The Rural Voice, 1986-10, Page 80NEWSLETTER - Bruce County Federation of Agriculture
446 10th St., Hanover, Ontario N4N 1P9
HIGHLIGHTS
Our BCFA is ready to forge
ahead in 1987 and meet any
challenge that may come along.
We don't always conquer but we
sure try hard.
On the evenings of September 15
and 16 our regional meetings were
held in Ripley and Tara respective-
ly. These two nights are possibly
the most crucial in the life of the
county federation. The purpose of
these meetings is to elect the
township directors, who will repre-
sent at county level each one of
you reading this, and to elect one
regional director for each of the
four regions to represent the coun-
ty interests and concerns at the
provincial level every month at
OFA directors' meetings.
To my knowledge, the county
presidents have come out of the
directors elected at these meetings
as well, so these two meetings real-
ly determine the attitude and ag-
gressiveness of your federation for
the next year.
Members at the Ripley meeting
were pleased to have Jack Wilkin-
son, OFA second vice-president
and our OFA executive represen-
tative, air his views on the reper-
cussions of free trade in
agriculture, particularly with
respect to what it may mean to our
supply -managed commodities.
He spoke also about some con-
cerns with the new federal Cana-
dian Rural Transition Program.
While the program may be
beneficial, the eligibility re-
quirements are at present quite
restrictive to the point that many
who might consider participating
will not qualify. Those in atten-
dance enjoyed the talk and an ex-
cellent discussion period followed
and carried on over coffee and
doughnuts later.
The highlight of the Tara
meeting was a discussion panel
composed of Wayne Robertson,
Bill Davis, and Doug Gowanlock.
Many topics were discussed, some
of which reflected the direction
that the OFA is or should be going:
free trade, the federal FIT pro-
gram, and why the OFA, a farm
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downtown Toronto where office
space is not cheap.
A good cross-section of the top
half of our county was represented
at the meeting and many good
ideas came forward. After a lively
debate, Doug Gowanlock, our
county fieldman, chaired and con-
ducted the elections.
It is appropriate now to let you
know who your representatives are
for the coming year. They will
assume their new positions follow-
ing our annual meeting (which will
probably begin about 6 p.m.) in
Wiarton at the Propeller Club
Saturday, November 15.
Regional Directors
Bruce South (Carrick, Culross,
Kinloss) — Brian Ireland
Bruce West (Huron, Kincardine,
Bruce) — Grant Collins
Bruce Centre (Elderslie, Brant,
Greenock) - Bill Davis
Bruce North (Saugeen, Arran,
Eastnor, Lindsay, Amabel,
Albemarle, St. Edmunds) — Ken
Kelly.
Township Directors
Huron — James E. Farrell (one
more required)
Kinloss — Lynn Fielder, Murray
Keith
Culross — Ken Scott, Ted Fischer,
Bob Bregman, Bill Ireland
* Carrick — (Three are eligible)
Tom Kuntz, Ralph Dietrich, Gary
Fischer, Charlie Bray
Kincardine — Tom Convay, Mel
Arnold
Bruce — Murray Howe, Henry
Meyer
Saugeen — Jack Wright, Bob
McKinnon
Elderslie — Tom Slumskie, Bill
Davis
* Brant — (Four are eligible) Bert
Caslick, Gerry Poechman, Jim
Fischer, Fred Price, Bruce Jacklin
* Greenock — (Three are eligible)
Pat Kuntz, Andy Oehring, Ted
Zettel, Ron Garland
Arran — Allan Smith, Harvey
Monkman
Amabel — Jennifer Pruder/Rob
Ockenden (sharing one director-
ship)
North townships — Elmer Caesar,
Karl Noble
* These townships will have an
election at the annual meeting to
decide their directors. ❑
Grant Collins
Second Vice-president