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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes Advocate, 1999-07-14, Page 2• Wednesday. July 14, 1999 R#onalwra Mmistry demands water testing for hog farmer ASHFIELD TWP. -- The Ministry of the Environ- ment and Energy issued a field order last week de- manding Acre T Farms owner Joe Terpstra com- plete a hydrogeological assessment of manure tanks on two of his Ashfield Twp. properties, re- ports the Clinton News -Record. The mandatory order stipulates the assessment must be completed by mid August and was issued under the authority of the Environmental Protec- tion Act. The demand was made after Terpstra missed a previous MOEE deadline of June 30. The Ministry had requested the assessment after investigating leaks at Acre T Farms' hog facilities in May. MOEL Communications Officer Bob Massecar said the hydrogeological survey will assess the ground water in the area to determine the extent of contamination, and if additional clean-up proce- dures are required. Once the survey is complete, it will be reviewed by MOEE and OMAFRA. "We want to confirm (the manure storage tanks) are not a problem," he said. If Acre T Farms does not comply with the order, the Ministry may take the matter to court. 1 Walt Disney's connection Goderich Township. GODERI(H — In the wake of the announcement Walt Disney is going to host a one hour parade in the town on July 24, Goderich has been reflecting on their past connection with the Disney family, reports the Goderich Signal -Star. While Walt Elias Disney was born in Chicago in 1901 his ancestors helped settle Goderich Twp. His great grandfather , Elias Disney brought his family to She Holmesville area in the 1800s from Clone County, Kilkenny, Ireland. In 1858, Walt's grandfather Kepple married Mary Richardson of Goderich Twp. and moved to Bluevale. O February 6, 1859 their first child EK - as was born -(Walt's father). They later went on to have 11 children. I. While Kepple moved his family to Ellis, Kansas in 1877, the Disney's left a number of relatives back in Goderich Twp. In 1947, Walt Disney visited southwestern Onta- rio and made a special stop to visit his father's cousin Peter Cantelon who. -lived in Goderich. He also visited Wingham, Holmesville and Central School in (oderich which is now the home of the Huron County. Museum. Disney's father Elias had attended the school while growing up in Goderich. Walt's connection to the area is so deep there is even a. local legend Disney based his design for t Disneyland on the octagon design of the Goderich Square. In the News Conilinned from front page landfill solution. Council voted to explore this approach. Joe Kerr to plow county roads Joe Kerr Ltd. of Wingham has been awarded the county contract for plow routes by county council. This is a three-year contract with an additional two years possible. Kerr will plow three routes for $72 per hour and must guarantee that the equipment used will be 1995 or newer. The three routes are on County Roe 4 from County Road 86 to Clinton, County Road 4 to Highway 9 and County Road 86 from County Road 4 to Listowel. Y2k preparations Work has started that will prepare Huron County in the event of a Y2K emergency. Council approved a plan at the July meeting that would help prepare the county by replacing computers and by purchasing a large generator. The total cost of the project has been estimated at more than $219,000. More than 150 pieces of equipment, primarily com- puters, also will need to be tested in order to ensure that they will work. If work needs to be done to the equipment a cost of $50 per unit will be incurred. Since Union Gas cannot guarantee that gas service will not be interrupted, the county has decided to pur- chase a 200 -kilowatt portable generator. The generator will be mounted on a trailer and used to provide heat to the Huronvlew and Huronlea homes for the aged. The Health and Library Complex shares a generator with the Jacob Memorial Building which will provide more than enough power in the case of an emergency. For this reason, the library complex will be used as the centre of operations. I board receives positive review Continued from front page "extrerinely pleased with the content and tone of the report, which recog- nizes the value and prod- uct of months of hard work and effort on the part of everyone involved in the amalgamation process." The board's Director of Education Lorne Rachlis said he was pleased with the report's thorough- ness. ti Rachlis also' said the board is already working on the report's recom- mendations. "I will be announcing the appointment of a Community Liaison and Information Officer for the board to work closely with me so that we can hear the opinions and suggestions of parents :and the general commu- nity in a more organized manner than we have been able to do in the past," he said. "I am also pleased to note that we have added a. third cur- riculum co-ordinator position to our central staff, directly in line with the recommendation of the EIC." "I am particularly delighted that actions the board has taken in the budget for the new year compliment exactly those areas which the EIC sug- gested for changes6,7 ate Rachlis. The board's trustees and staff will be studying the full version of they report over the summer and will review it in the fall. The entire report is availab;on the EICs Web site at http://eic.edu.gov.on.ca and at the board's admin- istrative office in Seaforth Reunion time **1, $11.5 million deal reached for six Lambton utilities ,rrco�sx. The Heywood family reunion was held on Sunday in Exeter's MacNaughton Park. Lilly Heywood, 88, left, is the oldest Heywood and is a retired Lt. Col. with the USA Nurses Corps. Many visitors to the reunion were from far away. Below are Patty Phillips of Sooke, B.C,.Vernon Heywood of :Luesnel, B.C., Calvin Heywood of London, England, and Linda Heywood of Canmore Alb. LAMBTON COUNTY — Six Lambton Bounty mu- nicipalities have agreed to sell their electrical utili- ties i '- ties to Ontario Hydro Services Company (OHSC) for about $11.5 million, reports the London Free Press. Grand Bend, Arkona, Forest, Moore Twp., Thed- ford and Wyoming have come to terms with the successor of Ontario Hydro. If approved, the deals would add about 9,000 customers to the more than 12,000 customers the agency already has in Lambton. The terms require agreements of purchase and sale and approval from the Ontario Energy Board. Tho Ontario government ended Ontario' 1lydra's 93 -year monopoly In April in a move to a deregu- lated, competitive electricity market. OIISC, ono of five now, agencies that replaces Ontario Ilydro, contrdis the province's massive power grid. An agency spokesperson said last week it plans no rate increase for former municipal customers, and will hire most staff the utilities and set up an advisory committee for municipal input., Ontario Hydro Service Commission has about one million retail customers and owns about 250 municipal utilities.