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The word according to Timbrell:| Assistance program gets new lease on life Ontario Farm Adjustment Assistance Program slated to expire Dec. 31 will be extended for a second year, Ontario Minister of Agriculture and Food Dennis Timbrell announced today. He told producers attending the Ontario Federation of Agriculture annual meeting that the Ontario Cabinet had approved an extension of the program until Dec. 31, 1983. "Because weak commodity prices and high interest rates persist, one year will not be enough to achieve a turn around in the financial position of many participating farmers," he said 'In addition, the steep slide in some prices. particularly for cash, crops, means that additional farmers will soon need assistance."' Since the program was announced, more than 3,000 farmers have received financial assistance through the program's three options. The total value of the assistance under each option to date is: $267,768 under the interest deferral option A; $570,894,488 under the interest rebate option B and $38,808,147 under the loan guarantee option C. Timbrell said that the overall thrust of the program will remain un- changed, although it will be tempered by the fact that interest rates, while still high by historical standards, have declined significantly in recent months. "The farm adjustment assistance program remains an emergancy measure, designed as a bridge to a better system of farm income security." He said that the provinces are now asking the federal government to join them and the producer groups to establish a voluntary, tripartite, farm income stabilization program. "In this period of financial con- straint, this continued support reflects Ontario's commitment to preserving family farm enterprises, which are the foundation to our food and agriculture industry," he said. Tough decision at HDH Long-term care unit Stork was frequent visitor There were 31 new born admissions during October at Huronia District Hospital. There were 23 in September, 33 in August. 27 in July, 32 in June, 34 in May and 19 in April. Dec. 10 Human Rights Day Dec. 10 marks the 34th 2nd practices which we Anniversary of the now take for granted, United Nations' Were the result of Universal Declaration diligence, dedication of Human Rights, whose and vision on the part of principles form an in- concerned community tegral part of the members. preamble of the Ontario Yuman Rights Code. The new Ontario 'Sit upons' courtesy of Carpet Shop by Mark Passa and Chris Conn Mrs. Willis' Macrame Club has started and the girls in the Craft Club will be making soft sculpture Christmas decorations this week. Mrs. Guthrie would 'like to congratulate her Great Canadian Fitness Test winners, Sheri Swan first. and Michelle Hunter second. Mrs. Guthrie's class has started making stained glass windows for Christmas. Mrs. Stone's Grade Four class have started their study of Simcoe County by looking at its history. They have enjoyed predicting what the Huron Society must have been like' by looking at ar- chaeological dig maps. Mrs. Dixon's Science class experimented with carbon dioxide and found it can extinguish fire. They enjoyed their visit to the bank and learned how to write cheques. withdraw money, and how the computers make en- tries. Mrs. Tanner's Grade 2 class would like to thank Mrs. Roberts at the Carpet Shop for their new "sit upons," which are small pieces of carpet. Miss Bruff is new to HCES and she will be teaching us French since Mrs. Houghton is sick. Ms. Embro would like to congratulate the following winners in the Book Fair poster con- test. The winners in the Primary Division are Kathryn Elliott and John Parnell. In the Junior Division the winners are Jenny Buchanan and Heather McNutt. The Senior Division winner was Gavin McKenzie. Picture retakes were . on Nov. 22 and hopefully photos will be ready by Christmas. Mrs. Trace's class are looking forward to Christmas and _ her students are starting their winter projects. They are also doing exercises using Christmas music for fitness. Mrs. Todd and Mrs. Robertson's classes enjoyed having vegetable soup as part of their unit on vegetables. Students in Mr. Ness' Grade 7 class are writing poetry to send to the United Nations Assembly. All are concerned about the nuclear arms race and want to do something about it. The Se PM Wey Burkevale Volleyball tournament was played last week and Burkevale came out on top. Mr. Urquhart and Mr. Ness are sorry to see Kristin Peters leave our school. Parents will be in- vited to the school for an interview on either Dec. 7 or 9. A report card will go home with the parent at that time. We are very fortunate to." have) sa) -sstage production of Cinderella at our school next week, on Dec. 9. The next three weeks will be very active at our school with Christmas activities. The Enrichment Group are involved in individual research projects. They are using the skills necessary for selecting learning resources, collecting information, organiz- ding data, representing and presenting their findings. We visited the High School Library. and thank Mr. John Barz for permitting us to sign out some books to help us with our research assignments. Page 32, Wednesday, December 1, 1962 faces some cut-backs by RON JOHNSON .. Effective Dec. 1 Huronia District Hopital is planning to re-align its long-term care unit. Instead of having two nursing stations and two drug stations for the 36 beds in wings 1A and 1B north, there will now be only one of each. .. This still leaves the unit with more than adequate nursing care. In some larger hospitals in Ontario, one station could be responsible for as many as 54 beds. .-This is an effort of the administration to balance the budget, although there will be no lay-offs of full-time nurses. The cutbacks will be in the form of fewer part-time hours worked, and a decrease in the number of part-time nurses. .. The move has the sanction of the Ministry of Health and the unit's ratio of 'nurses to patients remains well within ministry guidelines. .. The decrease in manpower is stated by Director of Nursing Munroe as going from an average of 22.8 nurses per 40 hour week, to 20.8 nurses. The adoption of the Universal Declaration on Dec. 10, 1948 was particularly charged with excitement because, for the first time, nations of the world spoke with one voice to proclaim fundamental principles of human rights. The Declaration serves not only as an inspirational tribute ot the human spirit, but also as a commitment to the furtherance of universal social har- mony. Closer to home, the past 20 years have seen great strides made in the field of human rights. Many policies Human Rights Code, which was_ procalimed on June 15 of this year prohibits discrimination in employment, ac- commodation, contr- acts, goods, services and facilities. The protected grounds are race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, creed, sex, age, record of offences, marital status, family status, handicap and receipt of public assistance. The Ontario Human Rights Commission, as part of its celebration, will be co-sponsoring an international confer- ence on human rights in Toronto, on Dec. 10. TURKEY DURING CO-OP CHRISTMAS TURKEY DAYS Let your family enjoy a FREE Grade Tend-R-Fresh Christmas Turkey from local Co-operative with* the purchds e 6 tonnes of any CO-OP Balanc e 600 kg of any CO-OP Mine PLACE: Simcoe District Co-op : DATE: Friday, December 10, 1982 TIME: 8a.m.-5p.m. *NOTE: e Limit 2 turkeys/family ¢ Feed must be for delivery, before Jan. 7, 1983 ° Minimum turkey weight 8% Ibs. Simcoe District Co-op 259 Innisfil St., Barrie 726-6531 co a ne --