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christ church congregation attendance keeps climbing by erkki pohjolainen stouffville last year was one of transition for christ church anglican interim priest david bolton told the annual vestry meet ing jan 26 he said change and decay are not always synonymous while change is not necessarily growth there can be no growth without change and christ church is still going through change rev paul scuse was inducted as parish priest thursday to succeed mr bolton who served the church after rev philip poole left to join the staff of trinity college port hope attendance at christ church has risen steadily over the years back in 1981 sunday services attracted an average of 131 people in 1985 the average had climbed to 167 in that same time the parish list has nearly doubled that year 110 names where listed while this year began with 212 another indication of the churchs gain is evident when comparing financial contributions between 1984 and 1985 the total collected in envelopes during services went up more than 5000 to 54600 hovvever removal of income from the chickadee nursery school that was 6700 the year before and a decline of more than 6000 from fundraising activities reduced the amount gained by the church by over 6000 yet the total receipts for the year were 7856 more than the year before this was primarily caused by the mortgage fund that received 12623 christ church still owes about 64000 in mortgage money on the new sanctuary eleven payments of 900 were made last year as well christ church received a 20000 grant from synod which went to wards construction costs total mortgage on the new church was 75000 the only conclusive evidence of the gain in popularity with the new chuch is apparent when comparing attendance figures of the past two summers during this time when many go away on weekends and take vacations the church attracted an average 33 more people to sunday services comparisons of any other time period would be inconclusive because other factors namely mr pooles leaving the parish and the move into the new church also cause major variances in statistics the christ church wardens for this year are peter parent rec tors warden jim green peoples warden george sled deputy rectors warden and david bowman deputy peoples warden editors mail mother nature needs a hand to control deer tribune february 5 1986 a9 here comes home j all in the family gerald and carolyn ogrady sir galahad place markham par ticipated both individually and as a duet in a piano recital at the salvation army temple willowdale friday night both are stu dents of louise clarke rr 4 stouffville id cattlemen dear editor your editorial in the jan 29 edition of the tribune came down hard on the ministry of natural resources and uxbridge twp council for endorsing a deer hunt in the northern part of the municipality there are two sides to this issue you obviously have not ex perienced the negative side i pose two questions 1 have you ever struck a deer or had one vault across the road in front of your car its a frightening ex perience 2 have you personally witnes sed the damage a deer herd can inflict on a farmers crop its often extensive to preserve these beautiful animals wild life must be kept in proper balance sometimes mother nature needsa hand sincerely trevor burgess rr 4 uxbridge by erkki pohjolainen york region cattle farmers enrolling in the tripartite staba- lization plan will receive subsidies for losses due to the low prices paid for beef last year senior policy advisor martin jaeger of the ministry of agriculture and food explained the plan at the york cattlemens annual meeting in newmarket simply tripartite uses revenues from the provincial and federal governments along with premiums paid by the farmer it subsi dizes low prices paid for cattle during periods of low market prices and is geared to the national average of the previous five years producers farmers put money in during good times and take money out during bad mr jaeger said the retroactive plan for 1985 includes payments from both federal and provincial governments ontario will pay 46 cents for each pound gained before slaughtering to a maximum of 3795 a head in addition the federal government will pay 252 cents a pound of the cattles final weight however the 1985 subsidies only apply for cattle that went to slaugh ter to claim payments receipts are not required but for steers weighing less than 1000 pounds and calves less than 900 pounds proof of slaughter must be included the forms must be filed as soon as possible mr jaeger said or the applicant will not receive the full benefits in ihe beginning t if the farmer wants to drop out of the plan he must give three years notice and if he wants to return he will have a twoyear waiting period before receiving full benefits the cost of this stabalization is approx imately 7 a head for the farmer mr jaeger said but thats not definite yet tripartite is a 10year plan and will be reviewed after five if after the 10 years the plan is operating at a deficit the provincial and federal governments will absorb the loss but if the plan has holdings at that time the money will be divided equally between the two governments and the ontario cattlemens association equal representation from the two governments and the association will control the plan mr jaeger concluded lou and lynn schroeder found their dog here after hed spent six days hiding in a nearby barn residents of dicksons hill ab out a halfmile from the schroed er home on hwy 48 had com plained something was causing their dogs to bark at night as well several local residents phoned mrs schroeder to say theyd seen their pet but here is a shy dog mrs schroeder said and likes to hide from people the schroeders perseverance finally led them to the right area mrs schroeder and her sister cathleen murray took heres sister for a walk in the area and the missing dog came running out mr schroeder said the dog suffered no ill affects dur ing its 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