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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1986-11-26, Page 2Pogo 2 Times -Advocate, November 26, 1956 Co -Op Members and patrons of the Exeter District Co -Operative attending Fri- day's annual banquet and meeting at the South Huron Rec Centre learned of a reasonably successful year. The board of directors' report read by Harvey Hodgins indicated net sav- ings for the year of $47,000 on total sales of 69,125,827. That's an increase in sales from 1965 of 61,885,602. ' ro- Ailsa Craig operation helps sales increase s.1. show jump; profits take dip fits a year earlier were 167,031, • Hodgins said the board is especial- ly grateful for the strong sales stip- port shown for the new Alba Craig branch which joined the Exeter operation during the past 12 months. Capital expenditures totalled over 1150,000 and included new fertilizer blending and application equipment for Exeter and Alba Craig, a new feed truck and a computerized ter-. tWter recornmendalion end farinulal- • tion package. ' ,,.,,iinu reviewing the financial , gbneral manager Ed Rodenberg pointed out sales have jumped to this • year's high from a figure of 85.8 million in 1942, On the inane side of the ledger, The CQ -Op gas bar grossed 81,071,000 , during 1946. A year earlier the figure was 1766,000. Also in comparison OPP* TO THE TOP OF THE WORLD — Well known Canadian naturalist and photographer Janet Foster was at the Exeter Library Monday night presenting a lecture and slide presentation on her experiences in the high Arctic. Above, she autographs a book for Ken and Kara Farwell. At the right is Exeter library branch. supervisor Helen Hodgins. T -A photo Help for crop losses Continued from front page may not be enough to keep some in business. Soudant explained his crop disaster committee had asked that the govern ment guarantee operating loans for farmers. Bev Hill, Varna, chairman of an ad hoc committee established through the Huron Federation of Agriculture to tackle the crop damage situation, said he wouldn't feel comfortable commenting on Riddell's announce- ment because he didn't know enough about the details. However, he said that for bean farmers, the interest rate assistance couldybe a pretty significant help and noted,that many of them had lost over 11 30 percent of their crop. He said that he feared the assistance may not be enough for some vegetable growers who ex- perienced mommoth devastation of their crops. Hill acknowledged that the crop situation had turned around significantly in Huron and the ex- pected disaster over crop losses had not materialized to the extent feared originally. More white beans than anticipated were harvested and prices have soared. He reported seeing a white bean cro ,being harvested in the Port Elgin area on Monday and said it was one of the best fields of beans he had ever seen. Guelph announces ten new awards Grade 13 students in Huron County will have an opportunity to win the University of Guelph's most prestigious undergraduate awards. The 10 new President's Scholarships, worth $16,000 each ($4,000 a year for an honors program), will first be awarded for the 1987 academic year, President B.C. Matthews announced this week. The awards recognize exceptional leadership qualities as well as good marks, the president says. "These are the people who will make signifi- cant contributions in their chosen careers and in the lives of their communities. Students currently in Grade 13 in high schools in Huron County will be eligible for the awards. School prin- cipals have been asked to make the nominations. The University of Guelph has always recognized the importance of social responsibility and intellect combined. The Winegard Medal, the university's top graduating award, has requirements similar to the new President's Scholarships. Dr. John Root, a recent PhD graduate of Guelph now working in neutron and solid state physics at Atomic Energy of Canada's Chalk River Nuclear Laboratory, was the Winegard medalist in 1981. "It says something about the character of the institution," he says, "that it wants to turn out a well-rounded person who can contribute to the community." Huron teachers, students or prin- cipals who would like further infor- mation on the President's Scholar- ships or any other University of Guelph awards, should contact the Assistant Registrar, Awards, 519-824-4120. Exy. 8796. . Strike site Continued from front page lot toward the plant. According to another union spokesman they are prepared to stay around the clock and are serious about their jobs and job security,. They want their jobs to stay at Huron Park or get first choice at jobs 'in another locatign if company opera- tions should move. . • He went on to say that the overall economic problggm for farmers is. ever bigger thafl the weather situa- tion earlier this fall as corn and soy- bean growers are facing their lowest commodity prices in the past 13 years. "Agriculture is hurting," he said, adding that now that the.harvest is completed, it will free up some time for members _Qf his committee to study Riddell's announcetnent and ' other' courses of action to help farmers over their present woes. -,In his announcement, Riddell ex- plained that the benefits for those who suffered crop losses will not be af- fected by crop insurance coverage. Participation in the crop insurance scheme will not be a factor in deciding who's eligible, or establishing the amount of assistance. "And speaking of crop insurance, I should make it crystal clear that the government strongly backs this con- cept", he noted, adding that he is still open to any and all suggestions from farmers for improvements to crop insurance. He also announced further enhancements for the OFFIRR pro- gram which is expected to bring dividends for another18,000 farmers. "Even established producers need some support to bridge this unusual- ly difficult period," he said in reference to poor commodity prices. OFFIRR Plus raises the limit on the amount of farm debt eligible for interest rate reduction by $100,000, taking it to a new ceiling of $360,000. The program will be opened up. to more farmers through an increase in the net worth level at which benefits begin to reduce. The new level will be $750,000, up from the previous net worth maximum of 6500,000. There will still be reduced levels of assistance available for those whose net worth is over this limit. "The family farm is the pillar that supports the whole multi -billion - dollar structure of Ontario's agriculture and food industry," Rid- dell told the OFA. "And, as for me and the government i represent, we're here to see that pillar keeps on standing proud and strong." AUTHOR VISITS PRECIOUS BLOOD — Canadian children's author Bill Freeman, who is a native of Lon- don, Ontario was a guest at Precious Blood Separate School, Monday. Here he ishown with students Ann Marie Mittelholtz, Steve Rondeau, Giselle Charrette and Chris Phillips. T -A photo direct expenses which include wages have risen to 1992,000 from 8789,000 for the previous year. Rodenberg continued, "To limit in- terest and bad debt expenses we have spent a considerable amount of time controlling inventories and accounts receivable. A new credit policy was approved by the board in August. Despite increased use of funds to finance inventories and accounts receivable we were able to limit in- terest costs at very close to last year's level. For the first time in many years, a number of questions were posed by Co -Op members. Paul ' Passmore questioned the patronage situation and suggested it should be based on purchases of all commodities. Newly elected director Gerry Nordemann of the Ailsa Craig area said he was perturbed by the present system where a member must pay in- come tax pn the patronage declara- tion, but he may not receive it for 10 years. Bill Deyell of UCO member sales division said, "There is no easy way. This is one way of investing in your own business. Members must own some of the business. Right now in Exeter member's' equity is 47.9 percent. At an earlier directors meeting, a patronage dividend of one and one half percent was declared on pur- chases of fertilizer, seed and agricultural chemicals this year. Hugh Rundle asked about the clos- ing of the feed mill and was told by Rodenberg, "There are several issues here. We are not closing the feed mill, only the grinding portion of it, We have to look at numbers. In the past three years, grinding tonnage has declined by 30 percent because of on- farm grinding and pellet manufactur- ing. Volume is down and costs lap. That part was a drain on Co -Op finances." In nomination for board of direc- tors, three were elected by acclama- tion. Wayne Ratz and Harvey Hodgins were returned for another three year term and Gerry Nordemann replaces Ross Ballantyne who was not eligible for re-election. Other members of the board are president Wayne Rowe, secretary Cliff Hicks, Alan Powe, Wayne Shap - ton, Jim Windsor and Hans Brand. Bob Down of the Exeter area who has been a UCO zone 11 director for the past 12. years brought good news in his annual report. Down said, "I am happy to an- nounce continuing good fortunes of the United Co -Operatives of Ontario. Our sales were 6488 million this year. 'That's an increase of 66 million from a year ago with profits in excess of $4 million. That's higher than we pli He continued, "With six million dollars in member equity, I'm quite convinced our fortunes will continue to improve. Our livestock yards more than broke even this year. We were able tolitay even in fertilizer business during a tough agricultural year with the economy and the weather. Ontario's Agriculture Minister Jack Riddell spoke briefly to the Co -Op group, only hours after arriving back from the First Ministers Conference in British Columbia. Riddell said Ontario was the only province to oppose the lumber tariff deal with the United States. He said premier Peterson and his cabinet were afraid it would be turning over pricing policies to the United States. Riddell added, "If we allow this to happen to lumber what's stopping the same thing from «happening with uranium, potash, hydro electric power, etc." On the subject of agriculture Rid- dell said, "We are in for a very challenging year ahead. I would hope by the year 1990 some common sense can prevail in smoothing out a way of looking after food surpluses. The United States government now sup- plies about $50 billion annually to agriculture and 50 percent of this is through subsidies. In Erlrope the sub- sidy percentage is about 70 percent while in Ontario our farmers' get about 12 'percent in subsidies. Winners in a prize draw were Ray Cann, Theresa McCann, Don McIn- tyre, Fred Miller and Paul Greb. Area acting team on London stage By Paulette Rothbauer Fool for Love, a play written by Sam Shepherd, is an intense glimpse into the lives of a modern day cowboy and his half-sister. But, more impor- tantly, it illustrates the delicate balance between love and hate; and the conflict between need and desire. The play is currently running at the McManus Theatre in London and features three, former SHDHS students and a teacher. It is presented by the Epiphany players, of Stratford's Epiphany theatre. Paul Cooper is cast as the cowboy,'Eddie.; Pat Quigley plays op- posite him as May, his half-sister. Tony Kyle is the Old Man (their father) and Sean Walden portrays the character of Martin (May's date for the evening). The play opens curtained with ten- sion. The raw and violent energy coursing between May and Eddie spills out over the audience. The sparse stage setting becomes the on- ly place in the world. -The actors begin to weave Shepherd's story, with all the twists of gruelling endurance course. It soon becomes evident that May and Eddie are the competitors and that neither one will win the race. - They couldn't overcome the hardest obstacle - their incestuous obsession with each other. It is important to realize the role of the Old Man. He exists -only in his children's minds. He provides ex- planations for things the audience doesn't understand. However, Tony Kyle's robes the Old Man allows the audience to realize that the spirit of the father is very much alive in both of his children. At the beginning of the play, one can sympathize with him but, towards the end, all the blame is laid on his shoulders, with a vengeance, for ruining his families' lives. Martin, played by Sean Walden, is introduced to the play at a very timely point. The violent tension is building between May and Eddie, the atldience has been entranced by their intense conflict. Sean Walden's bumbling character provides a kind of perverse comic relief. Perverse because although the audience laughs, nothing truly funny has occurred. The result is a guilty, nervous humour. Eddie uses Martin to torment May, but he also uses him to open up to the audience; for the first time, one can almost feel sympathy for this tough cowboy. May uses Martin as a desperate attempt to break with Ed- die but, to no avail. The two men are directly compared and unfortunately, Martin loses out. Both, Paul Cooper and Pat Quigley are effective and successive in forc- ing the audience to recognize what two people must endure if caught in an unbalanced relationship: the brief, but profound joy and love, the humiliation, frustation and anger. The actors chose to present a play that offers an alternative to glossed - over fairy-tales; they are relentless in their effort to portray the harsh realism of everyday Life with every- day people. The play will be running it Novemberel9"`Tit" the s Theatre. For ticket informatio ll the Grand Theatre Box Officio: ` 672-8800 or 1-800-265-1241. A CO-OPERATIVE TALK — Shown talking following Friday's annual meeting of the Exeter District Co- operative are UCO member sales division Bill Deyell, Exeter president Wayne Rowe, Exeter general manager Ed Rodenberg and UCO Zone 11 director Bob Down. T -A photo Pays penculty of °275 for fourth liquor fine An area man convicted for the fourth time of having open liquor in his vehicle was assessed the stiffest fine levied by. Justice of the Peace Douglas Wedlake in Exeter court, Tuesday. Dennis G. Eisenschink, RR 1 Hay, pleaded guilty to the charge and was fined $275. He was given 60 days in which to pay. The accused was stopped in Hay Township on October 25 and had a part bottle of beer and seven full bot- tles in the vehicle. He had previous convictions in Oc- tober 1985 and again in March and Ju- ly of the current year. Linda M. Jones, 131 Kensington Crescent, Huron Park, was fined $150.75 after pleading guilty to a charge of failing to remain at the scene of an accident. She was involved in a single vehi- cle accident in Huron Park on -Oc- tober 26 and her vehicle vSas being towed away when police arrived at the scene, almost an hour after the in- cident which occurred at 1:55 a.m. INCLUDES BOOK This week's T -A has an added bonus the third annual Christmas Song Book. As well as being included with every newspaper a limited number of books are available at the sponsors: Swartmart Fashions, Drysdale Ap- ' pliances, Hensel) District Co -Op and The Christmas Place in Grand Bend. Her vehicle struck a large concrete culvert and damage was set at 62,000. The woman admitted that she had been drinking prior to the accident. A fine of $114 was levied against Bernard A. MacLellan, Brucefield, after he was convicted on a charge of speeding at a rate of 109 in a 60 km. zone on September 18 at 2:30 a.m. Stephen okay an extension Stephen township council has given a one year extension to a draft plan of subdivision in the police village of Dashwood to developer Case Van Raay. Three tile drain loan applications amounting to $24,000 wereapproved. Drainage commissioner Ken Pickering was instructed to repair a portion of the Isaac municipal drain as requested by Joe Kaak. A resolution from the city of St. Catharines asking for a review of the provincial conflict of interest laws was filed. Membership dues of $80 for the Drainage Superintendents Associa- tion of Ontario was approved for payment. The township's complete insurance program was renewed with ROMA insurance for an annual premium. This is a slight increase from the previous year. The investigating officer reported that he was operating radar in Hen- sall when the vehicle driven by the ac- cused sped through on Highway 4. The officer reported that MacLellan's speed was up to 150 km. per hour at one point before he pulled into a private drive in 13rucefield. The Bruce'ield man said that he Lad been told by a mechanic that his car wouldn't go that fast and said -he believed the officer was actually pur- suing another vehicle and not his. A Huron Park resident. Troy Stewart, 131 Empress Ave., was fin- ed 1100.75 after pleading guilty to a charge of lending his driver's licence to another person. He was charged after police in Goderich stopped a vehicle on November 1 driven by John McNair and the latter produced a licence belonging to the accused. in the final case on Tuesday's docket, Charles L. Ivey, 106 Sherwood Ave., Toronto, was fined $45.75 after pleading guilty to a charge of speeding at a rate of 108 in an 80 km. zone in Usborne on June 22. He was given 60 days in which to pay. COLLECT •425.53 ian McLean, president of the Ex- eter Public School Student Council reports that the UNICEF collection was $423.53. • The school was pleased with this amount and • thank all who contributed.