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Oat i THE ERA Serving York County Sinn tin DAVID R HASKELL ft TERRY CARTER J ALLAN MARTIN JOHN LOTT Phone Newmarket X Charles St Phone Aurora Complex at Seneca During these times of economic stringency it seems almost frivilous to be suggesting that Yorks municipalities embark upon a multi- million dollar program to construct an Olympic- calibre recreation complex on Seneca Colleges King campus Yet when the idea is closely scrutinised it makes sound economic sense The key of course is the fund Since the money in the fund is raised by lottery and not through taxation it is not doled Tout to municipalities on a per capita grant basis as are other government funds Grants are made on the basis of the merit and need of the in dividual project and according to municipal officials priority is given by officials to municipal projects Preference is also being given in the distribution of Wintario funds to the less developed eastern and northern section of the province It seems apparent that over the next decade or so Yorks municipalities will from time to lime be allotted Wintario grants for individual projects but the people of the region would Congratulations York County After eight years of red tape frustrations childrens department the gleaming new wing is waiting freezes waiting strikes and more a pleasure to behold waiting and two years of construction and all its Ma wing was opened today rf flnd And what an addition it is behalf of our community obviously benefit more from a well planned and prepared presentation for a single longterm project to supplement these few smaller projects- Seneca College has already allotted funds for an athletic complex at its Pinch Ave campus so this money will be spent whether York opts for the King project or not With the Seneca funds the King campus site and assurance of maintenance and regular use by college staff and students a longterm deal with the fund for a steady flow of building money could assure the project Such a centre built over a 10 or year period would benefit people all over the region and would make Seneca and York Region a focal point in the recreation and athletic field for all of southern Ontario The scheme illustrates how with foresight and imagination and cooperation between various governments and other institutions we can continue to grow in these limes of economic It also illustrates the calibre of leadership we must come to expect from our leaders in these times SSL If IK Really Officer Rudys not drunk Mi iose is always that color Letters to th e editor Injured boys parents thank those who helped like la ihcm The Men Mr Tom Hull call IhMlnin nxl Mr lit for Ottawa needs deflation too only at the time of the J mlVwiliriui would irojuam in IrKMI around its bloated belly mess ihit afterwards Sinclair Stevens is ilu Iliad lhit WILLIAM K OTTAWA REPORT Trudeau farm policy example of folly By SINCLAIR STEVENS MP York As United States Agricultural Secretary Earl has said There is no greater folly than to try to dictate agricultural policy from the political arena Centralized decision making does not work it never had and it never will Mr was referring to the Soviet Unions difficulty in producing enough food to feed themselves which is in sharp contrast to the United States which net only feeds its own 210 million people but is able to produce sufficient extra food to feed another million Agricultural produce is Americans greatest export today In Canada we have had many exam ples of the folly referred to by Mr Most will remember the govern ments decision in to introduce its infamous LIFT Program which paid western wheat producer an acre for land which remained fallow and an acre for land seeded to other crops The program had catastrophic results Not only was productive land left bare farmers incomes were reduced to such a extent that LIFT became known in the farm community as Lower Incomes For Today No sooner had the program been implemented than world demand for wheat swung upwards and western farmers lost untold millions of dollars from sales which In my view production should never have been cut back Any surplus wheat should have been stored for future use Today the government is at it again This time it is tampering with the milk industry For reasons that are not clear it has been decided to increase the amount of cheese being imported into Canada which in turn will have serious consequences for our dairy industry It is hard to understand why in an agricultural country such as Canada we have allowed cheese exports to decline so that today we import more cheese than we export Importation of cheese has risen drastically from million pounds in to 50 milliion pounds in 1975 We will have sufficient milk production in Canada next year to satisfy our requirements for dairy products Including most of that portion of the cheese market which the government has already given away to other countries If the cheese import quota is increased rather than decreased milk from Canadian producers will go into powder and butter at very high cost to producers in export levies instead of going into cheese production at no increased cost to anyone Also it will mean a portion of the domestic market will be forever lost to Canadian milk producers If on the other hand the cheese quota could be reduced to 10 million pounds from million pounds per year which would be more in line with traditional imports in the 1970 1971 period skim milk production in the next dairy year could then be reduced by approximately million pounds This would represent a saving to milk producers of close to million at current world market prices Simply stated every million pounds of cheese imports resulls in a loss to Canadian producers of approximately Dairy farms represent per cent of all farms in Quebec and about per cent in Ontario The value of total annual Canadian milk is close to billion This is an important industry and cheese production represents a crucial pari or this delicately balanced sector of our economy The Department of Agriculture and The Department of Industry Trade and Commerce should embark on an agressive sales program lo promote the sale of cheese abroad In we exported million pounds of cheese 10 years ago it was million pounds and now it is about million pounds annually Cheese im ports however have risen from million pounds annually to 50 million pounds this past 10 years This trend must be reversed Canadian sales of manufactured milk products must be increased and our import quota for cheese must be reduced Promises loud yell if her cat picked up Council challenged to find way to leash cats bylaw I auhe Roys Christmas list offers key to everyones happiness By ROY GREEN Christmas is a time for good wishes and I am just chockfull of good wishes for all of you out there beyond this onedimensional newsprint And rather than just wishing you all hap piness and longevity and peace on earth etc I thought Id be more specific this year Its easy and perhaps a little lazy to generalize and wish everyone the aformentioned things I wanted to go everyone one better So for the past few weeks Ive been studiously watch ing television to find out what it is that people want to be happy longlived and full of peace 1 realize it was a lot of work but Im glad I did it for I now have the answers to all of lifes mysteries I now hold the key to happiness for It was all there every day and night The following the result of two weeks of searching is my Christmas wish for each and every one of you May the Man from Glad make all your sandwiches fresh ones and keep leftovers air tight And Arm and Hammer Soda keep your refrigerator smelling fresh and sparkling bright Would that gels your head out of the oven and Lux your hands from the sink Prithee gloves for smooth hands and Air Wick for the stink May you always be a dreamer with Sleep- Ease at your side and dream of flowing white sheets freshly cleaned with Tide And blow your bad breath away and happy roads with Chevrolet May your woodwork shine with PineSol and no monthly woes with May White Tornado free you and that handsome bachelor May you have shimmering lips flowing hair golden skin and the freshest mouth in town I pray you go through life untouched by per spiration stains on your gown I wish you freedom from those backache woes and occasional tummy unease with a years supply of and May you always have sufficient food to feed your Living Bra and may you sing in perfect harmony of bubbly CocaCola May you find that nerves and tension can be stilled by May the family pooch be healthy with lots of cookies MilkBone and May Granny have enough of the tea thats known by taste alone May Junior eat his Wonder Bread and grow 12 times faster and Uncle Charlie find relief with a box of BlueJay Corn Plasters Would that your furniture shines and shakes off dust while generously spread with Pledge and may your Cough Control Centre not leave you constantly on edge May you be attacked by buxom beauties after using Hai Karate and win the girl of your dreams with premixed rum and toddy Hope you wake up your parties with chipdip and shake forever that postnasal drip May you double your pleasure and double your fun and never worry for acid stomach by occasionally sucking Turns May your underarms smell of daisies and your breath like snow May your clothes be free of dandruff and your sox not have holes in the toe May that greying hair become young again with a touch of golden tint May your bathroom soap keep you free from bellybutton lint May you foam away those carpet stains still getting value few your dollar and never again be embarrassed by ring around the collar I vou always wo eyes and no five oclock shadow Ami mow than this I pray to God you never get In all this Christmas I am sincere TV set and all your burn brightly for year