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The Huron Expositor, 1976-02-28, Page 17THE HURON OcPOSITOR, FEBRUARY 26, 1976...,47 ,154 sq mdes Interior Exterior Painting ORDER NOW LIQUID 28 % NITROGEN FOR BEST RESULTS ON WHEAT and BARLEY svi Contact HENSALL DISTRICT CO OP For Custom Application 262-3002 HENSALL. on 580B Backhoes LIMITED TIME OFFER Clinton Ontario the Commerce has the financing you need. , The seven additions bring to 27 the number of member municipa- lities in the Maitland authority. The new members are the townships of Eagt Wawanosh, West Wawanosh, Colborne; Kin- loss, Cuirass, Ashfield and the Village of Lucknow. The votes against joining the authority came from Ashfield Township and Lucknow. The rest of the authority members voted unanimously to accept the new territory. An eighth municipality, Huron Township, which was included in an earlier expansion proposal, withdrew its application to join aft er its neighboring municipalities indicated they would prefer it-to jOin the Saugeen Valley Conservatign Authority.. The loss means, the authority's Lake Huron sho;21in,.. will be extended only abo half as much as it had hoped. CANADIAN 'IMPERIAL BANK OF COMMERCE MVCA Nevitts, Now area totals The Maitland Conservation planned which.invOlve the use of Authority has haft getting some this, wood, he men found this' top quality returns for their work to bs an interesting change dollars this vvinter. The returns ' Trdm painting, picnic tables. are, in, the form of ohs well done Before they left the site they '4 by four area residents who were made certain that all rubble ,had hired by the Authority in the fall been cleaned up. of 1975 under the L.I.P. program. More recently, Murray • 1 he Local Initiatives Program WCutcheon, Murray Rollins and ,grant awarded to the Authority in Charles Bromley have spenrtimc the fall of 1975 totalled $13,800. It on another projeet. This involved was originally hoped that this the placing of sheets of plywood funding would provide. for . 92 over the windows and other man weeks of labour on Authority Openings of the old grist mill in projects. - Gurric, in an effort to minimize Murray Rollins and Murray the threat or vandalism at the 4‘leCutcheon, both or Listowel, 'I he Authority owns the mill Charles Bromley of Myth and and is planning to eventually Philip Clements of Goderich were' renovate it and 'to use it as a the four. men employed under the comb.lnation museurii andodtdoor program. Since the y were hired in educatiOn facility. '1 he men also November they have been found time to do some work on working clone hard to complete the Old Mill in Brussels. 'The the numerous projects assigned awning,was torn. down and sonic to them during the winter further clean up johc were carried Montlis. • out. he Authority is considering 'I hese assignments were to preparing plans for renovation of include picnic table .repairs and this 'Mill as well. , painting vandal 'proofing of two Picnic tables, old mills and old historic (.''''on,stihiction and -liornes4have not been sufficient to. installation of playground occupy all orthe time of these ~equipment, road • ' clearing, hard working employees. firebreak construction and dead have been assigned to several a new campground was construc- ted at the Falls. Reserve Conser- vation Ara, toilet facilities were needed and so the 1...1.P. crew was assigned', to assist in the con- - structing O' six new outdoor toilets. 'rinse have all beeri completed and will he set out it) the spring. Under the supervision of Jim Walsh and Ray•Gtowdy, At'ithority Field staff foremen, the men also undertook the construction of new signS'. These signs arc ; to he erected' on properties which the Authority purchased in 1975. • Still another job tackled by thes.i men was the manufacturing of tree racks.T hese are tb•he used in a new tree inirseryb".•fatifity which will be set up at the Wawahosh Valley Conservation Area i4itring 1976. Materials used .in these racks were taken from . the dismantled Morris Hill Forest Tract house:. . . Construction and ,installation of playground equipment, road clearing, fire break con'str'uction and dead tree removal are jobs vet to be undertaken by this hard working crew. ' If all' goes according to plan the ' 'Program Vince Judge of Listowel. Arden Barker of Mornington Thwnship was acclaimed chairman of the Reforestation, Land Use and Wildlife Advisory Board. David Gower, Town of Goderich and Harold Hyndman of How ick Township were acclaimed chair- men of the Water -Management Advisory Board and Public Rela- -tions Advisory Board respectively In his inaugural remarks. Lorne Murray. expressed his deep ap- preciation for the confidence which the members had express sed in him. He went on to say that he sees the long term land acquisition programs as being very important in the future work of the Authority.. The Lower Town Wingham program is especially significant and must be empha- sized he. said. „He added that a great deal of hard work and co-operation will be needed to iron out the problems surrounding the regis- tering of floodplain regulations but that this must come about. In. a five-to-two vote by seven new member municipalities the authority enlarged its Lake Huron shoreline by 12 mileg and gained the watershed of the Lucknow River. Don PulIvn,' Huron Ag. Rep. - Discussion leaders will include Bruce • IN/ItCorquodale. Farm Management Specialist, 0.M.A,F., Guelph anti Art Reed. C.A.. of BanghaW (Kelly. Doig & Co.,' 11:_xeter. Bill MeEachern, Ihcome 'lax • Department, Kitchener. N1 ill be taking part OA telelecture, It is suggested participants bring a blank copy of. their 1975 Income ' lax ForM, the "19.7.5. Formes • Income 'I ax Guide -, .as well as their own noon lunch. 1 hose interested in attending arc asked to contact the Agricultural Office, Clinton, before February 24th . Mr. Pullen said. The Maitland Valley Conserva- the fact hat it is an important tion Authority is now approxima- water storage and ground. water tely 150 sq.miles larger in area. re-charge area. The Authority That was the major news item presently owns 457, acres in this taken home by all who attended swamp and hdpes eventually to the Annual meeting' of the buy a large portion of it. Maitland_ Valley Conservation Mr. Ian Deslauriers, Resources Authority at the Authority's head- Manager informed the Authority quarters in yV5oiceter on Wednes- members of recent discussions day, Februaq 18th. This addition involving. the Township councils brings the total area of the of East and West Wawanosh and Authority to 1,1'54 sq. .miles. In the Authority euecutive regarding the past, num erous attempts to the transfer of ownership of the have the Authority expanded by Wawanosh Municipal Park to the 450 sq. mile have -been initiated Authority. Mr. Deslauriers also by various Authority municipali-. reported that Dave Grummett, tics. In each previous case the Resources Technician is presently necessary yes vote by a two- preparing a draft Master Pal t thirds majority of municipalities map of the park for presentation directly affected by the expansion to the councils early in March. was not achieved. Marlene Shiell, Secretary Trea- In the fall of 1975 it was surer, presented the revised. 1976 decided instead to aim for a budget and announced that ad- partial enlargement. Wednesdays ministration estimates have been, meeting represented the fruitful revised downward by $20,800 results of the latest efforts The -from the proposed budget pre- expanded Authority now includes sented at the ,,,eneral meeting in the entire Lucknow River water- December. The total 1976 budget shed. Ten additional miles of is $502,.150 of which $143,200" Lake 1-Inron shoreline were added must he raised by levies and large . sections of which .are through donations to the Conserv- plagued. by severe erosion prob-. ' ation Foundation. lems. • Municipalities 'Involved in the expansion were the Townships of Ashfield, Culross, East Wawan- osh, West Wawanosh, Colborne and the Village of Lucknow, 'of which the last four now lie entirely ,. within the Authority's boundaries. Alex Ansell of the Conservation Authorities' Branch, attended the meeting and presid- ed over the ballotting for the expansion meeting. All. 'of the municipal representatives in at- tendance., voted unanimously to accept the new• expansion after five of the seven affected munici- palities had voted amongst them- selves to add their areas to the Anthority. Past chairman, Jack Graul, warmly welcomed the new municipalities of Ashfield Town- ship, Culross Township, ' and Lucknow into the Authority and expressed the hope '.t1ov they would contribute much ta make it an even more ambitious and progressive Authority. Two major, long term land lacquisition programs were approved by the, members. The first. involves the purchase. of approximately 35 acres of flood- plain land in Turnberry Twp, in, an area known as Lower Town Wingham t.and will be purchased .according to a list of priorities sees this program as a last resort in' its efforts to minimize flood damage in the area. Other flood control measures are not feasbile. Properties will be purchased as they become aVailable on the open market. The. second, long term acquisi- tion program ifivOlves the 4,000 acre Sartoga SwanfP in West Wawarnish Township. This area, is considerCd to he of great environmental significance,due to Help. your Heart. Help your Heart Fynd The members also elected a new chairman, Lorne Murray of Moorefield, and Vice Chairman, tr .o. removal,. However, in the other jobs, such as constructing will he completed. by the end of which .has \_25 acres !ilea-mime, several other projects .outdoor toilets. In the fall of 1975 • flooded. land'. scheduled of heavily for pri- Mary acquisition. The Authority e been added to the list. 'I he first task they tackled involved the repairing and pointing or some 400 picnic tables used by the Authority at its A arious,,youservation areas. Thee tables. outside all year long are, subject to all kinds of• cathcr conditions. Sonic of them cure damaged unintentionally by users while others. arc thoughtless - vandalised.. All needed coats of paint to ensure their survival for many years 'to conic: Fifty gallons of paint were consumed and the four. needless to say. became skilled in- using paint brushes. Now, all 400 tables have been completed and arc aiting. in like new condition, to be delivered to the Conservation .Areas in the spring. All of this work was carried out at -the Authority 'workshop at the Falls Reserve Conservation Area at Hentniller. tr Prior to the end-Of 1975; the 1..1,1). employees had t he interest'', tug task of tearing down a house situated on the Morris Hill Forest 'I rnct. one of the Aithority's propert its. 'Iwo weeks were.-spent in taking the house apart. 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Among those from the area attending were (left to right) Glenn McNeil, R.R.6, Goderich; Bill Leeming, R.R.4, Walton; Debbie Hill, South Mountain; and Richard Gilmer, South Mountain. Maitland Conservation Authority LIP program 'progressing well Income Tax Seminar to be held Feb. 27 . Plans are final for an Income lopieS"will include income anti 'I aN Seminar at the Agricultural expenses, capital cost allowances", Office Board RoOm. Clinton on 'averaging of income.. capital Friday, 'February 27th from 10:30 gains, and otVer special pro'Visio.ns a.m. to 3:00 p.m. -according to ' about filing 'income tax.