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Wescast receives funding in
latest N jobsOntario round
Wescast Industries was one o
the local businesses to receive a
substantial grant under the provin-
cial jobsOntario program during re-
cent announcements on funding of
over $5.6 million in Huron County.
Last Friday, Huron MPP Paul
Klopp was in Wham to make
the announcement that Wescast
would receive $396,740 from the
Training division of jobsOntario to
create 47 jobs in Wingham and
Strathroy. This comes in addition to
• the previously announced foundry
grants equalling $1.4 million.
Under the training aspect of the
program, private sector employers
can receive up to $10,000 for each
long-term unemployed person hired
for a' minimum of one year. The
Wingham, and Strathroy positions
have the potential to save at least
$270,000 in social assistance costs
•
per year.
The positions created through the
training grant will go primarily to-
wards the machining division Wes -
cast spokesman Wayne Phibbs
said.
The Strathroy operation is al-
ready undergoing a hiring proce-
dure and Phibbs wasn't sure when
things would actually get rolling
for these 47 positions. He did say
they do plan on adding more posi-
tions in Wingham later this spring.
The auto parts maker has several
new contracts to keep them busy.
In other jobsOntario funding
news, the Huron and Perth County
School Boards will receive a com-
bined $1,933,000 under jobsOnta-
rio Capital support. This funding,
spread out over three years begin-
ning in 1996 will total $2,415,000
after the school boards own contri-
butions.
In his press release on this fund-
ing, Klopp said the money will go
towards improvements in safety,
accessibility and energy efficiency
of schools in the two counties.
Klopp said the total plan will create
41 person-years of work.
The Huron public board will re-
ceive a total of $1,747,000 from the
capital project, to Huron -
Perth Separate School Board will
receive a total of $668,000. The
Government of Ontario provides
capital funding of approximately
$400 million annually to school
boards, colleges and universities.
Further to_that the $3.3 million
under jobsOntario Projects for the
reconstruction of Highways 86 and
9 will go to a Guelph firm. Cox
Construction wa's awarded the con-
tract for the two area highway im-
provement projects.
The Highway 86 project will in-
volYe.paving between Amberly and
Wingham this summer. Highway 9
will be resurfaced between Harris -
ton and Mildmay. Included in this
will upgrading of intersections and
guard rails.
HEALTH FUNDING
In a separate funding announce-
ment made in early March, Klopp
said the Town and Country Home-
makers will receive $201,100 to ex-
pand their services for seniors and
the physically challenged. ..The
money will be used to expand on-
site personal support and home-
making services.
"This $201,100 expansion will
give more people in Huron a high
level of support in their residences.;
This money will mean that people
who would otherwise have to go to
a nursing home because of special
needs will be able to stay at home.
This is better for the individual and
better for the taxpayer. This type of ,
support will cost less than half of
what a nursing home bed would
cost," K/app said in a press release
on the funding announcement. '
This announcement came as part
of a $6 million increase to the
1994-95 government funding for
community support services in On-
tario.
Family farm survival
By BONNIE GROPP
The Advance -Times e
BRUSSELS — Understanding and
appreciating the role of each person
on the family farm is the best way
to ensure it thrives and survives.
This was the message delivered
by Dr. Ron Hanson, a professor of
Agribusiness from the University
of Nebraska during an educational
workshop in Brussels on March 22.
"How to Thrive, Not Just Sur-
vive as a Family Farm", which was
organized by the Hurorr County Ru-
ral Health Co-ordinating Commit-
tee, focussed on communication
and the human aspects of farming.
An accomplished speaker, Dr.
Hanson has donated for the past 16
years donated personal time to
counsel farm families.
Dr. Hanson's talk was peppered
with anecdotes,, some humorous,
•some disturbing, taken from his ex-
periences as a family counsellor. In
beginning his presentation to the 50
people in attendance, he read a let-
ter from a woman which, had been
written on the back of a deposit slip
following one of his talks. She told
, him that after 28 years of marriage
her husband's family_was still say-
ing that he would have been better
off had he married someone else.
"Daughter -in-laws are my favourite
subject," Dr. Hanson said sardoni-
cally. "They're real troublemakers
in the family. You often hear, 'Un-
til he met her...' or `Until she came
along...' Families often forget it's a
team effort no matter what the roles
on that team may be."
"When families farm together
what causes problems?" he asked.
"When you think about it what bet-
ter team could you put together?"
He described the anatomy of a
family farm as the wishbones —
those who wish someone else
would do the work, the jawbones —
those who talk but do little else, the
knuckles — those who knock what
everyone else is doing and the
backbones — those who, actually do
the work.
He listed seven areas of disagree-
ment in family farming operations
that he had encountered. Decision
making as to who has the final say;
who is the boss and who has re-
sponsibility for finances and
records was one issue that can lead
to confrontation. "I know of one fa-
ther/son partnership where the dad
died and it took three days for the
mother and son to find the cheque-
book. Mom didn't even know there
was a second mortgage on the
farm."
Change is something that can be
threatening for some, which makes
it tough for the younger generation.
"Dad may not want to try some-
thing new because his way has
been working well for a long time.
As long ' as a job gets done, who
cares how?"
Dr. Hanson cautioned against let-
ting the father/son relationship turn
into of parent/child. "When you
hear I'm the dad, you're the boy
and don't forget it,' there will be
problems. There are some dads I
honestly believe that if you could
physically put that farm inside the
casket with them, they'd take it.
The attitude is 1" fought for it, it's
mine."
Dr. Hanson told of a father who
told his son "It's my way or the
highway." The son, he said, chose
the highway.
Interestingly, Dr. Hanson said
that in his 16 years of working' with
farm families he has never seen a
probletn between father and daugh-
ter. "Dad put sons on a pedestal.
He's like me. He'll come around
and do it my way, then when he
doesn't dad can't understand." •
Family and business goals may
differ between family farm partners
as well as ideas- on vacation and
time -off policies. •
The big issue is communication.
"People argue, but they're not com-
municating. If everyone's arguing,
nobody's listening."
Where the money should go is
often an area of disagreement be-
tween spouses. "There's two eco-
nomic lessons of farming a wife
must learn. The farm always comes
first and by the end of the, year
there's not enough left to get that
new carpet. Once they understand
rule number one, two is easy. 'Next
year'. Are there any wives here still
waiting for next year?"
The wife's role is another area
that Dr. Hanson Said' must con
sidered. "When a daughtr-inn-law
moves into mom's house she may
live there, but it''s still mom's
house." He told the story of a wom-
an who, after marrying a farmer,
had refused to give up a nursing ca-
reer to help on the farm as her
mother-in-law had. "She told them,
'I married your son, • not the farm'
but they always believed she'd give
up nursing when she moved into
the house and saw Mom going to
the barn every morning," Dr. Han-
son said. "You get problems when
you try to put people into molds
which they don't fit."
Dr. Hanson said that when he
asks for ideas from audiences on ar-
eas that may cause disagreement
the role of the wife is seldom men-
tioned. "That's because it's always
assumed, always taken for grant-
ed."
He cautioned against gossiping,
holding grudges and letting argu-
ments get out of hand. The former
leads to misunderstanding while
grudges usually stem from little
things that continue to fester. "If
something makes you mad, deal
with it then forget it."
Though arguing is fine, Dr. Han-
son advised not to let them go be-
yond the boiling point. "It's a big
mistake to take a simple disagree-
ment and turn it into a fight. All
. youwant to do then is get even and
prove a point at any cost. Take a
cooling off period instead."
Common sense, respect for indi-
vidual feelings and family values
are the best way to survive and
thrive in a family farm. "Spend
time together as • a family. We
shouldn't hear I or my, we should—
hear
hear family," Dr. Hanson said
"Have fun together, keep your
sense of humor and take kidding in
stride. Families have forgotten how-
to be families, to laugh and love to-
gether."
Husbands and wives should take
the time to strengthen family ties,
he said, and to re -affirm their hopes
and dreams. "If you want to test the
strength of a farm marriage simply
let the husband and wife sort live-
stock together," he joked.
Dr. Hanson noted that while peo-
ple seem to be able to express an-
ger and frustration by yelling or
cursing, words of love don't come
as easily. "That's kind of interest-
ing about families. They are what I
call the unspoken words of family
farming — I need you, I love you
and I appreciate you or I'm proud
of you."
"There's a day coming when you
will find yourself at the side of a
casket looking at the face of the
person you loved most in your life.
From that moment on, all you will
have is memories and what do you
want those memories to be? I have
known families who have prayed
for a chance to say things that they
never said. You don't get that sec-
ond chance."
Dr. Hanson's interest in farm
families in crisis is based on per-
sonal tragedy. He told the audience
that when he was 12 his grandpar-
entsw ad a fight that split the family
in two. "My grandparents left our
home that night in tears and even
though they lived across the road
there was never another Christmas
or another birthday with them," he
said.
When his grandfather passed
away, Dr. Hanson said his parents,
grandmother, aunts and uncles nev-
er spoke and to this day 34 years
later, his father has never visited
his parents' gravestones, something
that tears at him every day of his
life.
"Families sit in my office and all
I hear are regrets. They get all the
things they think they want but find
they're not any happier, just empti-
er, because they have chased the
wrong tail all -those years."
"All someone wants to know is
that they are loved and needed, that
somebody worries about them."
"I have accomplished my pur-
pose tonight if I took that knot of
appreciation in even one family and
tightened it. You all have the
chance so don't blow it because
you might not get another.
1
art
will go
ahead in
Morris
Continued from front page
The airport will still feature a
4,000 by 75 foot runway with auto-
mated lighting. A utility building is
currently the only structure planned
for the site.
Moreland said unlike the previ-
ous land choice in Turnberry, the
approaches to this strip are not
blocked by any communication or
hydro towers, thus meeting Minis-
try of Transportation guidelines.
"The existing physical condi-
tions on the airport site and within
the immediate vicinity will not re-
strict the development of the Wing -
ham Community Airport," More-
land said.
In terms of noise forecasts,
Moreland said the engineer's report
stated they fell within ministry lev-
els and the pilot's circuit will be to
the south, over primarily agricultu-
ral land.
The committee has obtained the
rights to purchase the Bridge Mo-
tors property, the Henderson prop-
erty and the King property (which
was formerly owned by the Arm-
strong family and used during the
International Plowing Match). -
These lands are already appropri-
ately zoned for the intended use.
Moreland explained that present-
ly 350 acres of the land are farmed.
Following airport development, ap-
proximately 325 will be free for
farming. He estimated between
land leasing and the leasing of a
stone house located on the north-
east corner of the land, the airport
managers can account for $20,000
in revenue.
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