Times Advocate, 1994-9-28, Page 10Page 10
Times -Advocate, September 28, 1994
IN THF NEWS
Gas turned on in Grand Bend
The 88 kilometre long pipeline cost $4.2 million
GRAND BEND - The village of
Grand Bend, and its surrounding
area got a shot in the arm last
Wednesday morning, a shot
which hopefully will mean more
development for the area.
Mayor Tom Lawson, along with
Union Gas senior vice-president
of distribution operations Don
Moore, officially turned on nat-
ural gas for the area on Wednes-
day morning.
"Union Gas is the group to be
congratulated," Lawson told a
large group who gathered on the
beach for the ceremony. "It en-
hances the life for people in this
area."
Approximately 88 kilometres of
natural gas piping was con-
structed at a cost of about $4.2
million. This included 25 kilo-
metres of steel piping to bring gas
to the area and 63 kilometres of
plastic piping for the distribution
network.
Gas was available to some areas
by mid-August, with the majority
having access by September 1. To
date, about 500 of the ap-
proximately 2,500 homes and
businesses in Grand Bend as well
as Stephen and Bosanquet town-
ships have signed on.
Moore and John van der Woerd,
Vice -President of Distribution
Marketing made presentations to
the first customers including the
Grand Bend Yacht Club, the first
commercial user.
"I've been bugging Union Gas
for 10 years to expand the sys-
tem," said Bosanquet mayor Fred
Thomas.
"I was a trustee in Centralia 25
years ago when it came into there.
Congratulations, but don't stop
here. There's a lot more to do,"
said Stephen reeve Tom Tomes.
Union Gas has an information
office set up in the village and
hopes residents will convert to
gas.
"This is a moment in history
and in investment in the future.
We are pleased to give you an en-
ergy alternative. Bringing you gas
has been a real team venture,"
Grand Bend mayor Tom Lawson (left) and Don Moore from
Union Gas at Wednesday's lighting ceremony.
said operations manager Bob Bac- "We look forward to a long and
is who thanked several people in prosperous future together," said
the crowd for their efforts. Moore.
Annual quilt show
The Lambton Museum's annual Quilt Show and Sale fea
tured a display of over 100 quilts: some newly made,
other antique, even historic. Here Sheila O'Hagan (seat-
ed) of Petrolia, demonstrates some quilting techniques
to Mary Deitrich of Mount Carmel. The quilt show, which
included several workshops, opened last weekend and
closed Sunday.
Breast milk can be
safely frozen, says
University of Guelph
GUELPH - Working mothers
who freeze milk for their babies
don't have to worry about the pro-
cess destroying an important B vi-
tamin known as folate. University
of Guelph studies have sown that
short-term (less than a month)
freezing of breast milk and the
subsequent thawing and warming
up of the milk do not affect folate
content.
Folate is important during preg-
nancy and lactation and is in-
volved in anabolic processes such
as protein synthesis and cell divi-
sion. Recent studies have shown a
connection between folate defi-
ciency and birth defects, especially
if a deficiency existed in the first
month following conception.
The study examined the effect of
short-term and long-term freezer
storage and pasteurization on
breast milk. For the study, breast
milk was collected from 15 wom-
en at three different times.
Thefindingswere mixed. Long-
term storage and pasteurization
were found to affect folate, but
short-term storage did not.
"It was clear that freezer storage
will definitely affect folate content
of milk if stored longer than a
month," says Deborah O'Connor, a
professor of applied human nutri-
tion.
If stored under a month, then
thawed and heated in a lukewarm
water bath, the folatz in the breast
milk was unaffected. Microwaving
does not affect folate, although
Health Canada cautions against mi-
crowaving because of "hot spots"
in breast milk, says O'Connor.
Town wants
to `borrow'
future sewage
capacity
A developer's
project is on
hold, while 150
Tots sit empty -
so the town
wants to share
the wealth
EXETER - Town council is
asking the Ministry of the En-
vironment to bend its rules a bit
to allow a 28 -unit townhome
project to go ahead in' Exeter.
The project, originally pro-
posed to council last November
by Jack Taylor, was put on hold
after the town discovered it had
pushed its sewage system alloca-
tions to the limit.
This does not mean the town's
sewage lagoons are operating at
maximum capacity, however.
Building permits could be issued
any day for some 150 empty lots
in town, but with current build-
ing rates running at less than 15
new homes a year, the sewage
system wouldn't be overtaxed
for years.
Taylor, on the other hand, is
prepared to start construction on
his townhome project next year.
After a closed -doors session of
council last Monday, council
agreed to make a presentation to
the Ministry of the Environment
to "borrow" some sewage capac-
ity from undeveloped lots to
support Taylor's development.
If the proposal is to be ac-
cepted, the town must show that
it has reserves for industrial ser-
vicing, is making progress on its
sewage treatment expansion pro-
ject, and can prove it can handle
the financing of the multi-
million dollar project.
"I don't know what kind of
luck we're going to have with
this," said town building official
Dave Moyer.
The City of Stratford was suc-
cessful in a similar appeal to the
ministry to allow new develop-
ment, without taking draft ap-
proval from existing, unbuilt lots
away.
"I don't know
what kind of
luck we're go-
ing to have
with this..."
Dedication ceremony
held for car crash victim
EXETER - Mildred Thomson,
Shirley Kirk and Gerald and Elsie
Willis attended a dedication cere-
mony of a flower bed, at Shelburne
Community Centre on September
18, in memory of Joan (Thomson)
Ferris, who died in a fatal car acci-
Arboretum and the Forest Institute
team up to create a tree atlas
GUELPH - Ontario has no de-
tailed record of the vast tree popu-
lations that are a vital part of its di-
verse ecological systems. But a
joint effort by the University of
Guelph Arboretum and the Ontario
Forest Research Institute is about
to change that.
The institute has awarded the
Arboretum $250,000 over five
years to create an Ontario tree at-
las that will describe the abun-
dance and distribution of the 85
tree species native to Ontario and
possibly up to five established ex -
Ball diamond donation
The Exeter Lions Club donated $1,000 of the proceeds from their weekly televised bingo
to the construction of a new ball diamond near the Nabisco plant in Exeter. From left are
Albert VanDyken of Exeter Minor Baseball, deputy -reeve Lossy Fuller accepting the
cheque for the Recreation Board, and John Norris of the Exeter Lions. VanDyken said the
diamond, the second largest in town, should be ready for use next spring, but he Is still
raising money for its construction. He is even selling pumpkins this fall as a fundraiser.
otic species. Based on similar at-
lases about birds, mammals, rep-
tiles and amphibians, the tree atlas
will include pictures and descrip-
tions of each species, as well as
maps identifying where the species
grow.
The award recognizes the Arbo-
retum's well-established programs
related to the ecological role of
trees, including a gene -hank col-
lection of Carolinian species and
various tree -growing workshops.
The project will involve hun-
dreds of people across Ontario,
starting with volunteers who will
devote three years to data collec-
tion. These volunteers will be re-
cruited from horticultural socie-
ties, field staff of the Ministry of
Natural Resources, conservation
authorities and field naturalist
clubs.
The volunteers will be given
several 10 -square -kilometre plots
of land to cover. Arboretum direc-
tor Alan Watson estimates it will
take five or six visits to accurately
survey each plot.
Through the Arboretum's exten-
sive education program, regional
training workshops for the volun-
teers will be organized, highlight-
ing surveying techniques and tree
identification.
Watson says the atlas will pro-
vide a much greater definition of
the distribution 'of iree species in
Ontario, particularly at the transi-
tion areas of the province's three
forest regions: the Carolinian (de-
ciduous) forest region, Great
Lakes -St. Lawrence region and
Boreal forest region. Based on ar-
chival material, historical informa-
tion about the abundance and dis-
tribution of trees in the past may
also be included. Researchers can
then try to explain the changes that
have occurred.
Watson underlines the impor-
tance of an Ontario tree atlas. "It's
a snapshot in time providing a ba-
sis for research in the future," he
says. "Such a record may help us
understand climate changes and
their effects on forest regions, as
well as ecological problems now
and in the future."
He predicts the atlas will be a
valuable research tool and re-
source for graduate students and
government organizations, and
may provide a basis for future for-
est conservation policies. The fin-
ished project will also include a
published computer database. The
$250,000 in funding will buy com-
puter equipment and cover produc-
tion and advertising costs and other
miscellaneous expenses. It will
also pay for a project co-ordinator
to organize and head the project.
Work on the atlas will begin later
this month when a co-ordinator is
hired.
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dent in Russia September 13, 1993.
Many friends and relatives gath-
ered to pay tribute. Joan had been
an active member of the Agricultu-
ral Society for many years, and had
been a president of the Handcraft
division at Shelburne Fair. She was
a former resident of Exeter.
The dedication ceremony took
place on the last day of the fair and
was conducted by Rev. Gwen Her-
mann of Trinity United Church,
Shelburne.
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