The Lucknow Sentinel, 1997-05-07, Page 1VOL 124 WK.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 7,1997'
CSt INCLUDES G.S.T.
Grass"andbush fires
keep local department busy
Grass or bush fires
were responsible for four
of the seven calls
answered by the local fire
department during the last
" half of April. ` ,
On Apri1.30, a bush fire
on the farm of Eric
Stewart., Kinloss town-
ship,
ownship, was under control by
',the time the firefighters,
arrived on the scene: .
There was `no damage
at an April 27. small grass
fire at the residence of
Steve Owen, east Of
Lucknow.
The day before, the
department was called to a
car fire in Whitechurch.
There' wasno major dam-
age.
That -same day,,- April
26, the department assist-
ed at the early .morning
accident west of
Whitechurch and used the
jaws of life to extricate the
victim.
As a result of burning
rubbish, an old house
owned. by Ben Van
Diepenbeek, Conc, 20,
Ashfield, was destroyed:
There was no dollar loss
in the April 20 fire: , . ,.
On April . 19, the depart-
ment responded to, a large
grass fire at Steve
DeJong's on County Road
1.
In the wee morning
hours of Apri l 16, Fire
Chief Peter Steer and his
wife Elaine were: awak-
ened when a call carne
over the pagers that there
was a fire at the Lucknow
Appliance Centre - his
business:
The. department
responded;
: There was no fire and
it is believed that itwas a
faulty. tight ,bulb. ,flickering
th st instigated the :call,,
. from a town resident.
e are
frau
rablem
' Welfare'fraud is ' a rela
tively small problem in
Bruce county, according to
figures released this month'
by ;the County Social
Services Commissioner:
Commissioner ^.Dick
Verrips said investigation
into an, alleged. $86,193 in
welfare .fraud was turned
over `' 'to' the Crow`n`s
Attorney'soffice in 1996..
Another $4.6,065 ' in ' wel-
fare overpayment was
recovered as part of. the
county's eligibility review,
process.
The total budget for
welfare 'last year was $5.7'
million..
Chris .Willi#e, Jodie Carter, Melanie 'Hogged, 'and Joe, Peet - .the "chil-
dren"
chil-dren - had the opportunity .to make and eat- Bannock, during ;the Grade •
213's Pioneer. Unit 'at LCPS. _The lesson was learned at the skirts of
mom"' Margaret deBoer, (Livingston photo) = '
utrient management
by -Fat Livingston
Ashfield . Township
council's mission to;obtain
input on.; a ,,.:proposed
•manure management
bylaw' was' successful.
About 200 interested peo-
ple turned out for the open
meeting at Brookside
school on April 29. •
Now council: will go
,back to the table with a
lengthy list of constructive
criticisms (see accompa-
nying story) • to be
reviewed, with input from
county : plannery and
OMAFRA, before . coming`
up with .an amended pro-
posal. .
Befcke the •public's:
question and comment
period Tuesday night,
Wayne Caldwell and Scott
---Tousaver gave background._
information -that -led -up -to
. the current, period. The
`risen are senior planners
_ - with Huron -County
Caldwell said the histo-
ry of the bylaw goes back
15 years to when the court.
ty, along: with;.producer
and..commodity- groups,
MOE and OMAF drafted
a model bylaw to deal
with liquid manure. '
"It. is fair to say that,
issue has". continued .to
simmer or we wouldn't`
have as ' many, people here
tonight: This issue 'gener-
• ates a lot of anxiety in the
comn-runity," Caldwell
said,
Ashfield's . proposed.
bylaw, which is• not
retroactive. is built upon
one that was:. recently, :.
passed in: Grey Township,.
-however, there are 'several
key diff'..renes. •
.The crux of concern
appears to be in the •sec-
:rt- of propose
tion covering the Nutrient
.Management Plan (NMP),
which.'is described as "a
'writtenplanof action to ..
handle manure ina way
that does not- harm the
envtronnent;"
The NMP has ` four'
areas to be addressed: on-
site review' by, a consultant
in agriculture,, recominen-
dations by the consultant;'
a certificate signed by the
consultant, ;and:a certifi--
cate: signed by the farmer•
stating he will: Attempt to
follow and implement the
recommendations,' and to'
further updateand renew
the NMP,',every :three
years.
TI'his NMP comes into
effect :and must be" com
pleted prior to the issuance
'•dew
building. permit`. for a .,.
view livestock. manure sys-
tem to serve an intensive
'livestock operation; or for
'an • expanded livestock'
manure system for any
livestock operation, where •
' after expansion it will
exceed a. total of 100 live-
stock units.
An intensive livestock
operation is defined as.
including 100 or more..
livestocjc units, or 50 or
more livestock units cur a
land base on-sitewhich
exceeds 1,5 livestock units
per tillable acre. Livestock. '
units are based' on manure
production and production
cycles.
The bylaw calls fora
tillable lend base... for
spreading manure that will'
not be smaller than 1.5
livestock units per acre on
clay and .:clay loam soils;
or 1 livestock .atilt per acne.
. on other soils.
*see ‘11anietitandhe page3