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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1979-11-22, Page 1120th. Year / Wb41e No, 5728 SEAFORTH; ONTARIO. ` MIR$D X.4, NOVEMBER 22 1979 24 PAGES AN AMBITIOUS • PROJECT—Instructor Harvey Beuerman and Terry Richman of Walton are working on a ninepiece dining room set which Mr. Richman is re -finishing during M'onday's class at night school. • (Expositor Photo) Power rates BY WILMA OKE Ontario Hydro is increasing by approx mately 17 per cent, its bulk power Cates. fo 1980 for power purchased by Seaforth. To Phillips, manager of Seaforth Public Utilities Commission, said while Ontario Hydro's rate will be put into effect on January 1, he expected to see this increase implemented in Seaforth about April or .June. He said the •increase`for Seaforth may amount to 10 per cent. Gordon' Pullman, PUC chairman, pointed out that the PUC'�► ersonnel was. getting `n P6 g a flood of enquiries about a headline in last weeks Expositor wh' h which questioned that water bills may be going up, Hesaid the water rates were not involved but sewer rates were. The recommendation to council .r called for the clerk to prepare the by-law to increase the sewage . rates for council, consideration. He said there will be no ' increase in costs, to the ratepayers as they are paying ' for it now through , general taxation. It waspointed out that there would be no justification for landlords to increase rents because of the changes: Dashwood.. •ries invited Industries nvited .PUC mem- hers to walk throuh their plant on 13 November 27 to see new products that Might ht be 'usedin the future to save energy: However, the commissioners indieated,'they were too busy to attend. The PUC will purchase the 1979' aerial truck to replace the 1967 model from Wajax Ltd, of Tatoato• at a cost: of $38,000 'which includes the trade-in value of 59,000. on the present truck. The PUC was, authorized by. town council to borrow up to 538,000 ffr the purchase, A Christmas, bonus of 550,00 each was authorized: for each PUC employee. As well the commissionersWill hold a Christmas dinner .party for themselves and their employees: Chairman Pullman said he did not feel the wine and thecae party the town council is having for all town employees,,. council members and town committee g members, including PUC- is anon h; Manager . Phillips said as , an entity cotiacrvatioit measure the PUC bewill i be putting tip the festive lighting for Christmas during the last week of November but the Hgltttl *ill not be energized until December 1. Thr *10 be lighted until after Nov Yeses Day. The ;fixtures were: platinised b . Chamber of Ce mmsrce and will; have 10 watt. q mead of 28 watt bulbs, SDrina Mr. Phillips said . the P. UC , has .' been Insurance Commission, he didn't notify the 1- offered an evergreen tree by Mr. and Mrs. commission of the sale of ;these beans. r Richard.Burgess.Mr. Wright also delivered 17,810 pounds m „ of white beans to the co-op under his own BY WQ,MA, OSE: Tuckersmith Township council'; denying a request by .ratepayeisfor a plebiscite, gave the go-ahead Tuesday, night for the proposed addition to the Vanastra recreation centre. Following, a closed door session lasting about two hours with six ratepayers and the press siting outside Councillor Robert Fotheringham made a motion, seconded by councillor Frank Falconer "that we don't bother with the plebiscite. vote." The plebiscite had been formally re- quested at a special .council meeting on October 22 and again at a ratepayers' Meeting on November 12. In the recorded vote requested by Council- for William Brown, his was the „ only dissenting voice denying the request for an electors' vote on the proposed addition. Council ` agreed ,;unanimously that all future operating deficits, over and above the present debenture, paymen>at the Vanastra. recreation centre, be the responsibility of all; the taxable . property of the Township of Tuckersmith. This motion ` was made by Deputy Reeve•Robert Bell and' seconded by Councillor • Falconer, and : recorded vote requested by Councillor Brown. The debenture debt of S119,000 will have to be paid by the ratepayers of Vanastra only. Approval was given a final motion, made by the deputy reeve and seconded by Bean fraud Evidence was; . concluded Tuesday . 'in: County Court at Goderich in the trial of ICenneth Beverley Wright, 33,; of RR:2, Seaforth who had pleaded not guilty to a charge of attempting to defraud the Crop Insurance Commission of Ontario. Judge Francis Carter said Wednesday Morning .that' a decision in the case would be .announced on Thursday" Mr. Wright's trial on charges of making a fraudulent claim for the sum of. 54,.162.88 with regard to his white bean crop; • under contract 7913 in 1978, opened Monday.' This' is the first time a case of attempted fraud against the Ontario Crop Insurance Com- mission has come to court in the 13 years of the commission's history. The defendant, is charged with, selling' 38,700 pounds of his own white beans to the Ontario Bean Grower's Co-operative in Seaforth under the name of his neighbour, Gordon Dale. The crown charges that when Mr: Wright fled his crop loss report on his 1978 white bean crop with the Ontario Crop 1 Councillor" Fotheringhatn, that the clerk proceed to prepare a by-law autharizing the proposed new addition to the Vanastra recreation centre, with only Councillor Brown voting against it The addition, estimated to cost over.: one -quartet million,; with provide a larger exercise room, an activity room, accessible washrooms, showers and change areas, to provide a program of aquatics and fitness for mentally handicapped and physically hand- icapped persons.: Grants are expected to cover about 78 percent of the budding costs and the rest willhave to be raised locally," Inother business council consideredfour tenders for the purchase of a tractor and a mower but made no decision on which one to. accept until they inspected the four tractors. The ministry of transportation and com- munications will .pity grant money, only on the cost of the lowest tender price, Road superintendent Allan 'Nicholson reported that the township shed had been brokeninto again with about 5300 in tools stolen. Entry was gained by breaking,a back. window, Council set the ground: work fotw a reforestation agreement with Mrs, Dorothy Williams for five acres on Lot 29, concession one, Council will hold the first meeting of the 1980. term of council on December 4, at 8 p.m. S13, a ear in adv+ nce Si* fill CopY 30 centt Council received a letter from the Reservations wilt be made for four Vanastra Lios Club thanking council for the members, of council for the Rural Ontario donaion; of $75. and for the continuous use Municipal Association convention in. Toronto of the. Vanastra Day Care; Centre at no cost. WE ON!-MaryJane. Nigh, .Mary Lynn Giewand FayerCarnochan holdon tohe back of one of.Seaforth's firetrucks; as they and their team weretaken for a ride through' town after winning the junior girls basketballonference championshp in Stratford, Tuesday. (Expositor Photo) rlal heats conflicting testimony tr name in the fall. of 1978. The crown alleges that Mr. Wright should. have claimed crop insurance for only 7,106 pounds of white beans, instead of for the 45,806 pounds of beans that were the subject of his claim. , :Qn' ' Tuesday afternoon, Mr. Wright ' testified that he forgot to report the beans delivered to the co-op under Gordon Dale's name to Clinton insurance: agent Peter Roy when he filled out .the yield: loss report in November, 1978. Mr. Wright told the court he putthe beans in Mr. Dale's name because "I owed Gordon some money. and I' figured this was one way of getting straightened up.." Both Mr. Wright and Gordon Dale, of R.R.4, Clinton, testified that Mr. Dale had completed custom work on the Wright farm earlier in the spring. Mr. Wright testified he owed Mr. Dale about 52,500: for. this work, Admitting he didn't tell' Mr. Dale about the sale of white beans under his name at the time, .Mr. Wright said he did put the weight ticket for the beans in Mr.• Dale's pickup truck a few days after deliveringthe beans to the co-op:' Mr. Wright testified he told .Gordon Dale BY ALICE ORB' It was .only this .past summer that Centralia`Colle a teacher Doug ug Jamieson decided he wouldn't likely ever be farming 8 on a fulltime basis. Ironically, later in the summer, this decision was re -affirmed when Mr.i Jamieson was appointed principal of Centralia College of 'Agri- cultural Technology, replacing the school's first principal, • James (Jim) MacDonald, who accepted the principalshipof Rid Ridge - town s town College of Agricultural Technology, Doug Jamieson started teaching at the college" when it opened on the former air base in 1967, with an enrollment ` o of75 students - 50 in the agricuituralf diploma course and 25 studentsP in. the home •economics program. . Doug JAM Wit about the beans early in December, 1978, Wright later, "You just plain forgot all about when Mr. Dale was visiting at his home. them, is that what you're telling this court?" When defence lawyer Robert Rogerson of Mr. Wright replied, "Yes, they just Stratford asked Mr. Wright if it was ever his slipped my mind." intention to pay Gordon Dale with. the 387N pounds of beans and then, recover insurance In response to further questioning, Mr. for the beans. fromthe'Otanb C Insuurance Wright said, -''I was .busy. and . I had a lot. Commission, Mr. .s:*iiight:sad ft "was not. (Continued on Page 3 ) Crown attorney Garry Hunter asked Mr. Creamery expands .. . Local woman wins Ontario Wide Contest . Hurons new dairy princess 30 years of Detroit visits . . s new Centra During the 12 years • Centralia College 8, has ;been in op eration, more. than 1,000 students graduated'_irom the two-year diploma courses. - Doug Jamieson is hardly a stranger to either farming' or college life. He grew up on a family farm on Hwy. #8, 'between Clinton and Seaforth, a farm, which has beenin the family since 1841, and is still owned by Mr. Jamieson s, mother, Mrs. Arnold Jamieson. As a teenager, Mr. Jamieson was active in both 4H and r Junior Farmer clubs in the area and received his high school education at Seaforth District • High School. In 1963, he graduated with a degree in animal sciences from the University of Guelph. After moving to Exeter In 1967, Doug helped run the family's mixed farming operation for a year , while his brother completed his course at ' Guelph. Mr. Jamieson is married to the former Beth Goddard of Hcnsall, and the couple have two children - Scott, 13years old and. Heather, 11 years old. The family farm is now •operated by. Doug's brother, Leonard, who runs a cash crop operation, as welt as managing the Brussels Topnotch reeds Ltd. Mill, Doug Jamieson admits, "like every other farm boy, . in the spring I get a yearning to farm." This spring, he turned hiscarni n y g into action, when he put in 300 acres of crop on his brother's operation. Helping on the, family farm on weekends has helped Mr. 'Jamieson, keep his hand in the practical end of agriculture'~ This Opportunity has been important - "you can't adequately teach someone.eise how it. should be done, if you can't do it yourself," the principal said. ASSISTANT AG. REP. Doug Jamieson started working for °MAP in 1963 -,'as an ale istant ag. rep. on the Niagara_PCnnlaitlar Ontario's fruitbelt.' One of his first oboes on tete job wars organizing a 4-h strawberry club, some- thing of a challengefor someone with a .... background . in animal sciences. Next, he taught animal husbandry:'•at: Kemptville College of Agriculture, and then went back to_ . Guelph: to •complete his Master of . Science degree,Y studying animal nutrition. On September 7, DougJamieson learned he'd been appointed principal of Centralia College, an appointment that went into effect three: day s later. Since,his teaching Y h $ load had already been established, it wasn't until mid-October he was abletofind someone toreplace him in the classroom, He plans to continue teaching one course a semester, so he'll still' have direct contact with the students. Thisear, there are approximately p p 300 Y, students enrolled at the school 98 in first year agriculture, and. 55 completing the second year of the program. Doug Jamieson has seen; a number of changes.'in the years he's taught at the school. Initially, there weren't any women enrolled in agriculture courses - a year ago, the agriculture class had more female students than. males, • Another cnange is that in the early years of the college, Mr. Jamieson said approximately SO per cent of the age students took up farming immediately after.' graudation. Now this figure has clim bed: to 75 • percent who return to family farm . Operations, with the rest taking jobs in atgri•related fields. He said when Centralia ' College completed a survey of former students a few years, ago, 85 percent of the graduates. • surveyed said they were actively involved: in farthing. He said in sonic cases, farming; night be dome on a parttime basis, but the respondents ,considered; themselves .primarily flatlets. EXPANSION PLANS • But the nett five curs is also goingto Y, tree some whore exciting changes at the D College. Doug. . . g ug Jamieson said :plans are to eventuallyexpand an enrollment to 400 students, with the physical plant geared red u P to handle the increase. One new e residence is• n already under construction on theutore cam us, lace the P P former barracks now used • to house students. Also the men's residence n si nee recently had a complete facelift -a new roof P , and windows, the exterior was bricked in, and a new heating plant i s al l nt. n t I ed. This buildingwill eventuallybe turned into a continuing education building with th .seminar rooms and p classroom space ace on the : . bottom floor and residence rooms above. Before this is achieved, 200 more rooms" will have to be added to the residence now - being .constructed.; Doug Jamieson said the goal of the Ontario Ministry of Food and.•Ag "culture, 'Which operates' the provinces four agriculture colleges, is to have 50 patent of the estimated. 1200 replacernent farmers Annually, graduating with an agricultural: ' diploma, The principal said currently about' 30 P P percent of the replacement farmers have the diploma.: , Within five years, Centralia College will to have200 o 500' .pe plc in the 'diploma u, '" mean: wearic'd beituregraduatingcourseclose which to 100'studentswould al year," Doug Jamieson said. He: said while y $ s the name of the game in e ducation these days is declining student numbers, and. there are already fewer students coming though the highschool system,OMAF also _.,g. .: knows that career.: possibilitiesin agriculture• : are very - ' promising , _... p B to comparison to other fields. When asked if higher educatiort..s almost becoming a '.pre • requisite for anyone farthing seriously, Mr. Jamieson pointed out people have been farming with a minimum of education for years=working with ' another family .member in the operation or 'else just •profiting from their Own mistakes. He said the problem now is With the l(argecontinueinvedstnionentPagrequie3ired tit go into farming, and the current high interest rates, 'one financial mistake can put you ' gift that .lasts all year The spirit of Santa Claus Is alive and well at the Huron, Expositor, .A special Christmas gift offer, coloured red and green in this week's Expositor allows_ readers to give gift s►bscriptions as Christmas presents to friends and relatives for x2.05 off the regular,price. The low $10.95 gift subscription price is for new gift subscriptions, going to people' in Huron and Perth Counties only. You may renew of start; your own subscription at there low $110.95 tate, as long as you coder one or more gifts. Expositor gift subscriptions start with our Christina* issue, December 20; acld: continue for *whole year. There's no need to pay cash now...we'll bill you in. January. 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