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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1994-05-18, Page 66 -THE HURON EXPOSITOR, May 1I, 101 News and Views worm ior 1_.. row WE MOURN 25 YEARS OF ABORTION 19L)-1994 r ihurtsusdil • „r:,.t.'. vt, TIM CUMMING PHOTO ABORTION OPPOSED - Sarah Noakes, a St. James student in Seaforth, reads about the '25th anniversary' of widespread abortion in Canada while students hold crosses in the background. The grade seven -eight class at the school held a prayer vigil and placed crosses in the ground for each year of legalized abortion. "Abortion has robbed Canada of at least 1,500,000 citizens since 1969," the student read. Car featured as part of literacy event in area The Sloman School Car will be hosting on-site workshops during the Clinton Family Literacy Festival which will take place from June 6- 10, 1994 at the Fair Grounds in Clinton. The School on Wheels moved by rail to sparsely settled areas of Northern Ontario to serve as a classroom for children of railway workers, trappers, prospectors and lumberman. Fred Sloman, of Clinton, was one of the teachers in the converted coach owned by the CNR. More than 1,000 children graduated from this unique school, including Fred and Cela Simian's five children. The car was moved to Clinton in 1982 and painstakingly recon- structed. On May 17, 1986 the car was .officially designated as an Ontario Heritage Site by the Ontario Heritage Foundation, Minis- try of Citizenship and Culture. A mini shuttle bus will provide transportation from the Clinton Fairgrounds to the Sloman School Car. There is no fee for the general► public for the daytime workshops or for the evening performances on Wednesday and Thursday. For more information, contact Pat Senn or Darlene Williams at 482- 3496 or 1-800-265-5598. Lightning damages landfill scales BY DAVID SCOTT Expositor Staff the site are operational. Scale oper- ator Ben Munnings is investigating the problem. Wood Chipping Deputation Weigh scales at the Mid -Huron The MHLS Board is currently Landfill Site (MHLS) may have, investigating whether they can use been damaged by lightning. Super- wood chip as a cover at the landfill. Steve Sitter of S.E.L. Recycling, Elmira made a presentation to the MHLS Board at their May 12 meet- ing. S.E.L. operates recycling centres in Guelph, Orillia and Kitchener. Sitter talked about the wood -chipping machine S.E.L. uses to process construction/demolition wood. A magnet sweeps along the wood being chipped to pull out all visor Frank Postill reported to the MHLS Board at their May 12 meet- ing that lightning struck the weigh scales at the site during an electrical storm on May 9. It seems the lightning has affected the signal from the scales to the computer system. "The scales don't send a message to the computer now," said Postill. But the scales at US soy, corn crops are expected to be 'average' BY BRIAN HALL The US is expecting an aver- age corn and soybean crop this year according to Dr. Elwynn Taylor, Agricultural Climatol- ogist at Iowa State University. Dr. Taylor recently made those comments while addressing a group of marketing clubs in Huron County. According to Dr. Taylor corn and soybean plant- ing is proceeding at a near record pace with most corn planting now competed and soybeans 30 per cent complete. At this point, the only thing that would delay planting would be heavy rains because many fields are still saturated from last year's record rainfall and snow- fall. Weather events in the mid- west com belt arc important to Ontario producers in terms of influencing potential rallies in the grain markets. If Dr. Taylor is correct, market price increases may be limited. One interesting weather event Dr. Taylor dis- cussed was the date of occur- rence of a killing freeze. The two most important weather patterns during late June to occur are the Bermuda High and Alaska Low pressure cell. The Bermuda High Pressure moves into the Florida Coast area and brings warm moist air to the midwest. The Alaska Low off the west coast of B.C. and Alaska moves cast over the Rockies on a regular basis and when meeting up with the warm air from the Bermuda High produces summer rains in the midwest. Failure of these two systems to develop in late June resulted in the drought of 1988 and the cold summer of 1992. Police board discusses OPP The town of Picton is refusing to pay for OPP service, the Seaforth Police Services Board was informed on May 11. Tweed and Wiarton are two • other municipalities refusing to pay for OPP. The actions were taken, in part, because of con- cerns over costs. Chief Hal Claus said the high policing costs cited in one of the municipalities included a lengthy homicide investigation. Those costs would exist with the OPP or a municipal model, he said. "I don't think Wiarton started to pay for police service," said Bill Teall, vice -chair of the board. "They feel they shouldn't have to pay for police service." Vice -Chair Bill Teall said there are attempts to redress some of the inequities in place where some municipalities receive free OPP service and others do not. Heifer meeting in area 13Y JOHN BANCROFT Development of replacement heifers for the breeding herd is an important segment of a beef cow -calf business. Since Decem- ber, 22 heifers have been feed on the Huron County Replace- ment Heifer Development Pro- ject. The heifers have just com- pleted a 112 day test period. A barn meeting to view the heifers and to discuss the pro- gram will be held on Wednes- day, May 25 at Hank Van Dorp's farm at RR 3 Auburn. The meeting will start at 7:30 p.m Brian Pogue, Wellington County Beef Advisor, will dis- cuss the test results and the Heifer Development Program in Ontario. Nutritional aspects of raising replacement heifers will be dealt with by John Pickering, Huron County Beef Advisor, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. All interested beef producers are invited to attend. For direc- tions, please contact the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs office in Clinton at 482-3428 or 1-800- 265-5170. Area delegates at meeting 'Partnership in Mission' was the theme for the two-day Annual Meeting of the Hamilton -London Synodical of the Women's Mission- ary Society, W.D., of the Presby- terian Church in Canada. The meet- ings were held in April in St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Wingham. Delegates from the Stratford - Huron Presbyterial were Robina Alexander, Margaret Strang, Rachel Schwalm, Jean Edmunds, Ruth Earl, Ruth Laing, Edith McIntosh, Helen McIntosh, Shirley Nind, and Pat White. metal, like nails in wooden pallets. S.E.L. also turns branches or 'green waste' into a mulch product. Sitter reported that construction wood could be used for landfill cover or road -building material. One product that's being sold from the chips of wooden pallets is a bedding for animals, said Sitter. Board member Lynda Rotteau from the Town of Goderich, asked if S.E.L. would charge for their ser- vices based on the tonne. The charge would likely be $20-25 per tonne of wood, said Sitter but they would likely wait until about 200 tonnes of wood had accumulated at the landfill site before coming to do the chipping. In answer to a board member's question Sitter also men- tioned that about six other com- panies in Ontario operate wood - chipping facilities. The MHLS Board will review the presentation of S.E.L. Recycling. Separation of Wood at Site After some discussion about sep- arating wood at the landfill site, the MHLS Board passed a motion that the Site Supervisor and operator will encourage carriers to separate clean loads of building material and wood at the site when they enter. Road tour part of pay for Seaforth Councillors A tour of Seaforth streets was one of the items Seaforth councillors received compensation for recently. The April meeting attendance report was distributed at the May 10 Seaforth Council meeting. The report is released monthly by Coun- cil. Mayor Hazel Hildebrand attended two committees, regular Council and a road tour for a total of $220. Reeve William Bennett auended a Transportation and Environment meeting, regular Council and a road tour for a total of $150. Two meet- ings were attended and not charged for. Deputy -Reeve Garry Osborn auended a Transportation and Envi- ronment Meeting, regular Council, road tour and hospital board meet- ing for a total of $195. One meet- ing was attended but not charged for. Coun. John Ball attended a Parks and Recreation meeting, regular Council, Transportation and Envi- ronment Committee and road tour for a total of $195. Coun. Marjorie Claus attended no meetings in April. Coun. Brian Ferguson attended regular Council, Finance and Gen- eral Government Committee and a Parks and Recreation meeting for a total of $165. Coun. Michael Hak attended a Finance and General Government meeting, regular Council and LACAC meeting for a total of $165. Coun. Irwin Johnston attended a Transportation & Environment meeting, regular Council, Arena Board meeting and road tour for a total of $195. Coun. William Teall attended a Finance & General Government meeting, regular Council and Landfill meeting for a total of $195. 4Cuuai Lu. 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