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Home My WebLink AboutHuron Expositor, 2000-05-17, Page 3From Pogo 1 The weekend, which included Mother's Day. the Coleman's 17th wedding anniversary and the 12th anniversary of their move to the Jarvis Street house, was spent cleaning out the basement. "We got matching rubber boots to celebrate our anniversary," she says. Dave Mclnally, of Mill Street, says his finished basement was entirely flooded with water coming into his garage as well. "Let's put it this way - we had to put a new motorbike up on stands in the garage so it wouldn't get wet." he says. Beth Thomson, of Jarvis Street, says she estimates about $10,000•in damages to her finished basement which received about six inches of water. News THE HURON EXPOSITOR, May 17, 2000-3 anaonea to waters She discovered .the flooding first thing in the morning when she stepped out of bed in the basement into water over her ankles and could hear the .cats, who normally sleep with her, mewing from the top of the basement stairs. "We had three shop vacs going all weekend," she says. adding that ruined items included carpeting, a gas fireplace and books and bookshelves. The four basement apartment tenants of Tom Schoonderwoerd's building at 63 Side Street were forced to vacate their homes when three feet of water flooded in. - "Our poor tenants - 1 feel so bad for them. As a landlord you want to give people - a safe and comfortable place to live but there was nothing we could have done. The reality is nature's going to tell- us who's boss every once in a while," says Schoopderwoerd. While he says there is no estimate of damages available yet, there was enough water to tip over refrigerators. He adds that an insurance adjustor said the damage to his apartment building was one of the worst the adjustor had seen. "One couple had only been married a year and they had a lot of wedding pictures and mementoes destroyed: It makes you want to cry." he says. Schoonderwoerd says the clean-up of the building could take awhile since each of the four basement apartments need to be gutted and drywalled. "We got the brunt of water Farmers may have to replant corn By Scott Hilgettdorff Expositor Editor ' • Farmers won't be able to assess the damage done by Friday's rains and floods for at least a few more days,'says .Brian Hall, an alternative production systems specialist with Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA). "For anybody in the middle of it, that storm didn't do anybody any good accept raise the lake level," said Hall, a former crop and soil specialist with OMAFRA's recently closed Clinton office. He's .recommending area farmers wait until the end of the -week before deciding whether or not they will need _ to replant their corn or switch • completely to soyabeans, which are at an appropriate - time for planting. "If we get dry weather this• week, which sounds iffy. right • now, then 1 think we're okay," .he "I- think the important thing here is not to -- make that decision, too. quickly jto replant) and see howthe com does in the next few days." Regardless, he expects there will be some cost to farmers either from reduced yields or from having to replant. In some cases, corn plants will have been washed away with the top :soil, particularly in hilly locations and in other places, they will be sitting under water. too long to survive. Hall also said the moisture will have "tightened" the soil which will make it harder for young corn plants to break through and will constrict the growth of root systems, hurting the yield. If a corn crop doesn't look like it will produce much of a yield, by next week, he said farmers can look at planting soyabeans instead because it. will be too late to start their corn. He said surviving corn plants this year are going to be more dependent on timely rains throughout the season to help their growth: "This is probably about the worst time'to get:these rains because there was no crop cover." said Hank ,Van Dieten, a Mcaitlop Township farmer who plants 500 acres of farm land of his own and custom crops another 300 acres. On Monday, he said some PUBLIC NOTICE UNCLAIMED SCHOOL ORDERS White heavy duty school sewing machines designed for easy operations with metal gears and hooks. White Sewing Machines Inc. ordered the production of large quantities of these machines. DUE TO CURRENT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, THESE SCHOOL ORDERS WERE NOT RECEIVED. THEY MUST BE SOLD! Machines are NEW in factory -sealed cartons with 10 year factory warranty. These adyanced school machines are an achievement in, quality and performance. It does button holes, zigzag, basting quilting and more. 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Ce /.., A OM.ro W,.1 M,rake 1110C 'Not Call LYNDA VINCENT at 527-2204 or toll free 1-888-269-0377 low-lying fields in the area were still under water. -- - But Van Dieten is concerned about the long- term effects of Friday's storm. Along with crop damage comes damage to the fields. Many farmers have seen soil eroded away by the rains and ruts and gullies left throughout them which will make work difficult when harvest comes. He also said those whose no -till fields were damaged will -have to look at plowing the fields now to remove the ruts and risk exposing that soil to more danger from the weather. . "I'm sure there's going to. be some yield damage," said Van Dieten who isn't sure how much replantingto expect will have to be done next week. "I know there's reason to be worried," he said. - Despite the. rain, -Hall expects the existing winter wheat and alfalfa' crops should survive fine. GRAY INSURANCE BROKERS INC.,. 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