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car, or the snowmobile, or the direction again. TRIO STRANDED IN BULRUSHES turn, it's no big deal to turn the , around and get going in the right But when three Scugog area hen made a 'wrong turn' in their d Th . away again. Seven Mile Island. dh ft carly Friday g (just past there was no simple three-point tum that would get them going the right The darkness and fog confused the driver, and the boat ran aground about six boat-lengths into a marshy patch of bulrushes, just north of ' Please see STUCK, page § Bill Kendry reels in what has to be the biggest catch from Lake Scugog all summer. See story. Vol. 2, No. 5 Tuesday, July 28, 1992 CIRC. 10,000 24 pages $20 million in job training coming | to Durham Region The provincial government pump about $30 million million va Durham Region over the next money. Durham Region Social Services, Durham College, the Unemployed Self Help Centre and other agencies will co-ordin in a job skills the was Durham's Social Services com- mittee praised the scheme, saying the Region has been hit as hard + any part of the province by the i ally in fac. program, a news told last Friday moming. Tom Edwards, chairman of we 1 81 Ho. @ turing. J Please see JOB, page 4 SP! ITA SETS SAIL, Crazy summer weather plays havoc on farms Farm production in Durham Region has taken a beating from * the weather so far this summer But things could TT worse, said Durham Agricultural rep John Finlay With July almost over, farmers are fearful that the same cold, damp weather will continue through August. If that happens, and if the area is hit with an early frost (late August or early in September) the impact on crops will be even more serious. he said. A cool, damp August and an carly frost is the worst case sce- nario for farmers right nowpWhat they are hoping fof, said Mr. Finlay, is for.thé-month of August to heat wp To spur crop growth, ially corn and soybeans. There are about 70,000 acres of corn in the Region and some 30,000 acres of If there is plenty of warm weather for the next eight weeks, the soybean crop will be all right, he said. But com, which is now two to three weeks behind normal, will be affected even with perfect vest. Mr. Finlay said com yields will be off ten per cent, even if condi- tions are near perfect the rest of the summer. An early frost will cut the yields even more. The weather patierns this grow- ing season have been strange, to say the least. In May and the carly part of June, conditions were actu- ally to dry. This hurt the hay crop, and by the time farmers were ready to start cutting hay in mid- June the conditions were 100 wet As a result the hay that has been cut is generally of poor quali- ty. This means farmers will have to add supplements when they feed it to cattle. And the poor quality could result in lower milk production. If the corn crop con- tinues to suffer this summer, farm- ers could be faced with the prospect of buying out-of province corn. "Farmers will be able to buy corn (if necessary) but this will mean another expense," he said. Other produce such ds sweet com, tomatoes and potatoes have been impacted by the unseason- able weather this summer as yields will be smaller. ' The damp weather caused rot in strawberries and the same could be true for raspberries which are due fot picking this week. Mr. Finlay said the apple crop in the Region "looks prety good right now," especially when com- pared to other areas of Ontario which were hit by late frosts and hail. Agriculture is the second biggest industry in Durham Region. It generated nearly $200 million in farm recdipts last year. In the first three weeks of July, there was not a single day in this area where the temperature was about 30 degrees C. This lack of heat in the air and soil hampered the growth of soy and com crops. And the long range outlook for August is suggesting that it won't get much warmer. Atmospheric ash from a vol- cano in the Philippines is being blamed for the topsy-turvy weath- er patterns alf over North America this summer. And winds that usu- ally bring hot air from the south into Ontario are blowing from the north, bringing in cold air. There has been rain in this part of Ontario every weekend for the last 17. Farmers in Durham Region arc hoping that changes soon. So are a lot of other people who are won- dering if summer will ever get HIS WEL