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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1987-07-29, Page 2Page 2 Times -Advocate, July 29, 1987 Need more chemicals High temperatures make waves for pool owners The exceptionally high only escape is that cool, crisp beacon temperatures experienced. :in in the heat -- the swimmingL_ • Southern Ontario -this summer have—' Temperatures -at-the-Exeter pool caused more than their share of pro- are up roughly five degrees over those blems in the last few weeks, and if it of last summer, and attendance is up looks to you as though there isn't any considerably more than that. relief in sight, you may be right. Added to the 250 kids that arrive at With fans and air conditioners dif- the pool gates every morning for ficult if not impossible to come by, the swimming lessons, are another 150-200 who just want to cool off. LynneFarquhar, Rec Director at the South Huron Rec Centre said Monday that the combination of heat and big crowds causes a need for more chemicals in the pool. Though attendance is up, profits won't be. 'Probably the amount of chlorine we're using is going to eat all the ex- KIPPEN GUNNERS — These gentlemen were' the top shots at the first annual John Anderson Memorial shoot Sunday afternoon at the Kippen Gun Club. In the bock row from the left are Gord Glazier, Elen Anderson (presenting trophies), and Brad Mann. Front, left: Bill Fisher, Bill Wylie and Jody Mosurinjohn. Settle hurricane in a hose regarding lawn watering Determining responsibility for pro- viding water to new lawn seed and sod put around street construction pro- jects seems to be causing as much confusion as when the notorious Lu- cien Rivard asked to water the rink. At last week's Exeter council meeting. Councillor Ben lloogenboom expressed concern that new grass - along John St. West was deteriorating INN-DIANS DONATE Dave Url recent Exeter Inn -diens slo-pitch South Huron Rec Centre Board washrooms project. in presents a $300 cheque from the tourney to Kathy Whiteford of the to be used for the ag building T -A photo 'B' CHAMPS - Jeff Inch accepts the 'B' championship trophy for his team after they won the final, beating Ilderton in a 3-2 shoot-out. Presenting the trophy is Sherry Pfaff. because citizens who had been water- ing it were told they couldn't by the. PUC. When told of the situation, PUC manager Iiugh Davis investigated and gave the civic -minded residents permission to turn their sprinklers back on until the matter is resolved. Davis illuminated some of the misunderstandings that led up to this tempest in a teapot - or hurricane in a hose. —_— - - Contractors are responsible for a specified time for caring for new grass and sod around construction. They can buy unlimited quantities of water from the PUC, and obtain the water by filling a tanker at a hydrant. At the time of Hoogenboom's com- plaint, the tanker was not available as the employee of the landscaping company hired to water the grass was unavailable. Area residents were ask- ed to help out, but the PUC was not informed. PUC policy allows watering seven evenings a week from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. The issue will be on the agenda when the PUC holds its regular mon- thly meeting on July 30. Davis an- ticipates the policy may by broaden- ed to give the town the authority to allow homeowners to water town - owned grass bordering their proper- ties in certain circumstances. In neighbouring lfensall, PUC manager Lorne Archer said residents are asked to use restraint in watering their lawns, but "we don't make an issue of it". Archer's only concern is that the village has an adequate water supply in .ease of fire. Archer was pleased to report that the nitrate level in the number two King St. well bas been under 10 per- cent in the last three monthly tests. If this continues, water.frotn that well can again be brought into the system.. Council briefs A new policy was adopted last week by. Exeter council to cover manage- ment and staff conference and seminar expenses. Registration for such events will be paid by the town in advace and one night's accommodation will also be paid in advance of required. All other expenses of delegates will be reimbursed on presentation of receipts and the use of personal credit cards is encouraged with submission of expense statements being made immediately to avoid any personal loss by delegates. Exeter council last week split the difference with the Business Improve- ment Area by setting the Transient Traders License fee at $300. The BIA had'requested that the fee, go. to $500. It is currently only $100. The license is charged against all new firms establishing in Exeter. tra profits up,' FarquiiL - the firstttmewe've used it t the solar ` owners don t seem to regret the pur She noted That the wading pool at McNaughton Park, which drew ap- proximately 15 kids a day last sum- mer, has had as many as 40 children a day this year. Chemical use is also much higher in the small pool, which is drained and refilled once a week. Private pool owners are also ex- periencing difficulty in keeping up with the -heat. One area pool owner estimated that he was using 25 per cent more chemicals this summer than last. Don Keeping, of MacLean's Home Hardware, said that with many sup- pliers running out of chemicals and other pool supplies; -sales were brisk at the Exeter store. 'It's been steady and business is up,' Keeping said, noting that not {i _ '.'.? `:{; enough ram is as bad for pools as too much rain. He said that as a result of the dry hot weather, people were buy- ing more acid for their pools. - Pat Scott, a local pool owner, con- firmed Keeping's comments. 'It's a bit harder on chemicals than what it is normally because we haven't been putting the cover on in the day -time,' Scott said. She explain- ed that the cover keeps water warm when the pool is not in use, but the high temperatures have made it un- necessary to use. Without the cover, chemicals evaporate - at a faster rate. Scott also noted that their Brominator, a device which dispenses bromine at regular intervals, has been running at the third and fourth settings on the machine. It normally runs at the second setting-- Barb etting.—Barb Dow. another pool owner, said that she hadn't used their solar blanket in two weeks. 'Tonight, if it cools down; might be blanket 1 in a couple of weeks,' Dow chase of a pool, and almost all noted said Monday. that their pools were seeing more ac- Cost of operations aside, local pool tion than ever. TOP SHOT — Keith Anderson presents the top trophy to Art Fisher (left) in the first annual John Anderson Memorial shoot on Sunday at the Kippen Gun Club. Fisher scored 185 out of 200. Tiger -auto s� at Centralia p classmates in work experience. "To be at par with my peers, I had to make this summer count," she said. Lab work is hard to find. Kathy had done some volunteer work for a few small veterinary clinics, and had put in a lot of applications to local clinics to try to get some work experience. Most of them were not advanced enough, technologically, to teachher such a wide variety of lab skills. Kathy says the advanced training she is getting at the Veterinary Laboratory Services, and the per- sonal attention she gets from the lab technicians and veterinarians will put her well ahead of her second year class practical experience. According to Dr. Errest Sanford, a Veterinarian at -the clinic, The technical work Kathy is doing is more advanced than the theory she learned in her first year and will prepare her for the work she will do in her second year. ' Dr. Sanford said technical ex- perience is essential for students thinking of a career in clinical work, and the value of Kathy's summer ex- perience at the Veterinary Laboratory Services is unbeatable. Kathy agrees. She is sure the broad summer experience she is getting ati ill improve her chances for a job place- ment in a veterinary clinic because she will be able to do a wide variety of clinical 'obs. Pigs and cows aren't the only animals Centralia College student Kathy Morrison will be working with this summer. As a summer veterinary lab assistant, Kathy helped to perform an autopsy on two eleven month old Shrine Circus tigers. The tigers were sent to the Veterinary Laboratory Services at Centralia College in Huron Park to determine the cause of their unex- pected death. Lab technicians think the tigers may have been poisoned. The tiger autopsy is one of the many unusuMl jobs Kathy does at the clinic this summer. - ' Kathy; a 20 year old. Fullartonstu- dent, is working at the same place -she studies, The Centralia College- of Agricultual Technology. She is spen- ding her summer identifying the - causes of disease in animals. Most of . the time% Kathy looks for infections in cows by analysing milk samples thaf are submitted by -local farmers. This - is called mastitis testing. Kathy is learning a variety of methods of diagnosing disease in animals. Besides the mastitis testing and the odd autopsy, she has the Audit report at resort After considerable delay, caused by the change in auditors, the represen- tative from Dunwoody Chartered Ac- countants appeared before Grand Bend Council at the July 20 meeting, with the newly prepared 1986 Finan- cial statements. The 1987 budget figures are based on these statements. As he led the councillors step by• step through the various segments, it gradually became clear that the Cor- poration of the Village of Grand Bend. was in good financial position. The bottom line showed the total of all sources of income to have been $780,000, compared to total expen- ditures of $757,945. On the balance sheet, assets were divided between restricted and unrestricted funds. Restricted items in the statements i Jude such things as street repairs, parking lots, impost fees etc. Unrestricted funds were for general uses. Over the 1985 figures there was an increase in reserves for future use of $51,000 to the total amount of $224,000. However, large costs such as the com- puter purchased late in the year had not been accounted out to date. Under the item of taxation user charges, Mumby pointed out some notable items. Increase in both the assessments and the mill rate had resulted in an increased income figure. The sewer surcharge was dou- ble in 1986. "I hope that doesn't hap- pen in my municipality" he commented. Operating activities in 1986 showed an unusual item for the $24,557 beach cleaner; a deficit on sewers of $11,042; and a large long term debt, to be paid off $10,000 per year, per- tains to the extensive work done to the harbour south basin. MTC MINISTER' Ontario's Minister of Transporta tipn and Communications Ed Fulton will be visiting Iluron county on Wednesday, August 5. He will be touring the area of highways 4 and 8 and meeting coun- ty and municipal officials in Blyth at 4 p.m. From there he will head south and attend' the fourth annual Iluron pro- vincial Liberal barbecue at the farm of Agriculture Minister Jack Riddell. Barbecue organizers expect close to 1,000 persons will attend theevent. chance to use . some very technologically advanced equipment. such as the Coulter Counter. which measures abnormalities in red and white blood cell counts. The lab technicians and veterinarians at the clinic teach Kathy how to diagnose by showing her how to use the new equip- ment and by explaining the significance of certain tests. Kathy got the chance to work in lab this summer because of the Summer Experience '87 Program and the On- tario Ministry of Agriculture and Food. Experience '87 is an Ontario government program which offers a variety of summer career -related jobs for more than 7.400 Ontario students aged 15 to 24 (or 15 to 29 if disabled ). Johs like Kathy's are available through 32 Ontario govern- ment ministries and associated com- munity organizations. The Ex- perience '87 Program is administered by -the Ontario Ministry of Skills Development and is designed to pro- vide young people with useful work experience and the chance to develop' skills relating to their career goals. According to Kathy, practical lab experience in a large clinic is exact- ly the kind of experience she needed. She is going into her second year of the animal health technology pro- gram and said she was behind her CHECKS BLOOD — Kathy Morrison, a summer lab technician at the Veterinary Laboratory Services at Centralia College under the Sum- mer Experience '87 program, is shown measuring abnormalities in red and white.bloodcells using the Coulter counter. Jobs at Western Western F'air's employment office has a long list of job vacancies to be filled for the annual exhibition, -September.11 to 20. Nearly 700 temporary workers are required to fill a variety of positions as grandstand ushers. security staff and night watchmen, parking lot at- tendants. midway ticket sellers, barn and horse show personnel, blackjack dealers and wheel operators for the casino, cleanup crews, bartenders, waiters. waitresses, door persons and more. Applications for these positions will be accepted at the fair's person - net office, Canada Building, lower level, Queen's Park, commencing Tuesday. August 4 at 9:00 a.m. Rates of pay vary depending on the job, starling at $4.55 per hour. Black- jack dealers will receive $5.25 per hour. In addition to the fair's own labor requirements, about 30Q exhibitors and concessionaires will be hiring staff locally. Persons wanting to work for an exhibitor, concessionaire or ride operator during the fair should inquire at the Canada Employment Centre, 120 Queens Avenue, London. 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