HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1985-01-02, Page 21Resolutions from Ninon, Perth
New t'ear's Resolutions
Ding -Dong. Ding -Dong.
The tolling of the clock in-
dicates that another year has
gone by.
1984 was the year many
held in trepidation because of
a novel written by George
Orwell. There were many
great tragedies over the past
year, what with the famine in
Ethiopia and the poisonous
gas leak in India. yet there
have been numerous
. triumphs.
For Canada there was the
culmination of years of hard
work by our athlete's at the
Olympics. Locally. the Perth
County Plowmen's Associa-
ATOM 'A' CHAMPS - Blenheim captain Bradley Pettypiece receives the Exeter tion worked hard to be able to
atom 'A' tourneytrophy from Paul Charrette, left and Dave Moore of Petro Canada. host the 1988 International
P Y Plowing Match.
Prpare winter trai 1 s In Huron, the county (ween
�the Furrow Lynn Dodds
w
went on to become the On-
fano Queen of the Furrow.
This is a small sampling of
the past year.
And now everyone takes
'time to contemplate the com-
ing year.
The Bluewater Regional
Newspaper Network. of
which this newspaper is a
member, has endeavored to
obtain the new year's resolu-
---federation o
tions of county wardens.
hydro corridor school board chairmen and
Although one Ontario
Hydro official agreed the
meeting was premature,
representatives of the provin-
cial corporation attended a
meeting of the Huron County
chapter of the Federation of
Agriculture to answer ques-
tions about a proposed hydro
power line through the coun-
ty. The meeting took place at
Huliet Central School in
Londesboro
The meeting; suggested as
premature because Hydro
has not yet fully defined its re-
quirements, was primarily a
chance for both Ontario
Hydro and the Foodland
Hydro Committee to air their
points of view and provide a
'short summary of the events
to date.
Dave Abbott, Pulbic In-
volvement Chairman for the
present study began, saying
that in 1981, Hydro decided to
develop power lines to fully
utilize the power generated at
the Bruce Nuclear Power
Development (BNPD), and
plan for the time the second
Bruce plant comes into opera-
tion, scheduled for 1987.
After Hydro had waited for
years for the Royal Commis -
kion of Electric Power to com-
plete its findings. the huge
power corporation approach-
ed a hearing established to
donsider power line routes
with six plans. "all of them
accleptable to Hydro." said
Mr. Abbott.
Snowmobilers and cross-
country skiers will be able to
take advantage of trails
groomed this winter by the
Ausable Bayfield Conserva-
tion Authority at three dif-
ferent locations.
At Morrison Dam Conser-
vation Area, located two
kilometres east of Exeter off
Highway 83, a beginners trail
for cro s=country skiers will
again be maintained by-the-
ABCA. Maintenance work
will include removal of
vegetation enroaching on the
trail, signage, grooming, and
track setting. A trail link bet-
ween Exeter and Morrison
Dam brings the total length of
the cross-country ski trail to
seven kilometres. The trail
link is dependent on the co-
operation of landowners
whose land the trail crosses,
so skiers are urged to stay on
the trail and treat the adjoin-
ing land with respect.
On Conservation Authority
property in Hay Swamp. 28
kilometres of trail will be
groomed by the ABCA,
primarily for snowmobilers.
Access can be made to the '
trails from a parking lot on
Hay Township Concession
[toad 4-5 just north of
Highway 83. Some additional
section will be maintained by
the Pineridge Snowmobile
Club on Conservation
Authority property and these
trail sections are open to the
public at no charge. n
However, for trails .o
private land ib Hay Swamp.
which will also be maintain-
ed by the Snowmobile Club,
snowmobilers will require the
permission of either the Club
or the landowner before using
the private trails. Signs will
be placed on trails at the
boundaries of ABCA proper-
ties so snowmobilers and
other trail users will know
when they are about to -enter
private land.
At Parkhill Conservation
Area. several trail Loops of',
varying lengths will be main-
tained for snowmobilers and
cross-country skiers. in addi-
tion, the toboggan hill should
provide exciting entertain-
ment for the young and the�i
young at heart. Snowmobilers
are asked to stay off cross-
country ski trails in the Con-
se;•vation Area.
There is no charge for use
of any of the Ausable Bayfield
Conservation Authority's
F
winter trails.
Trail maps and brochures
are available from the Con-
servation Authority's Ad-
ministration -Centre at Mor-
rison Dam Conservation Area
or by calling (519)235-2610.
of A questions
Because of the efforts of
representative Tony McQuail,
concerned farmers and the
Huron Federation of
Agriculture. the hearing of-
ficers recognized that
Hydro's favoured power line
route, from the BNPD to Lon-
don, interfered with prime
It's time
to talk business
agricultural land which the
royal commission had cau-
tioned against.
An alternate route, inciden-
tally elected by the Federa-
tion as the best route, from
the Bruce plant to Essa near
Barrie was chosen as the
course offering the least in-
terference with this area's
prime agricultural land.
The corridor designated N3
was chosen and Ontario
Hydro developed the plan to
the point of actually deciding
the general area to place the
towers. At that time, cot-
tagers and farmers in the
Bruce area formed a group to
fight Hydro's plans called the
Central Ontario Coalition,
which contended that both
seasonal and permanent
residents did not receive pro-
per notice of the provincial
company's intentions. The
issue was taken to court.
"This $o -called lack of
notice was reviewed and the
three judges decided the
move should be quashed,"
said Mr. Abbott.
"Now we're doing it again.
A study of the best possible
route from Bruce to London
will enable us to go back to a
hearing and have in-depth in-
formation on various routes,"
said the Hydro official.
Tony McQuail, Tunberry
Township farmer and a
member of the Federation
said the process was now
primarily a political one.
After working at the hear-
ings to point out that Hydro's
favoured route would com-
plicate farming operations
and waste valuable land. the
hearing decision the Federa-
tion supported was overturn-
ed in court.
Mr. McQuail suggested that
because many of the cot
lagers in the region of the pro-
posed line are lawyers, stock
brokers and other influential
people, the provincial govern-
ment did -not defend its hear-
ing's findings. "As a result.
the court overturned the hear-
ing's recommendation on the
grounds of notice."
agriculture
presidents. The purpose is to
let you know what they hope
to accomplish in 1985.
Huron County
Huron County Board of
Education Chariman Eugene
Frayne. of RR 3 Goderich was
acclaimed recently to his se-
cond year as school board
Surplus
The Blyth Festival an-
nounced a surplus of $10,898
on the 1984 summer season at
its annual general meeting.
Although spring and fall
operations were not so pro-
fitable, showing a deficit of
$6,592, the Festival finished
the year with an over-all
surplus of $4,306 on total ex-
penditure of $425.317. The
financial statements were
presented as part of an an-
nual report highlighting the
Festival's accomplishments
over the past year.
Outgoing board president
Elizabeth Herman summariz-
ed the activities of the Blyth
Centre for the Arts in 1983-84,
noting in particular the fond
farewell the board bid to
Janet Amos, artistic director
for the past five years. and
welcoming new artistic direc-
tor Katherine Kaszas.
Capital activities included
the purchase of a Heintzman
grand piano. the installation
of new lighting and com-
munications systems. rehear-
sal and the purchase of a
garage and attached land for
additional storage, rehearsal
and production space. $43,994
was raised over the 1983-M
year towards capital pur-
poses, leaving $41,735 still to
be raised towards current
projects.
Spring and fall programm-
ing saw the introduction of a
new popular music series and
a creative workshop program
forkidsages 5 to 12 entitled
"Goggles and Goop". Concert
series sales fell over the past
year, but single ticket sales
have risen to partially coin -
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BRUCE GAGNIER, an FBDB rep -esen-
tative will be in the EXETER area EVERY
WEDNESDAY. Come and meet him.
There k no obligation and no costs and
your business can gain a lot from it.
If you're looking for financial aid in
the form of loans, loan guarantees or
even selling an equity position in
your business, come and discuss it
with us. We have experienced
counsellors who can help you plot a
course for growth and success for
your business. And we can provide
you with direction to get government
assistance, both federal and provin-
cial, as well as other vital information.
For an advance appointment, call:
(519) 271-5650 - Collect
1036 Ontario Street
Stratford, Ontario
N5A 6Z3
La Banque afire ses services dans les deux
gangues ollicielles.
BACKING INDEPENDENT BUSINESS
Federal Business
Development Bank
Banque federate
de developpement
ranitcti
WIN FIRST DRAW, A rink skipped by King McDonald
won the first draw of the Exeter men's curling club.
Bock. left. Grafton Squire and Hol Walsh. Front. King
McDonold and Murray Davison. T -A photo
chairman. He said the board
will be taking a serious look at
French immersion and com-
puters in the coming year.
"There's going to be a lot of
discussion between the Huron
County Board of Education
and the Huron -Perth Roman
Catholic Separate School
Board in regards to Catholic
secondary school funding."
said Frayne.
His main resolution though.
is to "have a good rapport
between the board and
teachers and administration.
Huron County Warden Paul
Steckle, of RR 2 Zurich. would
like to see a more general
awareness of what the coun-
ty departments do. He said he
has been questioned about
them in the past. Warden
Steckle said it will be his task
to be an ambassador within
the county.
Steckle also said he wants
to promote more openness
within county council.
The new warden would like
to create an environment in
Huron that would encourage
businesses to establish in the
county. He said Huron has a
sound economic base and lax
base and those along with the
expansion of the Goderich
harbour will enhanc the---
cou y.
He wouldn't divulge his own
standing on the Huron Coun-
ty Pioneer Museum issue, yet
he hopes the situation. is
resolved this year.
"On the lighter side, I hope
to tip the scales on the lighter
side," joked the warden.
Huron County Federation of
Agriculture president Doug
Garniss of R1( 4. Wingham.
said he hopes for some im-
provement in the financial
situation with the agriculture
community.
Garniss said he hopes the
governmentsboth provincial-
ly and federally. take some
action to improve the con-
tinued plight of some
farmers.
"For the Huron County
Federation of Agriculture. I
hope we can take the actions
that will be in the lxest interest
of the farm community." he
said.
The Wingham area farther
said he would like more
farmers to get involved in the
federation so it will be laking
actions that truly represent
the farm community.
Huron -Perth Counties
Roman Catholic Separate
School Board chairman
Ronald Marcy. of Stratford.
said he will attempt to run the
school board meetings in an
efficient manner.
The chairman would also
like to see French immersion
in Goderich and Stratford
phased -in with the least possi-
ble disruption to present
at Blyth
pensate for the drop.
The summer festival en-
joyed an especially festive
year in 1984 because of 10th
Anniversary Celebrations. In
addition to four premieres of
new Canadian works and a re-
mount of a past seasons's hit,
summer patrons participated
in an expanded art gallery
program, gala opening
ceremonies with guest of
honour Maureen Forrester,
reunion weekend activities,
and an expanded writers'
workshop program. A com-
memorative quilt, an
historical display; and an ex-
panded souvenir booklet
outlining the history of Blyth
Memorial Hall and the Blyth
Festival were also produced
in this anniversary year.
Of particular note this past
year has been the fund-
raising support enjoyed by
the Festival. The Board of
Directors raised $57,467 from
corporations, foundations and
individuals, up from $42,564 in
1983.65 percent of the dollars
donated to the Blyth Festival
in 1984 originated in its home
counties of Huron, Bruce,
Perth and Grey, and 46 per-
cent of all the donors who sup-
port the Festival are at the $10
membership level.
At year-end, the Blyth
Festival- enjoyed nearly 500
people and and companies on
its donors list. The board of
directors gave a heartfelt
thank you to the citizens of the
area who have so generously
supported the Festival's ac-
tivities with their dollars and
their attendance over the past
year.
Ms. Herman also thanked
the many other groups who
have made the Festival so
successful. especially the
hundreds of volunteer ushers
and "Friends of Blyth". (he
local women's groups who
cater the Festival's country
suppers and lunches, and of
course, the Festival's hard-
working board of directors.
Elected to the executive
and the board of directors for
1984-85 were: president -
Sheila Richards. Brussels;
vice-president - Don McCaf-
frey, Exeter; secretary -
Marian Doucette, Clinton:
treasurer - Chris Borgal,
Blyth; past president -
Elizabeth Herman, Clinton:
Joan Chandler, Belgrave;
Lois Van Vliet. Blyth; John
McKibbon, Goderich; Carol
Irwin, Blyth; Helen Cowing.
Blyth; John Rutledge, Blyth:
Wayne Caldwell. Goderich:
and Gail Gundy. Hayfield.
GET GUN CLUB AWARDS — The top competitors in the Claybird Gu- b Club during
1984 were Brion Wedlake and Frank Brugger. Above, they receive their awards from
Jody Mosurinjohn at the left and club president Charlie Dinney at the right.
Times -Advocate, January 2, 1985
Page 11A
educators, politicians
programs.
The school board will also
have to finish studying the
recommendations made
earlier this year by the Co-
operative Evaluation and
Development of the School
System (CEDSSI and act on
the board approved
recommendations.
"1 would like to attempt to
provide a great degree of
thoughtful. co-operative
meaningful discussion and
consultation with the Huron
Board of Education and Perth
Board of Education before
making a final decision on the
opening of a Catholic Secon-
dary School." he said.
Perth comity
Perth County Board of
Education chairman David
Hammond. of RR 7 St. Marys.
said he will endeavor to snake
the office of school board
chairman open to everyone
with a problem or question
regarding the welfare of the
students of Perth.
"i- would like to think that•
we as a board and the
educators of the county have
provided students with the
best education in this pro -
e readers write
Letter to the editor:
More than two years ago
when I was privileged to be a
member of the Sr. Citizens
Advisory Board, the young
woman in charge of the town
recreation program made a
promise which I seem to
recall was duly entered into
the minutes, to do all she
could to promote the interest
of Exeter seniors.
I'd been reading about the
outstanding system of exer-
cises developed centuries ago
in China, gone to London to
observe a class in action and
listen to enthusiastic
responses from seniors in that
class. It might be worth
noting that the ages of those
participating ran from the
teens to one person I'd have
guessed to be on the eve of 80.
My final reacton was that if
it had been a beneficial ac-
tivitiy for generations of
Chinese and now Canadians.
it could also be a big help to
our group who might be in-
terested in past middle-aged
fitness. So I pressed the above
young lady to secure a
demonstation for the group.
When we moved from Ex-
eter a year later and after
follow up phone calls and
visits to her office, she had
still to make a moveon behalf
of the seniors.
Here in Barrie, there are
two groups of seniors active-
ly pursuing fitness through
Tai Chi and absolutely
delighted.
A letter from an old'Exeter
friend informs me that the
seniors whose company we
enjoyed have still not been of-
fered a chance to enjoy this
fitness routine. I wonder if
town recreation dollars
should not be shared with
seniors or go only to the
young?
Bill Hart
As your office building
faces on the Main Street of the
lovely town of Exeter I am
sure you or your employees
have seen a stranger appear
on your streets about 10 days
before Christmas and con-
tinue to walk the streets going
into all the stores and giving
out big smile and Ho Ho Ho
with candy canes for
everyone and a good word of
cheer tothe children and the
seniors.
This has happened for the
past four years and I am sure
if you were to talk to the
storekeepers and town folks,
they would say that
Christmas has been a lot
cheerier with this old fellow
appearing each year on your
streets in a bright red suit
with snow white hair and
beard.
Hoping this has made your
holiday season a little happier
and the children a little
merrier.
If your town would like to
see their old fellow appear
again next year, please have
someone let me know.
Thanks for the wonderful
time I have each year doing
a little to bring good cheer to
the people of Exeter.
Yours sincerely,
(Santa Claus)
from Barrie, Ontario
Summer Address:
(� Barnetson Sr.
RR 6, Site 11
Barrie, Ontario
or Winter Address:
G. Barnetson Sr.
19 Wanstead Ave.
Scarboro, Ontario
MiL 3L3
vince that money and talent
could buy," he said.
Hammond added that he
wants to see this high quality
education continue.
"I would like to see
everyone strive to help
students. to ease some of the
frustration in the process of
their education and future
employment. 1 am sure it we
can accomplish this. young
people will have more faith in
their future zind their coun-
try." he said
Perth Count Wa rden
Oliver McIntosh. at RR I. St.
Marys. said he mould have to
continue to practise restraint
in 1985.
"1 don't see
changes." he said.
Perth County Federation of
Agriculture president Dave
Smith. of RR t Sebringville.
would like to ser the member-
ship of the provincial
organization - the - Ontario
Federation of Agriculture -
increased
l.oc•ally he would like the
county federation to have
closer contact with county
council. Smith said it is hoped
a meeting, with federation
representatives and county
councillors will be held intik.
near Future. to go over the
agricultural scene
Also. the president said the
federation. in conjunction
with Women in Support at
Agriculture hope to sponsor a
professional development
with school teachers in this
county.
Smith would also like to see
communication between the
federation and commodity
groups improved
Ontario
Ministry of
Agriculture
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huron farm
and
home news-
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The Huron Soil and Crop
Association has planned a
social evening to honour reci-
pients of soil and crop
awards.
The awards banquet will
recognize recipents of the
Norman Alexander Conserva-
tion Award, Farm Project
Award, Soil and Crop Booster
Award, and the new provin-
cial Farm Conservation Sign
Award.
The Farm Conservation
Sign Award is a new effort of
the Ontario Soil and Crop Im-
provement Association and
the Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food that
recognizes individual farms
for their efforts in soil and
water management.
Gisele Ireland author of the
well-known book "Bumps in
Your Coveralls", who also
writes a news column and
farms with her husband will
be guest speaker.
Tickets for the banquet are
$8. per person and may be
purchased from your soil and
crop director or through the
Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture and Food office in
Clinton. Ticket Deadline is
January 4. •
Hope to see you and your
spouse on Friday, January 11.
6 p.m. at the Seaforth Legion
for the Huron Soil and Crop
Improvement Association
awards banquet.
Gerrit Van Keulen
President
Huron County Soil and
Crop improvement
Association
Press Release Have you
scraped many pens lately'
dwta
Feeder pigs eat a lot of
feed, and produce large
volumes of manure and stale
WIN TITLE — The Generals captured the intra -mural floor Hockey chompionship
at SHDHS this week. Team members in the back row, from the left: Steve McAuley.
Bill Fisher, Steve Gould. Jeff Pfaff and coach Bob Sims. Front: Scott Bogart, Andy
lei ikos, Terry Zachar and Doug Scott.
Recruitment of youth
Canada World Youth is
launching its 1985 recruitment
campaign with the news that
800 young people will be par-
ticipating in this year's youth
exchange program.
CWY, funded in part by the
Canadian International
Development Agency, and
now in its fourteenth con-
secutive year. is looking for
workers and students bet:
ween the ages of 17 at 20 who
are interested in learning
about development and cross-
cultural communication in
both Canada and a developing
country.
These young Canadians,
joined by an equal number of
exchange country par-
ticipants, will spend seven
months living and working in
vastly different cultures and
communities. Small teams of
CWY participants, each with
a Canadian and Exchange
country Group Leader, in-
tegrate them selves into com-
munities, first in Canada then
, overseas, through volunteer
work in fields such as
agriculture. co-operatives,
environment/ conservation,
social services, small
businesses, recreation and
community groups.
All costs during the pro-
gramme - food, lodging and
transportation are covered by
CWY. Even some pocket
money is provided.
Canada World Youth's ex-
changes start in June, July.
August and September
Deadline for receipt of ap-
plications for all exchanges is
January 15. 1985.
Application forms and
• more information are
available from Canada World
Youth, Ontario Regional Of-
fice, 627,. Davenport Rd..
Toronto. Ont. MSR 112
air. We want the feed to end
up in the pig, the manure to
wind up in the gutter and the
stale air to exit as quickly as
possible.
Nothing will spoil your din-
ner as much as having it serv-
ed on a dirty plate. Hogs
eating off a dirty floor will
waste as much feed as they
eat. How do we keep pen
floors clean? Farmers enjoy
trying new ways of doing
things and over the years
have developed several
techniques to save
themselves from "scoop
shovel burn out". These are
some proven ways to keep
pens clean.
Pens should be roughly 3
times longer than they are
wide.
Pen dividing partitions
should be solid to within 4' - 6'
of the back of the pen, then
open.
Pen fronts or gates pro-
bably should also-- be solid,
depending upon your ventila-
tion system.
Pens should slope to the get-
ter or slats at approximately
'r" per foot.
Waterers should be located
at the back of the pen, (at
least 2 per pen).
For center feed alley barns,
inlet air should enter the barn
in the center of the ceiling at
approximately 600-800 feet
per min. (6'110 mph) hit a baf-
fle and be directed across the
ceiling landing in both gut-
ters. For barns with center
gutters, air should enter the
room at both sides of the barn
be directed across the ceiling
landing in the gutter in the
middle of the room.
Each pig should have 3
cubic feet per min. air ex-
change even in the coldest
weather i.e. 3 cim/pig x 400
pigs in the barn equals 1200
c.f.m. that is the low speed of
an 18" fan. running con-
tinuously. As the weather
warms up this rate increases
to70cubic feet permin. i.e. 70
cfm/pig x 41H) pigs equals
28,000 cubic feel per min. ap-
proximately 9 - 18 ' fans.
Give pigs enough room. A
pen say 6 feet wide x 16 feet
long should have no more
than 12 - 180 ih. pigs in it. 4 ap-
prox. I sq. ft./25 'lb. body
weight ' i know this one is
hard to do.
1f you use feeders and are
fortunate enough to have an
automatic feed delivery
system it seems to solve some .
manuring problems if you
move the feeder to the back of
the pen. This creates less con-
centrated traffic in the quiet
end of the pen. Obviously this
is quite difficult if the feeder
presently forms part of your
dividing partition is located at
the front • 0
Sprinklers or foggers com-
ing on intermittently when
temperatures reach 80
degrees also help the manur-
ing pattern.
Parially slatted floors help
a great deal to stop "track-
ing" of manure from the
dunging area to the front of
the pen
Mixing pigs can cause dir-
ty pens. but must be done, if
we are 10 keep our barn full.
It seems to help a lot if we mix
pigs immediately after ship-
ping some out of the pen, i.e.
before they get their pecking
order re-established. if you
can. mix two pens into a new
pen
Try to keep barn
temperature constant. it
shouldn't vary more than 5
degrees F over a short period
of time if temperature does
vary. say t0-15 degrees F.
over 2 hours or so pigs get an-
noyed t also sick) and may
start manuring at the front of
the pen. A Ili -Lo thermometer
is useful here. t'luctuating
temperature tells us either
our fans are sized wrong, or
our insulation needs looking
al
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