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4-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday^ October 24th. 1979 Receives recognition of 15 years Bill Tamblyn, Orono (left) 4-H program in Durham service, time and talent in the and Don Welsh, Darlington County. The certificates were movement. The presentation (right) received 15 year presented bÿ A.O. Dalrymple was made , at the Annual Certificates for their extend- in recognition of the years of Awards Night held in Orono. ed leadership service in the- Top showman Elaine Sikma of Orono is the top Junior Dairy Show- presented with the* Rise- person at the recent Durham borough Award at Ùie 4-H Agricultural Fqir. The pre- Annual Awards. Night in sentation was made'by John Orono last Saturday. Elaine DeVries, receives the award for being . Rural students enroll Kemptville Enrolment in agricultural courses at the Kemptville College of Agricultural Technology Technology has climbed another 15 percent. Two hundred and ninety-four students Will be taking agricultural classes while another 92 will be taking home economics. Much of the increase has occurred in the senior year where 127 students have registered in agriculture. A significant change has occurred in the background of the student body. A decade after Woodstock, the urban influx of students that once comprised 40 to 45 percent of the student body has dried to a mere trickle. • An examination of the background information sheets of 139 incoming students students (all that were available WILL CIRCULATE PETITION (Continued from page 1) concern for people -,in the Town. He also said the Town of Newcastle council had the opportunity to oppose the development. The Town, said Irwin, will have a big clout against the proposal.. It was decided that a copy of the petition should go to both council and the Ministry. It was pointed out at the meeting that seventy percent of the accidents on the highway over the past three years were caused by left- hand turns. David Bryn-Jones was asked what impact the new proposal would have on highway businesses. He said some were going to be hurt badly while others to a lesser degree. He also said that statistics from a similar development on Highway No. 11 were notas bad as had first been, considered. He .said "there was an* initial drop but then it appeared to come back. Fred Irwin pointed out that he along with Sam Cureatz, Coti'ncs. Barr and Clarke were to meet with the Minister of Transportation, James Snow on November 6th. Counc. Barr said it was not best to be totally negative in the brief and asked if alternatives alternatives had been suggested. He said the Town would be willing to listen. Herb Elson pointed out to the meeting that the Ministry was expanding Highway 401 to six lanes to Highway 115. In order to be realistic something something has to be done with Highway 115 and he felt that the proposed development could not be stopped. He also said that Highway 407 was some twenty miles off. "We are going to have a highway", the pressure is'too great", he stated. He also pointed out that the Ministry does count dollars and cents in their proposals. He said, "Don't get me wrong I don't want any great change". Fred Irwin said the council of the Town of Newcastle had the wallop to stop the proposal. proposal. He said 'through reengineering reengineering the life of the highway could be extended a further ten to fifteen years. Hé pointed out that if people could stop the proposed Pickering airport the people in this area could stop the proposed development on Highway 115. He also stated that more stop lights would control the movement of traffic on highway 115. At the close of the meeting volunteers to circulate petitions petitions in opposition to the highway were asked to contact contact the Irwins and the meeting was called upon to give total support to the opposition of the proposal. at time of writing) showed that only 5 percent come from urban centres. Seventy- five percent have lived all or most of their lives in a rural setting while the rest are classified as rurbans, people with one foot in each camp. Principal John Curtis believes believes enrolment will continue to climb. "Canadian land," he says, "is still a relatively cheap commodity. That's why foreign countries are investing in it". Despite high costs, "a young man will find it easier to get into farming here than in any other country in the world." Ontario, he believes, boasts the best marketing system for farmers in the world. "You can buy quota Which guarantees guarantees an income which is relative to expenses". Except for a brief period during the Second World War, agriculture appeared unable to recover from the depression. depression. In the 70's the wealth started to shift into resource industries and "the hewers of wood and carriers of water started to come into their own". The commodity price in the future will depend on the supply of hydro carbons ' and it won't matter if you're producing food or gas, Curtis believes. Curtis also believes society is moving slowly toward a dependence on agricultural education for financial credit. One young man who came for an interview to the. College this summer said he was refused a large loan by a major lending • organization because he lacked agricultural agricultural education. < ROD STORK Rod Stork, guest speaker at the Annual Awards Night and Banquet of the Durham 4-H Clubs at the Orono Arena on Saturday night spoke of pressures now being faced by young people. He said the decisions that young people have now to make are tremendous. Stork, of the Ministry of Agriculture and Food and formerly out of the, BOwmanville office, has worked with young people through the Ministry and through such organizations as the 4-H clubs and Junior Farmers organizations. In speaking to his audience of young 4-Hers he . asked . them if they were getting all they could out of the 4-H organization. "Get high on life", is our motto, he said, be sure to gain all you can and to dévelop'-to your full potential. , He also called upon the young to be themselves for he felt thht the more you tried to be something you aren't the less chance you have of being yourself.' In speaking' of pressures being placed before the young, he said, parents want "Johnny" to attend the same University, get the same or better education than dad and place a continual pressure against the young to achieve. He told his audience that he has had a great deal of association with young groups across the province and'citing one case said that parents were more concerned the time of night he had brought home three boys rather than his report that they were takihg drugs. "Did you make a mistake", he was asked. He said there was no indication of love or concern on the part of the parents. "Be a leader by being yourself and to do what you see and not what others think", he said. OVER 500 PLANT TREES • (Continued from page 1) manner, outlined the proper procedure for planting the young trees. The skit was well received by those in attendance. attendance. The planting of the trees was well organized as well with each participant being given a row number and tree number. All such locations were marked in the furrows where the trees were to be planted! 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