Clinton News-Record, 1977-11-03, Page 12,w
'AGE 12---CLINTON NEWS -RECORD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1977
Huron needs new money for economy
BY JEFF SEDDON'
Huron County has to promote tourism
ind more industry if it wants to create
seeded employment in the county and a
resh source of money to complement
he county's agricultural base. Huron
:ounty development officer Spence
:ummings told county council Friday
hat Huron has not escaped the current
;lump in the national economy nor the
rational unemployment problem.
Cummings told council that the closing
of three businesses in the county com-
bined with no new industry locating in
'-Iuron has put 1,500 people out of work.
-Ie said that three firms, Textral Fibres
_ f Goderich, G&F Farm Machinery in
?xeter and Huron Acoustics of
'✓anastra, had closed 'their doors
-ecently and no new business had
: irrived to replace them.
He said the county already has 1,500
people out of work and jobs were needed
or those unemployed and for people
;oming into the work force in the county
in the coming • year. He said the jobs
vere for people who are residents of
Duron County and were not involved in
.agriculture.
Cummings explained that Huron
:ounty has an economic base in
;rgriculture and that the agricultural
economy is fairly constant. He said he
realized that weather conditions had a
treat deal to do with agricultural
conomy but he pointed out that the
= ounty needed a fresh source of money
o complement agriculture. He said the
wo prime areas that money could be
'ound were manufacturing and tourism.
Cummings said that the development
:ommittee had been working steadily to
•ncotirage industry to locate in Huron
)ut had met some obstacles due mainly
o a slumping economy. He said many
industries were staying whey==e they were
and not expanding and in fact were just
trying to make it through the year.
He said three firms were planning to
locate in Huron, one in Exeter and two in
Vanastra, but he had no definite report
on how many people they would employ.
He added that oil companies had been
carrying out seismic work in Huron and
-if oil and gas were found in substantial
enough amounts to merit mining, the
economy here would get a needed boost.
The development officer said that one
area that the county, could promote itself
was tourism. He said that tourism in
Ontario is big business and employs
about 165,000 people turning an annual
revenue of $2.6 billion. He said it is hard
to estimate Huron County's shard of the
revenue but pointed out that it is
significant.
Cummings referred to a recent survey
done at the nearest -United. States entry
point, Sarnia. He said that the survey
shows that travellers coming through
that point spend $19 million in a tourist
season and that 48 percent of the tourists
are from the United States.
He said that the promotion of that
source of money for the economy and the
jobs it creates is important for Huron
County. He said the county should take
steps to encourage tourism by
. establishing new facilities and by ad-
vertising itself in newspapers, radio and
television.
Welfare in county to get
45% fuel allowance
BY JEFF SEDDON
Huron County Council increased fuel
allowances for people on welfare in the
county, raising they allowance 45 per cent
to cover an identical increase in the cost
of fuel to heat homes.
The social services committee
reported to council Friday that the
allowance had got been increased since
October of 1974 and that since that time
costs for home heating fuel have in-
creased 45 per cent.
The increase raises the allowance for
a one -room detached dwelling from $84
per month to $122 per month. Two rooms
draws an allowance increase from $108
to $157, three from $144 to $209, four from
$180 to $271, five from $216 to $313 and six
from $252 to $365. The allowance is paid
directly to the welfare recipient who is
responsible for paying his own fuel costs.
The committee also reported to
council that the new provincial program
giving financial assistance to families
caring for severely handicapped
children at home is now in effect in
Huron County. The program provides an
allowance of up to $150 a month for
handicapped children receiving care at
home.
The monthly allowance is calculated
by means of an income and means test
applied with consideration to additional
expenses which may occur in caring for
the child at home. The expenses con-
sidered are those not covered by the
Ontario Health Insurance Plan or other
insurance plans and children eligible for
the program are also 'eligible for drug
and dental care.
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Chestnut wars
Steven Roorda, 12 and Carrie Spencer, 13 battled it out in a
game of Chestnuts on Saturday at Buffy's. The event,
sponsored by Buffy's attracted 10 youngsters who all took
part in the game which attempts to demolish each other's
chestnuts by hitting them. (News -Record photo)
eport shows increasing urban pressure on prime farm land
New data demonstrating
the critical importance of
farmland near major cities is
contained in a study released
last week by Len Marchand,
'.Minister ofy AState for the
E,nvironmen .
The study, entitled
'Agricultural Land and
Urban Centres", published
for the Department's Lands
Directorate, is part of a
continuing series aimed at
encouraging sound use of the
land resource.
Although the urban in-
fluence on Canada's best,
farmland has been apparent
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It- was reported that
William Henderson will be
supplying water to the
Janmaat property in
Egmondville based on an
agreement ' between Hen-
derson and Janmaat. Council
was unable to supply Jan-
maat with water in case the
township water supply was
jeopardized. A new well is
being considered.
The clerk, Jack McLachlan
was authorized to arrange a
meeting with township
ratepayers at Vanastra
recreation centre to consider
the fire marshal's report on
the fire protection needs in
the township as prepared by
Donald Owen. If Owen
agrees, the date will be
November 21 at 8:45 p.m.
If Councillor Robert
Drummond has his way no
Tuckersmith Township
council meetings will be
allowed to continue past
-nidnight unless to complete
he business under discussion
at the time. He objected to
meetings lasting until 2 a.m.
and was critical of long
liscussions on problems that
lid not come under council's
urisdiction.
Reeve Ervin Sillery said,
`We don't want any more
meetings than we need. The
-nore meetings, we hold, the
nore., it costs the
•atepayers." The reeve
eceives $50.00 for ,each
neeting, the deputy reeve,
$42.50 and the councillors
$40.00. Council now holds two
meetings each month and on,
occasion has met three and
even four times a month.
Councillor Frank Falconer
suggested that too much time
was spent by the reeve
signing cheques during the
meetings and he said there
was no doubt about it that
council had had a heavy year.
Deputy Reeve Robert Bell
said that when three drains
are being discussed, as was
the case at the last meeting,
that a special meeting be held
for them.
Councillor Robert
Fotheringham said,
"Something seems to turn up
we hadn't expected."
Drummond suggested that
council follow the lead of the
separate school board that a
time be set for the meeting to
end and that if the question
came up to continue past that
time to complete the
business, that the majority of
council would have to vote on
it, 'to either continue or ad-
journ.
In the end council approved
Drummond's motion that all
meetings be adjourned after
four hours, on a trial basis to
the end of the year. The
meetings start at 8 p.m.
As if to prove that council
meetings could be pepped up
the business was completed
in near record time with the
meeting being adjourned at
10:40 p.m. Tuesday.
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for some time, the study
provides hard data to support
the concerns. It shows that
more than half of Canada's
best (class 1) agricultural
land and more than one third
Market info available
Agriculture Minister
Eugene Whelan announced
last week that free daily
livestock markets in-
formation will -be provided to
anyone in Canada on Zenith
telephone lines, beginning
November 1, 1977.
The service will be
provided by Agriculture
Canada's National Livestock
Markets Information Service.
It will be available. in English
by dialing 1-800-267-8360 and
in French by dialing 1-800-267-
8370.
"Livestock markets in-
formation has been available
to all sectors of the livestock
industry through a user -pay
telephone line to Ottawa,"
Mr. Whelan said. "The new
free service is one of
Agriculture Canada's
ongoing improvements in
agricultural markets in-
formation. Its purpose is to
make basic market in-
formation readily available
to all sectors of the industry
at no charge."
The new service includes
livestock receipts, prices and
trends at public stockyards
across Canada and will be
available 24 hours a iday. The
information is collected and
prepared by Agriculture
Canada personnel. Initially
the market information will
be updated by 1:30 p.m. daily.
"This free service will give
everyone involved in the
Canadian livestock industry,
including consumers, a
complete up-to-date picture
of the North American
livestock markets at any time
of the day or night," Mr.
Whelan said.
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of class 2 land are within a 50 -
mile radious of the country's
22 largest cities. This area
also accounted for 46 per cent
of the total value of Canada's
agricultural production in
I971.
Becaue it is within direct
commuting distance of major
population centres, this high
quality land is under con-
siderable pressure from the
demand for rural residences,,
hobby farms, cottages,
recreational _ resorts,
businesses, and investment
and speculative holdings.
An earlier report in the
Canada Land Inventory
series, released in July 1976,
focused on the scarcity of
prime agricultural land in all
regions. It revealed that only
10 per cent of settled Canada
is suitable for farming, and
that only one-half of one per
cent of this can be classified
as prime land. The im-
plications of its location are
examined in the newest
report.
Copies of "Agricultural
Land and Urban Centres" are
available, free of charge,
from the Lands Directorate,
Fisheries and Environment
Canada, Ottawa, KIA 0E7.
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1982 $146.76
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