Times-Advocate, 1987-10-07, Page 11Times -Advocate, .October 7,. 1987 Page 11
Huron F ofA o oses reorganization a n i za t•
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A Proposal to reorganize the board
_ob Harrison, director for Huron Membership system was brought in
of directors of the Ontario Federation northeast; said the proposal would said the proposal caused concern to
of Agriculture (OFA) did not meet save the OFA about $2,000 in per him. "It seems like a mover back to
favour with•about 40 members of the diems and travel costs each month the kind of organization we had before
Federation at the Huron Federation but he felt the Federation could save the revolution in 1969," he said. He
of Agriculture September meeting in greatly just by cutting out the 116 a said it seemed to be another case of
Clinton recently. plate luncheon served -to directors.
The proposal would see onlyone people who don't pay attention to
p opose Doug Garniss, director for Huron history being forced to repeat it. "You
director sent to the monthly board east central said in fairness, part of don't build an organizatiop in the ci-
meetings in Toronto from each coup- the OFA thinking behind the plan was ty," he said, "you build it in the
ty. Since Huron has five regions and that -a 100 -director board is just too country."
now has a director for each region, unwieldly.. The OFA's present structure is
the one Huron councillor would have Gordon Hill, the OFA president designed to give grassroots input
five votes. when the present Individual Service right to the directors level. "If an
organization has a budget of 12
million but they're reducing the life
blood of the organization to save
12,000 a meeting," he warned, there
was trouble ahead. He warned. the
OFA must never get back to the point
where the organization is run by staff
in Toronto.
Paul Klopp, the Huron President
said he had recently taken part in the
membership drive to recruit
members so Huron would continue to
qualify for five directors and found
people who wouldn't otherwise have
bought membership do so when they
found out Huron might lose a voice.
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BEST STUDENTS FROM HURON — Awards were presented to top academic students of Centralia Col-
lege of Agricultural Technology Tuesday night. Pictured above with presenter Tom Tomes of Stephen
township are Huron County students Adrian Kester, Michelle Braecker and Linda Nash.
Rural Leadership awards
In celebration of Agri -Food Week
the Huron County Junior Farmer
Association will be presenting seven
Rural Leadership Awards. The selec-
tion process was .tough as the commit-
tee received excellent nominations.
Those selected best represent the
many strong leaders in- Huron Coun-
ty. The seven award recipients are as
follows:
Steven Beane, RR 1, Brucefield -
Steven provides leadership and en-
thusiasm to the 4-H Youth Council as
President.
Barry J. Cleave, Varna - Barry has
given much leadership to Clinton and
Bayfield Agricultural Societies.
Carol Nivins RR 3, Auburn - Carol
has given her whole self to the
Dungannon Agricultural Society as
President for three years. With her
leadership, she encourages her team
of Directors to be 100 percent
successful.
Ken Ramsey, RR 3, Blyth - Ken is
Chairman of the Huron Milk Commit-
tee and very involved in community
work.
Walter Renwick, RR 1, Clifford -
Walter is presently Vice -Chairman of
the Ontario Sheep Marketing Agency
and is a former Chairman of the
Canada Sheep Council.
John Van Vliet, RR 1, Walton - John
has displayed leadership as an active
Junior Farmer and 4-H leader. .
Bryan Vincent, Seaforth - Bryan
has given a lot of leadership to Junior
Farmers and is presently involved in
Receives award from
Heart, Stroke Foundation
Donald Young of Auburn has been
awarded the Distinguished Service
Award by the Heart and Stroke Foun-
dation of Ontario at the Provincial An-
nual Meeting held recently in
Toronto.
This is the highest form of recogni-
tion awarded by the Heart and Stroke
Foundation to a volunteer. The
volunteer must have provided
outstanding service to the organiza-
tion provincially or regionally. Don is
one of only two to receive this award
in Ontario this year.
Young has been a dedicated
volunteer both locally and provincial-
ly'for many years. His greatest con-
tribution has been in the area of Jump
Rope For Heart but he is also a foun-
ding member of the local chapter and
has served as secretary and cam-
paign chairman for Huron county.
For three years he was South Western
Ontario regional representative on
the provincial Jump Rope For Heart
committee.
He is a dedicated volunteer who has
carried out his responsibilities
without asking for thanks or reward
and his longstanding commitment to
the Foundation deserves this special
recognition.
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Now the voice might be lost anyway,
he said:
Doug Garniss proposed a resolution
that the Huron Federation oppose the
proposed restructuring and ask the
committee in charge to find other
alternatives. The resolution was pass-
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