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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1986-10-08, Page 2Page 2-CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1986 Casino Night nets $12, 000 for hospital Clinton Public Hospital's Atlantic City Casino Night was a suc- as was demonstrated by Randy Blake (dealer) and (left to right) cess, netting the hospital $12,000. A popular game at the event, Carman Riley, Norma Riley, Margaret Dale and Dianne Elliott. which was held at the Clinton Legion on October 5, was blackjack, (David Emslie photo) Anstett Jewellers proudly presents ESTATE JEWELLERY SHOWCASE '86 This is No 265 - DIAMOND RING Sri in 18 kt gold hrilliant c ut 1 (11 , t Titanium! with 6 equal 22 ct diamond!. RI P1 ACFME NT COST Jack Riddell awaits complete report before tipping hand By Patrick Raftts A visit by provincial Agriculture Minister Jack Riddell to rain -plagued farmers in southwestern Ontario last week, offered area farmers some assurance the government is interested in their plight - but little concrete evidence that help is on the way. Standing amidst a blackened field of rain -damaged beans on the farm of Ken McCowan, near Brucefield, Friday, Rid- dell told a gathering of about 25 Huron County farmers he was waiting for a "total assessment," of crop damage before deciding if any aid is appropriate. "We haven't sat down and decided on any kind of aid programs, outside of what we already have in place," he said. Cash crops in this area, particulary beans and corn, are in danger of being lost completely due to heavy rainfall in September and October. Many farmers are without crop insurance and even many insured farmers feel the program is insufficient to make up for lost crops this year. "The intent of the program was nothing more than to cover losses," said Riddell, adding that to make the crop in- surance program more lucrative would be more expensive for participants. "If you want an enriched program, you're going to have to pay for it." There is some possibility the insurance program will be expanded to help nstett Jewellers Goderich invites you to view a magnificent presentation of outstanding Estate leweitery' pieces - a show and sale of many one -of -a -kind deigns from decades pta9t ' It's a gala Open , Hods' e taking place at Anstett Jewellers - Goderich. OCTOBER 1 TO 11 IN GODERICH a sample of the over 200 piece Estate Jewellery Collection on view ESTATE 6145 No. EU824 - DIAMOND EARRINGS sE t in 14 kt gold REPI ACFMF NT ()ST 5'S ESTATE 45 SAI C No. R89 - WFDDINC; RAND set i`. 18 nt lit id with 6 hrilliant , kill A( NM- ti ' i;1ATF •. 'Al E - 300. ''W"yu. RT 1-545 - SAPPHIREI1917C=- -"- MOND RING set in 18 kt. geld 1 sapphires equal 1 65 c t , 20 diamonds equal .85 cI. REPI Alf MF NT COST 52595. EtI SAI ETF 740. No. 1P1215 -C - SAPPHIRE PENDANT Set in 14 kt gold. REPLACEMENT l c s1 '155. ESTATE 93. SALE David Anstett CERTIFIED GEMOLOGIST PRESIDENT ANSTETT JEWELLERS LTD. No. 151 DIAMOND RING Set in 18 kt. gold - round brilliant cut 1.42 rt diamond with 6 equal .40 <t diamonds. REPT ACEMENT COST +63 80 ESTATE 4, SALE 275 No. P1063-10-09- OPAL AND SAP- PHIRE PENDANT SEI in 10 kt. gold. REPLACEMENT COST ►156.50 ESTATE SAI E.... 93.90 No. E848 - PLATINUM EARRINGS 18 kt platinum. With six diamonds equal 55 ct. REPI ACEMENT COST 5850. ESTATE SALE 569. No. R-328 - PINK SAPPHIRE RING `et in 18 kr. platinum. 3.90 0. pink sapphire surrounded by 20 diamonds equal 1.25 ct. REPLACE- MENT CC)ST ►1720. SAL ESTATE .2495. No. 35R-18 • ROPE CHAIN 10 ki. gold. REPLACEMENT COST 5200 Patrick Higgins MANAGER. ANSfETT IEWE'LLERS CODERICH. "Wc invite you to attendour first-ever Estate Iewellery Show and Sale - on for ten days in our Goderich store only. This is an exceptional collec- tion - over two hundred pieces" SALE 120. No. 331 - DIAMOND SOLITAIRE RING Set in 18 kt. gold - round brilliant cut 1.11 ct. diamond. REPLACEMENT COST 54770. No. PD812 PENDANT Set in 14 kt. gold. REPLACEMENT COST ►219. ESTATES 1 5 . SALE ... DIAMOND ESTATE 131 SALE. No. CR -530 - SAPPHIRE RING Set in 18 kt. gold. .92 ct. Oval Sap- phire surrounded by 5 - .13 ct. diamonds. REPLACEMENT COST ►1110. ESTATE A C SALE . No. JP130R - R11851 PENDANT __. Set in 14 kt. gold. REPLACEMENT COST ►135. ESTATE �Q2 SALE....... 4J 1 No. PE150.04W • DIAMOND PEN- DANT AND EARRINGS Set in 14 kt, white gold. REPLACE- MENT COST 5575. ESTATE 3 SALE...... farmers this year and a submission has been made to the program ad- ministrators, said Riddell, however, crop insurance is a joint federal -provincial government program and any changes tl) be made would require approval from the federal level. "There's not a heck of a lot of sense gq- ing any further unless they (the federal government) are going to get involved," said Riddell. Riddell placed much of the respoi - sibility for helping farmers on Federal Agriculture Minister John Wise, saying that the Farm Credit Corporation, ak another; federal program, should be gip revampect p make c7•edit more available to farmers. "We need more money for long, short and intermediate-term credit, at fixed rates of interest that farmers can af- ford," he said. Also on the subject of credit, Riddell said he has been having "very, very frank discussions,"with the provinc banking officials, "asking them to shq, leniency in light of the fact this is unusual year". He has asked the banks consider such measures as foregoia payments until farmers can "get back e their feet". "They (the banks) tell me they are n+ about to close out the farmer," he said "Enrichment," of existing program, such as CFFIR and FOCAP are one opr tion the government is considering, as a means of assisting farmers, said Ridde If any assistance is decided upon, R„ dell insisted it will be in form of a p gram available to all farmers, not just those affected by the current,crisis. "We can't just pick out one select group of farmers and say, 'you're in trou- ble,' and then forget about the other guy," said the minister, who earlier this year denied special assistance to hail - struck fruit farmers in the Niagara region. "I don't think any of us expect special treatment," replied one Huron farmer, "We'd just like the banks to give us the same consideration they give to Dottie ( petroleum) ". Whatever stand the government decides to take on the problem won't be known for at least a week, as Riddell's of- fice announced Monday it will take at least that long to make a complete assessment of the situation. "A lot of you are going to get your beans off anyway," he told the farmers. Meanwhile, McCowan, who holds little hope of harvesting his beans this yeah, told the minister the problems with the farming industry go much deeper than this year's bad weather. I "Back in 1977 we had a similar mess, but it didn't hurt' us as much because we were strong as an industry. We've got o work at getting to the root of the .p; blem, which is not the weather but lie strength of the industry," McCowan said. DIAMOND SOLITAIRE RING Set in 18 kt. gold - 1.51 ct. round brilliant cut. REPLACEMENT COST '7540. SALE 5000• No. E13146- 111 - OPAL ,ARRINGS Set in 1040%� rilk NT COST 54 ESTATE 24. SALE No. E824 - PLATINUM EARRINGS 18 kt platinum, with 8 diamonds equal .55 ct. and 10 pearls. REPLACEMENT COST 51330. ESTATE Q90 SALE... LI No. 39-18 •CHAIN BRACELET 10 kt. gold. REPLACEMENT COST 573. • ESTATE 44. SALE No. 1P135 EF - EMERALD FLOWER PENDANT Set in 10 kt. gold. REPLACEMENT COST 5114.95 ESTATE 69 SALE JEWELLERS 2 The Square, GODER1CH 5244195 BRANCHES IN: CLINTON, SEAFORTH, WALKERTON EXETER, ST. MARYS t Varna farmer..... • from page 1 quested a guarantee and they used ita to bump people from their farms. Only a small number of farmers who were eligi- ble used the programs for this reason.' ' The farmers suggested Riddell knock down the interest rate or increase the grant money available. Hogan said he does not want toy; be critical of Riddell because if anybody dan try to do anything, it will be Jack. But his first obstacle is his own cabinet. I I Farmers require short term help, 1 to plant a crop next spring and it will have to come from the province, said Hogan. Even farmers who have insurance will require assistance, said Hogan."ln- . surance covers cost of production but not all of it and farmers sure won't get rich'on insurance," he said. "It covers out"of pocket expenses such as seed, fertilizer and chemicals but not overhead." Hogan said farmers, who took the qvilik tour with Riddell, talked after the tout<al suggested one way to pressure govern- ment to act would be to withhold land taxes this fall. This suggestion will be put for- ward on Thursday at the Huron County Federation of Agriculture annual meeting in Brussels and if it is approved locally. It could go to the Ontario federation iia` le adopted as a provincial strategy. Hogan said he thinks the tactic has br* n used before ' over a dispute concerning education tax. so it is not unprecedented. "If we had had five profitable years, we could live with it, but that hasn't been lie case," said Hogan. He points to other 'in- dustries in trouble including Doane Petroleum and businesses such as theo banks which collapsed, and government was quick to respond. He also noted t 'fit other countries offer their farmers mt eh more in the way of stabilization and s' b- sidies leaving Canadian farmers at, a disadvantage. Farmers can't see why they are not eligible for some kind"'of assistance. 9 Hogan said his soil conservation p'ac- tices may prove to be an advantage ih`t wet conditions. His ridge till and no beans are faring better in the weatherh they have been a better crop all the Way along. Drainage is better. Weed contriM is also better because there is, less ;4011 compaction. The beans are laying on the residue fejt m last year's corn crop and they are not as apt to turn black. When - he turned to soil conserva) on practices, Hogan's one reservation Was the white beans because of their fra' le root system. He wasn't sure it c "Id penetrate the hard soil that isn't tilled tit they seem to be doing well and even be er in the wet conditions. The no tilt beans also bad less tro :le sprouting through the hard sail cofnpac ed by the Initial raid ilia after seeding. "It t g� broke,it won't he because of ridge till, it wil be Or other reason Hogan commented. e