Clinton News-Record, 1986-05-14, Page 9• MBCA tree planting nears
A number of Clinton and area horse enthusiasts participated in a
schooling show at Exeter on May 10. Shown with judge Debbie
Growcott are (left to right), Lisa Storey, Angela Postma and Bill
Storey. (Exeter Times -Advocate photo)
•
Now is the time to consider ordering trees
for planting in 1987 from the Ausable
Bayfield Conservation Authority (ABCA).
Yes, 1987 is correct. According to John
Schwindt, Conservation Services Co-
ordinator with the ABCA, this year's
deliveries and plantings of trees and seedl-
ings are nearly complete. "In fact", says
Schwindt, "the official cut-off date for the
1986 orders was October 1, 1985".
The ABCA's reforestation assistance pro-
gram is obviously a popular one. There are
a number of services offered that include
the delivery of seedling stock to Exeter or
Parkhill, tree planting, and a farm wind-
break/roadside planting program.
By the end of the 1986 season, the ABCA
will have supplied 150,000 trees -15,000 of the
larger trees for windbreak and roadside
planting (2-3 foot evergreens, 6-10 foot hard-
woods) and landowners 135,000
lO
l have participatedseedlings.
in the
1986 program.
Libraryto receive grant
Schwindt .. ...... ��.,. field windbread pro-
gram
says the pro-
gram has increased greatly in popularity.
"This is good to see because these rows of
trees surrounding farm fields will
significantly benefit the farmer and society,
by reducing soil erosion." In 1986, the ABCA
is planting 60 km of field windbreaks, main-
ly in Norway Spruce.
This is the second year of the ABCA's
Plantation Management program. Under
this progarm the conservation authority
will, for an annual fee, tend trees that it has
planted previously. Fifty landowners are
making use of the sevice this year and
100,000 trees are being tended.
Tree planting time is a hectic one for the
conservation authority .because of the
numbers of trees handled and the variety of
services offered. There are five crews and a
total of 25 people at work (mostly casual
labo
plan-
ting
hired season). . 1 wocatree
mechan mechanical ng planters
Toronto - Three automation grants totall-
ing $820,600 will enable further expansion
and improvements to Ontario library ser-
vices, Dr. Lily Munro, Minister of Citizen-
ship and Culture, announced.
The Ontario Library Co-operative (OLC)
composed of 19 county and public libraries
including Huron County will receive $476,600
through the Library Co-operative Automa-
tion Program (LCAP) to catalogue their col-
lections on a shared database. Once
established, the database will, allow better
access to the collection of the participating
libraries. The creation of the database is
also a critieal first step for future automa-
tion projects.
A total of $247,000 awarded through the
Automation Program. for Small Libraries
(ASPL) will be used for feasibility studies,
conversion of titles into the Tri -Regional
Catalogue and microcomputer based cir-
culation systems.
The Ontario Joint Fiction/Biography
Reserve (OJFR/OJBR) received $97,000
towards the creation of a database of its
holdings. The OJFR/OJBR was established
as a depository collection to preserve copies.
of older fiction and biography.
LCAP is designed to develop databases
from library holdings and foster local infor-
mation networks. The program encourages
libraries to band together to strengthen
reciprocal borrowing arrangements
through local automation projects. APSL
assists smaller community libraries serving
populations of under 50,000 with automation
projects such as database creation and cir-
culation control.
?These programswill greatly enhance the
services of Ontario community libraries."
Dr. Munro said. "The information needs of
our society are changing and we want to
keep in step with the times."
CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1986—Page 9
Adopt4rGrail month
Old age is especially difficult in the
world's poorest countries. Lacy of pensions,
social services, free medical attention,
welfare and adequate housing result in the
majority of old people having to beg from
other poor people for their daily survival.
Many people make the glib assumption
that older People in developing countries are
looked after within the traditional extended
family. Yet, the traditional extended family
is rapidly weakening.
Industrialization, migration, material
breakdown, compulsory retirement, are
some of the real causes that thousands of
seniors, once traditionally and universally
revered by society and protected within the
family, are now suffering from solitude and
destitution.
Help the Aged (Canada) provides a per-
sonal way for Canadians to demonstrate
their support and concern for destitute older
people, through the Adopt -A -Gran program.
Working with accredited Caring Organiza-
tions in the field, such as the Salvation Ar -
Catholic
m, St. Vincent
de Paul Society
lief Sv ces,HelpheAand
Aged e(Canada)
strives to encourage the support of concerie
ed Canadians,
By providing 60 cents a day ($18 a month),
a sponsor ensures that his or her 'adopted
gran' will be provided with life's basic
necessities. Perhaps most important of all,
it enables the gran to continue to contribute
to the life of their society with dignity and
hope.
Photos and case histories of the 'gran' are
provided to the sponsor and the exchange of
letters between sponsor and gran enhance a
mutual sense of `family' and caring•
s
are referred from 43 local caring organiza-
tions in the countries including the Carib-
bean, the. Phillipines, South Africa, Kenya,
Brazil, Chile and Sierre Leone.
Old people should not become isolated and
forgotten simply because they are old and
poor. Therefore, we who can support them,
should help to the fullest extent of our
ability.
For further information, contact: Help
the Aged (Canada), 2660 Southvale Cres.
Ste. 302, Ottawa, Ont. K1B 4W5, Tele: (613)
526.1630.
completion Letter writing deadline May
speed the process where the terrain is LONDON - Canada Post Corporation
suitable, but much hand planting is also reminds young Canadians that there are on -
done. Greg Pfaff and Bob Murray are
managing the tree handling at the Exeter ly three weeks left to enter its letter -writing headquarters. competition. The deadline is May 30.
The theme for 1986 is a letter to a refugee
Summarizing the trend in the .ABCA child. Young people between the ages of 12
reforestation assistance program, Schwindt and 15 are invited to express why Canada is
- says, "It seems like everybody is interested
an attractive choice for someone seeking a
in the program and although the Ministry of new country. Entries, in either official
Natural Resources' nursery is producing language, must be a minimum of 500 words.
more stock, it is not keeping up with the de -Schools across Canada have received full details.
mend for trees.
"The waiting list for our services is get- A national winner will be chosen and three
ting longer all the time." honorable mentions will be awarded. The
Agriculturalist program ready
national winner willreceive a home
national winner receive a com-
puter and be honored at a special ceremony
in Ottawa on World Post Day, October 9.
The national winner's entry will also be sub-
mitted to the international competition con-
ducted by the Universal Postal Union
(UPU).
Last year, 37 UPU countries participated
in a similar competition. It was the first
year Canada Post participated and over 850
letters were received in Huron Division.
Rose -Mary Davidson, a 13 year-old from
Fredericton, New Brunswick, won both the
Canadian and international competitions.
TAgriculturalist gram is ty For more information on both aspects of
program,
WhiteheadClinton Ontario Ministry o
Agricultural and Food office 482-3428 or
1-800-265-5171.
The Junior Agriculturalist program pro-
vides an opportunity for an urban youth to
live and work on a farm for the summer
months.
The "Jr. Ag." must be between 16 and 18
years of age with absolutely no previous
farm experience. The students receive
valuable experience and exposure to farm
life.' The Junior Agriculturalist is entitled to
have every second weekend off from his
duties.
The Junior Agriculturalist lives on a host
farm with a carefully selected family for the
summer months. Host families must run a
full time commercial operation, and have a
special interest in supervising and working
with inexperienced youth to help . them
develop the skills needed on a farm.
he Junior pro please contact Brock
ady to begin operation for another year. the f
Young people between the ages of 16-18 at the Clin 482 3
with no previous farming experience are
eligible for the program. These students
must show a willingness to work and learn
on a Host Family Farm for the length of the
program (June -August). Students will be re-
quired to work and live with the family for
12 out of every 14 days.
The Host Family must run a full time
commercial operation and have a keen in-
terest in supervising and working ,with in-
efxperienced young people. The Host Fami-
ly is required to supply a training allowance
of $10 per day as well as the student's room
and board.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Food will
meet that $10 per day to enable the student
to receive a total training allowance of $20
per day.
At this time, there is still a need for both
Host Families and students in Huron Coun-
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