HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1980-03-06, Page 9Beth Plunkett, Ursula Herbert and Della Gibbons,
residents of Maitland Manor, busy themselves
making St. Patrick's Day decorations for a fashion
show and tea which the Residence Council of the
Manor will host on March 17 at 2 p.m. Clothes for
the show are being supplied by Geri Fashions of
London, which specializes In fashions for senior
citizens. (Photo by Joanne Buchanan)
MPP talks chicken prices
BY JACK RIDDELL,
M.P.P.
On February 4, the,
Minister of Agriculture
and Food asked a
meeting of chicken
processors and the
Ontario Chicken
Producers Marketing
Board if there was an
adequate . supply .. of
chicken in the system.
Virtually all processors
claimed that this was the
case, with one notable
exception: May Brothers
of Maple Lodge.
In • a letter to the
Premier and on•anumber
of occasions :.in the
Legislature, I have raised
the strong objections of
this province's chicken
producers and most
processors to the im-
portation of chicken into
Ontario. 'the, chicken
if importations continue
and criteria for the
allocation of quotas are
ignored.
Cheap United States
imports of both live and
eviscerataed products
force Ontario markets
down to prices below
processor costs, and
these costs will rise
another 10 percent in
1980, as will producer
costs.
If wholesale . prices
reach a level where both
producers and processors
are at a breakeven point,
two things will happen:
we shall have. an over-
supply and the minimum
wholesale price will be
about 81.4 cents a pound.
At no time in 1979 did the
wholesale price reach
this level, and to com-
,,poundthe problems in
and consumed. In ad-
dition, pork and turkey
will be abundant and
reasonably priced,
,providing stiff com-
petition in the market-
place,
„J -low can, the Ontario
chicken industry be
expected to survive these
market pressures?
If the Minister of
Agriculture and Food and
the Premier are, as they
have so often claimed,
interested in making
Ontario more .. self-
sufficient in . food
production, they will lose
no time in addressing the
concerns of chicken
producers and •
processors.
U.S. chicken„ import
quotas need to be re-
examined. Quota allot-
ments should be reviewed
industry is experiencing 1:980 there will be' an on the basis. of equitable Toronto, New Hambur
severe problems„. which:Laddit. nnal , and--theLLS-tn-k-e-sp-ee-r-e� nti
will become even worse ;pounds to be distributed mechanism for allocation Listowel. U
of supplemental quotas
must be given very
detailed consideration.
The expansionist
policies of Maple Lodge
Farms and their
damaging repercussions
throughout the industry
must be looked at very
carefully.
Records
seized
LISTOWEL - A multi-
million dollar in-
ternational bootleg
record_. album operation,
with a Listowel con=
nection,, has been broken
up by the RCMP and ,the
FBI.
Album seizures were
made in Canada by the
RCMP 'at' residences in
BY CATH WOODEN
As a result of heavy
losses incurred in a 1978
tractor pull, the Goderich
Kinsmen will be allowed
to use the arena free" of
charge for three years in
a roW. •
Bob 'Gibbons read an
old, letter from Kinsirlen
to the Recreation Board
at its Thursday,
February 28 meeting that
asked the board for some
kind of compensation for
lasses of about, $2900. The
Kinsmen held 'the tractor
ptdl .in -an effort- to -raise -
money , for the new
grandstand.
Apparently, members
of the 1978 board agreed.
to help out the Kinsmen if
the tractor pull was not a••
success. However,
minutes of the meeting in
question were vague as to
the exact agreement.
The letter stated lack of
support from volunteers
and townspeople in
general as the main
reason for losing out.
Gate receipts for the
"tractor pull covered .only
half of the prize. money.
Because the. Kinsmen
wore attempting .to 'raio
money for• a public '
recreational facility,
board member Bob
Gibbons moved that the
Kinsm• r h . •.tn the•
arena tor the
two stags and New Year's
dance that they hold
every year for three
years.
Elsa Hayden tried to
.a. mmend._ the.... xuuuemen t ,
suggesting that the board
a eWe personally invite you
l -H
to come to Clinton to
shop - and compare - on
your next furniture purchase"
Compare selection quality price acid
service. You con buy the best for leas at
• Ball & Mutch. ,Coyne browse through our
vast selection of fine. horne furnish ngs.
We feel you'll' be pleasantly sur
Prised we offer big•city selection at -
smoll-town prices you can afford.
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HOME fURNISF+INCJS
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Home Furnashengs
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OPEN Six Days o week 9 a m .6 p rn
Open Fnd9y nights 'till 9 p m
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give the arena to the
Kinsmen for one year,
and not commit future
boards to the plan.
Gibbons' motion was
carried.
Haydon also tecon--
mended that the board
haVe a written policy
regarding this type of
venture, so that the club
entering into it will know
that the board cannot be
responsible for lasses.
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Reg. 52.99
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BLANKETS
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Reg. $11.99 ea.
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