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Kinloss Cointil met in the 1VIunicipal
Office for the regular meeting on June 1,
with 'Reeve Barry Johnston and all council
• present. •
The minutesof the previous meetings
were adopted as read on motion of
Councillors -Eadie and Haldenby.
Petitions were received fOr clean out of the
open portion of the MacDougal Drain on lot
11, concession 6 to lot 7, concession 10 and
for the Wraith Municipal drain on lot 25,
concession 3. A petition' was also received
for drainage work on the Black Creek
municipal drain starting at the outlet of
Silver Lake. The clerk was instructed to
contact Culross Coiincil concerning same.
, Building permit applications were approv-
ed for Ed Middlebrook and Ian Clark for
additions to existing farm buildings and for
Herman Van Mettersen for a milk house and
an addition to an existing barn.
A motion, by councillors Haldenby and
McBride was passed that the sum of S200.00
be paid to Frank MacKenzie as repres-
entative for the Township of Kinloss on the
Winghain and District Hospital Board for the
year 1980-81.
General accoubts for $6,116.661\ and high-
way accounts for $46,867.77 were ordered
paid.
At a special meeting on May 19, council
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passed by-law 11-1981 to establish the mill
rates for 1981 for local, county and education
expenditures.
The mill rate for public school Supporters
will be 27.983, an increase of 1.502 mills
from last year; Grey -Bruce R.C.S.S, 28.878,
an increase of 1.085 mins and Huron -Perth
R.C.S,S. 28.622, an increase of 1.038 mills.
The increase to public school supporters is
just over 51/2% and less than 4% for Catholic
School supporters.
Motions were passed that the Township of
Kinloss has no objections to the Ashfield
Township Secondary plan nor to the applica-
tion of Carman Whytock for a licence to
operate a gravel pit, lot 3 and 4, concession
Applications for building permits were
approved for -Charles Hayes for an addition
•to la residence and for Russell Mackie to
construct an4iddition to an existing barn and
to demolish an adjacent building.
• The road superintendent was instructed to
advertise for tenders to repair the roof of the
•Township Garage. Tenders to be in to the
Road Superintent's office by 5 p.m. on July
• 6.
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West Wawanosh Township Municipal
Council met for the June session on Tuesday
evening, June 2, 1981, in the Office of the
Municipal Building. All members were in
attendance, Reeve Durnin presided.
• The minutes of the regular May meeting
and a special session on May 6th were read
and adopted on motion of CoUncillors Seeger
• and Brindley.
• Bud Chainney attended the meeting and
spoke to Council in regard to •the dumping of
Auburn garbage in West Wawanosh dump
on Wednesdays, •and the dumping of a
• bucket, in West Wawanosh dump from the
• new County garage at Auburn. Mr. Chain-
ney was given permission to dump the
garbage on Wednesday (June 3) and
informed that he would be • advised of
arrangements for future dumping. Permis-
sion was also granted for dumping the
bucket from the County garage which was
expected to be about one per month.
Council voiced approval of the Town of
•Whigharn's resolution to petition our M.L.A.
to introduce a Private Bill to ensure
representation at County Council in the
absence of the Reeve.
Motion by Durnin and Cranston, "That
the Building Inspeetor is hereby authorized
to issue building permits to: L. Pentland
• (silo); J. Aitchison (hay storage shed); T.
Pegg (workshop); W. Elliott (shed); W.
Jefferson (workshop); C. Millian (covered
• barnyard) and G. Binder (barn)." •
Wayne Todd approached Council again
regarding flock damage. After lengthy
discussion it was decided that an appeal
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Area farmers attended a meeting with
provincial and federal mhdsters In Toronto
• last Thursday to discuss farmers' economic
• problems created by high Interest rates and
low commodity prices. From the left are
Merle Gunby, Ashfield; George MacKinnon,
Ashfield; CleteDalton, Ashfield; Bill Taylor,
Kinloss; Tony McQuall, West Wawanosh;
Marvin Scott, Ashfield; Donald Boak,
Ashfleid; Donald Scott, Ashfield; Ken Brin-
dley, Ashfield and Rick Linington, Ashfield.
[Sentinel Staff Photo]
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Brian Ireland, a Bruce county firmer, spoke'
to the meeting with federid and provinehdl
minister. sponsored. by the Ontario Federa-
tion of Agriculture in Toronto last Thursday..
Over 900 farmers attended the meeting to
discuss high interest rates and low commod-
ity priceawhich are putting a financhd strahi
on farmers in the province. keland drew
media attendant with his. opening remark:
"We are farniers9not mushrooms, and we
don't have to be kept in the dark on a diet of
horse shd-t" . • (Sentinel Stan Photti)
ea farmers meet with politicians...
*from page 1 fairness," he explained, "some farmers
machine manufacturer's board, and the food have expanded • beyond their rage of
store board,...." capabilities."
Son Is Farmer • The president also stressed many sectors
Miller opened his remarks by tellink of the industry would be more stable if they
farmers his son has been farming for eight' ad a marketing structure. "Farmers must
years and he has yet to break even.. The remember that to get a degree of stability
minister said he owned 49 per cent of his goes hand in hand with giving up certain
son's operation, so was quite familiar with freedoms.
the problem facing agriculture. "All of us awe that the long term
Miller pledged to work "hard in the next solution must be to get adequate return from
two to three weeks" to find solutions, the market," he continued. "In order to do
that, we must design the best marketing
Platen, CFA president, acknowledged the
government and banks are not the sole system available.
culprits in the current predicament. In - "We need farmers to pull together, a
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united front for what we want, because
farmers are fragmented.
•Whelan, noting there was no one villain in
the agricultural Problem, added not all
sectors of farming are suffering. "I've had
no letters from egg producers, broilers or
• dairy," he said. If these people are having
'problems, they're not telling me."
The federal agriculture minister outlined
some of the financial support the province's
farmers received front his government last
year, which included Ontario's share of 28
per cent of the Patin Credit Corporation loan-
• and the national government's. MA million
contribution to the crop insurance program.
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