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14-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, May 30, 1990 Bay of Quinte Conference. Supports Meech Lake Conference Bids Fond Farewell to McKellars SFriday evening was a time for, memories, thanksgiving and farewell for Peter and Olga McKellar as they said goodbye to the members of the Bay of Quinte Conference. Peter and Olga will be taking up a tearn ministry in a pastoral charge at Mitchel, Ontario in London Conference at the beginning of Juiy. Throughout the annual meeting, each Division added words of thanks and best wishes to the McKellars as reports were presented. The Division of Communication, with whom Peter had specific involvement, commissioned Peter and Olga as missionaries to London Con- ference from the true Church, "Bay of Quinte". Shirley Bird, of the Division of Ministry, Per- sonnel and Education, gave Olga a skipping rope, sug- gesting that she was now "skip- ping out" on her former responsibilities in the Division. The Division of Stewardship presented Peter with the first annuai "Mr. Greenjeans Award" for his work in the Agriculturai and Rural Life Committee. The Conference gave the McKellars a slide projector as a parting gift. Peter thanked the meeting for the gift, saying that their old projector had given up the ghost this past Christmas. Peter and Olga leave us after 10 years of service as Executive Secretary of the conference and with the Sydemham Pastoral Charge. Delegates Declare Passion For Unity The Bay of Quinte Con- ference passed a motion asking the Prime Minister and the Premiers of ail Canadian pro- vinces to "provide us with the kind. of statesmanship and tenacity that %mIl secure solu- tions which are both sensitive and adequate to the needs of the people. The motion, which was pass- ed wth an overwhelming ma- jority, suggested that the Meech Lake Accord, although not perfect, is a legitimate hasis for agreement between provinces and represents a conclusion to the promise made to the people of Quebec in the 1980 referen- dum. The delegates to the Bay of Quinte Conference declared their passionate desire to main- tain the unity of Canada, and urged the Prime Minister and Provincial Premiers to provide Canadians with the kind of statesmanship and tenacity that will secure solutions that are both sensitve and adequate to the needs of ail people in this country. The resolution was sent to the Prime Minîster and ail Provin- cial, Premiers during the con- ference annual meeting. Quinte Takes New Direction - Vision Report Received For Study Acknowledging that the structure of the Conference needs to be reassessed, the delegates to the 66th Annuai meeting received a report offer- Bacteria save food?. By John Eberiee 1 1 Scicntists at thc University of Alberta have discovered harrless strains of bacteria that may some day help grocers extend Uic shlf life of fresh meat. The natural preservatives are sLtains, of 'lactic acid' bacteria - a familyof microorganisnis uscd ta mnake yogurt, cheese mnd othe fermented. dairY products. Food, microbilogist Dr. Michael Stiles says lactic acid bacteria- predominate in certain environmnents - namely, on refrigeratcd, 'vacuum- packed meats - by releasing chemicals that inhibit Uicesread of other bacteria. The chernicals, called bacteriocins, prevent both food spoilage bacteria mnd pathogenic bacteria from colonizing vacuumn-packcd meats, he says. Lactic acid bacteria themselves cause neilher 'off odours' nor 'Off tastes'. In effect, lactic acid bacteria mnd their products accounI for thc long shelf life of vacum-packcd meats - up tô 90 days in thc refrigeratar if packagcd under carefully-controlled conditions. Stuces' teamn hopes to breed lactic acid bacteria thal thrivc under arobic conditions as well - that is, in thc presence of oxygen. 'Secdig' freshly- cut meat with such organiaxus mighî make it as 'long-lived' as vacuum- packed produce without incurring Uic costs of vacuum-proccssig. This would dramatically reduce thc amout of meat wastcd cach ycar by grocers, food exportersanmd consumers. Paper- mnd plastic- wrfapped meats typically last less than five days i above-freezmng temtperatures before dhey go bad, notes Sties. Stuces' breeding program. ainis. to isolate, or engineer, colonies of lactic acid bacteria that produce bacteriocins early in their growth cycle. The earlier they do so, the more of an edge lactic acîd bacteria have against other meat microbes. Sties explains that lactic acid bacteria gcnerally fare poorly i aerobic conditions- because their bacteriocins take too long to accumulate. By the time they- wouid normally- appear, food spoilage bacteria have taken over. 1 He and his colleagues have a]ready identified some promising early- producers. In addition, sometimne this sununer they expect to locate the genctic information that contraIs bacteriocin production., Once the search is over, they may be able'ta design lactic acid bacteria capable of producig bacteriocins around, the dlock. Stiles says consumnera have litle ta fear from ceither lactic acid bacteria or their bacteriocins. Bath are digestible, he says. "'U people cmn accept lactic- acid prcserved milk products such as yogurt. cheese .mad butterniff, they should aso' be able to accept lactic- acid preserved meat." Funding for this research came from the government of Albcrta's Farning for the Future Program, the Alberta Agricuitural Research Institute, thc Natural Sciences mnd'Engineering Research Coumcil and private donors. (Canadian Science News) ing four possible options for the future. The options, ranging from no change to a radical vision for the future, are being sent to congregations and preshyteries for further study. The resuits of those con- sultants will be brought to the next annual meeting of the Con- ference. Candidates for Ordination Beverley Burlock, Kingston Presbytery; Kevin Derry, Belleville Presbytery; William Paul Derry, Peterborough Presbytery; Molly Thompson, Peterborough Presbytery; Janet White, Manitou, Conference; Carolyn Elizabeth Woodall, Peterborough Presbytery. Conference Supports MMHS With Changes The delegates to Confernce clearly stated their feelings over the Membership, Ministry and Human Sexualîty statement document from the last meeting of General Council. By a clear majority they have asked the General Council to "affirm the MMHS statement which main- tains the profession of Jesus Christ and obedience to Him as the criteria for membership withîn the United Church of Canada. Petitions from two Pastoral Charges expressed the concern that the words "1regardless of their sexual orientation" in the MMHS statement was a form of reverse discrimination and could be putting up barriers to other minorities. The delegates agreed to send these two petitions ask- ing that those words be removed from the first paragraph of the declaration of the 32nd General Council. Several other petitions, with varying viewpoints regarding the MMHS statement, were sent on to General Council' without the agreement of the delegates. Other petitions adopted in- cluded encouragement of the use of recycled paper in church courts and training for rural ministry. President Installed The Reverend Paul McLegnaghan of the Cobden -Queen's Line Pastoral Charge in Renfrew Presbytery was in- stailed as President of the Bay of Quinte Conference. The ser- vice 'of installation was part of the Ordination service held at Simcoe Street'United Church. McLenaghan brings a sense of pastoral concern and broad ex- perience in the courts of the church to the position. President-Designate Elected The Reverend Dr. Barry St. Germain, Area Minister for the Nortfiern Pastoral Region of the Con ference was elected by acclamation by the Bay of Quinte Conference as President-Designate. Conference Cuts Budget Executive to set Priorities The decline in givings to the Mission and Service Fund have been made reai to the delegates' to the Bay of Quinte Con- ference Annuai Meeting this year. Foilowing a discussion that went late into Saturday evening, the delegates cut the 1991 budget to $330,000 frorn a proposed $37,(VU0 adîothet6 coming year. Delegates were asked to undertake an exercies in setting prioriti es which wouid assist the Executive. One of the proposais in the original budget was to cut the length of the Conference An- nual Meeting to one day in 1991. The Conference would meet for the service of Ordina- tion and emergent business. 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