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Home My WebLink AboutTimes Advocate, 1993-08-18, Page 11Times -Advocate, August 18,1993 Paje 11 Hems donated for fans tamilkos 1Wrnerdllnewtss of Hensel' shows Off his eye -hand co-ordination while trying to -hit the pina- ta. !t was part of a Mexican Picnic put on by the Senior Diners in Exeter last Wednesday. C r0 0 n the Furrow By Si* 7Trotter Whenever possible, 1 take the back roads when I'm.driving in the .country. If I . know - the township well, 1 slow -down and travel the gravel. But too many eyesores are crop- ping up on the back roads these days. I was horseback riding with my daughter and two other ladies just last weekend. We have permis- sion to ride on some property near where my daughter lives. Only the walls of a stone house remain intact on the property which has a.delight- ful stream running through it and a small, unused and.abandoned.grav- el pit in'the back 50. We were shocked, angry and sickened when we rode.through .the gravel pit. Somehow, somebody had found it and had dumped gar- bage in it. I'm sure more than one person d used it. A single family could:not have left so much junk in a couple of weeks' time. Two ragged livingroom chairs, an old sofa, several mattresses, almost a dozen plastic bags of food and de- bris, old shower curtains, several tires and many old boards- and bricks littered the pit. All this was added to junk that has been rusting in the arca for years. In the stream is what used to be a snowmobile. Two rusted out cars have been languishing near the old house for many years. It seems to me that this kind of littering is on the increase in rural areas ever since municipal dumps started charging fees for the bury- ing of refuse. These "upping" fees .at municipal dumping areas arc used as an excuse by those people who arc too lazy or too Oran to go to the dump. If they can'Net their "garbage picked up rigiit, at the curb, they'll dump it anywhere just to get rid of it. 1 can understand why they want to get rid of it but to deliberately cart it out to the country and dump it anywhere is cowardly. In our re- gion, there is a fine of $2,000 for il- legaldumping but officials say it is • New scale being installed at Cook's HENSALL - A new weigh scale is being installed at the Cook's Ele- vator in Hansell. Operations manager Earl Reich- ert at Cook's, a division of Parrish and Heimbecker Ltd, announced that the new, 27 metre platform scale is part of an effort to improve service to customers. The new s e will be used to weigh col- . ou bean, white hilum soybean, and w' ite bean deliveries, splitting traffic between the it and the exist- ing scale. Thc scale, however, necessitates thc demolition of thc Hensel! branch 'office building. Conse- quently, Cook's head office staff will relocate to a -larger building to be constructed at the Centralia ele- vator location. Thc Hensall branch staff will then be occupying the old head office building. rarely invoked because it is so hard to prove. Most of the time, .the dumping is in remote locations. Even if the gar- bage is traced town individual, it is difficult to prove that that person actually did the dumping. Some years ago I was riding along a country mad in- the ditch with a companion whose horse stepped on a liquor bottle which shattered and cut a blood vessel on the horse's leg. The poor creature almost - not quite - bled to death before we could get it to a veteri- narian. This is more than just littering. This is ignorant stupidity. This is done by a sick mind, -by a person too callous and cretinous to go through the proper channels. I do not know what.the solution to the problem. is. iteyling.the fines will serve little use because it is so difficult to identify a guilty person. Police cannot patrol every back road and abandoned gravel pit. in the county. I guess it gets back to education. Teach people not to do it. Show them pictures of the messes left in - the country by wingnuts getting rid - of their junk. Lower the Upping fees at municipal dumps. This re- cession has hit -a lot of people very hard and perhaps some of them simply cannot afford to pay the dump prices. I made a couple of phone calls and found out that up- ping fees at regional dumps here range from $1 to $9 per 100 kilo- grams. The fee depends on the type of material being discarded. Old - batteries, for instance, must be han- dled with care and cost more. Re- cently, though, I was informed that the fee for old tires dropped from S1.50. each to SI and old tires can be seen cluuering the landscape and the waterways all over south- ern Ontario. aiiwouldbe wonderful -.and I am sure most of this garbage comes fron; cities and towns - could be made to see how _sicken- ing it is to find the comer of a beau- tiful woodlot desecrated by materi- al that should be in the town dump. CLINTON - Over 200 pounds of non-perishable food items were do- nated to the Huron County branch of the Canadian Mental Health As- sociationfRureal Connections'perm Relief by those community mem- bers attending the Gkn Farms Herbs and Reserves Inc. Open House on %May, July 25 at RR 2 Listowel. This unique event encouraged the community to help lessen the burden of Huron County farm families in need by donating a non-perishable item in exchange fpr a ticket on a lovely basket of Glen Farms products. The-libn jferishablc items donated to the CMHA will be distributed so farm families in need of food prod- u'3ts. The idea for this event came from Judie and David Glen and Francis Smith who wanted to give back to the rural community. They approaches' the CMHA/ Huron's Rural Connection-prb'gt"am to forge a partner- ship of aid. In this age of job layoff's, economic cut- backs and recession,'everyone including the farm fami- lies arc facing tough times. Thc nen-perishable items donated included such staples as toothpaste, shampoos, pasta, canned fruits and vegetables and preserves. Any farm family needing food and staples arc encouraged to contact the Rural Connections program of the CMHA at.482-9311, All names will be kept confiden- tial. This collaboration reflects the values of CMHA/ Huron whose purpose to help the public maintain men- tal wellness through efforts and programs that empha- size the importance of cdmmunity and attention to the needs of the individuals within it. CMHA/Huron hopes the community will continue to help this partnership grow through efforts 'such as the one put forth by Judie and David Glen and Francis Srnith. For more information the Rural Conneciton program or any other CMHA/Huron programs, please call 482-9311. Rams go smdr microscope OTTAWA - Research is undcr- way to compare management prac- tices of the "Wayne Gretskys of the farming community" with those of the "minor -league". This project is one-of.a half dozen total- ling over S240,000 announced by the Canadian Farm .Business Man- agement Council, a unique partner- ship of the farm community, the agrifood industry and provincial and federal governments. "We are very excited about pet- ting 50 farms under the micro- scope to see how -management de- cisions affect income level," CFBMC executive director Chuck Jacobs said. "The CFBMC has a 'mandate to get the latest in farm business management to our Cana- dian farmers and this study will be conducted by -a team from the Uni- versity of Guelph in Ontario who will gather information to share with the agricultural community." Ontario Thc Canadian Dairy Extension Committee will be spending the next year developing an informa- tion bank for Canadian dairy farm- ers that will include an electronic newsletter and data base. Mr. Ja- cobs said the dairy industry has identified an immediate need for a quick turnaround on information sharing and a dairy specialist from the Ontario -Ministry of Agricul- EASY MOWING EASY PRICE IOIE®ST'1 LOW AS'f0999 • Move up to the ease and speed of a riding mower' • Powerful 1? 5HP Briggs & Stratton 1 C Quiet engine' • Tight 22" turning radius' • Convenient controls. iricruthng single handle mowing deck adjustor' • Wide 39" mowing deck with dual blades' • Includes electric start headitghts much more' • 2 Year No Fear Warranty! �rr nr.•.. 1.Lw' M� ASM /; , rez,7 u 1 rinS 'i rLr 1181yr IYYMwK�M�•I win .Y'l•ti :"1("l N,r .01•400•/m.rw .. 1 ►wmK '1 5 '1NSn '1\•Iry M , 2 r,"Mar' 1lI' 01wIMP•t ^•• 'r�+IiNp�rlilUa1Y0N�1(Mll�l' TRACTOI Y LONDON '285-3845 Iluno' & Lawn Equipment EXETER $LYTH 235-1115 5Z3-4244 PA .4.401 4;1 - ort ture and Food will head up this project. The CI I3111C The CFBMC, with ;a head office in Sudbury, Ontario, has o'ne direc- tor from each of the 10 provinces and Agriculture Canada. Provin- cial coordinating groups have been established in each province to identify local needs for farm busi- ness management training, Servic- es and information and to assist in coordinating the programs. The Federal Government provide., funding under the National Farm Business Management Program for national projects and coordinat- ing activities of the CFBMC. 4-I-1 news Lucan 441 holds meeting LUCAN - Thc first meeting of the Lucan 4-H group "Wildlife Conser- vation" was held on June 19. Pam Moor hosted the meeting at her house. Elections for officers were -held. Our president is Patty Dunnell, our press reporter is Becky Anderson and our secretary will be rotational. During the first meeting we learned about animals finding water and shelter. The second meeting of our club was held at the Lucan Conservation area. We went for a walk looking for signs of animals and their tracks. We were shown how to make plaster moulds of raccoon prints. A tour of thc water area was completed before the meeting was adjourned. Our third meeting was held on July 19, at 6:30 p.m. at the Exeter Con- servation area. The members met a tree, tried physical activities and com- pleted a wilderness walk -about. The meeting was adjourned by our president. Our next meeting will be held on August 14 at Christine Geertsen-Anderson's house at 10 a.m. t s.i .L b•:LES from CASE I -H .r r 3? 4.", • :;s 01/ • Ry, Stratford Farm Equipment (London) Ltd., proudly announces the recent purchase of a • NEW CASE =H 8570 LARGE SQUARE BALER and 7110 MAGNUM TRACTOR by Scott's a ovattor Ltd., Lucan. Malaris is Alas Scott, promoters of the BIG BALER in the Lucan area since 1989. 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