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The Citizen, 1992-10-07, Page 18THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7,1992. PAGE 19. Bill Wallace new president of Huron Cty. Fed. of Ag. Tuckersmith dairy farmer Bill Wallace was acclaimed as president of the Huron County Federation of Agriculture when the county's largest farm organization held its annual meeting and dinner in Brus­ sels Friday night. Mr. Wallace succeeds Brenda McIntosh who served for two years as president. He sounded a battle cry in his acceptance speech saying "I can't accept the lack of respect and the Slides of Chinese farming seen Canadians who visit China can get a new appreciation of what a clean environment means, Shirley Hazlitt of Benmiller told the annual meeting of the Huron County Fed­ eration of Agriculture Friday in Brussels. Mrs. Hazlitt gave a slide presen­ tation of her visit to China last year as part of the Advanced Agricultur­ al Leadership Program. She said the tour group never saw clear water during their trip and at one time saw a woman using a hose from which the water was black. The water table in China is falling Arbitration panel chosen at County Council Continued from page 1 committee members at an 8:30 a.m. meeting prior to the Oct. 1 meeting of council. At that meeting, a motion was set to select an arbitration panel of three councillors who weren't on the committee to advise the com­ mittee on a consensus position on who should get the contract. Appointed to the committee were councillors Leona Armstrong of Grey, Howard Armstrong of Tuck­ ersmith and Bill Vanstone of Col- bome. While councillors grudgingly went along with the arbitration committee, many were not happy with the situation where the origi­ nal decision of the committee was overturned. Noting one of the rea­ sons originally given for the com­ mittee reconsidering its first decision was that the whole com­ mittee was not present when the decision was made, Exeter Reeve Bill Mickle said "I hope we don't fall into that particular trap other­ wise we could be going in circles in the future." But Grant Stirling, reeve of Goderich Township wondered if, since no money was involved and only level of service, there had been complaints about the service offered by Rieck's. He was informed there hadn't been. Why then, he wondered, had they been bypassed in the original committee recommendation when they had a proven service record. The store had spent a lot of money to set up that service, he said. But Lossie Fuller, deputy-reeve of Exeter wondered if the decision undermined the tendering system. Whether it was tendering for money, or for service, she said, the principle was that the best tender won. "Could County Ccouncil 4-H’rs make chicken fingers BECKY RAPOON Today we started with the 4-H pledge, then made parmesan chicken fingers with sweet and sour dipping sauce. We discussed deboning chicken breast and the nutritional values of chicken and eggs. We talked about cholesterol and found out lack of commitment that people have for this industry that feeds people." He blasted all three levels of government starting with the federal government where he said Agriculture Minister Bill McKnight had falsely told people that 60 per cent of farmers incomes came from the government. He moved on to the provincial government which he said is making farmers' jobs harder with interfering labour and environmental legislation. Finally, he blasted the county government at a rate of one meter a year, she said. "It makes you appreciate the amount of clean water we have (in Canada). While visiting Beijing, the group didn't see the sun for four days, mostly because of thick pollution from smoke and blowing soil from the surrounding countryside. Many of the Canadians suffered bronchial problems when they arrived home from breathing in the smog. Most transportation is by bicycle which is non-polluting. If more people could afford cars, she said, the pol­ lution would be hard to contem­ plate. change a committee decision (on a tender)? Are we defeating the pro­ cess of tendering?" But Warden Fisher pointed out the decision of the committee had never come to the full council, with the committee withdrawing its orig­ inal decision and looking at the whole issue again." West Wawanosh Reeve Bob Hal­ lam suggested all the facts and fig­ ures should be presented to the whole council and councillors should decide but Mr. Bellchamber pointed out that a stack of paper several inches high could be pro­ vided to councillors but it still wouldn't give them all the informa­ tion the original interviews plus all the questions and discussions had brought out at the committee level. Hullett Reeve Tom Cunningham said he didn't think the whole coun­ cil should get involved and that the committee system should be upheld. While he could understand the Exeter and Goderich represen­ tatives standing up for their con­ stituents, he felt the committee had made a wise decision to go back and look at the whole issue, and to appoint the arbitration committee when they could reach no decision. But John Doherty, reeve of Goderich wondered why there had to be tendering of the service in the first place when Rieck's had pro­ vided such good service. Reeve Machan said the commit­ tee had had a tough decision. "We spent a considerable amount of time and we've done a lot of home­ work. If someone has an easy answer we'd jump at it. This com­ ing back and back and back is not my idea of a good time." In the next few weeks it will be up to the arbitration committee to have a good time trying to bring a final solution to the issue. cholesterol comes from animals and animal by-products. We also found out cholesterol body counts are hereditary. We ended our meeting by savoring the delicious parmesan chicken fingers and Becky's "good old peanut butter brownies". for declaring, in the Huron County Study, that agriculture is a declin­ ing industry "when they know that agriculture is the backbone of Huron's economy". He said working for agriculture in Huron County is a big job, one that takes more than the 15-20 peo­ ple who regularly turn up at Feder­ ation monthly meetings. "It needs everyone involved." In the absence of Mrs. McIntosh, who is currently in hospital, Mr. Wallace also delivered her prepared The average Chinese farmer earns about $150 a year, but there is a sense of hope in rural areas because of reforms that allow farm­ ers to sell their excess production on the open market. Each farmer gets about .2 hectares of land to work and has a quota of food he must produce to fill a quota for the state. Once the quota is filled, how­ ever, the farmers can sell the extra at private farmers' markets. This has allowed extra income to where some farmers are actually building new houses. She described China as a sleep­ ing giant that's coming to life. It seems to be about 20 years behind Taiwan but will catch up more quickly. Already the influence of Hong Kong has made the area of Communist China around the British colony show progress. The growth will effect Canadian manu­ facturing more than Canadian agri­ culture, she said. We are now ready to receive your 1992 EAN CROP Fast Unloading remarks. She said she hadn't expected so much travel involved when she took the job. She had attended the big Ottawa march in February as well as the Dresden rally and meetings in Kurtzville and Markdale over the Stable Funding proposals for general farm organizations. Jeanne Kirkby of Walton was named first vice-president unop­ posed after four other people declined to let their names stand. President's pin Jim McIntosh presents the president's pin to Bill Wallace, new president of the Huron County Federation of Agriculture at the Federation's annual meeting in Brussels Friday. Mr. McIntosh made the presentation on behalf of his wife, Past President Brenda McIntosh who was unable to attend because of illness. Accurate Probe System Trucking Available HOWSON & HOWSON LTD. Flour & Feed Millers. 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