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T1Vpp•,)-Ativeoati3, ,january 1;' 2
'ane 5,1,91
'Grand Bend put up 46 new "No P Shing" signs in an attempt to
stop weekend parking on the town's sidestreets.
•Exeter residents requested that a sidewalk td be placed on Sanders
Street East be moved to Prydelkal evard.
•The residents of "South • Heslattll" °wvon the North/South Fitness
challenge, • with i l Z" southerners Tariicipating compared to the 110
from the north side of Highwayf34..
•A meeting held in Grand Baud to discuss the current bount:lary dis-
pute with the Lambton Beuntlary Dispute Committee turned into an
emotional debate to whether or not Grand -Bend should be allowed to
expand at all.
,Mote 12;t991
• Exsterpolice 'investigated several advertising traud incidents which
involved -the sale of advertising _apace for businesses on a telephone
•
rover.
•Hu n County Council' proposed that liquorbottics, in addition to
beer , ties, have a deposit priceput on -them m discourage continued
road. ide dumping.
provincial pay equity Icgiklation and realized that although ;Some ineq-
uities were.tumed very tittle changes actually occurred.
• Although the Brueeficld ,postal station was recently closed, Jim
Craig, Officer of Coimnunity Affairs for Canada Post -invited any re-
tail businesses to. "take -on the service," in an attempt -to keep the .sta-
on-available. •
June 19.1!91
•Bluewater Recycling drafted a policy tor controlling equipment op-
eration after the forced suspension of an employee -due- to equipmen.
misuse.
•Residents of Dashwood, Crediton 'and. Exeter received moderate
damage atter a massive windstorm passed through the area.
• A new day-care centre in Zurich was put on hold.after the orgailit- '
mg group decided to search for additional ministry funding.
•Archie Gibbs was commended by -Grand Bend council for keeping
his beach clean - even better than.the parts owned by the town itself.
• June 26, 1991
•Exeter public works comrpittee approved the proposed sidewalk
for Pryde Boulevard, despite newly introduced public protest.
!David Thiel of Zurich advanced to the international level chemistry
mpeuuon,and for the second year in a row, he represented Canada
in the Intemauonal Chemistry Olympiad.
• Due to a loss of Exeter. passengers, Steve Schanen, of Cha -Co
Trails Bus Lines, in London, announced that the route from Exeter to
London was to be cancelled.
•Brewer's Retails across the province started a new program that al-
lowed everything that they sell - boule caps, packaging, plastic bags,
even the six-pack rings could be returned for recycling.
July 3. 1991
•Grand Bend intrcr�ittced a pcw parking system by Issuing vehicle
parking permits to those eligible to park in the. area
• The Exeter O.P.P. invesugated two Zurich break-ins, one at Sos I -
cr's Food Market and the -other at the Hay Municipal Telephone ol -
/icc -
• Usbome.council voiced concerns about the Exeter ball -diamond
.-in parucular the fencing, which was stated to bo too short and not tubs
ing any padding around the top to avoid injury
July 10, 1991
• Ausable-Bayficht -Conservation Authority teams bu a snore un-
proved barrier for erosiuff control at MacNaughton Park \�
•Exeter received another two and a half inches ot ram in`dte third)
summcrstorm-to hit -the -area:
•Several Grand Bend residents started to erect illegal barricades m
front of their property to discourage parking. Grand Bend council de-
cided to tuni a "bhnd eke' towards the activity.
'Styli', Tuckcrsmrtii and Egmondvillc shared a $350.000 PRIDE
grunt from the Ministry of Municipal Affairs to boost their local econ-
omies.
July 17, 1991
-Zurich council decided to £pend_another 513.000 in the search of
e solution to elusive sewer problems.
•Petr Nippa encouraged Lucart council not to buy the Lewis Landfill
nc, alter a was closed by a pnx:ident-setting case won by .Nippa a
sw weeks eerit,ef . .
-The AusablAtl3aylicld Conservauon Authority stated that although
their budget IN now drained, the lour parks tireatened with closure
would remain open.
-Increased dyer populauon in the Pinery Provincial park raised
more concerns as a more recent count revealed approximately 1.001)
deer in the park. Despite more support tor a controlled hunt, none was
authorized
1
July 31, 1991
•Grand Bend uuuoxluced a policy that residents that wish to voice
their esteems at the council meuungs may.:htowcver. they would•bc
til -for a time af-fltioen minutes. - •
•Represenuuves from Grand Bend antBuaanquct Township stet to
finalize the boundary agreements between the Iwo panics.
!Due to a decrease in aucuunable cattle. Barry Miller announced the
closure of Hensel l's Thursday livestock auction.
•Exeter police constables started .patroWng bxoter's aueets on his
mountain bike alter the motion was endorsed by Ixeter.council uarli-
One Foot
in the Furrow
B v'Bob Trotter
That is considerable - power.
When it • was granted, the need was
great. The feathers industry • was in
a shambles. Stewas the tobacco in-
-ihistrystiatteheivroduetion of ♦milk: -- -
Famners fought big husiness.'oon-
sumers associations, big • govern-
ment and even themselves•in some
cases to organize marketing boards.
Some • farmers lost lifelong
friends because they backed mar-
keting boards.Some -travelled the
highways andyww ykrof this rmv-
• itice to `the detriment of their own
farms to put the boards in place.
Some even died for the cause of ag-
riculture in those early days. Mal-
colm Davidson comes to mind
And now, they may become a
thing of the past fact, as this is
vt+rtatiens7 1 84 ftjl`'be`�21il;iharj
ding the marketing system in
Geneva. Trade .ministers met De-
cember 10 in a final bid to reach an
agreement in principle which will
scale down agricultural subsidies of
all kinds. including marketing
boards.
The idea to try making the agri-
cultural trade scene a level playing
field -around the world came about
because the European community
and • the United States phot into a
trade subsidy war some years ago
.and other nations found it impossi-
ble to compete. 11 got so ridiculous
that 85 percent of the European
Common Market's budget -went into
propping up farmers.
The idea to cut subsidies interna-
tionally makes much .sense but a
clause in the original GATI' agree-
ment allowed marketing boards.
Canadian delegates wanted to
afnend and strengthen that _clause
-but-they-met s+vtih a cool reception
To strengthen international ties. u
would appear that marketing boards
are going to be the sacrificial lambs
and I think it is a terrible shame.
The picture gets bleaker and
bleaker
Patin gate pnces for most prod -
11015 have been lower than whale
dung for more than two years. in
-some -easesilhe MUM has 'been
'1tbMer than prices- -received 'in 'the
-4witddtk{uflhe
the dirty thirties.
Senior governments have "told
-fanners the cupboard- is -bare, that
you cannot get blond`fiotrt aaln rte.
"This has been . one of the most
. difficult years in Oimadian agricul-
tural history," declared Ralph Jes-
perlotyprrsident of 'the Canadian
Federation of Agrieulture en -he
• spoke to400 delegates at the annu-
al meeting of the Ontario'Federa-
tion of Agriculture.
So what else is new, Ralph?
Every farmer in the place knev,
that. Even more distressing than be
ing tad- Thal` either: this" +dWicc
-,,nor the federal government has am -
bucks to bolster the back forty 1,
the. reaction to Canada's -efforts. u'
preserve supply management mar-
keting boards. At the international
trade talks, all eflbrts to preserve
the clause in the General Agree
ment on Tariffs and 'trade allowing
countries to apply supply manage
menrare being met with considera
-hie resistance
1 feared this very thing several
years -ago. 1 thought, for a while_
that the 103 GATT nations woniti
allow. Canada to strengthen ,the
clause to preserve marketing
boards. Farmers have fought for
half a century for order! .market-
ing. When marketing d legisla-
tion was passed more n 25 years
ago. I rejoiced with many farmers
alt across the province and the na-
tion.
1 can recall a good many of m'
colleagues. farm writers, who wen•
perturbed authe powersallowed up-
-der the' laws. Marketing boards
have the power to come onto land
and destmv crops or animals if
those crops or anunals have not
been authorized under a quota sys-
8eY Cattle lvLarketirig
ct now In effect
TORONTO - legislative amend-
'items
mend-
m nts tb.thelleef Cattle Marketing
'Act which allow for increased
flmdiag forthe Ontario Cattlemen's
-Association (OCAi are now irr ef-
fect.
• One of the, amendments removes
--the -•djfper---littlit -on --licence -fee
checkoffs from the Act. The check
off system allows the OCA to rc
ceive a lower percentage of the sale
price of each animal sold for mar
kci development and promotion to
assist all Ontario beef producers.
The government retains control of
adiusttnents to fees lhrough_the red
ulatory process however, the asso
elation cat) noe raise its lees to
beef prrtdticcrs without having to
obtain legisldtive approval
tem
Cr
'ria ..rte pilyments for
lugs, Iamb and cattle
OTTAWA - Third quarter payment.caicuhaaions for producers en-
rolled in the National Tripartite Stabilization Programs for hogs and
cattle -and stag d_quarter,paymcnt cajculatimns.for:Jsgibs were art-
nounced last week by the National Stabilization Committees.
A stabilization payment.has been triggered for lambs (June. July,
August) and for logs.snd slaughter cattle marketed in the third quar-
ter (July, August, September). .
Producers and both levels of government contribute equally to the
stabilization funds.
Slaughter Cattle: (S/rtswt )
Support Pncc
National Market Price
Payment
Payment/Head -
Feeder Cattle: (S/cwt )
Support Price
-National Market Price
• Payment
Payment/Head
Hugs: ($$cwt)
Support Pncc
National Met -Pane
Payment
Paymeet/Head
Lambs:.(liew1)
Support price
National Market Price
July
81.8 3
79.09
2.79
33.68
Aug.
134.27
76.30
7.98 '
98.09
88.51. 90.51
95.74 94A5
0 0
1991 (Third Quarter a
164.09
143A6
20.62
16.55
June 1991 -August 1991
84.45
72.12
-12:33
Dept
85.96
75.27
10.69
131.06
92.35
93.79
0
0
Congratulations
• Cunlavaaedon page 1.42.w.h.jd Our Toy Tractor Winner
You -are invited to attend the Public
.Meeting for the Asbociapon of
Conservation Authorities of Ontario Class
Environmental Assessment for Remedial
Flood .and Erosion Control Projects
Date: Thursday, January 9, 1992
Time: 8:30 p.m. (following the AtBCA Annual Meeting)
Location: Seaforth id District Community Centre
122 Duke Sunset, Seaford'
tick sisauring cuMeevatbn art►arWes will such have an Lipase Rana a.
outlaw•
• grand River C.A. Jan. 13, 1992, 1 • 4 pm., 6 • 9 pm
Admiauvaucn Office, Corbridge (519)6213761
• &Meson Valley C.A. Jan. 9, 1992, 2 - 430 p. ,i , 7 - 9 �.,n
Admmusuatioo Office, Et. R..1 llauover (519)164.1255
• St. t:Wr: MMlaa C.A. Jan. 8, 1992, 3 - 5 pm , 7 - 9 p.m
Plymiacin 'r'owash'p Office. Roses; a netr (51'004S4710
• Lipper Thaws River C.A:-Jan. 13. 1992, -' - 8 p.m.
Adarwuvayon °Mfioe, laraliawe C.A., bastion (j19)45t4ioo
For hatter information please contact
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Toy Jaw Winner; Gord R ss left and Frank Winters of
Huroj'Tsactor present Byron Heiler RR 1 Dashwood
with a toy ti-actor,and wagon:, -
The ether two amendments pre-
parr -the legislative ground for '8
federat=lirnvinctai agreement on a
national checkoff system and allow
the bCA .10 collect levies on im-
ports. They are built into the Act too
amicipati, changes in federal legis-
--4atibn-whtchfaibw-designat•
cd groups to collect levies on beef
imports. Several other countries in -
eluding the United States, 'New
Zealand and Australia already have
a shbilar program.
The Ontario Cattlemen's: Associa-
tion currently collects a fee equarto
_me -fifth of one percent of the price
on all cattle sales. -The charts ti-
the regulation do not affect matt:
mer prices.
to
Milk Actadopt'd
TORONTO - An amendment to
the Milk Act that pmvides for an
increase m the maximum levy eol
Issued for the Ontario Dain Herd
�fmprovemcnt Corporation (01 )
HIC't is now in effect.
The amendment was introduced
in the .Legislature in October hs
Ontario Minister ot Agriculture and
Food Elmer Buchanan and wa-
supported by the pmducer-non On
tario Milk Marketing Marc: It re
ccived royal assent on Decemhc;
19.
ODHIC operates the provincial
milk recording program that pro
vides infonnauon on management.
herd health and genetic improve-
ment. Under the authonts of the
Milk Act. ODHIC receives -part of
•u funding, from the milk board
through a levy collected from all
milk producers in the province.
Because of increasing operating
costs and declining proportion or
government funding, ODHIC has
asked the milk board to increase the
maximumproducer levy from three
cents to six cents per hectolitre over
a period of three years. This Will
ensure that a greater portion of the
cost of the program is ftmded by
dairy producers, who benefit from
the program.
At present, the corporation has
landing agreements with both fed-
eral and provincial governments,
and the government's long-term ob-
jective is to encourage it to become
more self-sufficient. The extra rev-
enue generated by thc amendment
will enable the ODHIC to continue
with its programs for maintainmg
the industry's high standards and
competitiveness.
TOWNSHIP OF BIDDULPH
NOTICE OF ROAD -SING
TAKE NOTICE that the Corporation of the Township of
dulph intends lo pass a by-law at its meeting on January 21,
1992 to.close. art oLa ttigttway-desc r*l d asethauPartzfaide
Road 25 in the Township of Biddulph Which extends for a dis-
tance of 850 feet measured westerly from the West Limit of the
Road between Concession 2 and Concession 3 in the Town-
ship of Bidduiph. A full metes and bounds description of the
section of road to be closed may be obtained from the Clerk of
the Township. , •. -
AND TAKE NOTICE that the Council of the Township shall
hear any person who claims that his land will be prejudicially
affected by the by -taw andwho applies to be heard
Any person wishing to be heard must apply at the .address be-
low and a day and time will be set. Any person who does not
otherwise apply may attend at the meeting -of council com-
mencing at 7:30 p.m. on January 21, 1992 and such person
will there be heard by council _
•
Dated: December 16, 1991
Lawrence Hotsor
Clerk, Township of [3iddutph
R.R. #3
Lucan Ontario NOM 2JC
(519) 227-4491
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