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Times-Advocate, 1987-08-05, Page 11Times -Advocate, August 5, 1987 Page 11 Fund to aid injured Middlesex farmer reaches °74,000 When the fund to aid injured farmer Paul Grose and his family began ear- ly this year, many people in the rural community of north Middlesex doubted the $25,000 target could be raised by the end of May. The- community not only reached thegoal, but tripled it, fund chairman Jim Dickenson said Monday. "We started with a goal of $25,txxi. and some people said we wouldn't even be able to raise that much. But things have been going really well. and now the fund's,up around $74.immi. Dickenson and several others .got together to -raise money. foi• Grose after a farming accident in November left him paralysed and c'onfint•d to a wheelchair. Grose's spine was crush- ed in a tractor accident when the gear slipped on a front-end loader and a heavy bale of hay roneu on nim. • The community rallied around` Grose because, as a self-employed in- dividual, he wasn't eligible for workers' compensation and didn't have disability insurance, Dickenson said. An auction was held and raised close -to $30,000 for the 30 -year-old area farmer. A dance held May 2 to thank those who had pitched in yielded almost $3.500 in cash donations, personal che- ques worth $1,300, bar receipts of $1.000 and and $1,000 pledge from the local Optimist Club. Dickenson said the dance and the auction are just a couple of examples of how_Grose's ac-. cident has pulled a sometimes fragmented community together. "it's too bad something like this has Science field day A horticultural science held day. will be held at . the ('anihridge Research Station. August i9. The public will have an oplxirtunity to see research in vegetable. fruit and or- namental crop production. Wagon tours of the held research programs are featured, with resear chers on hand to answer questions. Numerous displays and poster presentations in the field laboratory at the station will explain various research projects and highlight off-. nation experiments. Projects featured include research on evaluation of potato drought furrow otto • tolerance, performance of selected asparagus lines. weed control, potato breeding. pruning in raspberries and strawberry production and breeding. A herb garden will display various species. The Campbridge Research Station is located on Mowhawk Road oft Beavet'dale Road.• Go north on Ilighway- 24 -from Highway 401 to - Bea verdale Road. For more. information. call Stan Young, co-ordinator of agricultural extension. Ontario Agricultural Col- lege. University of Guelph, at• 519-824-412o. Ext. 3933. ne foot in the She was bouncing at every step Ior iwo weeks before the big day. The day before her birthday. she was almost bursting with anticipa- tion. The night-time story was inter- rupted_ a dozen times. Her pixie -face was one big smile and her eyes danced with glee as she talked about the big sixth birthday party the next day. Grand -dad patiently waited through each interruption. Because no birthday is as important as a sixth birthday. That is when it takes two hands to count the years. That is when you are no longer a kindergarten kid .You enter the full-time schedule at school. And that is the year the two - wheeled., coaster bike promise is fulfilled. No training wheels this time. Wheelies and figure -eights and lights and bells and cardboard on the spokes and all the wonderful fun with a two - wheeler' On the bed after the story, (he stur- dy. brown legs demonstrate how she will race her new bicycle down the street. She closes her eyes. picturing herself riding. 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Nana. of course, would not, but • Keit lin uses every ploy in the book of six-year-old when trying to coax infor- mation from older folks. The list of those invited to the par- ty was .prepared many weeks ago although it changed with astounding regularity. For instance. Dolly was on and oil the hst at !east twice and Jessie was removed one day for good. Matthew and Todd made it at the last • ininute. Why Jessie was scratched no one knows.,lessie. in fact. has not been seen around Kait's house for 10 days or more. It had something to do with Matthew and Todd. we believe, but the real story will remain a secret forever. Ah, the anticipat'on of a six-year- old. What a perfecl'age for a birthday. She is well aware of what is planned and did, in fact. have a big hand in planning it. "Were you around when I was born six years ago''" -she asks. She has heard the story a dozen times. She knows her Grampaw-Bob was the first man to see her after she was 'born. Slnows•of the frantic phone calls. Me- rush to the hospital. then'the long wait for her to come in- to this world. But the story intrigues her and besides. it prolongs the mo- ment when the Tight is turned out and she must go to sleep. "It'll be a long day tomorrow, honey. l'ou'd Better go to sleep now." A stupid statement. No way is she going to settle down as she does most nights when a story and a couple of lullabies is sufficient to have her snuggle into her pillow and drift off in- to the oblivion of childhood slumber. Even the songs do not keep her still. Anticipation is loo much and she squeezes her eyes tight. clenches her fists and stretches, stiff as a'lree. "1 can't wait. 1 just can't wait until tomorrow!" Finally. an hour later than usual, the sparkling blue-green eyes close and the wonderful little mouth creases into a permanent smile as sleep finally overtakes her. She mumbles as 1 kiss her check. "Mmtnnun. You smell good. Paw - Bob, 1 see you tomorrow." Blessings on you, my lovely one. Mav all your birthdays be as happy. PARKER. PARKER,.,. R.R. 2 Zurich Specialists in tile drainage Plastic or clay tile installations Water line installations • Backhoe Service Available • Remember! A good drainage system 'pays for itself Ccill us for your drainage requirements Phone Wayne Cook Res. 236-7390 Shop 262-3434 to happen for us to get together," Dickenson said. "But it's really been a boost for the whole community - everyone sets their own cares aside and lends a hand. It's been one of the best things I've ever been involved with. And Paul has taught us a lot of valuable lessons by the way he deals with his injuries. He's been as cheer- ful and full of optimism as can be." Grose, who lives in a trailer on his father's farm with his wife Louise and children Ryan, 3, and Kristin, 2, agrees his accident drew people in the Granton area together in ways he had thought impossible. "I was a bit surprised how the com- munity pulled together, and I think it really surprised all of them (involv- ed in the fund)," he said. "Over the A YOUNG RIDER — Billy Lee Heckman was one of the youngest riders in Saturday's parade at Friedsburg Days in Dashwood. r Ana . '.. 0' .N�/...c'•F59L, yfi� Net farm income varies Net farm income varies a great deal from one farm to the next and for good reason! Commodity prices, interest rates. debt load, produc- tion levels, and weather conditions can all influence how much profit or loss your farm is likely to generate. Some of these factors may be under your control, others are not. We have all heard the old saying "It's not how much money you make. but what you save that counts". In some situations we are seeing farm families "live" at the expense of their operating loan. Family living expenses, principal payments. capital purchases and hopefully savings all should come from net farm income. Is your net farm income pro- viding for all this? Knowing your family living expenses might help answer this ques- tion. We centainly see a wide variation with personal living expenses when reviewing cash flow statements. Many farm families I deal with 3P aren't quite sure (OR are afraid to admit) how much is actually being • spent on family living. A recent Huron County study indicated some farm families have con- siderably more money than others for family living and principal repay- ment. Table #1 shows a relationship between Net farm Income. Per- cent Equity and Production Levels for 30 Huron County dairy farms. Table #1 Huron County Dairy' Farm Analysis Results Equity Production Net Farm income (litres sold/cow) (40% 6 436 $ 8,900 40 - 60% 6 874 $25,650 60 - 75% , 6 408 . $30.953 • 1 75% 6 729 $34.602 Many of (hese farms also participated in a 1986 family living study to determine how much of their net farm income was being spent on "family living". Our aim was to group farms according to family size to see what a typcial family would spend throughout a year. Table #2 summaries the results of our study. Table 122 Summary of Huron County Family Living Project 19861 el # Of Children per Family Basic Living Expenses (food, clothing, etc. Capital Expenditures Vacation *Grand Total 0-2 3 4-6 14.193 19,426 22,089 1.000 1.000 16.193 1.000 1,000 21,426 1.000 1.000 24.089 'Does not include car or mortgage payment. Evaluation of your farm's financial and production performance is a useful tool that can help assess overall management and determine if your net farm income is providing. However, it is -important to realize most farms. regardless of production. can only service so much debt and provide a certain standard of living! Dennis .Martin Farm Management Specialist for Huron County fC3 0 past few years people here have been buying and selling their farms, and after a while you don't know anybody any more like you .used to. But this thing has really d e something for people." Grose said he wa a bit apprehen- sive about the idea f fund-raising at first, but soon warmed to the idea once he saw the response. "I didn't want them to make too much of a fuss about it. you know - I figured I'd get along somehow. Some of these things; the intentions are 'good but it doesn't work out; but these people here put together a really pro- fessional operation and they've put ar, awful lot of time and effort into it. they should be congratulated." Dickenson said the fund committee plans to invest 80 percent of the $74,000 in an annuity which will pro- vide Grose with a regular monthly in- come. The other 20 percent will go straight to Grose and his family to help them with their immediate needs. Grose says one of the first things he would like to do is move out of the trailer into a house. "I can't really get into the kids' room in the wheelchair," he said with a laugh. "And they're smart - they know when I can't get at them and they act up like crazy!" Need host families for students from abroad Interculture Canada's represen- tatives in Ontario are still actively looking for families willing to host' young students from abroad. Despite the volunteers' tremendous efforts, 23 host families are still missing. As part of its international hosting programme, Interculture Canada is offering families and couples the op; portunity to host a foreign participant for the. 1987-88 school year. The host families will be able to choose among 168students coming from 35 different - countries: The students, aged between 15 and 18, are carefully selected for their ability to adapt. their open- mindedness, and their self- confidence. They all show a keen in- terest in knowing a different country. and are eager to share the everyday life of a family in Ontario. - "At first, wewere hesitant about hosting. because we did -not think we were special enough. However. we soon realized by hosting Valeria. our Italian "daughter". that we wereof- Beef day set at . Ridgetown On Thursday; August 27 from 1:30 to 8:30 .p.m. the 22nd - Annual Southwestern Ontario Beef Cattle Day will be held at Ridgetown College of Agricultural Technology. Highlights include an afternoon panel session discussing 'Why some beef producers finish their own calves'. Panel members include Dave Whittington. Jack McCoubrey. and Earl McEachren. The topic for the evening panel discussion will focus on 'Sources of F'eeder (rattle'. Gordon Mitchell. Raymond Goupil, Murray Carruthers, and Chris Mills will discuss the sources of feeder cattle from Northern Ontario, Quebec, 1'.S . and Western Canada respectively. Other features include 'R.C.A.T. Beef Research Update', Dr. Ken Bateman from the Ontario Veterinary College discussing 'Cur- rent Concepts of BRSV. and a number of exhibitor displays pertain-. ing to the beef industry. 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"I didn't want them to make too much of a fuss about it. you know - I figured I'd get along somehow. Some of these things; the intentions are 'good but it doesn't work out; but these people here put together a really pro- fessional operation and they've put ar, awful lot of time and effort into it. they should be congratulated." Dickenson said the fund committee plans to invest 80 percent of the $74,000 in an annuity which will pro- vide Grose with a regular monthly in- come. The other 20 percent will go straight to Grose and his family to help them with their immediate needs. Grose says one of the first things he would like to do is move out of the trailer into a house. "I can't really get into the kids' room in the wheelchair," he said with a laugh. "And they're smart - they know when I can't get at them and they act up like crazy!" Need host families for students from abroad Interculture Canada's represen- tatives in Ontario are still actively looking for families willing to host' young students from abroad. Despite the volunteers' tremendous efforts, 23 host families are still missing. As part of its international hosting programme, Interculture Canada is offering families and couples the op; portunity to host a foreign participant for the. 1987-88 school year. The host families will be able to choose among 168students coming from 35 different - countries: The students, aged between 15 and 18, are carefully selected for their ability to adapt. their open- mindedness, and their self- confidence. They all show a keen in- terest in knowing a different country. and are eager to share the everyday life of a family in Ontario. - "At first, wewere hesitant about hosting. because we did -not think we were special enough. However. we soon realized by hosting Valeria. our Italian "daughter". that we wereof- Beef day set at . Ridgetown On Thursday; August 27 from 1:30 to 8:30 .p.m. the 22nd - Annual Southwestern Ontario Beef Cattle Day will be held at Ridgetown College of Agricultural Technology. Highlights include an afternoon panel session discussing 'Why some beef producers finish their own calves'. Panel members include Dave Whittington. Jack McCoubrey. and Earl McEachren. The topic for the evening panel discussion will focus on 'Sources of F'eeder (rattle'. Gordon Mitchell. Raymond Goupil, Murray Carruthers, and Chris Mills will discuss the sources of feeder cattle from Northern Ontario, Quebec, 1'.S . and Western Canada respectively. Other features include 'R.C.A.T. Beef Research Update', Dr. Ken Bateman from the Ontario Veterinary College discussing 'Cur- rent Concepts of BRSV. and a number of exhibitor displays pertain-. ing to the beef industry. CHAPARAL FENCING R.R. 1, Lucan Ontario NOM 2J0 ALL TYPES FREE ESTIMATES Industria/ Form Chain Link & Patio Farm Pince. Phone Bob Hardy 227-4160 fering her a great deal by simply ac- cepting her as a -member of the fami- ly. It's really in simple everyday life that we learn to get to know and love one another", says a host mother. All Interculture Canada asks is that the family consider the teenager as one of its own and help him in his new experience. "It is so refreshing to host a youth from another country. Our everyday life is changed. He wonders at things which we actually take for granted". says a host father. Every year, many families in On- tario welcome an international stu- dent. They can be two-parent families with children, young or older couples, single parents, etc. The hosting pro- gramme applies to f:'milies from all walks of life. *BRIDE BROS. Machine and Repair • Precision Machining and g • CustomMillinBuilt Trailer and Truck Boxes • Combine and Tractor Repairs • Machinery • Sandblasting - 8 Repainting 262-3020 Brad - - Denpis 262-3221 262-2616 One Only 8" x 51' Auger $2,450. • Auger intake shield • Quality gear boxes • H.D. under carriages • Balance and stability • PTO belt drive CaII now for details on other units BIEGZEISt FARM EQUIPMENT LTD. "Serving You For 33 Years" ExeterDashwood 233-2721M 231-3242 rryy NORTH 1464 WEST says y ji rk I)i i We're perfectly located to handle your crop When it's time to market your -crop, you'll find all the services, facilities`and expertise you need are close -by at Cook's. We go out of our way to give you the best possible prices, terms and options to make all your hard work pay off. When it's time to deliver your crop, make Cook's your destination. Division of Gerbro Inc. Where you can trade with confidence" Hensel Centralia Kkkton 262-2410 228-6661 229-8986 Walton n 527-1540 842-6979 887-9261 •