Times-Advocate, 1984-05-16, Page 13CCAT SPEAKER — Former vice-principal Molly McG ee was the guest spec er at
Friday's annual graduation at Centralia College. From the left are principal Doug
Jamieson, Ontario Minister of Agriculture Dennis Timbrell and Molly McGhee.
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Financial management stressed for CCAT grads
The 118 students of the 1984
graduating class at Centralia
College of Agricultural
Technology were told Friday
that financial management
will surely be the driving
force for the rest of this
century.
The guest speaker was Mol-
ly McGhee, a former vice-
principal of the college who is
now an advisor to the Ontario
Ministry of Agriculture and
Food.
Ms. McGhee recently con-
ducted a province -wide study
into problems of farm woman
and said, "farm women
recognize the importance of
sound farm management
knowledge if an enterprise is
s to succeed."
She continued, "Last year
many women told me they
were worried about the er-
roneous image the media por-
trays about rural people.
No• matter from which of
the four programs you
graduate the probability that
you will work in some seg-
ment of the agri-food business
is high. You are going to join
a very dynamic and sizeable
sector of the Canadian
economy. Unfortunately, few
outside the industry and the
rural community appreciate
the enormous contribution
those in primary production,
food processing and foodser-
vice make to our national
economy, and just how many
billions of dollars this in-
dustry generates annually.
Working in this field you
are going to face challenges,
constraints and opportunities.
That's an awesome thought.
However, the program that
you have just completed has
well prepared you to start
work.
From the early days, Cen-
tralia's curriculum has
always been innovative. It is
probably the only agricultural
college without livestock and
test plots for student use. Dur-
ing the 60's and 70's produc-
tion management was con-
sidered the key to success.
When computers entered
the agriculture, food service
and animal health fields, a
compulsory course was
quickly introduced.
From the beginning, food
service management
students have gained ex-
perience in quantity food pro-
duction. Weekly they have
prepared a main meal for,
perhaps the harshest of
critics, their peers. They, with
the consumer studies and
AHT students, annually leave
the campus for periods of in-
service training.
The involvement of so
many interested farmers,
practitioners and institutions
has provided very realistic
training for the entire student
body, something not_ often
found elsewhere.
The fact that the college has
been able to attract so many
Dog officer patrols
Osborne lets drain contract
After a court of revision,
Usborne town council ac-
cepted the engineer's report
on the.Szabo municipal drain
and has lel a contract concer-
ning the draining works.
The contract for boring of
the road on the drain project
has been let to Hornblower
Horizontal Earth Boring for
$4,200.
The tender from Mac
Hodgert for cutting the grass
at the Thames Road ball park
for $500 was accepted.
Diana Kints has been hired
as a summer student under
the Municipal Involvement
Program at the municipal of-
fice at a salary of $200 per
week. Her starting date was
May 7. •
Hydro poles situated on the
former Webber fartn proper-
ty are to be sold at a cost of
$1 per foot length of pole.
Road superintendent John
Batten was instructed to
check into a complaint of dust
control at the intersection of
Huron street and Concession
3-4.
Clerk Larry Stuck and
deputy -clerk Sandra Strang
will be attending a zone
meeting of the Association of
Municipal ('jerks and
Treasurers of Ontario on the
condition former clerk Harry
Strang can fill in for the day.
First and second reading'
were given to a bylaw to
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(privately owned swimming
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Tile drain loan applications
totalling $27,000 were
approved.
Usborne township residents
are reminded that a dog con-
trol officer is patrolling
township roads and respon-
ding to complaints.
If anyone is experiencing a
dog nuisance problem,• he
may be reached by phone at
228-6559. If a' dog is missing.
they may be impounded at the
Exeter Animal Hospital or
Kirkton Veterinary Clinic.
A bylaw has been passed
naming a hoard of directors
to the Kirk ton-\Voodha in
Community Centre, subject to
approval by Blanshard
township.
The appointees are Ross
Ballantyne, Usborne council;
Ron Denham, Blanshard
council; William. Morley,
Osborne recreation; Bert
Bickel!, Blanshard recrea-
tion; Keith Stephen and Ken
Duncan, Kirkton Agricultural
Society; Albert Weernink and
George Levy, Kirkton Com-
munity Association;, Lloyd
Fletcher and Gord Robinson,
Kirkton Winter Carnival and
directors at large John Simp-
son. Allan Eveleigh, John
Ulch, William Waghorn,
William Schaeffer, Bill Grose
and Gerald Poel.
Predict good year
for Huron- farmers
Huron County farmers can
look forward to a fairly good
year in 1984 according to
Brian Hall, one of the three
farm management specialists
at the OMAF office in Clinton.
Ninety percent of the fall
wheat survived the winter:
bacterial and fungus leaf
diseases brought on by the
cold damp of early spring
have disappeared with the
warmer weather.
Planting is ahead of nor-
mal, with 40 percent of the
corn and 85 percent of the
small grain already
completed.
Farmers this year are
spreading the risk instead of
depending solely on one crop.
Corn producers are adding
soybeans and cereal grains.
Spring canola is becoming
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Six funeral directors, in-
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Dashwood, received 50 -year
certificates as licensed em-
balmers as the Western On -
la rio Funeral Service
Association held its annual
meeting in Stratford,
Wednesday.
Among the others were
George Beattie of Clinton and
William Heath and William
Lockhart, of Mitchell.
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more and more popular, and
European varieties of winter
canola, new to Ontario, are
now being grown experimen-
tally in some parts of the
country.
By diversifying, farmers
are spreading out the. ex-
pense, and the work load at
planting and harvest. Though
yields for soybeans aren't as
high as for corn, it is not as
expensive to plant,and higher
prices should offset lower
yields.
Most farmers seem'to think
crop prices will not be quite as
good as last year's, but much
better than disastrous 1982.
With emphasis on rotation,
conservation and marketing
Hall believes cash cropping is
a challenging field to be in at
present.
excellent part-time staff to its
classrooms, some of them na-
tionally known in their fields
of expertise, is an added
bonus. It has helped students
and full-time staff keep
abreast of the latest
developments - so essential
today.
Continuing education will
be mandatory. Those of you
who thought today would
complete the education are so
wrong. All of you must be able
to adapt very quickly to
changes in the market place,
in marketing institutions, and
above, all, to consumer
demands, as the latter
become more knowledgeable,
more sophiscated. Even BQy
George confesses that he
can't sell music alone and so
adopts his androgynous style.
As the consumer studies
students well know, today's
consumer is better educated,
much more eager to experi-
ment with new foods and
beverages and vitally in-
terested in nutrition related to
health. This person tends to
be a grazer. One who eats
more meals, but smaller
meals, more often than not in
restaurants, cafeterias or
fast-food outlets. I believe
that consumers will, more
and more, determine what is
grown and how it is process-
ed, packaged and served.
Forecasting and knowing
where your competition lies
will assume • great
importance.
Having come through a
tough recession and
sometimes still suffering its
effects, today's consumer has
adopted certain survival
techiques. Unlike those who
weathered the Depression in
the 30's, in 1984 consumers
are unwilling to lower their
standards. Highly in-
dividualistic, they search for
new ways to achieve their
desires. This is particularly
true of the young urban poe-
ple, commonly known as the
YUPPIES.
Consumers are very health
conscious and surprisingly.
knowledgeable in this field.
They often dictate to the in-
dustry. For example, the
stress on low cholestrot in-
takes to help prevent heart
disease resulted in a large
measure for Chicken McNug-
gets entering the fast food
market. This meant a great
demand for more Canadian
chicken, and last year pro-
duction was increased by 15
million kilograms. A move
which certainly has affected
other parts of the industry.
Originally, high fibre diets
centred on wheat. Recently,
research evidence suggests
that the fibre from beans and
oats is superior in the preven-
tion of high blood pressure
and coronary diseases. All of
this suggests that there will
have to be greater research at
both the scientific and con-
sumer levels - requiring new,.
researchers and research
technicians - if gains are to be
made. And you must react
quickly to these discoveries
and trends, if you want to
compete. Not always an easy
task.
And the gains in animal or
plant production, either
through basic research or
even the new biotechnologies,
cannot evade the social
responsibility and concern
over the health of animals,
both for pets and animals us-
ed for food or research. New
methods of handling and car-
ing for them will mean new
job opportunities for young
people trained in animal
health. So I can see a good
future ahead for many of you.
You are going to be busy.
The women will be particular-
ly busy, especially when they
joing the ranks of women,
20-44 years old. 73 percent of
this group, many with young
children under six. worked off
the farm last year, in this pro-
vince. The majority worked
'to improve the economic
status of their families and
PLOWMAN'S AWARD
Lynn Dodds presents the
award to John Klaver of
at Centralia College.
— Huron Queen of the Furrow
Huron Plowman's Association
Kippen at Friday's graduation
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the farm enterprise. About 69
percent of other rural women
did the same.
Centralia has always been
noted for student leadership
and a tremendous spirit of
cooperation has always per-
vaded the campus. No matter
how busy all of you become,
I urge you to use the com-
munications and leadership
skills you have acquired here,
for community involvement.
No matter how busy you
are, I hope that you will take
an active part in your occupa-
tional associations your com-
modity groups, the alumnae
association and the tradi-
tional farm organizations. As
trained people, you will have
the responsibility of making
sure that your urban counter-
parts understand both the
problems of the agri-food
business and those of rural
people".
I was greatly disturbed to
find out a few weeks ago that
a well-known, national colum-
nist had tagged rural people
as the BURPIES - standing
for thos, big, unintelligent,
rural people. Although written
in a jocular fashion, I find
this very insulting to the
many •fine rural men and
.women I know. Such
statements need to be refuted
instantly.
I would ask you to become
HIPPIES - rural, intelligent
people, ripping into the many
myths about rural people and
rural life. Helping to put to
rest, once and for all, these
untruths. Making sure they
rest in peace. If you achieve
this goal, you will make an ex-
traordinary contribution to
rural life."
McGee concluded, "As you
leave this campus, alumnae
of Centralia College, take the
skills that you have acquired
with you - skills which will en-
sure that all of you can have
a good life, and allow you to
enjoy every moment of it."
During graduation
ceremonies, John Katelburg
of Gowanstown, in the
agricultural business
management course, col-
lected the most awards - five
- followed by Arlene McCort
of Stayner in the foods
technology program with
three.
Katerberg's awards were
for highest proficiency in
agricultural business
management, in farm
business financial manage-
ment, in agronomy, in soils
and crop fertility, and runner-
up in pork production.
McCort was top academic
student in foods technology,
and had highest proficiency in
foods and nutrition and in food
administration.
Other awards: Trudy
Davidson, Wiarton, animal
health technology; Carolyn
Strong, Gorrie, consumer and
community studies; -Jayne
McCann, Ailsa Craig, award
of merit as runner-up in
agriculture business manage-
ment; Marita Van Berlo,
Scotland, Ont., for maintain-
ing a minimum of 70 percent
in all- semesters and par-
ticipation in extra curricular
programs; Lauren Messer,
Rosemount, tor maintaining
an average of 75 percent in
the last two semesters and ex-
celling in general attitude and
clinical experience.
John Klaver, Kippen,
Huron County student excell-
ing academically and in
extra -curricular activities;
Phyllis Johnson, Strathroy,
clinical orientation in animal
health technology; Rick
Cremasco, Guelph, runner-up
in agronomy; Gil Smith,
Toronto, for demonstrating
significant improvement in
attitude and proficiency in
clinical animal health
technology; David Shaule,
Watford, business manage -
ment; John Haines,
Wingham, farm analysis;
Rick Cremasco, Guelph, ef-
fective communications in
agricultural business
management; Deborah
Vanderburgt, Watford,
hospitality industry; David
Bender, Palmerston, pork •
production; John Klaver,
Kippen, farm safety; Karren
.King, Newmarket, leadership
and academic ability;
Charles Roland, St. Pauls,
best all-around student ; .Ran-
dy Woodhouse, Heathcote, se-
cond best all-around student.
Accompanying Molly
McGhee on the graduation
platform were CCAT prin-
cipal Doug Jamieson, direc-
tor of Student Affairs Rev.
Donald Orth, vice-principal
Dr. V.E. Currie, Ontario's
Minister of Agriculture Den-
nis Timbrell'and Dr. G.H. Col-
lin, an executive director of
the ministry.
AT GRADUATION — Shown chatting prior to Friday's graduation at Centralia Col-
lege are Dr. George Collin, executive director with the Ministry of Agriculture, CCAT
vice-principal Dr. V.E. Currie and Dr. Clare Rennie, a deputy minister.
F OF A AWARD --- Mrs. Jayne McCann o Ai sa Craig
received the Huron Federation of Agriculture award in
business management from Bev Brown of Friday's
_ graduation at Centralia College. T -A photo
CENTRALIA-HURON PAitK LIONS GET CHARTER -- The newest Lions club in the area, the,Centralia-Huron
Park club received its charter Saturday night. Above, District Governor John Stephens presents the charter to
president Bill Hodge. The others looking on are John Norris, president df the sponsoring Exeter Lions; zone
chairman Dave Heller, deputy -district governor Jim Loucks and Doug Fick, charter night chairman for the new
club.
Youth dies
-from burns
The 18-yearold son of a
former Exeter resident died
in London's University
Hospital last Tuesday from
burns and injuries sustained
when he came in contact with
a hydro wire in St. Marys a
day earlier.
James Glaab. the son of
James and Robin Glaab, St.
Marys. is the grandson of
James and Edna Glaah,
Exeter.
St. Marys police report that
the youth was with about 10
other youths on land
southeast of the cement plant
around 8:25 p.m., Monday,
when he climbed a pole and
touched a wire.
He fell about 25 feet to the
ground.
CAR WASH
The newly formed Exeter
Optimist club staged a very
successful car wash Saturday.
and realized a return of $283.
A total of 75 cars were
washed and about 100 hot
dogs were sold.
Optimist officials say they
are pleased with the results
and plans another similar car
wash sometime later this
summer.
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