The Citizen, 1992-01-08, Page 21(Photo by Harvey McDowell of Blyth.)
John and Kim Hulley
Couple weds
in Goderich
SCOTT-HULLEY
North Street United Church was
the site of the September 28, 1991
wedding of John Hulley to Kim
Scott.
John is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Gordon Hulley of RR 6, Goderich.
Kim is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Donald Scott of Auburn.
Deb Sholdice of Clinton, sister of
the bride was matron of honor.
Bridesmaids were Barb Clark of
Goderich, friend of the bride; Judy
Sowerby of Goderich, friend of the
bride; Dawn Gross of Blyth, cousin
of the bride; and Sandra Popp of
Auburn, sister of the groom. The
flowergirl was Lauren Lecomte of
Auburn, niece of the groom; and
Samuel Sholdice of Clinton,
nephew of the bride was ringbearer.
Best man was Ken Huff of
Goderich, friend of the groom. The
ushers were Jon Scott of Auburn,
brother of the bride; Rob Dunn of
Montreal, friend of the groom;
Steve Popp of Auburn, brother-in-
law of the groom; and Norman
Hulley of RR 6, Goderich, brother
of the groom.
A reception was held at the Salt
ford Valley Hall. The couple took a
wedding trip to the United States.
They are now residing in Huron
Haven Village.
DOUWE "DAVID" VANDER-
LEI
Douwe "David" Vanderlei of
Blyth passed away on Sunday,
December 29, 1991 at Clinton Pub
lic Hospital. He was 88.
A one-time resident of Harriston,
Mr. Vanderlei was bom on August
8, 1903 in Paesens, The Nether
lands. He was a son of the late
Pieter Vanderlei and the former
Doetje de Vries. Mr. Vanderlie was
OFA calls for arbitration
in debt review process
The winter of 1991-92 may well
be remembered, not for its pending
cold weather, but for the number of
Ontario farm families who lost
their farms and homes due to finan
cial stress.
“The marketplace has not given
adequate financial returns for farm
ers to meet their financial obliga
tions and this winter many families
face losing the farm,” says Jack
Wilkinson first vice president of
the Ontario Federation of Agricul
ture (OFA). “Twenty-five percent
of Canadian farmers (50,000) are
technically insolvent or in severe
economic stress.”
Farmers' only sustainable option
is restructing through the Farm
Debt Review Board, but Wilkinson
has grave reservations about the
board's ability or willingness to
work towards its mandate of keep
ing farmers on the farm.
Of the $460 million federal
restructuring fund established in
1986, only $143 million has actual
ly been used for this purpose. “Not
only am I concerned about the
scarcity of dollars spent to keep
farmers in operation, but the fact
that $59 million of that fund went
to the Farm Credit Corporation
(FCC) in concessions to take back
THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8,1992. PAGE 21.
the beloved husband of Aaltjc Dijk-
stra, who predeceased him on
December 1, 1981. Throughout his
life Mr. Vanderlei was employed as
a farmer. He was a member of the
Christian Reformed Church.
Left to mourn his passing are his
six children and their families: San
dra and her husband John Faycr of
Bowmanville, Dorothy and her
husband Peter de Graaf of RR2,
Goderich, Peter and his wife Sylvia
of RR2, Wingham. Clarence and
his wife Ruth of RR1, Londcsboro,
Diane and her husband Henry
Teune of Harriston and Hilda and
her husband Jack Seitz of Elora.
Mr.Vanderlie will also be remem
farms that are then rented to the
original owners is nothing short of
a scam,” said Wilkinson. “The
intent of the review boards is to
help farm families survive, not to
bail out FCC.”
While the Farm Debt Review
Board claims an 85 per cent suc
cess rate, it refers only to “arrange
ments” and no figures are available
to determine how many of these
successes are true restructures
where farmers continue to own the
land with ongoing viable farm
operations. Of the 2,454 Ontario
applications to the board since its
inception in 1986 to June 1991,
FCC represented 70 per cent and
documents that only 397 (23.2 per
cent) of its applications were gen
uine restructures.
Wilkinson says the numbers
prove that, for many farmers, the
farm debt review system is not
working. “We don't want these
boards to be processing plants to
get farmers out of farming. Surely
their primary role is to help farmers
become productive citizens again.”
While money sits simmering in
the restructuring pot, farmers who
are economically and emotionally
destitute, have no financial support
system to ensure adequate repre
sentation when they go into the
bered by his 29 grandchildren and
39 great-grandchildren. One grand
daughter and two great-grand
daughters predeceased him.
Mr. Vanderlei rested al the
"Tasker Chapel" of the Beattie-Fal
coner Funeral Home in Blyth on
Monday, December 30. Rev Peter
Van Egmond conducted the funeral
service at Blyth Christian
Reformed Church on Tuesday,
December 31 al 11 a.m. Pallbearers
were: Steven Hansma, Jack Taco
ma, Jim Teune, Jeff Seitz, David J.
Vanderlei and David W. Vanderlei.
Interment will be held at Harris
ton Cemetery.
debt review process. Most farmers
can not access funds for representa
tion at a time in their farming
career when they need it most.
“No other sector of society in this
country is denied the right to repre
sentational aid. For farmers to be
excluded from this basic principle
of democracy is not only intolera
ble, but a travesty of justice,” said
Wilkinson.
As a result, expediency of the
farm debt review process is heavily
weighed on the side of the farm
financial institutions “and that is
unacceptable. The time has come
for both the federal and provincial
governments to access their option
for court imposed arbitration when
mediation fails. That may be the
only viable solution,” Wilkinson
said.
“We need to ensure that those
who deserve justice receive it and
whenever possible, that farm fami
lies remain at the occupation they
are best suited and trained for -
producing food.”
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