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i8The Barrie Examiner Saturday July I7 1976 Competition was fierce as en trants in the boys choir Junior loometre dash strug gled to reach the finish line Are travellers cheques first This was one of the many track and field events held at North Collegiate this week by the Barrie recerea CAN GET THERE BY CANDLELIGHT tion department activity cen tres Maple Grove centre took first place with 51 points followed closely by Prince of SPECIAL REPORT Wales centre with 47 points and points Examiner Photo the best way to go By VINCENT EGAN Business and Consumer Affairs Analyst Thomson News Service When you travel outside Can ada should you carry your travelling money in cash or travellers cheques The answer quite definitely is that it all depends The big argument in favor of travellers cheques has always been that if you lose your moneyor if it is stolen then the issuing company will re place the money You proceed with your holiday as if nothing had happened In ideal circumstances may work that way Otherwise you may face con siderable delay and frustration in obtaining any redress Another potential drawback is that travellers chequesunlike cashmay not necessarily be acceptable everywhere case history In Stratford uponAvon asked the dining room waiter at the Falcon Inn if hed accept an American Ex press cheque He went away then returned saying he would signed it he took it away then came back saying it wasnt ac ceptable was stuck with countersigned travellers cheque which no merchant is supposed to accept American Express and most other issuers charge commis sion of one per cent of the value of the travellers cheques In some circumstances Barclays Bank and Thomas Cook trav ellers cheques are freeif you are Thomas Cook travel client for example or mem ber of motor club that issues such cheques to members The issuer makes money chiefly by investing your money In effect you are pro viding an interestfree loan un til you use the travellers cheque FILLING OUT FORMS 0n the other hand it cant be denied that if you are going to lose your travelling money its better to lose travellers cheques than to lose cash Heres the procedure to follow if you lose travellers cheques and need money Make written re rt to the local police and co copy of it having first pac ed some carbon paper when you left home Go to the nearest office or Wheat plant helps kill itself HARPENDEN England tCPiThe mystery of the sui cidal wheat plant is being in vestigated at Rothamstea ex perimental station in this town near London The mystery arose during work on the wheatbulb fly the most important insect pest af fecting the grain which is Widespread in temperate wheatgrowing zones Damage is caused by its lar vae which hatch in the ground in the Winter and eat the youn shoots The scientists observ that only wheat is attacked rye and barley are reSistant and oats appear immune They discovered that wheat rently helps its own killer root exudes watersoluble substance that attracts the lar vae They will not move out of it turning back to the plant when they get to the edge Oats on the other hand ex ude substance that repels the larvae Both substances were extracted mixed and tried in the laboratory The mixture re pelled the larvae proving that the chemical from oats is more powerful Another experiment showed that wheat shoots could be saved by adding charcoal which soaks up the attractant chemical Use of the oat extract as spray to rotect wheat is suc cessful scientists said it AAAAAAA of expensive the agency of the issuer of the UM ellers cheques with proof of your identity Present copy of your re port to the police list of the serial numbers of the missing cheques and the purchase agreement you received when you bought them Obviously you should keep the list and the agreement separate from the cheques when you are travelling Assuming you hadnt signed your cheques and that you havent aroused any suspicion of fraud the wheels will start turning in order to process your claim Normally you can present your claim only on business day So guard your travellers cheques es ecially carefully at ni hts an on weekends and ho idays In the case of American Ex press cheques claims for up to $100 may be presented seven days week at Holiday Inns in Canada and the United States and at Avis offices in some other parts of the world Generally the ceiling on emergency refunds is $250 al though it can be much less AVOIDING CONFUSION Like US currency trav ellers cheques of some is suerssuch as American Ex pressare all the same color regardless of denomination This can be confusing to Ca nadian traveller accustomed to different colors for different de nominationsfor example in dimly lit restaurant where the language the currency and the prices may all be contributing to your confusion In which currency should your travellers cheques be For trip into the US ob viously US dollars are the best choice For trip to major coun try such as Britain Switzer land West Germany or Ja pan its convenient to have travellers cheques denomi nated in their currencies since you wont be able to ex change dollar cheques every where But if you have to change any unused sterling for instance back into dollars at the end of your trip you will find yourself paying the foreignexchange commission second time And should the Canadian dol lar appreciate while you are holding foreign travellers cheques and financial opinion seems to be that our dollar is headed higher your money wont share in that apprecia tion If you decide to take dollars either cash or travellers ls chequeswwhen you go abroad Canadian money is to be pre ferred to US It would cost something to buy US dollars initially and theres no particu lar advantageCanadian cur rency is as readily accepted as US almost anywhere outside North America EUROPE IIY AII Enjoy Europe By Car by Wil liam Dunn John Wiley and Sons Canada Ltd 281 pages $695 is newly revised guide that claims to be everything you need to know about driving abroadand probably is The author advises motorists to make only one hotel reserva lionfor the first night abroadand thereafter to take advantage of the flexibility of motoring to choose hotels on the spot The choice of car for Eu rope is easya small one be cause gasoline is expensive many roads are narrow and rental rates are cheaper than on big cars Even when you are free as bird in car you will prob ably want the folks back home to know where you can be reached in an emergency If you use American Express or Thomas Cook travellers cheques you may use their of fices in every large European city or resort area as your mailing address Mr Dunn strongly recom mends Cooks in Paris because of the long queues at the Ameri can Express office there The author offers not only de tailed countrybycountry tips for the motorist in Europe but also some valuable advice on choosing accommodation eat ing places and service sta tions all of it evidently based on extensive firsthand ex periencc SIILNPIKE TULRS Minivacations USA by Ka ren Cure tMcGrawHill Ryer son Ltd 212 pages $875 ser ves similar purpose for travellers heading for the US The author has divided that country into five regions Within each she offers dozen or so itineraries to interesting spots for the motorist the backpacker the cyclist and the canoer plus calendar of notable annual events The destinations described range from Bar Harbor on the coast of Maine to Californias Channel Islands off Los An geles The author at one time was on the staff of Holiday and her itineraries recall the Shunpike If your home isnt insured against todays cost of replacing it talk to your independent insurance agent Hell be happy to provide full details of our special inflation guard endOrsement ECONOMICAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY liiulJflC rueinc it to am 700 mix productiveagricunuralland or ting into farming at all the Micmac women due to their ed be urban housing recreation and NFU says ability to provide students with Dunlop ours US 500 industrial ace must be treated The NFU hopes its hearings firsthand cultural ex rience Barrie valuable feature of that maga She zine not only assets through direct work with the children but in fluence student education with the time interest and efforts thneiy give to school activities endeavors With Mrs syllbo and Mrs Brooks as liaison links be tween the school and the com munity have been strengthened with more interest and in volvement by parents he said and designs of beadwork son dances legends and loca Indian history We try to get to know one another better by learning to have pride in one own culture and respect for the other sons culture said Mrs yl iboy who has been at the school since last October School principal Willis Lund said the paraprofessionals are Farmers urged to join in landuse planning EDMONTON CPFar mers are being told they must become involved in the landuse issue because there is an in creasing number of forces in society that dont care about the rural community This statement is made by the National Farmers Union in tryin to build interest in its sch uled series of crosscoun future generations to begin now to treat land as natural re source It must be managed and developed wisely using its capabilities without impairing future productivity Unifarm also has called for the establishment of landuse zones corresponding to the fer tility of the soil and the poten tial of various areas Such questions involve public versus private owneiship of land the future of public land banking limitation of farm size and greater corporate control of land The NFU also wants to look at alternatives to land own ership for farmer seeking to become established try hearings this year into land Industrial development use should be directed to less pro Other farm organization ducéiive landsl When lands have discussed the issue an suit to agricu ture are taken most provincial governments for industrial or other use MOSCOW lENINGRAD 3699 3125 including Return oirtoro Toronto Moscow Leningrad Toronto nights accommodation in first class rooms with private facilities Three meals every day Extensive sightseeing in Moscow Leningrad Canadian Airport departure tax Viso Charge society as whole should share in the cost of such taking The NFU sa an increasing amount of Ian is being bought by nonfarmers whose high in come have made it possible for them to invest surplus income in something which is likely to appreciate in value in future PRICES INFLATEI It adds that domestic and for eign corporations recognize land as similar kind of in vestment hed against the dwindling value the dollar or whatever other foreign cur rency one may look at The situation has created problem for farmers who wish to expand their farm size The nonfarming sectors rush for land has inflated prices to undreamedof highs which reflect the speculative value of the land not its productive value This big poker game is for cing many farmers to the sidelines and is preventing many young farmers from get already recognize the existence of problem Some have taken steps such as Saskatchewans Land Bank and the freeze on land use in British Columbia and Ontario The problem covers such areas as the encroachment of housing and industrial develop ment on prime agricultural land foreign investment in land and the inability of younger farmers to buy farm land at prices far above its value for agricultural produc tion Farm organizations have es tablished policies but so far the response from governments has not been encouraging WOULD CURB MINING Unifarm Albertas largest farm organization wants legis lation which would prevent stripmining of rime agricul tural land unti all other op tions have been properly elimi nated The NFU says the continuing unregulated turnover of SHUBENACADIE NS Discovering ones identity can be lifelong task but 150 Indian and 300 nonIndian stun dents at Shubenacadie district school are learning lessons in appreciation and respect of themselves and others The teaching comes from two fulltime Micmac paraprofes sionals at the school Alice Syl iboy and Delores Brooks xoth from the Indian reserve at We macNS The teachers provide studen ts with time and attention which the classroom teacher could not ordinarily afford As well as assistin teachers with supervision students and preparation of study material Mrs Syliboy and Mrs Brooks provife sup lementary activities to rein orce the childrens com petence in language art mathematics social studies science and music skills The social studies program has been enriched by the two Steele Street centre 39 OIPAITING SE 30 I976 RETURNING OCT I976 It JOHNSON TRAVEL IOUII will provide views on the many questions related to land use Children are tau the in tricate and colorful patterns seriously There is responsibility to Victoria Woo Riverwood Farm in Barrie miles from Toronto Barrie stands right on the doorstep of fabulous natural paradise Yet it is but mere 49 miles from Toronto Truly Barrie is the perfect place for those who really care about quality of life the outdoors fresh water and air place for those who really care about the place they are going to raise their families in The first settler in Barrie Alex Walker built his humble home there in 1833 He could never know that the sites natural beauty its uniquely accessible location would one day make it into the city of Barrie bustling and thriving centre for manufacturing and business with shopping plazas and modern theatres and excellent schools Detached single family homes from 1115 square feet to 1643 square feet plus oversized basements and bedrooms and washrooms Country size lots 55 to 60 feet wide 105 to 150 feet deep We include such items as walltowall broadloom range and oven refrigerator Amtico vinyl asbestos tile in kitchen bath and entry area ceramic file around tub and shower double stainless steel kitchen sink insulated secure steel entry door fully weather stripped insulated all exterior walls and attic modern forced air gas heating fully sodded front and rear and side yard and much more If you and your wife earn aboutSl9000 you probably qualify to buy at Riverwood Farm 4ch $4 95 with only Minn innit Your new home do In Toronto and nunqu from Intern anode famous uulion lands 713 Immediate occupancy some plans yes were includodl Phtillt Harm 1705726 MM llltti Tali Hwy 600 north to Barrie then tire laylictd Street north Proceed to Ind stoplight and turn left on Curdies Id Folow the signs to liverwood Farm WWIW Avh Prices terms and conditions subyect to change without notice ill Plumrizfltioilfki rlupnirnl orporatioiivlml