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WIN IN EPS FAIR — Scott Bishop, Sabrina Taylor, Lisa Hodgins and Dave Fergusson were grade eight
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ment's Scientific Research Tax
Credit program to launch a Canadian
venture under Red Gen Holsteins
Research Inc.
Dreamstreet is in the process of
buying five beef farms near the small,
southwestern Ontario village of
Bright, between Kitchener and
Woodstock. The farms will house the
calves and heifers which will be
bought for a project which has been
questioned by milk producers and
geneticists in the province. The pro-
ject would compare production
records of 1,000 red -and -white Hols-
teins to that of 1,000 black -and -white
Holsteins, research similar, it has
been said, to proving that zebras are
black with white stripes rather than
white with black stripes.
Farmers " are concerned. The
federal government has agreed to put
$10 million into a questionable project
at a time when hundreds of farmers
are going broke and can't get govern-
ment help.
Farmers also are aware that plen-
ty of data is readilyavailable for com-
paring purebred Holsteins. They are
aware that a farm of this size could
squeeze hundreds of family farms out
of business if Dreamstreet ever gets
enough quota. At that, the project
threatens the quota policies of the On,
tario Milk Marketing Board
(OMMB). The board, in late April,
condemned the project.
"We don't want it just changed. We
want the whole thing dropped and as
quickly as possible," said Bruce
Whale of Alma, the local board direc-
tor. Whale said the decision by the
directors of the milk board was
unanimous.
"1 haven't heard anybody yet that's
spoken in favor of the project," Whale
said.
Dr. Rejean Bouchard of Ottawa, co-
ordinator of animal research for the
federal Department of Agriculture,
has been quoted in the press as say-
ing that everyone who was consulted
on the Dreamstreet project walked
away from it. And Ted Burnside, one
of Canada's best-known dairy genetic-
sists at the University of Guelph, said
comparing the two colors of Holsteins
is a "trivial problem" on a lengthy
dairy research agenda.
In defence of • its position,
Dreamstreet says it will try to
develop a line of purebred red -and -
white Holsteins that will be popular
with dairy farmers across Canada
and overseas. The project, a
spokesman has said, will bring in
money, jobs and a market for cattle
and feed, an asset for the area.
Dreamstreet will offer milking cat-
tle at 30 to 40 head each to local
farmers so they can sell some of their
own cows and pay their debts.
In theory, it sounds great. In prac-
tice, it could upset Holstein selling -
and -buying and milk marketing
across the country. In Ontario, the
milk board rules will not allow any
farmer or company to hold more then
5,000 litres of daily quota which is the
production from about 260 purebred
Holsteins.
Dreamstreet, in order to get quota,
will "rent" cows to farmers who have
quota.
The company,I presume, is not
really interested in milking cows but
wants to make its mark by develop-
ing a line of red -and -white Holsteins
to make it famous and recoup its
investment.
I'm with the milk board and with a
noisy group of farmers who met
recently and decried the whole
scheme.
It is now up to the government to
cancel the tax credit and take its
losses. John Wise should be the ax-
eman if the revenue guys do not have
the guts.
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From Nuclear War to Nursing
Homes, tram BOUM to Grizzly Been
and from Sehnert Fishing to Fleas, an
enthusiastic audience was entertain-
ed recently at the 1996 edition of the
Middlesex County Board et Education
Public Speaking Contest. Each est the
speakers was already a winner in his
or her own right, having been suc-
cessful at two preliminary levels of
competition in the county.
The audience was not only enter-
tained, but also impressed with the
mature stage presence reflected in
the delivery of these young speakers.
The elementary speakers tended to
choose topics of a personal nature in-
to which they injected a great deal of.
humour. The secondary school
speakers were forcefully persuasive,
effectively addressing social issues.
The Middlesex County Board of
Education encompasses a total of 26
elementary schools and 5 .high
schools, each of which held a competi-
tion. From there, the_winners com-
peted in an area speak -off resulting
in 12 elementary and 8 secondary
students competing in the finals at
Medway High School.
After much deliberation, the panel
of judges named Lauri Goldbach of
Centennial Central Public School win-
ner of the elementary contest for her
sarcasm riddled understatements of
the human conditions while waiting in
lines. Kelly Simpson from Mose Cen-
tral Public School was runner up with
her amusing recapitulation of Em-
barrassing Moments.
In the secondary school division,
Kim Verwaayen from Medwaylligh
School was named winner for her
amusing story of a near suicidal at-
tempt to ski on one of the near -by
"baby hills,'. Runner-up in this divi-
sion was Adam Wood -Gaines who
humorouslysnlightened the audience
with his expertise in the area of
dialects.
Jack Moir presented the Middlesex
County Council Award. Don McIntosh
presented the John Gummow Award.
Don McIntosh and Ken Regan
presented the Middlesex County
Public Speaking Awards. Dale
McEwan, Margaret Elston and Norm
Steeper presented certificates to each
of the contestants,
Other speakers, their schools and
top,cs included: Susan Payne, Nor-
thdale P.S.,. Being a Baby; Bronyn
Griffith, Andrew P.S., Salmon
Fishing; Rob Winship, Valleyview
P.S., Little Brothers; Jay Adlington,
Colborne P.S., Imagination; Janyce
McGregor, East Williams P.S., Op-
timism; Laura Pettypiece, Sacred
Heart S.S., Dreams; Tony Ross, Mose
P.S., Grizzly Bears; Katie Sanderson,
Delaware Central P.S., T.V. Com-
. mercials; Lynette Santos, M.B.
;McEachren P.S., Fleas; Sue Gal,
Glencoe D.H.S., Nuclear Wars;
Judith Strybosch, Strathroy D.C.I.,
Computers; Willemina Zwart,
Strathroy D.C.I., Senior Citizens; An-
nette Ross, North Middlesex D.H.S.,
Nursing Homes; Luanne Wardell,
North Middlesex D.H.S., Power of
Positive Thinking; Grant Gedies,
L:ord Dorchester S.S., Ontario Minor
Hockey League.
Drew Robertson
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