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=> wp" 12 -- Scugog Citizen -- Wed) day, January 4, 1995 A great year for Sunderland beef farmer by Heather McCrae If 1994 was any indication of future success in the beef industry, then John Karkoulas is looking forward to an auspicious career breeding and raising beef cattle. A total commitment to beef cattlesis something relatively new to the twenty-five year old Sunderland man. Four years ago when John was working for a construction company he bought a half interest in his first simmental » 1994 was a great year for John Karkoulas as he won 1994 Grand Champion. Female honours for his beef cattle. See story above for detalls. ' What a difference a year has made for the Scugog Fire Department. Last year over the Christmas, New Year week, members of the force were kept hopping with numerous serious calls. But this year, firefighters were able to spend a bit more time at home enjoying the festive season. They were called out Christmas Day to a chimney fire at a home on Scugog Island Road. Damage is estimated at about $3,000. On December 28, firefighters were at the scene of a single car rollover on the Island Road. The driver, an Oshawa man was not hurt in the accident caused by a 'blown tire. On New Years Day there was a small fire under a front porch at a home on Carnegie Beach. The owndrs had the fire out by the time crews arrived on the scene and damage was minimal. The department was called to the scene of two accidents January 2. The most serious, on (S THIS YOUR YEAR FOR A DEERE? Ring in the New Year with a New John Deere! WE'RE OFFERING » Firefighters get a break Durham Road 8 west of Epsom involved two vehicles and sent a 20-year Scarborough woman to Sunnybrook Hospital with multiple fractures. The second accident was on Durham Road 2, just north of Port Perry in which a Courtice couple escaped injury after their vehicle rolled over. Both accidents were attributed to slippery road conditions. It was aquiet festive season for the Department, and as one officer said "there's absolutely nothing wrong with that." cow from a friend, Alan Crosier. Two years later he started his own construction business, building residential and commercial buildings, and started to "play a bit" with beef cattle, But now the roles are reversed. He's currently into construction part-time and breeding polled full blood simmental cattle full time. "Since I ever can remember I've always said I'd have beef cows and when we moved out here (Sunderland) I couldn't have had a better opportunity" he told the Citizen recently. Living on a fifty acre farm, he also rents 250 acres from his good neighbour, Bob Barlow. "And my father and Larry Doble of Sunderland have been most supportive and "Instrumental in my-suecess" he added. In 1991 he owned three simmental cattle and showed his yearling heifer at Lindsay, placing second.. That blue ribbon gave him a boost and he's been showing his cattle at fairs since. He's had a lot of success in the showing but the évent that put "the icing on the cake" was at the Royal over a month ago and, with his four year old cow, "Breezy Brae Dusty Gal", won the Mature cow/calf class, then went on to become Senior Champion Female. The proudest moment came when she was named Grand Champion Female for 1994! Throughout 1994 "Dusty Gal" was also Grand Champion Female at the Markdale, Kinmount and Port Perry fairs. The prized cow's two sons, "Damion Star Pol Undertaker" and Damion Star Pol Over The Top", have both proven themselves time and time again, too. At the Kinmount, Belleville, and Lindsay fairs "Undertaker" was Reserve Grand Champion bull and claimed Grand Champion at the Port Perry Fair, too. "Over The Top" emerged the Furturity Grand Champion Bull at the Lindsay fair, also. Being totally involved now in the beef industry, John told the Citizen "it's a full time job, 365. days of the year". His current number of cattle is eighty head and of that amount the young breeder has 50 cows, with the rest heifers and bulls. Raising and selling his own bulls off the farm he says his goal is to calve 100 cows a year. Breeding the cows naturally and artificially, he imports a lot of semen from the US. Not one to stay idle, he admitted, with a grin, he'd like to start raising sheep, tdo. "Just another thing I'd like to do to keep me busy!" His younger brothers, Troy and Trevor, belong to the Durham West 4-H Beef Club and keep their older brother "on his toes", supplying them with good cattle. Rural roads. made safer Bill 276, An Act to amend the Highway Traffic Act with respect to Slow Moving Vehicle Signs, received third and final 'reading in the Ontario Legislature last month. Passage of Bill 176 is an important step in improving safety on rural roads in Ontario. 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(same building as Stevenson R.V.) 852-1902 rural organizations including the Farm Safety Association. The Ontario Federation of Agriculture and the Women's Institute. The Bill contains amendments to sections of the Highway Traffic Act dealing with vehicles moving at less than 40 kilometres per hour. It is essential to make the other drivers aware of these vehicles, and the only way is through proper use of the signs." Under the new law, all farm machines and any other vehicles unable to travel more than 40 kilometres an hour on a flat surface must carry the triangular orange and red signs to warn other drivers. Until now, only farm vehicles had to display the signs. The bill also: - details how the sign may and may not be used, including restrictions on posting it on or near fixed objects that can be seen from roadways. - allows government to exempt horse-drawn vehicles, such as those operated by the Amish and Old Order Mennonites, whose religious beliefs do not permit the signs. - allows government to make 1 about sl g vehicles, as n Bill 176 is expected to be proclaimed in the Spring of 19956 after a campaign of public education and awareness.