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Tho Acton Wednesday April 1980 Interest rates hurt farmers but will bankrupt few Soaring interest rates arc bad news for Acton and area farmers and their financing costs will mean higher food prices but few will go out of business be cause of rising costs North Halton farmers much different than their colleagues throughout the province they are feeling the pinch of rising interest rates according to Agricultural Rep Henry Stan High interest rates are critical to farmers who have had lo buy new machinery and they are facing soaring seed chemical and fertilizer costs However Stanley says there as much dan ger of North farmers going out of business because of inflation and Interest rates as in arcis like Bruce and Huron Counties because there arc mostly established formers here and few new farm operations have been set up in recent years Fertilizer prices been rising every few weeks for months now Stanley say and seed prices have gone up about per cent One indication of how increasing production costs and rising interest rates are hurting area farm operations according to the rep is that farmers are giving up land they had previously Tinted and fields plowed last fall won be planted this summer Stanley cited grains as an example of the crops which will be cut back because of production costs are higher than prices The kinds of financial woes farmers are facing Bray The tragedy of flowers is their short Jives People have been preserving the beauty of flow by drying for centuries Methods have been less than perfect Flowers would eventually crumble and fade into dust Bray of Elizabeth Drive Acton has been preserving flowers in a unique and very successful way for six years Her craft has eloped into a full time business Involving the whole family Everlasting Creations turns out approximately flower arrangements under glass per year selling for to WOO When one realizes that spends an average of six hours on each creation after the flowers are pre served it easy to see how it become a full me occupation background as an artist her paint adorn every room other house and her fam Acton mural graces the Public Library and a student of botany combined with a green thumb and a talent for gardening led her into the However many people dry flowers The with s flowers is the chemical composition of the drying With the help of her chemist husband Joe who is vice principal of Lord Elgin High School in Burlington she has come up with a special formula that dries the flowers to a state of permanence allowing them to last indefinitely Garden supplies flowers Her garden larger than average supplies her with the greatest source of material although nature walks arc used to gather driftwood bark and moss used in the open natural arrange ments Melanija is fond of doing Flowers are m af the dew is dry They are then filled with the chemical mix developed by the Brays They t just dipped in Silica gel although this is part of the formula Each bloom is completely filled and covered in the substance to insure that every cell is dried and preserved After drying a process which can take up to a week it s a guessing game says the blooms are packed in plastic containers with more chemicals It important all moisture and oxygen is removed from every bloom A heavy nitrogen filled atmosphere is necessary to insure preservation The Bray room is filled with thousands of labelled containers protecting dried blooms dat ing back as long as five years Summer is the time to preserve which leaves the colder months for making the flower arrangements The whole family gets in the act preparing flowers but only Melanija has the knack for making the arrangements She thinks in three dimensions husband Joe comments proudly feels the involvement of the family is Mark 14 It a important for children to know about their environment comments They notice more of the world around them Peter contributes preserved butterflies for many of the arrangements Long process Melanija advises would be flower preservers who arc Interested in taking up the hobby as a craft to getintosomethlngelse You have to work so far In advance she says referring to the work involvedpreservlng this year flowers for next year arrange Most of the Brays flower arrangements arc sold through specialty craft shows Melanija Is already preparing for a big show at the Botanical Gardens at the end of May She really enjoys the shows she says I prefer to do craft shows This Is still re latively new and I prefer to Introduce it myself I still hung up on it the craft I can be lieve that I done it I still can t believe that I actually preserved this gorgeous thing and Melanija caresses a perfect rose now have been a few years coming he said but the crunch brought on by interest rates was delayed because farmer got by with heavy planting higher total yields covered costs Farmers have already been hit hard Interest rates They had to buy seed chemicals and weeks ago so even if rates quite leaping up weekly It won t help them The problems t to cash croppers either according to Stanley Farmers raising cattle and hogs are feeling the pinch too though dairy far mere will weather the interest rates storm well as anyone since their prices rise as costs in crease Beef and pork producers I as fortunate and their prices are depressed now Hog prices cover only about per cent of production costs and beef prices t meeting production costs cither Many farmers have already paid high interest rates last to buy animals and borrowed for feed all winter only to find prices are far below what they have spent Ralph Denny Acton Interest rates won hurt him beciusc he a long established far but financing costs could well bankrupt youn farmers This country continues to give the consumer the food in the world The sooner the con and I mean pays thcbclteroff we Hall be Denny declared He suggested consumers for get about their boats cottages and and start paying for food Frank Anthony an 1 cash cropper with his brother Fred says interest rates are just out of line While he In no danger of going out of business at least for a year bo anyway he sure 18 or 19 per cent Interest rates will put some farmers out of business It will be reflected to the consumer it can t help but be High Interest rales are affecting everyone Prices for cash crops are holding now but will go down just like hog prices Anthony predicted be cause gram exports by the United States to Russia Thefece will slip too This farmer thinks he has a solution lo the interest rates High interest rates say per cent should be for the purchase of luxury items while low rates are charged for mortgages and bus loans Its Tooth Week Dental decay is the most prevalent disease known to man It rare that any individual goes through life without a tooth becoming decayed Dental Health Week In Canada Is this week from April 13 to The three Acton dentists Dr Jeff Facey Bob Steen and Al Mikelenas agree that prevention of tooth decay by a combination of mea is the greatest single way today youngsters can ensure a head full of good teeth In adulthood They are also in agreement over the value of flouride chemically the teeth to withstand the onslaught of carles cavities Although Acton is now all the dentists feel topical external ap plied properly is an excellent backup to the very small amount of Ingested Its been proven to work Mikelenas comments my children have supple ments Oral with training beginning In Infancy is the most important single factor in carles prevention says Dr agrees cleaning the mouth and teeth at night is far more important than doing It In the morning to freshen breath He says its imperative to remove food deposits from teeth before the eight hour sleep period takes place He cautions its wise to brush frequently during the day and rinse the Kim Arnold received undivided attention from two Acton Bob and This week Is Denial Health Work mouth with water Dr is pleased to see youngsters adhering to better diets and becoming conscious of tooth care from baby teeth onward With the tremendous amount of research work being done in dental caries prevention and the consciousness raising of the public and Mikelenas feel confident that the teeth of the population will grad ually improve Its thing not any one says Dr Steen ill contributing People dis covered It cheaper to have a better diet than to cat junk food he con and it cheaper to keep your teeth than to lose them House sales up Climbing interest rates t slow house sales In January according to the and District Real Estate Board which also covers Acton and Milton Total dollar sales for the first month of this year were up over January an increase of per cent Dollar volume rose from to SOB while the number of units sold including residential rural and com merciallndustrlal properties was up by per cent Two to hospital Two Acton girls were taken to hospital by Georgetown ambulance following an accident at Alban Drive last Thursday Jillian Brain 12 and year old Beth Scott were passenger In a Volkswagen which was involved in a two cm collision Dover of the car Sylvia Brain of Acton suffered minor injuries while the driver of the other car a Dodge Stephen of Acton suffered minimal injuries Damage to the Mathieson vehicle was estimated at MOO while the Brain car sustained damage Truck hits A Region picketer is in stable condition after being struck by a dump truck at the Line dump picket line north of Highway Thursday Bernard Gillevct is in Oakville Trafalgar hospital with head and internal in Juries after he collided with a truck exiting from the dump site The truck was driven by an in dependent driver Police commission chairman Harry said at Thursday meeting the incident was accidental The clutch slipped he said and the truck hit the Regional Police announced Friday that charges were pending Library glass cracked Not only is there a crack in one of the mopjne windows at the At ton Library but a crack the front door also been discovered Head librarian Betsy told Hills Library Board last Wednesday night she has received one estimate for the repair of both panes of for and another is due to be sent soon Spend like drunken sailors Region is spending money like drunken sailors Tint the feeling of Councillor Pat Patterson and its an opinion he says many of his constituents Pal terson blasted the region for its spending habits at Hills general committee meeting day nigiil while questioning the justification for future Trafalgir Road reconstruction In the Georgetown area Study filling drain Councillor Ed Wood has asked engineer Robert Austin to look into a request from Hie owner of Jug City in Acton to have a step straightened and a drain filled in Rural garbage Rural residents will have a day or per haps two set aside when they can bring large items of such is appliances and furniture for disposal if a recommendation passed by council Councillor Miller made the suggestion and asked that a location be decided The works was asked to report on a possible location Jeff puts Pat at east before beginning work on her teeth It denial health week and s dentists are promoting dental caries pre vend an Old students from p ints ill across Canada Actons Cemetery for the oiling a granite it he grave if distinguished educator little on Jul 11 Mr little mi local school is turned was a teacher here in Bros and 70s Town to advertise road reconstruction The own plans advertise when it is going to do road reconstruction in the future so people can object if they feel It will harm their business Monday Hills general committee end a plan proposed by engineer Robert Austin calling for notice of road reconstruction to go Into local newspapers for four weeks before each pro ject so people can bring their objections to cou ncil After hearing object ions council can either direct staff to make changes or proceed with a project Austin said this will give people a chance to object to road work be fore It has started and will mean they will give Its Impact on their bus iness some thought be fore the road is ripped up A firm brought legal action against the town over reconstruction of Main Street North In Acton Councillor Roy Booth was worried if people object to a reconstruction project and Ihe town still proceeds It could be viewed as an admission of guilt later in court Austin said it wouldn be an admission of guilt and added where con cerns and complaints are known ahead of time of ten problems can be sol This new policy of advertising projects ahead of time will be carried out for the first time for the widening of Street in George town Hydro office changes hours Office hours at hydro commission offices in Georgetown and Acton have been changed to an opening time of a m and closing time of p m to conform with the hours in all other town offices The Acton and George town Hydro Commissions and the rural have now been combined in Ho ton Hills Hydro 3272 8783208 Jg am nam mi in aire m man Show Timoi 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