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The Brussels Post, 1978-04-12, Page 5BRUSSELS PETITION -- • Alan Campbell, representing a group of concerned parents; Calvin Krauter, reeve of Brussels and Herb Str-etton, representing the Brussels' Busiriess Association are shown with the briefs they presented the Huron County board of education last week asking that local students not be transferred to East Wawanosh Central School. Beigrave Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Smith of Clifford visited on Sunday with Mrs. Albert Bieman. Mr. and Mrs. George O'Dell and Ivey of Fort Qu'Appelle Saskatchewan and Miss Wanda Mason of j, Hazelton, British Columbia have returned home after spending a week with their parents Mr. and. Mrs. Ken Mason and Barry. Also visiting with the Masons on Easter Sunday were Peter Mason of Elmira, Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Williamson of Harriston, and Mrs. Mason's father, Mr. Cecil Skinner of Huronview, Clinton. J & K SHOESN JEANS Just arrived... SPRING & SUMMER SANDALS Dress & Casual for all the family Member B.B.A. Pho'ne 887-9497 Brussels THE BRUSSELS POST, APRIL 12, 1978 — Huronview enjoys Old Tyme dancers Land and how much ,of it should be preserved 'as natural environment areas was the main topic of discussion at. Turnberry Township's third meeting on its secondary plan in Belmore Community Centre last Monday. George Penfold, Huron County planner said Turnberry Town- ship's 4035 acres had more forest land than the county average. Approximately 25 per cent of 1Turnberry's land is unimproved compared .with 14.9 percent for the county. Turnberry Tdwnship has approximately 418. acres of unimproved land and the greatest! block of that is in private ownership at the present time, Mr. Penfold said. Turnberry residents were asked what value they placed on erosion control and whether remaining woodlots in the Township should be preserved to prevent wind and water erosion of farmland. Bev Brown asked Mr. Penfold what percentage of forest coverage he would say it was dangerous to start getting( idownto. "Somewhere around 20 prcent of an area ,should be brested for an optimum situation Ind I supliose if you think of what '=ists now, somewhere between ghat exists now and, 6 and percent," Mr. Penfold replied..,: A man, in the audience asked whether the percentage of forest in the township would matter in the case of flat land brit Mr. Penfold said that the flat land . difficulty had been with wind erosion. Miss Brown wanted to know how a secondary plan would prevent the end of woodlots and Mr. Penfold replied that the potential was \there to get something in the plan tb deal with dearing jYYmg "There is a theoretical by-law in Huron County which does theoretically have some control. Our difficulty is that the level of penalty available is not restrictive enough in some situations. Trying to prevent clearing is a difficult task," Mr. Penfold said. A question on whether drainage of existing wetland areas which are not presentlye. (Continued on Page 6) e sure your child is immunized against disease. This is what Ontario is doing to help you. doctor for administering them. — Immunization can save lives and is quick and easy. It's up. to you to make sure that your children are protected. Take them to your family physician now, or have them immunized by your local health unit. . . A free pamphlet with a chart showing which diseases your child, should be immunized against, and at what ages, is available now. Over 25% of our children have not been immunized by the time they enter school. That's not only suryrising, it's dangerous — because there has been an increase of diphtheria, whooping cough and. measles in recent months. . The Ontario Ministry of Health provides vaccines to immunize children against diphtheria, polio, • whooping cough, tetanus, measles, mumps and rubella (German measles). Your Ontario Health. Insurance Plan (OHIP) pays a fee to the Write today for your copy of the ,pamphlet "Immunization is Your Responsibility" to: Health Resource Centre Communications Branch Ontario Ministry of Health Hepburn Block, Queen's Park Toronto, Ontario M7A 1S2 Dennis Timbrel4 Minister of Health WilliarnDaVik Peeitliet Province of Ontarib