Halton Hills Newspapers

Acton Free Press (Acton, ON), April 21, 1976, p. 15

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Australian Elaine Hewlett The Acton Free Press Wed April IS Junior Farmer visits Halton Term appointments for board Elaine Hewlett a 24year old Australian junior farmer stopped in Halton last week on the first lap of a three month Ontario tour The of Ontario Junior Far piers Miss Hewlett stayed at the homes of Mr and Mrs J Cordincly in Hornby and Mr and Mrs John Bird near Georgetown Miss Hewlett lives on a dairy farm in Victoria Slate and as a lab technician in a dairy plant While in she exchanged in formation on farming tises Urban members A visit with Agricultural Representative Henry Stanley convinced her that problems related to Junior Parmer organizations are similar throughout the world Fifty per cent of he in the organization here and in Australia are urban dwellers interested in agriculture Miss Hewlett said the program is broken into three areas agriculture cultural and She said the slogan adopted in her country to entice member ship is You Don t Have to One to Be One No alcohol Activities of junior farmers in Australia include comp etitions achievement days judging of stock and fun related programs Alcohol is not permitlcd at a Junior firmer function in Australia It his toted by the people themselves Miss Hewlett home in Northern Victoria is a dairy farm with cows There arc no barns and the herd is m lined on permanent pasture Water problems weather permits the cows to be out of doors yeir iround to be brought in to milking for milking Flood irrigation keeps ihc pasture growing as Australia is a very dry con tincnt Water supply Is a major problem and there are currently many large dams under construction pay for the water used on their land and water rights are purchased with the farm Dams arc opened on a rotation basis with irrigation taking place six months of the year Cows are milked months of the year and it is the rare farmer who has a milk con tact Artificial insemination has been developed in raha over the past years the inevitable lion about the abundance of kangaroo Miss Hewlett says they arc bet as much as deer are seen in Canada Wall arc in far greater dance Miss Hewlett plans to be m irncd in October two months afler returning lo her home Her future husband is a sheep ind wheat farmer but she ill continue lo work as a lab technician She visited some groups while in and hopes in the future to work with child in filial home I re UK feel at home here in inidi Miss Hewlett snd in her broad Australian iccent We seem lo speak sunt and have imc interests I w is told not to call a Canadian an and I used to wonder how I would know the difference Being here I can really tell Miss Hewlett will visit Wellington Bruce Oxford counties and Hamilton In future all Board of Education consult will only work on their project until it is finished and then return to the classroom The board decided Thurs day that all appoinlments for consultants beginning in September of 1977 will be term only Board hires values education consultant values education curriculum implementation by loaning an art consultant John Martin for a year to Hastings County Board of Education While ihe board will con linuc to pay Martin Hastings will reimburse ELAINE HEWLETT centre is an Australian guest who addressed the Acton Junior Farmers Club Wednesday at Balhnafad For the first week of her stay in Halton Miss Hewlett 24 was the guest of Edward Bird 2 Georgetown This week Miss Hewlett is staying with Cindy Beck s family at Milton Miss Hewlett showed colored slides about dairy farming in Victoria State to club members Board of Education found a way I keep a consultant working on Ihc values program When the Primary Task dies this summer the values education program and the people working on it were to return either to their duties it ihe Ministry of or else classrooms Thursday the board decided il could pay Herb a former School to continue serving is for The vacancy on the payroll by Mr Martins one year dtpirturc will enable the bo to pay Mr consult mis wages and keep ihe sue of the consultative stuff within the board guide lines of Cut annoys Dairy farming subject s spouse Recently the board sent four of its consultants back to the classroom and tendent of Program John Boich said it was a traumatic experience for everyone on Ihe consultative staff since everyone was wondering four people would be chapped Balch told Ihc board that size of the consultative stiff has grown considerably in years because of the demands for more work to bo done by consultants in the area of development and implementation of core It is now time for us to slow things down and focus on specific areas he said He said in the years to come some consultants will be needed lo stay in their pre sent roles while others will have to be retrained or relumed to the classroom Trustee Ernie was concerned about term because he said it ids lo people trying to take turns at holding a position The situation could get a Utile too clubby he ob served said the board will choose a specific Job to be done by a consultant deter mine how long it should lake and then hire the appropriate person He said with this new sys lent everyone on the consult staff will know exactly where they and how long it will be before they are moved on to another job ar thought If a term appointment was for two years it might lead to a lack of enthusiasm In the last year since the person would know no matter what happened the job would be over after two years said there ire con working in that sit already and he has noticed no slacking off Botch said the same type of term appointments ire being considered for also Jr agriculturalists get back to land Acton Junior Farmers received an insight into dairy farming in Australia when Elaine Hewlett made a half hour slide presentation at Ihe dubs last Wednesdiy Miss Hewlett is from population in Victoria Stale As Miss Hewlett narrated the show interest in farming in Australia picked up among the members They heard there wis no need for barns and that several services and machines are similar to those available here Interests dropped however when the Australian miss explained thai diiry it 111 1 is irrigitum tannine Witcr she told the must he paid tor In it it is very ex iter ispumptd leu miles lo Hewlett farm Hosts Miss Hewlett who is vesitine seven Ontario lies in three months started her stay in with Birds family Cindy Beck of Milton is hosting Miss Hewlett during her second week stay Hewlett farm his no acres Most of the herd is Jersey but there ire some Artificial is used 100 percent on the arm Most of the dairy products ire passed through a milk marketing Japin is the market for butter One of difference between here and in in the fencing Miss Hewlett said Instead of having ill posts due into the wound the Australians use one he ivy pole every three droppers which just hold tin fence down she said Miss Hewlett the Junior I- to take every opportunity to win an over seas Inp To most 16 and 17 year olds farming is getting back to Ihe land and the fresh clean air of the countryside But taking part in Ihe Ontario Ministry of lure and Food Junior Agriculturalist prognm dis cover first hand not all it ikes to run i successful farm operation Host firmer for the Junior Agriculturists accept the responsibility of helping these inexperienced young people over a nine week period during the summer They re interested in young people and interested in teaching Ihem the basics of igncul from livestock pro to machinery mam nance This summer the Junior program will lie operating for the fourth Young people will be placed on selected com operations through out the province where they will live wiih and participate in Ihe regular ictivities of the family The young people will receive a training Ministry will pay 6 and Ihe host farmer will provide in addition room and worth a day Details of Ihe program and applications for host farmers interested young people ire from county ind district offices of the Ontario Ministry of Agricul lure and rood Ihe of i ilton supply icher told Hal ton Board of I Thursd llul it is not supply ichors proper not of reduction in their pay Hilton informed the board an official of Ihe Ministry of Labor mtilovmcni St Branch told him that Where records show that 1 rate of pay is est ibhshed by any pro cedure we would expect th it rale to paid until which lime person illy the employee of the Hilton ill supply rtnnttd for work this mi nth without Ik inc notified then p i bis tut Mi told Hit board tin I lb the An should notify of reisonibU length of tunc it ikes effect Hilton reported tin is Hilton saul tint is of list I the hid fill to with tin laboi Mm Federation says land- use planning chaotic The Ontario Govern ments policy on land use planning is at pre sent said Gordon Hill president of the Federation of Agriculture The federation claims to re present J5 per cent of farmers through its individual farmer members and its commo dity group members three provincial cooperatives and educational associations Mr Hill presenting the an OI- A brief to Cabinet explained farmers may com Ply wilh suggested Code of radices for livestock opera tlons and yet find they are harassed or forbidden to ex due lo the sensitivities of their new neighbours Farmers are often zoned into agriculture by municipal by laws while in adjacent juris dictions councils allow sever from farms and visions on top farmland irmers see the provincial government failing to end this chaos of speculation and land dealing It to farm that the Ontario Govern places higher priority on environmental and rccrca uses lain on food pro duction And under Ihe Niagara Act and the Park way Belt Act the Minister has been given such wide thority that he may override any municipal zoning by laws or local plans There is no ap peal in court to decisions of the Minister more frightening is the unplanned way in which Hydro is expanding Hill said He explained At Ihe mom Hydro has identified study areas for generating of Ihcsc are in Ontario and the other IB arc in Southern Ont surrounding our prime land If all these plants are built Southern Ontario will be ring with these plants along the shorts of the Great Lakes The amount of land involved in these plants is mately 500 acres Ihe size or Oxford County and lust represents ihc direct de velopment Industrial and ban development will occur in the vicinity of each of these plants taking much more than acres It is of course protested to compensate farmers for the loss of value of their farms through freezing land inlo agriculture would be pro hibitive But Mr Hill pointed out OF A has suggested a scheme by which either a market for development rights or Ihe public holding of development rights be creat of these could be done at an cost to the public treasury SILLY GEESE These Canada geese decided to wander away from the lake to see how the rest of Acton was enjoying the warm weather They feasted on garbage left for Tuesday pickup and on bread donated by Gwen Price of Main Street The geese decided to rest on a neighbouring lawn after stopping the traffic to cross the busy highway Teacher seminar Plan involvement urged the problem lit questioned the 1 f sip ir He I trust Hill 1 en to eote the iMirlion of supply tut motion which dt ill with those who li school Hilton whin bo ird is iv in form ilmn ihout supply rates il other bo month dttiduif to tut Hilton supply s trustees didn rttut itls to m ikt 1 pro on to point out may because of an expect d Inflation Hoard ruling mil some of the rates Hoard and Pi for not entitled to teach Ik said figures not ided board show itokt Toronto supply leathers can make as inuth is J 1 day and is is WJ a day the 1 iiHOhi board His figures out that other qualified teachers nuking as little as Hal ton supply do now 11 illpn leathers it the 1 level m ike div 41 GO a day it school level since Hit tuts be tame effective it tin start of April school it idcS38 high school supply ithtrs mule i day itt Immt das care for four children and suggested w is simp private home bibs silting Hit teacher is expected to not just fir up to odd students comparison would seem to indie lit you were not over I iym the supply teachers it day he Hilton it was unfair if the board to single out the it hers as the one roup must ike pay tut Helen How I fully with Mr Hilton views I lu ho ird rest 1 nil the NOW IS A BEAUTIFUL TIME TO LEARN TO FLY Air Services a Ministry of Transport approved Flying School offers you a com Private Pilot Training Course This course is an organized Flight and Ground School Curriculum taught by Professional In structors in modern radio equipped Cessna aircraft LET US PUT YOU IN THE PILOTS SEAT Phone Now For Your Introductory Flight Lesson Guelph Air Services No Guelph Ont tkti White the hoard v Guard Your Familys A seminar sponsored by Teachers Association political tion committee on municipal politics was held Salurday in Burlington Responding to comments made by such speakers as Judy Alexander Chairman of the Board of Eduei Hon and Mary Munro Burlington and Region Councillor the teachers con their role in the upcoming local and regional election in December Most of the participants felt should be made more and become more ittivtly involved in locil elections and govern en ihe rtduttdnUs which on such issuts is child higher Hi those in bust iffit saftly Hilton We trustees need other isitd Mrs inder explaining that balance between tilt professional and lay opinions on decisions is in the best interest of the children Mrs pointed out that ithtrs should display higher profile in local politics by their he GIANT COLOR CONSOLE BR0N10 SELTZER FAMILY SIZE i wwSVffqOPJO Members of separate school hoard and officials visited Acton schools last Thursday considering the possibility of future snared accommodation The board is also negotiating for a site for a separate school in Acton The charm of one of Milton tint old where you may expect carefully prepared continental cuisine in an atmosphere charm and pact The graclousness of the three dining rooms is enhanced by Queen Anne chairs and tables set with matching crystal silver and the beauty of bone china Ifarrop of Milton for true In lunching and dining Fully Licenced ALL MAJOR CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED RESERVATIONS ONIY 878 345 STEEtES AVENUE MILTON MANUFACTURER S WARRANTY 20 COLOR PORTABLE FARMER mi 8265371 NO MONEY DOWN No Payments fill June GILLETTE the dry look 30 More Schick 09 Twin INJECTOR Twin 5 fit all double edge razors Prices Effective Til May 1st Bunny Win Joan Ford St Acton OPEN NIGHTLY TILL SATURDAYS On Hwy Mile North of Hwy Acton Pharmacy DOWNTOWN ACTON

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