Buckrells of Ballinafad get record price for lamb By writer Unlike Mary of the nursery rhyme who had a little Lamb that followed her everywhere the Buckrells of have and one of them recently fetched a Canadian record price of 1 The lamb a Dorset nun quadruplet had an average daily gain of M pounds per day It act the Canadian record price July 23 at the Fifth Ontario Stition Tested Ram and Ewe sale in Erin when It was purchased by Mac Mar Forms Ltd Beaverton Ont largest commercial sheep operation And ever since the ram was sold for breeding says Nan the phone at their 100 acre farm I stopped ringing with inquiries from all over Ontario Quebec and some from New York asking if there are any more We were quite thrilled she said and the record price was totally unexpected The Buckrells only began sheep forming two years ago when they moved to their present farm from a five acre hobby farm near Stewart town where they hod about four horses Called Loch Lane Sheep the farm is still in growing pains Mrs sold in an interview And they just ready to handle the amount of business the record sale has generated It started as a hobby farm with ewes after they had moved to to have more room for their horses Now it looks like the horse may have to go to make room for the sheep Mrs Buckrcll told The Herald They have 120 ewes and figure the flock stop at 150 Brian Buckrcll is a and he researched the breeds Mrs sold to come up with a Dorset because they breed year around and with Finland las which are prolific In addition to the two pure bred flocks they are also crossbreeding hoping to pro- commercial ewe Sheep farming is a unique industry where everyone is doing some thing different Mrs said Loch Lane Sheep is a fa mily effort in which their three children Lome Lorraine and Graham the real far mer all pitch in with the chores she sold only li the greener on the other Inn sheep got L side or the fence but also Is the case helps the above In the centre of the feeder where a And without Grandma and Grandpa Buckrell pa rents we t do it Nevertheless the farm is a lot of hard work and de manding she said We start at six and finish at ten at night Mrs believes that sheep farmin Is an ideal way for people from the city to make a successful transition to farm life Their own success in only two years has meant that many groups of farmers visit their farm on weekends to see and discuss their program Tht move to the country from the city they formerly lived In Georgetown also has made the children more self suff she said Our whole life has changed since we come here she said seated In her large farm kitchen while Graham put around making and trying to convince his mother to play chess We vo become farmers But farming sheep is not without hazards and th worst she said are the dogs There a something with dogs and sheep she added bur in limber wolf bold as brass came to the farm twice to look over the sheep In the bams but was chased away The Buckrells have a Kelpie an but so far It is afraid of the sheep of the children gets a lamb on his or her birthday The family have discovered that they have one thing in common with other sheep far Mm sold If you really like sheep you really like sheep CAS director More child abuse than stats say By WARD Herald Uff writer Figures representing child abuse cases in reports by the Children a Aid Society In a provincial memorandum arc not accurate Ron Coup- land executive director of Hal ton a Children Aid Society said Friday In 107G II cases were re ported six in 1075 and five cases in but these figures ire low he said because persons ore afraid to report child abuse cases Doctor feel that if they report the case and CAS enters into the situation but loses the case the doctors wonder what happens to the children A coroner a jury listed recommendallos to be by government deport and social service agen cies following a five week inquest into the death o monthold Vicky Ellis In Tra it was found that Vicky Ellis who was put Into her parent care by the family court three weeks before her death last March died of natural causes But the court cited improper feeding by her parents and possible errors in Judgment by social workers as contributing factors Vicky was the third child Deborah Ellis to die under unusual circumstances Mr Coup and agrees with the jury recommendations centered on lighter control of child and said a central registry of cases would result in more accurate figures He said the concept of child abuse teams is a sound deel and should consist of doctors who would be able to make medical rccommenda lions on any given The jury recommended the CAS filing system be reviewed by experts to make It more efficient and accessible This represents a nightmare for Mr Coup and The filing system of the CAS is not perfect and repre sents a weakness In the so ciety he said but the public has to realize social workers are not hired forlhelrabillty to fill out perfect report Social workers are hired for their ability to deal with human distress and a good talker is not always a good The public is constantly complaining of the CAS ex and if the society had to hire- expert writers to file costs would sky rockets he added An excellent lion Mr Coupland agreed with is the CAS be given access to all material In flics of police mental Insllitloiu and courts without the consent of the parent of guardian but subject to Judicial control If parental permission is refused now the CAS has to recreate a situation which is almost impossible to do he said Also he agreed whole with the do lion for unlimited scope Tor cross examination of wit nesscs at family court hear ings Mr Coupland said years of experience In clinical family work has shown him lawyers feci that when the ritual of court has finished the cose is complete But that he said Is where the CAS steps in and continues dealing with human experiences He agrees with the recom mendatlon that only pay chin make psychiatric as of families or Indivl duals for purposes of family court custody hearings if the law would accept social work as a profession and accept a social worker assessment of families or Individuals as a separate assessment He ad that the expense and time Involved to hire a psychiatrist to do a separate assessment will have to be accounted for A psychiatrist questions whether a person Is sick and treatable whereas a social worker questions whether a person la immature and can t cope with the skills of dealing with life a problems he said The court can t make up Its mind which decision It wants to deal with Social workers are being placed in a role of social control he said and an Interesting phenomenon is de veloping of what society wants from social workers Children in core of the CAS as of June 30 1977 total 1B9 157 of which were born in There are children In foster homes in paid Institutions and Tour In psych faculties Excuse Us While We RENOVATE WERE STILL OPEN FOR BUSINESS TAKE YOUR CHANCE AND PICK UP GREAT 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