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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1988-03-09, Page 5Pigs sell easier at Brussels A heavy supply of steers and heifers sold on an active demand at prices fully steady to last week's sale. Cows sold steady. Pigs sold easier. There were 1126 cattle, 505 pigs and 95 sheep and lambs on offer. Choice steers - 88.00 to 93.00 with sales to 99.25 Good steers - 84.00 to 88.00. A steer consigned by Donald Dow of RR 3 Wingham, weighing 1210 lbs. sold for 99.25 with his total offering of ten steers averag- ing 1155 lbs. and selling for an overall price of 87.25. Three red steers consigned by J & M Ranch of Brussels averaging 1243 lbs. sold for 97.00 with their total lot of twenty seven steers averaging 1247 lbs. selling for an average price of 89.29. A black -white-faced steer consigned by Maurice Hallahan of RR 1 Belgrave weighing 1250 lbs. sold for 95.50 with his total offering of twelve steers averaging 1205 lbs. selling for an overall price of 91.75. Twelve steers consigned by Jim Hayden of RR 3 Goderich, averaging 1331 lbs. sold for an average price of 89.66 with sales to 95.25. A steer consigned by Geo. Underwood Farms of RR 1 Wingham, weighing 1230. lbs, sold for 93.75 with his total offering of fifty-one steers, averaging 1305 lbs. selling for the overall price of 87.50. Eighteen steers consigned by Maple Ridge Farms of RR 5 Brussels, averaging 1299 lbs. sold for an overall price of 87.95 with sales to 93.75. Fourteen steers consigned by George Adams of RR 2 Wroxeter, averaging 1335 lbs. sold for 88.47 with sales to 93.25. A charlois steer consigned by Harry Verbeek of RR 2 Bluevale weighing 1130 Press no ogre lbs. sold for 93.00 with his total lot of twenty-two steers averaging 1172 lbs. sell- ing for an overall price of 89.51. A steer consigned by Maryon Dow of RR 3 Wingham, weighing 1190 lbs. sold for 92.25. Eighteen steers consigned by Glen Johnston of RR 2 Bluevale averaging 1203 lbs. sold for an overall price of 89.22 with sales to 91.25. Choice Exotic Heifers - 88.00 to 92.00 with sales to 94.75 Good Heifers - 83.00 to 87.00 Five heifers consigned by Earl Fitch of RR 1 Wroxeter, averaging 1126 lbs. sold for 94.75 with his total offering of forty-seven heifers, averaging 1078 lbs. selling for an overall price of 89.80. A charlois heifer consigned by Dave Eadie of RR 5 Lucknow weighing 1340 lbs. sold for 92.75 with his total lot of thirteen heifers averaging 1248 lbs. selling for an overall price of 88.31. Nine heifers consigned by Ross Hurst of RR 2 Atwood, averaging 959 lbs. sold for 84.74 with sales to 92.00. . Four heifers consigned by Glen Haldenby of RR 1 Holyrood averaging 1000 lbs. sold for 90.00. A red heifer consigned by Francis Hicknell Restructuring Market of RR 5 Seaforth weighing 890 lbs. sold for 90.00. A white heifer consigned by Everett Dustow of RR 2 Mildmay weighing 1100 lbs. sold for 90.00 with his total offering of six heifers averaging 1142 lbs. selling for an average price of 86.43. A heifer consigned by Larry Smack of RR 4 Wingham weighing 1140 lbs. sold for 90.00. Choice Cows - 59.00 to 65.00 Good Cows - 57.00 to 62.00 Canners and Cutters 53.00 to 57.00 30 to 40 lb. pigs traded to a high of 1.02 per lb, 40 to 50 lb. pigs traded to a high of .98 per lb. 50 to 60 lb. pigs traded to a high of .93 per lb. 60 to 70 lb. pigs traded to a high of .83 per lb. 70 to 80 lb. pigs traded to a high of .75 per lb. Light lambs sold up to 1. per lb. 70 to 80 lb. lambs sold up to 1.68 per lb. Heavy lambs sold up to 1.10 per lb. Brussels Stockyards will be holding a sheep and lamb sale on Friday, March 18 at 3 p.m. For more information please phone 887-6461. • from page, 3A would be more discussion on the proposals and said the recommendations comprise a very important document. Mickle felt many of the recommendations would hold back a forward municipality and that local councils know best local needs, and noted that he did not believe in the recommendations. "I will not directly or indirectly jeopar- dize the citizens I represent," said Mickle. Stickle made a motion to study the mat- ter further. McBurney said delay was unnecessary. "It is time to stand and be counted. Show the people of Huron County where we stand," said McBurney • from page 2 ty interest. That's the time to call the newspaper and make arrangements for a reporter to cover the event. But call early for coverage of a planned event. If you've taken the time to plan a noteworthy event, then you should have had time to contact the newspaper. Don't rely on us hearing about it 'through the grapevine', because that doesn't always happen. That doesn't mean we won't cover events we're told about at the last minute - we will, but you should realize the later we're notified about an event, the more chance .there is we will have a conflicting assign- ment. In that case we generally try to find an alternative solution. We do have a spare camera we can make available to different groups. Unfortunately the paper does have deadlines - long gone are the days of stopp- ing the presses for late breaking news, especially at a weekly newspaper. Copy that comes in after 4:30 p.m. on Mondays (4:30 p.m. on Fridays if it is a holi- day weekend) may not make it into the paper, simply because there has not been time to first, edit it, and second, send it through the typesetting process. If late copy does make it through this pro- cess in time to allow it to get into the newspaper, it may not get the prominence it warrants - simply because it was received too late into the production phase. Pages are carted away and made ready for the presses on an individual basis, as they are completed. Often page one or three have already disappeared by the time the late copy is delivered into my hands. Everyone knows that newspapers make money, but sometimes people get confused about how they do it. Your subscription dollars or the money you pay at the news stand for your paper does not pay all the bills. Far from IL Studies show the purchase price of the paper pays little more than mailing and handling for a whole year. WALDEN PHOTO PHY *Weddings *Portraits *Family Gatherings 523-9212 (located at WeatfielS 5 mi N E al Aubym) LOFT 2 0 0,0 OFF SELECTED WINTER YARNS Spring Yarns Now In Stock! • MARCH BREAK School's out ... Join up for ACTIVITY DAYS •Knitting •Cross Stitch •Folk Ad Ages 6 to 14 Call 527-1830 now for details - - • i 37 MAIN ST:; SEAFORTH Anne lames, Prop. 527-1830 The real income of the newspaper is from the advertising. Advertising sales pay the salaries of staff, buy the newsprint, fund the capital expenditure and finance the day to day plant costs for heat, light and water etc. The size of the newspaper therefore is determined by the amount of advertising in a given week, not the amount of news - although there are a great many weeks that I wish it were the other way around. • Sometimes, especially in those months when there is little advertising and the papers are smaller, there is not enough room in the paper for all the news. Events that should warrant more than one photograph, don't simply because of the space restriction. We would rather sacrifice a photograph, than a piece of news that so- meone has submitted. I'm not saying we never cut news. Sometimes it is necessary to hold copy for a week or so, until there is more room in the paper. That does not mean we value that news any less than any other we receive, but that it is not as dated as some of the other news we might carry. Sometimes submissions fall into the category of advertising rather than news. A good way to clear away some of the doubt is to apply this guideline: If it happens before an event, it is advertising and you must pay for space given to the event in the newspaper; if it happens after an event, it is news and any space given to the event is free. If you pay for it, you are guaranteed r publication, If you don't, there is no guarantee it will appear. There are always exceptions to the rule. News is people and place. News is public. ° New is information. News is education. News is stimulation. News is holding a mir- ror up to the community and reflecting what is going on. News is telling what people are doing and why they are doing it. News in- terests other people. When you sit down to write a piece of news for the newspaper, ask yourself this ques- tion: If I were my neighbor, would this piece of news interest me? If it wouldn't, then it probably isn't news. If it would, write it down and send it to the newspaper. News is made by people - by you, your family, you club, organization, school, church, business. People are interested in what other people are doing. You are in- terested in what your friends and neighbors are doing; they are interested in what you are doing. And we at The Expositor are interested too. The only way to improve the paper is to improve communication between the ourselves and the public. If you have com- plaints we want to know about them. Take an objective look at the newspaper - what different do you want to see? Don't dwell on negative experiences you might have had in the past - but rather on the positive ones you might have in the future. 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Seaforth Community Hospital has been accredited continously since 1970. The survey conducted by the Canadian Council of Accreditation is the 7th undertaken and provides assurance of the quality of care being provided by Seaforth Community Hospital. 76 Staff Are Non Smokers Studies carried out during recent non smoking week indicated that of the 90 employees on the staff of the hospital 84% or 76 are non smokers. Activation Group Contributes Under the direction of Mary Margaret Nash and Carol Hunt, patients' participating in the Activation Group visited Hawaii this month by viewing two films. Mrs. Jane Vin- cent is a regular volunteer and assists with the group program which will include St. Patrick's Day festivities on Tuesday, March 15, when the Huron Strings will provide entertainment in the patients lounge. Who Runs The Hospital? This questions was presented to a selection of Ontario residents by the Ontario Hospital Association. The results were surprising as a variety of answers emerged. Many people felt that the Ontario Government runs hospitals, others felt nurses, doc- tors, administrators or the Board of Governors are in charge. Many people did not try to answer this question. The correct response, of course, is the Board of Governors. The Board is responsi- ble legally for the operation of the hospital. They are bound by laws passed by the On- tario Government, and hire a professional administrator to assume the daily opera- tional tasks. The doctors arc private practitioners who have the only authority to admit, discharge or order treatment of patients. Nurses are employees of the hospital who perform their duties to patients in accordance with hospital policy and procedure. • Who Are The Board? Who are the Board of Governors and how do they become members? The Board of Governors are people with a community spirit who have a common interest in the hospital. They are elected from the general membership of the Hospital Association. Life membership in the Association is obtained by anyone who donates $500.00 or more in any year to the hospital. The hospital holds an annual meeting each spring and every member present is en- titled to vote for the slate of officers presented for election. Candidates also may be from the floor. Board members are elected for a three-year term and serve on a varie- ty of committees during their years with the Board. The Board's primary functions are the setting of policies, appointment of medical staff, planning of services to be provided and the appointment of an Administrative Officer. The Board also is responsible for recruitment of future board members. Any interested persons should contact the hospital for more information. A Board member of a public hospital finds himself in a new area of business and is guided through an educational program designed by the Ontario Hospital Associa- tion. 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