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LETTERS ‘Tait Street Public School in Cambridge (Galt) is celebrating its 25th Anniversary this year. We will be holding an Open ‘House at the school Sunday afternoon, October 23, 1983, from 1 p.m. until 5 p.m. There will be entertainment by former students, displays of memorabilia and refreshments throughout the afternoon. There are serious economic problems that continue to face much of our agricuiture industry. These problems are particularly acute in the red meat sectors, specifically the beef industry. With livestock prices low and crop prices and other input costs high, many of our farmers may be left to harvest nothing more than bankruptcies this Tait Street public school anniversary _ We wish to extend a cordial invitation to all former teachers, students, parents and friends to join us at the Tait Street School fall Contrary to the Ministry of Agriculâ€" ture‘s assertion that farmers ‘"are on the way out of the recession, financial binds and low returns", the sad truth of the matter is that things have never been worse for a majority of our hog and beef producers . Without some emergency financial assistance from the Ontario governâ€" ment, part of the beef industry will quickly be lost to Ontario and shift to other provinces. The Chronicle is proud of its tradition of accuracy and fair play, but we do acknowledge room for human error. We welcome The recently announced Beginning Farmers Program excludes farmers whose income has been derived 60 per cent from rented land or rented faciliâ€" ties. Thus, it excludes enterprising farmers‘ sons or daughters who realize that because of the low down payments on a farm which they could make and because of the currently high interest In past years, I have used the occasion of the celebration of Thanksgiving Day, and harvest season, to reflect on just how much we in Waterloe Riding have to be thankfu) for. But this year, 1 would like to deal with the plight of a large segment of our people â€" Canadians who have shared with me personal situations, which leave them feeling less than thankful at this time of year. I speak of Canada‘s youth.... You may have read the hard data on the situation. The unemployment rate in our area is 19.4% for people between the ages of 15 and 24. Employment Canada predicts that youth unemployment will remain between 19.5% and 20% through 1985. And then last month‘s report from the Parisâ€" based Organization for Economic Coâ€" operation and Development (OECD) foreâ€" casting an extremely pessimistic level of youth unemployment for Canada of 22% in 1984, declining by just one point to 21% in Young people watch their government release these figures month after month, and trust begins to turn to cynicism. They legitimately ask: ‘"Surely, you saw this Queen‘s Park Report Press Council WALTER McLEAN HMEREB rates, they could not presently survive as farm owners. As a result, they have been left to rent their land and often swap labor for machinery so they can work leased ground. ¢ These enterprising beginning farmers are the very .people with farming experience and risk taking attitudes that Ontario should assist to become farm owners. It makes no sense whatsoever that if a new agricultural graduate is successful in making money for the $100,000 down payment for a farm by renting land, then that person is doomed to be a perpetual renter as far as the Conservative Government is conâ€" cerned. The other major drawback of the program is that the Government has chosen not to make the program retroâ€" active. The farmers who have been in the most serious financial difficulty in the last three years as a result of unprecedented high interest rates and low commodity prices have been the young and starting farmers. The program must be changed to include beginning farmers who presentâ€" ly rent their land and must be made retroactive to the last three years. 25th Anniversary Open House to renew old friendships and to share in the good times. â€" o Tait Street Public School 25th Anniversary Committee (519) 621â€"17621 Beautiful flowerbeds around city complaints or criticism of news, opinions or advertising and hope we can resolve all complaints ourselves. Complaints that can‘t be resolved should be addressed to the Ontario Press Council, 151 Slater St., Suite 708, Ottawa, Ont. K1P 5H3. 1 would like to compliment Mr. Don Cherry and his helpers for the beautiful flowers all around the city. The beds have just been great. Jan Miller Waterioo, Ont. instructed its agencies to ‘monitor conâ€" temporary trends.‘ But as far as receiving policy advice, which would anticipate developments, all initiatives rest in the policy graveyard â€" which is called the Ministry of State for Social Development (MSSD). Suddenly, at the end of the summer, Canadians heard that the federal governâ€" ment was considering the creation of a Ministry for Youth. No policies were announced as being considered, just one more bureaucratic structure which, the government spokespersons felt, ... would indicate to the youth of the country that their government is concerned." This constitutes an admission that 87 different programs (offered by nearly 20 separate federal agencies) are missing the mark. There is no coâ€"ordination. MSSD hasn‘t even issued a press release, much less an umbrella policy statement, in recent memory. The Youth Secretariat at the Secretary of State‘s Department sends memos to its field offices, with this sort of message: "... The lack of employment opportunities for young people specificâ€" allv and in rural areas generally. is Need incentives Ah, these coâ€"workers of mine. They just can‘t seem to get it through their thick skulls that I have not spent the last 10 days in Myrtle Beach golfing on lush green fairways, swimming in the salty surf, tanning in 83 degree sunshine, gorging myself on scrumptious meals, and taking sunrise walks along the beach. I have been down there working. Studying newspapers, to be precise. That‘s right, sizing up the competition, so to speak. And believe me, I‘ve had plenty of opportunity, since thanks to the friendly folks from USAir and Piedmont Airlines, I have been at more airports than O.J. Simpson and the entire Hertz Rentâ€"Aâ€" Car fleet. And I wasn‘t running through them either. Toronto, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, (‘all planes pass through Pittsburgh" is a favorite quip at Myrtle Beach), Roanoke for heaven‘s sake, and then finally Myrtle Beach on the way down. Then Myrtle Beach, Greensboro, Pittsburgh (you see, all planes pass ...) Cleveland, Buffalo and Toronto on the trip home resulting in a disillusioned and unmotivatâ€" ed younger generation.‘"‘ Federal field staffs are left wondering if this represents some reeent breakthrough in the thought of Ottawa mandarinate ...? 180 youth delegates to this summer‘s ‘"National Forum on Youth Unemployâ€" ment‘" soundly rejected the creation of yet another "topâ€"down bureaucratic strucâ€" ture."" Noting that it had cost $150,000 to put on the conference, they asked: ‘"Where is the increase in postâ€"secondary education support? Why not begin to trust young people to help themselves?" They said: "Give us incentives, not press releases‘!" So what do you do to pass the time? Right. You read newspapers. I also studied them, in order to qualify my trip for a business expense. Just what 2,600 miles is in kilometres T‘ll let the accounting whizos around here figure out. But in putting the various journals I perused under a microscope, 1 came away with the impression that we in Canada aren‘t doing so bad after all when it comes to the quality of our fourth estate. I don‘t believe the government should create groups of bureaucratic advisors to serve each segment of the population. Wwill we have government by age group? The point is that an 18â€" yearâ€"old unemployed bricklayer in Cape Breton has more in common with a 50â€"yearâ€"old laidâ€"off mason on Vancouver Island, than an 18â€"yearâ€"old law student in Montréal .. Certainly there is no denying the quality of the New York Times or state of the art USA Today, the satellite broadsheet that hits and runs with deadly efficiency, strong layout and a scope others can‘t hope to match. But when it came to grassroots editions like the Charleston Post, Columbia Staté, Pittsburgh Press and Myrtle Beach‘s own little daily, a horse of a different color emerged. The government has recently distanced itself from Senator Hébert‘s suggested Ministry for Youth. It is expected that what we will see in the upâ€"coming Throne Things like caps on every word in the headlines, photos you would be ashamed to display in home movies, eight pages of college football in a 10â€"page sports section, Dear Abby on page four, obits on page two, entertainment tossed in anywhere and everywhere, buried editoâ€" rials, boring layout and garish advertisâ€" ing. MR To use a bad pun, I came to the conclusion that when it comes to newsâ€" papers, midâ€"sized America is a long way WaATERLOO CHRONICLE. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1983 â€" PAGE 7 RICK CAMPBELL It‘s hard work behind the Times *# LJ * i OK, OK, so I did have a few minutes TÂ¥ spend relaxing down at Myrtle. Here are some of my observations. The golf courses, great a reputation as they have, were not in very good condition; as it was explained to me, they change the type of grass to meet the climatic conditions at this time of year. Myrtle National, the supposed Taj Mahal of courses down there, had greens in worse shape than Doon Valley on opening day . But there is no denying the beauty of the layouts, especially Burnâ€" ing Ridge, an 18â€"hole championship layout with water on every hole. Symâ€" bolically, it was enough to drive one to drink . In terms of economy, some magnifiâ€" cient buys were to be made, including linens, various grocery items, cameras and ‘clothing. But remember, Myrtle is becoming one of the hotspot resorts on the East caost, and the tourist dollar isn‘t travelling as far as it used to. One of my lasting impressions was the cordiality of the local police down there. Likely cognizant of the public relations aspect, they nonetheless were super friendly, courteous (one graciously alerted us to our unlocked hotel room door) and always ready with directions or advice. Not nearly as friendly were many of the retailers. Whether they had a good summer and didn‘t need the business I can only hazard a guess, but the smiles and greetings were few and far beâ€" tween. . The same could fot be said of the tourists in and around our hotel. Almost without exception, everyone was interâ€" ested in everyone else‘s story, and went out of their way to say hello be it on the beach, in a restaurant, or in the stores. My fondest memory is of a 79â€"yearâ€"old chap named Herb Cunningham, who accompanied son Don and wife Vicky to Myrtle Beach. Their trip had a sad note, since Herb‘s ("just call me Cappy") wife died in August, but as Herb insisted, life is for the living and he made the trip south from Toronto. Neighbors of my aunt and uncle who were also at our hotel, Cunninghams joined us all for my mother‘s birthday celebration and a simply wonderful time was had by all, especially that son of a gun Cappy. As a parting favor, I will not mention that he spent half the night hustling the waitresses. And the other half succeeding. My kingGom for his Speech will be the naming of a Ministerâ€" advocate, or a Minister of State for Youth, charged with the coâ€"ordination of all youth programs. We will also hear of millions of dollars being set aside for jobâ€"creation schemes aimed at the shortâ€"term employâ€" ment of young Canadians. I encourage you to listen. Determine whether these proâ€" grams begin to demonstrate a trust in young people to help themselves. I susâ€" pect, however, you will hear new sounding acronyms, trumpeting schemes under the thumb of ‘big government.‘ These jobâ€" creation mechanisms cost three times as much as nonâ€"governmental sponsored proâ€" grams, but, of course, give the governâ€" ment increased ‘presence.‘ smoothtalking ways ... I encourage young and old to let their government know their expectations and hopes for Canada. I believe that having a job is a formative experience, which brings dignity to life. Surely our learning should not begin with how to dodge ‘pogey® regulations, or form queues...‘ And at this season, we can all give thanks for the freedom to express our conâ€"