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The Rural Voice, 1990-06, Page 50NEWS TODDS HOST SHEEP INFORMATION DAY Walter Penner, director of technical procedures at United Breeders, Hugh and Jo- Ann Todd of Lucknow, and Mike O'Neill, event co-ordinator, at the Sheep Informa- tion Day in Huron County last month. A lamb barbecue was followed by speakers, including Walter Penner, who discussed the latest in artificial insemination technol- ogy for sheep. (Below) One would-be participant couldn't get past the fence. 46 THE RURAL VOICE photos by W. Merle Gunby FARMER WINS ANOTHER ROUND by Gord Wainman Kitchener — Second World War infantry veteran Ken Farrow won an- other battle May 14 in the war to save his Tara -area farm. It was in July of 1988 that Farrow's fight began. That's when he received a Bank of Montreal letter demanding full payment on an operating loan and busi- ness bond on his cattle and pig farm. The letter claimed he was in arrears on his payments when in fact he was current — and remains current two years later. In the past three years, Farrow has even reduced his bond prin- cipal by some $48,000. That initial bank letter, admitted lawyer Duncan Grace in court last month, was not only wrong, but an "embarrassment." However, Grace told District Court Judge Frank Costello that despite the error, the bank still has the right at any time to call Farrow's "demand" operat- ing loan of about $155,000. "We have to look at this legally, not emotionally," Grace said. Because the 68 -year-old Farrow has refused to pay the bank, the provincial government issued the bank a $155,000 cheque under a loan guarantee program. Farrow's lawyer, Ted Oldfield, has fought against the bank's cashing of the government cheque. That would force Farrow to liquidate his farm so he could pay back the government. To keep Farrow farming, Oldfield has convinced two other judges to ban the cashing of the cheque until Farrow has his full day in court. Farrow has sued the Bank of Montreal for damages and, among other things, breach of contract. On May 14, the Bank of Montreal asked Judge Costello to allow it to col- lect. The motion was refused. Ken Farrow flashed a smile at the decision and the next day decided to carry his battle beyond the courtroom. He bought two shares of Bank of Mon- treal stock at $26.38 each. This purchase, Farrow explained, is the price of admission to the next bank shareholder meeting. There, Farrow says, he intends to share his story with other shareholders.0