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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1989-05-10, Page 1graduates —•A13 Wedding -- A13 Walton — A17 Dublin — A19 Births —133 Sports — B1 - B5 Seaforth roan makes replica cameras. See page . Serving the communities and areas of Seatorth, Brussels, Dublin, Hensel! and Walton Seaforth, Ontario Former mayor to chair committee HURON EXPOSITOR, WEDNESDAY, MAY 10 1989 Former Seaforth Mayor Alf Ross has been•appointed as Chairman of the Ontario 'Producer Review Committee, one of four :provincial committees set under the Canadian Crop Drought Assistance Pro - :,gram (CCDAP), which aims to assist pro- :ducers who suffered extensive crop loss •due to severe drought conditions ex- rperienced in various regions of Canada in :1988. Similar committees have been set up .in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. Mr. Ross credits his experience in :municipal politics (six years as Mayor of Seaforth), his experience as an :owner/operator of a cash cropfarm, and 10 years of service to the Ontario Ministry :of Agriculture and Food, for his appoint- ment, and added he expects to be kept ,.quite busy over the next months. His com- mittee, and those from the other three, pro- -winces, will work with CCDAP staff to .review yield data which will be used to :establish acreage payment rates for crops in each drought zone. Those acreage pay- ment rates will be used to make final :payments to all eligible producers in July. 'The committees have been charged with the responsibility of dispersing $850 ,pillion to `hurting' farmers. However, to qualify for the assistance :farmers must first fill out an •application form. Information on eligibility and/or to :;get applications forms, farmers are en- couraged to call 1-880-267.6343, Mondays to Fridays between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. To date, the CCDAP Administration has sent out about 120,000 applications to pro- ducers and received back over 100,000. Over 43,000 interim payment cheques have been mailed to producers. A total of about 65,000 producers will receive interim che- ques. It is still not too late to qualify for assistance. According to the application form pro- ducers in designated drought areas may be eligible for assistance, but crop eligibility may vary within the drought area. Grains, oilseeds and specialty crops seeded in the fall of 1987 or spring of 1988, which suffered a loss due to drought, may also be eligible for assistance. .Craps seed- ed before June 20,1988 and cut forsilage or greenfeed, or plowed down following crop damage or failure in 1988 are also eligible. Payments to producers who also received benefits from the Federal -Provincial `Greenfeed Assistance Program' will be reduced. Vegetables, small fruits and berries may be covered by the program and must be identified on the application. Alfalfa for processing, marketed hay and pedigreed forage seed may be:eligible forassistance, but will be covered by a separate application. SO cents a copy Ineligible crops include summerfallow acres in 1988 and crops seeded in fall of 1988. However, before payment can be ar- ranged, Mr. Ross, as chairman of the On- tario Producer Review Committee, must see to the establishment of the rest of his committee. In Ontario a total of six pro- ducers and one representative each from the £ederal:and'provincial governments, are to make up the committee. To date Ron Christie of Staffa and Glen Walters of Dutton have been the only civilians ap- pointed to the committee. Frank Webster of the Agriculture Development Branch, has been named as the federal govern- ment's representative. Other committee members and a provincial government representative are still to be named by the provincial government. Once the committee has been establish- ed it will begin finalizing details on the ap- peal procedure. It will also make recom- mendations to the ministers on how payments should be made on forage crops and unseeded acreage. "My first job is to get the committee formed, bring the members up to speed, then finalize plans for the appeal pro- cedure," said Mr. Ross. "This is a big item. We have been charg- ed with dispersing $850 million. It'll be a Turn to page 18 - t:a, .R9 :1BiMy,Etl'' .a1 H.3Ik R9=.fwt'• ih:li4e• 612 i .ftt'5L.' s*aft. -- tAiS. 2Q,y. it 5 Il .lt f 6f R: r I litl j: (v,:f x w«• x +t•tltF t bib t)t ',S a N , it d 1.• g l w. Ill .f f>q ref:,..Y 1:IV Ill til $ iliP f ;.11 f2 4�,i,i(>11V � dill 'i a ,l t2 t•,1 is;101 .esf ` i Y&t 2ft,„t lF t 4,d-Id- i�t;1 4 tfte ¢- uf�f df t 1 `Fxi: U, - rE :;-:Gae+1t:: 1 las tr , tt.ii,{kFa : t. ,t 4 � .t le 4! Its {:ti.l� 0 pot it ! r HAPPY TO -HELP - Kindergarten student Matthew Hopper takes handfulls of trash back to the garbage bag during the Seaforth Public School's Pitch -In day last week. 'Corbett photo. HCBE mat es room for Educators are making room for day care. The -Huron CountyBoard of Education has an agreement provide a day tare commit- tee with housing in Clinton. The Clinton Day Care Committee -requested that child,care services,beineorporatedinto Central H .on Secondary School. inpassing.a!supporting motiomthe board noted documents,-in'support of the day care proposal:were:filed;fromthe Central -Huron Iiamily'"Studies :Department, :the .Alter- native Education 'Program and .the Adult Education, section,:citing many across -the - curriculum benefits for Central ;Huron Secondary School adolescent and .adult students if a day care facility were established on the site. A motion was passed approving in princi- ple the conversion of room 208 and the con- struction of additional exterior space for child care facilities at Central Huron Secon- dary School to be undertaken by, and at the expense of, the Clinton Day Care Commit- tee. This.is subject to the confirmation that such facilities ,will not,have a negative im- pactonnay school apace needs. One trustee who voted against the daycare proposal at MSS was Norman Wilson, who noted "I don't think it is the mandate of the Board of Education to pro- day care vide daycare." Mr. Wilson, Township of Howick trustee, said day care is a social service and not an educational service. "I can see some benefits to it, but I worry about what might follow -a day care centre in each of our schools. This could be a costly precedent." JUNIOR KINDERGARTEN Trustee Norman Pickett, Town of Goderieh, brought up the issue of junior kindergarten (for four -year-olds) and asked if the hoard has taken a position in favor or against it. Turn to page 16 • Tuckersmi-th -to receive $200,000 in PRIDE grant $400;000 way ' he .spent in Vanastra, as T.uckersinith'Township Council has-receiv- -ed verbal-notili tion the mutiiciipality-will be =awarded;a$200;000 PRIDE : grant. The;Srant ;money :will be .matched by '$200,000; from; the? township, and . will: be: used for:the InC011601letion -paving.. and :water lines- 01 twoliioeks of street in,V;anastra. 'The moneyrmay.also,beused, to,purebase.a filtration ,,system for the .pool ;at , ;the Vanastratliecreation:Centre. Re melt:UR/niting.for.writteii approval of the.nt. 'EGMOieill.LE;W ATERUNE c000l sflanAeri 4We** reports :of iifilgte•-�nudn Oaks con Mater tenet ' fie e, nds;is••discussing,rebuilding motion to hire/341+Ross Ando'._ ito prepare: