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Times -Advocate, December 4, 1985
AT THE MIKE - Earl Wagner, manager of the Hensall and District
Co-operative, answers members' questions at the Co-op's annual
meeting. Looking on is Bill De Jong, president of the board of
directors.
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By Jack Riddell MPP
Consumer and Commercial Rela-
tions Minister Monte Kwinter has
ordered a judicial inquiry to look in-
to the handling of wine contaminated
with a suspected cancer-causing
agent. Recently, the Ontario govern-
ment pulled a total of 13 brands of
ports, sherries and fruit brandies., --
eight Ontario products and 5 imported
brands -- from LCBO shelves. These
• products were foulpd to contain unac-
ceptably high levels of the chemical
ethyl carbamate.
Mr. Kwinter stated that the LCBO
was first warned of this situation Pi
1979. The high levels were produced
through the use of a yeast booster
called urea, which produces ethyl car-
bamate as a by of fermenta-
-tion. At this time, the LCBO decided
to prohibit the- use of urea, but no
public statement was made.
In 1982; the matter rose again at the
LCBO identifying the concern about
continuing high levels of ethyl car-
bamate. Again there was no public
statement and no product was
removed.
At the direction of Mr. Kwinter, the
LCBO is now testing samples of all
2,500 brands of alcoholic beverages
sold until they are statisfied they have
identified all products containing ex-
cessive levels of ethyl carbamate.
Two of the products now removed
from LOBO shelves were identified by
. this testing, after Mr. Kwinter made
his- announcement.
Drinking and driving
In 1984, more than 500"people were
killed and 27,000 people were injured
in Ontario accidents where alcohol
was a factor. The cost to taxpayers
has been estimated at more than 200,
million dollars. These statistics,
however. do not begin to take into act
count the suffering they represent for
thousands of families. Two recent an-
nouncements have demonstrated the
Liberal government's intention to
crack down on those who drink and
drive.
Attorney General Ian Scott has
stated the government will establish
9ac/ 09ottingi
a one-year automatic driving suspen-
sion for a first drinking/driving con -
tion and a two year suspension for a
second conviction. These suspensions
are four times longer than those cur-
rently provided for by law.
One of the key aims of- the photo
driver licencing program announced
recently by Transportation and com-
munications Minister Ed Fulton was
to make it easier to' apprehend
suspended drivers who continue to
drive with someone else's licence.
Now, Mr. Fulton.. has stated the
Liberal government will create a one-
' year suspension for a first conviction
of driving while prohibited or
suspended. A second or subsequent
conviction on the same charge would
carry a two year suspension.
In his announcement, Mr. Fulton
also stated his ministry is prepared
to deal seriously with a chronic drink-
ing
rinking driver. Drivers who history sug-
gests a problem with alcohol, or any
other patterns of behaviour which
pose a serious risk to others on the
road will be subject to suspension for
an indefinite period.
As well, information on the hazards
of drinking and driving will be in-
creased substantially in the Ontario
Driver's Hand¢ook and the written
driver's examination. The goal, as
Mr. Fulton explained, is to reinforce
the message that alcohol acid motor
vehicles are a deadly combination.
Farmers in transition •
Farm families in Ontario are fac-
ing problems of low commodity
prices and'high input costs, with the
result that several hundred families
are expected to lose their farms this
year. For this reason, Agriculture and
Food Minister Jack Riddell has in-
troduced the Farmers in Transition of
FIT program. FIT is a 6 million dollar
program designed to help farm
imbibes with severe financial pro-
blems. Through FIT, the Liberal
government hopes to curb the loss of
family farms. Where this can't be
done, the program will assist farm
families to re-establish.
One of the first steps will be to tem-
porarily defer action against farmers
in trouble under 3 provincial
assistance plans. Other FIT measures
include the hiring of successful
farmers to act as independent ad-
visors working in the interest of the
farmers; financial assistance during
the period of job search for farm
families who are forced off their
farms by financial difficulties and ad-
vice on bow best to use provincial and
federal social assistance programs.
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Hensall Co-op manager Earl
Wagner blamed difficult economic'
times, overcapacity of area facilities
and heavy depreciation as part of the
reason for a plunge in net savings
from more than half a million dollars
on over $40 million sales and service
revenue in fiscal 1984 to $66,975,,on
revenue of $35,485,458 in fiscal 1985.
He told 350 members ana spouses
gathered in the Hensall Community
Centre for the 48th annual meeting of
the Hensel! District Cooperative Cen-
tre for the 48th annual meeting of the
Hensall District Co-operative that
agriculture is suffering from AIDS -
agriculture income deficiency syn-
drome - and added not just farmers
but '•a lot of others in the game are
hurting".
As profits were insufficient for a
s meaningful dividend, no partonage
dividend was declared. Instead, the
savings will be applied to the general
reserve. which now stands at $914,000.
The announcement by Bill DeJong,
president of the board of directors.
that Hensall Co-op intends to submit
separate tenders for the Seaforth and
London facilities of the bankrupt On-
tario Bean Growers Association drew
some opposition. Clarence Rpu spoke
up to say he thought the Hensall Co-
op was big enough: it should stay the
size it is and return money back to the
farmers. Paul Klopp wanted a
general meeting called before a finan-
cialcommitment was made.
De Jong explained that Hensall has
been renting the Seaforth facility
since September 17, and received a
good icolume of white and coloured -
beans and corn. He pointed out that
the Highbury facility, though in a poor
location, had a 300,000 bushel concrete
storage capacity, offering excellent
receiving and processing capability
for coloured beans. He said private
enterprise now markets 90 percent of
Ontario's white bean crop. The con-
templated purchases would bring co-
operatives' share to 20 percent.
Bill Wallace got to his feet to say
Seaforth had the highest retail sales
of any branch this year, and increas-
ing the facilities at that location would
match the commitment Seaforth has
shown to the Hensall Co-op ( since
becoming part of that organization
just over a year ago).
Murray Connolly defended the
directors' right to make decisions, as
they were elected to represent the'
members, adding any member is free
to run for a position on the board.
De Jong promised that three
criteria will be the determining fac-
tors of any offer to purchase: the level
of delivery volumes, the amount of
equity funding invested by pur-
chasers of member loans, and the
projected financial viability of each
location. He assured those present
nothing will be done that would
jeopardize the position of the Hensall
Co-op. -
. Members were invited to a meeting
this Thursday at 8:00 p.m. in the
Seaforth Community Centre to
discuss the Seaforth purchase, and
another at the Howard Johnson Motel
in London on December 9 at 2:00 p.m.
to discuss tendering for the London
facility.
A new bylaw was passed allowing
• the Hensall Co-op to borrow money
from members either withoutinterest
or with interest at a rate determined
by the directors. A resolution was
passed changing the interest rate on
mandatory member loans from 1010
five percent annually, effective
December 1, 1985. Interest bonuses
will be paid on these loans in pro-
fitable years. The drop will increase
members' equity by saving $20,000 on
the present loan total of $400,000. If
Mary's Musings
We woke up this morning to find a
blanket of snow covering everything.
I.guess that means that summer is
definitely over.
I love summer. I hate winter. I'm
the eternal optimist. I keep hoping
we'll have another warm spell. All
fall, I cling to the hope that summer
will return, even for a day or two. But
once the snow flies, even the true op-
timisthas to abandon hope.
Now that the snow is here, I' have
to do all the chores I've been putting
off all fall. Unfortunately, they are
chores that would have been much
easier, if things weren't covered in
snow.
_For example. I guess it really is
time to put away the lawn chairs. A
couple of .months ago I told my hus-
band, "No, we won't put them away
yet, there might be some warm days,
and I'll want to sit outside", There
were no warm days after that.
I guess I might as well throw out the
hanging plants and save the baskets
for next summer. All fall, I kept say-
ing to myself"I'll just trim up those
plants, take off the frozenparts, and
they'll look nice for a while yet." I
never got around to trimming them
and now there's no saving them at all.
I might as well 'pull up all those
dead marigolds in the flower bed. And
we really should rake up all those
dead leaves. But I kept putting off
those chores,'hoping for a nice sunny
day to do them.
A few months ago, my husband
wanted to put the boat in storage and
bring in the dock. "Not yet," I said,
"We could have a few more1warm
Sunday afternoons and we'll want to
go for boat rides." But it rained near-
ly every weekend, and now the boat
sits in the driveway and the dock is
stillin the river.
Mate winter. I hate shovelling
show and scraping windshields. 1 hate
wearing gloves and boots. I hate hav-
ing to give up all the good things in life
- like swimming. water skiing and sit-
ting in the sun.
I continued to curse winter, as I
dressed my 10 month old daughter for
going outside. First the long heavy
snowpants, and then the bulky coat.
Next the wool bonnet, and trying to
pull the hood over that. Then extra
socks, and the boots, still way too big,
of coursL. Then the struggle to put on
the little mittens. And all this time.
Chelsey wiggling and whining, unac-
customed to all the extra clothes. I
continued my grumbling, thinking it
was going to take an extra half hour
to go anywhere. putting all these
clothes on my daugther.
Then we went outside. Chelsey look -
The readers write
To ' whom it may concern.
If the -person( s ) who took the lights
out of the tree on our front lawn is that
desperate in need of these bulbs.
would you please come to my door so
I can give you the moneyto buy bulbs
instead of you taking them.
After spending money on new and
replacement bulbs and a days work.
to see some happy faces, it is very sad
to discover the next morning some
person) s I has not very ri7uch
Christmas Spirit.
!tarry DeVries
Auto salesman to customer: "And
under our extended credit plan the
payments never become a .burden.
They merely become a habit."
By Mary Alderson_,
ed around, delighted. She turned her
face to the sky, and laughed out loud
when the snow touched he: skin. She
reached out a mittened hand and tried
to catch the falling snow, giggling all
the time. She looked around again,
and clapped mitten -covered hands,
thrilled with what she saw. I decided
that maybe winter won't be so bad
this year, after all.
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that increases to $600,000, the annual
saving would be $30,000.
The board aims for an equity goal
• of between 35 and 40 percent within
five years. Member equity as of July
31 stood at 20.8 percent.
Wagner said if Hensall Co-op is suc-
cessful in the future, he hopes to see
interest bonuses up to 13 percent,
noting the board has good intentions
if business is profitable. He said with
the Co-op already four months into the
1986 fiscal year, and customer sup-
port and sales excellent, the outlook
for 1986 is optimistic.
Wagner expects the Zurich branch
may end up with a small profit for the
first time in many -years. The propane
department shows a paper loss, and
the fertilizer division should break
even, he said.
De Jong and vice president Glen
Thiel were unopposed in their bids for
further three-year terms.
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