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Times-Advocate, 1985-02-20, Page 17A -B AUTHORITY ELECTS — Chairmen of the Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Authority were elected at Friday's annual meeting. Back, left, past chairman Jack Tinney, vice-chairman Don Lithgow, and com- mittee vice chairman Earl Rees, Cecil Desjardine and Wilson Hodgins. Front, Authority chairman Gor- don Johston and committee chairmen Clarence Rau, Bill Thirlwall and Fred Lewis. T -A photo Still in preliminary stages Hydro corridors chosen Ontario Hydro recently unveiled the preliminary corridors for a hydro route from the Bruce NuclearPower Development to London, to the five people who attended a meeting for the special interest groups at the Clinton Town Hall. Dave Abbott, the community rela- tions officer for route and site selec- tion, emphasized that the ;napped corridors are still in the preliminary stages and may be changed. The preliminary corridors now identified can be divided into three major sections from north to south. In the north section, from the Bruce plant to Seaforth, three preliminary corridors have been identified. the first runs along the existing hydro line to Seaforth, the second runs from the west side of Gree'nock Swamptwo to five concessions wide through East and West Wawanosh to a point bet- ween Clinton and Holmesville. The third corridor is two to three conces- sions wide from Glammis to west of Lucknow, and is centred on the Kin- cardine township boundary, County Road 1. The three corridors merge in an east -west band from east of Bayfield to west of Seaforth. In the section south of this band, there are only two corridors. The east corridor follows a strip, two concessions wide east of Highway 4, south to Lobo. The western corridor is two concessions wide east of County Road 2, south to Crathie. These preliminary corridors were drafted on rankings determined by special interest groups with represen- and other concerned groups such as foresters, and by a planner review committee with representatives from county planning boards, from the On- tario Ministry= of Agriculture and Food and from the Ministry of Natural Resources. During mapping, the land is coded according to its ranking and corridors are drawn in to eliminate the high ranked areas, so that further detail- ed study of potential routes can be limited to the low ranked area. Bill Scott, the senior planner for the route and site selection, said if all class one and two land were avoided, it would be virtually impossible to identify a corridor between Bruce and London. However, the ranking pro- cess priorized land within these categories. In the ranking process, the planner - 1 Kirkton-Woodham Farmers' Club Annual Meeting Thur., Mar. 7 1:30 p.m. Kirkton-Woodham Community Centre All members welcome. Refreshments provided review group nad given both class one and two soils with the potential to grow specialty crops (including tobacco and rutabagas) the highest rating. Whereas the special interest groups had rated Class One land with the potential to grow specialty crops, the highest, and rated the remaining Class One land and Class Two land with the potential to grow specialty crops slightly lower. Scott, said when the corridors were actually drawn on the maps, the land ranking suggested by the special in- terest group gave the corridors more definition, but "the end result was very similar regardless of which way you arrived at it." These corridors have yet to be reviewed by the planner review group, then Hydro plans to have the actual routes identified by late February. Public informations meetings are scheduled for the follow- ing places in early March: Mar. 4, Creemore Community Cen- tre and the Holiday Inn in Cam- bridge; Mar. 5, Simcoe Ministry of Agriculture and Food office on Blue - Line Road, and the Community Cen- tre in Flesherton; Mar. 6, Huron Com- munity Centre in Ripley; Mar. 7, the U.A.W. Hall in Tempo; Mar. 11, the Canadian Legion in Wingham; Mar. 12, the South Huron Recreational Cen- tre in Exeter; Mar. 13, the Communi- ty Centre in Oxford Centre; Mar. 13, the Clinton arena and the Beverley Community Centre in Peters Cor- ners; Mar. 14, the Municipal Hall in Paris, and Mar. 25, the Ontario Hydro Auditorium in Toronto. AUTHORITY RETIREE — At Fridayannual meeting of the Ausable- Bayfield Conservation Authority, inrcoming chairman Gordon Johnston fira . ••• r •as the representative from Thedford. • - - • . • - Manure event set for Exeter The Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Authority in co-operation with the On- tario Ministries of Environment ( MOE) and Agriculture and Food (OMAF) are holding a Manure Management Seminar in Exeter on February 26. The theme of the workshop is "Farm Waste Management: The Problem is How Your Perceive it." This theme was chosen because manure doesn't have to be considered a problem -causing waste, but can ac- tually be a valuable fertilizer if managed properly. Dave Balint, Water Quality Techni- cian with the A.B.C.A. says, "The purpose of the seminar is threefold. First we want to examine the problem of manure from different perspec- tives, secondly we want to give to farmers who have a manure manage- ment problem some ideas about how to deal with it, and finally we want to give the public an opportunity to com- ment on existing policies, regulations and programs." Guest speakers from the A.B.C.A., M.O.E. and O.M.A.F. will talk about their role in providing assistance or regulating manure management. The speakers from these sponsoring agen- cies will be joined by speakers representing farmers and custom manure applicators and dealers. Displays and literature will also be on hand. The seminar wilt be held m the Masonic Hall, William St. North, Ex- eter from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. There will be no charge and everyone is welcome. Coffee and donuts will be provided. Huron leaders name officers Terry Smith of RR 1 Walton is the new president of the Huron County 4-H leaders' association. He was elected at the association's annual meeting in Holmesville on February 12. Smith takes over from Les Falconer of RR.5 Clinton. Other executive members include first vice-president Dianne Oldfield of RR 4, Seaforth, second vice-president Lila Rintoul of RR 2 Lucknow and secretary -treasurer Mary DeBoer of Exeter. Usually the directors are chosen from each of the commodity groups, but this year six directors "at -large" were elected. They are Alan Powe of RR 2 Centralia, Adriann Brand of RR 2 Crediton, Ken Ramsey of RR 3 T -A photo tom«►' Unless you hocked them to pay the interest on your Farm Credit Copora- tion loan, you can bet the family jewels the Ottawa establishment will be hammering at supply - management marketing boards this year. And yes, I know John Wise, Canada's Agminister, in one of his first major speeches after assuming the post, said marketing legislation for farmers will not be touched. When he spoke to the annual meeting of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture last fall, he was asked, point-blank, in a question -and -answer period. Ile said he was definitely in favor of re- taining the legislation. But the rhetoric coming from other politicians on Parliament Hill is disturbing. Prime Minister Mulroney and his private enterprise pro- nouncements should have a few farmers walking with their backs to the wall. We will all learn just how much clout Mr. Wise has in Cabinet and caucus in the next few months. 1 have a great deal of admiration for John Wise. An informant of mine in the agriculture department told me recently that the staff at Agriculture Canada has much faith in Mr. Wise. Announcement Cook's Division of Gerbro Inc. Cook's Division.of Gerbro Inc. is pleased to announce the ap- pointment of KEVIN DELBRIDGE os Agri -Soles Representative of Kirkton Branch. Kevin is looking forward to meeting you to discuss your agricultural needs. This appointment takes effect immediately. 0+1 M "He got his feet wet when he was minister under Joe Clark," said my friend. "He didn't shine then but he is much more assured and confident this time around. Welike him. He has a keen grasp of the problems and knows what should be done." From the inside, then, Wise is grow- ing into the job. But will the Cabinet heed him? In the last days of the Whelan ministry, Eugene appeared to be losing both clout and credibility. He was a shadow of his blustery self from the days when he personally delivered 50 or 60 rural seats to the Liberal party. Wise, in the few times I have met and- heard him speak, ; certainly seems to have the charisma and the ability to be a leader in Cabinet. He has a few sticky problems on his plate right now. One of the problems has to do with private enterprise in the small community of Hay River in the Northwest Territories. Under pre- sent legislation, the territories have no quota ; eggs cannot be produced in the N.W.T. But three private enter- prisers in Alberta want to set up a hen farm in flay River with a flock of 200,000 laying hens. This could upset the historical balance in Western Canada upon which the Canadian Egg Marketing Agency bases its quotas. Theterritories, you see, have no historical production. CEMA has gone so far as to suggest that the N.W.T. could be allowed about 50,000 laying hens which would throw the whole CEMA plan out of kilter in Western Canada. The private enterprises figure the N.W.T. have been importing too much food and should be allowed to get a little balance of trade here. The scheme would also provide employ- ment and fill a few empty trucks run- ning from Edmonton full of food to the territories but deadheading it home. To change provincial quotas is not easy as Ontario growers have learn - ea. They have a market for more eggs but cannot produce them. 1t takes unanimous agreement of all the pro- vincial egg marketing agencies and the provincial agministers to get the historical production quotas changed. 1 can see the dilemna Mr. Wise is in. Both CEMA and the National Farm Products Marketing Council have left the decision in Mr. Wise's lap. It will be interesting to see what this private enterprise government does. And it may be an indication of how much clout Mr. Wise has in the Cabinet • Mount Carmel Income Tax Centre Income Tax Accounting 'for farmers Vince Ryan B.A. RR 3, Dashwood � - - I • Goderich, Sandra Turner of RR 1 Varna and Bev Van Neinhuys of RR 2 Bayfield. A ministry of agriculture and food employee and 4-H club leader, Myra Ryan of Markdale stressed the impor- tance of volunteer people in the 4-1I program. Hur^n county's 4-H co-ordinator Karen Rodman said Ms. Ryan's talk provided a motivation for the leaders. "And 4-H is a people's program," she emphasized. The leaders will hold their annual .kick-off in Holmesville on March 12 at 7 p.m. Leaders will receive kits of in- formation for running their programs. Other events coming up this year include the judging competition in Clinton on May 25, a Reach for the Top competition in August which follows a skit competition in July. Ontario Corn Producers Association Regional Marketing Information Meeting Optimist Hall, Seaforth Thurs. Feb. 28 10 a.m. - 3:30 Hot Beef Dinner $ 10.00 Topic: Cosh, Futures and Option Corn Sales Election of two Directors to O.C.P.A. at 1 p.m. Times -Advocate, February 20, 1985 Page 5A Cook's Producers Meeting and Crop Planning Seminar Feb. 25 - Kirkton-Woodham Community Centre (Kirkton) Feb. 26 - South Huron Recreation Centre (Exeter) Feb. 28 - Walton Hall (Walton) ALL MEETINGS START AT 11:00 A.M. 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NORTH, EXETER Free coffee and donuts •INTERESTING SPEAKERS, DISPLAYS AND LITERATURE. NO CHARGE. SPONSORED BY THE AUSABLE BAYFIELD CONSERVATION AUTHORITY, MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FOOD. f