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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1986-10-29, Page 14Page 14—CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1986 Agriculture stresses eat the EXETER When Huron's elementary school teachers registered for Friday's PD day in Exeter, they had been advised that the theme for dinner was "eat the food your neighbor grows". It was part of the "agriculture in the classroom" topic for the day's session and ended up being a highlight of the program. Few on hand were prepared for the huge array of food prepared by members of the various Women's Institute branches of Huron South who managed to include a ma- jority of the foods grown in Huron County as part of the menu. The menu included beef, pork, turkey and lamb, along with eggs, potatoes, peas, tur- nips, baked and salad beans, butter, cauliflower, carrots, broccoli and peppers. A 'dessert table that stretched almost the entire width of the South Huron rec centre auditorium featured applesauce cake, blueberry loaf, soybean cake, turnip cake and zucchini loaf. and zucchini loaf. A fruit cocktail included most of the assortment of fruit grown in the county and milk was readily available. Dolores Shapton was coordinator for the banquet, hut she explained that members of the area Institutes had given many, many hours of tirr)e• in organizing the food and preparing it. Some 80 firms and marketing boards in Huron had provided donations and exhibits for the event. Director of education Bob Allen spoke briefly at the session and noted that he had an inordinate number of teachers come up to him and remark on what a great program had been provided. He said he hoped it would be perpetuated in the classrooms. Maxine Miller and Brenda McIntosh co- chaired the event. Kits for helping teachers relate agricultural topics in their classrooms were presented by Shirley Cooper on behalf of the Women's Institutes. Among the groups cooperating in the pro- gram were the County Board of Education, Ice for Life food neighbor grows developed between rural and non -rural residents and many children, and even adults, don't know where milk comes from. The problem is even aggravated in rural areas because of specialization and youngsters raised on hog farms may not know how milk or eggs are produced. He listed several reasons why teachers should educate students about agriculture, among them being the heritage because it teaches what society has been and how un - portant agriculture once was when one in two people were engaged in it. Teachers should also advise students that food is essential to life and they should be taught the difference between natural and processed food as many people now think nothing of spending $5 a pound for foods that have no nutritive value and won't pay $3.50 a pound for a steak. The farm broadcaster also suggested students should have knowledge of animals and how food is produced. He said his experience has shown that children enjoy discussions on the concept of food production, chemical use in agriculture, land conservation, genetics, breeding, free trade, future markets, marketing, distribution and the quality of rural life. The teachers were told that many of those topics were prime moral and social issues that will impact on the future generations. He challenged teachers to break the myth that farmers are millionaires, explaining that while many farm operation deal in large sums of money, those operations are not owned by many of the farmers. "Being surrounded by wealth doesn't mean it is wealth you control," he explained. Daily said students were quick learners and could explore many facets of agriuclture in their classrooms, but they are currently being kept away from it. He concluded by noting that the teachers had an opportunity to make students aware agriculture in their classrooms, but they are "You are the guys who can do it. I hope you will consider it." Federation of Agriculture, Huron South WIs, Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Huron District Federation of Women's Teachers' Association and Huron District Ontario Public School Teachers' Federation. Various displays were set up in the auditorium of Exeter Public School and three sessions were held in various locations at the school for teachers to see and hear about teaching aids available on the topic of agriculture. Local farm equipment dealers had machinery displayed on the parking lot at the rec centre and each item had a price tag to give teachers some indication of the cost faced by farmers. Included were a $94,250 tractor, a $161,253 combine unit, and in the auditorium a farm grain drying model was set up that had, a price tag of $286,000 and included a combine, °.Tactor, grain wagon, augers, dryer and s `orage. Political C1ott "Farmers don't have a lot of friends to- day," CFPL TV farm broadcaster Ross Dai- ly noted during the teachers' professional development day, and went on to explain that teachers can play an important role in helping students understand the history of agriculture as well as exploring the future of that industry. Saying that agriculture "is in no insignifi- cant amount of trouble", Daily told his au- dience of Huron elementary teachers that over the past 70 years farmers have dwindl- ed in numbers and lost most of their friends oecause they no longer carry much political clout. Today's young people understand nothing about agriculture, he continues, suggesting they were harmed by that because they are fed processed iuod and have little idea of where food comes from. He backed up that opinion by quoting a consumer who said he didn't care how much farmers received for their produce, because he bought all his food at a supermarket and not from farmers. Daily noted that a tremendous gulf has to1 ost regional conference Ten • in met for the October meeting of the Board of Directors of Voice for Life. The meeting opened with prayer led by Hinka Bakelaar. Final arrangements were made for an information booth which the organization had planned for the Teeswater Fair. The group plans to host a regional con- ference on Saturday, November 15 at the Turnberry Tavern from 9:30 am till noon. The purpose of the conference is a sharing among groups in this area of past activities and to discuss future plans. Mrs. Reggie Weindinger from Cambridge Right to Life will be the guest speaker. The meeting will be followed by lunch. Right to Life groups invited to attend are Goderich, Kincardine, Port Elgin, Listowel, Walkerton, Hanover, Collingwood and Barrie. Alliance for Life, of Winnipeg, the um- brella organization for the 300 pro-life groups across Canada, is proposing to spon- sor an hour-long television special in the form of a telethon -next spring on CBC. The purpose of the telethon is to raise money for the pro-life movement and to bring the pro- life message to as wide an audienceas possi- ble. There would also be entertainment and interviews with celebrities like Pat Boone. Voice for Life supports this proposal and will assist Alliance for Life financially. Sally Campeau, Education Chairperson, reported that new pamphlets for distribu- tion have been purchased: "Adoption, A Loving Choice" and "The Fear I Felt", describing the anguish of a young woman who had an abortion and her desire to help others not to make the same mistake. Sally also said, "From time to time we are asked why there is a pro-life movement in Canada. The reason is that 200 unborn babies are be- ing killed every day in our Canadian, hospitals. Members of the pro-life move- ment are united in the belief that all human life should be protected from the moment of conception to natural death and that this right to life is the basic human right on which all other rights depend." Going,o but not gone. eft yet. Catch them while you can. Canada Savings Bonds are only here for a short time, so you'll have to hurry to buy them. Don't delay or they'll he gone. Once again, a good rate of return. The 1986/87 Canada Savings Bonds earn 7' {% interest the first year, and a guaranteed minimum rate of 5{6°io for the next 6 years to maturity. Rates on current bonds. The 7{/% rate will also apply for the conning year to the last three series of Canada Savings Bonds: S38 (issued in 1983), S39 (1984) and S40 (1985). Outstanding Series 35 (1980) and Series 36 (1981) will earn their guar- anteed minimum of 101/2%, while Series 37 (1982) will earn its guaranteed minimum of 81/20/o. $75,000 purchase limit. You can buy up to $75,000 of the new series, or more if you want to re -invest your maturing bonds. Re -invest those maturing bonds right now. Series 32 (issued in 1977) and Series 34 (1979) ('rr)r(U l rr Sari.nus I3r)►r(lti mature November 1, 1986, and will not earn any further interest after that date. If you hold either of these two maturing series, you cadre- invest the full face value in the new series in addition to the $75,000 pur- chase limit. Always secure. Canada Savings Bonds are guaranteed by the Government of Canada Cashable at any time. You're free to cash in your bonds at any Urn?at fills face value -with no interest penalty after January 31, 1987. So convenient to buy. Canada Savings Bonds can be bought where you bank or invest. You may also purchase them at work through the convenient Payroll Savings Plan. Time is running out, so buy today. To make sure you don't miss out on this year's Canada Savings Bonds, buy them right away. Friday, November 7, 1986 is the last day the bonds may be bought without paying accrued interest. SAVINGSSDS Canada The Clinton Public Hospital Building Fund is $2,000 richer thanks to a donation made by the Clinton Monster Bingo Committee. Chairman Bill Brand presented the cheque to Cheryl Hohner of the fund raising committee. The money has been earmarked for the new obstetrical addition and renovations to the chronic care ward. (Shelley McPhee- Haist photo) Male receives scholarship for first time in WI history LONDON - History was made at the crop farmer. Hilde Morden, second vice - presentation of the Maryn Pardy Scholar- president from Elgin West, was the chair- ships hairships at the London Area Women's Institute man of the successful Turning Point Con - (WI) Convention, at their banquet on Oc- ference, and she is active in the operation of tober 16. For the first time a boy, Kizito Van the family farm near Rodney. Asten of Rodney is one of the recipients. The assistant secretary, Shirley Bechard, Now that the 4H program has changed is the Secretary of the Elgin Farm Safety from strictly homemaking and agricultural Association as well as being the wife of an clubs to more general topics, boys are in- Elgin County cash crop farmer. volved in a greater variety of clubs. The The Women's Institute is extremely ac - other two winners of the scholarships are tive in the rural areas. There are 114 bran - Joan Vanderpool of Lakeside and Caty ches of the Womens Institute in the counties of Elgin, Middlesex, Oxford, Perth South and Huron South and West. In the past year they have donated over $80,000 to various concerns and groups. This does not include the hundreds of hours given to assist those in need. The majority of the Women's Institute branches assist the needy at Christmas time with food boxes or baskets, or money or what ever is needed. Often this is given through another organization such as the Salvation Army to distribute. , The youth of the rural communities are also a concern of the WI. Besides their scholarship program, which assists those seeking higher education, the WI provides assistance to the 4H program. This.consists of providing money, leaders, places to meet, covering expenses and providing awards. At their monthly meetings the WI provide a variety of speakers, of concern and in- terest to all rural women, whether they live on a farm or not and whether they are young or old. Their trips to places of interest in the .j, immediate area provide an understanding of how others earn a living or the services that affect us all. The Women's Institute is not just a serious organization, the opportunity to enjoy life is Chazalon of Strathroy. These scholarships are presented in honor of Maryn Pardy, who grew up on a farm near Mt. Brydges. She belonged to the Mt. Brydges Women's Institute branch, held positions in the Middlesex West District and London Area. In 1966 she went to New- foundland to work with the Jubilee Guilds (now Women's Institutes) as an organizer. In 1967 she was appointed editor of the Home and Country magazine, a position site filled for several years. In 1972 Mrs. Pardy was chairman of the committee that wrote 'the book Ontario Women's Institute Story. After her death in 1973, a scholarship was set up in her honor by the London Area Women's Institute. This year's three recipients are worthy winners of a scholarship that honors a woman who used her talents for the benefits of others. • New Appointments The. executive and standing committee convernors of the London Area WI were ap- pointed at the London Area Convention. As a strong organization based mainly in the rural areas and small towns of Ontario it is evident that the farm is to the fore front of the minds of the WI. The President of the London Area, Irene just as important. Trips to plays, shows, Richardson, from Oxford North is the wife writing and performing skits, music are all of a dairy farmer and she was very involved 'part of the Women's Institute program. in setting up the Agriculture in the The Women's Institute and organization Classroom in Oxford County. Laureen will be 90 years old in 1987, but it is an Mclnstosh, first vice-president, is very ac- organization for the modern day rural tive in helping her husband who is a cash woman. Mailing deadlines looming Canadians planning to send a Christmas gift by surface mail to South America or the Caribbean are reminded that the Fourth Class (Parcel Post) deadline for parcels, packets and unsealed greeting cards is Oc- tober 29. Halloween (October 31) is the sur- face deadline for similar items going to Japan or Hong Kong; and November 12 is the surface deadline for items bound for Switzerland or Sweden. Fourth Class items going to the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, West Germany, Kong, p Japan and CFPOs. The airmail letter Holland, or Canadian Forces Post Offices (CFPOs) observe a surface mail deadline of deadline for these locations is December 4. 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