month of June totaling over 51,800
in items stolen and- damaged.
Crime Stoppers and Criminal
investigators with the OPP in
Exeter are asking your help in solv-
ing these crimes.
Hensall Public School was van-
dalized by unknown persons re-
cently by having roof vents dented,
windows smashed and window
screens slashed. Police say the
school had not been entered.
A Hcnsall man was victimized on
three separate occasions. He has
had a total of three hub caps stolen
from his 1985 Chrysler LeBaron
between lune 3 and June 24. Thc
hub caps arc described as chrome
discs with the Chrysler logo on
them.
Also during this period a Hensall
man had S 1,500 worth of tools sto-
len from the trunk of his parked car.
Thc thieves stole an 18 inch orange
metal toabox containing various
carpentcr,tools, some of which are
engraved with "RRG".
If you have any information
about this or an other serious crime
call CRIME STOPPERS OF
HURON COUNTY toll free at 1-
800-265-1777. Your call will not
bc recorded or traced and your ano-
nymity is guaranteed. if an arrest is
made you could earn a cash reward
of up to 51,000. You will not have
to identify yourself .or testify in
court.
Remember, • crime doesn't pay
but CRiME STOPPERS docs.
1
•
PRESENTS AWARD - Mayor Bruce Shaw presents a plaque to Larry
Mason who recently resigned afer 11 years on the Exeter public works de-
partment.
towns, so there -are no townships to
bring farmers together. Prince Ed-
ward island is like another. world
compared to Ontario, and there has
-been a lot of rain and the crops -
looked great.
In Charlottetown they visited the
new Atlantic Veterinary College. In
New Brunswick they toured a tree
nursery, and saw a pulp mill which
pumps pulp through pipes under
the St: Lawrence river and directly
into the United States to avoid pay-
ing a duty by trucking it over the
border.
Two days wcrc spent in Quebec,
and the group met with the Assist--
ant
ssist-ant Deputy Minister of Agriculture:
It was found that farming in Que-
bec was similar to farming in Onta-
rio, except their system of subsidy
payments is based upon 90 percent
of the wage of a skilled worker in
the same area as the farmer.
In general the tour taught Mr.
Vincent and Mr. Wallace a lot
about fields and industries -which re-
late to agriculture.
"We have to he cognizant of the,
fact
he-
fact that what we do in -agriculture
affects other industries," says Mr.
Wallace, adding the course helps to
put agriculture. in perspcctivc to
other industries.
-The Advanced Agricultural Lead-
ership Program is often misunder-
stood by the general- public, who
think its purpose is to teach people
how to farm better. - •
But-thc-rca1-purpose-of 4-ho-pro-
gram
the::pro=gram is to make sure rural Ontario
has strong lcadcrs. . •
"It's to make sure agriculture has
an effective voice in the future. Bee -
cause -we're a dwindling percentage-
of
ercentageof the population we need strong
leadership," explains Mr. Vincent.
People arc nominated for thc pro-
gram - based on past agricultural -
leadership - by groups such as the
Fcdcration of Agriculture, and they
go through applications and inter-
views before 30 are finally selected
from the province. They. go
through a two year program which
involves 10 three day seminars and
two tours.
The current group, the second in
Ontario's history, has 'one more
tour to go. They will be spending
two weeks in Brazil. There they
will Will about agriculture and so-
ciety in goncral. Topics like the
contrast between the very rich and
the very poor will be looked at,
how world aid affects the economy
"t11` 7iCVZttiping e.otmtry, antl-116 • -, aplen. Loftus
them opportunities to use those
abilities," says Mr. Vincent.
Both the local agriculturalists
'who are taking the course say it im-
proves communication: gives
knowledge of other industries, busi-.
ness and politics; and creates con-
tacts with other agricultural leaders. -
"You :sec things you wouldn't
take time to see otherwise" says
Mr.•Wallace. All this will hopeful-
ly make them more effective in ag-
ricultural activities.
Asked if he feels if the course -is
time and money :well spent Mr.
Wallace responds with: "It's thc
chance of a lifetime," adding he has
made 25 friends and acquaintances
just in .the group of participants
aline. -
Those who take ,the course are
generally between the ages of 25
and 40 with demonstrated leadership
abilities. The course is sponsored
by the Agriculture Leadership Trust
for about 75 percent of the expens-
es, but the participants arc also re-• -
q,uired to pay for $2,5(X) of their
own expenses. More applicants for
the course will he -received in the
fall, and anyone- interested can con-
tact -Bryan Vincent or Bill Wallace.
Golden Glimpses
ZURiCII - This seemed to be
busy weekend in the area and some
of the r-esidents-wcrc able to attend
the local fair, either by the Honie
bus or by families.
Monday mornings arc Occupied
by discussing current events and
having Bible readings for all who
wish to participate. • •
-
Cookie -baking day has been
changed to Tuesdays so that Wcd-
nesday's time can he concentrated
on. the- games planned -afternoons.
and evenings. - '
We still have many residents
working in the hobby shop after- .
neons, even though the weather
may he. warm. On 'Thursday after-
noon a bus -load of residents escort-
ed by Nlarc Chalut enjoyed a trip to
Port Franks and were amazed at
what appeared to be a carpet of peo-
ple on the beach.
Residents out during the week
were ?1rs. Alice Fcrg, .Francis
Dunn, Magdalene Jantti, Emilie
Miller, Ruth Warner, Mary Gerber.
Violet • lluntley, Genevieve Du -
charm, Matilda Bassow. Jean Lc -
to avoid disrupting crop valdcs and
disrupting the economy.
Mr. Wallace admits it is unrealis-
tic to expect 30 great lcadcrs-will
cmcrgc as a result of this program.
Somc will bc better lcadcrs in their
home town, others won't bc affect-
ed, and some may become lcadcrs
on a national scale.
"But the course should provide a
broader perspcctivc for people who
have leadership abilities, and give
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Thc Sunday evening chapel ser-
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