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* T - Orono Weekly Times,-Wednesday, July 9,2003 r-: tT P 3 1! it S fc 9 r 3 S P s Subscriptions $29.91 + $2.09 GST = $32.00 per year. Publications Mail Registration No. 09301 • Agreement No. 40012366 Publishing 48 issues annually at the office of publication. " IVe acknowledge the financial support of the Government of Canada through the Publications Assistance Program (PAP) toward our mailing costs. " Orono Weekly Times 5310 Main Street, P.O. Box 209, Orono, Ontario LOB 1M0 Email: oronotimes@speedline.ca • Phone/Fax 905-983-5301 Publisher/Editor Margaret Zwart The Orono Weekly Times welcomes letters to the editor on subjects of interest to our readers. Opinions expressed to the editor and articles are those of the writers and do not necessarily necessarily reflect the opinions of the Orono Weekly times. Letters must be signed and contain the address and phone number of the writer. Any letter considered unsuitable will not be acknowledged or returned. We reserve the right to edit for length, libel and slander. If your retail or classified ad appears for the first time, please check carefully. Notice of an error must be given before the next issue goes to print. The Orono Weekly Times will not be responsible for the loss or damage of such items. Just what we need It's bench sitting weather again. And for those who've never tried it--you don't know what you're missing! Come downtown some night, and sit on any one of a number of benches placed on the main street to give reprieve to the many weary Orono shoppers. It seems the best plans and schemes are hatched on these downtown benches. It was on one such occasion that downtown resident H.A.V. Beauchamp first shared his idea to turn the Mercer Garage into the 'white linen restaurant' identified as a downtown deficiency at the town hall meeting a few weeks ago. Beauchamp suggested the establishment could be called Chateau de Mercer. It would offer fine dining with Speed (Ross) as your charming and jovial host. Dave would show you to thé finest table in the house--the grease pit. To maintain the auto repair ambiance, instead of a candelabra, there would be a trouble light hanging from a yellow extension cord from the ceiling. Also spawned from the bench, the idea of an Orono concert series was born. Blaine Moffat felt that in spite of all the good ideas raised at the Orono Community Forum, what was really needed in Orono to bring people to town, was a weekly summer summer concert series, and he thought Jeanne Burnside was just the person to organize it. The 2003 concert series is now a reality with a great lineup of local talent appearing in Orono's wonderful bandstand. The August 8th concert will feature a talent show--a bit of an open mike. One thing we know for sure, there is a lot of talent about, and it would be a shame to keep that talent hidden. hidden. With other neighbouring communities having concerts in the park throughout the summer, Orono's series is not likely to attract tour busses this year. However, Blaine is right--it's just what we need. I* i h rani www.dolighQn.com Letters to the Editor Livestock producers feel compensation inadequate . />• , .l! „ii* ~ A ot-t/4 Urtrxrl cox/c rvu/nprl rattlp ; Livestock producers in Ontario left suffering financially financially from the effects of the 'mad cow" border closing situation, situation, have probably heard details of the compensation program announced recently by federal and provincial government government officials. This assistance is certainly welcome, but as commodity partners of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture point out, it falls short in a marketplace with today's poor prices. The program, as announced by governments, is intended mainly to move some of the backlog of cattle to slaughter. Based on figures contained in the program, industry representatives representatives question the pay schedule, especially when the market falls below 70 per cent of what it was prior to the May 20, 2003 discovery of 'mad cow' in that one Alberta animal. animal. This will result in pro ducers losing a significant amount of money on every animal sent to slaughter. We are hearing reports of Alberta Premier Ralph Klein meeting in Washington with people like United States Vice- President Dick Cheney in an attempt to get the U.S. to end its embargo on Canadian beef and beef products. He points out that the scientific scientific work has been done by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and everything points to no additional 'mad cow' cases in Canada. Perhaps some high-profile representatives from Ottawa should be making similar trips to Washington, putting on a concerted push with provincial provincial representatives like Premier Klein to get the border border re-opened to our beef. Until the border is re-opened, Canadian livestock producers are going to continue to suffer financial losses. Ontario livestock industry representatives are calling for other mid-term and long-term strategies to help the industry through these difficult financial financial times. The impacts are far reaching, hitting everyone from the transport sector to the local sales bam operators and the dead stock sector. When one suffers, they all suffer. The Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food says the application forms for the assistance funding will be available this week through the Ontario Farm Income Disaster Program by calling 1- 877-838-5144, or on the ministry's ministry's website www.gov.on.ca/omaf. The program will provide assistance to producers who owned cattle as of May 20, 2003, that have since been sold to slaughter in Canada and for processors to help sell or otherwise move surplus meat products that were processed after May 20,2003. The program also provides assistance for cull cow and veal calf producers. LIVESTOCK continued page Terry Fox Foundation needs communities like Orono How could Terry Fox have known that Canadians would respond so magnificently when he said in July 1980, "Even if I don't finish, we need others to continue. It's got to keep going without me." To date, over $320 million million has been raised for cancer research in Terry Fox's name, with 237 Ontario communities and 1,500 schools hosting Terry Fox events in 2002 and raising more than $8 million for cancer research. Each year thousands of volunteers organize Terry Fox events in Canada and around the world. Now in it's 23rd year, the annual Terry Fox Run is held every September--this year on Sunday, September 14th. The Run is a non-competitive event where people come together as individuals, families families or groups to raise money in Terry's name; it is a day of celebrating his legacy and helping to keep his dream of a cure for cancer alive. The Terry Fox Foundation is seeking energic and enthusiastic enthusiastic individuals from communities communities like Orono to ensure we continue Terry's success, please consider becoming a Terry Fox Run organizer and getting your community involved. This volunteer position position requires strong leadership skills, the ability to delegate, and someone who likes team work. The organizer's rc- TERRY FOX continued page 3