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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1979-10-24, Page 3THREE PHASE Electric "EVERYTHING ELECTRICAL." * ECONOMY * SERVICE QUALITY BARRY BUCHANAN '482-7374 GLENN MCLEAN 887-9284 P.O. St* 1136 CLINTON j ONM The Great Fall Lawn improver! Tort Builder Plus 2 Fertilizer Turf Builder TURF BUILDER plus 2 25.3-3 .;41:.2. • YV Moir km lineoll4 res.rei..tvios ovoplter de krnlaer dewlVilg duth‘greet lams. :881-652$. BrUsteN. Home Hardware THE BRUSSELS POST, OCTOBER 24, 1979 — 3 Brussels United marks 103 anniversary Hoover were presented with Both Murray and Roy a wedding gift by Ralph on thanked the members for behalf of the Session as well. their thoughtfulness. THAT'S ONE APPLE SOLD—Garry Leis was just one cub who managed to sell some apples as Mary White bought a couple from him when the Cubs held their apple day in Brussels on Saturday. (Brussels Post Photo) Rev. Norman Pick of Clin- ton was the guest speaker for both morning and evening services when Brussels Un- ited Church celebrated its 103rd anniversary on Sunday October 21. The Intermediate and Sen- ior Choirs provided special music during the morning worship. Gladys Jones, for- mer organist and choir leader and Vern Hupfer sang the duet "Keep on Believing" during the evening service. Following the worship the congregation was invited to the Sunday School room for an hour of fellowship. Rev. Le Drew welcomed Mr. and Mrs. Roy Colusins and on behalf of the members of the Session, Ralph Watson pres- ented them with a sketch of the church, in honour of their marriage and as a parting gift. Mr. and Mrs, Murray Brussels Ladies Auxiliary for the Brownies and Girl Guides decided to hold a Christmas Concert as a fund- raising effort to adopt a foster child when the month- ly meeting was held in the Brussels library last Wed- nesday. They decided to hold the concert following a discus- sion 'about ways to raise money to adopt a foster child as this is the Year of the Child. It was decided to hold the concert on December 3 in the Brussels Public School auditorium at 8 p.m. with silver collection at the door. An election of officers was held and the new officers are as follows: President - Marg Saxon; vice president - Ruth Grisdale; 2nd vice president - Karen Parker; secretary - Chris Tenpas; treasurer - Barb Graber; public relations officer - Barbara Knight; telephone convenor - Barb- ara Knight; "Cookie Mon- ster" Fun Convenor - Chris Tenpas. The next meeting will be held Nov. 14 at 8:30 p.m. To support foster child Brownies, Guides plan Xmas concert Report from Queen's Park Acid rain affecting crops BY MURRAY GAUNT, M.P.P. A team of Canadian and U.S scientists reproted for the first time this week that acid rain is affecting vegetable crops and forests, and said the environmental damage is spread over a larger geographic area than was first thought. The most definitive study to date on the problem warns that the economic impact on the forest industry, up to now unconsidered, could be great if the pollution is allowed to continue. Acid rain is a weak solution of nitric and sulphuric acids formed by the mixing of sulphur dioxide and nitrous oxides in the atmosphere. The Resources Develop- ment Committee of the Ontario Legislature has studied this matter, but the Government at that time took the position that the sulphur dioxide emissions which were discharged in this province were not really con- tributing to the acid rain problem in Ontario. This latest report, however, re- futes that. This week in the Legislature there was a major debate on energy, and particularly oil pricing. In the course of the debate, Premier Davis said "We proposed what we feel are national solutions to the question of supply and distribution and did so, taking into account the legiti- mate interest beyond our own jarisdictidn . . . I don't think that just pricing alone is a sufficient vehicle for reduced consumption or con- servation. The only thing we do know is that a massive increase in the price of oil can stall economic activity and slash employment growth." Liberal Leader Stuart Smith pointed out that "The manufacturing base of this province and our provincial economy generally will be very badly damaged if we have to continue to make very large transfer payments out of the economy of this province to other parts of the world and even to other parts of Canada. If called upon to pay a much higher price for oil in the coming year we will face an almost certain re- cession. The manufacturing industries in Ontario have to re-tool. We have to be com- petitive; we have to be able to have the latest in equip- ment if we're to compete on a worldwide basis." The Provincial Energy Minister is concerned that too much debate over fears of heating oil or gasoline shortages this winter may cause the kind or unusual circumstances leading to dis- ruption of supplies which we all hope to avoid. Ontario's Minister of Commercial Relations has stated that there will be no gambling casinos or betting . on dog races in the province. The government is against casino gambling because it would hurt service clubs which run casino nights for charity, and above all because of the "uncle sir- able element" which comes with profitable casinos, such as increased loan sharking and prostitution. The Minister of the En- vironment released two re- ports which have recom- mended a long term insurance scheme for dumps and a serious of potential dumping sites across south- western Ontario. The first, called Perpetual Care for Waste Management Facilities, said old Ontario dumps are producing such problems as water contamination ;rid: :xplodirz pockets of methane gas. The second, on treatment and disposal of liquid industrial wastes and hazardous wastes, says a multi-million dollar building program will be required. Ontario industry will generate an estimated 60 to 70 million gallons of liquid industrial waste this year and the figure could rise to 80 million gallons in the near future. Estimates indicate that about 40 per cent of this is a mixture of oil and water, but 10 to 20 per cent of the liquid industrial waste shipped for disposal is potentially harmful to public health. This includes polychlorinated biphenyls and other wastes. Names of some 9,000 sus- pected child abusers in Ontario, dating back to 1968, were recorded without the suspects' knowledge in a central file kept by the Provincial Ministry of Community and Social Services. Recently a controversy developed over the existence of this file when the 'Ontario Govemment created a new child abuse registry on June 17th as part of an overhaul of the Child Welfare Act. '"ht law now requires that any ' person placed on the new registry be informed by letter and given the right to appeal. ,The 'vlinister has now stated that any Children':- Aid Society wishing to make use of the old file while in- vestigating a report of child abuse must inform supsected abusers that they are on the list. This will give alleged abusers the right to seek a hearing to have their neames expunged if they feel they were wrongly accused. It clears out weeds as it feeds your lawn This fbayll,dyooinugcatnwoSaivmepto it.'-i'lT,L naTiobmsoanteyo ntoceo: Simply spread Scotts Turf Builder "PLUS 2" on your lawn. It not only gives your grass a full feeding of Scoffs Turf Builder, it also makes more than three dozen trouble-some lawn weeds curl up and disappear - roots and all. Results are amazing. As weeds fade away, the fertilized grass takes on hew vigor and greenness. So you can enjoy a better lawn this fall - and next spring too. (Continued from Page 1) assessment on, they could tell whether or not it was a fair assessment for the township. Mr. Jenkins agreed to give them some numbers off the assessment roll so they could look up the farms themselves. Doug MacEachren, a conservation officer from the Ministry of Natural Resources in Wingha.mexas also at the council meeting on Monday night to discuss dog problems in the township, the hunting -- trespass problem and snowmobilers. "All we're doing about the dogs is, if we have a complaint from someone or if someone has a lead on dogs doing some damage we'll get out and look after them." he said. MNR doesn't try and shoot dogs if they don't really have to. He said the big problem with a farming community is with wild dogs. "These are the ones we'd like to get a lead on," he said. Councillor Procter wondered about the problem of people dropping dogs off in the country and abandoning them, but Mr. MacEachern said he didn't feel that was the Ministry's problem. "We're acting on complaints basically about dogs bothering livestock and wildlife," he said. Mr. MacEachern also said the deer population in the township was looking very good and that the Ministry was planning, (although it is just in the proposal stage right now), a fall deer hunt in 1980 for all of southwestern Ontario. He talked about the trespass problem, one Morris gets figures he said was shared by most communities with hunters coming on a property without permission. Signs for sale in the district office state "no hunting without the permission of the property owner". He said there's talk of re-drafting so it would say--no hunting or fishing without the consent of the owner and people with hunters tres passing should give the Ministry a call. The O.P.P. looks after straight trespassing. Deputy-reeve Tom Miller asked him about snowmobilers, and Mr. MacEachern said the Ministry also responds to that along with the O.P.P. He said most of the clubs around, and the governments have been encouraging snowmobilers to join clubs. Rabies in this area aren't a problem right now and he hadn't heard of any cases. Morris appointed Jim Mair for one,year and Bill Turnbull for two years to the Brussels Medical-Dental Centre Board. They held a Court of Revision on the Coultes drain and opened tenders for the work on the drain and awarded the job to B & E Marquette of Moorefield at a cost of $19,340.46, Other tenders were D.W.R. Drainage of Stratford at $22,085; Roger H. Woods Ltd. at $23 i 704.17 and Gerber Drainage Enterprises Ltd. at $21,081. Council also had a letter from B.M. Ross engineers who had done an inspection of the Pletch subdivision in Belgrave and felt that the work was now sufficiently complete that the township could agree to take the roads Over. Help begins at. 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