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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1993-06-16, Page 10Page 10 Times -Advocate, June 16,1993 .One FaotintheFiij w �t#er it never was Canada's Wonder- land: The headline in the local paper screamed that Canada's Wonder- land is now America's Wonderland because it is now 100 --percent owned by Paramount Communica- tions Inc., a New York -based en- tertainment giant. 1 submit to you that it never was Canada's. It was built back in 1979.80 on some of the best farmland in the world, just a stone's throw from the Holland Marsh, Canada's finest vegetable growing grounds. It was built in Vaughan Town- ship even when township council and county council vetoed the plans. When it went to the Ontario Municipal Board, even that august body said no way. MOWER'CONDITIONER MODERN DAY TECHNOLOGY PLUS TIME -PROVEN PERFORMANCE NEW MODULAR COMPONENT SHAFT DRIVE CUT- TERRAR designed by New Idea for the farmers and ranchers of North America. 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Old Hwy. 7 & Mitchell Raid H.nsalt 262-2605 Rannoch 229.6700 But it went ap there anyway, above the protestations of those who love green -growing things. It went up because the big money be- hind the deal appealed to the pro- vincial cabinet under Bill Davis. the Davis government over -ruled the township, the county and the OMB and up went that horrific plastic mountain and all those tacky rides and shows where good things should have been growing. It never was Canada's Wonder- land because it contained nothing that was truly Canadian. In fact, the original money to tuild it, if I recollect correctly, came from Taft Broadcasting and Monarch Life. Taft was more American than ap- ple pie. When completed, it contained Hanna -Barbera cartoon characters with distinctive American flavors. The only thing Canadian about it is that it's in Canada. Even when it opened, it had trouble with unions because the management at the time refused to pay union scale. I have seen nothing to change my attitude towards it in the 12 years it has been in existence. I think it is a blot on the farmland of this province. It should have been built on use- less land, not on the best arable land in the country. Hundreds of acres of land are be- ing lost to accommodate all the claptrap that goes with a tacky tourist attraction such as neighbor- ing hotels -motels, parking lots and fast food outlets. It is not just the original acres that are lost but the thousands of neighoring acres, too. -_ I -vowed a decade ago that I would never spend a cent to see such an abomination of what Cana- really is. I have not. My 12 - year -old granddaughter chides me constantly. She says the place is "awesome" and "They add some- thing new every year." You watch. it will add all kinds of junk to go with Paramount Pic- tures and the Americanization of the place will continue apace. Watch for Top Gun rides and Days of Thunder race car tracks and all kinds ,of Star Trek junk. Maybe even Fatal Attraction sex scenes with Glenn Close's boobs and 'Mi- chael Douglas's buns. It never was, to my knowledge, 100 percent Canadian owned. Its original investors sold out years -ago and it was owned by IDS -CW Ltd., a subsidiary of a Toronto- based real estate company. Para- mount owned 20 percent and bought the additional 80 percent in May for an estimated sale price of $65.2 million. I wonder what the original farm- er got for the land? So, there it sits in its artificial' glory, all set to get Canadians to fork over $20 to get in to see "Can- ada's" Wonderland when it is no more Canadian than Bill Clinton. Ijdon't mind them calling it a Wonderland. It's a wonder how it got built when everyone else but the provincial government didn't want it. But it sure as hell isn't Canadian. Program applications CLINTON - Applications for the 1992 NISA Program are currently being completed as the July 31 deadline approaches. Questions arise concerning how much money do I send, what forms do I need, what numbers go where, etc. The end result needs to be an under- standing of how the program works and a properly -completed =application. - With this in mind, a workshop is 'planned for Wednesday, June 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the seminar room .of -- the Ontario Ministry of Agricul- ;cure and Food .office.. u ,Clinton. Pre -registration is required by,corn- taeting the office at 482-3428 or 1-'r 800-265-5170 by Friday. June 18. The purpose of the workshop will be to_give an overview of the forms required, to look at key are- as on the forms, to discuss the pur- pose of the program and to answer questions. A NISA account can be used for several purposes. As a "safety net", it allows withdrawals when the farm's gross margin falls below average or when the individual or farm family'staxable income falls :tldow 8104000 or $20,000 respec- tively. For some farmers NISA will be used as another retirement savings vehicle. If you are com- .plositsg your own ,application _or, wish to gain a better understanding of the program, register today for the NISA workshop on June 23. Thank You, Buyers For supporting the 1993 Hensall Calf Club Show .and Sale Dale Good, right of W.G. Thompson and Sons purchased the Grand Champion calf for 2.05 lb. Owner of the calf, Becky Hart- man. Kevin Delbridge, left of Hensall District Co-op purchsed the reserve champion calf for $1.85 lb. Owner of the calf, Ge- rald Kerslake. The Hensall Calf Club wish to express their app eciation to all the buyers who attended the Hensall Calf C b Show arld Sale Saturday afternoon and who, by their bri bidding, made the sale a success. It is support such as this which enables the co mittealto carry on with the program among the young people in our communi- ty and we know everyone shares a pride in their accomplish- ments. 1993 Hensall Calf Club Buyers Grand Champion - W.G. 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