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Crop damage not as bad
as farmers had expected
Heavy rains
destroyed
about two
to_five per cent
of area corn
By Scott HNg.ndorff
Expositor. Edits
Although it will be difficult
to assess until harvest, crop
damage from heavy rainfall
May 12 is not nearly as bad as
Harold Vander Glas, a former
agronomist, expected.
"I'm surprised at how little
damage there was for the
amount of rain," said Vander
Glas, district sales manager
with Pioneer.
"I get to see the ugly fields
and I'm surprised at how well
the com has done," he said.
About two to five per cent
of each field saw corn seed
washed away or prevented
from growing after sitting
under water too long.
Vander Gies covers the area
between Clinton, Seaforth and
Mitchell, south of Highway 8.
Hehas toured many local
fields since May 12 when 10.
inches of rain fell across the
area in about three hours.
The rainfall caused
widespread flooding in
Scaforth, washed out part of
Highway 8 and has left many
farmers still trying to decide
what to do after several more
days of rain left fields too wet
• to even think about replanting.
"The ground • got too
saturated," .said McKillop
Township farmer Hank Van
Dieten. .
He has 500 acres of fields,.
Scott Hilgendorff photo
Honk Von Dieten checks how well the soil is covering his soyabean seeds after returning to
the fields on Monday.
custom plants another 300 and past weekend, didn't arrive,
is now looking at his options. giving the ground a little break
If the ground dries up after several days with rain
enough that he can get his since the May 12 flooding.
equipment in the fields this Van Dieten returned to
week, Van Dieten can still unplanted fields Monday night
plant a an earlier variety of to plant soyabeans, about two
com, one that doesn't need as weeks behind schedule
long a grqwing season but that because of all the wet weather
doesn't produce as much yield but still has to assess the other
at harvest. fields that were flooded May
But by next week, Van 12.
Dieten thinks it will be too late Vander Glas said farmers
for any com and will have to will have to assess the yield-
'look at switching to soyabeans reducing stress that their corn
but even that's getting late. is under after sprouting in wet.
"It's very seldom you plant soil compacted conditions and
soyabeans in June," he said, decide whether or not they
adding he still has to assess want to replant the fields.' -
each field and see how much In cases where the two to
damage was done before five per cent seed loss is
deciding what to plant. . contained to one area, he said
More rain, expected this it -will at least be easier for
farmers to touch-up those
areas. Others, whose seed loss
is scattered throughout the
field, will not have that option.
"If it's practical to touch up,
they will," said Vander Glas.
Thursday. Vander Glas said
no replanting had -been done in
the area yet.: " •
"It's going to take some
good warm weather to dry the
fields out again," said Van
Dietcn who found Monday
night, the soil was still a little
too wet to cover the soyabcan
seeds properly. -
"We won't know the full
impact until harvest time. -
said V
ime.`'said' Vander Glas of .thc total
damage caused by the
downpour.
Seaforth, Clinton ambulances could be joined
By Amy Zoothout
Goderich Signal -Star staff
The draft report on Huron
County ambulance services
deployment strategies will'
be presented to Huron
County Council Thursday
and looks at linking-Seaforth
and Clintons ambulance
services and moving the
Goderich ambulance base to
a. rural location outside of
town_
The Ambulance Services
Deployment Strategy Draft
Discussion Paper . was
presented to the county's
Administration, Finance and
Personnel (AFP) Committee
on May` 18. The report will
. -also be presented at two
open houses to be held on
June 5 at the Hensall United
Church starting at 7 p.m.
and on June 6 at the Blyth
Anglican Church at 2 p.m
where the three options for
ambulance station locations
in .the county will` be
publicly discussed. •
On Jan. 1, 2001, Huron
County will assume
managerial responsibility or
the Huron ambulance
service from the province. In
December, 1999, county
council voted to create.a
county department
responsible for the delivery
of the service. •
The report presented to
the AFP Committee, by Jon
Hambides and Jim Gough of
the consultants Marshall,
--Macklin, Monaghan and
Pomax Inc., highlights three
options for the county to
consider the location of
ambulance stations.
Six stations arelocated
throughout the county in
Goderich, c Wingham,
Clinton, Seaforth,
Dashwood and Zurich.
Option one recommends
t h e
stations remain in their
present locations and notes
that there are no significant
gaps - coverage within a 15 -
minute response time - in
service within the county.
The assessment did show
a number of overlapping
service areas among the six
stations. The most
significant was shown
between Dashwood and.
Zurich. Grand tend is
located within both services'
coverage areas but is located
in Lambton County, who has
primary responsibility for
ensuring adequate response
time to the .village, the between Seaforth and
report stated. Clinton.
Seaforth can also travel to The report stated that this
Exeter within 15 minutes, option shows that the
overlapping the 15 -minute Hensall-Exeter location can
travel time with Zurich and respond to approximately
Dashwood. Clinton's -current the same. catchment area as
location allows the 'the Zurich and Dashwood
ambulance located there to services. The option noted.
reach the eastern boundary though, that ` this move
of Huron within 15 minutes. would increase response
Option two, or the equity time to Bayfield, presently.
model, is noted to be the provided by Zurich.
most efficient placement of Moving Seaforth to
ambulance stations within Clinton would mean
the county and calls for the
relocation of the Goderich
station to Nile, north of
town. This option would
provide a maximum of 15
minutes travel time to all
residents of the county and
recognizes that 'ambulance
services must be placed in
such a way to unsure
primary response within the
county ratherthanoutside
the county.
The option also reduces
the ambulance stations from
six to four by proposing that
Clinton and Seaforth join
into one service centre and
relocate in between the two
towns on Hwy. 8. Option
two also proposes that
Dashwood'and Zurich join
and relocate closer to
Exeter.
Response times may
increase in Goderich and
Wingham, but the report
states that notwithstanding
this increase, the two towns
will still experience a close
to nine minute travel time.
"Moving ambulance
services in the north part of
the county...will have the
benefit of providing an
equitable response to the
north part of Huron although
an increase in response to
the major population centres
may occur," the report read.
Numbers provided in the
report • stated that the
Goderich station responded
Ito 1,506 calls - the largest-
number
argestnumber in the county.
Seaforth has 885 calls.
The third option to be
considered provides for
coverage based on
population densityand
places ambulances in the
areas of highest demand but
still reduces the number of
stations from six to four.
Dashwood and Zurich
Ambulances are joined and
relocated to the Hensel!.
Exeter area. Clinton and
Seaforth are joined and
relocated in' Clinton or
ambulances continue to
respond to Scaforth within
approximately eight minutes
and to the eastern boundary
within 15 minutes. •
The • Goderich and
Wingham services would
remain in their locations and
would mean the northeast
and northwest corners of the
county remain outside o1' the
13 minute travel time. These
areas are covered within the
15 minute times though by
Kincardine and Palmerston.
THE HURON EXPOSITOR, May 31, 2000-3
OPP seize
Two 21 -year-old Kinburn
men are under investigation
for marihuana production
after police found 105
marijhuana plants in a
Kinburn residence, west of
Seaforth. on May 24.
Officers executed a drug
warrant at the home after
receivinginformation that a
number of marihuana plants
were being grown in the
residence.
No one was found at the
home but OPP report 105
marihuana plants in various
stages of growth were
marihuana
seized.
Log splitter stolen
A log splitter was taken
from shop on London Road
in Egmondville during the
night on May 23.
The owner told police
that a 33 -Ton 'Speeco' log
splitter with an 8 HP
Tecumseh engine was
'stolen from the front of the
business where it was
.chained.
The log splitter is a
Model 401214 with a red
and 'black coloured engine
and is on wheels.
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