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The Huron Expositor, 1996-11-13, Page 17111 --THE HURON EXPOSITOR, Mown**, 13, 11101 Canadian tobacco production rises despite federal program Total Canadian tobacco production increased by 16 million pounds in the past 10 years despite the more than $60 million spent by federal and provincial governments to give the industry, that is under siege by health and anti-smoking interests, other options. Statistics indicate fewer farmers are producing more tobacco, according to official documentation of the 10 - year -old federal -provincial program, obtained under Access to Information proce- dure and investigated by Southam Newspapers. Canada produced 164 mil - Community Calendar WED., NOV. 13 1:00-3:00 p.m.- Parents and Tots Skating at the Arena 1:30-4:00 p.m. - Senior Shuffleboard at Community Centres 4:30-5:30 p.m. - Novice and Bunny Ringette at the Arena 5:30-6:30 p.m. - Atom I Hockey at the Arena 6:15 p.m. - Seaforth and District Horticultural Society Annual Meeting and Potluck Supper, Northside United Church 6:30-7:30 p.m. - Belle Ringette at the Arena 7:30-9:00 p.m. - Junior Broomball at the Arena 7:00-9:00 p.m. - Step and Aerobics Classes at the Arena 9:00-11:30 p.m. - Ladies' and Men's Broomball at the Arena THUR, , NOV. 14 9:00-10:00 a.m. - Aerobic Class at the Arena 1:30-4:00 p.m.- Senior Games Euchre Fundraiser at the Legion 4:00-6:00 p.m. - Figure Skating at the Arena 7:30-9:00 p.m. - Junior Broomball at the Arena 9:00-11:30 p.m. - Men's Broomball at the Arena FRI. , NOV. 15 10:30-11:30 a.m. - Storyhour at the Seaforth Library 1:00-3:00 p.m. - Seniors' Bowling at Starlight Lanes 4:15-7:15 p.m. -Minor Hockey at the Arena 7:15-8:15 p.m. - Petite Ringette at the Arena 8:15-9:45 p.m. - Goderich vs Pee Wee II 9:00 SAT, :00 mNOV.. - Peter Fl16 n Memorial Novice Hockey Tournament 10:00 - 5:00 p.m. - Van Egmond Foundation Craft Show at the Community Centres 8:15-11:15 p.m: - Minor Hockey at the Arena SUN., NOV. 17 9:00-8:00 p.m.- Peter Flanagan Memorial Novice Hockey Toumament 10:00-5:00 p.m. - Van Egmond Foundation Craft Show at the Community Centres 8:00-9:30 p.m. - Stephen Township vs. Pee Wee II Hockey 9:30-11:30 p.m. - Mount Forest vs. Midgets MON., NOV, 18 4:30-9:00 p.m. - Figure Skating at the Arena 7:30-10:30 p.m. - Minor Sports Bingo at the Arena - Tonight's host is Minor Ball - 9:00-10:30 p.m. - Listowel vs. Beavers Oldtimers Hockey- TUES. , NOV. 19 9:00-11:00 a.m.- Aerobic and Line Dancing at the Arena 9:00-11:30 a.m. - Parents and Tots Playground at Northside United Church Basement 10:00-12:00 noon - Parents and Tots Skating at the Arena 5:30-6:30 p.m. - Brussels vs. Tykes Hockey at the Arena WED., NOV. 20 1:00-3:00 a.m.- Parents and Tots Skating at the Arena 1:30-4:00 a.m. - Senior Shuffleboard at Community Centres 5:30-6:30 p.m. - Atom I Hockey practice at the Arena 6:30-7:30 p.m. - Belle Ringette practice at the Arena 7:00-9:00 p.m. - Step and Aerobics Classes at the Arena 7:30-9:00 p.m. - Junior Broomball at the Arena 9:00-11:30 p.m. - Ladies' and Men's Broomball at the Arena If you're organizing a non-profit event of interest to other Seaforth area residents, phone the recreation office 527-0882 or the Expositor at. 527-0240, or mail the information to Community Calendar. The Huron Expositor. Box 69. Seaforth, Ontario. NOK 1VVO well in advance of the scheduled date. Free lisung includes date, time, name of event end location only. Space for the Community Calendar is donated by The Huron Expositor. lion pounds of tobacco last year and 148 Million pounds in 1986, but there were 3,500 producers back then and only 1,500 last year. Production has shifted to Ontario, now source for 90 per cent of the national crop with about the same 60,000 Gemmell helps Condors repeat Area athletes helped the Conestoga Condors soar to their second -straight Ontario crown this women's college fastball season. Kris Gemmell of Kippen plays third base for the champs, who edged the Seneca Scouts in a 3-2 thriller for the gold medal the last Friday last month, Oct. 25. Marsha Miller of Clinton and Keri Quipp of Monkton are also Condors. Miller is the catcher and Quipp plays right field. With bases loaded and two out, Conestoga shortstop Jane Siefried snagged a line drive to carve the one -run lead in champagne. She 'was named player of the game. It was the first hack -to -hack title in the league since (989- 91. The Condors only lost three times this regular season, twice to the Scouts. Fawn Day fanned eight as Conestoga doubled Durham 4-2 in this season's action - packed semi-final, harking back to the final last year, when the Condors got the best of those Lady Lords for the first time. Day was this year's cham- pionship tournament MVP. acres under production it had 10 years ago, and Quebec. Farmers in the only other tobacco -growing region of the country, the Maritimes, have all been bought out by governments, the last ones this year. Much of that land is under weeds and has gone to seed as producers sold quotas to government rather than producers. The federal government provided $60 million to the exercise in social engineering in the decade of the program, and provincial governments chipped in millions more. There are still more than 6 million smokers in Canada and the government collects about $2 billion a year in tobacco taxes. Approximately 60 per cent of the tobacco grown in Canada is for the domestic market, with the remaining 40 per cent for export, per- centages that have remained constant for the 10 -years. Hullett to take part After area municipalities discussed restructuring/amal- gamation at a meeting in Clinton earlier in October, Hullett Council had a special meeting Oct. 25 to take part in a study with Clinton and surrounding municipalities. At its regular meeting meeting three days previous council decided it "may wish to take part...subject to the inclusion of a statement of purpose concluding amalga- mation be investigated as the least preferred option." "We, the participating municipalities who feel that the sharing of services and Storefront workshop The Local Architectural Conservation Advisory Committee (LACAC) plans to work with the ministry of culture and recreation and host a workshop on the con- servation of storefronts in Seaforth next May 24. Americans aggressive on religion Americans appear far more aggressive about their reli- gion than Canadians, accord- ing to a recent Angus Reid poll.. Fifty-three per cent of the Americans polled agreed "it's very important to encourage non-Christians to become Christians" compared to 26 per cent of Canadians. Canadians (56 per cent) also indicated they were more likely to vote for a political party leader who is a Muslim, atheist or evangeli- cal than the 36 per cent of Americans who said they would. The majority of the total of 6,000 people polled in both • Underwent physiotherapy CONTINUED from page 7 Seaforth hospital to regain his balance.. After being released from the hospital, Dave would walk for miles to get help get his balance back. Because it was in the middle of winter, he would often go to the arena to walk inside. Sometimes when he goes for long walks now, he u -es a cane. He says he "hasn't enough praise" for Seaforth hospital. "They're A-1, everyone in the hospital." "I hope we don't lose the hospital. We should all appre- ciate it, our whole family does. We're really, really lucky to have it," said Grace. Dave Cornish served on the Seaforth Community Hospital 'board from 1968 to 1980 and was chairman for two years. and so good to him" she said. "They really looked after me," said Dave. 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"We ask thin they investigate any and all ways in which we may individually and/or col- lectively become more effi- cient thus saving money but continuing to serve our ratepayers." In other matters at its Oct. 22 meeting, council set a new policy, that the township not grant monies to organiza- tions/groups who have not made a request in writing prior to the holding of the function/event, and that such a request be made to allow for inclusion in that year's budget, wherever possible." Council advised Blyth con- sideration will be given in the 1997 budget to that village's request for a donation to assist in the projected deficit for 1996 of the Blvth Union Cemetary Board. A motion was carried sup- porting "Bayfield in their concerns regarding the main- tenance of highways in Huron County, particularly Highway 4." Council rescinded a 1962 bylaw providing tax exemp- tion for Pt. Lot 10, Maitland Block Concession. OPP quick to respond Provincial police were thor- ough and quick responding when vandal(s) started throw! ing stuff at the staff room window at Seaforth Public School one week -night last month, according to corre- spondence noted and filed at last week's meeting of coun- cil, from HuronCounty Board of Education director and secretary -treasurer Paul Carroll, whose home borders school property. "By the time I hung up the phone, started my car, and headed towards the school, and had just reached the end of my driveway, Officer (Harro) Maydell was already enroute by vehicle to attend the incident," Carroll's letter notes. The response time was Tess than two minutes. The cul- prit(s) had fled the scene but the officer did not leave the site until he had searched the grounds thoroughly and inspected the entire roof area. "So often we hear of com- plaints of poor service. The response to this incident veri- fies that OPP service in our community is doing its job." 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