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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1989-01-04, Page 24• Page 24 Times -Advocate; January 4,'1989 • Skate-a-thon does .well, despite enrollment decline -By SUSAN HARTMAN • HENSALL - A skate-a-thon at the arena last Wednesday left the Hensall figure skating club $600 richer, a surprising. amount consid- ering only 22 skaters took pari in 'the fundraising event. Club secretary Tammy Preszcator said the money will go towards fig- ure skating ice time, including an upcoming test day, and the Febru- ary 18 annual carnival. Because enrollment in the Hen- sall club is down 24 members this season to only'48 skaters, Preszca- tor said the club's finances are strained. "It puts a lot of stress on the oth- er kids as far as fundraising goes," said Preszcator, noting the $600 skate-a-thon effort will go a long way toward keeping the club run- ning this year. Shuffleboard The Happy Pushers will shuffle Monday January 9 at 1p.m. due to a seniors' meeting. The following four weeks will see shuffling re- turned to Tuesdays. Northcrest News Dorothy Munroe spent Christ- mas with her daughter Pat and fam- ily in Lucan and Mac and Shclagh Munroe of Whitby spent a couple .of days with Dorothy later in the week. - - NanBrittenvisited with her son' David, wife Jane and family in Kitchener, while Lynne, Gary, and - daughter Ashley of Port Elgin vis- ited grandparents Glen and Pearl. McKnight on Friday. Nelson McClinchcy and Nelson French of Brantford visited the McKnights on Sunday. - Margaret Molc spent Christmas with son. Bob and. Betty Molc and family of Dungannon. All the tenants wish Sadie Hoy a warm welcome. to Northcrest and wish her a speedy recovery after her operation. • Tykes hockey • The Hensall team came away from the Stephen Minor Hockey Tournament in Huron Park last Tuesday as runners-up in the A fi- nals. The first and second games of the tournament were dominated by Hensall, evident in final scores of 9-4 against St. Marys and a 17-0 shut out of Clinton, a gamein which,Jeff Campbell scored no less than nine times. The final game -went to Goderich with a 9-3 defeat of Hensall. Goderich started the scoring with three goals early in the. first period and Hcnsall were never able to match the. pace._ The Tykes came up against Hu- ron Park on Saturday in regular league play, leaving with a 7-4 loss. • Hensall Novice The Novice'team had their turn on Thursday in the Stephen Minor Hockey Tournament, defeating Blyth 11-1 in their first game. A second game against the home team" proved a close match with Stephen starting the scoring off. Hcnsall tied only to see Stephen get ahca$ once more before the.end of the first period.' However, Hensall goalie Eric Groot held Stephen back for the rest of the game as goals. from Brock Weiss put Hcnsall ahead. Goals from Mark Bell, and Regan Neilands in the third period scaled the 5-2 win for Hensall. In the A final, Hensall found it- self upainst rivals from -Zuricti whenGroot's goaltending made the difference as they emerged as cham- pions with a 4-0 win. - Hensall Atoms At the Minor Hockey Tourna- ment in Huron Park on Friday, the Atoms made their way straight through to emerge as winners in the A final. Squaring off against hderton in the morning gave Hensall a 6-1 win Sacks Yotting5 By Jack Riddell - MPP Huron New legislation Key new protections for farmers in just approved legislation Important legislation which protects farmers from nuisance law- suits over noise, odor and dust was one of five agricultural bills which 'recently received final approval. The Farm Practices -Protection Act - which establishes the freedom our farmers need to tarry on the basic and essential work of food production - received third reading and royal assent on December 15. Another key piece of legislation which received royal assent on December 15, was the Farm.Implement Act, which strengthens war- ranties and requires the provision of repair parts for farmers who buy new farm equipment,. These two pieces of legislation, along with the Agriculture and Horticultural Organizations Act and amendments to the Grain Eleva- tor Storage Act and the Farm Products Containers Act, arc major steps forward for farmers in Ontario. The five bills which I brought forward as minister of agriculture and food, provide important new protections for farmers, while also providing specific benefits to a wide variety of agricultural groups. Under the Farm Practices Protection Act, a board will be esta- blished to hear complaints by individuals about odor, noise or dust from farm practices. If nuisance is shown to result from normal farming practice, the board will dismiss the complaint. If the board finds that the practice is not proper, it may issue an order requiring the farmer to cease or modify the practices. • It is important to note that this so called "right-to-farm- `Iegislation" docs not give the farmer the right to pollute. An under- lying principle of the act is the requirement that farm practices con- tinue to comply with other provincial legislation such as the Envi- ronmental Protections act and the Pesticides act. • . The Farm Implement Act provides farmers with significant -new rights, such as the provision of emergency repair parts, standardized sales contracts, and minimum warranties. The act, which some would call a Lemon Law, also provides for repair or replacement of a new farm implement which fails to per- form during its first 100 days or 100 hours of actual usc. In addition, the Legislation provides a formal process for the 'reso- lution of problems encountered in the sale, service, maintenance, safety and warranty of farm implements. Both pieces of legislation were developed after extensive consulta- tion with all thosc groups that are affected by the provisions of the "-Iv /Pr— .-..- The Farm Products Container Act ittii. tfh is'.�i in1Fi [cr> revenue for their activities through a producer licence fee addedto the piece a producer pays when purchasing containers to package 'prod- ucts. Under tlic revised Icgislation, the provisions of the act may be ex- tended by regulation for any association representing producers of farm products. For instance, maple syrup and flower prodi ccrs may seek authority to collect funds under the. act for purposes such as re- search or promotion. The Grain Elevator Storage Act provides protections to grain own- ers who store their grain with a commercial elevator, through the li- censing and inspection of elevators. The amendments allow elevator operators to take advantage of rap- idly changing markets by marketing grain they have in storage for other owners, provided they have postcd easily redcemable'financial security with the chief inspector. Finally, the Agricultural and Horticultural Organizations Act con- solidates three acts into a single piece of updated legislation. The act removes outdate, redundant and restrictive Sections of the three former acts and incorporates more than 500 organizations. * *. * * * * Grants to ridings I was pleased to learn from Minister of Transportation Ed Fulton of a municipal road subsidy of 56,800 to Usbornc Township to relo- cate the watertnain for culvert replacement on the Anderson munici- pal drain. Minister of Community and Social Services John Sweeney ad- vised capital funding has been allocated in the amount of $7,325 for the -relocation of Little Kids Corner Child Care in Goderich. In addi- tion $2,528 will be provided for painting of the Goderich Municipal Day Nursery. Wingham Children's Centre will'receive 52,160 for a telephone system. • to continue against a tough. Clinton team inrthe afternoon. Victorious at 4-1, Hensall entered the A cham- pionship in the evening game against Belgrave. Although the teams were said to be closely matched, netminding by Lance Weiss kept Belgrave to only one goal, while Hensall scorers racked up 6 goals for the win. Greg Keys had a big, night with his four goals, while Mark Bell and Blair Moir put in the other,two. The next morning the Atoms travelled - to Brussels to pick bp their fifth win in four days, coming away with a 7-2 win over the home team. Keys and Moir both scored twice, -with singles corning from Bell, Dan Taylor and Chris Taylor. Skate-a-thon - Twenty-two of Hensall's figure skaters took to the • and upcoming activities. ice last Wednesday to raise nearly $600 for their club's ice time Big Red Nuggets 10 kg. W arta< Waes'4 Socks 0 Mini -Desk top Calculator Solar 1t 3 pr pkg. 95 '-..r•L.% u Monkey Grip Gioves • Insulated • pr. Anti - Freeze Co-op light B lbs Superior pe ormance Iry pkg. each Illustrations not : xactly as shown. All items are not available at all locations. 4 Exeter Co -Op Hensall Co -Op 235-2081 262-3002 Exeter • Ailsa Craig Hensall • Zurich • Seaforth