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The Huron Expositor, 1977-01-27, Page 13. • • 4/evelepeient Corporation loam ion the prOperty when the owner was unable to meet, .m,ortgage4 payments. - 1 - The Report reveals that the Government gave an- ex-Deputy Minister, seconded to serve as Chairman of , the 'Regional Municipality of Sudbury! $23,375 in severance, pay when he resigned over a dispute with A conned' member. He was subse- quently dismissed from •Govern- ment r strvic.c, • after_ 27 years of employment with' the ProVince, and was given no explanation for the dismissal. The Provincial' Auditor stated ''the payment of this severance allowanee did not appear to be based-.on the Public Services Act or Regulations. or any stated. guideline." This Government has Igmkg,gy,. the • Auditor, ,•0 operate binieens. of Management Board Orders Cabinet spending orders: which have not been passed by the LegislattireT. Apparently, in the fiscal year '1975-76, the public interest necessitated the spend- ing of $289,905, 005 by this means: There were 93 separate - orders, tor amounts, ranging from • $15,000 to $57 million. • I 'have .W several! • enquiries from farthers regarding'Ille" -- alleged import control of farm , chemicals. by this week, but on eheeking with the office of the, Federal Minister. of Agriculture, the HonourablEu-gehe 'Whelan, a with the various farm• organiza- tions but nothing - has .beeti made p I u fi b n l d i c .that t. he Minister hai-rilet • CLUB LEADERS' ANNIVERSARY EXEC: —4, The Huron Count4-1-1'"cliib leaders' _ - association elected; their executive, for their 25th, year at their annual meeting in Clinton Thursday. Bob -Hern, left, R .R.1;Woodha is the new president arid Albert Van Dyken, R.R.1, Exeter, is first vicepresideni. Glen McNeil, R.R.6, Goderich, is the second "vice president and Jean Dinsmore, fordwich is past president. Seated in . is secregry treasurer, Mauriee Hallahan,a.R.1, Bel-grave (NeWrFladiif'd-Oh610) • Hurop 44-1 leaders HULL 17-t:COOCIL FlUl101tTownship's neirijipl6cted council for the new term are front row, left to right: Clerk Clare Vincent; deputy reeve, Joe Hunking; reeve John Jewitt; road superintendent, George Hoggart; Beck : Councillors JOe Gibson;' Greg Srendon and Tom Cunningham. (News-Record Photo) (Established in 1876) 7'o, des friguranCe Coverage for ToWn . Dwellings as well' as Farm • PrOperties • MciaLLO MUTUAL- FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY HEAD OFFICE: 10 iMAIN ST.; S.EAFORTHr.ONT M rs; Margaret' Share.,"•Sec. Treas., Ph. 527-0400. FULL COVERAGE Farm and Urban Fire, Windstorm, Liability, Thrift " ' Various Floater Coveratjes 1-lomeownerls Tenant"s Ptiokage,bomposite Dwelling_ Directors and Adjusters , ifohfArtlilinda,tUtA,Sesnorth : .$21-1811 -4.:"V7/". Ken Own/than; R.R.4, Seatfarth . -527-154" ' -1Avern Glidlini, R.11.#1, Walton • ,. S27,18/7 .:. ' Roseio telimerstidiviiiit?Riti lttotrnibh_ol....iti ...,..-____: - 552 1390 slimier hfoltivitiiii RAO, nederich ' ' , t S241151- "---- :'-'i, --, .14K4riviitrikeiK0.1). 6$1 Clinton 482-7SO Win.',Pepfeei Iiiiicefleht :Tunes' IteYBO.O.i4 $!'.1460V-.. ' N-. . . g 73.ittlg, , A. iiiiAliai. F 481,7534 siki). Murray,' Mii40Seiterth :CALi;iNA'oet# bit Ti•i'itieFt.'61 -. . wlaoninn1.140111:0e1Kise:te:toli.K..1, Dublin .'"" -.;.. .....5341/..12813:2, — :Aottog--- .AGENTS Woodham Dublin Dublin ' Mitchell ' Mitchell 229-6643 . 345-2001 345-2512 '- 348-9051 • 348-9012 • a ' THE HURON EXPOSITOR, JANUARY' 27; 1977 13 Jockt s lotting S. Plan le islation for private medical labs Provincial.The, Auditor also discloses that although the Government has a building full of meeting rooms at Queen's Park, the Ministry of Culture and ReCi•eation prefers the comfort and .service of Toronto hotels. Physicians and Surgeons . of During the past year, this Ontario - setup in 197.1 to rule on Ministry•ran up a" tab •of $18,466 cases of improper payment - has holding 40 meetings' at 16 city - yet . to'issue decisions on 175 hotels. "Some of the billings did cases, some dating back to 1974. not ;indicate the purpose of the The Review Committee 'meeting nor the-names of those., recommended recovery of money attending,"' said- the Auditor. (By Jack Riddeilr 14.03:t: In mid-December, ''`Orevineial- AUditor Norman. Seep tabled his Report for the year-ended _Mardi, 31st, 1976, As a result .of -information , contained .in • , this geport, the Government plans to introduce -legislation • this spring the, question of ownership of private medical laboratories' by ',doctors,' "giving rise to conflicts of interest. The Government has been promising, regulations,t since last Spring. The Provincial Auditor said in ...his report that the Ontario, Health -Insuranee Plan (OHIP) 'has paid Out. millions of dollars in claims without PrOPerly checking their :validity. He states that existing 'legislation makes prosecution On fraud charges almost impossible. • Government .and medical profession rules haVe been too lax " in permitting-doctors-to-operate ..Titivate-labs which' have made claims orr:OHIP, which' according to July Sistf--- records cover 12,748,793 participants- in• the plan, althOngh-r-t-Ite., province's .population a year-before was only, 8;226,000. • Apparentlythe•Medleal.-Revie* Committee of the College (c4. in 115 cases, but no action in 254 We recommended that the others,'' failing to explain its facilities of th 'MacdOnald -Block: ecisions when.OHIP-evidence of (the Queen's • Park meeting' improper payments was-rejected. "-'-Centre) be 1- Used for meetings One e explanation for whenever 'possible and that the delay in settling cases 'which • Ministry develop: :standards and come before, the Review guidelines to regulate- the cost of Comtnittee is the fact that many • food and heVerages provided at cases are extremely complicated. meetings, luncheons and other. One physician„ was ordered to hospitality-related functions,' Old Fort William, being built for the. Ontario-Government as a The Auditor also reported that overpayment of family benefits by the Ministry of CommunitY and Social Services has passed the $19 , millionniark!--The largest mitOtint- - $8.6' - represents unre- ' covered portions of overpayments that were outstanding 'when recipients were cut off. Adminis- trative errors were 'blamed for „-$857,000 of the losses during the .pait three years and legal action • is being considered in another 06 cases for which overpayments sr total $5w oo. At leapt $70,000 has apparently disappeared in the forth of replacement,ebeques for,. others that have been lost or undelivered. according to the -:Axiditor's • tau •attraction io Thunder Bay; •• Report , which devoted 14 pages has cost more than 'twice the to the health Ministry and abuses • originally budgeted price.. The of the $800 million QUIP fund, No cost to the end of last March stood reason is given 'for the Review (at $U.7 million. The construction Committee% order for the repay- contract signed five years ago was ment of $489,000. During its five for $5.5 million, subject to an -years ofliperatioo the Committee increase of riot more than ten per .has recovered $1.1 million. cent and increases due to inflation. Costs have also run far over approved limits in a related project. The Government agreed to have a university • prepare _manuscripts and -technical reports on the fort,- setting "a' limit of $200,000. /3y-the end of Match, the cost had hit $242,000. " In another controversial project in Northwestern Ontario, costs .of buying and renovating Minaki Uidge have -hit-39.4- million. The Province bought the lodmin 1974 to protect., Notthern 'Ontario "Canadian agricultural chemi-- 'cal§ companies cannot justify their eieessive prices," said Peter Hannam, President of the Ontario -Federation of Agriculture, at -his meeting With Agriculture Minister Whelan. "OFA asked for the meeting to make; : :Kr.: Whelan aware of the anger of Ontario farmers that they might, be prevented from importing chemical's, . for their own use, froin,„the U,S.", Mr. 'Hannam explained. .- "Examples of price discrepan- „ Ties in 1.975 and 1976 are Blddex and. .Sutan, major herbicides,:- • which, in. some, instances, were preSident, was named to repre- sent .the leaders with •the Huron County Federation of Agriculture. A discussion was held on ways to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the readers' Association. A committee was named to, decide what type of celebration might be held: Simon Hallahan, R.R.3, Blyth; Ron McMichael; Wroxe§ter;. Jean Dinsmore, -Fordwich; John Clarke, R.It .5, .Goderichi.•13613>•McNeil,_ Goderich; GordanPapPle, Seaforth-, plus association secretary Maurice .Hallahan, addition there will be representa- tives of the Youth' Council (to' be named -by.council). Among the many topics ,discussed at the daylong session Was "BrUcellosis and ' the possibility of the spread of ,the disease at fairs and” aging competitions. - Len MacGregor, Huron County . extension assistant, reported he had beett-' advised that . Brucellosis was down, in the comity. A recommendation will be made to the Health of Animals Branch thatall cattle prior to admission .o• • all fairs be 'tested for. Brucelloais except steerS,: calves that have. heen vaccinated-and calyesnnder ' -eight thonths of a Named" , , • • Naed' as': . an advisory committee to the, Friend 'of 4-H fund were; Len ' MacGregor: .Robert" Hein; Robert. McNeil, used, the proper rate et applica- tion, etc. He is only 'allowed to import that 'quantity of chemical:, as is needed at -th-a,t time on that :Crop. There- are no "Stich signing requirements for the use of - domestic chemicaWt - "Any attempt to prohibit ihe importation of agricultural chemi- cals 'by individual farniers for, 'Own use' is strongly opposed by Ontario farmers• and the Ontario Federation of: Agriculture;'-'....*„: Hatinani concluded. ' Mtiiray Scoff and Fred •Uhler. Mr. MacGregor stated that 'the• - 4-H judging, competition will •be held in Sent Prth - the list Saturday in May at the Seaforth Agricultural grounds. "With its covered barns the bcstplace in the county", stated Ron McMichael. The 4-H awards night will be' held November 4th at Central! Huron Secondary— Sehool -in Clinton. Release find are quite frequently higher than -.. the• threshold for crop plant damage:" sumiliet,' program. was carried thit using tobacco plants as the test case, Seed „of four tobacco cultivar varying widly in ozone sensitivity;, were sown' in flats:-in - a growth `chamber at Guelph. Seedlings ,were transplanted first to 10-cm, then to 25-cm pots. . The cultivars used were 'Bel-W3 ..(sti„per-sensitiveto ozone), Bel-05 (sensitive to ozone), Bel-Bt finterMediate• sensistivity to ozone), and. Delhi 34 .(relatively tolerant to ozone). Three plants of each cultivar were planted at each 1976r-The -record chart was used to deltrtnine daily high and low ozone concentrations. A number Of ozone episodes occurred during ,.the reeOrding-period. There were 37 days with a ()Zone' peak concentration of •8.0 ,pphm or' higher.' The principal episodes occurred in' Jude, early July and late August. The ' principal episodes, occurred. in June, early July and late August. The:period from July 27 toAugust 19 had lew ozone levels except for August 3 arid 4:The ()Zone atialYzer Yeenias indicate , that •ozone" .injury to sensitive speeies would li kely iSccur Several •times during the - growing season in Huron County. • The test plants were set out on the farms of 'Adrian Vos. near Blyth, John H azlitt in Colborne' Township, Phil. Durand, north 'of Grand_Bend, Harry Knip jail Over 'the, county line in Middlesex COunty; Bob Allen . near 13rucefield and Nick White near Seaforth.-• • Tobacco plants at each site were evaluated for the specific• symptoms •of ozone-induced leaf injury every two weeks. EMI leaf On each plant was individnally evaluated -and the-dat a averaged. New leaves were continuously produced so new sets pf. teaVes were generally evaluated each 2 weeks. Photographs of leaf injury, ' were taken occasionally, Injury to filet-super-sensitive Bel W3 was, extensive and roughly similar at all sites.The moderately sensitive Bel-05 was injured most .at' site one on all sampling' dates and least at site three on June 30 and July 14 or site FourOn July 29 or Aug. 11. Bel-BT was injured only. at sites one to three but generally -not at sites four to six." The tolerant Delhi 34 had slight injury on July 14 and 29 at site one. The substantial leaf injury on June 30 was probably the result of elevated at mostiheric- ozone concentrations which continued daily from June 23 to 30. The -lower, injury, On Bel W-3 at all sites on July 14 compared to June _ _30_ *as asaciet4edTwith generally much lower ozone levels during the previouS 10 days. Many of the, injured leaves present on June 30 would be dead or abscised by July 14 and'Would thu§ not beincluded in the damage estimate. Similarly leafinjury on July 29 and Atigust 11 was less 'than on June 30 as , was ozone Concentration during the' previous 1 0 days: Tobacco plants were effective monitors of ozone concentrations at six' sites in Huron' County in 1976. Leaf injury on sensitive e'ultivars was consistent with, ozone concentrations obtained by an instrumental method. Based on the response of, , Bel-W3 tobacco, ozone le;rels Were considerable_ from time to time and rather uniform throughout the country: -However, the less- sensitive cultivar Bel-05 had . raoreo injury at some sites than at . Such differential injury es 'may indicate a stronger interaction of microclimate at a (By Wilma Oke) At the annual meeting of the Huron •County 4-L:H Club Leaders' Association in Clinton Thursday the" 25th 'Anniversary .of the association was marked. In 1952 (February 29) when the. 'leaders 'filet in Chilton and formed the association there were 14 clubs represented by 32 leaders with 198 members at therneeting, today there are 30 clubs with ,55 leaders and 371 members. ten MacGregor, extension. • assistant-for Huron-County, noted, that of the 198 Members there was an 88,per cent completion of ,; projects while last yearlhere was a:93 percent completion. Robert Hern of. R. Woodhain, was elected president, succeeding Jean dinsmore of Fordwich. "Vice-presidents • „elected, are: Albert VanDyken of Exeter; and Glen MCNeil of 12„. R.6 Goderieli• -sae -treas. Maurice Hallahan - of R.R.1, Belgrave. , Director's , elected 'are; Beef, Barry' Miller, Exeter; Dairy, Brian- Seaforth; .Field Crops, Bob Simpson, „LtiCarl,;„„. Sheep, • 'Donald Kernick, Goderich; Swine, Gracia Craig, Walton; Horse, Jean Dinsinore, Fordwich; Rabbit; gay ilanna, . Auburn; • , Siowmobiles, -Beth Cooper, z- • I) • Hensall; 1-ractor; Allan Haugh;' phicefieldrPlowmary, John Clark, Goderich and Bill Leeming, Walton. „ ' Jean Dinsmore, as past Chernica too huh, 30% to 40% higher in Canada $top,_ . _than the: U.S. • - — "Ontario farmers and farm •. organizations recognize the 'need for slightly higher. prices in Canada but these kinds of price discrepaneies exceed justifiable your` price differentials between the own two -countries. Fanners will not , import for" just i small saving, - because of loss, of • service, . hoi rie! warranty, extra work and the cost . • nfr-travelling, filling out forms, 'etc. . Buying or building the "What is even more exasperail• . time right to 'strike ing: are the Price disereparicies .for, a fibme of yciicit own.. Within Ontatio. For example, in For 87,yeari 41- •My. 1976, Atratine was , retail forS3:00 in the Gnelph area Ontariocompany has' and $3.40 in the Durhain region." beet) custom building Mr. Hannam . • also pointed out needs and the re§914r900,., that een tirers ;:ii0e nothing to.; .•-• . of ,people us 1 o . ..• `Wort)/ anon(concerning Safety • - • . . . ' Wit h itnpRrto 714- gpO us.. tooAy at Victoria truth matter iS."that -there ,I''.arid 6-14,i 1 7 ti .... are many more 'Safeguards on imported pesticides than tbere .. e On domestic prOdutetSt.„7 In • Order to import, the •indiVidifig„. fattrier, ,-Mtiat sign a fo s• '006044 'that he, knows 4 active ingredients Of. the peSitl, ride, the*orap on which it is to lie' s. topttgage loans to suit the art./AY elaying etting co'm nitib $.0 alit " D. P. Ormrod, the Departinent • of Horticultural,. Science r-at-Lthe University of Guelph, has released the findings of a test program condUcted last. summer to determine the degree of ozone damage which can be expected to be sustained to crops in • Huhn' County. , 'According to. Mr. -Orrnrod, sensitive crops such as white bean, snap bean, radish, sweet 'Corn, potato, soybean and onion "would be expected to be injured- :, episodes.".: There-ix' little doubt," the report notes, "that ozone coneentrations in Huron County - of six sites in or near Huron. County, on June 16,-1976. -' Ozone concentration was monitored, .at Kippen, by the • RidgetoWn' C011ege' of ''"Agriciiltural Technology, using:., Mat ozone meter and recorder, from June 3 to SepteMber 12,, repay the Ontario Health Iiisur, ance Plan a total of $489,000, • N, vai.N.N.'svmmemvxmisysxstsw%%. we 'Will iie Closed fiplidays February to /ger' February Imam E mono SALES &SERVICE I.TVir RADIO • HI-FI • STEREO 44# 4 1it6f4e,527-1150 0 17 SPARING STREET particular site with ozone-induced ' leaf injury in this cultivar, Ozone concentrations were not sufficient to injure substantially the more tolerant tObaCco cultivars: According , to, ' Adrian yes the majority of the ,..ozone contamination is crossing Lake Huron from the'United States, the result of pollution in large centers of • population ' throughout ' , Michigan_ State. Other tests, he c. - explained; show that 1*ife'qloei.,: not' drop -over the 'Water ,but begins coming back' to. the surface over land and. is effecting a -200 mile, wide area, of Western Ontario :..not only-Huron but also the Counties of Perth, and Middle!.cx. • Mr.. .Vos noted that, according to Norman Pearson, a professor _ at the University of Western'. Ontario -and a planning consultant, the development of another nuclear power generating facility in H uron could he-" 'the last drop . in the pail". "A report by Professor PearSon , Ross Hodgert Hugh Benninger John Moore 'Clayton Harris' Joseph"Uniac • borne& Hibbert Fire Insuranice Company HEAD OFFICE 507'M AIN ST., EX-E-TER,-..-mverek!.oz-A— • Phone , .350350-; 1 . indicates that if we got such a developmentft Would mean6,000 more people thiough the eiriployees, their families and the support services and inchistries such a -development would attract," Mr. Vos' points out "Every home, eyery •car, and every person results in "more ozone. Then we 'would really begin seeing crop darnage:'-', 1,,•" • " • AMA 4, 1-. ' . Air