The Rural Voice, 1983-05, Page 22IN THE NEWS
AT THE SYMPOSIUM
About 900 people attended the Live-
stock Symposium '83 at the Stratford
Coliseum Friday and organizers hope
they left with a better understanding of
themselves and how to interact with
other people.
The symposium, was sponsored by the
Ministry of Agriculture and Food, local
farm associations and businesses.
Four speakers, Dr. Joseph Connell,
Cheryl Crumb, Pat Leimbach and Don
Dr. Connell, a retired Wilfred Laurier
University psychology professor, echoed
Knox's remarks, predicting "things are
getting better."
"Times are tough. They are not half as
bad as they could be but they are not half
as good as they will be," said the 72 -year
-old Dr. Connell who delighted the
audience with his sharp wit and insight
into the subject of stress.
"Overstress can kill. Stress and worry
Sheehan, spoke on human relations., are a double dose," he said.
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PG. 20 THE RURAL VOICE, MAY 1983
Signals a farmer gives his wife when she
is driving the tractor can cause confu-
sion. Pat Leimbach, speaker and writer
from Vermilion, Ohio at the Livestock
Symposium in Stratford said this signal
looked like a cheer -leaders routine to her
but apparently he was saying "Head the
banker off!" [Photo S. Gunbyl
"It is all right to disagree but don't be
disagreeable," said Connell. "If you don't
get along with people, it is your own
fault."
"You are hardest on your own faults in
other people," he said in advising that
everyone look at themselves to see their
own faults.
Cheryl Crumb, a personnel training
representative with the Tuco Products
division of the Upjohn Co. in Toronto,
followed Dr. Connell with a discussion
about "Me Time."
Though lacking an agricultural back-
ground, the American -born Crumb sug-
gests, "We should all take a lesson in
living from animals because they do not
have neuroses like people do."
A draw was held during the sym-
posium's lunch break for a rural painting
by artist Ross Butler, who had a display
of his work at the symposium. Mrs. John
Munro, of RR1 Embro, was the winner.
Attendance at this year's symposium
was down slightly from last year's crowd
of 1,050. Bob Stephen, one of the
organizers, speculated the warm weather
this year may have meant some people
who would have showed up had instead
stayed at home to prepare for Spring
planting.