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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1988-02-17, Page 27CELEBRATION '88 CERTIFICATES - Certificates were presented to the runnersup in the Usborne township Celebration '88 activities. From the left are Usborne co-ordinator Pat Down, athlete Randy Johnston, official -Don Lewis, volunteers Frances and Frank Kints; coach Laura Hern,•sponsor Gerry,Brintnell and Huron -Bruce MP Mur- ray Cardiff. • A. dra 4�5 ^A;skiM .: ... ..,.er aC:41A 4vis a +fill` ONSWANNANWOMMU Res . Na x By -JACK RIDDELL MPP Huroa Ontario corn, soybean and winter wheat growers enrolled in the 1986- 87 Ontario grain stabilization plan will receive approximately S12.5 million in final payments through the f=arm income .Stabilization Commission. These payments will assist farm- ers who arc affected by tow grain. prices, They are in addition to inter- im payments of S11.1 .million which the Ontario government has madc.to date to these growers, and to enrolled producers of barley, oats and canola. .The. stabilization account is fund- -ed one-third by the grower and two- thirds by the Ontario government. Interim payments were made for 60 percent of the total number of tonnes of each crop that producers had registered in the plan. Adjust- ment for these payments will be made in the final payment. The total payment is S4.36 per tonne for corn, S4.85 per tonne for winter wheat, and 59.21 per tonne for soybeans. These amounts repre- sent two-thirds of the total declared deficiency payment as calculated by the federal Agricultural Stabiliza- tion Board. The beard has not yet released payment information for barley, oats and canola. Final payments are based on pro- ducers',sales, with the marketing boards providing this information for soybeans and winter wheat. Pay- ments to, soybean producers will start at the end of February. When these are completed, cheques for other producers will be issued. Corn producers must complete forms with sales data. These forms will be mailed to producers in mid- February. Premier pfomotes Ontario - U.K. trade in meeting with 1'hatcher Prcmicr David'Peterson met with British Primc Minister Margaret Thatcher and pressed the case for in-. creasing trade hct"wecn Ontario and Jack's Jottings Grant stabilization Britain, while pledging to oppose protectionism. In their meeting, the Premier also promoted Toronto as a major inter- national financial centre. In addi- tion, Premier Peterson and the Brit- ish Prime Minister discussed the June summit of the Group of Seven industrial. countries, scheduled to take place in Toronto. In a speech r.oahc Canada - U.K. Chamber of Commerce in London, the Prcmicr repeated his criticisms of the trade agreement between. Canada anti the United States. "It is no secret that Prime Minister Mui- r roncy and I have a different opinion about_ the quality of that particular. .deal and in fact whether it achieves the objectives and the access that - we wanted." The Premier. explained_ that the Canada -U.S. trade agreement will not affect Ontario's search for new export tharkets. "The world is big- ger than continental North Ameri- ca. The deal will -not lessen our de- tcrrnination to push out our -trade frontiers to new areas of the Pacific Rim and to reassert our traditional relationships with Europe and the . U.K. particularly,". Premier Peter- son said. • Free trade meetings I would like to remind everyone about a.scrics of information meet- ings to inform farmers of the reper- cussions of the Canada -U.S. trade agreement. Fanners have told me they don't understand what the free trade deal will mean to their farming opera- tions and to their. incomes. These meetings will provide basic infor- mation on the trade agreement so individual farmers can make up their minds. Officials of the Ministry of Agri- culture and Food's economics and policy co-ordination branch will provide explanations as to. what each commodity group can exp:.ct under the bilateral agreement. The Ministry's analysis is based - on a study which shows that farm- ers in Ontario stand to lose an esti- mated S95 mil:ion under the deal. Further losses will occur in the food processing industry. Again, the information meeting in Mildmay will be held at 1:30 p.m., February 29, 1988 at the Knights of Columbus Hall, on Highway 9 north. . High -Welt centre receives multi-million dollar boost The Ontario Govcrnmcnt will provide up to S8 rnillion over four, years to upgrade the Capacity and improve operation of the Ontario Announce task force on county government The Honourable John Eakins, Minister of Municipal Affairs, to- day announced the formation of a task force to seek input on the re' cently-released report of the Adviso- ry Committee on County Govern- ment. The Advisory Committee's report, titled Patterns for the Future, was released by t?te minister last week. "I've given careful thought to the committee's findings and recom- mendations; and it's clear to me that we should aiin at the highest degree of pravince-wide Consensus on the , kind of county government that our people want," Eakins said. The •minister said he" hoped .to achieve this consensus by putting together a task force = composed of members of the provincial legisla- ture - to travel to all parts of the jtrovincd within the county govern- ment system, discussing the report directly with councils and interested individuals. Task force members will include Charlie Tatham, MPP for Oxford, who will chair the group; John Cleary, MPP for Cornwall; Joan Fawcett, MPP for Northumberland; Ron. Lipsett, MPP for Grey; Keith MacDonald, MPP for Prince Ed- ward-Lenos; Jean Poirier, MPP for Prescott and Russell; Mike Ray, MPP for Windsor-Walkerville; and David Smith, MPP for Lambton. Among the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on County Government was the suggestion that further study be undertaken of certain aspects of the county system that were outside the committee's mandate. Thcsc include problems re- lated to smaller and separated mu- nicipalities. The new task Force is being asked to look at these issues as well as specific problems related to individ- ual counties. - Ultimately, the task force will be asked to report on the responses of communities to the reforms pro- posed by the advisory committee, and respond to the other issues raised by the committee. Centre for -large Scale Com puta- - . tion locatcd'at the University of Toronto, Colleges and Universities Minister Lyn McLeod announced -today. The Centre's Cray X -MP super- computer strengthens Ontario's competitiveness in.leading_ed gc re- scarch and is an important resource to the province's .research commu- nity, Ms..licLcod added. The supercomputer serves .re-- scarchers• in disciplines- ranging 'from medicine and engineering to astronomy and atmospheric phys- ics. It Hermits -calculations not, pos.- siblc on standard computers. Grants to riding " I am pleased to note that several townships in Huron have been giv- en grants under the Ontario }tome Renewal Program. ?v}y colleague, the . honourable .Chaviva Hosck, 1\'linister of_llous- ing announced this week that ,Ash- field Township will receive the first .installment of SI 5,000- of their $60,153 grant; white -the Township of Morris will rcccivc their first in- stallment . of S40,000 of their S56,938 agreement, and the Town- : ship of East Wawanosh will get .S40,000 of their S57,551 grant. The OHRP program, which is ad- ministered by the municipality, provides loans and/or grants to homeowners to repair, and maintain their dwellings. Times -Advocate, February 17, 1988 Page 11A Add dairy products to list Murray Cardiff, M.P. for Huron - Bruce is pleased that the Govern- ment has announced its intention to add certain dairy products to the Im- port Control List in support of.the Canadian milk supply management program. This action was formally an- nounced by Agriculture Minister John Wise, International Trade Minister Pat Carney, and Minister of State for Agriculture, Pierre Blais. As a result of this announce - Fatalities at all-time high Snowmobile accidents investigat- ed by the Ontario Provincial Police have increased dramatically in the province for the second winter in a row. The OPP is concerned that the 1987-88 winter season, which is only half over, could be the worst on record- for fatalities involving snowmobile enthusiasts. Last winter (No-bember 1986 to April 1987) the OPP investigated 15 snowmobiling fatalities, almost double the figure for the previous year. So far this year, 12 people have died as a result of 10 separate snow- mobile accidents. Alcohol, inexperi- ence and driving too.fast for ground conditions continue to be the major contributors in more than half of all snowmobile fatalities investigated by the OPP. Thin ice has proved to be a deadly clement this season with six other people killed when cars and trucks plunged through the ice in separate accidents in the Kingston and Mid- land areas. Thin ice has proved to be a dan- gerous factor over the past two years as warmer weather early in the season prevented the formation of a solid base on most southern Ontario waterways. Snowmobilers would be wise to check with local authorities or resi- dents about ice and snow condi- tions, or other area hazards: Use common sense. If you don't know, don't go. Riders risk death or serious injury in accidents on or off the road be- cause the snowmobile offers little protection in a: sudden stop or colli- sion. Off the road; snowmobiles may strike rocks or tree stumps covered by snow. Dips in terrain and wire fences are deadly obstacles camou- flaged by the white background. In short, operation impaired by al- cohol, driving too fast, inexperi- ence, recklessness, ignorance of the law and unfamiliarity with terrain are the lethal elements which could claim more lives this winter. ment, the following products will be added to the Import Control List.: * Ice cream, ice cream novelties and ice cream mix; * ice milk and ice milk mix; * yogurt; and * liq- uid forms of skim milk, butter- milk, and blends of these products. Import controls already exist with respect to. imports of dry skim milk, dry buttermilk, and blends of these products. Agriculture Minister John Wise stated that "While the value of the imported products being added to the list is relatively small -- cur- rently less than $1 million per year -- future imports could undermine the Canadian dairy supply manage- ment program if not restricted. That's why the government is tak- ing this action.' International Trade Minister Car- ney said, "This action is consistent with our right and obligations un- der the General Agreement on -Tar- iffs and Trade (GATT)." . Article XI of GATT makes pro- vision for countries to restrict cer- tain agricultural product imports in support of domestic supply man- agement programs, provided that appropriate import levels are main- tained, relative to domestic produc- tion. Under Article 710 of the Canada - U.S. Free Trade Agreement, the United States specifically recog- nized that Canada has retained its rights under GATT Article XI. "1 -have received considerable in- put froro local dairy farmers on this issue and the government has listened to those concerns. This proves that we negotiated a good deal that will benefit Canada while protecting our supply management systems," said Mr. Cardiff. llllll!lllltt lmmmui DISPLAY MINIATURE MACHINERY - At the recent Huron Tractor farm and industry show, Allan Butson of Staffa and Bill Butson, Seaforth displayed some of their miniature farm machinery. REGISTRARS AT HURON TRACTOR -Tena McKay anti Joanne Scott-Traut were in charge of registrations for the recent farm and industry show at Huron Tractor in Exeter. AT HURON -TRACTOR SHOW - Stephen t2wnship farmer Gerald O'Brien talks with Harry Winter's of Huron Tractor at the recent farm and in- dustry show at Hurdn Tractor. NEW- STUDENT COUNCIL- ExeVr Public Schoolhas finally put to- gether its student council for the 1987-88 school year. Front left is the - president Fred Steciuk with secretary Lisa Wareham, treasurer Jamie Rolph, and vice-president Mark McDonald. - Council Briefs The -Huron County Board of Health settled contract negotiations with the Ontario Nurses Associa- tion and Inspection and Clerical 'Staff Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) Local 1305. Both contracts were approved by the board at their January 13 mcct- ing•and arc retroactive to the first pay of 1988. The settlement with the clerical and inspection staff provides for a new two-year deal with salary in- creases of 4.5 percent to all classifi- cations in the first year and five per CCM to all classifications in the sec- ond year -effective the first pay of 1989. The agreement expires De- cember 31, 1989. . In addition, the contract also in- cludes: an update of the optical plan to provide S100 rather than'S75 ef- fective July 1, 1988 in each. 24 month period; • an 'Carly retirement clause similar to• non-union eni-• ployccs;'a transportation allowance incrcasc to 24 cents from 22.5 cents or 21 cents from 19 cents per ki- lometer for employees who also rc ceive an S80 monthly allowance; a change in the normal work day froin 6.75 hours to seven hours for in-' spcction staff; a four years over five plan where an employee may agree to rcccivc 80 per cent pay each year for four years with 20 per cent of their salary being banked and paid in the fifth -year while the employee is on- leave of absence. The board settled a one-year deal with the Ontario Nursing Associa- tipn that calls for a 4.5 per cern in- crease over the - 1987 pay rates for all classifications. The contract includes a change in work hours from 6.75 to seven hours, a new four year over five plan (the same as approved for CUPE), a common-law spouse is included In the three day bereave- ment plana an increase in the trans- portation allowance fiom 19.5 cents to 20 cents per kilometer and updat- ing of tetters of understanding with respect to guarantee of jobs and agreement concerning job sharing. Iluron. County Council, at the February 4 meeting, received a reso- lution from the Town of Exeter ad- vising of withdrawal from County Planning services, effective Decem- ber 31, 1987 and that a planning consultant be retained on a fee basis from Jean Monteith's Office, ready for the January Advisory Meeting. Council was advised that Exeter would still participate in Economic Development portion of county ser- vices in 1988. Exctcr advised the county. Clerk - Treasurer that the planning portion of Iluron County Budget should be separated from the remainder of the county budget and that portion not be included in Exeter's apportion- ment. . After a review of the planning re- port, concerning the withdrawal of planning services by Exctcr, by Senior Planner, Wayne Caldwell, Council recommended thait Exctcr.. .1,e advised County Planning and De- velopment Service and all other ser- vices shall continue to he appor- tioned in 1988 as,in priorycars. BilliFlanly, clerk -treasurer, said if County "Council accepts either of • the hew county -wide, tax rc: assessment proposals - Sections 63, or 70 - county apportionment will be eliminated and Exeter's request will be unnecessary. Beth Ross, Huron County chief librarian, told County Council, in her report, the November circulation was 30,5'38 hooks up 1,331 over the same period last year. The year- ly -circulation was down by 13,927 to 35.2,892. Huron County Library sent 27 books through the shut-in and direct mail service and 78 talking hooks were; loaned from Saugecn and Hu- , ron County collections. • -A notice will Abe posted near pho- • tocopicrs at Huron County libraries advising users of copyright laws. •1