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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1988-05-11, Page 14Page 14 Times -Advocate, May 11, 1988 PD DAY ORGANIZERS - South Huron District High School played host to more than 800 teachers and board employees for Friday's professional development day. Teachers travelled county -wide to attend seminars dealing with the theme "special education, everyone is special". From left are Joe Porter, vice-principal of SHDHS and representative of the Ontario Secondary Teacher's Federation, Rob Snell, president of the Ontario Public School Teacher's Federation, Robbie O'Neill, keynote speaker, Marie Parsons, president of the Huron Women's Teach- er's Federation, Norman Kunc, keynote speaker, and Arnold Mathers, superintendent of program for the Huron 3oard of Education. Three area residents among OMAF Centennial Award winners TORONTO - The names of the 100 Ministry of Agriculture and Food Centennial Award winners were rcieascd by Minister Jack Rid- dell at the Ontario Legislature. More than 400 individuals and families were nominated for the special award.- created to, mark .the 100th anniversary of the establish- ment of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food by the Ontario govern- ment in May, 1888. Among the recipients were Rob- ert Allan, RRI Brucefield, Gordon !fill, Varna and Dolores Shapton, RiZ 1 Exeter. The her_. Malco!in Davi;lson, who farmed near Iirucc- , SAFETY FIRST - Les of Counter insecticide. $90, the pick-up truck lick!, was awarded posthumously. 'The award, a gold medallion espe- cially struck for the occasion and mounted on a black walnut base, will be presented in the recipients' communities during the balance of the ministry's Ccntcnnial year. The posthumous awards will be present- ed to the families. "Those honored havc made a sig- nificant contribution to the Ontario Agri -food industry," Riddell said. "And that is the purpose of our Centennial - to pay tribute to those, past and present; -who have made our Ontario agriculture and food sector one of the finest in the world." Prior to the release of the 100 winning names in the Legislature, the swearing-in of Ontario's first minister of agriculture, Charles Drury, was re-enacted in the lcgisla- ture's main lobby. Drury, who served two years as minister, was the fath nr of Ontario's eighth pre- mier, Ernest C. Drury (1919-23). The Centennial award -winners represent alt areas of the proving Coleman wears a safety mask while handling bags and include those engaged in farm - Figuring seed corn at $85 per bag and Counter at ing, research, veterinary medicine is carrying over $2,000 worth of supplies.. and food processing. Tcn families and ten women arc among the win- ners. Four arc posthumous awards. They were chosen by a panel con- . sisting of a former deputy minister of agriculture, Ken Lantz; a food in- dustry representative, Murray Ste- wart of Canada Packers Inc.; and the founder of Women for the Survival of Agriculture, Dianne -Harkin.__—_ Egg prices up Ottawa - The price paid to produc- ers for Grade A Targe eggs in May will increase by at least one cent per dozen in all provinces, the Ca- nadian Egg Marketing Agency (CEMA) announced today. Newfoundland and Nova Scotia will sec prices rise by two cents. Farm -gate prices in all other provinces will increase by one cent. Prices were higher mainly due to increased foal costs and a rise in the conversion rate. CEMA sets the producer price for Grade A large eggs at thc beginning of each month using a cost of pro- duction formula. The federal government's National Farm Products Marketing Council is advised of the prices before they arc announced. • PLANTING TIME - Les Coleman fills the planter to sow corn. SALE SALE SALE REDUCTION ON 1987 STOCK In Stock BRICK House Lots ...$ 1 7 6 Fireplace Lots as low as U sq. tt ALSO Odds 'n Ends _ Great for Home and Garden 10 OFF IN STOCK PAVING STONE BUY NOW! WHILE QUANTITIES LAST! DON'T BUILT YOUR HOUSE WITH STRAW OR STICKS USE TRI -COUNTY BRICK 413 Bayfield Rd.. CLINTON. Ont. ( i PHONE. (519) 482.9622 1 1.8007265.7051 OPEN Mon. • Thurs. 8 am • 5 pm; Friday 8 am - 6 pm; Saturday 9 am - 1 pm • - 31,1Cb 1977 t f It is to laugh again and again at the stupidity of the bureaucrats at Queens' Park. And it is to laugh at the lip ser- vice paid to freedom of information. Ontario's new Freedom of Infor- mation Act might just as well re- main on the bookshelves of the government book stores because it appears to be quite useless. I have a son-in-law who works for a daily newspaper. He wanted infor- mation on an agreement between the province and Toyota because' Toyota is building an automobile manufacturing plant in this arca. It is obvious that the Peterson government's act has nothing much to do with either freedom or infor- mation. Perhaps you have heard the story. The reporter, using the provi- sions of the act, asked for the agree- ment. It was released but, of the 100 pages in it, 41 were totally blank because some paper -pusher at Queen's Park decided it was not in the public interest to reveal Ihr con- tent. The responsibility for the dele- tions was accepted by Patrick La- velle, deputy minister of industry, trade and technology. The Toyota plant can be seen from Highway 401. It is in the final stages of construction. It is a huge complex on 300 acres of land. Streets, street lights and stop lights are in abundance. Trucks and work- ers and cars and contractors and cranes hustle through the complex constantly. Yet, the province, in its infinite wisdom, decided the location of the plant should remain a secret. The location and the size of the building were deleted from the agreement yet the plant is visible in all its glory. And the size was filed with the site plan with the city of Cambridge. It is 88,690 square metres, so there, Mr. Lavelle, 'whether you want to keep it a secret or not. Most everybody in thc region kn'ows it anyway.' When in opposition, the Liberals screamed as loud as the New Demo- crats for a freedom of information act. Finally, months after they took over the reins, they came up with a watered down Freedom of Informa- tion Act with so many provisos that it might as well have stayed on the order paper. To make matters worse, a deputy minister has a pair of scissors more Machinery club The fifth meeting of the Huron County Farm Machinery Club was held April 11 at Hyde Bros. in I-ttn- salt. The topic for the night was "Preventive Maintenance". The meeting opened with a roll call of members to identify substances in jars such as oil, gas, diesel, anti- freeze, etc. The members handed in food items and money from tickets in which the proceeds go towards our bus trip to the Milton Agricultural Museum. The night was then handed over to Stu and Barry who stressed the proper intervals for all tractors and related equipment for filter replace- ment and up keep. Stu then talked about oil viscosity, APi rating and proper usage of oil. The next meeting will be held at McGavin's in Walton on April 25. Lucan Seniors LUCAN - Lucan Seniors and Busy Buddies met in the Scouts Hall opening with' O' Canada with Mary Kooy at the piano. Minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved. Garry Noels announced an after- noon dance to be held in Ilderton Arena on May 31 from 2 to 4 p.m. it was agreed that the club pay the S3 entry ice to the Seniors Games. The meeting adjeturned for cards and crafts. Card winners were ladies high - Helen MacDonald, ladies lone - Lily Dobbs, ladies low - El - sic Gibson, men's high - Harry Noels, men's lone - Joe Carter, men's low - Wilma 1ipssels playing a man's card. Crafts Liz Conlin. 1 Lonely ate &wt.( tt4 by $Qt 1•on*. E104V Ra Elm... OM NIS 2C! active than a seamstress cutting mini -skirts. Ludicrous actions like this make a mockery of the democratic system. Picayune bureaucrats should not be allowed to make such asinine deci- sions. 1 can recall an incident many years ago when I was trying to get infor- mation on re -assessment from offi- cials at Queens' Park when the Ro- barts government was in power. I started my quest with the deputy minister of municipal affairs. From him, the research went downhill to an assistant, to a manager, to a clerk, to a librarian. I ended up talk- ing with an assistant librarian who did not know what an assessment was. The more things change, the more they retrain the same. Reporters today, even with access to information acts and freedom of information acts in place, have just as difficult a time getting informa- tion from governments as they did 20 years ago. Too bad these bureaucrats and the politicians do not subscribe to the philosophy expressed more than 200 years ago by Patrick Henry: "The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them." Important News for Bean Producers It is important for producers to recognize the .opportunity in edible bean production in 1988. \X'c believe this will be a good year in edible beans. Seed prices are substantially lower this year and an acreage reduction in North America could lead to good market returns. 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