Halton Hills Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), November 5, 1988, p. 5

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IIALTOMIILLS OUTLOOK Novembers 1KB Outlook op being redesigned in answer to public outcry Speaker tells of work with Third World farmers Using a large wall map of the world liberally sprinkled with stick on dots George Atkins told he au dience at SI John United Church Thankoficring Oct of his wide sweeping swings through the Third World In the interest of Improving the lot of small farmers whosi hands the permanent solution to world hunger basically rests George Atkins retired after years as turn Commentator is most enthusiastic about hli pre sent project Always interested In bringing agriculture and farming to the fore he Is now completing en years as the heart brains and of something called Developing Countries Farm Radio It Is a network thai does no broadcasting its own Instead it gathers in forma dun on grassroots agricultural techniques in the Third World and makes it available In the Form of tapes and scripts to upward of participating radio outlets In marc than TO developing countries Its world wide audience Is estimated a 100 million Information packages geared to small scale farmers will provide technology to Improve supplies and nutrition and the same time decreasing losses The packages are sent out to Third World radio broadcasters In English French and Spanish Scripts can then be translated for local listeners Incxpersiv radios eg in Fiji batteries cents each In Zambia one in IS Africans have a radio Some examples of items exchanged To have clean water in Lebanon they found they could purify water using ultra violet light In Indonesia fuel can be made from corn cobs which have been burned in a V gallon oil drum make charcoal In one Item we reported hot in Botswana mix wood ash Into grain because of weevils Mr Alkins said It discourages them 100 per cent This is Important in formation In places where weevils can reduce food stocks by us much as per cent They had never heard of this practice In Nigeria Mexico or Chile Another Item concerned the widespread problem of animal feed At a bull farm In north western India Mr discovered they store green by mixing it with molasses throw ing It Into a straw lined pit in the earth and covering it gunny sacks and a layer sail The grass remains green and nutritious well Into the dry Information such as his went all over he world To some more or less familiar with scientific such Items as mentioned above seem quaint Nevertheless he in formation provides food In ports of the world where such things can never be taken for granted The Developing Countries arm Radio Network is sponsored by Fcri fort Ma slty of the Canadian International Development Agtncy and general public donations George Atkins lias recently been presented In Ottawa with a prestigious award a centennial medal On its 100th anniversary the Ministry chose one hundred people in Ontario to receive this medal Mr is certainly most deserving recipient Churchgoers arc minded of the constant need of h food bank and urged to continue bringing canned goods and food staples ONE FLAWLESS REASON TO LEARN ABOUT SKIN CARE FROM MARY KAY YOUR COMPLEXION Independent Skin Care and Makeup Consultant 8778150 Halton Hills Job Board The Canada Employment Centre is located at Street Georgetown and open from to p m Monday to Friday The following represents only a few of the Career Opportunities listed on heir Job Boards Order OPERATOR Permanent Musi have a Hoisting Engineer Licence Order CONSTRUCTION full time plus depending on experience Previous general construction experience preferred or will train someone interested In learning the trade Order Permanent or port time hours available to start No experience necessary Employer will train Must have an interest In refinlshlng Reliable pleasant telephone manner Neat and tidy in appearance Order TRUCK GENERAL Permanent depending on experience Must have clean class D licence and be mechanically Inclined Previous welding experience on asset Prior farming background also an asset Must be able to work every other Saturdaya Order CONSTRUCTION HELPER Seasonal depending on experience Previous experience working on a construction site preferred but not essential Must have own tali on to employer Order REPAIRER RADIO COMMUNICATION Salary to be negotiated trainee Permanent hours a week plus overtime Employer prefers an experienced Bench Technician who has a number of years experience making repairs to Audio Equip ment Employer will rain someone a good electronics background Order Permanent fulldme experience Must have some typing Previous of flee ice an asset Must enjoy performing a variety of duties In a small iff you are inlerested in these positions or any other type of Ions visit the Georgetown We are located at Guelph SI and our hours are Monday Friday Mam Public outcry has forced Region redesign the Jt Park at a coot of in extra Georgetown draws per cent of its water from the pumps at the well in Cedarvale Park and I isl year a second well was drilled In the ana to provide emergency witcr But the buildings litre in now badly in need of repair public works commission Thi Region had originally design but residents complained They didn want what looks like an ugly industrial building In a rcsidcndal area said Mr Moore So redesigned he building added more landscaping and the cost has now soared to Fred Oliver said that kind a cost for a pumphouse is equivalent to building a house valued at belween and The people who saw the original design for the new building were very upset said Councillor Marilyn The pumphouse sits In one of Georgetown s major parks in full view of area residents she said And the residents now support the newly redesigned structure which proposes one building said Hills Mayor Miller I don like large costs either but I the committee give il due the need for the Esthetics are very important to people she said Burlington Joan Little pleased about he additional costs What would you want something awful or something pret that going to 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