Times Advocate, 1984-07-04, Page 11Huron farm and home news
Agrlcr�ws seek work; otlior Huron y�iitli
Agricrew has commenega
their program working on
Halton County farms: The pro-
gram is designed to help area
farmers, as well as providing
summer employment for
.-
Tars three crews
working in Hymn County this
year. Two of the crews are
bated in Clinton, and the third
is based in the
GRADUATES AT ST. PATRICK'S — Graduation ceremonies for grade eight students at St. Patrick's Separate
School at Lucan were held Wednesday night. Bock, left, principal Mike Dutton, Pat O'Sullivan, Alf Crunican,
Brion Kelly, Jeff Roestenberg, and Wayne Haygarth. Centre, Sondra Morgan, Kelly Van Kerkoerle, Nicole
Welsh, Coby Vandenberg, Tina Lansink, Michelle Feddema, Tammy Williams, Sandra Rooney and teacher
Suson Barry. Front, !}ernodette Crunican; Tara Sullivan, Heidi Zupancic and Anita Crunican. T -A photo.
MOUNT CARMEL GRADUATES — Grade eight students at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Separate School received
their graduation diplomas Thursday night. Back, left, Peter Labreche, Michael Vandenberk, Michael Conlin,
Stephen Watson, Gerald Kester, Roger Bedard and Tony Andrews. Centre, teacher. Terry Wilhelm, Debbie
O'Rourke, Tania Johnson, Jon O'Connor, Tim Vlemmix, Deric McCann, Alison Cronyn and principal Gary Birm-
ingham. Front, Cassie Von Dongen,Jonet Koricina, Sandra Relouw, Susan Janssen and Jennifer Bregman.T-A photo
GRADUATES AT STEPHEN CENTRAL -- Graduation ceremonies for grade eight students at Stephen Central
School were held Monday night. Back, left, Ken Fitzgerald, Todd Rumball, Rebecca Vandeworp, Tricia Orman-
dy, Russell Finkbeiner, Bill Payne and Tom Voth. Third row, Stephanie Woods, Anita Finkbeiner, Randy Mac -
D Id, Richard Hope, Lori Hutchinson, Tommy Beswarick and principal Don Finkbeiner. Second row, teacher
Hood Lawrence, Derek Bierling, Gary Austin, Glenn Hoyter, Gerry Beaver and Mike Rader. Front, Sharmoine
Prevett, Kim Hoffman, Christie Evelond, Joel Lamport, Terri Maurer and Wendy Boogemons. T -A photo
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Belgrave/Hingham area.
This years foremen are Dave
Wright, of Clinton, Kea Huff
of Clinton, and Paul Currie of
Wingham. Along with these
foremen, they each have
three other crewmembers
that are all eager to serve the
farmers of Huron County.
They all will leave no stone
unturned, a weed unpicked,
or fence unpainted, along with
various other jobs.
So far, farmer response has
been very good. The crews
have been booked up to July
20 for the Clinton crews, and
up to the 16th for the
Wingham crew, but we are
still taking names in the case
of a cancellation.
The program finishes off on
August 17, so there is still
time to get your name in for
those unfinished jobs. For •
booking an Agricrew, or just
gaining more information on
the program, *contact Chris
Robson at the O.M.A.F. office
in Clinton at 482-3428.
Rural Youth Connection
Each year rural youth from
Elgin, Essex, Huron, Kent,
Lambton, Middlesex, Oxford
and Perth Counties take part
t }1
{(-)
off on exckang.
in Rural Youth Connection, rural yopth to develop skills.
This competition will be held 4 -Hers going West
at the Stratford Fairgrounds Fifteen 4-H members from
on Thursday July 26, 1984. Huron County are going to be
Rural Youth Connection Is in the Red Deer, Alberta area,
composed of three from July 3 to 14. These
competitions. delegates are taking part in
The judging competition is an Open House Canada Ex -
open to those between 12 and change. Therefore, fifteen 4-H
29 years of age. Contestants members from Alberta will
are divided into classes accor- be visiting Huron County
ding to age. This year corn from July 19 to 30.
hybrids, dairy, swine, forage, Those taking part in the ex -
poultry, hair dryers, stew and change from Huron County
apples will be judged. Also a are: Ross McIntosh, RR 4
general agricultural quiz and Seaforth; Ian Huth, RR 2 Clif-
an identification quiz will be ford; George Wilson, RR 1
written. Varna; David Van Beers, RR
Those from Huron County 1 Blyth; Coral Lockie, HR 1
who wish to enter should con- Gorrie; Mark McGregor, RR
tact the Agricultural Office 2 Kippen; Donna Pickard, RR
before Wednesday July 19. 4 Clinton; Shona Rae, RR 1
Other competitions include Clifford; Debbie Johnston,
a quiz game, "The Quiz 'RR 2 Bluevale; Brenda
Bowl" and a demonstration Chambers, RR 4 Wingham;
competition. Huron County Maribeth Hallman, RR 2 Clif-
will be taking part in both of ford; Helen Vlemmix, RR 2
these. Grand Bend, Lori Terpstra,
The Rural Youth Connec- RR 3 Brussels; Steve Alton,
tion concludes with a banquet RR 2 Lucknow; Elizabeth
and guest speaker. Stewart, RR 1 Dublin.
The competition is spon- These 4-1-1 members will be
sored by Pioneer Seed Corn chaperoned by Jean and Dave
(Canada) Limited; and is an Dinsmore, RR 1 Fordwich. •
excellent opportunity for Such an exchange provides
an excellent opportunity for
4-H members and their
families to learn about life
and agriculture in another
part of Canada.
Karen Rodman,
Rural Organization
Specialist
(Agriculture).
egOne foot in the
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The voice on the telephone
was vaguely familiar.
"There is a big difference
between buying and selling,"
he said. "Buying groups
determine what the buyer
wants and then do the buying.
It's not the other way around
as you said in your column."
It was George Condon,
editor of Canadian Grocer
magazine, and he was unhap-
py about a column written at
the end of May. The column
deplored the buying clout of
the five groups that control 85
percent of all food Canadians
buy.
In that column, I said a
handful of people can decide
what will be stocked on the
shelves of more than 14,000
stores across Canada. I also
said the other big problem is
that it is becoming impossible
to set up an independent store
or even develop a food-
processing business without
getting involved with one or
more of the big five buying
groups.
Competition for indepen-
dent business is literally stifl-
ed, I said.
Serving consumer demand
is not a priority, I said, if you
are more concerned about
what Big Brother one of the
five buying groups) wants
from you.
Mr. Condon begs to differ.
"Granted, they belong to
buying groups but they are
still indpendents," he said.
"Basically, these indpendents
are beating the pants off the
chain stores. The 'chains' are
running scared. They're be-
ing beaten at their game and
they are looking for ways to
compete."
Independents have, for the
fourth year in a row, taken
market share away from the
chain stores. Loblaws and
Dominion stores, for instance,
are even selling out to their
managers, said Mr. Condon,
to compete with the
independents.
"The independents deliver
goods at the best possible
price," he said. "To suggest
otherwise, you are doing a
disservice to the independent
grocery stores in this country.
They are growing and getting
st ronger."
Ile predicted that, by the
end of this year, the indepen-
dent stores would capture at
least 50 percent of the Cana-
dian food market. They have
steadily increased their share
of the market place in t0
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GRADUATING CLASS AT BIDDULPH Graduation exercises for
grade eight students at Biddulph Central School were held Monday
night. Back, left, teacher Dave Wilkins, Joe Hodgkin, Marc Fowles,
Todd Shannon, Lawrence Pocock, Troy Edginton, Mike Parnell, Jim
McKay, Corey Wilson, Mike {,nnis, Bobby Gee, Todd Deeks and
teacher Jin. Duddy. Third row, teocher Jedy Everett, Terry Evans,
Mike Radcliffe, Mike Miller, Jim Kwosnicki, Mike Gillen, Chris
Dukeshire, Steve Gibbs, Brian Roe, Sandy Hyde, John Miller, Stev4
t
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Chevalier, Stephen Yule and teacher Lois Lanteigne. Second row,
teacher tan Bennett, Jason Pfaff, David Dosiea, Jeff Bond, David
Knopman, Don Cunninghom, Troy Smail, Glen Hardy, Mark Kroft,
Jason McDonald, Eric Barr, Geoff McLeod, Shane Munro and prin-
cipal Wallance Mclay. Front, teacher Anne Bensley, Sarah Hender-
son, Rhonda Dickey, Bobbi -Jo Richards, Jane Holden, Nicole Hodgins,
Carol Pitt, Caroline Shumko and teacher Sharon Abel. T -A photo.
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years, from 39.8 percent in
1972 to 41.3 percent in 1982.
And they are doing it by
simply being better merchan-
disers than the chain stores:
"There is no doubt in my
mind that it has been better
for the consumer".
Mr. Condon is probably cor-
rect in his statements. I have
no argument with him. It all
boils down to his definition of
a chain store.
I suggest that any store af-
filiated with a buying group is
part of a chain. He does not.
He identifies chain stores as
those included in Dominion,
Loblaws-Zehrs, A & P, Pro-
vigo and Safeway. Statistics
Canada suggests that
anything more than four
stores is a chain and Mr. Con-
don pooh-poohs that claim.
Just because a group of in-
dependent grocers gets
together to buy products
does not mean they lose their
independence, he says, and he
may be right. Certainly, the
larger chain stores are in
deep trouble if we can take
Dominion and Loblaws as an
example. They are closing
many outlets only to have
them reappear a few weeks
later in a different guise with
owner -managers.
But whether the large buy-
ing groupsconstitutea threat
to the consumer is not clear.
i am still of the opinion that
competition is stifled and
'that, in the long run, those
huge amounts of money spent
-- and money talks -- will
determine what you find on
supermarket shelves not the
consumer.
But thanks for your phone
call, George. i haven't heard
from you for more than a
year. it is comforting to know
that someone out there in the
big city is reading these
words from the hack forty.
Races set
at Parkhill
The races are on! The
Ausable-Bayfield Conserva-
tion Authority is once again
hosting its summer canoe
regatta at the Parkhill Con-
servation Area.
Whether you are an ex-
perienced paddler, a novice
looking for a challenge or
you're just interested in a day
of fun outdoors, set Sunday,
July 15 aside.
Registration is from 9:30 to
10:45 a.m., followed by the
races which begin at 11:00
a.m. An entrance fee of $4.00
for adults and $2.50 for
children 14 and under will be
charged.
Watermelon -eating and
tug-of-war contests will make
this an exciting day the whole
family will want to attend.
Camping facilities are
available for those who wish
to stay at the Conservation
Area, located at the junction
of highways 7 and 81.
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