The Lucknow Sentinel, 1982-08-18, Page 7riaatows6
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foreign delegates and she saw a play at
Stratford on Avon which she said was gond,
but Stratford, Canada is Just as good.
Her', f first host family in England was in
Lincolnshire *which reminded her of Essex
and Kent counties. Cask crops are grown
• Including oilseed rape, winter barley, spring
.wheat and sugar beets, .
Some farmers are disappointed in the
European Economic Community which Eng.
land became a memberof about four years
ago. They believe the farmers' input costs
have risen because they . must sell their
produce to the EEC' and the consumer's
prices havealso risen as a result;
While •there Mary ' visited the •National
Livestock Community office which does all
the promotional work for the lamb, beef and
pork producers. They sponsor a Miss Scotch
Lanib competition to promote both lamp and
beef and Via. -Pinta Princess to promote milk,
Before leaving England Mary toured
London on a bustour to see the sights, '
• Germany •
• Following the exchange Mary and Mary
Lou Weiser went on to the Eleventh Interna-
• tional Seminar for the Promotion of Rural
Youth Wbrk. The three week seminar was
• held in Herrsching, Germany, 30 kilometres
south of Munich on the Animersee,
It was held at. the Bavarian Young
Farmers Training Centre which is a .facility
owned and. operated by the Bavarian
. Farmers Union to host seminars and work -
Shops for young ' farmers nationally and
internationally, ,. °
The :seminar was jointly sponsored by the
German government and the Food and
Agricultural Organization of .the Linked
Nations. F • .
Eightyone delegates from .44 .nations
were present. They were divided into two
English speaking groups, a French speaking
group and •a German. speaking group.
Mary'sinstructors in her group . were a
Rhode Island professor and another English.
professor. .
The seminar opened, with a week' and a
half session on group .dynamics and lead-
ership training,
The second half . of.; the,z seminar the
delegates put their 'group dynamics to
practical use to develop group . projects.
Mary's subgroup . consisted of a lady ,from
`Zimbabwe, a man from Kenya andanother
man from Jamaica as well as herself. •
Joyce •Chikara of Zimbabwe was intensely
' interested in the rebuilding of her country
following the; 17 year War of Independence.
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She worked .with the Zimbabwe Freedom.
from Hunger organization and came to the
seminar as their delegate. .
The group helped her plan a resettlement
project to help rebuild villages in Zimbabwe.
The group actually outlined a. pilot project
proposal to submit for funding which would
begin training rural youth in skills to help.
them rebuild villages. The program would
include training in construction skills, food .
production skills and standardization of the
cottage industry,
' Following` the seminar Mary . toured to
Innsbruck, Austria where she saw the site of
the 1936 Olympic Stadium and the Alps, She •
spent sometime touring Germany and
France before returning home the .beginning
of August.
Mary said she found it embarrassing that
she was not fluent in Preach as many
Europeans expect you to be fluent in the two
native languages of your home country. She
comments that the biggest insult was the
question asked ;by, those who thought she
• was American, "What part of the States are
you from?"
Mary plans to use the experience gained
from the exchange trip and the seminar in
her work as an. Ontario Home Economist
with the Beef Information Centre wh)ch is
under the auspices of the Canadian Cattle
men's Association, a position that will take
in September. She says the trip has made
contacts she will use in her public relations
job with the association .and it showed her
how the Canadian beef •industry fits int, in
other countries..
She also plans to continue working with
the Junior Farmers. She says the group has
developed good leadership training pro-
grams and she would like to see agricultural
programs developed to ,meet the needs of
young farmers in; today's industry.
She describes a barnyard auction .which
can assist farmers in learning the .assessed
.value of farm products such as. food, farm
machinery and livestock. Examples of each
are assembled and those participating in the
auction place a value on each item. Points.
are .accumulated for estimating the value
closest to the . appraised value. •
• The trip was a wonderful learning ex-
perience for Mary and towards the endshe
found she couldn't consume much more. •
While touring in Paris towards the end of the
trips she found she couldn't . have cared less
that she was getting to see, that great city.
One thing is certain, she is glad to •be
home, and grateful fors the. opportunity the
trip provided to meet -people and to come to a
new• appreciationof her own country,
Council approves house. numbers
Bill Adamson and Ken Harman ..of the
Lucknow Lions Club met with Lucknow
Village Council at •their August meeting,
'August 10 to discuss the Lions Club proposal
to number the houses in the village.
The Cost, of the project 'is 51,000. as
estimated by Maitland Engineering,' provid-
es the numbering service . and prepares a
master map. Lucknow Lions intend to cover
the cost of the project and only require the
council's approval .to .proceed.
• • Councillor Eldon Mann said he believes it
is a good idea and Adamson pointed out it
would make it easier .for. 'ambulances or
-police called out in the middle of the night to
find a house.
Council granted their approval to . the
.project and indicated they would be interest-
ed in having. maps prepared for people .to
pick up atthe town office during the
Jamboreeain 1983. •
other business council signed an
agreement with G.T. Montgomery to permit
Montgomery to place an aerial on the village
standpipe to be used for communication
between Montgomery buses and the base
operating out of Montgomery. Motors, •
Council Briefs .
Gary Austin, town works employe,
appeared before council to discuss their
'decision regarding reimbursement for out of
pocket expenses while the vi.ilage employees
are working on village business on week-
ends, Council' agreed to reimburse Austin
for expenses he incurred last January when
. twoWingham PUC employees stayed at his
home for 'two days, while they worked to
• restore hydro to the village during a severe
snow storm,
Village works employees were placed on
salary at the beginning of this year and
accumulated overtime is tobe taken as time
off.
Council! Ab Murray said he believes they
should be paid out of . pocket expenses and
perhaps should be paid a bonus for work
beyond the call of duty, such as the •15 hours
Austin worked during the storm in January.:
There was,a consensus among the.
councillors hoever, that since the .works
employees are on salary, they are not to .be°
paid standby to be on call �n the weekends.
As councillor Ab Murray pointed out, it was
his understanding that salary 'employees
work the minimum hours required .and
whatever additional hours are required to
• get the job done. If possible, they take time
off in lieu of overtime pay. •
Austin commented he believes his week •
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ends are his time and if he is required to
work on weekends, he should be paid stand-
by to be on call and he should be reimbursed
for hours worked on weekends: -
Austin submitted the number of overtime
hours worked on weekends and pointed out
that if he and Doug Haldenby took time off in
lieu of overtime for hours worked on
weekends, they would each be working alone
for several' weeks each summer and the
summer work would not be completed: Most
weekend hours of overtime are accumulated
in the winter time when snow ploughing is
required and problems arise requiring ..
maintenance on weekends.
Council agreed to consider payment for
hours worked on ,the weekend and decided
they would renegotiate the proposal when
the village snakes an agreement with the
village works employees in January,
Day centre for the Homebound
Council decided they would not contribute
, to the expenses :incurred by the Wingham
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Buton 's.
Meat Market
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now 5283009
Prices In Effect August 18 -21
SIRLOIN TIP ROAST [Boneless) ,,$289
• , [Regular $3.39lb.) ` Now
HOME MADE SAUSAGE 31°69 Ib.
HAMBURGER PATTIES 10 Ib,. Bag . $16'90
PORK CHOPS [Regular $2.89 lb] Now $2.391.
COLD CUTS
$2.49 b
BLUE RiBBON BOLOGNA $1.49 lb. MAC & CHEESE
CHICKEN LOAF $1' i,
LUNCHEON MEAT $1'891.
BEEF
SIDES OF BEEF $1 •69 L. FRONTS
HIND $1.99 111.
$1.89
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