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Love 4,110 '00$1'
lit/,`ishc frQ:ra..
1�l.owi and Kim, Wlendy
Mike, Tatimy, •Pette.
and Sara and: extra hurts,
from grrands.ons..Ben,
*Yon and. Matthe.wh
h Blak: FattcrsoR.
Questions, about the
-quality of Huron County's
water were challenged last
week, at county ICurutcil.
1� v1a itobin Dunbar of
Grey •ruwnship nutcdr a
recent article iru the Thrrinto
Sao- lack reference ter.
Huron. County bear res
being closed due to
increased pciilttt oaf nt area
wager', He said the atrtiele
went on tit say a;: 1992
study of the wells in fithen.
County showed 37 percent,,
Nadi iisafeu bar:teria levels:
Duni* said information
4011eclerl by . Carey
`ptzwnship indicates.
Maitland River Water flew,
log: through Grey is fine.
13ra: he wanted to know if
the referenced well study
exist;t, and if so,. Wanted•it
made: available to ' they
municipalities. •
Warders Jack Galena
said, "Yes, IN likes to blow
where they are ' getting
diose statistics because Mr.
(Mark) Sully. from
Qt.:406dt was, on the .pro- .
gram ttngruiiy . • >atnd he
made the same statent
tbat:,every well in the eoun-
ty was polluted. WN
they• er getting, 01a4 fr'er* 1:
dttrrXt tctaQW,",,
lieth Henning., Borax the ;
Huron County Hearth Unit.
said she has no idea: where:
Sully wouldhaverecerve4:
such information,
Q.ciataeted Monday
night(,;.StAliy.'said the well
study, he referred to was;
0nducte0 by Centralia
Colleges of Agricultural
Techtiiolcrgy ; . in 1992' `ire
study, was..based oar- a'ran-
dom•sainplirtg„af snore than
31i0 wells. across: Huron
County•. and, found the
cauitty's. water:,quality:IS»'.
generally: good, SpllY..
•
how;ver, pointed out the
study` also showedS.that, 4Q
per cent of the: county's.
shailcw, wolfs are contarni,:
stated by' high; nitrate. ,levels:,
and five, .tames the:: lariat
muni altowable levels~of E- •
drill bacteria,
"This, is, "ikSailitv-" said:,
er qu
Sully noting approximately
12.010 people itt Hinorr
County ate drinking water
they shouldn't he drinking.
i ecve J3siars li+lc33t ncy
of 'illLrnberry Township
said he has seen a similar.
report slating every well in-
tlte Ttarnbec'y art a:is china-
triiilated, but it was : soon
proven false.
,"Not seeing. anyone
lying dead cart the street
from bad water, l wen-
dined
ondried how they got this
information." s;tid
Mcaurney.:. •
As it turned stat;, five of
the 60 wells in the area had
been tested and found cos-
tainiiaated. Those ftv+
Wells*, however, were:
wells: and did not
have proper.e ingi. When
'ail the tpwells •werre eventual-
ly tested. Mcl utrney snitt
only the original five wells.
wert suspect; t{e. rest were
fine, •
He said the report should
have it clew 10Q per
eta of tl `tested' Wells
were cont tinated.
#slA"c had, an awful time
trying to get that reversed.'
said, McBurney.
live Mason 0ai1ey 'of
1iyth-wanted: to know why:,
people insist on making
scree• a "big furor" about
dirt, its country water? He
said the waterrooming into
(Werich is probably no
cleaiier before it gaits• treat?
ed•wittt chlorine . .
'All we: bower tndesoat irk
the QQ411), is. add` a little
ikveX and it will ice just as
good as only, of the vuat .i in
any Of the cities,,, he said,
"We're: trot et) dirty that We.
onofiOt •,o,,19.o. it up that
ways,
Asa 1otagYtinu real estate -
brokci, l3ai.ley, said county
wells• are generally. ft/and'.
to hegood' not bad.
"Mostly they conte, out
zero zero;:," Shid: adding
water 4ua14'. is not
emergency for this; sparsely
poptaaated region.
"1 just wonder why. •we:
spend so nit►ch:•time worry-
og al tit such a. trr nisc,ule
thing" said, Bailey,.
Sully said the.•) per cent:
finding. of. the. study
is pie>a :.
ty, to worry about, •
`°people areir'tdying, huts;
they heing sick from -foot -a,
aanintedry;`` �wa]iter)��(y�tr l/� th(�er
time,: he said. "We've tit,
a problem Bore and it's
time we dish something.
about it."'
RcevL Laurie Cox of
(aoderich Township. wlio.
Works 4 the water tiltrit-
tier plant in (iddelriell said:
the level' of .%Qrnarititiaims
in the lake waters is tested
each week, by the Platrt,anti:
statistics siitlw u improve-
ment in: Marcsq.writers.
"livery yea ie water ' is
d Merica quality than it was.
the year before," he said,:
Cox admits, however. he
4ttt1tiot speak. l:Or.tlie
ty of. water. along .the
shoreline, The 'plant's
intake draws water from ..
l,tiUU tett oft shorn~.
by Biala Patterson
'Aid off fiurclnv,iew.
workers had their hopes
quashed late last month in
aL,ondon cuurtzoona.
OR May 19', a panel of
three, general division
judges overturned an arbi-
trator 's
rbi-
trat ir's Order Which had.
•,ca11eti for Huron County to
rescind the layoff' of 19
full*Liras~ Oct six: part-time.
employees ai, Htaron;view,
lHunto fcrr the Aged in
:Clinton. The arbitrator's
order had also called for
the, employees to be colla:-
pensatcd: financially for
Inst benefits• and. wages
ainountintg. tR' MOMthan
"Tot tandsn*of:the ubi-
trator unreasonably curtails•
the :right*, of theemplayer.,
•'• i ncltrdi tg. the 'right to,
determine the size of the
workforce." stated the rail-,
inig from the ease vulttc#a'
pitted Huron County
against. Service timployees
Union Local 210,
"We were •a little sus-
pds'e L that the whole (lura
was gnashed. They don•'t.
itorn ally 40 that,,
said,
County . clerk
Advrtinwsti~ tglr Lyn Munay
regarding the eclair's dari-:
slow..
III July_. of 199,3, the;
province redttced funding:
for homey for the aged.: As
a result. 13uran'Couttty
decided to reduce the level
of services, 4 HinoirdOw: •
W tit• the; reduction.: tits ser
vieeis carne the:;layoff, of
.tmcn,tu pe8
The-
1.4t. Kings crdge Browniea,a vanc m t.
took place recently.. eft tQ right back row:
Terre, .anp Qsch, leader; Tessio Vain GAO,
.lesssca Knoop, and `Diane: Lalonde; leader.-
Front row Amanda(- lehoczky, Hillary Johnstt
(nnht tn°,st# nittiwd)
lbs.:
7','v& m,linitt C;1t651N,
fal44;rutts
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MX• stud Mrs.. koss min
wish to anru Once
the forthctrrniung inarrtagc;
of their daughter
uth Ann
tn.
Richard John
SL1i1 faf,
Mr, and Mrs., Richard.
inn Juni4:2:th, 199$_.
1 U tLL?w1:critistian
?.. ticfpt'tried,:Chun h.
Op ri reception
Li ckiultnl rriitrituri?ty entre
art%
A LYNN
McDONALD
graduatLd Mq 22, 19+)&
w.ftli her.liprtours diploma as;
M dit,al AiJttlrttisti i i'.
Assist4nt .
:College. Ltrndon, She has•
awe opted tt posititrttat
Lon&Ion L 1c, Condit a�
,r 'mwdical cl. nzs.assisU tit, .
Congratula ibns Pathicla
from-Gran(,,Lurtst`ra Peter,
aid Paul and, fritrnd;lircut,
Ch
ath im, Alst1 grancjpar eta
tlarold,and lt;s"sie Hranke,