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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1987-12-30, Page 11Lucanand district news .141"1,11141.1°11$6111.1 $u*on cools 227.4911 HONOUR PAST PRESIDENT- Al Renning who has just completed.his term as president of the South Huron Junior Farmers receives a past presi-• dent's pin from Rob Essery. • fo�UntJhi .,rte ""4p•—.., M .I ...,u,. t*.,. r4 Iwo. 0,.. Irl) Its -40 What db you say in a New Year's column to a sector of the economy in Canada that is at its lowest point in 50 years? No other group in Canada is suf- fering as much as agriculture and regular readers will be sick, sore and tired of reading my bleatings about the plight of the poor farmer. But I ask you, in what other trade, calling or profession has there been more bankruptcies? Who else has taken as much as a 40 percent cut in salary, wages or commissions in the last five years? And this is a group of people whose only desire is to get a reason- able retum on their labor and invest- ment and fill a few bellies here and around the world. Talk about a bunch of optimists! They, these marvelous men and women who till the soil, are eternal optimists. They will hope for the._ best as they go into this new year. They will do their chores and make repairs assiduously, waiting for the spring to come so they can get back on the land again. Many will get humiliating letters' from their bankers and other credi- tors such as feed and seed mills. They have time, many of them, to think about things for a few weeks. They will think of how things have changed so drastically since the '70s when the picture in almost all sec- tors of agriculture was much bright- er, when money was easy to get and` expansion was the keynote. They will think of how so many farmers were misguided and are now suffer- ing. They will think of• the families that have moved away, the marriages that have broken up, the marriages that are hanging by a tenuous thread, the stresses and strains the survivors have suffered. Thcy arc well aware of how the fabric of rural society has been stretched and worn and has sometimes been torn, how taking a man at his word just doesn't happen any more. They will also, no doubt, think about a few gravestones that would not have been in place so soon if times had been -different. I'm painting a gloomy picture as a new year dawns. We should be bright and chcerfu4, full of pep and vitality, ready and willing to meet whatever comcs. Most farmcrs will be doing just that, in spite of the fact that farm gate prices are disas- trous, almost as low as they were in the dirty '30s. Because farmcrs arc beautiful, wonderful, open-hearted People. They are honest, upbeat, san- guine, hopeful, hard-working men and women who love their way of life and make great sacrifices to maintain it. That is why they are looking for- ward to better prices in 1988. They will be patient until the sap begins to run and then become impatient to get on the land for the next crop. They will plow and sow and ferti- lize and feed cattle, hogs, chickens, turkeys, cows. Or plant vegetables or tobacco or fruit or prune grape- vines rapevines or do whatever kind of farm- ing they do and they will hope and pray for good weather and a bounti- ful crop. They will do it just the same as men and women have been doing it for hundreds op years with hope and patience and fortitude and, most of all, faith: faith that God will be good and that prices will increase. -They will feed millions of hun- 'gty people and have faith in the Al-, mighty. They are the greatest people on earth and I wish them all the best in this new year. Times -Advocate, December 36, 1987 Mews from Lucan Revival venire Pieter Schinkleshoek conducted the Sunday morning service. Leo- nard Evans led the singing, accom- panied by Mrs. Lorraine Armitage +►laying the piano, and Mrs. June Quinlan on the organ. Doug and Martha Butler sang There is Jesus. Mr. Schinkleshoek read Matthew 2:1-12, the story of the wise men coming from the east to worship the child Jesus. Since Christmas is over, what do we do now? We turn to the road map of God, the Bible. Some stores are open today in the false Christ- mas of making money, and saving money in sales. When people take their eyes off the Lord's way they are lost. The wise men took their eyes off the star and went to Herod the king, The king told them to search dili- gently for the Christ child so he could worship Him. But his inten- tion was to have all the baby boys killed that were born from the time the wise men had first seen the star. The wise men got their eyes back on the star and followed it to where the Christ child was. You have to be sure you are on the right road. If you go by the road God points out to you, you will find Jesus. To find out if you are right, go back to the road map, the Bible. When the wise men found the Christ child, they fell down and worshipped Him. The wise men gave Jesus precious gilts. Our gifts to Him are our- selves. Sunday evening Pieter Schinkle- shock led the singing. Mr. Schink- leshoek, from Psalm 24:3-5, stated we cannot go before the Lord with- out clean hands. He told 'how he saw top line clothes greatly reduced Gift of nine new puppies • Howard and Eileen Currie of Bri- alin Kennels of Lucan received spe- cial gifts the day before Christmas. Their Samoyed dog Zarah, presented them with nine healthy white pup- pies. Since it is 19 years since a litter of Samoyeds was born at the ken- nel, these puppies are special. Both parents of the puppies are show dogs. It is hoped that several of the puppies will grow up to be show dogs also, as they show promise of 'being good quality. The arrival of the puppies meant that the Curries could het a good night's sleep for the first time in two weeks. As Zarah was so un- comfortable carrying such a big lit- ter, she woke them up several times a night. With the puppies settled down cacti night with Zarah, all no, - good night's rest. During the , thc Curries enjoy watching thy.: 'special gifts grow. in price because they were slightly soiled. Christians who arc slightly soiled are reduced in spiritual worth. Just as slightly soiled merchandise hurts a store's profits, so slightly soiled Christians hurt the Lad's work. The body of Christ is harmed by those little things that are wrong. The little white lies; the off color stories; the little dishonesties, arc some of the little sins that spoil a Christian., Not believing what the word of God teaches is a soiling sin. People worry about big dan- gers, but it is the little germs that. kill people every day. Page 11 The little sins are the ones that kill a Christian's testimony. A Christian keeps in good spiritual shape by breathing the fresh air of prayer and Bible study. A careless habit can soil a Christian so that he will be passed by for Christian work Spending time in prayer and Bible study will help a Christian live a clean life. Upcoming events -- December 31 - 9 p.rn., A Pot Blessing supper in the Fellowship Hall before a Watch Night Service in the Sanctuary. January 31 -- 7 p.m., Community Unity Scrvicc at Lucan Revival Centre. All welcome. United Church news If you could give your loved ones the ultimate Christmas gift, what would it be? Rev. Shaule in his third message on "Christ, the Gift of all Gifts" at Lucan United Church -said "Isaiah gave his generation the promise of Christmas, Luke told of the prom- ise fulfilled. We cannot give Jesus, giftwrapped to anyone, no matter how much we love them or how sincerely we wish for thein the very best." riot gave Him to each of us, to Keep for ourselves and it is up to us to make room for flim, in our "Inn" that inncrrnost part of each I'f us ,,,gcs..W. tea/ !Nk "'" �n.�....,0.:4•::.vr. �s,.. ``. v.,.9[�..a. '� :P �:>s�5. all. lake ,time in this busy season.. to thank Gott for His gift, to show appreciation to Him, by the exam- ple we set in our daily lives. The children's worship time was spent lighting the fourth candle. Rev. Shaule told the children the reason behind the candle lighting service, The first candle represents the.Bible, God's Word. The second, God's lovb for us re- vealed in this book. The third - the Light - Jesus the Light of the World and the fourth candle - the Gift - all good gifts come from above. The hest of all possible "gifts" is wished for you all. • Farm protection in nuisance lawsuits Ontario farmers will gain protec- tion again nuisance lawsuits involv- ing normal farming`practices under new right to farm legislation intro- duced by Agriculture and Food Min- ister Jack Riddell in the legislature recently. "The proposed Farm Practices Protection Act reflects my govern- ment's commitment to ensuring that agriculture is recognized as the primary land use within rural areas," paid Riddell. "Odor, noise and dust are natural byprod•icts of farm operations ana farmers must have the freedom and flexibility to carry on normal farm practices without the threat of law- suits". Ontario farmers have become in- creasingly concerned for some years that normal farming practices may result in court actions. • To address these concerns, the On- igP' across the province and received 280 presentations from farmers, rural residents and munici- pal groups. In its report, the committee rec- ommended that new legislation be enacted to ensure that farmers have protection against nuisance actions over normal farm practices. "Under the proposed legislation, farmers .are subject4o existing land use control, environmental and health protection laws," said Rid- dell. "The act will grant protection against liability for nuisance and prevent court orders against creating noise, odor or dust as a result of normal farming practices." The proposed Farm Practices Pro- tection Act has been developed in consultation with the Ministry of the Environment (MOE) to ensure that it is complementary to existing laws such as the Environmental tario Right to Farm Advisory Com- Protection Act and the Ontario Wa- Mitlec was appointed in February.-.. .'1986 to advise the minister on poli . cy options to insure that farmers have adequate protection from com- plaints against normal.farm practic- es. The committee held public hear - The readers write. Dear Editor The Huron County Federation of Agriculture supports the Ontario Federation of Agriculture's stand in opposing the "Free Trade" deal be- tween Canada'and thc U.S. The H.C.F.A. supports the idea of more liberalized trade, not only with the U.S. but with all coun- tries. However, increased trade should not be at the expense of agri- culture or at the expense of the Sov- ereignty of our country, Canada. The so called "deal" has given up many of our Canadian rights; and has given away the control of our energy policy. The "deal" also re- stricts Canada's control over foreign investment, which makes many of our major resource industries espe- cially vulnerable. Agriculture has given up a larger share of its market to U.S. suppli- ers especially in the supply mandat- ed commodities. The increased per- missible import quotas would force the elimination of 39 egg producers of average Huron County size, 30 average chicken producers and 10 turkcy farmers. In addition, in thc worst case scenario, 800 dairy farmers of aver- age Huron County size would be sacrificed. The loss of the nearly 900 farmcrs under supply managed production, arc the Toss of a group of Canadian farmcrs, currently re- quiring none or very little of the ad - Gay Lea sponsors curling Gay Lea Foods of Weston, Onta- rio will, for the seventh year, sup- port Ontario curlers with a series of nine events known as the Gay Lca Better Butter Bonspicls. The bon - spiels are for ladies or mixed teams. The Gay Lca involvement began in 1982 with a single ladies two day event in Ildcrton, Ontario. The reac- tion was so positive it was decided, to expand and a mixed concept called the Matespiel evolved. The winners of that first event were in . Saskatchewan when Canada won the Silver Broom, their prize for win- ning the Matespiel. In 1985, with the cooperation of the Dairy Bureau of Canada, the Better Butter Bonspicls began. The Matespiel was an intra -club compe- tition with the winner going to a fi- nal of all club winners to determine the overall winner. The Gay Lca Better Butter Bonspicls arc strictly intra -club events. "We have been extremely pleased with the overall response to the events", said Vince Kishimoto, Gay Lea's marketing manager. The events provide an opportunity for the clubs to have a well supported bonspiel which tends to bring the whole club together." The events vary in size from a 16 team draw to Woodstock's interna- tional event which sends 128 teams ' into competition. . Each event is held in a communi- ty where Gay Lea has a presence; this generally means either a manu- facturing facility or being the home rink of one of the cooperative's di- rectors. In 1988 events will beheld in Allenford, lldcrton, Exetet , Mil- lon, Guelph, Vanastra, Woodstock, Bclmorc and Tceswatcr. ditional government (both Provin- cial and Federal). funding. Proponents of the "deal" claim that red meat producers are to gain. However, the HCFA has seen no indications that the U.S. countervail duty on live hogs is to be removed, or any of the other major U.S. farm export subsidy programs are to_ be immediately dismantled. The H.C.F.A. is also concerned about the quality of the "deal" and the speed in which a "deal" was worked out in the last 48 hours be- fore the deadline at the end of Sep- tember. Here it is now, nearly the end of December, and we have not been provided with any more informa- tion. Jim McIntosh Farm Finance Committee Huron Federation of Agriculture. Elimvilie By SHIRLEY COOPER A number from the community attended the Christmas eve church service held at Thames Road. Read- ing scripture during the service were mrs. Don Kerslake, Mrs. Philip Johns, Bruce Delbridge and Floyd Cooper. Mr. and Mrs. John Batten were Christmas guests with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Batten and Jason of Ex- eter. Mr. and Mrs. Larry Fulton, Ryan, Kellie and Kerrie, Mr. and Mrs. Doug Fulton and boys of Stratford, were guests. with Mrs. Millie Ful- ton Christmas Day. Mr. and Mrs. Robcrt Bray, Vanes- sa, Kristy and Jessica of Thames Road, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Smith, Chad and Courtney, Jan Hockey of Huron Park were Christmas guests with Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Cooper, Joan and Doug. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Smith, Chad and Courtney were Christmas night guests of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Smith of Exeter. Mrs. Phyllis Butchereit and boys of Toronto vfited during the holi- day weekend with Mrs. Millie Ful- ton. Mr. and Mrs. Emerson Johns, Ex- eter, visited on Saturday evening with Mr. and Mrs. John Batten. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Smith and fam- ily, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Cooper, Joan and Doug were Sunday guests of Mrs. Kay Morley of Exeter. ter Resources Act. Most complaints will continue to be solved by MOE staff, assisted by Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food staff. A Farm Practices Protection Board will be established under the legislation. Where there is uncer- tainty as to whether a farm practice is normal, a complainant may apply to the board. The board will dismiss the com- plaint if it resulted from a normal farm practice or issue an order to rectify the problem. • "This ptoposed legislation will provide farmers with some protec- tion from nuisance suits. However, it does not replace the need for land use planning policies and decisions that protect agricultural areas from competing and incompatible land uses," Riddell said. "Right to farm legislation cannot address thc multitude of problems that encroachment of incompatible land uses can create for farm opera- tions." A provincial policy on agricultu- ral land use planning is now being developed which will include provi- sions that address right to farm is- sue:. . - "he new policy statement will reduce the potential for future con- flicts between farm and non-farm uses and provide for long-term sta- bility for the agricultural industry of Ontario, " Riddell said. "To ensure their 'right `to farm', farmers must play an active role in developing appr.opri-ite land use. planning policies at municipal and provincial government levels." The concept of right to farm has become increasingly popular since the 1970s. Four Canadian provinces and almost all' of the states in the U.S. have enacted right to farm leg- islation. NEW JUNIOR FARMERS EXECUTIVE - The new executive of the South Huron Junior Farmers was elected at the recent annual banquet in Dashwood. Back, left,Lori Kerslake, Karen Eveland, Dave Webber and Scott Eve - land. Front, vice-president Doug Cooper, president Mark Ryan and past president Al Renninq.. Propose farm implement act ing of representatives of machincry manufacturers, farm groups, whole- salers, retail dealers and individual farmcrs. The Board would also be author- ized to mediate disputes between farmcrs and the equipment industry. This legislation, fulfills an elec- tion promise and Riddell urged the House to pass this legislation to standardize the practices of Ontario's retail and wholesale farm machinery sector, and to provide consumer pro- tection for our farmcrs. Agricultural Minister Jack Riddell has tabled for first reading a pro- posed Farm Implement Act. This new act has been developed in response to long-standing re- quests made by farmcrs and the re- tail equipment sector to develop standards for the industry covering the sales, service, warranty and safe- ty of farm equipment. It would replace the voluntary cer- tification program which was based on the farm machinery codc. Sup- port for this voluntary program, which was introduced in 1980, has diminished in recent years. The new act calls for a registra- CHAPARAL FENCING R.R. 1, Lucan Ontario NOM 2J0 ALL TYPES • FREE ESTIMATES.. Industrial Ponces Chan Link A Patio Farm tf ncos- w Phone Bob Hardy 227-4180 i tion systen, for distributors and dealers, as well as standardized sales contracts, establishment of mini- mum warranties and guaranties for the availability of parts. Also included in the act are provi- sions to return equipment that fails to perform to manufacturers' specifi- cations, supervision of safety meas- ures and provision for buy -hack agreements between distributors and dealers. 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