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Pile a SECTION THE HERALD Thursday December 1W3 a farmer of the year Sovereign chosen top farmer The Kinsmen our of lights was held under a of rain lasl Wed but the Seniors enjoyed their warm bus tour nonetheless Don back row left to right and Pete were to mid die row left to right Sadie Davidson front row left to right Florence Hubs Ellll Herald photo Assault and sexual assault the new law Legally Speaking By JUDITH KEENE On January he Federal Parliament passed a law that several Important sections of our Code The new law replaces the old of common assault causing bodily harm rape and indecent ass What is assault Everyone knows that if you deliberately hit someone with an axe be charged with assault However assault is more complex that The new law identifies three actions that could result in a charge of assault You can be charged with assault if you deliberately apply force to another person without that person consent attempt or threat en to apply force the other person must reasonably believe because of your actions or gestures that you are able to carry out the threat Obstruct get In some ones way or beg while openly wearing a weap on or an Initiation of a weapon Sexual assault could involve any of the lions above if they are sexual in nature Sexual assault could Involve any kind of forcible unwanted sexual including what used to be called rape or Indecent assault An accused person will not be found guilty assault or scu assault if he or she honestly reasonably believes hat the victim consented to the assault However the victim has not consented if he or she gives in out of fear or threats or because he or she has been deceived Also the vict im has not consented when he or she submits to an assault because of the exercise of autho rity An employer who assaults an employee may be exercising his of authority And or course a parent or anyone else who beats a child may be convicted of assault is now possible for husband or wife to charge the other spouse with assault or sexual assault even while they are living together This is a change from old law a wire could not charge her husband with rape even if they lived apart when the assault occurred What are the penalties for assault of sexual assault A simple case of assault can result in up to five years Sexual con result in up to ten years imprisonment If injuries result or if a weapon real or imlta ion is Involved the penalty can be ten years imprisonment for and fourteen years for sexual assault plus an extra year if a firearm is used If injury such as wounding maiming or disfiguring results from on assault or assault ho penalty may be up o life Imprisonment for aggravated sexual assault Due to space limita lions this article cannot give a complete descrip tion of the new law Wis area like more Information the Federal Govern ment is distributing information They can be obtained by writing to Public Affairs Department of Justice Justice Build Ottawa Ontario IMPORTANT HEAD This article contains general Information about one area of the law It is designed help you rceognlxe when the law can assist you with problem does not provide a complete statement of the law In the area If you have a legal problem you need legal advice which this article cannot provide To get legal advice contact a lawyer or immunity Legal Aid Clinic in your commu This article was distributed in 1983 Because laws published months after the distribution date may no longer be a ecu rate Community Legal Education Ontario and the author of this article will not be responsible for any lass or caused by reliance on any statement contain herein made negll gently or otherwise Conference on problems facing Canadian farms The Ottawa Bureau of The Hers The dismal economic prospects facing the Canadian farmer will be given considerable attention at the federal agriculture department annual Outlook conference in mid December Conference organizers have sche duled a ha If day session at the twoday conference to focus on farm incomes and economies J As plans for the conference proceed statistics continue to indicate that farm bankruptcies mount and cash receipts are stalled Farm bankruptcies monitored by Die federal consumer and corporate affairs department reached at the Junethisycar In had filed for bankruptcy By the time 1982 had ended total of fanners had gone under Hardest hit were livestock farmers who represented S per cent of the J failures although field crop farmers suffered during the year as grain and oilseed prices dropped off J While Interest rates created a crisis situation for farmers a couple of years ago It is now more a problem of high farm Input costs balanced against discouraging revenues During the period of high interest charges farm cash receipts were still And from to 81 those sales advanced by a healthy per cent At that time It was only the beef producers whose operations appeared to be In any jeopardy J But it now appears cash receipt have stalled The federal fact finding Statistics Canada reported a decline of 1 3 per cent in a January to August comparison of 1983 over 19B2 but a late surge in grain prices may reverse that trend J Any gain In the total however Is not expected to change the regional picture More than half the provinces have posted losses In cash receipts ranging from per cent decline in British Columbia a wo per cent drop in sales in Ontario Alberta receipts were off per cent while New Brunswick slipped per cent and Prince Edward Islond and Newfound land were off by four per cent and percent respectively The real beneficiary of any sub stantial increase In grain prices would be Saskatehewan which to the end of August had already realized a gain or 1 per cent In cash receipts and Manitoba which reported a per cent increase Quebec which realized a 1 8 per cent increase and Scotia with a thrccpercentgain were the only other provinces to report an improvement in gross sales The two day Outlook conference has dealt previously with the economy but the emphasis was placed on It at a time when aberrant rates were the principal problem and the financial difficulties were seen to be temporary While interest rales have settled they remain higher than tradillana levels However the situation Is now much more complex and the federal government has not been able to deal effectively with it from the farmer s point of view In the past year and a half the politicians and bureaucrats have been studying the Issue of farm financing and incomes almost continuously But for all heir efforts Ihey have little extend arrangements and funding and offer Interest rebates The most meaningful legislation a bill which would allow the courts some administration over a farmer debts has been mired in a House of Commons subcommittee since mid March Herald Special Richard Sovereign Farmer of The Year exemplifies the high standard of farming in While the business of agriculture in in itself Immer ly demanding of and energy Mr Sovereign is neverthe less Involved in both farm organizations and his community Mr Sovereign is a man who returns as much lo he land as he takes out To this end he has been very active over the past number of years In the Soil and Crop Improvement Association He has served as vice president and president of the and has participated in several erosion control and field demonstration projects As a member of the Ontario boll and Crop Improvement Assoc la tion he If a director representing the of York and Peel He has been a member of the Soil Con Committee the Fertilizer Analysis Committee and the Crop Insurance Committee In addition to his work In soil and crop Impro vement Mr Sovereign Is actively involved in the Region of Agriculture and la a member of the Agricultural Advisory Committee As If the work that Mr Sovereign contributes to Agriculture t enough he Is also very active in other activities within the community Mr Sovereign is cap tain of the Volunteer Fire Department at bride Is an active member of several committees of United Church and is a member of the North Burlington Ratepayers Association The Sovereign farm is located on the Lint just north of Low It Is 120 acres In In addition to his own land Mr Sovereign leases another acres His farming activities arc centered around the production of corn and grains commonly known as cash crops In addition to the production of cash crops Mr Sovereign has a very large grain storage and drying plant which he uses for his own crops as well as custom grain drying storage and transport for other farmers in the area Mr Sovereign is a long time resident of county born and raised on a farm on Plains Road In Burling ton He began farming I peace on his own In 1058 and Mr Sovereign son from he did Tom flge is takes an custom harvesting In helping his 1963 he purchased his lather around the farm form at He the import ance of his family In the operation of his farm While his wife Helen and daughter Beth are not need them especially necessarily out driving for moral support equipment on the farm Courtesy Halton they re there when you Federation of Agriculture Cobourgs James Henry Clarke becomes Judge on birthday A new County Court Judge by the federal govern was sworn in Dec 15 James Henry Clarke of Cobourg was officially installed the day after his birth day He joins four other County Court Judges A senior partner In Clarke Stewart and Mitchell Judge Clarke was called to the bar in 1960 and received his Queens Council honor In As a county court Judge he will be hearing every kind of case ex those involving treason and murder Those are strictly heard by Supreme Court Better pedestrian control at Acton intersection regional police should work with Robert establish a safety patrol at the Mill and Main Streets intersection In Acton town council suggested Monday night Vlckl com plained to council that her daughter has almost been struck twice by cars while crossing the Intersection Council recommended against hiring adult crossing guards for the inter section where the traffic flow is controlled by signals However council agreed that It would consider walk box signals at the intersection when it prepares the capital budget While it agreed a dangerous situation existed at the Acton intersection council declined a similar request for a school It your choice lung cancer kills at least Canadians every year and smokers are times more likely to get lung cancer than smokers Smoking is the number one preventable cause or cancer Parti in the Provincial Time To Quit cessation program this January It a YOUR choice 5 May the peace and joy of the f first Christmas time be yours ft I Mildreds Bob I i Hamilton SEASONS Merry Christmas to our loyal patrons from Maureens Hair Design rlmm In of MM liiiijliimjiiujmHI From nuiugtmefll and staff Freds Towing 8774471 Halton Auto Wreckers 8777289 crossing station at the However council said intersection of Mnin and H Prince Streets in Glen the Glen Williams Williams Chimney fire Thanks to the ringing of a smoke detector a Church Street woman survived a chimney fire in her home Monday Halton Hills fire chief Bill Cunningham said the woman had been downstairs when she heard the smoke detector go off Climbing upstairs she found a lot smoke and BOO worth of damage i Haptr Holidays Merry Christmas As you wrap up your season of good cheer and good friends we fondly offer our hopes for a very special holiday indeedi May you enjoy it to the fullest Many thanks to our Customers ALUMINUM LIMITED 8775383 to you and yours this happy holiday Thank you for your Sea F you ln Nick Cathy Linda Peter WV Dec 24 at 4 until Jan Judge Clarke takes over the seat vacated by County Court Judge Kenneth Blair Judge Blair retired Nov 17 having reached the mandatory retiring age of Elected a member of Ihc National Council of Canadian Bar Assoc a lion In I960 Judge Clarke has extensive ex peri once In criminal l jury and non jury and civil litigation admlnl law estates corporate family and real estate law He has appeared in Small Claims County and Supreme Courts as well us the Court of Appeal Judge Clarke won t be sitting on any cases 3 He getting settled in to his new court house office over the holidays setting up his law books and other reference sources from his years of law practice Fluent in French and English Judge Clarke took a sabbatical to spend a year working with journalist Jean Vanicrand the mentally handicapped in France writing Jour nal in 1973 an account of that experience He is the father of seven children two boys and five girls Including one foster son and one adopted daughter of Vietnamese origin JILL If- tat Whan CARPET CORNER ACTON 8533620 tlltnft isliiRj all the oj Chiitmtu JUDYS Downtown Georgetown 8776755 HAVE A HAPPY 1984 Father Times on his way outl Lets say a fond goodbye and welcome the New Year with celebration Thanks to you 1983 was wonderful the boys wish success In the New Veer to the nicest foBtn our HARVEYS TIRE 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