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
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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
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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%%.
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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:'-',
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