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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-03-10, Page 31it • ill aK nn, 1 hate to say I told you so but I told you so. Ponni4 it was in June, of last year this column suggested gun- ontro! legislation in this country is inadequate. That column rompted a 16t of gun -lovers to put down their guns and take ION p the pen. Another example of why stricter legislation is necessary as penned in the Toronto Globe and Mail a couple of .weeks 1 You akes as. tome e for Jon'l why good that it. OK. ome and orld fuse Iles, ie in iber We IS or now ing; nni you our >rld her me ses. sed use out will be 'en. you ive hat is aer -- 0 go. With stunning disregard for public safety, a "recreational hooter" hatters the brain of a three-year-old boy with a ulfet from a. 22 -calibre rifle, The rifleman was target - hooting from a moving car near Renfrew when one of his ullets smashed -through another car's window and killed oung Mario Hamelin of Bryson, Que. It was an act of inconceivable irresponsibility. said the itorial. The judge in the case observed that a human life could ardly have been more uselessly taken. Yet the charge of riminal negligence was reduced by the Crown to "danger - us use of firearms.' Not only that. but the guilty man was flowed to serve his 90 days — only 90 days. would you be- iev,e? — on weekends! Again. a few weeks ago. a similar incident occurred on ighway 12 near Orillia when a nine-year-old boy was shot in the head while riding in his father's pickup truck. Fortu- nately, this- boy will live. Another car was hit in the fender by a bullet at the same time and in the same place. 1 repeat what was said last June: This is a personal view- point. Many people and most farmers will argue against strict gun control laws. A gun.. in -my, amble opinion. is de- signed as a weapon- of destruction and there are too many ople bent on destroying things in this world. Gun aficiona- os will brand me.as a peacnik who would rather run than fight: But I agree with any legislation which will make it more difficult to beg. borrow, buy or steal a gun. My abhorrence for guns colors my opinion. For more years han I care to remember I worked as a reporter on several ewspapers across Ontario and as a newswriter on a couple I.NUrs ar• iiPD»crst/il! by'toob T(0160; 604 of radio stations ton;: I have covered too many accidental deaths, too many murders to make me believe in anything less than very stringent gun control laws; .. And again. I repeat what 1 said,almost a year a o: who want ((vine , illegally': g. a guns gunsga y are•goipg to'$et.those gttrts ;"" no tnatterhow diffioult it,:is. But dozens of people are wound- ed or killed by.the gun that wasn't supposed to be loaded. the gun carelessly stored or earelessly handled. A 'relative of mine now walks with a permanent hrnp be- cause of an accident with a gun. "A twin brother ina family - in my home town carries mental 'scars for the rest of his life because he accidentally shot and killed his twin when they, were children. I have seen brains and bone and blood spattered along a bedroom wJll because of a carelessly handled gun which was owned. would you believe. by a person who had spent three months in a mental institution the year before for attempted suicide. These .are not isolated incidents. Most people, I'm sure, can regale a listener with similar stories. Present legislation does.not go far enough. To obtain a licence to buy a gun, the applicant should be made to take a competence test in addition to having that application sign- ed by two guarantors willing to certify they know of no rea- son why the applicant is unfit to possess a gun or`ammuni- tion. The file of tragic evidence. as the Globe and Mail stated. that tough new gun control legislation is needed and should be strictly enforced, grows apace. Almost every day a new incident is reported, And now, Federal Justics „Minister Ron Basford is saying it will take some time belgre the views of special interest groups can be reconciled in gun control legislation. This is just another way of saying that the professional lobbyists have delayed good legislation for an indefinite time. He even hinted that the expected legislation will not include manda- tory tests for those who want to own guns. How many more unnecessary deaths will it take to prove the point that gun control laws are necessary right now9. m safety more specialized these days. as agriculture is g more specialized, he safety programs y the Farm Safety ion of Ontario. iok ;h- it Ald ch .y 11 entidn mers sale grown from Cer- urier, either cleaned ted or from the bin. George Wraiths 524 - Or 524 11,12,13,14,15ar r sale. Phone 529- ,llx HAY. Alfalfa and mixture. 800 bales e• Phone 54- 11 LE — One hundred ; sixty ton of mixed one 529-7459.'=10-13 led D TO RENT. land for tento forty attle from 300 to 500 ply in writing . to 14, Clinton News - Clinton, 10,11 D TO RENT -- 45 - 50 ained land for Cash real grain). Reply to 61, Signal -Star nch, Box 220, 9,10,11,12nc OCR FOR SALE d serviceable age ire boars, : R.O.P. commercial.: One e boar, 1.5 months. Landrace gilts, bred to Hampshire boars mon, RR 4, W al'toil} -10,11 The ', association's first heavy lifting accounted for specialized safety program the large number of ac - designed for the . tobacco cidents. industry began last spring - Following the successs of accidents at the end of 1976 the tobacco program, the dropped 20 percent over 1975. association has begun work Larry Swinn, senior con- on a ,series of farm safety sultant for ,the association, programs for various com- says the tobacco safety modity groups. A program program was set up because for : the horticulture and of., the unique nature of the landscape industries was industry. In 1975, the tobacco begun last fall and should be industry reported about 500 ready in March. lost -time injuries-. The The association is currently number of unskilled workers, working on a program for the hazardous .iraachinery anti• mushroom industry. s+� xt, Although there are only 35 growers in.the province, the mushroom industry accounts for 6 percent of lost -time injuries in agriculture. In the latter part of 1977, the association plans to develop safety programs for the fruit and vegetable industry. In Ontario last year, there were 50 farm accident deaths and 1936 compensated lost - time injuries reported to the Farm Safety Association of Ontario. Safety program underway Last year 50 farm accident deaths were reported to the Farm Safety Association and 18 of them were of people -under the age of 20. The Farm Safety Association attributes this large • percentage of youth deaths to a lack of training and knowledge of farm machinery..' To help reduce the number of accidents involving young people, the Association is intensifying its educational program, particularly to elementary school age children. "The elementary school farm safety program was initiated. in September .1976," says Larry Swinn, senior safety consultant for the Association.. During the first year of the program, the five safety consultants visited a total of 18,000 students. "This year we hope'. to expand the program to reach 30,000 students in rural schools across the province," he said. The elementary school program, which will be presented to children in kindergarten to -Grade 8, includes farm safety coloring books, films and a quiz. "The Farm Safety Association was also involved in starting the first 4-1-1 Farm Safety Club in Ontario last spring. Since the develop- ment of that Club in Dufferin , County, a number of other counties including Glengarry and Brant have expressed interest in startingf a club," says Mr. Swinn. The Association's education program also extends to the colleges of "agricultural technology in WATER, WELL DRILLING. j'6 YEARS EXPERIENCE!' • FARM.. SUBURBAN • INDUSTRIAL • MUNICIPAL + • FREE ESTIMATES GUARANTEED WELLS • .0 FAST.MODERN EQUIPMENT "• 4 ROTARY & PERCUSSION DRILLS "OUR EXPERIENCE ASSURES <, • :. . ;LOWER COST WATER. WELLS" 'IDS N 4 Rotary and percussteat hritis WELL GRILLING LWING-HAM' NGHAMIMITED PHONEHAM' Collect Calls Accepted '' " N Iilttl di FINEST WATEit, WELLS .S.INCE.1990" -:, New Liskeard, Kemptville, 'Centralia and Ridgetown. The Association also plans to work in .conjunction with the Junior' Farmers' Association of Ontario to set up tractor safety rodeos across the province. CLAY — Silo Unloaders Feeders Cleaners Stabling Leg Elevators Liquid Manure Equipment Hog Equipment BUTLER — Silo t nloaders Feeders Conveyors FARMATIC — Mills Augurs, etc. About 350 junior farmers from across Ontario will meet in Toronto froin-March 18.20 for the annual meeting of the Junior Farmers' Association of Ontario. According -to Ken Knox, secretary -treasurer of the Junior. Farmers' Association, the purpose of the conference is to help the delegates become more aware of their • role in society. One of the key speakers will he Tohn 2Yillham of Toronto whn. will- discuss the role of young people in keeping the family,.unit together." .Other speaker i Will include Grant Webber of the energy con- servation depeart rent, Ontario Hydro; Dr. Angela Armitt, director of the Extension D h Department, -University of Western Ontario; A.R. Walker, Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations; and Dr. Brian WIlson Depart- ment of Human : Kinetic University of Guelph. "Through discussion of education system, thefah, consumer law, ' fitness and " physlt' n. servation, we nergy colt, 'delegates ill have ` the ha e a greater understanding :., of the' problems olzsociety and what they can do to help," says Mr. Knox. Delegates to the con- ference, representing the. asspciation's 8000 members, tt: Grain corn dryingtechniques developed�, New low-temperature e te0011641. will `r delegatesfrom Canada ztttd States The .Tunior ' Farmers' Association of Ontario is an organization for rural youth between the ages of 18 -30. Ur. ventilation drying techniques will be discussed at the Grain Corn Drying Conference to be held on April 6 in Cambridge (Hespeler). "This technique or a combination of low- temperature drying with conventional hot-air dryers looks promising for Ontario corn farmers," says Dr. T.B. Daynard of the Ontario Agricultural College, University of Guelph. Dr. Daynard says researchers will summarize the results: of research and on-farm investigations in the province. Specific recom- mendations on the use of low- temperature drying techniques will be presented at the conference. The conference, sponsored by the Ontario Agricultural College and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, will also acquaint producers and commercial dryer operators with other techniques in drying designed to improve fuel efficiency and grain quality. Speakers at the conference will include researchers, specialists from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, and Ontario producers. Guest speaker Dr. Gene 5 Shove, agricultural engineer States corn belt. from the University of The conference will be held Illinois; will discuss low- at the Holiday Inn at high- temperature drying ways 24 and 401 from 9a.m.to tecrinimmoimmirmsemonamassmilar hnology used in the United 4 p.m. The fee is $10. 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