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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1989-08-16, Page 27Jack's Jottings Jack Riddell MPP Huron From Queen's Park Each summer, the farm community's eyes are focussed on the an- nual mid -summer meeting of agriculture ministers. Many of the farm policies we have in place today are introduced at these federal/ provincial gatherings. This year, delegates from Ottawa and the provinces met in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. Although there were many pressing items on the table, Federal Agriculture Minister Don Mazankowski's so-called "Freedom to Grow" paper dominated the three-day agenda. This draft national farm policy review covers every aspect of the food chain, from the farm gate to the processing industry to export sales. It was agreed by the ministers present that in today's rapidly - changing domestic and international marketplace, the national policy framework should be based on principles of market responsiveness, greater industry self-reliance and on methods of food production that are environmentally acceptable. Ministers present at the unveiling of Ottawa's blue -print for longer term agricultural policy called for fell consultation on the issues it addresses. As a result, a national confer ence that will include repre- sentatives from both levels of governrient, farm groups, the food processing industry and consumers will be staged in the near future. Notable at this year's conference was the focus on the entire food chain, not just on specific commodities like grains, meats and horti- culture products. Indeed, many would argue that the quality and safe- ty of Canadian food emerged as the major issue at the Prince Albert meeting. Other issues that provoked considerable discussion included trans- portation subsidies for grain, crop insurance, trade barriers - interpro- vincial and international - and farm finances. Ministers agreed to participate lb a process to review the Western Grain Transportation Act (WGTA), including the method of payment of the Crow Benefit. Some believe it should be paid directly to the producers, rather than to the railways as it is today. It wa§ agreed that any fine tuning to the WGTA would consider the ripple effect such changes would have on all provinces- including Ontario. Ministers also reaffirmed their commitment to maintain and im- prove reliable financial safety nets for farmers - such as our national crop insurance program. As many of you know, I have fought long and hard for changes in the Canada Crop Insurance Act that would beef up the existing program so that evert more fanners would find it in their best interests to use it. If progress made at Prince Albert is any indication, it looks as it we will see some changes the Act in place bythe next crop year. These changes will provide greater flexibility in the calculation of average yields, updates for technological progress, increased levels of coverage, protection for new and perennial crops, as well as better multi -risk coverage. All Ministers heartily condemned the recent decision by the United State to impose a countervailing duty on Canadian exports of fresh, chilled and frozen pork products. The federal and provincial govern- ments will continue to work closely with the industry to press the U.S. to withdraw the duty. Thames Road celebration By MRS. ROBERTA ROHDE THAMES ROAD - Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Rowe were surprised last Contest for Dairy Princess CLINTON - The 1989 Huron County Dairy Princess Competi- tion is being held on Saturday, Oc- tober 14 in Blyth. The competition is open to con- testants between the ages of 16 and 25, whose parents are or have been involved with cream or milk pro- duction. The winner will act as a good- will ambassador promoting milk and milk products throughout He- ron County and will represent Hu- ron County at the 1990 Ontario Dairy Princess Competition held in Toronto at the Canadian Nation- al Exhibition. If you are interested in compet- ing in the Huron County Dairy Princess Competition, please con- tact Mrs. Brenda K: Bridge, Huron County Dairy Princess Co- ordinator, R.R. 4 Kincardine, N2Z 2X5 or phone 395-5911 before Au- gust 30, 1989. The present Huron County Dairy Princess, Lisa Boonstoppel of the Auburn area will be competing at the Canadian National Exhibition on Thursday, August 24 at 6 p.m. at the Fraser Pavilion. Monday evening when the Skinner family came to celebrate Dennis and Sandra's 15th wedding anniver- sary which was the ninth of Au- gust. Congratulations, Dennis and Sandra. Many people from this commu- nity attended the funeral of the late George Kellett at the Hopper - Hockey Funeral Home, Exeter, on Wednesday afternoon. Rev. Sheila Macgregor was the officiating minister and the pall bearers were John Batten, Arnold Cann, Ray Cann, Murray Dawson, Keith Passmore and Bill Rohde. Sympathy of the community is extended to Hilda and family. Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Kellett flew home from Edmonton, Alber- ta to attend his father's funeral. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Jeffery and Mr. and Mrs. Bill Rohde attended the wedding of their nephew Steven Thomson' to Joanne Carter at a church in Ridgetown on Friday evening, also the reception at Flor- ence Community Centre. Brent Dawson and Sharon Skinner also attended the reception. Ross Cottle is a patient in South Huron Hospital, Exeter. The annual Andrew Hodgert fam- ily golf tournament was held at Ex- eter Golf and Country Club Sun- day, August 13 with six foursomes in play. Later in the day the group along with the non golfers met at the home of Reg and Jean Hodgen in Exeter where about 50 relatives Develop new skimmed milk TORONTO - A new skim milk which has the taste and texture of two -percent milk — without fat - is being developed with the help of a small food processors assistance program from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Nelson's Dairy of North York has received $40,000 to help purchase reverse osmosis equipment needed to produce this new skim milk. The dairy is one of nine Ontario proces- sors to receive grants totalling near- ly $285,000. "This grant helped make the deci- sion to invest in this completely new approach to milk," says Nel- son's Dairy chairman Elio Madonia. The cold production process in- creases the natural calcium and milk protein content by 20 - 25 percent without altering the taste or texture of the milk. "Most people prefer two percent over skim because of the taste. We're making a skim milk product they can enjoy," says Madonia. To qualify for the grant, compa- nies must expand or upgrade pro- cessing capacity or adopt new tech- nologies to process food or food ingredients in Ontario.,Each project must have a capital cost of less then $250,000. Since the small food processor assistance program was established in July 1986 it has awarded close . to $5 million in grants. The eight other processors receiv- ing grants for capital purchases are: Doug Govier, Princeton - $5,503; Small Fry Snack Food Inc., Cam- bridge - $25,000; Wiley Bros., St. Catharines - $22,495.33; Greek Peasant, Toronto - $27,596; Vene- tian Meat and Salami Co. Ltd., Ha- milton - $39,138; Vacationland Dairy Co-op Ltd., Kenora - $25,500; Henry H. Misner Ltd. , Port Dover - $50,000; Gelateria Umberta, Toronto - $50,000. Centralia library CENTRALIA - If your children are getting bored when the holidays are nearing an end have them attend the Puppet Show entitled "Terrific Turtles and Other Fine Friends" at Centralia Branch Library at the Community Centre presented by Marian Doucette. Children of all ages will enjoy this show at 3:30 p.m. on August 22. Bible School will be held at Faith Tabernacle on August 21, 23 and 23 at 6:30 each evening. Come out and have an evening of bible learning and fun. All children are welcome. Plan to attend the ball tournament at Centralia Community Park on the weekend of August 25 with a beef barbecue on August 26. Tom and I attended the 50th wed- ding anniversary of Gordon and Catherine Sutherland at Ailsa Craig United Church on Sunday afternoon then we went on to Lucan where our nephew Howard and Sandra McDonald entertained at dinner in honour of their daughter Lauralee's 21st birthday with 20 family mem- bers present. Bonnie Kooy has returned to her teaching job in London following two weeks vacation with her parents Clayton and Alice Kooy at Huron Park and Ruston Campground. Von Overholt spent Sunday with her sister Helen Aubin in Seaforth. partook of a bountiful smorgas- bord. Reg and Lillian Hodgert present- ed the trophy to Jeff Hodgen, Mi- chele Hodgert, Scott Hodgert and Laurel Miner. The runner up team was Brian Hodgert, Helen Hodgert, Alan Hod- gert and Janet Rice. - Ladies Low went to Michele Hodgert and Mens Low Brian Hod- gert. Golfers were present from Lon- don, Kitchener, Seaforth, Zion, Ex- eter and Thames Road. TRIANGLE DISCDUNTmI. Back t0 School 4n. MAIN ST., EXETEf 2 35 -1 661 p_ - ...I�...�St.'FY'�1 eciais August 14 to August 27 Plax, 500 ml.99 Hilroy 2" Vinyl e nntat Benders Metiiii;ti, 75�. Speed Stick 229 HiIrcy 1" Vinyl Binders Z99 v9 Dominion transparent Tape rrrrrtx r5tte- Finnesse 300 ML. Shampoo or Conditioner .319 Post Fax Subject, 5's DM - Campus Craft Duo Tangs Hilroy 200 sheet, lined or plain 49 Refills Pentel Correction 39 4/1 139 12 pack Bic Pens3 ...... n.. t...ww.s ..:J�.�v7t�i:.... Berol Canadiana, 24's 29 Pencil Crayons vezxr .rase,rac..asx-4*'.."'."}P-'""^war. • xtij�e��a Timers -Advocate, August 16, 1989 Page 27 A Model T restored - John Stewart of Crediton has successfully completed restoration of a 1914 Model T Ford. He is shown here at the wheel with from the left, residents of Crediton living Stahl, Roy Finkbeiner and Emmerson Wein, who are all 17 years older than the vehicle. CCAT education continues CENTRALIA - Continuing Edu- cation programming spans the en- tire year at CCAT. Last summer several new courses ranging from academic upgrading to personal de- velopment were initiated. Also area youngsters enjoyed AgVenture, a week -tong day camp on campus. In 1989, the list of courses of- fered grows. In particular the Ani- mal Health Technology section is advertising four one day upgrading courses to graduate AHT's - Hema- tology, May 27; Urinalysis, June 17,; Hospital Management, August 26. Contact, Dr. Diane McKelvey, D.V.M. for more details on the content of these Saturday courses. On a lighter note, Helga McDo- nald, CCAT information officer is already organizing activities and fun for Centralia's day camp AgVen- ture. The very popular program is open to area youngsters ages 9-11. According to McDonald, the "activities and fun incorporate com- puter time, making your own lunch and learning a bit more about agri- culture and farming". Dates for the camp are July 10-14 or July 17-21. And to expand the theme of youth programming, Centralia invited 10- 13 year olds, basically grades 5-8 students, to a weekend camp, June 16 and 17. Campers arrived between 6 and 7 p.m. on the Friday for 24 hours of computers, agriculture awareness and leadership develop- ment. the program was designed to acquaint campers with the technolo- gy of agriculture and related fields. The participants, about 6 p.m. on Saturday. The campers found this to be an excellent function. Young teens, who love food, may prefer "Food for Fun", another Cen- tralia day camp all about following recipes and preparing basic foods. Limited to 15 campers, this unique summer experience provides 12-15 year olds with individual instruction in the preparation of yeast breads, frozen desserts, homemade lunches and much more. Food for Fun, co- ordinated by Centralia College foods instructor Deb Campbell, in- cludes tips on how to organize a party and serve food. Call early to register. "Summer programming is just the other half of a very energetic and diverse continuing education listing", says manager of C.E., Ka- thy Biondi. Biondi mentions that "at Centralia, we see both a local need and a regional interest in courses and resource materials." • Over the past year, short courses and information days attracted 757 individuals to the CCAT campus. In addition 634 people attended training programs in farm busi- ness, computers and labour man- agement. Courses are usually an- nounced in local papers, but for a complete listing and up to date in- formation, request a brochure and keep in touch. Planting Winter Canola? Call us for seed Availability of: Cert. Tandem Cert. Arabella Common Winter Canola 11 White Winter Wheat is in your plans we have: Cert. Harus (bagged or bulk) Cert. Augusta We are also offering Custom Seed Wheat Cleaning 1989 Hill & Hilll Farms Test Plot Results. Cert. Harus Grade 1 Cert. Houser Grade 3 Cert. Augusta Grade 2 Cert. Harus Grade 1 Please contact Pete Rowntree or Bev Hill at 233-3218 or 233-7908 for your fall seed needs 90.0 bus/ac. 73.6 bus./ac. 70.5 bus./ac. 82.2 bus/ac. C.G. 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