Times-Advocate, 1999-04-07, Page 4'4
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Where's the bom
The London OPP
bomb search robot
gets a close look at
the Exeter Public
School Gr. 6 stu-
dents at the South
Huron Rec Centre -
on Thursday. Left,
Const. Mike McCor-
mack helps teacher
Barb Dietrich don
the suit police offiers
wear while on a
bomb_ investigation.
W%ednescii41„ April 7, 1999
Hydro pole
broken m
Woodham
WOODHAM -- A single
vehicle accident broke a
hydro pole In -Woodham
Saturday morning putting
some people out of power
for part of the day.
Donald Beal of Kirkton
is charged with failure to
remain at a scene of an
accident and careless dri-
ving after his blue '88
Chev pickup Left the road
and hit a hydro pole while
traveling north on Hwy.
23 near the Olco gas sta-
tion at about 8:45 a.m.
Saturday.
Live wires dangled dan-
gerously low following the
accident.
The truck received
extensive front end dam-
age. Beal told the OPP he
fell asleep while driving.
Other OPP notes:
Cell phone stolen
A cell phone was stolen
from a Bell van parked on
Main St. in Lucan
overnight March 29.
Boat engine stolen
A Honda 7.5 hp boat
motor was stolen from a
boat parked in a Orchard
St. driveway in Exeter
sometime between
November' 1998 and' last -
week.
Window smashed
The back window and
the right signal liglittof a
'92 Nissan Pathfinder
parked off Huron St. in
Exeter were smashed
Saturday night.
Bike stolen
An older -style red bike
with chrome fenders was
stolen from the South-
Huron Rec Centre in.
Exeter overnight April 1.
Fields damaged
The football/field hockey
fields at Arva's Medway
High School were dam --
aged after vehicles drove
on them over the March
27-28 weekend.
Mark it up
Exeter OPP Const Karen Prickett shows how to
use an engraver to;mark your valuables with your
vehicle licence plate number for the Mutual Pro-
ject program. The Mutual Project is a simple and
- effective means to protecting your property from
theft. Mutual Protect is a joint project of the OPP
and Ontario's Farm Mutual Insurance Companies.
Here's how the program works: simply go to your
local OPP detachment and sign out an engraver
(Exeter has two). Then mark your valuables with
yoJicence plate .rtlber. Once you are done
marking your valuables, return the engraver to the
detachment and you will receive free window
stickers to let thieves know your home is off lim-
its. Items to be marked in the home include com-
puter and stereo equipment, TVs, VCRs, cameras,
video games and jewelry. Items in your vehicle in-
clude personal property, stereo equipment, cell
phones and other electronic equipment. Items in
your business include computer equipment, cop-
iers, fax machines, hand tools and other portable
equipment. Other items you should mark with a
ballpoint pen on labels include expensive clothing
like leather jackets. Marked property is not easily
sold by thieves and is easily traceable by any police
service.
Vanclief announces framework. for rural
development and .:adaptation funding.
The program has helped several Huron County rural organizations get off the ground
OTTAWA — Agriculture and Agri -Food Minister
Lyle Vanclief has reaffirmed the federal govern-
ment's commitment to the Canadian Adaptation and
Rural Development (CARD) fund and provided a
framework for how, over the next four years, the
program will build on its history of success.
Several local organizations have received Can -
Adapt funding in the past few years including the
Huron Harvest Trail project, Ontario Beekeepers As-
sociation and Quality Jersey Products.
"Since its creation in 1995, the CARD fund has
been an extremely important component in the Gov-
ernment of Canada's approach to agriculture and
agri-food," said Vanclief. "CARP has invested more
than $240 million to promote jobs and a strong
economy in rural Canada and help the industry.
adapt and- grow in the .face of challenges posed by a
rapidly .changing world economy. The future holds
new opportunities, and the program has shifted its
funding priorities, to reflect. this."
The $60 -million -a -year CARD fund now focuses on.
six adaptation policy priorities: research/innovation;
human resources, environmental sustainability; food
safety and quality; marketing; and rural develop-
ment.
evelopment. They were identified during extensive con-
sultations on the CARD program with the fartn and
food sectors last year.
Funding for the environment will double under the
new program. Funding for research/innovation and
for food safety will also increase substantially.
As with the previous CARD program, $35 million a
year will go to national programs and $25 million a
year will .be allotted to regional CARD councils.
"Extremely successful projects were carried out
over the past four years with funding from the re-
gional CARD councils," said Vanclief. "The approach
of using industry -led councils to ;manage part of the
funding was very effective." .
Industry -led councils in each of the provinces and
territories will manage the $100 million in regional
funding for adaption projects over the next four
years, as they did under the previous CARD program.
Funding will be allocated among the councils ac-
cording to a formula that reflects the size and value
of the sector in each province..
"During consultations, indusiry groups asked for a
transparent and formula -based method of funding.
This is what we have done," said Vanclief. "Our ap-
proach recognizes the Government of Canada's goal
of treating all provinces equitably."
The formula, which uses Statistics Canada's data
on farm cash receipts and value of shipments from
processing firms, will be phased in over four years,
with a review of progress in the third year.
The $140 -million allocation for national programs
has been designed to meet the needs of Canada's ag-
riculture and agri-food sector while allowing flex-
ibility for emerging priorities. Funding for certain
specific national programs has already been ap-
proved.
Initial national funding for the i ext four years is as
follows: $33 million for innovation, $26 million - for
developing human resources; $23 million for en-
vironmental
nvironmental sustainability, $19 million for food safe-
ty and quality; $16 million -for marketing; and $4 mil-
lion for rural development. In addition, there is $16
million for farm debt mediation and farm consulta-
tion services.
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