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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1980-09-03, Page 8simple. How .wOuld you like to deduct as much as $3,120-or more-from yoUr federal income taxes? It's siMple. Expand your work force by creating new yobsand you can alsO create .a tax break for yourself. Up to $3,120 for each new employee hired providing that the job is created as a. 'direct result of the Employment Tax - Credit Program. . And itniMple to do. You just fill out one single-page form. Full details are available at your local Canada Employment Centre. Employment and Immigration Canada Lloyd Axworthy MiniSter Emploi et IMmigration Canada Lloyd Axworthy Ministry page,1±.444eknaw Sentinej, Wednesday, September 3, 1980 t Students, elected offIciali and Environ- ment Ontario staff planted about 10,000 cattails here this week to treat part of that community's sewage effluent. • "The artificial marsh, is a new approach which could be used in other parts of Ontario essetitiarto any watercourse for.the life Of -fish and other, aquatic life, Listowel's experimental marsh will be fed sewage. effluent from .thee commtinity4 lagoons, Nutrients will be removed by the cattails before the effluent, reaches the With the cattails removing much Of the nutrients from the effluent, water courses will bp kept free from an.excessive build-up of aquatic plants and algae which cause large• daily, variations in life-sustaining dissolved oxygen levels. Dissolved oxygen is to treat seiiiaTie—effliIent With building expensive .:treatment plants," said Dr. Parrott. If the marsh works as :expected, it will mean the end of a problem for. Listowel. Other forms of sewage treatment were far too expensive' for tho:,sonirnunity to install finther cominqr.p*, Aittca7„..„ '5,c):171;4J elopment without new. facilities would threaten the short, shallow Maitland River which receives the town's sewage effluent, t?. Environment Ontario scientific staff came up with the comm. novel idea of using the on cattail to treat part of Listoivel's Sewage effluent. in October construction on the marsh began and early this week twoten-ton truckS delivered the hardy aquatic plants; to Listowel from a natural marsh in Bradford. Cattails use the nutrients found in sewage effluent in much the same way lawns use nutrients from- manure and other fertilizers. nearby; AN r^"!4'2244'r,;Z".7,,1 . • :‘: Ontario study,- eat a s;‘;iiirla so beisraga ' for their ability to remove heavy-metals from the effluent. HeaVy metals. are'another Pollutant found in sewage effluent. The community's experimental marsh will use about 2,5 acres of land. Total planning and construction of• the marsh was 8280,000, funded by the Provincial Lottery Corpora- tion, the Ontario Ministry_ of the riviron- went and the Town of Listowel. Canada's EmpiQyrnent Tax Credit Program has beemoktended. Consulting engineers on the project were Gore and Storrie Limited arid the' construc- tion was done by C. A. McDowell Limited. Plowing 1Vla~tch yet fvr`..-04Ord .CouOy Organizers are gearing up for the, 1980 International PloWing, Match and Farm Machinery ;Show, September 30 to October 4, near Wood- stock. "The local people are en- thusiastic and are working hard to prepare for the sevent," says Art Peppin, director of the agricUltufal-- and horticultural societies branch 'of the Ontario Min- istry of Agriculture and Food. "It looks like it's going to be a great match.". The 1980 Plowing' March will be offiCially opened by Ontario Lieutenant-Governor John Black Aird. Premier William Davis and GoVernor- General Edward Schreyer are expected to attend. More than 150,000 people are expected to' visit this year compared to 120,000 last year. "Oxford County has al- ways been strong agricultur- ally, and I'm sure that's going to be reflected in the attendance and the general atmosphere here," says Mn; Peppin. Despite the large crowds anticipated, organizers don't expect parking and traffic' problems. "There are plenty of ac- cess roads near the plowing match site," says Mr. Pep- pin. "And we have a traffic control —committee working 'with the Ontario Provincial - Police to make sure every- thing goes smoothly as far as parking is concerned." - A new feature of this year's plowing competition is the Ontario Championship class which will be held on Saturday, October' 4. The top eight contestants from the week's competitions will par- ticipate. The winners of this class will represent Ontario in the Canadian Plowing Competition in 1981. The 400 hectare (1000 acre) site for the plowing match is lobated 3. kilometres north of Syood stock on High- way 94 -. The site is more compact this year, and "Ten- ted City", the tented display area, it slightly than last year: The 1980 Geddes Reunion will long be • remembered by those present on August 24th, • 1-980 at Purple Grove Community Centre. As usual, family members came from Walkerton, Teeswater, Tiverton, Kincardine, Kinloss and Ripley areas. This year some Geddes families had heard of this Reunion and came from Hamilton, California and even the Jack Geddes family who were home on furlough from Teipei, Taiwan. All those who- had been meeting over the years traced their ancestry to Enniskillen, Ireland but knew their people had bethi in Scotland at one tithe, so now the puzzle is to find out how these Scottish Geddes folks fit into the family tree. Young and old enjoyed the games and contests under the leadership of Salt and 'Clara Geddes, Lois and Harold Holland. A card was signed to send to Wilfred Taylor who usually enjoyed these reunions but is ill in hospital. Henry Arnold t4e 131r4e":1101' eldest -member present. Lunch arrangements were ' in charge of Della Geddes and jean McPherson and as usual, lunchtime was happy tine of sharing good food and also family news. The business meeting was in charge of Elson Arnold as chairman and Fbr. More information, write 'to the Agricultural and Horticultural' Societies Branch, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food, Legis- lative Buildings, Toronto, Ontario MTh, 1A9. Gladys Arnold as secret ar y-tr easurer. Sam Geddes will be Chairman next year and Doug Lamont vice-chairman. The Reunion will be held as usual at Purple Grove on the fourth Sunday of August in 1981. Donald Geddes, Tracy Lamont, Mary Alice Geddes will look after recreation. During the past year, Hazel. Geddes Peel. of Moose Jaw- had seen a News copy of the 1979 Geddes •Reunion. Mrs. Peel's family came from Sutherlandshire, Scotland where the _ Geddes family went when driven from Glasgow area. Alexander Geddes, 1782-1878 came to Embro, Ont. with 2 sons - William and Robert. William had 10 children and Robert 4 children, so many _who live in Ontario and Western Can. may •be descended from this family. Lots of' mystery in a family tree. According to the Guinness Book of Records, the only man to be struck by lightning five times and 'live through ,it is _Roy C. Sullivan, a park ranger in Virginia. Between 1942 and 1973, Roy has been zapped on the head, had his hair set on fire, his eyebrows burned off, his shoe knocked off, had the electricity go .through both legs and has been knocked 10 feet out of his car. Because the International Plowing Match and Farm Machinery Show is a popular annual event, organizers re- cominend making accommo- dation reservations in ad- vance. eddes farifily holds reunion