Times Advocate, 1992-11-25, Page 2pounds/bushel), is within 2-5 per-
cent of higher -grade corn in feed
energy content, and similar in pro-
tein percentage. OCPA has learned
that major feed companies have
reached the same conclusion and
are using grade four and five in feed
rations in almost the same propor-
tions as would be the case with
higher -grade corn.
Although some mould infection
has occurred for corn in scattered
areas of the province, particularly in
low -heat -unit areas where the corn
was least mature when frost stopped
growth. the level of incidence re-
mains relatively low in most areas.
"We would hope that initial fears
as to the feed: quality of the 1992
crop will dissipate quickly so that
the present high levels of price dis-
counting begin assess for grade four
and five corn will diminish," said
Anthony. "With some buyers this
has already happened."
The corn association bas dis-
cussed this issue with grain trade
representatives and will continue to
do so on a near -daily basis.
Moisture measuring technology is
of major concern because the stan-
dard "model 919" tester used by
most elevators in not calibrated
about 35 percent grain .moisture us-
ing the official tables. The Canadi-
an Gran Commission has issued
two new calibration tables this fall
for use on corn above 35 patent
moisture
However, producers retain the op-
tion of having a sample sant to tie
Canadian Grain' Commission bice
at Chatham where it will be dried
before testing so that the moisture
content and grade of .tbe original
sample can be calculated accurately.
OCPA applauds gain elevators
Huron County and surrounding are-
as who have chosen 10 ithe.*fl eider
calibration table to ensure fAirness
to producers, and who bave,lowered
their drying charges.belowthe stan-
dard rates recomtdeaded by qbe On-
tario Grain and Feed Dealers' Asso-
ciation for conn above 3S patent
moisture.
Perhaps the biggest criai=,1nvolves '!,
cashdflow antis of fanners who .1
cannot harvest toad sell porn") meet
autumn debt obligations. ODEA is
addressing this by asking crop insu-
rance officials to provide speedy
settlement for crops which are
"written off' this fall, and partial
crop insurance payments on crop
which will be left in the field for
salvage harvest operations during
the coming winter or next spring.
OCPA has also made formal re-
quest to the Government of Canada
to permit advance payments to be
issued for corn left standing in the
field over winter under the Ad-
vance Payments for Crops Act pro;
grain and the associated Cash Flow
Enhancement program. The asso-
ciation notes that similar provisions
already exist for . yet -to -be -
harvested crops in western Canada.
"The endurance of Ontario grain
farmers has been tested at various
times during the past decade, but at
no time more severely than during
1992 for most areas of the prov-
ince," said Anthony. "Hopefully
with continued cooperation among
farmers, the trade, crop insurance
staff, and governments, most of us
will be able to survive; what will
long remain in memory as the
night -mare year."
Leaving the crop in the fieids to
dry naturally below 30 percent
moisture would means lower dry-
ing costs and less damage to corn.
Realistically, however, little drying
occurs in November and the con-
tinued rain and snowfall has meant
extra moisture which means many
will still have their crop in the
fields when winter really comes.
Because the levels are so high,
drying cocas will skyrocket due to
the high level of fuel required for
the job. Cost will eventually be de-
ducted from grain prices which
spell more bad news because grain
prices have already plummeted to
all-time lows thanks to a bumper
crop in the United States.
Page 2 Times -Advocate, November 25, 1992
Regional
wrap up
Man pleads
guilty to axe
attack
LONDON - A man who
..threatened police with an axe on
June 21 at his parents home in
Ailsa Craig has been sentenced
to 12 months in jail with two
years probation and ordered to
receive treatment for alcohol
abuse.
According to the Parkhill Ga-
zette, Martin McVeeney, 29, of
Ailsa Craig pleaded guilty to
three of nine charges he faced,
assaulting police officers, pos-
session of a weapon dangerous
to the public peace and threaten-
ing to kill Constable Ralph
Christmas of the Lucan OPP de-
tachment.
The coun heard Lucan OPP
received a call from McVeeney's
parents asking that he be re-
moved from their home, and a
second call indicated he had
armed himself with a ceremonial
sword. McVeeney himself then
called police claiming to have
two loaded firearms.
Police arrived, to find to find
the sword had been taken from
McVeertby, and he instead
wielded what was described as a
five-foot ax with a 20 Ib. head.
The accused was tackled by
his father from behind and then
subdued by police. No one was
injured, but later at the Lucan
detachment McVeeney informed
Christmas "I know where you
live. Fm coming after you."
Cofell found
guilty of
fi rst-degree
murder
GODERICH - A 19 -year-old
Chatham malls feriti{ggund guilty
icon three couilast-degree
`Murder in God&ich last Tuesday'
after the jury deliberated for
about six hours.
Jason Cofell was sentenced to
life in prison on each count to be
served concurrently. He will
serve 25 years with no chance
for parole.
Cofell was convicted in the
October deaths of Jasen Pang -
burn, 19, his grandmother, Vir-
ginia Critchley, 73 and her hus-
band Alfred Critchley, 77, all of
Chatham.
The Critchleys were found
stabbed to death in the home of
Virginia's son. Richard Pang -
burn, just outside of Chatham.
-lawn was found shot to death
and partly buried in a ravine be-
hind the house.
McQuail
wins NDP
race
LUCKNOW - Tony McQuail
of Lucknow has defeated Ross
'Hemingway of Brussels to be-
come the New Democratic Par-
ty's candidate for the Huron -
Bruce federal riding.
McQuail has been very active
in community organizations and
was elected for three teams to
the Huron County Board of Edu-
cation.
McQuail ran in the 1980 and
1988 federal elections as well .as
the 1981 provincial election. He
recently served as Executive As-
sistant to the Ontario Minister of
Agriculture and Food.
Warden race
in Perth
MITCHELL - The 1993 race
for the warden's seat for Perth
County is already beginning to
heat up.
According to the Mitchell Ad-
vocate, North Fasthope Reeve '
Bob McTavish and Morningtom
Reeve George Steven have both
announced their intentions to
tun for the position.
Both have nerved four years
on county council.
The election for warden will
lake place December 10 at thd3
Perth County Court House. -
Ministry claims phase out is years away
Board not convincer! workshops won't close
'By Adrlsa liar'te
T -A Editor
DASHWOOD - The government
has no immediate plans to close the
sheltered workshops that provide
employment•formany of the prov-
ince's developmentally handi-
capped. That message came across
loud and clear at a community
meeting in Dashwood Thursday
.—evening -.as -parents of -clients _and
board members of Community Liv-
ing South Huron (CLSH) confront-
ed government officials about cut-
baeks to funding of the ARC
Industries workshop.
"Policy does.
not put people
to work"
However, many parents and offi-
cials appeared unconvinced that the
sheltered workshop will not face a
setback in coming weeks or
months.
To date, CLSH does not know
exactly how much will disappear
from its projected 1992 budget for
funding the ARC Industries work -
.shop which presently 'employs 47
people from the South Huron area -
26 from Exeter alone.
MPP Paul Klopp said the con-
cerns over workshop funding arose
from a policy review conducted by
the Ministry of Community and So-
cial Services over the summer - a
review which calls for cutting $5
million from the $65 million pro-
gram and reallocating $2 million to
a "supported employment" pro-
gram.
Virginia Turner, a senior policy
advisor with the ministry, said the
review was to find out which pro-
grams work well "and see the
things we can do a little switching
around in."
John Gray, executive director of
CLSH, criticized the government's
plan as not having a clear direction
for its agencies to plan for or fol-
low.
"The point of view we took is this
is not any form of strategy," he
saki addle drat a letter of caterer
-molt etre atiniair Marion Boyd did
not appear to have any effect on the
ministry's plans between now and
March.
Gray said the ARC Industries
workshop has been very successful.
While receiving S406,000 in gov-
ernment funding, it generates an-
other 3170,000 in revenues to meet
its expenses. The catch, he said, is
that cutting subsidies will cut back
shop hours, in turn cutting into rev-
enues.
"There could very well be a
downsizing in the day program. I
don't think we can fudge around
that," said Gray. "Sons and daugh-
ters may have to be at home."
Gray said there are other flaws
with the province's plans. Regard-
less of funds provides for "support-
ed employment", many clients
won't be employable in a competi-
tive workplace, especially in this
economy. He also said grasp
homes are only funded to allow for
residents to be out during the day
and daytime care is not part of their
mandate.
"There is a rippling effect that be-
gins to take place here," said Gray.
The effects on the cliehts them-
selves could be profound.
"People who work in the work-
shop view that as their job," em-
phasized Gray. "And 1 don't ,think
we can belittle that or lake anything
away from that."
In his letter to Marion Boyd,
Gray asked how the minister would
deal with these people. Her re-
sponse, he said, is that "policy pro-
cess lis being used in] the develop-
ment ,of alternatives for those
people who want to work but can-
not work in a competitive environ-
ment."
"That doesn't mean anything to
me," said Gray. "Policy does not
pui"poople to work."
Turner, in reponse to Gray's
presentation said that the workshop
closures were a "myth".
"Sheltered workshops are not
closing this year. They .are not
closing in three yews. They arc not
closing in five yearns," said Tierney.
She said the reallocation of $2
million for ai sportive employment
was "a way for some .pm* who
at willing and abc to receive
somewhat of a just WNWOthers. the AK "will a&wayrs
aced some load 0fas4Uitard ttwtIk-
"
alt
_. .be
"Flame, if there's *Ohio. else to
hew tonight, 1 want you to hear
Yet," mid Turner.
Ron Walker, a member of the
CLSH board, asked Turner how she
could promise the workshops
would not close when $oyd's tier
clearly states "the ministry's policy
that segregated, sheltered work-
shops for people with developmen-
tal or physical disabilities are to be
phased ow".
"The reality is if you take the
funding. there _is no workshop,"
said Walker.
Turner- responded by saying the
35 million taken off workshop pro-
grams across the province would
not have a drastic effect on CLSH,
and was partly a response to a need
for spending cutbacks in the reces-
sion.
Tomer did agree with another
board member that the funding pro-
cess was "stupid" and that because
funds were targeted for specific
programs, local board were unable
to Shuffle funds around to do the
moskgood.
Another board member demand-
ed to know why Turner was prom-
ising no closures of workshops
when Boyd's lever clearly called
•fir their phasing out. Ranter re-
plied by saying the letter's "word-
ing would fie diAererti" if it road to
be written again. The intent, she
lait.was that workshops would be
tainecissary a "very, very, very
long time down the road...when
there would only be a small number
of people who would need to be in
the workshops."
Henry VanEssen compared the
workshop program to "a house of
cards"
"Take one card away and the
whole house would collapse and
that's what we're afraid of with our
workshop," said VanE.ssen, adding
that the cutbacks were only an-
nounced in November, giving the
board no chance to spread out their
effects over the whole financial
year.
"This organization has brought
people out of the closet in the past
25 years and we as a board are try-
ing hard to stop them going back in
the closet," he said.
"We don't want people to tie their
children to drains because they
can't go to the workshop," contin7
ued VanEssen. "What are we gd
ing to It isn't that we dolt want
to streamline, that we don't want to
change. What are we going to do?"
Klopp said he could appreciate
that Huron's three Community Liv-
ing organizations were run differ-
ently and he hoped that funding
cuts would take into account those
-differences and "there's going to
have to be different bullets to be
bitten."
One woman in the audience said
her daughter was institutionalized
for 27 years at Orillia, but is now
able to work at ARC Industries,
which she said it now an essential
part of her life. She said she want-
ed to make that point clear even "if
I have to take that placard and hit
someone over the head to make
them realize that these workshops
have to stay open".
She challenged Turner and Klopp
to visit the workshop the next after-
noon to see how important it is to
those who work there.
Same table, different points of view. There was a heavy turnout of the public meeting at the
Dashwood Community Centre Thursday evening. Parents, clients, and board members turned
out to hear the presentation of John Gray (left), Virginia Tumer, MPP Paul Klopp, and Roberta
Walker on what may be in store for Community Living South Huron's ARC Industfies workshop.
"If those shops close it would lip
a mortal sin, because they Ithe cll-
etts)need it," she said.
Robeta Walter, chairman of tai
CLSH board, offered one nteas
question so Throe:, salting if Ste
mini;itty knew who would make tip
the keit income to the clients fet
lost wages by being Laid off frith
the
Tumerwhadd no response, but en-
couraged -those present to -write
their concerns in letters to the mi s-
ister and promised all would be
read.
After the meeting, Turner said
she was glad to be able to allay
some fears about workshop clo-
sures.
"It's important that people get the
right message. Some people are
quite afraid," she said, adding that'
forced cutbacks on social agencies
may prove to be an incentive to get
away from government subsidies
and find solutions with local indus-
tries.
Gray said he was not convinced
by Turner's presentation that the
ARC Industries is not threatened:
He said the workshop is already
struggling to provide work for its
47 clients now that it has lost an-
other small assembly contract to a
company that is relocating to the
United States.
"If we have to downsize, there's
compounding effect," said Gray.
"We can't just shut the machine
down to save some money. It
doesn't work that way."
Gray also said he had doubts the
government's fiscal cutbacks have--
been
ave-been fully thought out. Other ex-
penses to cover unemployed cli-
ents, or staff may negate savings.
"We don't feel they're going to
save any money in the long run,"
said Gray.
Although the ministry has not re-
leased final figures, Gray estimates
the ARC Industries workshop pro-
gram will lose about $40,000 in
funding this year. In turn, CLSH
would get back about 36-8,000 for
a supported employment program,
which be said would be enough to
put one staff member to work about
10 hours a week to help clients find
jobs in the workplace.
Only half of crop insured
Corn harvest in critical condition
Continued from front page
"Those who aren't insured are the
ones trying to get into the fields
hoping to salvage something to
feed their livestock with over the
winter," said Humphries.
In response to these extreme con-
ditions, the 25,000 -member Onta-
rio Corn Producers' Association
has taken a number of actions.
Large acreages of the crop in
lower -heat -unit areas of southern
and eastern Ontario have not ma-
tured enough to produce grain corn
of acceptable quality, even if the
moisture percentage were suffi-
ciently low to permit harvesting.
The association has asked Ontario
crop insurance officials to have ad -
jesters evaluate standing crops im-
mect: ' • and, where quality is
grant permission to
t.,. crops released for
"plow -down" so that the soil can be
tilled this fall in preparation for the
1993 planting season.
"It's critical that crop evaluations
be done quickly and fairly," said
Frank Anthony, the association
president. "Especially in snow -belt
regions of the province, recogniz-
ing that winter conditions are likely
to cause sutaiantial deterioration in
the yield and quality of corn if it
cannot be harvested until next
Wring."
In areas which normally receive
less snow in winter, it is anticipat-
ed that harvesting will continue
throughout winter months after the
corn has field -dried to at least 30
percent moisture, or less, so that it
can be further dried artificially
down to about 15 percent moisture
pot in -bin storage.
"It is very costly and extremely
difficult to dry corn artificially
down from 35 percent moisture or
above, a moisture range which is
still prevalent for unharvested corn
ia,inoat areas oftbeptovince, while
gitil maintaining kernel quality,"
mid AntJwoy.
,pins resewch (iom Ontario. Que-
bec and the United States bas
povided not excessively t corn
dur-
ing drying.. folding 91111lity of
5104e.fa s aed Aye Roth, Wra buy.
laga "tat weight' as .low to 47
Notice is hereby given of the
ANNUAL MEETING
in the Clinton Town Hall Auditorium
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2
• AT8:OOP.M.
for the purpose of racial/Ina reports and financial statements for the year
ending on Septsrwber s0. 1/112, electing Directors and Credit Committee
officers, appolntlag auditors; for the purpose of .amending By -Laws and
oftransacting ail other business of an Annual Meeting. Lunch will foaow'
the mailing. Door Prizes.
Doled at Clinton this 21st day of October, 1902.
4S DNCARI0 $t
Marlon. Dobson
sway
Clinton CornmUnfty$?4MAWf$T,W.
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