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New Chairman Appointed to Canadian Dairy Commission The Independent, Canadian Statesman Weekender, Bowmanville, Saturday, May 14,1994 23 Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Minister Ralph Goodale announced the appointment appointment of Gilles Prégent, Louis Balcaen and Alvin Johnstone to the Canadian Dairy Commission (CDC) effective June 1,1994. Mr. Prégent of St. Léonard, Quebec, Quebec, has been appointed Chairman. He is currently president of la Régie des marchés agricoles et alimentaires du Québec, a provincial government agency that acts as a tribunal for the agricultural sectors governed by marketing marketing regulations. He is also a member member of the board and executive committee committee of the International Association of Milk Control Agencies. Agencies. The Durham Regional Police are asking the public for assistance in locating locating a missing Pickering man. Missing is: Raymond Cochrane, 46 years of Glennanà Rd. Pickering, Ontario. The missing person is described as being 5' 4" tall and weighing 131 lbs. He was last seen wearing a blue jacket, blue jeans, and black shoes. He is believed to be operating a 1985 Dodge Aries, 4 door, blue with licence plate number 767 BHR. The missing person is extremely depressed and requires medication. Anyone seeing this person or vehicle vehicle is asked to call their local Police Service or the Durham Regional Police, Police, 25 Division at Extension #321. Louis Balcaen, past president of the Dairy Farmers of Canada, has been named Vice-Chairman of the CDC on a part-time basis. Mr. Balcaen Balcaen has been a member of the Dairy Farmers of Canada's Board of Directors Directors since 1981. He is currently Manitoba's Manitoba's producer delegate to the Dairy Industry Strategic Planning Committee Committee and is a member of the federal government's Task Force on Orderly Marketing. Mr. Balcaen operates a dairy and grain farm in La Broquerie, Manitoba. Mr. Johnstone, of Red Deer, Albert, Albert, will be a part-time Commissioner. Commissioner. He has played an active role in many dairy associations including the Alberta Dairymen's Association, National National Dairy Council of Canada, International International Ice Cream Association and the Agri-Food Competitiveness Council. "I am very pleased to have these capable businessmen at the Commission," Commission," said Minister Goodale. "I look forward to working with the Commission Commission as the dairy sector evolves to meet the challenges of the future." The Canadian Dairy Commission, set up in 1966, is a crown corporation that advises the Minister of Agriculture Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada on matters matters relating to the dairy industry and develops policies and programs which meet the needs of the industry. : : NRS Edvan Realty Donates Thermometers to Hospital Two tympanic thermometers have been donated to the pediatrics unit of Memorial Hospital by NRS Edvan Realty. Tympanic thermometers are non-invasive thermometers that use an infra-red light which picks up a body's temperature when the unit is held close to the ear. With a simple flick of a button, the device displays a digital reading in Celsius or Fahrenheit. Trying out one of the new thermometers is two-year old Luke, a patient at hie hospital last week. He is shown with Patricia Down, the Nurse Manager Manager for the Pediatrics Unit. Watching the demonstration of the thermometer is NRS Edvan Realty Ltd. broker/owner, Dorothy Hartford. IS Appointed Principal Effective July 1st History professor John Syrett has been appointed principal of Julian Blackburn College, Trent University's University's college for students attending courses at Durham College in Oshawa. Syrett takes over July 1 as principal principal and associate dean of arts and science science from George Nader for a five- year term. Syrett, whose field is American history, has taught at Trent since 1972. He won the Symons Award in 1982 for excellence in teaching and served as chair of the History Department Department for four years from 1984. In the Peterborough community, Syrett fought to save Peterborough Collegiate and Vocational School from closing. Over the years, he has been invited to speak to many local groups about American politics.. The professor will be at the JBC helm as the college undergoes changes changes recommended in a recent report. Trent will be making it easier for part-time students to earn a degree through evening courses, offering more non-credit courses and using technology to offer more distance education. education. Syrett is excited by the challenge of his new post. "There are major things we have to do," he says. Trent's aim "is to provide as good an education and a service as possible." Part-time students make up about' one-third of Trent's total fall and winter enrolment. The university must provide credit courses in traditional traditional disciplines but it can also expand expand its offerings to meet the needs of business people interested in upgrading upgrading courses, retired people interested interested in continuing to learn and adults who have jobs and families but want to get an education, he says. Syrett plans to contact community organizations to find out what non- credit courses Trent might offer to meet their needs. And he plans to find out what - and how - other universities universities have offered part-time students. students. _ jit***** GRAND' Win a Trip 3 DAY GRAND OPENING! (prize/ May 12 th , 13 th and 14 th (Thurs., fh, sat.) th th Choose a ballot with each purchase to receive a discount of 10%-30% off of the marked price! Or you have the chance to win a prize such as free bulbs, light dimmers, and much more! sr. No purchase necessary. The draw will be held on May 14th at 5:00 p.m. in the store. Approx, value of $1000! 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