The Goderich Signal-Star, 1987-03-18, Page 57Luekiiow veterinarian
. By Alan Rivett
1 The village of Lucknow is liable to be
'recognizable to veterinarians in the far-:
!best. reaches of the planet. It has -the
;distinction of being the unlikely- place
.where a magazine on the profession • is
!printed twice yearly and .sent around the
!world.
- The man behind the magazine- called
Cbmmonwealth :. Veterinary Association
;Newsmagazine i CwVA i is Brock Cleland.
!a, retired veterinarian in Lucknow. The
: magazine, .which 18 compiled on, a`com-
:puter out of a .basement room in his
' Lucknow home, is sent to approximately
40 Commonwealth nations to veterinary
• schools, and animal health organizations
with- over 60,000 y'eterinarians world-wide
having access to newsmagazine.
I Since July of 1986, Mr. Cleland has taken
on the voluntary editorship of the specialty
newsmagazine and so far two editions of
the magazine have. rolled off the presses
and have.bee.n sent out to veterinarians.
1. Mr. -Cleland says he' was offered the
duties of the editor by Chief Executive Of-
;_ficer'af the' CwVA Prof. Jim Archibald of
Guelph: based -on his experience in foreign
counties as Mr., Cleland has been involved
in .veterinary •proj.ects in St. Vincente.
Grenada Trinidad and Tobago, all in the-
: 'Caribbean, Guyana in South America, and
'; Morocco in North Africa.
"It's a volunteer job. There was not a
whole lot of c ndidates.,The fact that I did
• have experience overseas helped. -It's kind
of interesting and potentiallyuseful," says
VIi . Cleland. • •
• Since taking. over the newsmagazine in
July, Mr. Cleland has worked intandem
with the Lucknow Sentinel and Signal Star
Publishing where .the typesetting, pro-
ofreading, lay -up -and printing are done for
the magazine. He credits Sentinel General
hra. s CwVA
Manager PatLivingston for handling most
of the chores of putting the material
together.. .
Mr. Cleland says the purpose of the
magazine •.is to create an interest and
awareness of the developing areas of the
world with the chief aim of the
newsmagazine; as printed on the front
page of every issue. is to strengthen the
links of friendship and- co=operation by
knowing each other better.'
While the magazine is not scientific in
nature, it is a- Vehicle to show veterinaries
all over the world the role that the•CwVA
does play in -bringing about -a general
awareness of the problems in these areas.
"These developing areas have so many
shortages. the. salaries are poor, the pro-
per • drugs are not there, and the
veterinarians have so many problems in
these countries," said Mr. Cleland. •
Mr. Cleland says there is very little
original material included in the
magaiine. as the information for the
magazine is culled from various sources
such as individual veterinary association
newsletters, journals and reports from .
veterinarians in the commonwealth_coun-
ties. "The magazine consists of things
pertinent + to veterinarians; and have
value that hopefully someone else is in-
terested in. he said.
The magazine is arranged into six
regions of the commonwealth including.
Caribbean -Canada. United . Kingdom -
Europe. Australasia, - Asia. East, South
Central Africa and West Africa.
As for feedback from veterinary circles
about the locally -produced magazine. Mr.
Cleland says it has been well accepted with
CTA questions role of Far / ebt
Interest was high add questions of time. because of the initial backlog of
numerous following the panel discussion cases.; it has been possible . in almost all
on the role and operation of the Farm Debt
:Review Board-, during the annual meeting
of the Canadian Federation of Agriculture
held March 4 at the Hotel. Plaza de la
4 haudiere in Hull. Quebec.
'Speaking on --behalf of the- Farm Debt
• Review Board,in Ontario-, Board Chairman
(;eorge.McLaughlin said -This mediation
process works. -Our board members who
are all .farmers. sit down with the appli-
cant. sympathize with the applicant and
-have faced similar farm problems". He
Continued "In Ontario,. the panels must
visit the farm ,before any arrangements
• between the farmer and the creditors can
be negotiated."
In- -answer to questions from CFA
delegates, Mr_ McLaughlin said that negotiation and it established a pattern for
where a "stay in proceedings has,run out the . panels to follow. He said "there is
cases. to continue discussions between the
farmer and the creditors involved as long
as progress towards a settlement is being
made: We have a gentlemen's agreement
that.the creditor will not take further ac-
tion." With specific reference to extending
the stay beyond 120 days the chairman
said that in eight cases a further stay has
Been granted because of the extenuating
circumstances and the short time that the
. panel had actually worked on the par-
ticular case.
McLaughlin stressed in,his opening
remarks to this national farlobby group
that the Federal Debt Review Act had the
flexibitity to allow for varying conditions
between provinces. it- has the rules for
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magazin
the magazine expanding from 32 pages in -
the July issue to 48 pages in the January
edition. He says work has already begun
on the July, 1987 issue.
"It seems to have been reasonably well
received, with a certain amount of in-
terested created by the magazine;" he
said. -
The Commonwealth Veterinary Associa-
tion. which financially supports the
magazine. is involved primarily in
assisting veterinarians and animal health
workers with production problems in the
developing areas of -the Commonwealth.
says Mr. Cleland.
Anyone interested in more information-
about the CwVa Newsmagazine should
. contact the chief executive officer. Prof.
Jim Archibald at- 35 Linwood Place.
Guelph, N1G 2V9.
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In answer -to further enquiries following,
the meeting that related to the legislated
mandate of the Boards, McLaughlin said
that creditors wishing to foreclose on any
farm assets must now give 15 days written
notice to farmers and advise then of their
rights.under the legislation_ He pointed out
that ''the legislation allows for a stay of
proceedings which may be extended at
30 -day intervals for a period up to 120
days."
During this time period, he said the
board assigns a fieldman to the case, sets
up the three member panel and acts as an
impartial third party to aid in the
negotiated settlement between the farmer
and creditor. We cannot force a settle-
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