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8 c economist suntribune opin thursday march 8 2001 notice of dissolution ri jr whitchurchstouffville this notice is to inform the residents of whitchurchstouffville that the residents information group rig whitchurchstouffville is being dissolved as a corporate entity and that the board and rig supporters agreed at a general meeting held at the stouffville united church on january 24 2001 that any remaining funds of money raised during its time in operation as a nonprofit incorporated residents association less those needed for administrative action during the dissolution and distribution process will be donated to charities within whitchurchstouffville the surplus funds have subsequently been distributed to the following charities ottawa waking up to farmers plight ballantrae lions club ballantrae seniors club chats child find friends of the ws museum silverjubilee club stouffville kinsmen stouffville legion stouffville lions club stouffville optimists club stouffville rotary club whitchurchstouffville food bank whitchurchstouffville historical society whitchurchstouffville mobility transit yorkdurham aphasia centre thank you from the board rig whitchurchstouffville the makers and shakers in ottawa dont know one end of a cow from the other but theyre starting to recognize the sound of a farmer hollering last week fanners across the land including those from york region didnt mince words when they told ottawa that the 500million federal aid package given to the agricultural commu nity was too little too late much of the agricultural community is financially crip pled and farmers are dropping like flies survival tactics include not planting crops finding jobs off the farm and for those with faith dropping to their knees canadian farmers told the politicians that the 500 million was a pittance compared to their american and european coun terparts us farmers got 25 bil lion more than canadians in 1999 while european farmers received close to 5 billion more canadians want parity with the us nobody listened nobody understood nobody except the farmers seem to care but oh what a difference a day or two makes on tuesday feder al agricultural minister lyle vanclief announced an increase in the limit forinterestfree loans joan ransberry to farmers making 700 million available to help farmers plant their crops this spring its very good news for the agricultural community and even better news for the rest of us if the farmers plant the crops we get to eat the new program will enable farmers to apply for interest free loans up to 50000 it must be pointed out that last years limit was 20000 markham farmer paul ramer and whitchurchstouffville farm ers john doner and ken toms were very upset last week doner suggested farmers needed at least 900 million to pull the countrys agricultural industry out of its mess doner is especially keen to have a national farm policy he pointed out that while the indus try has a 95billion impact on canada its been done without a business plan canada is the only g7 country without an agricultur al business plan doner said i agree this is embarrassing toms has been a farmer for 30 years but of late planting crops has become a risky business he asks why put 130000 into the ground only to get 150000 back i was taken aback when toms made this statement school teachers dont teach 364 days a year riot earn a penny arid end up owing money he made a sim ple sad and very real point perhaps we should dwell less on school teachers and more on farmers after all farmers work twice as hard are twice as valuable and complain half as much as the average school teacher yes an agricultural policy will do more in the long run than an injection of cash longterm problems are not going to be cured by cash alone people do have to look further ahead still the federal government deserves to be recognized for this extra cash infusion it suggests politicians might be catching on to the fact that theres a link between these farmers and the food people eat last weeks survey question if someone proposed to move 16 or more adults with mental ill nesses into a home on your resi dential street would you be con cerned yes or no total responses 52 your opinion counts yes 39 75 per cent no 13 25 per cent this weeks survey question should police background checks be mandatory for people who work with children yes or no y r go to yrngcom tojile your answer and well publish the result- nnxtthurrdnv attganala 178882882273 bell canada 18776471016 bell mobility 18006670123 il hriiinriftiiih lfmhml himrhmi 1 vsssssassssssobs t elusmobilityclearnet j