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Times-Advocate, 1983-03-16, Page 2Page 2 Times -Advocate, March 16, 1983 b.•ite, ow Absentee foreign ownership continues to escalate in Huron County and farmers were en- couraged to present their facts to the Minister of Agriculture and Food Dennis Timbrell.' At the annual Huron Coun- ty Federation of Agriculture members of parliament din- ner held in Clinton on Satur- day, the question of absentee foreign ownership dominated the concerns presented by Federation committees af- filiated and commodity grogps. reason the province is not acting is because they don't think it is a problem," said MPP Jack Riddell (Lib. - Huron -Middlesex )noting that according to government statistics, only one percent on Ontario farmland is foreign owned. "I know those figures are erroneous," added Riddell. The Concerned Farmers for Ontario Farmland pointed out the figures are particular- ly erroneous in Huron. This group was formed back in early 1982 following a seminar on the subject in Stratford. "Huron County has had a 30 percent increase in foreign ownership in the past year. In the centre of the buying area, Morris Township had about HELIUM BALLOONS ...Just For The Fun Of It Pk wwwePs EXETER 235-2350 g.111111111111 lllll 1141111 llllllll 111111111111 ADAMS ▪ Heating a Cooling F. • Heating Systems of All Types INSTALLED, MODERNIZED and MAINTAINED • General Sheet Metal Work • Air Conditioning • Humidifiers • Ventilation 235-2187 133 Huron St. East, Exeter luminnnu1nunun11111 luu1111,-; 200 acres foreign owned three years ago, 2,000 acres one year ago and now 4,000 acres are foreign owned," stated Doug Garniss of RR 4 Wingham representing the concerned farmers. "If absentee ownership can be controlled by legislation in Prince Edward Island, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, why not in Ontario?" asked Garniss. Having received his answer from Riddell, Garniss asked "what should we be doing?" "Present your facts to the minister (Timbrell)," said Riddell, adding, "a letter from you people is worth more than Murray (Elston Liberal MP for Huron -Bruce) or I getting up in the legislature." Reeve Paul Steckle of Stanley Township agreed absentee foreign ownership is a serious problem in Huron County and one he is vitally concerned about. "We appreciate the support of any municipality" said Huron Federation president Tony McQuail of RR 1 Lucknow, "It's one of the areas where with a joint ef- fort, we could make our case ,clearly." Garniss pointed 'out the detrimental effect absentee foreign ownership has in the local area, both socially and economically. "Land tends to be purchas- ed in large blocks over a short period of time, and either run as a large corporate entity,or the land rented out on short - ,term leases. Barns, far- mhouses, fences and woodlots are often demolished as 'a nuisance," Garniss pointed out. - Citing that foreign owner- ship destroys the family farm, the Wingham area farmer noted it limits expan- sion of present farms and dif- ficult for beginning farmers to enter the industry because the absentee foreign buyer has the money to outbid the local farmer. Garniss added that in good financial times the competition pushes land prices higher and in bad times the land is bought for as little as possible. • Absentee foreign ownership also threatens the farmers' lifestyle, said Garniss, noting that as foreign owned land in- creases thereoare fewer farmers, resulting In the loss of churches, community halls, stores, farm equipment suppliers and even whole hamlets. The Concerned Farmers for Ontario Foodland fear the control of agriculture will go to agribusiness and corpora- tions leading to food price in- creases and soil erosion will increase with drains failing leading to a decrease in yields, said Garniss. "This absentee foreign ownership has a direct im- pact on young farmers by breaking the cycle of retiring farmers turning over their farms to young beginning farmers. Bytheir aggressive purchasing of the best farmland at world prices they are establishing the price of farms, much higher than the realistic market value for this area," added Hans Rasmussen of the Federa- tion's young farmers committee. Alternate sources of energy, assistance for begin- ning farmers and drainage and soil erosion were other agriculture concerns' discussed at the dinner, The federation's energy committee has three major concerns. The committee's first con- cern is to see the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food.(OMAF) do research in the area of how to reduce the amount of non-renewable resources (fuel, chemicals and soil) used in food production. "An investment in research and development today will ensure tomorrow's food pro- duction," commented Paul Klopp chairman of the energy committee. The energy committee also calls for a reduction of the red tape incurred by farmers who wish to sell their produce to an energy producer. "This will by no means pro- duce a food shortage or create a devastating effect to the consumer. but it will most CAAD. available now in Huron After three and one-half years of planning a much needed and long awaited ser- vice is now available to Huron County residents. On Wednesday, March 9 the Huron Council for Action on Alcohol and other Drugs ( CAAD) announced it has set up an assessment and refer- ral service for people who are suffering from an alcohol or drug related problem. As well as Huron CAAD, Alexandra Marine and General Hospital, Goderich, South Huron Hospital, Ex- eter, Seaforth Community Hospital, Wingham Mental Ilealth Resource Centre, Clin- ton Mental Health Resource Centre and the Addiction Research Foundation will all be playing a major role in the program. DENTURE THERAPY CLINIC 665-7818 R.R. 1, Neustadt Ontario Horst Feige D.T. 2nd Office: 366 N. Christina St. 1-336-6580 (Corner of London Rd., and Christina St, Sarnia, Ont. 1J a 11.95 OIL and FILTER CHANGE Install up to S litres ut 1 OW 3O Motor Oil and an Autopsy Oil Filter v Addiction Research Foun- dation representative Bill Murdock pointed out that the two main objectives of the service are to find out the reasons causing the problem (assessment) and then develop a treatment program for the alcohol or drug hurt individual. Describing the Huron Coun- ty service Murdock said, "It is an unique model and the on- ly one of its kind." Explaining why the service is unique Murdock said, "ft is a truly co-operative system which utilizes existing services." Instead of implementing a service which would be operated in one specific Huron County town, the system has been set up so that it is accessible to all county residents. Alexandra Marine and General Hospital will provide a central phone nutnber which anyone including police, clergy, relatives or the person who is suffering from the problem, can phone if they want help or information. Grant Ellison the program co-ordinator, will then contact the assessment centre which is nearest to the individual's home. The centre will under- take an assessment, develop a treatment program and then one month, three months, six months and one year later carry out follow-up assessments with the client'. Murdock pointed out in order for an individual's treatment plan to work out each centre will ensure that a very careful and thorough assesstnent will be under- taken with the client. Calling the assessment ser- vice, "the cornerstone of the treatment program" Mur- dock explained, "The more specific we are in treating the problems, the better the results will be." if however, the Assessment and Referral Service or the client, decides that the specific treatment plan is not working the centre will carry out another assessment and develop a new course of action. Although the Assessment and Referral Service is a new project, funding for the pro- gram will be not be left to the taxpayers. Alexandra and Marine General Hospital has agreed to provide the telephogqe service and the staff at each individual assessment centre have agreed to voluntarily take on the extra work. of farm lands. c�nthiues escalation in Huron definitely help stabilize farm income. 1f a farmer had the choice this year to cover his costs by selling some corn to an energy producer, he will be encouraged to produce next year and it will be pro- MP Murray Cardiff (PC- fitable to sell on the food Huron -Bruce) encouraged the market", said Klopp. . federation to pursue the mat - SENIOR SPEAKING BEST — Clay Murray of the Exeter Legion recently presented winners in the Exeter Public School senior public speaking contest with their certificates. Back, left, Christine Gould, Tracy Prest, Leigh Soldari and Heather Rideout. Front, Monique Aunger, Ronalynn Bell, Kim Crawford and David Josephson Came in too high Countybudgetsare referred Despite a projected 4.98 budget be sent back to the percent overall increase in library board since the coun- Huron County's 1983 budget, ty's share will increase over two department budgets were the five percent limit. referred back to their respec- The county's share of the tive committees after coming plumbing and environment in over five percent. Both the 1983 library and plumbing and environment budgets were referred back at Huron County council's March 3 meeting. Clerk - treasurer William Hanly said the county's budget as it stood on March 3 would mean a 4.98 percent increase. The 1983 budget will be dealt with by county council on March 31. The -county's share of the $714,781 library budget of $551,781, up over $50,000 from its 1982 actual cost of $499,565, representing a 9.6 percent in- crease to the county. Library board ' chairman William Elston acknowledged the budget is over the five percent limit, but noted that the library board will be receiving exactly $5,000 less from the provincial govern- ment and the cost of books has risen almost 20 percent. "If the budget is cut, that's where we'll have to save money," said Elston referr- ing to the $231,400 budgeted for books, processing and periodicals. He added that if considera- tion is given to closing any small branch libraries, cost savings wouldn't be significant. Chief librarian William Partridge noted salaries ac- counted for a large percen- tage of the increase. Looking further, he noted that a lot of staff received a $750 increase as per the provincial guidelines. The librarian noted the budget increase does not depict an increase in service. Ilullett Reeve Tom Cunn- ingham requested the library John Stephens budget increased over $10,000 Health Unit board chair - from $38,610 in 1982 to $48,644 man Tom Cronin said fees in 1983. Goderich Deputy received by the plumbing and Reeve Jim Britnell estimated environment department are the increase at about 26 expected to be down as not percent. .• much construction is being donein the county. County ' clerk -treasurer William Hanly said the coun- ty's share could be reduced by $8,100 in the salary portion if a grand is received by the Ministry of the Environment. "But there is no guarantee since the province has made no decision," said Hanly. The clerk -treasurer said a decision has to be made to either maintain the current staff level or cut staff. No decision on staff was made as county council turned the budget back to the Health Unit board. Rec centre To expand French in separate schools The French program in the 19 separate schools in Huron and Perth counties will be ex- panded in grades six to eight effective September of this year. The Huron -Perth Separate School Board approved the expansion at its February 28 meeting in Dublin. Currently French is taught for 20 minutes a day in grades, four to eight. In September this will increase to 40 minutes a day for grades six to eight while grades four and five continue with 20 minutes of French a day. Director of education William Eckert said current grade eight graduates have accumel4t,ed 300 hours of French • nhd after the in- crease, the grade eight graduates will accumulate 480 hours of instructional French. The increase is an attempt to have the separate school students in the two counties on par with students from the two public systems. Another consideration for the increase is that effective September 1984, French becomes a com- pulsary subject to obtain a secondary school diploma. There are presently 3.8 French teaching positions and this is estimated to increase to six teaching positions. The cost of the program, which now is $114,000, is also ex- pected to increase by $81,900 (in 1983 dollars) by the year 1986. Tiger Times from Stephen Central Carousel Theatre Produc- chart of pets. Dogs were the tion - We went to J.A.D. most popular pet. Cats were McCurdy School to see the the next popular. If you have Carousel players. The a pet you should clean out its primary division went house, change the water, feed February 21. Every class nil- it, clean up the mess your pet ed their coats on tables in the does, clean out its dishes, give library. Each group had an it love, and take it to the vet. actor for a leader. One of the Room 9 players taught us a song. P.A. Day _ Friday, When we were finished in the February 25 was a P.A. day. library we went to the gym. The teachers met in the Each group sat on a big col- library in the morning. Mrs. oured mat. We made some Deb lleslinga talked to the sounds, did some actions and teachers. She talked about Continued from front page sang some songs for the ac -Bloom's Taxonomy. Each of Zurich. Stephens said he tors. The play was called teacher made up questions was certainly buoyed when he "First People". One of the after Mrs. Heslinga talked to saw the former SIiDHS stories was about a water them.There was a staff librarian in attendance on snake. Another story was meeting after lunch. Mrs. At - Sunday. Past governors about the frog that drank up • thin reported about a meeting maintain a lifetime ballot, but the pond. We had lots of fun on planning she went to in it was one of the first times in and excitement. Room 9 Clinton. Mrs. Deelstra check - some years that Dinnin has Bugs - Itoont 9 lid a ed over long and short-range attended. Ile had promised sculpture lesson in art. They plans and made plans for the local man last summer he made bugs from plaster Sneaky Snacks for Nutrition would be in Strafford to help paris. The plaster was poured Month. Mr. O'Rourke was in in his election. into everyone's spoon. Clinlim all day. Mr. O'Rourke Each club gets one vote for Vaseline was rubber on the had a meeting with the each 10 members or portion spoon so that the hug would French 'eachers. thereof. Exeter had six votesslip out faster. Pipe cleaners, Stephens said his duties in for legs, were set in the set Chris Neil the coming term will include plaster. The bugs dried for a Prima! y Impressions - M.Robert- a - visit to all 42 clubs in the night. Acrylic Java -Room 8 - Mrs. learn.he 8 y paint was used son went to Java to She district, as well as attendance to paint the bugs. They are taught in different schools at as many social functions displayed in the plants at the g there. She came to our school staged by the clubs as he can back of the classroom. They 8. Shef fit into his schedule. look like hugs in the garden. Marchtoldeus lots of The pace is nothing new. Tim Hoffman things and showed us slides Last year, the local resident Banana Splits - Room 9 about Java and different talk - attended between 70 and 75 made banana splits for a ing. We tried the language .lutes and sang. In Java functions as deputy -governor. treat. The teacher scooped The governor is responsible out vanilla ice cream for the Margaret lived with another for keeping activities in the boys andirls. Everyone family. They had two maids. district running smoothly, squeezed the chocolate syrup One was fifteen but she didn't promoting various programs onto their ice cream. know how to read. Not all the and developing membership. Everyone cul up a banana. children go to school. They wear a special school uniform . Then peanuts were spread on top. i thought it tasted if they are lucky enough to go delicious. Others thought they to school. The people in Java were yummyl , really great, are very short, a nine year old and delightfu. would look like a five year old Paul Marlin to us. Telling Time - Itcx»ns 9 and The jungle houses are on 12 have been learning to tell stilts to fel the rain pour under time. Grade One's learned the inthe rainy season. in Java half -hoar and the hour. The they grow rice in wet fields. if Grade Two's learned the you go up in a helicopter their quarter-hour and the Grade fields look like flat blocks of Three's are learning the five different colours. Almost minute intervals. They are everybody eats rice three using real clocks to tell time. times a day.They have other All of the clocks came from fonds but rice is used to make parents. About 24 clocks were many other dishes. donated. More clocks can be We learned a great deal used. The should he sglad she came. Our student sent to from Mrs. Robertson and are Room 9' y council Matthew Miller gave a donation to Pets - Room 9 is working on help build a new school in the "Pets" in village where she lived. drawings of Science. each personLittle's Stacey Racier, Darren Mason, pets were used to make a Robert Kramer, Jodi Armstrong Another major task is pro- moting the various charities supported by the Lions one of the major ones for this term will be development of aguidedogschool in Oakville. Stephens predicts that there will he increasing demands on service clubs in this decade, particularly if the economic situation remains at its present level. "The need has never been greater," he said. While elated with his win and the support of the local club, Stephens said the cam- paign work was "brutal." "1 just want some sleep," he concluded. The new governor was given a fire engine ride through town on his arrival home early Sunday evening. Continued from front page Hawks will pay $25 per hour for practice time. , The Mohawks previously paid a flat fee of $95 per game and -received one hour's free practice time. The Junior "D" Hawks had been on a split basis with the board, the latter receiving 40 percent of gate receipts with a minimum charge per game of $110. Their practice time was free. While the major portion of Thursday's meeting was spent on budget deliberations in camera, the board did ap- prove the following. Decided to write council asking that the hardball dia- mond officially be turned over to the board and further that the hardball association be given a year to prove that the diamond is used to its fullest, and if it is not, it will be dealt with at that time. Guidelines and rules for use of all the ball diamonds will be sent to all groups involved. Were advised of a meeting with town council on March 28 to discuss Personnel Manage- ment study for staff wages. eitit :ilio riApP •rr 1 4, ',CA if 4cQ f 2Cl9c lb s,:t i'To Winn tLIZ fir= ter with the federal govern- ment, noting he has made some requests on behalf of an alcohol producer and has yet to receive any replies. The third concern is a continued emphasis to have Ontario Hydro's power cor- ridors and hydro lines con- structed in places where they will have a minimum effect on agriculture. The young farmers com- mittee called for long term agricultural programs for young farmers, more money for the tile drainage program, Farm Credit mortgage rates at two points below prime, speedy implementation of the agribond concept and suffi- cient quotas at a fair price for Bowling Men's A C4 R. Wood 718 7 53 SP G. Pratt 735 7 48 LE C. Murray 766 0 39 HS G. Wilson 668 4 47 RO G. Latuiippe 620 3 41 SU G. Webb 741 0 30 OB F. Wells 790 7 56 PA L. !gathers 712 7 36 GG G. Francis 545 0 15 TM K. Dobney 730 7 51 OE B. VanDamme ;120 33 Tuesday Ladies. HD E. Hillman 653 7 131 CP L. Pincombe 617 7 130 PP P. Haugh 644 7 120 GT N. Dowson 684 7 113 TA L. Hern 547 0 74 SP G. Steeper 492 0 75 AC J. -Skinner 553 5 98 WH A. Zachar 669 3 105 YW J. Randall 54h, 2 76 RR D. Datars 514 4 75 RU D. Faulet 546 0 46 Thursday Ladies CD K. Genttner 736 7 78 GF J. Dougherty 686 7 107 GH J. Scott 616 2 Ml• 84 LO 13. Obre 544 5 79 BB R. Luther 679 0 55 ST J. Crawford 565 5 72 TB R. Negrijn 615 0 105 GG L. Webber 699 2 120 Friday Mixed LO Smitty 579 3 1161_ SC C. Cooper 572 5 100 CH L. Latulippe 635 7 119 OC B. Jones 684 7 124 NO M. Savage 638 4 80 C8 A. Flunking 561 2 86 PT R. Luther 620 0 60,_ 1111 B. Hirtzel 668 5 108 MT P. Czypyha 6103 2 78 Sunday Mixed BB E. Webber 633 3 126 AN B. McKeehan 742 2 94 BR 11. Fich 705 3 46 SC G. Wilson 720 5 100 NB D. Brintnell 631 4 78 TS S. Dawe 584 4 78 Wednesday Morning Ladies V. Harbaniuk 572 13. Elgie 536 D. hackney 524 R. Berends 519 M. Buchanan 416 M. Lovell 562 Senior Citizens E. Love V. Huff W. Shapton M. Dearing M. Dearing G. Webster 277 277 281 376 346 2'11 Monday Senior Citizens ' G. Hoggarth 552 M. Dearing 617 C. Hcndy 486 C. Smith 443 L. Lovell 430 - C. Down 427 fluron Hope D. Brownlee • J. Dekort E. Klungel M.L. Masse A. Volk J. Fahie 100 130 119 200 98 112 young beginning farmers. MPP Murray Elston asked at what level should financial assistance be started. Rasmussen suggested a pro- vincial program similar to Saskatchewan's whereby residents with land purchases since Dec. 17, 1982 will have mortgage rates rebated down to eight percent for the first five years and 12 percent for the next five years on amounts up to $350,000. He added this could be in stages as in Nova Scotia which starts at $150,000. Riddell said the provincial budget is expected in May and there may be assistance for beginning farmers an- nounced at that time. 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