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The Citizen, 1987-01-07, Page 11Robert Hunking heads Huron Junior Farmers An Auburn man has been elected as president of the Huron County Junior Farmers, while two Belgrave area farmers will serve as secretary and treasurer. As well, two Auburn women will handle the club’s communication and public relations duties for 1987. At the Club’s annual meeting in Clinton on December 2, Robert Hunking of RR 1, Auburn, was elected president; Muriel Taylor of RR 1, Belgave, was chosen as secretary; and Andy Williams of Belgrave was named treasurer. Annette Losereit and Linda Cunningham, both of RR 1, Auburn, were elected as news- Committee meeting on insurance reform letter editor and public relations officer respectively. Junior Farmers’ past president is Dianne Oldfield of RR 4, Seaforth and Linda Axtman of Goderich and Jeff Hearn of Clinton were elected first and second vice-presidents respectively. Sharon Nivins oT RR 5, Seaforth and Dave Vanneste of RR 2, Kippen, will serve as agriculture contact and assistant agriculture contact, while Janice Murray of Seaforth and Ann Alton of RR 1, Lucknow will take on the responsi­ bilities of provincial director and alternate provincial director. Past president Dianne Oldfield will remain as zone representative. The new officers will be installed at acandle light service, planned as part of the Club’s annual banquet and dance at the Clinton Legion on Saturday, January 17. Anyone interested in joining the Huron County Junior Farmers is asked to contact president Robert Hunking or the Clinton OMAF office. THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1987. PAGE 11. Betty fl eft J and Murray Cardiff {centre] welcomed hundreds of guests like Aubrey Toll of RR 3, Bly th to the Cardiff’s third annual New Year’s Day Levee at the Brussels, Morris and Grey Community Centre on January 1. An estimated 800 to 900 people flowed in and out of the centre throughout the afternoon and enjoyed entertainment, food and drink, courtesy of the Huron-Bruce M.P. The Huron County Crop Insur­ ance Review Committee, headed by John Van Beers of RR 1, Blyth, held its second meeting on Mon­ day, and now hopes to have a concrete proposal to present to farmers for discussion tonight (Wednesday). “We have a very active commit­ tee, and I am pleased with what we have done (so far), Mr. Van Beers said. He said his committee’s recom­ mendations are a result of both the 14-man group’s own suggestions for review, and those which have been brought forward by a survey conducted in the Rural Voice magazine late last year. The proposal will likely be presented at the regular meeting of the county Federation of Agriculture in Clin­ ton on January 14. The local review committee was formed last October after a resolu­ tion providing the format was adopted at the annual meeting of the HFA. Both levels of senior government have promised a review of the present crop insur­ ance system, which many farmers feel is inadequate, but no details have yet been released. The whole issue of crop insur­ ance review was precipitated by last fall’s heavy rains, which left many Huron County farmers with huge crop losses and inadequate or no insurance. Making your money work for you BY LERA RYAN FAMILY RESOURCE MANAGEMENT SPECIALIST Have you ever said, “Look at the money we have spent this year; what do we have to show for it?” With the excitement of the Christmas season over, do you wish you could start saving now for 1987 Christmas gift buying? Making our family living dollars buy what we need and want is a challenge. Family Financial Man­ agement, anew home study course forOntariofarmfamilies, helps families plan how to use that money before it disappears in unexpected ways. The course includes five lessons for a registration of $10.00. To get more information, contact your local OMAF office at Clinton before January 20. Announcing the second annual CITIZEN’S CITIZEN AWARDS I nan effort to give some small reward to those who contribute so much to our 1 community, The Citizen is sponsoring a Citizen of The Year award-one for the Brussels area and one for the Blyth area. Nominations Wanted We welcome your nomination for these citizenships awards. Please fill in the ballot with the name of your nominee, why you feel he or she should win the award and your own nameandtelephone number. (Namesofall nominatorswill be kept confidential). Nominees can be from the villages themselves or the surrounding townships and can have made their contribution either directly (through local politics, club work, etc.) or in a more general way (eg. Long-term service to many organizations, work with the environment, or with farm organizations, etc.) Entries will be judged by an independent panel. I nominate...................................................as Citizen of the year for the (Check one) Blyth................. Brussels...........................community. I feel he or she deserves this honour because: (use additional paper if needed). Nomination deadline January 16, 1987 Please print name and phone number of nominator