HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1989-03-29, Page 1INDEX
Letters - A2, A5
Sports - A8, A9
Walton - A13
Dublin area - A14
Births - A19
Obituaries - Al 9
Brothers make maple syrup. See page A3.
Parade organizer wants more money. See page A6.
Easter card game is a hum dinger. See page A14.
Seaforth, Ontario
HURON EXPOSITOR, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29, 1989
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EDITORIAL NOTE: The beef vote is a
question which concerns every beef pro-
ducer in Ontario, and which may have a
lasting effect on the cattle industry. hi the
coming weeks The Expositor will be look-
ing at the issues surrounding the vote, set
for April 14. This week we talked to a pro-
ducer who is an outspoken opponent of a
supply management system in the beef
industry.
On April 14, 1989 beef producers in On-
tario will hold a vote which will determine
the future of the marketing system for
their industry. And at least one area beef
producer is fighting mad that the cattle in-
dustry faces the possibility of being
governed by a supply management
system.
Ross Procter of RR 5 Brussels says his
great-grandfather settled just down the
road from where he now lives, so he could
farm far away from the bureaucracy
which then existed in Great Britain. But
three generations later Mr, Procter says
he is seeing the possibility of losing the
freedom his ancestor moved to Ontario to
gain.
Over the past 15 years Mr. Procter says
there has been an element of cattlemen
who wanted a more restricted market.
Several times in the past, a supply
management system for the beef industry
has been debated and defeated.
But in February 1988, Ontario Minister
of Agriculture and Food Jack Riddell
established the Ontario Beef Marketing
Task Force. As a result of a study con-
ducted by the task force, a producer vote is
being held.
"A group of those people who didn't get
their own way started this beef vote," says
Mr.Trocter. "Without the government ear
they never would have had life."
Mr. Procter is referring to the Ontario
Beef Producers for Change, who are the
push behind the formation of a marketing
commission.
The beef vote is a mail -in vote, with a
ballot bearing two questions. Question one
reads:
"1. Are you in favor of the proposed
producer -controlled marketing commis-
sion which would regulate the sale of all
beef cattle in Ontario?"
If 60 per cent of the province's beef pro-
ducers answer "yes" to question one, an
Ontario Beef Cattle Marketing Commis-
sion would be established.
According to the Beef Vote Committee,
the commission's goals would be "to assist
in expanding the market for beef to con-
sumers by supplying a quality product at
an affordable price and at a fair return to
the producer... '; to restructure Ontario's
cattle marketing system as needs are iden-
tified; to promote the marketing and con-
sumption of beef; and to represent and
speak for producers.
The commission would be made up of the
present two beef producer organizations,
which would be restructured.
The proposed commission's respon-
sibilities would be to regulate the sale of all
beef cattle, and to register all beef
producers.
Also:
All slaughter cattle offered for sale
would be sold in a public forum by sales
agents appointed by the commission.
The commission would collect
marketing data on all cattle sold for
slaughter.
It is intended that competitive selling of
all beef cattle sold for further feeding
would be phased in over time.
The commission would be responsible
for working with Agriculture Canada and
other organizations on research into im-
provements in grading and the introduc-
tion of an indexed carcass grade and iden-
Ufication system.
The commission would. investigate the
feasibility of price pooling.
A "No" vote on question one on the ballot
would result in the continuation of in -
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THE BEEF VOTE is an issue which will be resolved on April 14,
but in the meantime both the Ontario Cattlemen's Association and
the Ontario Beef Producers for Change are giving beef producers
information they will need to cast an informed vote. Ross Procter
of RR 5 Brussels already has his mind made up as to which way
he will be voting. He wants the beef marketing system to be left
Tuckersmith solicits Seaforth's clay business
Tuckersmith councillors were con-
cerned to hear Seaforth Town Council had
authorized purchasing of 8,300 cubic yards
of clay cover material from the Nixon
Gravel Pit, to be used for the final closure of
the Seaforth-Tuckersmith landfill site.
The Tuckersmith councillors felt they had
received a verbal commitment from some
representatives of Seaforth council that the
clay be purchased from Tuckersmith.
Tuckersmith has to do clay stripping
anyway, to get at the gravel in its pit, and.
the estimated cost to move the clay is
$14,000.
A meeting was held between the Clerk and
Deputy Reeve of Tuckersmith Township,
and Seaforth's Mayor, Clerk and head of the
Public Works Committee in the morning
before the Tuckersmith council meeting.
The Tuckersmith delegation noted they
would have been willing to negotiate if they
had known Seaforth had received a less ex-
pensive offer, rather than £ace the costs of
stripping and stockpiling their clay
overburden.
An agreement was reached that if
Tuckersmith would be willing to pay loading
charges up to $4,150 to compensate for
Seaforth's loss of a $2,300 deposit to the Nix-
on Gravel Pit, that the clay would be taken
from the Tuckersmith site.
Tuckersmith council will be forwarding a,
recommendation to Seaforth town council to
cover loading costs up to $4,150 if the clay is
taken from Tuckersmith. Seaforth council
will render a decision on this matter at its
next meeting.
The Tuckersmith councillors were con-
cerned that Seaforth municipal officials
Clocks move ahead on
Once again the time has come for us to
move the hands of tune ahead one hour.
Yes, it's time to move the clocks ahead.
Every year at this time we "spring ahead"
one hour, and every autumn, we "fall
gave them no prior notice of the purchase
from the Nixon Gravel Pit.
"It seems pretty hard to believe they
could go another route when we bad a pretty
firm commitment," said councillor Bill
Dejong.
"Why didn't they meet with us first if they
wanted out of the agreement, and do it face
to face?" asked Reeve George Cantelon.
Seaforth Clerk Jim Crocker said Seaforth
municipal officials didn't understand that
Tuckersmith needed to get rid of the clay in
their site, and simply took the best price. He
said Seaforth will lose its $2,300 deposit by
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Sunday morning,
back".
So before you go to bed Saturday night,
or when you wake up Sunday morning, set
your clock back. If it's any consolation, in
the long run you will gain an hour of
daylight.
Seaforth hospital fundraising canvass kicked off Tuesday night
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ADDITION TO SEAFORTH COMMUNITY HOSPITAL LIM
The fundraising campaign for the
Seaforth Community Hospital building fund
officially began at a kickoff night at the
Seaforth District High School Tuesday
night.
The approximately 330 canvassers and
captains who are going to be raising $900,000
to help finance the hospital expansion were
briefed on how to make the two week can-
vass a success. The house-to-house canvass
will be done across Seaforth, McKillop,
Tuckersmith, and Hullett, and in parts of
Morris, Grey, Logan and Stanley
Townships.
Fundraising committee chairman Marlen
Vincent says the hospital fundraising cam-
paign can be likened to the arena campaign
of a few years ago in many ways, but he
notes the hospital expansion is a bigger pro-
ject and will require more from the com-
munity. A total of $750 over three years from
an average of 1,200 households is what is be-
ing asked of the public, making the magic
number 68 cents per day.
"li every home gives the $750, there will
be no problem," says Mr. Vincent, "but we
also realize there are some people who can't
give that much. So we're going to ask the
ones that can afford to give to make a bigger
contribution."
Mr. Vincent says Seaforth businesses, and
corporations in business in Seaforth will
also be canvassed.
"Commercial people will see that in their
donation they're building for the future of
the community, and I'm confident they will
give accordingly," he says.
Memorial donations can be made to
perpetuate the memory of a donor's friend
or relative. All donations of $1,000 or more
Will be given suitable recognition the
hospital, if the donor so wishes. Gifts of
$3,000, $5,000, $10,000 or more will receive
recognition on a plaque, and may also be
given recognition on a plaque on a item of
equipment they bought, or on the door to a
room they helped equip. Anyone wishing to
discuss these avenues can contact Mr. Vin-
cent or hospital administrator Don Smith.
"But anyone who gives a donation over
the three year program will be recognized in
a book on public display, even if it's kids
who made money selling lemonade on the
street corner," says Mr. Vincent.
The building fund has climbed to about the
$100,000 mark already. The Seaforth Op-
timists have given $25,000, the Seaforth
Legion haS donated $10,000, and other con-
tributions have been made from two sport-
sman's dinners, the winter interlude, the re-
cent Easter egg sale, as well as from con-
siderable donations from residents and
former residents of the Seaforth area.
"And a lot of others have given large
donations to held get the kitty started," says
Mr. Vincent.
More fundraising events are in the works,
as the high school will be doing a fundraiser
in May, and a spring sale will be sponsored
by hospital staff.
KICKOFF NIGHT
At the fundraising kickoff night at SDHS
the canvassers were entertained by the
Seaforth Harmony Kings and the Harmony
Iii-Lites. Bruce McCall, former owner of the
Brussels Stockyards gave the canvassers a
motivational speech, pointing to the 1982
fundraising when the community needed to
raise 01%000 but went over the top and rais-
ed $696,000. Mr. Vincent then went over can-
vassing procedures and ahowed volunteers
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