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ZURICH CITIZENS NEWS
THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1975
Flood conditions in Hensall
Professional development days
studied by RCSS trustees
Professional development
days for teachers came under
discussion last Monday at a
meeting of the Huron -Perth
Roman Catholic school board
in Sea forth.
Director of Education, John
Vintar, told trustees that a
committee of four principals are
working out a schedule for the
Jays and holidays in 1976, when
he was presenting a ministry of
education memorandum on the
1975-76 school year and holi-
days to the board.
"I wonder about what goes on
at these professional develop -
mem days, " Goderich trustee
Vince Young commented. He
said he's heard questions and
criticism including some from
teachers who are not with the
separate board.
Trustee Don Crowley suggest-
ed holding professional develop-
ment days on fah days. "The
kids are out, the teachers can
be developing themselves," he
said and suggested September 19,
the date of Stratford's Fall Fair,
specifically.
On a suggestion from St.
Marys Trustee John O'Drowsky,
the board decided to ask the
principal's committee to bring
their plan of professional dev-
elopment days to the board.
Trustees felt the mid -winter
break holiday should be on
the same date far all area schoo
boards. Following a request by
trustee Michael Connolly, the
administration agreed to cont-
act the public boards in the
two counties and discuss the
dates with them.
Plans for a summer school on
religion to be held from July 21
to 25 at St. Ambrose School in
Wingharn were announced by
Father Nolan of Sacred Heart
Parish in Wingham in a letter
to the board.
Father Nolan said the week's
school could involve Catholic
children who are not attending
Catholic schools now, as well
as those who are and non-
Catholic students, with the
approval of their ministers.
The school would focus on
Christian living and would
attempt to show residents that a
Catholic education is available
and valuable. Most of the stud-
ents attending would be from
Blyth area, the priest said.
Father Nolan asked the
board for approval of the proj-
ect, inclduing transportation
to the summer school and use
of the school facilities.
The Board's personnel and
transportation committees will
look into making arrangements
for buses and with the school' s
custodian and report to the next
board meeting.
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Guns, knives, fishing tackle
and all hunting equipment
should be kept in a safe place
Few calories
reported in
potatoes
The potato, one of nature's
most tasty vegetables, is often
rejected by dieters as being
"fattening." Yet food specialists
at the Ontario Food Council,
Ministry of Agriculture and
Food, point out that a medium
boiled potato (three to a pound),
supplies only 99 calories to
your daily intake. In addition,
properly cooked potato is an ex-
cellent source of Vitamin C.
Boiled in its jacket until just
done, a single potato will prov-
ide about two-thirds thearmount
of vitamin C you need each day.
It's true that potatoes cont-
ain starch, or carbohydrate, say
the food specialists, but then so
do many other vegetables, fruits
breads, cereals --all necessary
to a well-balanced diet. Even
milk contains a fah amount of
carbohydrate --and milk is a
good food. As for calories, an
eight -ounce glass of whole milk
contains 160, and skim milk
90 --just about the same as a
potato.
Watching your weight
shouldn't make mealtimes dull.
Eat a varied and well-balanced
diet every day. And think twice
next time you refuse that pot-
ato!
Price changes cause
hazard to consumer
"Peaks and dips in prices
at the food counter are a haz-
ard to most shoppers, " Gordon
Hill, president of the Ontario
Federation of Agriculture, said
in Toronto this week.
Hill was commenting on the
sharp rise in onion prices which
leapt yesterday to $7.50 to
$8. from $4.75 to $5 the day
before for 50 -pound bags of
yellow onions at the Ontario
Food terminal.
Onion prices are 'soaring toda)
because there is a shortage of
onions, Hill pointed out.
Potatoes, advertised last
night at 10 pounds for 28 cents,
far below cost of production,
are the opposite side of the
coin, Hill pointed out.
"Potato prices were good in
1973 and growers planted 10
per cent more acreage in 1974.
This surplus helps consumers
temporarily but growers will
lose their shirts on the crop and
.plant less in 1975. Unless grow-
ers have prior assurance that
they can at least earn back
their full costs of production,
acreage will fall this year.
"Today's slashed egg, beef
and potato prices will knock
hundreds of producers out of
these commodities. The inev-
itable result will be shortages
and another cycle of biked
consumer prices. In the mean-
time, many farmers will have
gone bankrupt with only ext-
remely temporary benefit to
consumers who will pay in the
long run."
The peaks for any staple food
product frustrate the consumer.
I Too often the price dips fail
to reach the consumer, Hill
commented.
Even when low prices to far-
mers show up partially at the
reatil counter it takes a canny
shopper with lots of time and a
calculator to spot the bargains,
Hill pointed out,
"We don't think many shopp-
ers would want to go back to
the Thirties or Forties when
fresh products were cheap
enough at harvest time and
prices zoomed out of sight dur-
ing the winter, if indeed the
products were available at all.
"It is definitely in the best
interests of consumers to have
a steady supply of product at
moderate prices. This is only
possible when farmers produce
consistently to supply the
the market.
"However, the time is long
past when farmers will produce
to capacity without assurance
that they can recoup costs of
productinn.
"One measure to assure con-
sumers of a steady food supply
is the OFA's proposed income
protection plan.
"Under the plan, farmers and
society, through provincial and
federal governments, will share
the risks of providing an abund-
ant food supply.
"Premiums for the protection
plans will be shared by farmers
and governments, one-third
each.
"Income protection for fann-
ers is designed to ensure steady
production of food. It is a prot-
ection against shortage for con-
sumers, not a threat of higher
prices."
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