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Home My WebLink AboutThe Citizen, 2001-01-04, Page 17VANDRIEL EXCAVATING INC. EXCAVATING - BULLDOZING BACKHOEING-SEPTIC SYSTEMS FARM DRAINAGE - PONDS *TOPSOIL • SAND • GRAVEL Clinton 482-3783 Affordable CAR AND TRUCK RENTALS Large & Small Trucks fridgecarts - piano dollys- moving blankets Complete Selection of Cars Our rates qualify for insurance replacement Passenger Vans full size or mini STRICKLANDS 344 Huron Rd. 524-9381 GODER1CH 1-800-338-1134 HIP Y CONSTRUCTION RESIDENTIAL • COMMERCIAL • AGRICULTURAL Complimentary Estimates. Drawings and Consultation Over 25 years experience — Licensed Carpenter EVERT STRYKER RR #4 Brussels (519) 887-9291 D & J CONSTRUCTION lopommoiwoma • General Carpentry • Roofing • New Buildings & Renovations Jim McDonald 887-9607 THINK TWICE-THIN ICE * * SKATE ONLY ON ICE WHERE DAILY CHECKS OF THE ICE THICKNESS ARE MADE. 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Jacquie Gowing Accounting Services ALLAN FRETZ WELDING & REPAIR Tel: (519) 887-9707 Fax: (519) 887-9163 • Custom Built Loaders • Tractor Attachments ' Buckets' Bucket cutting edge replacement ' Bucket quick it plates' Stone or Manure Forks Pallet Forks • Lawn Sprayers Snow or Silage Blades (plastic) RR #3 Brussels Products also available at Radford Auto & McGavin Farm Equipment Ltd. Computerized Accounting & Income Tax Preparation Personal, Farm, Business & Corporate • Monthly Bookkeeping Services • Electronic Tax Filing 887-9248 THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4, 2001. PAGE 17. spite of the stormy conditions. design, quite different than the there is anyone who has a picture'or You may have noticed that the design on the wall tin. Right now the knows where one could be located, Walton Inn has been closed for a ceiling is being painted by owners please contact Helen or Graeme to week due to holidays and some ren- Helen and Graeme Craig in a dark let them know. ovations. Re-opening day was grey-blue called Rittenhouse Blue, a Just a reminder that for the month Tuesday, Jan. 2. heritage colour. of January and February they will be I stopped in to see some of the The walls will be painted a creamy closed Saturdays and Sundays. changes. It was quite a different look gold. The members of the community and not just because of all the saw- For now the lights will be those who bought the former Walton dust on the floor. The old paneling with fans but Helen says they will Public School have now officially was torn from the walls and the ceil- continue to look for the ones that renamed the building. The new name ing tile taken down revealing origi- they know will look better. • is Walton Venture Centre. More nal tin. What would really help would be a news will be coming up in the weeks The ceiling tile has a very intricate picture of the original interior. If ahead. A reminder that a baptism will take place at next Sunday's Duff's United Church service. Also take note that the next WUCC (UCW) will take place on Jan. 10, starting at 7 p.m. A speaker will be there to talk about the various forms of depression. Everyone is invited to attend. Duff's annual meeting will take place on Jan. 29 with church starting at 11:30 a.m. with a potluck lunch following the service. Happy New Year everyone. Here's hoping that everyone had a wonderful and joyous Christmas in Building official gives final report to Morris council At the Dec. 19 session of Morris Twp. council, outgoing Chief Building Official Paul Josling pre- sented his final report, saying he had toured all the projects and would be willing to update the new inspec- tor. Josling was thanked for his service to the township. Approval was given for the billing of waste disposal costs for Brussels and Huronlea. The billings will be forwarded to Brussels and the coun- ty. Ivan Wattam attended the meeting to request council's support for a consent and rezoning for Part of Lot 6, Conc. 2, for a shop and residence. He was advised to check with the county regarding the rezoning. A bylaw to acquire easements in the hamlet of Belgrave was approved. A..letter was received from East Wawanosh noting no objections to year 2000-2001. maintenance for the Ellison Drain. Road and general accounts in the A request from John Hoonaard to amounts of $34`,894.18 and assess his assessment for the $16,252.92 were approved for pay- Bowes/Cockerline - Drain over a ment. three-year period was approved. Turnberry Twp.'s share of elec- The township received $22,476.26 tion costs was forwarded to the in drainage grant funding for the township. New report says snowmobile emissions exaggerated The Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs says that snow- mobiles are not the dirty, polluting machines they have often been made out to be by some critics. According to new findings recent- ly released by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), previous figures widely used for snowmobile emissions have been exaggerated by a dramatic 335 per cent. The long-awaited Non-Road Emissions Findings for snowmobiles and other non-road engines follow rigorous testing of modern snowmo- bile engines using procedures that reflect real world usage. "We welcome the regulatory process and look forward to working with the EPA," stated Ed Klim, president of the International Snowmobile Manufacturers Association. "But equally important, the release of the corrected emis- sions numbers should put an end to the bogus statistics used by radical environmentalist groups as scare tac- tics designed to impact negatively on the snowmobile industry." Klim is referring to recent devel- opments in the United States where a proposed ban on snowmobile access to national parks has been mainly predicated on what the snowmobil- ing industry has been labelling inac- curate and out-of-date emissions numbers. The new EPA figures, based on research conducted by the widely respected Southwest Institute, and recently endorsed by the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), con- firm the manufacturers' long held position. To place snowmobile emissions in context, figures extrapolated from a 1998 University of Minnesota study indicate that the 1.3 million snow- mobiles then operating in the U.S. consumed about 41.5 million gallons of fuel annually. But according to 1996 U.S. Department of Transportation statistics, all road vehicles, including locomotives and over the road combination semi- trailer rigs, used 146 billion, 676 million gallons of fuel each year, about 3,534 times more fuel than snowmobiles. So of the total motor fuel burned annually in the U.S. at the time of these reports, snowmo- biles accounted for only .032 per cent of consumption. "These numbers clearly indicate that snowmobile emissions are insignificant compared to other fos- sil-fuel burning modes of transporta- tion," stated Dennis Burns, OFSC President . "And—even with the good news from the EPA that our emission num- bers have been way over-inflated, the OFSC encourages the manufac- turers to continue to protect our envi- ronment by developing even cleaner burner engines and more new tech- nologies such as computerized fuel injection and four stroke motors." Environment Canada (EC) has recently completed the first phase of an information-gathering process aimed at establishing future vehicle emissions and fuel standards. In September 1999, the federal govern- ment passed the revised Canadian Environmental Protection Act (CEPA) which broadens the govern- ment's ability to regulate standards for vehicles, engines, and fuel in order to reduce emissions. The information gathering phase was the first in a process that will eventually see the introduction of stricter pollution standards. With the release of the EPA findings, the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs hopes that EC will dove-tail their regulations with upcoming U.S. EPA standards. This action would not only ensure that uniformity exists throughout the North American market, but also that snowmobiling associations on both sides of the border have an even greater opportunity to work together to continue to promote environmen- tally-friendly snowmobiling. The Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs is dedicated to providing strong leadership and sup- port to member clubs to establish and maintain quality snowmobile trails which are used in a safe and environmentally responsible manner to further the enjoyment of organ- ized snowmobiling. The OFSC is also committed to a leadership role in fostering the envi- ronmentally responsible develop- ment and use of Ontario snowmo- bile trails by working with stake- holders through a sustained program of dedicated funding, research, pub- lic education and innovative special projects.