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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Lucknow Sentinel, 1982-01-06, Page 1t lbiir a. r Iaakiwrr, . we is Jammu f,, ilia. 16 Iwo Cadman firemen answered a cal to a 'ate fire at the St. Joseph's rectory is Kingsbridge es Monday Ammo about 3 p.m.. Blether Cad ''Vol was alone in the bonne wbea the rite started and placed the call to fiat. Fine Chief George Whitby said dee chits' aey was well constructed and firemen tem at the scene until the fore- died' down., WInter'sfirt storm • 'The weatherman was finally right! Snow. squall warnings had been in effect off and on thri raghout December and over the holiday SODSOD, but it wasn't ring Monday night that the weatherman gat it nigh. Gale fare winds whipped up snow . that find been wet and soggy ficin rain which fell earirer in the day and by• 5.30 p.m. visibility was nil in ° some arras. Blowing snow continued 'through the night. Several schools in the area were closed due to icy ' road conditions on Monday including Kinloss Central Public School. Cud now Central Public School' was open but no buses ran and F. E. Madill Secondary in 'Wingham was open but no buses were out. Broolaide Public School was epe n and two buses did not run. St. Joseph's School in Kingsbridge was also open. • A small tornado hit Woodstock talking out power knees andlifthig the roof . of a , construction shed in the forenoon Monday. It was the :frostrinse a winter tornado hit the area in. over 50 years. Woodstock wa's devastated by a severe tornado which caused death and destruction two years ago, August Mine as imate.6rs• s (Mier' Mod Ireitpokt, Clete Dalisa's knees Mall ales interide as eil f iiwei wisler,sceire..I e.. Owe been, aelerini stele} Ales ti tie pubic soil ever tie ClleiNmss iosai prevideii timispartadaii %r canslters itpund, Coded& and ifs; irr oink M several Ciro leaniles In the ores. Here arse takes. srembets or lis family far a tide en Hew Tear's Eire ammo' tie. weeded-areaatthe lei is a ref lriawi'e's week at ■t -L Siwe is the sieigb are Den tide left Bab Sigma. Sr., Cietr., Jena Sislssa, Joie Diana, Mistime Ks e, her wells, Gary and Jas Kaye mut LeisaRan" Meath* Slidf Pk.io] Ashfield residents oppose liquid t�xic'.waste. site An eight member committee was elected ata public meeting December 30, to spear- head Ashfield. Township residents' objection to the location of a provincial toxic waste disposal site in, their township. The public meeting was organized by the Ashfield Township Federation of Agriculture. The committee includes Ashfield resid- ents, Bob . Simpson Jr.. Toni Helm, Fred Phillips. Girvin , Reed. '. Raymond Hogan, Malvin Scott and Brad Gilbert. Max Riegling will sit on the committeeto repres- eat 'Huron Township . residents. Over 150' area residents voted unaihnous-. ly against the locationof a provincial' liquid. toric waste disposal site in Ashfield Town- . ship. They also made recommendations to the committee suggesting what action they are to take. The committee will choose 'a name and - elect a chairman, vice-chairman- and secret- ary -treasurer at their 'first meeting possibly this week. They are to prepare a letter to he sent to, Dr. Donald Chant chairman and president of the Ontario Waste Management Corporation and the . provincial minister of the environment; outlining the position of Ashfield residents and why they object to the site . being located in their township. The committee will also draw up a brief stating the reasons why the site should not be located in the township. finLipme Peeks • They will also prepare a proper petition • hich will be circulated and signed by - nts of the township and neighbouring in flicipalities. through which the toxic ,wastes will be transported enroute to the site'. if located in Ashfield. The committee is to inform the Huron- • Bruce MPP:Murrayr Elston of their intention and to keep him informmed of the action they take. MPP Elston did not attend the public meeting. held t at , Brookside Public School. • ;The committee is also to contact commit tees who organized the South Cayuga protest when the provrice intended to locate the disposal site there. The committee' will present the opinion of. Ashfield residents to Ashfield Township council and Mures County Council, asking these councils to support their cause and to make their positions knawva. • De:lewai■e The committee is also to determine what safeguards will be ' undertaken if there is a spill of toxic waste enronte to the' site, as well as a -list of the toxic wastes to be held in storage"at the site and what precautions will_ be taken to ensure they will not leach into the, water table and Lake Huron. 1 During the discussion led by . Hurn County planner Gary Davidson, the meeting learned that Davidson has met, with Dr:. Donald Chant, chairman of the Ontario Waste Management Corporation, which ' is Alava" with the, responsibility of finding an alternatesite for the toxic 'waste disposal site. since the proposed South Cayuga site has been abandoned as it was unsuitable. Davidson said Chant assured him that Ashfield is not considered to be at the top Of the list for possible sites. He told Davidson the MacLi en report, which named Ashfield Township and part of Huron Township as a suitable location, is not considered credible and is no longer being used as the criteria for choosing a site. Chant said his board intends ,to establish their own criteria and at present all areas in the ' province are ander scrutiny, except those areas on bedrock which is unsuitable for such a'site. • The corporation hopes to locate several potential sites and then begin local. public participation and extensive testing. Chant said Hurn County would be notified if more extensive testing were to tie carried . out in Ashfield if it is chosen as . a potential site. Davidson expects choosing potential sites will take alout one year's time and environ- rincntal assessment hearings will then pro- ceed roceed taking between two and three years to complete. Davidson said we are looking at' a possible' four year process until construction at the site begins. Davidson commented "Many people fear there ins some kind of conspiracy going down and they (the provincial government and the Waste Management. Corporation) _are really • pulling the wool over our eyes." Merle Gunby a director on the executive of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture and an I. Ashfield Township farmer, told the meeting Dr. Chant has been ' active in anti -pollution work and his appointment as chairman of the corporation gives the board credibility.. A. representative of the Ontario Federation. of Agriculture also sits on the board. Beard Is credible . Gunby said the members hof the board are credible and if they are given a free hand to operate "sve have nothing to fear about them pulling the wool over our eyes". Davidson explained to themeeting that •a site on clay soil is preferable because clays leach slowly. He said no radioactive material ' will be stored at the site because radioactive wastes are a federal responsibility. Some of the wast I include PCBs .and heavy metals w ich ie the most dangerous known to man, than radioactive materials. The .waste. Il be treated 'and. stored with • different niques including open area, buried storage and sealed in concrete storage. Some of the treatment may be done before the waste is transported to the site to reduce the risk of ,transportation. In answering questions asked by citizens Mediator to A meeting .between the Huron County Board of Education. its secondary school teachers and mediator. Professor Jeffrey Gandz has been set for Monday. January 11. The meeting will be' in regards to an unsettled contract between the board and the • secondary school teachers. The two groups have not met since 'October and Professor Gandz' said the teachers have yet to organize. "We'll see where we go from there:" said Education Relations Commission appointee Professor Gandz. attending the meeting, Davidson said the actual dislocation of people in the area will not be very large. Contrary: ' to an estimate published in a London Free Press. editorial, Davidson said complete dislocation of people will only include those located' on the 700' acres purchased for the site. This will include a 100 acre disposal site and 600 acre buffer zone. The effect on the surrounding community is not known admitted Davidson. who• commented"they say you take a greater risk lighting a cigarette than. living near ' one of these sites" ' Ambrose Redmond, a West Wawanosh resident, said lie believes it is time the provincial government . tells ' industry to use some of their excessive profits. to develop disposal techniques which are safe and to undertake the construction of such sites at • their expense. He said there is - no reason why the taxpayers of the province should pay for the site to effectively treat and store industry's waste. R ' Davidson commented that tiere'are some disadvantages if you want an industrialized society with its advantages. ' He told the meeting there is no intention Tics to page 2* m meet teachers' A factfinder report released earlier 'recom- mended S36,180 as the maximum salary for teachers in the Huron County system. The negotiating committee for the Board' • of Education has offered 536.200 as the' maximum while the teachers have requested $37.200. Last year. the teachers ratified a riew one-year agreement in Febrt any that called for a9.5 per cent increase in a split grid. The contract .boosted the average teacher's salary to 528.790 while a teacher with 10 years experience received' 532.800.