Times-Advocate, 1985-03-20, Page 231r
GROWING THINGS — Bob Forrest, who teaches agronomy at Centralia College, shows the greenhouse
facilities to 4-H visitors on College Experience Day. Beside Forrest is Audrey Oostwouder, a College
employee, and 4 -Hers Ernie Naylor, Poul Horn and Daryl Bycraft.
College Experience Day
gives 4-H look at CCAT
College Experience Day on Tues-
day at Centralia College was a chance
tor 1-11 club members, finishing high
school this year, to tour the campus
and learn about the programs offered.
Those -1-Iters attending were
primarily interested in the
Agricultural Business Management
Program. They were shown the
facilities for the Animal Health
Technology and the Food Service
Management Program as well, to
give them the full picture of what Cen-
tralia has to offer.
Lunch in the cafeteria with current
students and a walk through the
school residences rounded out the,
day. A quiz was distributed at the
beginning, with questions based on
the talks that would be given by the
Centralia teachers, and a prize was
awarded at the end to the visitor with
the most correct answers. -
Kathv Biondi welcomed the
visitors, and they saw the film, "You
are Needed in the Food System".
Then a van took the group to the
Animal Health Technology building.
Dr. Stan Alkemade, a veterinarian
who teaches at the College, showed all
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the tabs, x-ray and surgery rooms
where A.H.T. students get their prac-
tical training. The students got to
meet some of the lab animals and one
got to stand in for an animal, when
Alkemade took an E.C.G. reading on
him to show how the heart monitor-
ing works. A horse skeleton and a
stuffed rabbit used for first-time
anesthesia practice gave Alkemade
an opportunity to demonstrate his
sense of humour.
Animal Health, like all Centralia
programs, takes two years to com-
plete, and the selection process is
quite rigourous, as there are far more
students applying then there are
spaces. One of the admission re-
quirements is a stint working in a
vet's office to get a feel for the work
and decide if this is what you really
want to do.
After lunch, Bob Forrest and John
Stephens outlined the Agricultural
Business Management Program.
They explained that while many of
those beginning the program intend
to return to the family farm, some of
them change their goals by the end.
That's because they have a wider ap-
preciation of the scope of careers
available in agribusiness.
Business is stressed at Centralia, to
a greater degree than at some of the
other colleges, because it is believed
that "the dollars and sense will keep
you on the farm -- or put you off it".
Unlike the A.H.T. program, which is
dominated by female students, the
A.B.M. course has about 90 percent
le -stridents, -- —
The next stop was the Engineering
Department, where Mike Toombs
showed the 4 -Hers the welding
facilities, the farm equipment in
APPOINTED
1)r. 1)ac id I.. Curtis chairman oI the
hoard and president of DEKA LB
Canada Inc.. announces the appoint
rnent of John A. Lawrence as vice
president and general manager: and
Rene 1). Gulliver. (' A.. as treasurer
and controller of the company.
John Lawrence holds hol h
bachelors and master's degrees in
agricultural science from the Ontario
Agricultural College. Following
graduation. he became an
agricultural business management
lecturer a1 the Centralia College of
Agricultural Technology
Lawrence also has extensive
management and marketing ex-
perience In both the government and
private sectors oI the agriculture in-
dustry: he has held positions with
Agriculture Canada. the FarmalIt
Corporation. and Otto I'ick and Sons
111 addition. he currently serves as
President of the Canadian Agri
Marketing Association
Rene Gulliver is a Chartered ,u
countant :Ind a business adminislr:l
Iron graduate of the III.
1leslern l lntar'io Ile was previousl\
employed In Price Waterhouse.
where he served as Senior Accounlant
and Supervisor. His responsibilities
Included the servicing of nlanufactur
mg. commercial. and agricultural
ac'c'ounts
stock, and the water flume used to
teach students ventilation and
homestead design.
The Chemistry Lab, the Foods Lab,
and the Computer Lab rounded out
the tour.
The Foods Lab is the headquarters
for the Food Service Management
course, and Dr. Vi Currie and Deb
Campbell introduce students to this
department. Stuart Spracklin ex-
plained the courses taught at the
Computer Lab - all Centralia students
take at least one computer course.
The Chem Lab was introduced by
Julie Morris.
Centralia College also offers conti-
nuing education courses.
Times -Advocate, March 20, 1985 Page 9A
Shared risk is offered
Agriculture !Minister John 4%'ise has
announced the introduction of a new
tending program by Farm Credit ('or-
poration Canada t FCC
"Beginning April I. F('(' will offer
Shared Risk Mortgages under the
Farm Credit Act This innovative pro-
gram represents all :Ilter'native to
F('(''s traditional type of loans with
fixed interest rates and the floating
rate loans offered by other lenders. It
will offer F('(' borrowers some pro-
tection against interest rale volatili-
ty." explained the Minister.
The unique feature of the Shared
Risk Mortgage is that during the six-
year term of the loan. annual interest
rate increases and decreases are
shared by the borrower and the ('or-
poration. However. to shield the bor-
rower from sizeable increases in in-
terest rates, a two and a half percent
interest increase ceiling is built into
the mortgage.
If rates climb two percent in the
first year, the bor'rower's interest rate
will be adjusted upwards by one per-
cent on the first anniversary of the
loan. Sitnilary, if rates drop two per-
cent, the borrower's rate will be
reduced by one percent.
Another feature of the Shared Risk
Mortgage is that bot -rowers can
choose between variable payment or
fixed payment options. With a
variable payment option, loan- in-
stallments are adjusted on each an-
niversary date to reflect the new in-
terest rate. With a fixed payment op-
tion, installments remain constant
throughout the six -year -terns and any
overpayment or underpayment of
principal is reflected in an annual ad-
justment to the principal outstanding.
The borrower has the additional op-
tion to convert the Shared Risk Mor-
tgage to another Farm Credit Act
mortgage or to repay the loan on any
anniversary nate,
"The introduction
will be
community
ty against
while
vantage of
without penalty.
of this program
the agricultural
because it offers securi-
spiralling interest rates
allowing borrowers to take ad -
interest rate decreases,"
welcomed
by
emphasized Wise.
The interest rate for these loans will
normally be less than the five-year
rate charged by the Corporation.
Eligibility criteria will be the same as
for other loans made under the Farm
Credit Act.
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