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Clinton News-Record, 1979-03-15, Page 3Jack Van Egmond doesn't get too many leisure hours these days, now that he's president of the Ontario Jersey Cattle Club, but when the chores are done and there's no meeting to attend, Jack catches up on his reading. Even that is connected with this business though. (News -Record photo) People in Profile: CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1979 -AGE 3 ack takes provincial post in stride by Shelley McPhee Despite the jokes and the smart remarks about himself, Jack Van Egmond will admit, in a weak moment, that he does have an important position as president of the Ontario Jersey Cattle Club. Perhaps his offhanded manner is just a nervous disguise. He was only elected to the position in January and he has a full year ahead to get accustomed to his new title. "I don't know why you want to write about me," he asked this reporter, "do you think I'm really worth it?" Well, I'm not sure Jack, but it seems to me that a man who is in charge of 17 clubs from Windsor to Peterborough, with a total of 350 members, 165 of whom pay royalties of somewhere around $34,000, deserves some credit. "I'm responsible for about $50,000 of the breeders' money .each year," he noted, but he also gives some recognition to the executive who help make decisions. Still, Jack is part of that decision making team too. "When you're president you're on every committee," he admitted. "The finance committee is the worst, since you never live within the budget," he added. As well, Jack is on the milk com- mittee and the registration committee. He is supposed to attend as many club meetings throughout Ontario as he can and organizes functions such as the Jersey display at the CNE, the annual Iersey sale in June and. the Junior Jersey Rally. "I guess I look after the Jersey business in Ontario and I'm supposed to father the clubs a bit," he summed up. But, it isn't as easy as all that. When Jack's not away, he spends quite a bit of his time on the telephone, answering requests and performing other duties as president. Oh, and of course there's his own Jerseys to think about, along with everyone else's in the province. The Egmond Jersey establishment at RR 1, Clinton, just north of town, milks an average of 45 cows and runs about 100 • Rec. board caught in middle on clubs' requests The Clinton recreation committee were caught in the middle again on which financially trouble sports' groups to help and which groups not to help. It's nearly a perennial problem for the rec committee, and last Thursday night at their regular monthly meeting, it reared its ugly head again. This time, the Clinton Senior Soccer Club and the Clinton Junior "C" hockey club came in with hats in hands, and after the discussion had cleared, the committee passed a resolution saying they would. give no more assistance to any sports club, excluding minor sports. Robin Thompson from the Junior Hockey club, asked the committee to help them clear up their $5,000 debt this year by giving the club the arena facilities rent free for several fund raising events. _ "We (junior club) want to bail ourselves out, there's no question of that. We don't want any money from the town, we just want some help with expenses," Mr. Thompson said. He told the committee the club was forced to rent expensive ice time in other arenas while the Clinton arena was being fixed, and as a result didn't get any revenue from gate receipts. The club was also eliminated early from the playoffs and just broke even on the 350 club draw. After Mr. Thompson left, the com- mittee, after a lengthy discussion, decided not to help the junior club, and passed the "no help resolution". "Are we responsible for the Junior "C" hockey team or aren't we?" asked member Dennis Jewitt. "Not as far as we can determine from the minutes (of previous years)" said secretary Marie Jefferson. "If you help the Juniors, then why not help minor hockey too," said Don Wright, "they're in trouble too." "If we share their debt, do we get to share the profit too when they have a good year?" asked Paul Draper. But the committee decided to forgive a $400 loan .made to the Senior Soccer Club three years ago, after members learned from a delegation that the Club was broke, and much of the money was used to buy goal nets which are also used for minor soccer teams. Soccer spokesman Pat Newington said the club cost $1,200 to operate last summer, and the difference between that and a $700 sponsorship from Flemings Feed Mill came out of the players' pockets. "I'm starting to feel like Santa Claus," joked Ron McKay after the Summer school planned BYJEFFS-EtDON Secondary school students that can't grasp a subject during the ten month school year can now use the summer months to pick up necessary credits rather than repeat the course the following year. The Huron County board of education decided Monday to operate summer school programs in the county this year as a pilot project. The programs are designed to allow students with below passing grades to pick up those grades during the summer. The programs will be taught at Central Huron Secondary School in . Clinton only if enough students enroll in the courses to make them worthwhile. The approval by the board is con- ditional. Trustees were concerned the summer school would be a costly project because teachers would have to be paid for two months and there was no indication there would be students in classes for those teachers to instruct. Superintendant of education Bob Allan told the board there was no in- dication yet on how much the summer courses would cost the board but added he was "fairly confident there will be enough students to operate the Turn to page 12 • 5 at Gerrard's. New Spring Fashions are arriving daily Just Arrived! MORK PANTS Nanoo-nanool New! STRAIGHT-LEG arh JEANS by Levis - GWG - Carhartt- Foxy - Rainbow - and Road Runner LADIES' & GIRLS' - MAIN FLOOR MEN'S 8. BOYS' - 2ND FLOOR GERRARD'S SHOPPING CENTRE VICTORIA ST., CLINTON 482.9711 ' 4 , motion passed. In other business, the committee learned that arena staff are seeking an eight per cent pay raise, and that ice will be coming out of the ar,ena on March 31. The committee will also be seeking a grant for the town playground under stuck in the middle the Provincial government's Summer Youth Program, and there may be a hockey school in town in September. Another member, Larry Reinhart, who was not present at the meeting, was to be notified that he is no longer a member of the volunteer board because of excessive absenteeism. Okay guys, let's just hold it a minute. I really think it's about time you filed your plans for the newest supersonic jet, the next over- whelming spacecraft and the everything -you -wanted -to -know computer. Let's get back to basics, just for a bit. Let's make a car that works. Not a special car, like any of those racing jobs, just a regular, everyday automobile (particularly a Red Dodge Dart) . You guys really amaze me. You can make all these fabulous, com- plicated (and let's not forget ex- pensive) pieces of equipment, but you just can't get the old car down pat. Perhaps I'm asking for a little much. You see I'm not a car fanatic and I can find lots of other things to spend my money on. Not being a mechanic, or not particularly in- terested in the working of the automobile, I expect to hop in my car, turn the key and go, without failure. I cringe when the gas gauge reads empty and have to dole out a few bucks to keep the car going. Likewise, when it .comes time to wash my car, get a tune up, or pay for unexpected repairs, I become very reluctant and threaten to Aitch the old Red Bomb. Yet, if I do send the Bomb to the scrap yard, I must buy another used car and confront repair bills again, or invest in a newer model and face loan payments. In either case, I don't seem much farther ahead. Maybe the car can be compared to the common cold. Both have been around for ages, but the cold can't be cured and the car can't be perfected. Or can it? Could it be that I'm a little naive? Isesomebody trying -to pull the wool over my eyes? Do they really want my car to break down continuously? I think so and I have a feeling that the designers and mechanics of the great new technical age aren't going to drop their tools to come to the rescue of the lowly car. So, I guess the average person will have to live with the mediocre transportation device until the day when it becomes obsolete and we're equipped with some equally faulty futuristic vehicle. Oh well, the old Red Bomb ain't what she used to be, about a decade ago, but we'll keep hanging in there as long as possible. SHOP THESE WEEKLY STAR STUDDED SPI".GIALS SOFT & DRI SPRAY DEODORANT 9.8 oz. TAME CREME RINSE 450 mI. NOXZEMA SKIN CREAM 220 m1. SHOWER TO SHOWER BODY POWDER 8 oz. TRIANGLE D1 U sO. 58 The Square, GODERICH/Main Corner, CLINTON/Main Corner, SEAFORTH "OUT OF THIS WORLD SAVINGS RIGHT IN YOUR OWN NEIGHBOURHOOD" head of cattle. The milking is done with the pipeline system, which makes the job a little easier and Jack has one hired man. When he goes away he has three other men who can come in and take over the chores. "It's quite a lot of work, but I really enjoy it," he said seriously. "It's a challenge." ' Not only is Jack caught up in these extra activities, but so is his wife Gladys. She explained, "I'm supposed to be the hostess for the ladies at the con- vention. I'm to make up a program to keep them busy." 'Gladys, with help from the ladies in their local Perth -Huron club, has a few months to plan for the event which will be held next January in Stratford. At that time, a new president will be elected, but it is doubtful that Jack's life outside the barn will come to a complete halt. He's been on the executive for the Jersey Club for the past 10 years and was on the Clinton Fair Board for 31 years. He finally ended his marathon session with the fair board a few years ago with the reason, "I figured that if I hadn't contributed anything in 31 years I never would." - Jack intends to keep on farming for a few years and says it's a good life, but someday he sees himself eventually selling out. Unless of course, "our daughter marries some fool who wants to farm," he joked. "Anymore you can't sell the dashed farm, your capital gains aren't that great," he added. But really, Jack does like farming. In fact, in 1962 he left a job as a dairy inspector with the Department of Agriculture after eight years, to take over his father's farm. "The cry of the land brought me back I guess," he explained. Separate board budget up only three per cent BY WILMA OKE The Huron -Perth County Roman Catholic Separate School board set its 1979 budget at $4,683,415, an increase of $132,000 over last year at a special meeting in Dublin Thursday night. Jack Lane, Superintendent of Business and Finance, said in presenting the budget, "To meet this increase, the board will require only 2.9 per cent more than last year from municipalities in the two counties." He said salaries and fringe benefits account for 70.6 per cent of budget. Provincial grants, and other revenue will provide 82.6 per cent of the 1979 budget, compared with 83.4 per cent in 1978. Local taxpayers will be required to contribute $798,700 which is 17.4 per cent of this year's budget, up from 16.6 per cent in 1978. To allow for the collection of the necessary taxes, the board has set a mill rate of five mills or its equivalent for ratepayers in all 51 supporting municipalities over that paid in 1978. This will mean $5 per $1,000 of assessment more than last year. As an average, this will cost the taxpayers $17.50 more in 1979, according to board calculations. Lane said, "Positive results from board decisions made in 1978 to cope with declining enrolments are reflected in this budget." STYLE is what it's all about! Without knowinsjit, you could be a turn-off Do you always take a bath, instead of a shower which uses less power? Do you fill a kettle full to make a single cup? Turn on the washing machine for just a few things? Leave the TV on when�' a no one's watching? And do you often forget to turn off the porch light even though everyone's home in bed? Any of these thoughtless little habits can make you a turn-off. Because waste of electricity, like anything that everybody really needs, can turn people off. Wouldn't you rather turn off a light bulb than tum off a friend? Think about how you use electricity. Wasting electricity turns people �ff. 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