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Weekend THE VOICE OF HALTON HILLS SINCE 125thYEARNo 5924PAQES SINGLE COPY 232P GST 25 HALTON HILLS ONTARIO FRIDAY JULY 26th 1 By STEVEN The Herald Unless the federal and cial governments move quick and provide more assistance many Ontario farmers face financial ruin A spokesperson at an Ontario Federation of Agriculture state of emergency press conference in Toronto last Wednesday said grains and oilseed farmers need immediate help They are seek more than million in federal and provincial assistance This is indeed a real crisis OFA President Roger George said Frank Anthony President of the Ontario Corn Producers Association and local farmer said prices for grains and oilseeds are now about per cent of what they were in the 1930s He explained that in the last six ths the price of wheat has drop from per tonne to per tonne and corn prices have fallen from a bushel to 15 a bushel There s not much more room for prices to drop explained Mr Anthony We ve had to batten down the hatches and cut back where we can Mr Anthony a fourth genera tion farmer In Halton Hills stated that while the situation in is not quite as serious as in southwestern Ontario where there are considerably more farmers the problems are con across the because gram and oilseed prices are the same in all areas of On The Ontario Corn Pro Association has been in operation for years and represents over 26 farmers Ontario While the federal and cial governments have decided on assistance programs such as NISA National Insurance Stabilization Account and GRIP Gross Revenue Insurance Plan to help farmers starting in there is nothing to compenstate farmers because of the current prices Gary Johnson Communica Planning Officer with the Ontario Federation of Agriculture said that a gap has been lift by the two levels of governments and that there is a serious problem now He explain ed that prices have dropped con and have continued to stay low and farmers can only sustain the tough times so long The problem has been on go ing for some time and farmers need assistance now Mr Johnson staled We haven heard anything from the federal or provincial government yet he added He explained the two assistance programs to start in the coming year are designed to act as price stabilizers and will compensate farmers when prices are low In the past he noted government assistance programs for farmers have been on a temporary basis Provincial Agricultural Representative for Halton Marie Hartly explained world prices and fairly well run subsidized programs in the United States and Europe have been the main reasons why grains and oilseed prices m Canada are so low Ms Hartly stated there are between and 750 farmers in Halton Region 200 of whom are cash crop farmers She predicts there will be a decline in the of area farmers if things do not lm prove Halton Feel MP Garth Turner said he will meet with the Halton Federation of Agriculture within the next two weeks to discuss the problems facing the farmers and how these problems specifically affect the area While he Continued on Page 2 Wheeling Into a finish between Halton Regional Police Inspector of Operations Ron Sullivan and North Halton s me Prevention Officer Sergeant Dave Gwllliams is Georgetown Village Constable Nick astride his newly equipped cross trainer bike he It be riding around town on Constable Leoni officially launched the local bike program Tuesday when the police service s two Target Response Ac by Cycling Enforcement TRACE of fleers came to Georgetown to practise bicycling techniques with Constable Leoni such as this type of arrest procedure the two are performing on the wary Inspector and Sergeant Constable will use the bike donated by OHie Cycle and Ski to travel the outer perimeters of his downtown Georgetown beat and use it as an example of bicycle safety Herald photo by Lisa Boonstoppel Pot Georgetown resident Siena Van took time out of her busy schedule to pose for his picture Wednesday afternoon at her home Ms Van Hoekelen who was the Lions Club of Georgetown Citizen of the Year was also recently nominated for the Ontario Senior Achievement Award Herald photo Local resident nominated for special senior award Georgetown resident Siena Van Hoekelen says she couldn t believe it when she was nominated for the Ministry of Citizenship s Ontario Senior Achievement Award I asked myself why me Ms Van Hoekelen said I thought it was quite an honor While she was not one of the 21 recipients of the award for 1991 she explained she was not disap pointed and receiving a tion was flattering enough A resident of Georgetown since 1968 Ms Van was nominated for the Senior Achievement Award by Florence Smith and Alice Grefnaway of the Georgetown and District Seniors Association where she is on the board of directors in charge of These two ladies also nominated her for the Lions Club of Georgetown 1990 Citizen of the Year which she won Ms Van Hoekelen and her band emigrated from Holland to British Columbia in 1951 with six children In 1968 she moved to Georgetown remarried and con tmued to raise her family For many years she canvassed for several heart cancer and Red Cross campaigns and was a volunteer with the Mothers Self Help Group the Health Unit food clinics and the Bennett Health Care Centre among others Along with being on the board of directors for the Georgetown and District Seniors Association Ms Van is also a dedicated member of Holy Cross Parish and the Catholic Women League She Is very involved with the St Vincent Paul clothing project We don t think she ever says no says Florence Smith and Alice Greenaway She has great faith n her ability to mastermind any project to a successful con elusion These two ladies explained this active senior still finds time to keep fit at Work That Body When my children moved out on their own I needed to find things to keep me busy said Ms Van Hoekelen I m note the kind of person who enjoys sitting around Developers could face increased building fees The Herald Local taxpayers would pick up the additional expense if a pro posed industrial and commercial Town development fee charge is opposed as was hinted at during a special Town Council meeting Tuesday Town Consultants CN Watson and Associates Limited of to has recommended Town Coun approve developers be charg ed 1 per square foot to build a commercial or industrial space Currently no such charge is im posed If the figure is approved which won t be decided upon until September then the money would go toward covering town and hydro services that compan a project Consultant representative Con me Kilgour told council Tuesday she predicts the per square foot for an industrial complex would be sufficient to cover the total cost for all services directly related to a project However if the charge is eliminated or reduced then the local taxpayer will be required to make up the difference through increased taxes Town Treasurer Ray King told council if the charge was eliminated then peoples taxes would automatically increase ap proximately an additional 10 per cent over the next 10 years Despite this information some councillors urged by represen tatives from the business and development community sug a reduction if not an elimination of the commercial and industrial charge should be considered Councillors Alf Spence and Anne Currie both agreed it made no sense to charge developers for industrial and commercial development whpn there has been virtually no such develop ment in the Town for the past several years Continued on Page 2 An Inside Look GEORGETOWN WOODWORKS LTD 247 ARMSTRONG AVE Cabinetry Genera KITCHEN CABINETS Ho Bo Von I A A Add I lorn I 7757 Local student participated in PEACE program See Page 3 for story and pictures the HERALD SERVING HILLS SINCE Police But 2 Community Features 3 Focus Environment Carlo Testa 11 Seniors 6 Religion Food 7 Sports 13 news Entertainment 16 Steamer 9 Youth 17 Raeside Classified 18 20 Weirs World 10 Hottne Poets Comer 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