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Wiji' ter was introduced to us
last week with the first snow of
the season: Graciously, Mother
Nature did not dump tOO .triaeh of
the pesky white stuff on "us to
tail 'with. We hoe it remains
Ng way for some time to comer
'there are thosewho.tell us we are
to have a great deal of snow and
telitt6 cold this; winter. That iS
hot a bright ijkospeet considering
the rising fuel costs. Driving froth
to Brussels on Friday 06tthigivas ektiefitety hazatdotig-
*Ii trio* squalls the
slippery dOhditkiti§, Cars were
a compromise between the Old
Order Amish and the Ontario
Milk Marketing. Board that will
enable the Amish farmers to
market their milk in Ontario and
still adhere to their religious
beliefs and retain their family
farms. That is good news. It
would be a pity for them to have
to leave their farms here in
Ontario and go to the U.S., or
eLsewhere.Having lived among
them as a child, I am well aware
of what fine people and good
fainters they are, in spite of what.
Some people consider their
strange ways.
involved half the board members..
He said seven of the 16 trustees
sat on the education committee
And'seven on the management
COriiinitted. The vice-chairman
usually sat in on One: committee's
Meetings and the chairman on the
other..
"When a committee' Made a
recommendation to, the board to
be voted on it already had halt the
board voting in favor of it without
the other half even knowing about
it" said Cochrane, "What
usually happened is the Other half
would assume that if the other.
committee was in favor Of ft it
responsibilities to handle: He
said the committee' will have
to review any material offered on
a recommendation' and then sell it.
to the board at the regular
meeting., It will then be up to the
remaining trustees to ask
questions bit the, subject and
ensure that the deeiSiOti will be
beneficial to their' constituents.
"The biggest Criticism the
beard receives is that ;it rubber
stamps things' said Mr.
Cochrane, "This is bound to
create -more' debate removing that.
eriticisiii. f;
Mr. Cochrane went on record" *
The board also changed the
format for its meetings to permit
more time during board sessions
for debate, Meetings now start at
1:00 with committee of the
whole and the public portion
begins at 2:00 p. M. Now the
committee Of the whole Will m eet
on the third Monday of each
month and that session will be
followed by the tour contittee
Meetings; held simultaneously in
the board offices:
The, monthly Meetings , will
begin in public 'session at 1:00
p.in, On the first Monday of every
Month.