* i 10 The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, November 23,1988 Section Two Citizens Watch Municipal Election Returns jgy, mm IB gasasraaaEagBaitK Industry Leaders Study Next Century of Agriculture ■Vs. » 'Jki \Wi HEHSEl® MSB ^ The new council chambers of the recently-renovated Bowmanville Town Hall were used November 14 to display the municipal election tallies. Some of the audience audience in attendance is shown here in the galleries. Ex-Resident President of Vancouver Symphony Diane Hoar, formerly of the Bowmanville and Newcastle Newcastle areas, has been named President and Chief Executive Executive Officer for the Vancouver Vancouver Symphony Orchestra, October October 15/1988. Since Diane's graduation with a music major from the University of Toronto she has lived abroad in five of the world's largest cities. During graduate studies at Yale University and at Oxford Oxford England, Diane has pursued opportunities to attend attend musical performances of an international standard and in so doing has formed the intellectual foundations for the continuing process of learning and discovery towards towards a high degree of musical musical literacy as well as facility facility with related languages of French, German and Italian. With this background, Diane served as Director of Planning Planning and Development with Los Angeles Philharmonic for three years. From experiences as manager of an opera group in New York City and as Director Director of Development for the American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco there emerged for Diane the realization of need for formal formal business training. Diane graduated from Stanford with an M.B.A. degree June 1984. Five years of concentrated concentrated business management in New York city with Bankers Trust and Citicorpe provided provided practical application in a world business centre. The opportunity to use her skills of public management with experiences in the world of the Arts prompted a consideration consideration oi the newly created position with Vancouver Symphony. Beyond there, the idea of returning home to Canada is a happy one for Diane. Every good wish is extended extended to Diane in this challenging challenging venture! Diane is the daughter of Ted and Lenore Hoar, Lindsay Lindsay and sister to Lee Anne Johnston, Ottawa. NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING TAKE NOTICETHAT a PublicMeeting olthe Liquor Licence Board of Ontario will be held at the CITY HALL, 50 CENTRE STREET SOUTH, COUNCIL CHAMBER, OSHAWA, ONTARIO on WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14th,. 1988 at the hour of 10:00 o'clock in the forenoon, at which time the Board will hear an application in accordance with the Liquor Licence Act, and Regulations thereunder. The following establishment has applied for a licence of the class indicated, and the application will be entertained at the aforementioned aforementioned location and time: Application For New Licence Cozy Country 96 Waverly Road, Newcastle (Bowmanville) Dining Lounge Licence AND FURTHER TAKE NOTICE that any person who is resident in the municipality and who wishes to make representation relative to the application, shall make their submission to the Board in writing prior to the date of the hearing, or in person at the time and place of the hearing. (Copies of written submissions will be forwarded to the applicant). Liquor Licence Board of Ontario 55 Lakeshore Boulevard East TORONTO, Ontario, M5E 1A4 MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AND ■ COMMERCIAL RELATIONS THE LIQUOR LICENCE ACT Continued research, the development of a food processing processing strategy and concern for the environment are three of the challenges facing facing Ontario's agriculture and food industry as it prepares to enter the 21st Century. That was one of the key messages messages delivered to more than 400 industry leaders at an annual forecasting conference conference by Agriculture Minister Jack Itiddell. "Our goal is to stay ahead of international agri-food competition by producing high quality, safe, cost- efficient food that meets the needs of consumers worldwide, worldwide, while sustaining and protecting our irreplaceable environment", Riddell said as he opened the sixth annual annual conference sponsored by his ministry. The "Agri-Food: A Look Ahead" conference, under the theme "The Next Hundred Hundred Years", explored the forces and trends that will shape Ontario's agriculture and food sector from a number number of key perspectives. Conference Conference speakers, among them Canadian Federation of Agriculture (CFA) president president Don Knoerr, scientist and broadcaster Dr. David Suzuki, and World Food Council executive director Gerry Trant, offered their views of where agriculture is headed in the next century. Tremendous growth in the world's population, especially especially in developing countries, countries, means there will be more than six billion people on the planet by the turn of the century, said Trant. While food production capacity capacity has increased in recent recent decades, the problem of sp ap m gg§ ®g§ L-L'/* w&Ti Li.tti] S.tjbx. m WILLIS FINANCIAL SERVICES ! ll our best interests are yours! 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While he will be located in the Oshawa office, Mr. Patte looks forward to assisting clients of the Bowmanville and Port Perry offices with their income tax concerns and planning. planning. WINTERS, SUTHERLAND & MOASE is a regional firm of Chartered Accountants Accountants providing auditing, accounting, taxation, data processing and computer consulting services to a wide range of small and medium sized businesses in Durham Region. The firm is committed to providing services of the highest quality to its personal and business clients to help them meet the challenges of tomorrow. WINTERS, SUTHERLAND & MOASE 135 Simcoe Street North Oshawa, Ontario L1G 4S6 (416) 579-5659 , , , Also located at: ; k?':": 23 Silver Street 238 Queen Street Bowmanville, Ontario Port Perry, Ontario L1C3C4 LOB 1 NO (416)623-9461 (416)985-8893 world hunger remains to be solved. "'At present there is enough food to feed all the world's peoples. But having enough food for everybody does not mean that each and every one of us is getting enough food", he said. Trant noted that mechanization mechanization and the deveopment of agricultural chemicals have helped increase productivity, productivity, and said the World Food Council recognizes the need to control and regulate these new chemicals in an environmentally safe manner. manner. Population growth, too, is a concern for Dr. Suzuki, primarily primarily because of the way man interacts with the environment. environment. "There has been an enormous increase in our ability to attack the environment," environment," he said. He warned that agriculture is facing cataclysm cataclysm as desertification, deforestation deforestation and environmental environmental degradation become global issues. Suzuki challenged challenged farmers in the audience audience to re-discover a spiritual spiritual connection to the land and "help re-connect us to the ecosystem." ecosystem." Jacques Maltais, President President of Quebec food retailing retailing giant Metro-Richelieu Inc., agreed that environmental environmental concerns will become increasingly important among consumers in the near future. Food processors are aware of the current trend toward fresh, pure and natural products, he said. "Tomorrow's consumers will be increasingly aware of everything to do with food and the environment," Maltais Maltais noted, "Any company that endangers the environ ment to increase its productivity productivity will risk massive public condemnation." "What we as farmers of today have to realize is that choices we make today will have a profound effect' on what we leave for the farmers farmers of tomorrow," said CFA president Don Knoerr. Knoerr participated in a panel discussion on farm and rural society with University University of Guelph economist Prof. George Brinkman and farmer and television host Paul Meldrum. Knoerr said decisions about land base, ownership, finances, technology technology ana research must leave as many options as possible open to following generations. "Family farms are likely to survive as an important form of business operation," said Prof. Brinkman, although although they will likely be different different in form and structure. "I see the opportunity for viable viable Canadian agricultural sector but one that is based on high levels of sophisticated sophisticated management", he added. Survival of the family farm was a concern also expressed expressed by Meldrum. "We are entering into a period where the traditionaly family family farm is being threatened, by both economics and social policy", he said. Finances, education, public perception of farming and the political process are all critical to long-term survival he said. The future of the family farm and its role in rural society society was a theme stressed earlier in the conference by Agriculture Minister Jack Riddell. "The ability of Ontario farmers to adapt to change and overcome obstacles is centred on the rejuvenating ability of the family farm, said Riddell. "This is one heritage heritage we must not lose. This is why many of the programs programs and policies of my ministry are geared to helping helping farmers help themselves." themselves." Deputy Agriculture Minister Minister Clayton Switzer wrapped up the conference by notine that as the agricul ture and food sector looks to the future, so too does the Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Switzer said financial stability for producers, education education and training, stewardship stewardship of soil and water resources, resources, and competitiveness will continue to be priorties for the ministry in the future. future. 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