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10-Orono Weekly Times, Wednesday, May 31, 1989 Always an interesting showing of art Diane Brachvogel of Whitby always provides an interesting showing of art with her wood burning art, an art that is seldom seen except by this artists. artists. A few words of advice The artist is also entering another phase of her art with a nostalgia flavour which was also on display with many soft colours. The Town and the Kendal Recreation organization were locked in battle in softball on Sunday. Frank Stapleton, cat cher for the Town, takes a minute to give a few hints on the game to Barb Parry in the art of flitting the ball. Mainstream Canada A little bit at a time By Ann M. Smith There are few subjects more touchy in this country than imcinplov trient insurance. That probably explains why few federal federal governments have been willing to consider opening the books on the subject, let alone do anything about it. So when [Employment Minister Minister Barbara McDougall recently went ahead and'not only opened die books, but actually wrote a new chapter, the fall-out was even heavier than anti,ciphled. I here is, a I let all, good reason why most politicians--past and present-- prefer to tap dance around this issue whenever possible: • U1 is one of the most expensive government programs around. It currently costs Canadian Canadian taxpayers an excess ol $ 11-billion each year; • this staggering amount of money docs not include the tens of millions of dollars shelled out over the yeat's to study,the issue, usually through Parliamentary or Royal Commissions. • few serious observers of the system will deny that, overly-generous benefits in certain certain parts of the country have created a major disincentive for at least some unemployed workers to re-enter the workforce workforce and; • the very powerful Canadian, Canadian, labor movement has vehemently vehemently maintained its position that more unemployment insurance insurance is better--not less. Such obstacles left McDougall McDougall the unenviable task of "better spending" the $11-billion albatross and, after weeks of speculation, her recently announced announced strategy recommended more than $1.2-billion in cuts to the U1 system. She did this by tightening eligibility requirements requirements and cracking down on' people who decide to quit their jobs for no plausible reason. Under these wide-ranging proposals, the $ 1.2-billion savings would then be redirected redirected into training programs and this would then bounce former claimants back into the workforce. Despite a lot of talk to the contrary, there was nothing particularly particularly earth-shattering about McDougall's announcement. The simple fact of the matter is ■that in view of our $320-billion accumulated federal debt, Canadians arc in no position, to take extravagant social programs programs lightly. With the strong influences of ever-changing technology and free trade now a reality, the need for enhanced re-training programs to help unemployed workers has never been more urgent. Groups such as the Canadian Canadian Federation of Independent Business--which has long been pushing for movement in the area of re-training to help unemployed workers become long term employees--were encouraged by McDougall's proposals but add there is still a long way to go. 1 f the government government is serious about cleaning up the inherent deficiencies in this system, they say, it will have to demonstrate an increasing amount of political will in the months to come. Canadians concerned about proper government spending, however, should be'encouraged that this latest step is at least in the right direction. CHB Feature Service Can you get AIDS from sharing a needle while doing drugs? YES! Get the facts. Let's Talk. Call the Ontario Ministry of Health AIDS Hotline 1-800-668-AIDS #ft tttt \ }c iï lari me /loi For mow Provided by the University of Guelph's Ontario Agricultural College (OAC) Dr. Freeman McEwen, dean Sweet potatoes make sweet chips B arbecue, chips, salt and vinegar chips, catsup- flavour chips. . . and now, sweet potato chips! Researchers in the Departments Departments of Horticultural Science and Food Science at the University University of Guelph are completing the first part of a three-year study into the potential for increasing the utilization of Ontario-grown sweet potatoes. ■ Processing for the snack food trade and storability for the fresh market are two of their main interests, says technician Janet Vliegenthart. She's optimistic about their preliminary results. "We've identified two varieties varieties that have good potential , for making chips," she says. "They show promise for farmers looking for alternative crops." What the researchers need is the least-sweet sweet potato they , can find. A high sugar content, they say, may result in dark chips. So they're pleased that the most promising varieties they've selected for testing, are both low in sugar and capable ®f rendering rendering sweet tasfing chips, which they think will appeal to customers ("As long as no one bites into one expecting the taste of a traditional potato chip," says Vliegenthart). Sweet potato chips have another thing going for them -- purity. Because they retain all the taste of a sweet potato, Vliegenthart expects they'll need no flavour enhancement in commercial applications . . .a natural touch the additiveconscious additiveconscious public may embrace. And besides, the snack trade is always eager for new products. "It's not a market where people are stuck in their ways," she says. "They're willing to try something different." Ontario represents a potentially potentially lucrative market for sweet potato growers or processors. Consumers here devour about 15 million lbs. of sweet potatoes , annually, but the absencè of a continuous domestic supply means that virtually all sweet potatoes are imported from the U.S. (Ontario producers grow just 100 acres of sweet potatoes,). Researchers think that production could increase markedly if they can develop varieties suitable for former tobacco acreage, devise proper storage methods and get the processing industry interested in making chips or even French fries out of them. Sweet potato chips are big business in the southern U.S., marketed under the trade name "Yammers" -- even though yams and sweet potatoes are distinctly different vegetables. Unlike yams or conventional potatoes, sweet potatoes are a root, not a tuber, and belong to a different family (Convolvul- acae) than yams (Dioscoreceae). The Guelph project is part of a larger sweet potato research effort sponsored by Agriculture Canada's Alternative Enterprise Initiative, program. Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food research stations in Delhi and Simcoe ye also involved in production and quality evaluation. Control you can depend on -- Weed Spraying -- Crab Grass -- Fertilizing -- Insect Spraying -- Plug Coraeratlon -- Programs available See the Difference Quality Makes! 983-5598 « (Orono, Newcastle)