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Times -Advocate, September 21, 1988
TALKING ABOUT CHISEL PLOWS --Cleve Gingerich of CG Farm
Supply at the right talks to.Zurich area farmer Donald Geiger about this
chisel plow. The Zurich farm machinery dealership sponsored a plowing
demonstration Thursday afternoon.
Need to.developag leadership skills?
GUELPH - Are you interested in
developing your leadership skills to
serve the agricultural community?
Organizers -of the Advanced Agri-
cultural Leadership Program
(AALP) are looking for men and
women . with Icadersttip potential
and a.commi.tment to agriculture.
Thirty -such iedividuals will be se- -
Iected from across Ontario as the
next group of AALP participants.
They will begin -the program in
April 1989: • .
Deadline -for application is De
List winners
at Western -Fair
CLINTON - Fred Peel, R.R. 1,
Auburn of.thc Hallricc 4-H Dairy
• Calf Club, was the. Top Senior
Judge at the regional 4-H Judging
Competition . held at the Western
Fair. -
Jennifer ..Heckman, R.R.1, Lucan
of the South Huron 4-11Horse and
Pony Club, placed third in the jun-
ior category.- - -
Onc hundred and ten participants
from eight counties took .part in
this event.. As 'top senior judge,
Fred qualifies to attend the Interna-
tional'4-H Judging Seminar, spon-
sored by Canadian Western Agribi-
tion, held in Regina, November 24-
26.
Nuclear power for peaceful pur-
poses is a viable alternative -to fos-
sil fuels. -
_ Now, watch the peaceniks write
me all -kinds of letters.
Next -to knocking motherhood, a
favorable vote for nuclear power-
brings
owerbrings the protesters: out of the
woodwork. The flower -power chil-
dren.from the 1960s and the middle--
aged hippies who cling to longhair
in spite o(the trend to shorter hair
write a letter to suggest that nuclear
.power is simply not worth -investi-
gating.
I cannot agree with them. This
:corner has been in favour of nuclear
power for 40 years,.ever since Can-
. ada became a nuclear nation with
our first automatic reactor, the Zero
Energy Experimental Pile (ZEEP)
at Chalk River, Ontario.
In spite of bureaucratic and _polio-`
cal blunders, the odd mishap, the
on-going problems at. Douglas
Point, I am of the opinion that the
continued use of fossil fuels -- natu-
ral gas, oil, coal, even wood -- will
cause more problems "than nuclear
power. •
Energy resources arc diminishing.
No one. can "argue that point.
A long-term, alternative is no-
where in sight.
Solar power is simply not in the
same ball park in this country: The
Lanais art appmc,ettd by Bob ',Olive Liaise Rd bm.v Om N3B 2C'
t
only other viable source, water
-power, has just about been exhaust-
ed. We cannot, in other words,
"build" another Niagara Falls, Sci-
entists tell us that there are no other
sources of water power in the prov-
ince.
Canada is rich in uranium. Onta-
rio already draws more than 40 per-
cent of its power from nuclear gen-
erators. The highly -successful"
Pickering generating station is a
model upon which the rest of the
world gazes with envy. And when
the problems are ironed out at
Douglas Point and all generators are
in use, they, too, will he the envy
of other nations short on power. `
Which is a long introduction to
an endorsement of the recently -
tabled Energy Options Advisory
Committee report.
In my humble opinion, it makes
a lot of common sense.
It says: "The nuclear option
should be sustained as a component
of Canada's energy mix," assuming
all the costs arc included and nuclear
power is a competitive choice.
Chernobyl and Three -Mile Island
scared the pants off many people
but the CanDu system is the safest
in the world. We have an excellent
record of operating nuclear plants
in Canada. Ontario has initiated a
Announcement
Cook's Division of Gerbro (1987) Inc.
Frank Catry.
Cook's Division of Gerbro (1987) Inc. is pleased to announce
the appointment of Frank Catry to the position of Agri -Sales
Representative at our Hensall Branch, effective October 1,
1988. •
Frank's present position as Retail Sales Clerk has provided him
with a solid background in fertilizer, seed, chemicals, feed and
other farm•supplies. Frank is a graduate of the University of Wa-
terloo.
This appointment reflects a continuation of Cook's desire to pro-
mote from within the Company, while at the same time, meeting
the needs of_bur customers and supplying up-to-date, useful
crop input information. -
Drop by our Hensall office and discuss your agricultural needs
with Frank.
'Where you
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thorough review of nuclear safety, -
a report which should be ready ear-
ly next spring. "
The damaging environmcntalim-
pact of fossil fuels cannot he
argued. We continue to spew dirt,
chemicals, sulphur- and God -
knows -what into the atmosphere.
We pollute the ionsphere, the at-
mosphere,the earth, the -water,
with a cavalier attitude that should
not continue. - -
Do,not misunderstand me. I am
just as 'concerned as you are about
nuclear mistakes. But it. seems to
me we are going to pollute our-
selves out of existence if we con-
tinue to use fossil fuels the way
we have in thc last 1(X) years... -
The salient point to remember
here is those resources arc finite. If
we continue to use them in thc
next 50 years -as we have in the
past, they will be cxhau tted and we
will be forced to rely on other
sources. .
So the nuclear option deserves a
fair assessment. We should be pur-
suing it with more vigor and more
money.,
As 1 said at the beginning, this
endorsement will rattle the chains
of every anti-nucicar soul who
'reads it.- I will -get more letters than
almost- any other topic generates.
My address, by the way, is 5. El -
dale Dr., Elmira, Ontario N3B
207.
You might convince me other-
wise but l doubt it.
Don't forget
the 1988
International
Plow Match
this week
near. Stratford
•
caliber " 15, 1988. Application
forms will be available at: AALP -
Inforrnation Evening, Wednesday,
October 26, 1988, Clinton Town
Hall, Auditorium, Clinton, 8:00-
10:00 p.m.
AALP is a two-year program de-
signed for individuals in the early
stages of a leadership career, ap-
pioximately 25 to 40 years old.
They can be farmers, employees et
agriculturally -related business or.
other indiViduals committed to'On-
tario agriculture. The program con-
sists of 9 three-day seminars, a two-
week North American travel semi-
nar and an international study travel
experience. Through the program
AALP participants broaden their
horizons and increase their under-
standing of the local, national and
international issues which affect ru-
ral Ontario.
To -find but more about this 'dy-
namic program and the selection
procedure attend the AALP informa-
tion evening or contact AALP Ex-
ecutiNe Director, Patricia Mighton,
Box 103Q, Guelph, Ontario N1.H
6N1 Telephone: (519)-767-3503.
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