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ELMVALE. OKTOBERFEST 2nd Annual Fall Fest October 15, 1983 Elmvale Curling Club 12:00 Noon to 1:00 a.m. Matinee and Eveni.3 Entertainment Admission $5.00 Info. 322-2516 Tickets at Door Firemen worked late into the night of Saturday, Oct. 1 to quell a blaze which completely destroyed a barn belonging to Cyril Robitaille, of Tiny Concession 18. Two trucks from Lafontaine, two from Northwest Basin (including the new pumper, shown here) and a tanker truck from Wyevale answered the call, at about 3:30 p.m. Tiny Township Fire Chief Guy Maurice called the tragic fire 'a sad affair' and said it was difficult to estimate the damage, since the cost of reconstructing a barn of that size would be enormous. The barn was used for hay and potato storage. It took less than an hour for the flames to reduce the barn to smouldering rubble. No one was injured in the blaze. Fire Chief Maurice said the cause of the fire is under investigation by the OPP. --Photos by Rod Prouse and Carol Dimock Now Available Beginning Farmer Assistance Program A New Ontario Program to Help Farmers Get Started in Their Own Operation Over the next five years, the Ontario government will be investing up to $135 million to encourage competent new farmers to enter the farming business. This will be done--for qualified applicants -- by making it easier for beginning farmers to meet the present-day high costs of farm loans. How the program works: ® The Ontario government will pay a direct cash rebate for 5 years on the amount of loan interest in excess of 8%, up to a maximum of 5 percentage points. This interest rebate will apply on loan amounts up to a limit of $350,000 per person. @ The loans will be administered by the FCC (Farm Credit Corporation) and other authorized lending institutions including the Bank of Montreal, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce and the Toronto Dominion Bank. @ The program applies to qualified loans granted on or after May 10, 1983. @ Applicants must never have been a farmer before (either for a majority of their time or for a majority of their income) and never owned a viable farm, but must have agricultural experience and/or agricultural education. FULL DETAILS Mini ARE AVAILABLE H ree from local OMAF county and Food offices or from lending : = F = Dennis Timbrell, Mini institutions. J OPER cars nee nes Page 10, Wednesday, October 5, 1983