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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1983-07-13, Page 2Page 2 Tines -Advocate, July 13, 1983 Glanville reunion held in Seaforth ay MRS. STAN PRESZCATOR The 31st annual Glanville reunion was held at Seaforth Lions Park on Sunday with 89 in attendance. rl social hour and ball game was enjoyed. After supper business was discussed. President was Harold Glanville and secretary, Shirley Preszcator read the minutes of 1982 meeting. President for 1984 is Stan Preszcator, Shirley Preszcator as secretary. president for 1985 is Charles Hayden and secretary for 1985 is Lorna Finkbeiner. Sports is Doreen McRoberts. Sports were enjoyed and conducted by Doreen McRoberts. Games were as follows: Mrs. Ed Regele, RR 4 Walton spent Tuesday •with Mr. and Airs. Stan Preszcator and Brenda Glanville. Mr. and Mrs. Stan Preszcator, Crediton, Master Robert England and Karen Foran. Huron Park visited Sunday,evening with Mrs. Ed Regele, RR 4 Walton. GRADUATES Carolynn Lankin graduated June 16, 1983 from Fanshawe Col- lege of Applied Arts and Technology in the Dental Assistant Programme. Carolynn is the daughter of Don and Dorothy Lankin, Lucan. Wedd ng QQ O ._710 weri ... - Too important NOT to rely on the experience and dedication ()four ex- pert 'designers. ' CountPy Flowers EXETER 235-2350 youngest baby, Dennis Rob- bins; child two and under with birthday closest to March 1, Nicholas Reid; baby race two and under, Lonny Horst; three and four year old race, Karen Bisson- net te ; three and four year old throwing fish, April Smale; candy guessing, Terry Glan- ville; five and six race, Nicole McRoberts; putting pins in jar. Anthony Triebner; kick the slipper, Jeromy Bisson- nette; seven and eight year old running race, Robert Smale; blowing balloons and tying to ankle, Robert England; pinning on diaper, all won; blowing out candle with water pistol, Robert England. Tracy Forrest. Ten and up running. Jamie Parker; pinning on diaper, Lori Parker, Lori Glanville; kick the slipper, Lori Parker. Men swatting hats with newspaper, Harold Glanville; oldest person. John Glanville; girls swatting hats. Doris Glanville, Carol Glanville; men running, Art Glanville; ladies kick the slipper, Lisa Glanville. Stephen work progresses well At a regular meeting Tues- day. Stephen township road superintendent Eric Fink- beiner reported road reconstruction work on Con- cession 2-3 between the Crediton road and Huron street was progressing favourably. Clerk Wilmar Wein was in- structed to set up a meeting with the township of Hay and the town of Exeter regarding land fill sites. Four tile drain loan applica- tions totalling $33,700 were ap- proved. A resolution from Nor- thumberland country sug- gesting that school boards be made more accountable for the money they spend by col- lecting their own share of taxes was not endorsed. Clerk Wein was also in- structed to obtain insurance rates from the Rural Ontario Municipalities Association. EXETER COURT Only one of the five cases on Tuesday's court docket in Ex- eter was disposed of by Justice of the Peace Douglas Wedlake. The other four were set over for trial on August 2. In the one case, Mark An- drew Waymouth, RR 4 Strat- ford, was convicted of speeding at a rate of 113 in an 80 km. one and fined $52.50. Ile had pleaded not guilty to the charge laid on June 5, say- ing he wouldn't drive his truck at such a high rate of speed because it is an older vehicle and he wants to preserve it. Three people with him didn't think he was going that fast either. However. Mr. Wedlake said he was satisfied that the radar unit used by the officer had been accurate. REDI-MIX CONCRETE MTC Approved ALL TYPES OF CONCRETE WORK REDI-MIX CONCRETE & FORMWORK PRECAST PRODUCTS McCann Redi-Mix Inc. 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The teport was amended and approved, but first federation .president Tony McQuail had toclarify that the task force was formed after the March members' meeting at Blyth Public School. The main objective was to look for alternatives to the government's proposed 100 percent tax rebate on farm land and buildings. It was also noted that the task force was a separate entity from the vote taken iii the spring whereby the majority of Huron federation members voted in opposition to 100 per- cent farm tax rebate. The thrust of the task force's report is the idea of legislating the present 50 per- cent farm tax rebate until a program can be developed which would include either the rebating or removal of education taxes on farm land and buildings. The rt ports also calls for a tarm house to be assessed as a rural residence, farm land and buildings to be assessed on their productive value, and • farm residences to be taxed on the same basis as other rural residences receiving the same services, including education taxes. The concept of an acre of land under a farm residence being assessed separately for tax purpos»s is considered "unacceptable" in the task force's report. The original report called legislating the 50 percent rebate a "satisfactory alter- native". This was amended at the directors' meeting to say the rebate would be satisfac- tory until a program incor- poration the other suggestions previously mentioned can be developed. Federation member Doug Garniss said he was concern- ed about the original wording. "We're putting ourselves in the position that that's all we'll ever get," said Garniss, who initially called for omit- ting the legislating idea. But amending the report was con- sidered better than omitting the idea. George Underwood of _Wingham, a strong opposer to the proposed 100 percent farm tax rebate, thanked the federation for the opportuni ty to prepare the report. "Our concern is reflected across Ontario," said Underwood. Once the report was ap- proved; Clete Dalton of RR 3 Goderich called for the direc- tors going to the July meeting of the Ontario Federation of Agriculture in Toronto to vote in opposition to the govern- ment's proposals The OFA will be holiding a vote on the proposal during which time votes such as the one held in • Huron this past spring will be considered. McQuail explained the county federation could not dictate to the regional direc- tors, noting that they are ac- countable to members at the regional meetings. The regional directors will be elected at a meeting September 8 at Londesboro Public school. Dalton continued to press for stipulating how the direc- tors should . vote and sug- gested the Huron federation get to other counties and speak in opposition to the pro- posed tax rebate. Merle Gunby of RR t Dungannon, a regional direc- tor, admitted Mr. Dalton was probably referring to him when he asked for stipulation on how directors should vote at the July meeting. "If you'te going to direct the directors, you don't need a provincial organization." said Gunby, adding that the issue will be debated in Toronto and a decision to either support or•oppose the government's proposal will be made. Debate ensued with t McQuail concluding time g shouldn't be wasted now that t thetaskforce's report has been c accepted. "i'd hate to see us get back into divisive, negative debate,: said McQuail. Seek gov't aid for soil group Several provinciai govern- ment ministries have given their moral support to the concept of the Huron Soil Con- servation District, but when it comes to financial support they will take a "wait and see" attitude. Representatives of the :ninistries of natural resources, agriculture and food and the environment were on hand to discuss the newly -formed Huron district at the summer meeting of the Ontario chapter of the Soil Conservation Society of America in Holmesville. But, MPP Jack Riddell urg- ed the government ti make a more substantial commit- ment in the area of soil conservation. Acknowledging that he himself has always promoted less government involve ment, Riddell said he would change his tune in this in stance by saying the province "can't simply rely on farmers to finance this." A farmer himself, Riddell said the government couldn't be exonerated from the pro- blems currently faced in soil erosion. Citing reasons for some soil erosion problems, such as grants for field enlargement and encourage- ment of monoculture farm- ing, the MPP said it is the government's- responsibility to clean up the problem. "It's not the farmer's fault. Farmers did as they were told," said the MPP. Dr. Rob McLaughlin of OMAF in Guelph said his ministry is treating the Huron Soil Conservation District as a pilot project. If it goes well we'll pro- mote it to other soil and crop improvement associations," said Dr. McLaughlin, caution- ing that what may work in Huron may not necessarily wu.rk in other counties. Defending his ministry's position in assisting the district concept financially, Dr. McLaughlin noted that OMAF is currently providing office space for the district out of the Clinton branch. Carl Schenk of the MOE of- fice in London said over .120,000 has been spent during the current fiscal year by his ministry in the area of soil conservation in southwestern Ontario. "It's safe to say there will be some contribution in another year if I continue to control the purse strings," said Mr. Schenk. The Huron Soil Conserva- ion District is the "natural rowth" of what started as he Norman Alexander soil onservation award. From Get tCt G he .�Ov c01 � 4%� A o�,,0v G ,00 100 2011 Table Model • Laminar colour commander to lock in perfect colour • Luminar Defini- tion processor for sharpest picture • The only 20 year warranty on all solid state parts. special $55900 QUALITY ALWAYS COMES FIRST AT HITACHI ZIMMER'S TV DASHWOOD PHONE 237-3428 R that early beginning only three years ago, Don Lobb of Clinton said, the Huron Coun- ty Soil and Crop Improve- ment Association was form- ed. Continuing to promote soil conservation, the association conducted a no -till soil conser- vation project last year. "As we approached 1983, there was an increase of farmers who wanted to try (conservation measures), but we did not have the necessary technical advice," said Lobb. Through the combined ef- forts of the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority, the Ausable-Bayfield Conserva- tion Authority and the Clinton branch of OMAF, along with the HSCIA, an agrologist and technician were contracted to work out of the Clinton OMAF office. The major task of the staff is to co-ordinate the services available to farmers in the area of soil conservation from such agencies as the.conser- vation authorities, ministries and federal departments. The staff also assist farmers re- quiring technical advice on soil conservation.. Lobb has a vision of the district concept expanding across the province with about 10 to 12 districts. Bruce Shillinglaw of Londesboro, whose name along . with Lobb's is synonomous with soil conser- vation in the county, said soil conservation awareness in Huron has increased three- fold since the Norman Alex- ander award has started. The HSCIA president said there had been a lot of duplication of efforts and therefore the need to co- ordinate the services available to Huron farmers became a necessity. The afternoon session of the meeting consisted of tours of co-operators' farms in the Clinton area. The farms of John Maaskant; Jack Teb- butt, George Thompson, Don Lobb, Gordon Lobb and Marg Haak were visited Fined $200 on theft charge Two charges of theft of under $200.00 resulted in a Lucan area man receiving a fine of $200.00 in court this week. Ronald Maurice Morgan of RR 2, Lucan was convicted on each of the counts and receiv- ed a fine of $100.00 for each offence. The charges arose from a theft of jewellery from the home of Gordon Morley, RR 3, Ailsa Craig on March 2. SEAM! 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