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The Citizen, 1989-11-22, Page 1VOL. 5 NO. 47 oorvmy DrussQiSj oiyin, auourn, oeigrave, Einoi, Londesborough, Walton and surrounding townships. WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1989.50 CENTS Woman injured. Blyth Firefighters rushed to the scene of this accident which resulted in a Bayfield woman being badly injured. She remains in occurred south of Blyth last Thursday afternoon. Slippery roads University Hospital in London still in critical condition. and poor visibility contributed to this three-car collision that Environment can be saved, Andrews says More than 100 people filled the Lucknow town hall Wednesday night to hear Professor William Andrews say our environment is in serious trouble but there is hope we can turn it around. The University of Toronto envir­ onmentalist and part-time resident of Belgrave spoke to an audience made up of all ages and all party affiliations and said that the turn­ out was indicative of the remark­ able change in people’s attitudes in the last few years. Now that people Abandoned car hit in Grey Township A snow-covered abandoned vehi­ cle was the cause of an accident in Grey township early Friday morn­ ing. According to a spokesman from the Wingham O.P.P., Mr. Howard Stratton, 31, of RR 1, Ethel, was northbound in a 1987 Dodge Sha­ dow at 4 a.m., on sideroad 15-16, 150 metres south of cone. 3-4 at a have different attitudes, however, he said, we must change people’s behaviour. He outlined the growing list of environmental disasters such as the fact a piece of rain forest the size of a football field disappears every second in South America. Here at home he has been testing the growlh rate of local trees and finds trees are not growing as quickly as they used to. In another five to 10 years, he warned, we may not have any maple trees left. speed of 50 kilometres. Police state that as Mr. Strat­ ton's vehicle crested the grade of a hill it struck the right rear corner of a 1979 Ford Thunderbird, owned by Mike Dickson of RR 2, Wroxe- ter. The Dickson vehicle had been abandoned and was covered with snow. There were no injuries. The Black Duck which had numbers of 750,000 in 1982 now is down to 200,000, of which 100,000 will be shot this year. “It will be extinct, there’s no doubt about that now,” he said. The best farmland in the world was located in the Mississauga area, he said, and the last of that has just been paved, covered with buildings. Despite this, he said, “It is my firm belief that we can turn it around.” Such a turnaround, how­ ever will call for a fast reallocation of resources and our commitments. Politicians seem to be going in the wrong direction, he said. Instead of talking about a less wasteful life­ style, Prime Minister Mulroney fought an election on promises of increased economic prosperity through Free Trade. Increased prosperity in a resourced based society like Canada’s will bring environmental degradation, he said. People talk about the impossible cost of cleaning up the environment but there is plenty of money out there if it was targeted for the right projects, he said. Canada spends 12 billion on armaments which would go a long way in the environment. It would take $1 billion to clean up Toronto’s Don River, perhaps our most polluted river but that’s the defence budget for only a month. Someone has calculated that if everyone in Toronto stopped smoking for three months and used the money to clean up the river the job could be paid for. In Newfoundland, he said, 25 per cent of the population is out of work yet the forests are in bad shape and need trees planted. If money was provided these people w'ould gladly plant trees, he said. He told the audience that you have to clean up your own house first, then make it abundantly clear to government that “you want an immediate, unqualified realloca­ tion of resources,” not any phased in plans. We can’t afford to waste time with the phasing out of CFC’s by 50 per cent by 1998, he said. He hit out particularly at larger Continued on page 3 Accident leaves woman in critical condition A 39-year-old Bayfield woman remains in critical condition in University Hospital following a three-vehicle accident south of Blyth on highway 4 last Thursday at 4:20 p.m. Wendy Hessel was driving a 1989 Ford south on Highway 4 when she was struck by an 1986 truck driven by Robert Bender, 23, of Stratford. Goderich O.P.P. said Mr. Ben­ der was southbound when he swerved to avoid a 1990 Ford Van driven by William Crawford, 66, of Port Elgin, that was pulling out onto highway 4 and struck the Hessel car. Weather conditions contributed to the accident. All three drivers were taken to Clinton Public Hospital by ambu­ lance. Ms. Hessel was later trans­ ferred to University Hospital in critical condition. Both Mr. Craw­ ford and Mr. Bender have been released. Local showmen score well at Royal Area farmers put on an excellent show at this year’s Royal Winter Fair in Toronto coming home with numerous livestock awards and honours. In the beef carcasses competition Leroy and Lila Rintoul of RR 2, Lucknow won Champion Steer, Reserve Heifer and Grand Cham­ pion awards. Their daughter Kim won Nation­ al Junior Showmanship for her heifer. Third place in the Queen’s Guineas class was won by the Rintoul’s other daughter Debbie. Jan van Vliet’s pigs won Cham­ pion Duroc Female, Champion Yorkshire Female and Champion Landrace Female. Mr. van Vliet, who is from RR 2, Brussels, also accumulated enough points to re­ ceive the premier exhibitor and breeder awards for his livestock in the Yorkshire division. Dianne Black of Belgrave and her sister both had prize-winning livestock in the Queen’s Guineas competition with Diane taking the championship in the lightweight division and Darlene’s winning the Reserve Champion honours. Eldon Cook of Belgrave took the prize for Breeder’s Herd and Progeny of Dame in the Brown Swiss class. Auburn meeting date changed In last week’s Citizen the date for the meeting in Auburn to discuss PRIDE grant plans was stated as Nov. 20. The date had been changed. The meeting will now be held Nov. 27 at 8 p.m. at the Auburn Community Hall.