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Clinton News-Record, 1974-02-07, Page 8SUN LIFE Prooressivo company in a progressive industry GORDON T. WESTLAKE Phone 565-5333 BaYfield SUN WE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA Ammin.0•10.0— —.1.•1••••••• ?op" Cell, 10 9 rile nails 100" bond Sta Dri mouldings , 2 x2's Adhesives /crjf Power Tools Shelving Sheetrock .scil"'st shellac Weiser locks stra pping hand Tools Doors Amerack Hardware . REPA1R.R---EMODEL LUMBER & v %path PRICED.RIGHT Look for the itreetstcle Won At the corner of Princiss Moist West. J.W. Counter Builders Supplies 94 Albert St. (Hwy. No. 4) Clinton 482'9012 Registered Retirement Savings Plans See us now and Save Tax Dollars EVENING APPOINTMENTS ARRANGED Mimber Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation The senior Trust Company devoted entirely to serving the people of Ontario. TIMM and GREY TRUST COMPANY S1NC1 1889 Serving & inveiting in your community Lyle 2urbrigg. Manager 524-7311 100 KINGSTON ST., GODEMCIS 1 ENTER OFF NELSON STREET r SOUTH OF HENSALL SALES BARN (=cellENSALL CO-OPT Moving to new more efficient premises IN HENSALL LOOK FOR OUR STORE BEHIND THE CO-OP ELEVATOR PLEASE. NOTE-P Itt 262-3002 L •OP) C0 ,iJ ti Electricity powers your community It warms us, cools us, heats water, cooks, washes, dries, irons, sews, cleans and even cuts the grass and trims the hedge. Electricity carries us from floor to floor in tall buildings, activates,the keys on adding machines, calculators and typewriters and puts modern computers through their paces at lightning speeds. Electricity turns night into day, controls traffic, pumps water, drives the machinery in mines and factories, brings the wonders of communication and entertainment into our homes, helps teachers in classrooms, surgeons in operating rooms and farmers get their chores done. A Canadian Electrical Week 'message from CLINTON PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (February 1016, 1974) your hydro ..*—cLINToN NEWS--RECORD, THURSDAY., FEBRUARY 7, 1974 White: keep plazas out of rural areas Philip Potter,left, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Potter of Clinton and Katey Walden, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. L.P. Walden of Clinton were picked as prince and princess last Satur- day afternoon as part of Clinton's Winter Carnival. Both are grade eight students at Clinton Public School. • (News.--Record photo) Agricultural. Tidbits with Adrian Vos It is my fond hope that our doctors will read this item I am about to write. At the University of Georgia, research has indicated that saturated fatty acid, which raises blood cholesterol is not even present in meat fat. The primary fatty acid that is in meat fat (caproic) actually lowers blood cholesterol and blood pressure. On top of this comes the statement from Dr. Michael DeBakey, the famous heart transplant surgeon, that only about 30 percent of heart patients have any cholesterol abnormality. He said that diet is not a specific cause of heart disease stating: "We don't know 'the cause and we need to take a much saner attitude toward diet in relation to the disease since it is abvious that diet, as far as 65 percent or 70 percent of the patients are concerned, has not been related or associated with the disease in our experience." Then from Dr. Raymond Reiser, Texas A and M Univer- sity that saturated fats do not, by any criterion, elevate cholesterol to high risk levels, "if indeed they raise it at all." Dr. Sherman of the Meat Board thought it more likely that we eat insufficient crude fiber than that we eat too much, saturated fat. 1-le„oiphat,;therp,,,,,iN c9osiderable evidence - that dietary fiber--whole cereal grains, roughage of fruits, vegetables--lowers blood cholesterol. * * * Just seen in the daily press that the agricultural outlook conference doesn't expect food cost to go down. We, as far- mers, have known this all along. It can't go down at the farm level for then production would decrease and the price increase. It can't go down at the transportation level, for fuel prices went up as well as truck prices, and wages won't come down, Restaurant prices can't come down because wages and other inputs went up., Retail prices won't go down for' the same reasons. It appears to me that low income people must have some help to pay for the higher food cost. I'm afraid that high in- come people, professional people and some high paid union members will not be willing. to sacrifice anything. Then if the foods cost go up, they'll demand more income, which in turn will result in higher food cost. The Ontario government may have to tighten its control of commercial .t‘developments such as new shopping centres, unless more municipalities adopt their own .land-use con trop, Treasurer John White warned yesterday.* Hamilton, Speaking to the annual con- ference of the Ontario Association of Rural Municipalities, Mr, White. criticized developers "who th- wart the plans and intentions of town councils by 'building shopping centres just outside town boundaries. "To that breed of developer it doesn't seem to matter that his new shopping centre will distort the orderly growth and pervert the well-made plans of the town where his potential customers live. "He's all right, Jack -- he's got his building permit.....froM township that doesn't realize or doesn't care what his cluster of stores will do to the neigh- bouring urban community." The Treasurer said the practice may have to be stop- ped by giving the province more power through an amendment to The Planning, Act. He said he is reluctant to see the province take such a step because such land use should be controlled by. each municipality. Additional_ provincial control may be Huron rec. groups want more info Representatives of recreation committees in Colborne and Stephen townships, Exeter, Seaforth, Goderich, Hensel) and Zurich met in Seaforth last week to discuss setting up a community cluster group to facilitate the exchange of recreation information. The community cluster theory of setting up regional recreation areas was for- mulated last July at a provin- cial recreation conference. The sports and recreation branch of the ministry of com- munity and social, services is overseeing the program. Tivo ministry representatives, C.M. Bitton, of Hanover, and Donald Reid, of London, atten- ded. the meeting Tuesday, WIM$S9k1Psoffg., 4V1 members' • of' municipal recreation committees. The consultants *vide resource information. The clusters have been established in geographically similar areas with towns and villages of similar size and problems grouped together. The 25 representatives at the meeting 'made suggestions for the operation of the groups. The suggestions included a forum for discussing mutual problems such as arena necessary, however, if local controls are not adopted, in municipalities where !Lin!. desirable development is likely to ,occur, • As a stopgap measure, the province has been imposing ministerial orders that freeze land use in specified areas to prevent developers from carrying out their plans. But ministerial orders are not the_ best solUtion "because the provincial government• is remote from the action, and a ministerial order sometimes is too late. "By the time we hear about a developer's proposal, he has his permit and we can't stop him from building." He said some shopping centre During a press conference held by representatives of the racing industry in Toronto yesterday, John J, Mooney, president of the Ontario Jockey Club, stated that off-track bet- ting would be beneficial to the "B" raceways in Ontario as well as to the rest of the racing industry. Mooney explained that in representations to Ontario Government officials, it had been recommended that a "special fund" be created, out of which payments, would be .made to "B" raceways to en- sure that they share in the ad- ditional revenues generated by off-track betting. He pointed out that if, for example, one per cent of the off-track wagering were paid into such a "special fund" to provide additional revenues for "B" raceways then, according to conservative projections, this would produce an amount equal to 120 per cent of their existing combined revenues (mutuels and admissions). In the case of Clinton Raceway, according to these projections, its revenues would increase by $122,100. Com- bined revenues in the year 1972 were $103,401. It was clear at the meeting that track betting has the over- whelming support of horsemen management and training 'of staff. It was also suggested that groups could provide infor- mation regarding available ser- vices to avoid future duplication. The need , for a central information source on government grants was also discussed. Representatives stressed the necessity of setting up a cost breakdown for facilities used by towns and townships. developments are being permit- ted or even encouraged by "short-sighted people who can- not or will not see that they are, creating a pattern of waste and chaos that may plague the whole community far generations to come." Goderich Township is one of the municipalities caught in the middle of hot debate. Mem- bers of council there learned this week that authority for the "freeze" on Goderich Township and the Township of Colborne has been switched from Treasurer John White's office to the office of Housing Minister Robert Welch. Mr, Welch has suggested .4 meeting with Goderich Town- ship Council, but only to in Ontario. However, it was recognized that there has been opposition to off-track betting' by "B" raceways. In this con- nection, Mooney pointed out that specific safeguards for "B" raceways had been recommen- ded to the Government of On- tario, in addition to the' provision for a "special fund". It has been recommended that the "B" raceways be represen- ted on the board operating off- track betting. In addition, it has been recommended that, where the board determines it to be in a track's best interests, off-track betting shops located in the same town or region should be closed while a program of racing is in progress. It was also mentioned that. the Ontario Task Force on off- track betting had made the following statement in its report: "The interests of small tracks, horse owners and breeders - the "grass roots" of the industry - need to be protec- ted if these are .to survive in parallel with an off-track bet- ting operation." Others addressing the press conference and expressing strong approval of a properly supervised system of off-track betting were: Leslie Ehrlick, president of the Ontario Har- ness Horsemen's Association;. Airrie DesRosiers, chairman of the board of 'Windsor. Raceway;' Mr. William Hatch, vice- president of the Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association; Lou Cavalaris, a Director of the Horsemen's Benevolent and .Protective Association; and Phil Sher- wood, president of the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society. discuss the impact and plenneotation of the freeze. Goderich TOwnship had been unable to Arrange a meeting with Hon. JOhn. White when the matter was under • his jurisdiction, It was White Who had imposed the freeze on Goderich Township after that council had granted a building permit to Rockledge Properties for construction of a shopping mall on Highway 13. just outside GgrriCmil'e4ing has been requested February 20 between Goderich Township officials and officials of the 'Housing Ministry in London. There is some concern in Ooderich Township that the freeze may halt expansion of inobisleprnhioame facilities planned this Jockey club claims Clinton revenue would double • i.