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ITS A PARTY Celebrate with us It Is less than a week till the Cultural Centre s First Anniversary and there are plenty of events planned tor the celebration Seats are going fast but you can still get tickets for Brigand Amateur Night An Evening of Song and Music and Long John Baldry For children there Is Dick Whlttlngton and His Cat a lively perfor ma nee by the Inner Stage Theatre Group Don t miss these great performances Come out and celebrate For tickets and information call Guelphs Brigand opens anniversary you enjoy the mus of Steeley Span and Convention you II no doubl lake a special interest in Brigand a fivemember electric oik band which Is promoting In Canada what has already been widely accepted the and Popular on the Canadian circuit and seen on Global TV the CBC Search for the Stars series and at In Toronto Guelph based Brigand appears at the John Theatre next Monday Nov Hat 30 pm kicking off the librarycultural centre first bash Brigand joint instrumental prowess made for an eye- popping evening reviewer commented recently With its pot of nautical J original airs and born again ballads Brigands music will appeal to folk and folk rock fans of all ages What makes Brigands honorable efforts especially interesting to Caned is Its members fervent admiral Ion for the nation musical heritage which Is articulated again and again in their concerts A handful of well respected bands around the world plumb their national heritages for influences contemporize traditional Canadian music through he keyboards dulcimer tin whistle and A gifted actor blessed w an excellent sense of rhythm bass guitarist John Black Es a predominant sound on Brigand new album Same Old Songs Same Old Habits Trained in vocal piano and theory lead singer Ann also plays guitar in Brigand From country rock to reggae John of brings exceptionally well rounded experience to the band And finally Sherrle Powell bachelor of music degree hardly says enough about her vast talent as a fiddler who also teaches music at colleges Tickets for Brigand concert next Monday cost for adults and for seniors and students Buy them through the recreation depart ment SI extension or at the door The Georgetown are making sure local children aren t left oat of the eel brations or the LibraryCultural Centre first birthday Theyre sponsoring the Inner Stage Theatre Company production of Dick Whlttlngton and His Cat a week from Saturday Nov Speclallting lively children and family entertainment Inner Mage has prepared a marvellous production of the famous tale featuring tinging dancing adventure humor You won want to mils their fine performance Tick tit are Tor children and for and are available through the town recreation department Pal Smith 1100 or V the door Photo submitted Local groups combine for musical night In honor of lis upcoming anniversary the Cultural Centre promts An Evening of Song and Music Nov Beginning with the Georgetown Girls I Bind Including a soloist and country dancers followed by the Golden Ire era Debbie opera Ik singer of pop and the well known Singers the evening promises to be one of entertainment starting at p K seniors and student ft Tickets at the Recreation Department or at the- door Hows your yodelling Not and at 10 a and 1 p Nursery Kindergarten and grade 1 Advance book only or ore under Nov and Fun for All Sing Comedy Poetry Modelling and much more Adults Se mors and Students Tickets at door only Nov and Elementary and High SCHOOLS do their own thing Morning and Afternoon Free Board o SECTION A HIE HERALD October IT IK Education director businesses to o work ex Give youth a chance Herald Staff Writer Georgetown business community was asked last Wednesday night to give young people a chance Entreating Its members on behalf of the school board director said on tries to be relevant to the changing needs of th Halton students currently Involved in co operative education he said he like to increase that number Cooperative education allows students to combine classroom lessons with related work experience for credit I look at this as being a key program In the future helping to bridge that gap between school and work Mr Beevor told his audience of about 150 Chamber of Commerce members at the North Halton Golf and Country Club Chambers Commerce can play an important role by providing work expe rience to high school stu dents he said Lets join our hands and provide cooperative education so young people can grow and learn the business community Mr Beevor said URGE YOU To give cooperative education a prod In the right direction Mr suggested on edu cation committee be orgs by the Georgetown Chamber to bring business people together with people in the school system I would urge you as one of your goals in the coming year to establish one be said We would cooperate In such on endeavor The committee would look at ways in which business persons could come into schools and share their r in return nays in which students could share with bus people OR With the unemployment rate as high as it Ls young people are staying in schools longer Mr said Schools arc respond ing to this phenomenon by offering students a diverse curriculum and programs like coop to prepare them for the work world Although enrolments are declining in as elsewhere t mean costs are decreasing at the same rate Mr explained SAME NUMBER Why t costs de creasing if there ore fewer students in the school system Teachers arc being removed Mr Beevor d but they the pro blem He said the problem stems from the same number of school buildings being maintained despite decreased enrolment Discussing the closing of a community school is not the most popular place to be Mr Beevor noted When a business gets In trouble you start examln every penny and ask do I really need this You do things like shutting off the heat In classrooms that being used In business vol either maxi your revenues or decrease your costs Chamber member Lois pointed out to the speaker I real re a lot of parents arc culprits In not want you to close schools and I sympathize with but what half way measures have you taken Mr Beevor said the board has begun a priority system of budgeting as have many organisations in the private sector At budget time trustees ore asking board super ntend to put financing re quests in order of prior ty We do beh closed doors Our budgets are open and you re come to In That way we feel the community has access to what is happen ng Mr said That t happen everywhere folks The board has closed schools he said and recently went through a process of try ing to close several In the southwest areas We went through dele- gat on after on Our costs arc like your costs We have hydro water and heating costs too number of miles buses have to travel I don think you can condemn he board or trustees of not making every attempt to keep costs down Province moves to curb farm closures Agriculture needs help to stay viable minister By MAGGIE HANNAH Herald Special Although the Canadian agricultural industry will survive because people can do without almost everything but food there Is a measure of doubt whether It will remain strong and viable or people will be forced lo depend on potentially unreliable and often poor quality imports Federal agriculture John Wise PC Elgin said agriculture needs temporary government help in the form of a moratorium and emergen cy farm credit corpora tlon funding As guest speaker at Federation of culture annual meeting Thursday Mr Wise added that the longterm needs of the industry Include FCC access to amounts of reasonably priced money Canadian stabilisation programs and capital gains tax systems must bo amended and farm fuel rebates must be instituted Mr Wise said the million of new funding for the FCC which the federal task force on agriculture recommended would lower a significant amount of farm debt to more manageable levels While this money could be found In government budgets now through wiser use of existing money rather lhan by Increasing taxes the government Just re shuffled the FCC a budget and made matters worse Quick passage of Bill was expected to produce immediate extra funding for FCC by allow the corporation to borrow money privately to supplement government funds It was also expected to be used to establish bonds whose interest would be tax deductible This would permit loaning of money raised on the bonds to bo loaned out several points below tho prime rate Mr Wise said the short term loss to the treasury should have been amply compensated for in long term gains in a healthy agricultural Industry Expectations haven t been met he said The bond system has been refused and instead of turning to the cheaper European money market the government recently announced its intention to borrow in the U S Mr Wise said tho Ontario Federation of Agriculture proposal for a market risk insurance plan Involving federal provincial governments and the producer should be examined since payments are often too late Although varla lions might be necessary to some of the proposal details the federal government has ignored the idea The last budget ages foreign ownership of Canadian farmlands be cause capital gains tax must be paid five years Mr Wise said Farms will become avail able to those who have the cash and If the repayment period extends beyond five years the seller may need to borrow just to pay the government tax The government expects farmers to keep price increases in the six and five per cent guidelines but refuses to curtail energy Increases Mr Wise said Statistics blame the per cent energy cost Increase as a major factor In dropping net farm incomes by 17 per cent in 1983 Energy costs in Ontario represent about onethird orthototalindustry cent on the dairy farm and seven per cent for the beef focdlot operator This sort of prominence in the scheme of food production means farmers need reasonably priced Since energy price increases can t be easily passed on to the consumer federal energy tax rebates are essential Those who question why farmers deserve special attention should consider the answer a chartered accountant gave the cultural task force Almost all independent farmers depend op credit he said Of necessity they borrow heavily to start up and must continue to borrow to carry on their operation General operating costs arc fixed and unavoidable The revenue to asset ratio Is extremely low in com parlson to other bus In esses This makes an Interest rate increase of 10 to per cent at least 10 times harder on farmers than on retailers If the federal govern ment can afford to ball out Dome and Ferguson It is only reasonable for them to ball out Canada when that Industry and its supply and service Industries make up per cent of Canada economy and provided a billion trade surplus lost year Courtesy Mercury VOTE YOUR TOWN YOUR CHOICE- AREA COUNCILLOR WARD 3 GEORGETOWN HALTON HILLS Finn POULSTRUP ft speaks Ontario Attorneygeneral Roy McMurtry ls guest 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