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Huron Expositor, 2002-07-10, Page 82 -THE HURON EXPOSITOR. July 25, 2001 Kara L. Pepper, RMT Registered Massage Ilrrrapist Contact: Seaforth Chiropractic Clinic 527-1242 for an appointment ELMS HAIR DESIGN OPEN By Appointment August 1, 2001 PHONED�527-1286 L/za iCust oir News Rain needed badly this week From Pogo 1 Exeter areas, the crops should survive the pollination period fine. Hank Van. Dieten, a McKillop farmer with 160 acres of corn in the fields, said about 1 1/2 inches fell there between Friday and Saturday and he is hopeful it will be enough to see his crops through. "We're in good shape," actually, he said, adding the situation is not the same for SEAFORTH INSURANCE • BROKER LTD. 527-1610 ;ob.• Home • Commercial •Auto • Farm • Out of Province Travel Insurance 41 Main St. S. 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BERT JOHNSTON MPP, PERTH -MIDDLESEX & HELEN JOHNS MPP, HURON -BRUCE Invite you to attend an information session on the proposed Nutrient Management Act Thursday, July 26, 2001 from 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. at the Kirkton-Woodham Community Centre for further information please contact Bert Johnson's office at (519) 272-0660 or Helen Johns office at (519) 524-2979 other farms just a few kilometres away. For example, he said while they got rain at his farm on Saturday, after a short drive to Winthrop, he found the roads were still dry and that no rain had fallen. "With this heat, you get a thunderstorm and it can be in a three or four kilometre radius, you get rain," he said. While thunderstorms remain a daily possibility, there is no rain in the current forecast for the area. And with what rain thunderstorms dropped on the area Friday and Saturday, Van Dieten said the situation remains worse for the eastern portion of Huron East, where little rain fell in Tuckersmith. But Ed Van Miltenburg, a Tuckersmith farmer, said he is not worried yet. While only a couple millimetres fell on his farm, he said the corn can make it another week yet without rain before he will start to worry. "It has been drier before," he said, adding some rain now would help get a better third cut of hay. Both Van Dieten and Van Miltenburg have corn that is just starting to tassel as it heads toward the 10 -day pollination period. Johnson said overall, it is not looking as good for farmers at this point in the season as it had when it started. "We started off awesome this year. We were projecting above average yields this year," he said. Now, they are anticipating below-average yields as other areas of the province remain even drier, particularly south of London. Johnson said the soybean crop will remain in good shape until about August first before a lack of rain begins taking its toll on that crop. He said on Monday, some farms in the province have gone as long as 35 days without rain. Some in Huron and Perth have gone 30 days. But a little good news for farmers is in the wheat crop which is approaching harvest. Wheat started off poorly, the victim of snow mould and dry April conditions that got it off to a slow start. While yields will not necessarily be above average, the crops pulled ahead better than expected and an average yield is now expected where a poor one had been anticipated. Meanwhile, urban areas are doing okay without rain. Huron East administrator Jack McLachlan said so far, only Egmondville residents have been asked to restrict their lawn water practices by a letter that was recently sent out. He said that is only being done as a precaution and that there are no water shortages in any of the urban areas of the municipality. Scott Hilgendorff photo Hydro sparks... The Seaforth Fire Department was called to an East William Street home Sunday afternoon when a hydro line under an eavestrough began sparking from the extra load due to the hot weather. There was no damage to the home. Waterworks to be upgraded in Hensall as Bluewater seeks government grants By Nellie Evans Lakeshore Advance Editor The Municipality of Bluewater will seek nearly $900,000 in government funding to upgrade waterworks in Hensall, Bayfield and Zurich. Council met informally Monday night to listen to a two-hour presentation from engineers Frank Vanderloo and Matt Pearson of B. M. Ross and Associates of Goderich on the state of wells in those three communities. 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Look for the red sale tags. MI sales final. 447 HURON ST. STRATFORD (519) 272-2722 Infoline: 1-888-780-0333 Webeite: www.febricland.ca and take Well 3 out of commission. Council also agreed to hire Beattie and Associates to conduct a hydrogeological study at a price of approximately $15,000. These decisions are scheduled to be confirmed by council resolution at the next regular meeting on July 23. Councillors heard from Vanderloo that the lion's share of the OSTAR funding application will be spent in Hensall if the government approves. Vanderloo will take the next month to draw up the application that will ask for approximately $519,000 for the Hensall project. Vanderloo said the King Street well shouldn't be used because it contains a high nitrate level. There is currently a notice to homeowners using that well advising the water is unsafe for infants under six months old. He reminded council of four priorities recommended in 1998: equipping Well 4 on York Street; upgrading the York Street pumphouse; disinfecting the King Street well and ensuring a backup supply at the York Street site that contains two wells in case of a pump breakage or other emergency. Vanderloo said these recommendations have changed now under the new Drinking Water Act, making disinfection mandatory and causing more required upgrades to Well 4. "If we want to get rid of the notice of nitrates, we need to take the King Street well off line," he said. Or, he added, Well 4 must be equipped so it can pump more water into village homes. The cost of equipping this well is estimated at between $25,000 and $50,000. Vanderloo advised council the estimated cost of abandoning Well 3 in Hensall is between $20,000 and $25,000. Council simply confirmed this decision made by the previous Hensall council. The funding application also calls for the abandonment of two York Street observation wells and perhaps a number of local monitoring wells. Turning to Zurich's waterworks, engineer Matt Pearson said "It's in pretty good shape." Both wells are in use on a weekly rotation except in summer when water demand increases. Well 1 has twice the Capacity of Well 2 which had some turpidity problems that have since been remedied. Council accepted a proposal to request $155,000 in government funding to update Zurich's system with monitoring equipment. The funding report also includes Bayfield which Blucwater council has already decided to equip with a small water pipeline. The municipality will request 5200.50( in government funding for this project. Administrator Janisse Zimmerman told tile engineers she has received three more letters from Bayfield property owners who will he orphaned from their water supply at the end of this year hy the current well owners. Well owners there are increasingly concerned of liability should their well become contaminated. These concerned citizens have heard the municipality is creating a new pipeline and are wondering if they can hook up. said Zimmerman. adding she doesn't know what answer to provide. Pearson said he's working on the pipeline model so would appreciate telephone calls from these property owners so he can incorporate them into the design. B. M. Ross will put out tenders for. the construction protect which may begin in Octoher �►r November. he told council. But. he said. there's a lot more work to he done at the same time. The Municipality of Blucwater must set policy for hookups and whether old wells will he taken out of commission and establish the fee for each property ow ner. Seaforth assists with platform truck From Pogo 1 departments, spent about 12 hours battling a second in Vanastra at an abandoned building. Van Riesen said that at 12:47 a.m. on July 20, they were called to the three- storey Cridon Holdings building, located on Crescent Drive, behind the Tops Exotic Dance Club and Motel. When firefighters arrived he said they could see a glow on the roof of the building. and flames in the second and third storey windows. Seaforth assisted with its elevator platform truck. Van Riesen said, the fire was at the south -cast end of the business. The fire demolished one wing and part of the main front side. on all three floors. "The huilding will have to be demolished due to the structural damage." said an OPP report. The fire "is under investigation by the OPP 'as well as the Fire Marshall's Office," said Van Riesen. The OPP also investigated the fire in tfie industrial huilding. and both investigations are ongoing. he said. "Cridon Holding is definitely suspicious.- he said. adding the other fire may have been caused hy electrical problem.. Seaforth's deficit remains `small' From Pogo 1 Williams says Seaforth's deficit is small compared with other Ontario hospitals which he says arc in "very, very had shape" and credits the eight - hospital partnership in Huron - Perth with improving the area hospitals' financial positions. "All cight sites are better off working as a group. With this funding announcement. all eight•should he brought close to a balanced position." he says. Of the three hospitals he administers. Williams says the funding will give Scatorth a small deficit. Stratford General Hospital it small deficit and St. Marys Memorial Hospital a slight surplus.