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Home My WebLink AboutTimes-Advocate, 1982-09-22, Page 3Authority gets money Eight unemployed persons have been hired by the Ausable-Bayfield Conserva- tion Authority to undertake a project through funding from the provincial and federal governments. The two governments are providing $59,845 to create a total of 125 weeks of work to be shared by the eight laid -off workers. The workers will rehabilitate the Tricks and Bannochburn Creeks, in the Varna and Clinton area and will also study the pollution of streams from feedlots and manure storage areas. Work will start next week. Maitland Valley Conserva- tion Authority has received_ $131,607 to create a total of 261 weeks of work to be shared by 29 Laid -off workers under the same project. Those workers will conduct a creel census along the Lake Huron shoreline, rehabilitate streams and conduct fish population surveys in sur- rounding lakes and rivers. The federal -provincial job creation program uses a special section of the Unemployment Insurance Act to create short-term job Would be too costly opportunities for laid -off workers. The program has created jobs for laid -off forestry and mining workers and was expanded in July to offer short-term' job oppor- tunities in fisheries, conserva- tion authorities and parks projects. The federal government of- fers an enhanced pay package so workers receive their regular allowable UI benefit plus a supplement of up to $50 per week. The Ministry of Natural Resources, using funds pro- vided through the job creation announced in the 1982 Ontario budget, contributes an addi- tional 25 percent of the federal contribution up to a max- imum of $60 per week. The provincial part of the pro- gram is administered through the Board of Industrial Leadership and Development (BILD). The province also pays for family protection benefits, and the cost of equipment and materials to carry out the project. In addition, staff from the Ministry of Natural Resources provide technical guidance and support for each project. Times -Advocate, September 22,1982 Pope 3 Rural cable long way off Rural residents in Huron and Perth counties will have to do without benefits of cable television for now and the foreseeable future. Spokesmen from the five cable companies in the two counties say expanding into the rural areas is too expen- 4 sive at this time. They in- dicate the number of potential customers is not great enough to justify incurring expansion expenses. The current economic climate, along with the expen- sive technological equipment needed, also deters the cable companies from expanding into the rural areas. "At the present time there is no economically viable way of doing it, although technology down the road may make it possible," said Robert Wenger, secretary of Country Cable Limited which serves Listowel and Wingham in Huron and Perth counties. "Not with today's technology. It's too expen- sive," commented Don Stin- son, general manager of both the Bluewater TV Cable Com- JAPANESE VISITORS — Five Japanese seed merchants toured southwestern On- tario recently in a search of suitable varieties and hybrids to import into their coun- try. Ciba-Geigy Seeds Ltd. of Ailsa Craig hosted the delegotion on a tour of their offices, McAlpine Research Farm, Nairn Cereal Lab and cereal processing facilities. The Japanese were most interested In new hybrid corn varieties and the haploid barley breeding program conducted by the Canadian company. The trade mission was sponsored by the federal department of Industry, Trade and Commerce. Shown during the visit to Ailsa Craig are T. Kaneko of Snow Brand Seed Co., Sapporo; Y. Kornai of Takii & Co. Ltd., Kyoto; N. Sawaguchi of Hokuren, Sapporo; H. Nakamura of Kaneko Seeds Co. Ltd., Gumma; and K. Moriya of T. Sakata & Co., Yokohama. With them are their interpreter, Mrs. Mieko Kondo, Earl New of Industry, Trade and Commerce and, right, Byron Beeler, Executive Vice -President of Ciba-Geigy Seeds Ltd. pany Limited and Ex-Cen Cablevision Company Limited. "We would like to," added Jack Ward of Seaforth- Mitchell Cable TV. Rural residents in Huron and Perth counties now receive, depending on their location, channel 13 Kit- chener, channel 10 London, channel 8 Wingham and Global on channel 6. The cable companies do serve the urban centres with 12 channels. These channels provide customers access to CBC, CTV, Global, TV On- tario and several American stations. Depending on the location of the cable company, the American stations are from Buffalo, N.Y.; Erie, Penn. or Detroit, Mich. No cable com- pany in the counties is able to transmit the Public Broad- casting Station (PBS) from the United States because they aren't licensed for it. Reception on the American stations is pretty good in this area, although Mr. Stinson said the reception in south Huron is subject to at- mospheric conditions. The community program channel, is just that an outlet providing the public with the opportunity of having access to local broadcasting. In the towns served by the Bluewater company and Country Cable and Seaforth- Mitchell Cable, the local channels are used by in- dividuals and service organizations. Musicals, children's programs, talk shows, religious programs and highlights of local events such as parades can be view- ed on the local channels. In St. Marys and Exeter the local channels are used as a bulletin board with weather reports and the time featured. The manager of St. Marys TV Cable Service, Harold Tipp- ing, said the local channel isn't used by the community anymore. Pay TV is not in Canada yet, but the local cable com- panies hope to offer the ser- vice to their customers once it starts in February of next year. 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