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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1992-09-23, Page 15• Youth invited TORONTO - Youth aged 16 to 24 are invited to demonstrate their speaking skills and interest in agriculture by participating in public speaking oompetis. tion to be held at the Royal Ag- ricultural Winter Fair in 'Toron- to, on November 21 The competition IS Co- sponsored by the Farm Credit Corporation -and the Ontario Ministry -of Agriculture and Food. This year the first 'prize winner will receive $700 in cash . and the opportunity to spend allay at the Ontario Min- istry of Agriculture and Food. The next five competitors will also rece ivecash prizes. Official rules and application forms are available at any of- fice of the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food -or Perm Credit Corporation, deadline is October 2, 1992. For more info., contact Swart Budd, Min. of Ag. & Food, (519) 759-4190. needed for ural abased women One Tont in the : --urrotY PobImitkr . _ eiw �t■ic Getting help for abused women is still a problem in urban Canada but that help is usually available some place. Not so in rural Canada. And-when-nual Canada seems to be getting an inordinate amount of government help, think about Mat- tered women. All kinds of grant, and subsidies are available tor half -way houses, for temporary shelter, for counselling. But all this help is available in cities and large towns. Not much is availablein thecoun- try simply because it is too costly Changes to beef cattle impro vement programs GUELPH - The Ontario Cattlemen's Association, the Ontario •Beef Cat- tle Performance Association and the Ontario Ministry 'of Agriculture and food have reached agreement -on -changes affectirig-the-beef -cattle im- provement programs. Effective immediately, both supervised and unsuper- vised weighings will be permitted emit the Beef Herd Improvement Pro- gram (SHIP), however, bulls entering the Bull Evaluation Program, as of October 1, 1992 must have a supervised weaning weight. Either a -super- vised or unsupervised BHIP weight will qualify for an eligible Red Meat 11 capital facilities grant. The Ontario Cattlemen's Association and the Ontario Ministry of Agri- culture and food will provide interim financial assistance to weigh clubs to offset some of. the out-of-pocket expenses for conducting supervised BHIP wcigtungs between August 6 and December 31, 1992:This financial assistance is intended to encourage Ontario cow -calf producers to continue weighing calves at weaning and yearling age. This information is valuable in making herd improvement decisions. A six member Task Force from the Ontario Cattlemen's Association, the Ontario Beef Cattle Performance Association and the Ontario Ministry'of Agriculture and Food will examine the future direction and delivery of Beef Improvement Programs in Ontario. Members of the Task Farce will be Bob Kerr and Murray Greaves representing the Ontario Cattlemen's As- sociation, Angus Campbell and Jack McCoubrey representing the Ontario Beef Caule Performance Association and Peter Kuehn and Mike McMor- ris representing the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. The Task Force is to bring forward recommendations by Christmas 1992 for discus- sion at winter meeungs. Murray Greaves. President of the Ontario Beef Cattle Performance As- sociation. and member of the Executive Committee of the Ontario Cattle- men's Associauon stated. ""Ilse sudden and unexpected cancellsuon`of the Rte Meat 11 incenuve grants was a major blow to the BAIP program. The feedback we were getting from weigh clubs was that there could be a sig- nificant drop m participation. Accepting unsupervised BHIP weights was a logical step to take and the $65,000 from OMAF and OCA were to be pro- vided to weigh clubs will offset a major part of the cost of taking a super- vised weighing. For the longer run. we must address the manner in which these programs are directed and deiivered to users. The cancellation of the Red Meat 11 incenuve grants has made us acutely aware of the risks asso- casted with total reliance upon goverrunent for program delivery. The Task Force will examine means of sharing this responsibility with industry. The Red Meat Programs have given us a solid base ofaeedstock-and comtuer- eiai participation in beef cattle evaluation. The loss of the incentive grants will imger in our memories. but the mourning must end and we must look to the future to build upon the base which the Red Meat Programs have given Us • idiget 25 - Used Combine Winners of John Deere 322 Lawn mower Clarence Woods, Alex Vanniekerk, Janet Vannie kerk, Frank Winters. Winners from RR 2 Lucknow 519-528-2130 2nd prize Airfare for Two -to Hawaii: Clayton Bechard, RR 1 Paincourt. 1111 HIM TRACTOR Hwy, No. 4 North "We're wary big on.aervice" Exeter 2.115-113.5 4 to provide that help. All kinds of stories have been told about women seeking help. --A prrnrincial police officer in north- ern Ontariohtad to "house" a iet- tered farm -wife- in -his cruiser -for more than four hours before he fi- nally got permission to leave her -at a motel. Not much help for a woman in trauma. In British Columbia, several families have offered their private homes because no- other sanctuary is available. Ibis seems like a great idea to this old scribe. I lived in the country for most of my life - - we moved to the city only two years ago -- and i have always felt that rural people always cane through in the clutch if it is financially impossible to have shelters for battered women -in the country because too many, would be needed then having sev- eral sale houses in every area is thenext best thing. I have decried that lack of places -for rural women to go for many years but this idea fermi the far west seems excellent. Rural women cannot easily es- cape physical -or sexual abuse be- cause of the isolation factor. Many would have navel• -several hours to a city shelter•and that is just too much time and.loomany miles. Now, lest l.'getthe•same kind of letters again as I did one other time after writing shout battered women in rural areas, let me repeat again that the incidence is no higher in the country than it is in the city. in fact - - and I have no stats to prove it -- 1 suspect the incidence is less in the country. But when 1 wrote about battered women in the country a few years ago, 1 got -several letter's accus- ing me of suggesting that all rural wives are in danger. Please! That is definitely not so. All i am saying is that there are some women and children out there in the boondocks who need this kind of support and they are not getting it. lam a firm believer in the necessi- ty of breaking the cycle of violence. Violence begets violence. There- fore, girls grow up thinking that abuse is normal. Boys think it is ac- -f ceptable. Many, many times, abus- ers came from homes where they were abused. Until women and their children get necessary help, that cy- cle will continue and rural Ontario is no exception. The big problem in the rural area., is that too many women and chil- dren put up with the abase Ringer, -perhaps, than their city counterparts because they simply have no place to go. It is beyond their ability to get help is too far away and they are too isolated. • Certainly, the crises in farm in- comes would lead me to believe that it could be happening more often because of the stresses and strains in agriculture these days. - The idea of a safe home in a rural arca sounds good to me, especial] if some government funding is available. John Deere chrome sections are built tough for long lite Arac Dura -Cu"- sections provide ease of maintenance as we:: Save on these beanngs for John Deere Combines and forage narveste: Provides the same feature-, strength and cuttinc Performance as the Dura -Cu' - section. yet weighs 33 percent 'less Reduces powe, requirements. stress and vloratior 15W-40 TORO -GUARD SUPREME ENGINE OIL 1 Luer- $1.95 20 Litre F a. - $37.95 205 Litre Drunt - - S339.90 t .r.aa.00n a..wr.•oorly..one.n.'- r.not tr>.e.n.r.commonona. wee.• .r..•.ueae'e noon s..Noo.,- . b taC. tome corm...,.1 tui a.anmr aro Forme. w t� tW.......a.... S 1.95 TOM,..p.. •.. 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