Clinton News-Record, 1979-02-22, Page 12PAGE 12 --THE CLINTON NEWS-RECORE?, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1979 •
Ausable-Bayfieid
budget up only slightly
The 1979 budget ap-
proved Friday by the
Ausable-Bayfield Con-
servation Authority calls
for only a slight increase
to be paid by member
municipalities.
The budget presented
by secretary -treasurer
Marion Lamport set the
municipal, levy at
$119,596. This is an in-
crease of less than one
percent. Last year's levy
was $118,085.
Ivan Hearn of Lucan
was named Authority
chairman for the 1979
term replacing Roy
Westcott of Usborne'
township who has
completed the maximum
of three years.
-Robert Austin of the
village of Arkona, an
*Authority representative
for 25 years was named
vice-chairman. Austin
defeated Allan Campbell
of McKillop in an election
for the vice -chairman's
position. Also nominated
but declining were John
Whitmore and Paul
Steckle.
--Before the election was
held the method of
electing chairman and.
vice-chairmen of the
various advisory board
committees was changed
and the number of boards
reduced.
Newly elected chair-
man Ivan Hearn said the
re -organization of boards
was a good thing'. He
added, •"In the past, 60
percent of the business
brought to an exedutive
meeting should have been
dealt with first at the
committee level. Now
most matters can be
discuss,ed and recom-
mendations brought to
the executive."
With the reduction of
boards, the executive
committee is also
reduced to nine members
from 12. It will now
consist of the chairman,
vice-chairman, past
chairman and chairmen
and vice-chairmen of
each of the three advisory
boards.
In the new election
procedure, each member
in attendance nominated
by secret ballot his or her
choice for the chairman
and vice-chairman of
each of the three com-
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Weather watchers had a chance last Saturday, February 17 to see a rare
natural phenomenon when the barometer hit an alitime high of 105.04
kilopascals (31 inches) during the middle of a record breaking cold snap.
Yesterday (Wednesday) the temperature went above freezing for the first time
in 23 days. (News -Record photo)
McIntosh sells out of Bluewater Cable
Ron McIntosh Jr., a
former lineman for, a
Lambton County
telephone company who
became president of a
multi -million -dollar
series of cable television
systems, is de-escalating
his ventures.
At a hearing beginning
Tuesday in London before
the Canadian Radio -
television afhd
Telecom municatrions
Commission (CRTC),
three of his senior em-
ployees who already sown
shards in the cable
operations applied to buy
most of the enterprise.
The enterprise consists
of six companies in-
cluding Com -Cables, the
cable construction
company that has built
and serviced the various
cable TV systems. The
heart of the operation,
where Com -Cables is
located, is in Holmesville,
a tiny hamlet on Highway
8 between Clinton and
Goderich.
McIntosh, 40, a shy but
energetic man, is
maintaining just one of
his cable companies -
Soutport cable system
which serves Port Elgin,
Southamton and Paisley.
Along with Com -Cables
he's selling off Bluewater
TV Cable Ltd. that serves
Goderich, Clinton,
Holmesville, Meneset
Park and Saltford;
Airland Communications
Services Ltd. which
serves Strathroy;
Lakeshore Community
Television Ltd. serving
the Northern Ontario
settlements of White
River, Terrace Bay,
Marathon,
Manitouwadge and Red
Rock; Ex-Cen
Cablevision Ltd. which
serves Exeter, Centralia
and Huron. Park.
• His employee -partners
are Dale Evoy, formerly
of Oil Springs, who is
vice-president of all
companies and general'
manager of Lakeshore;
Dean Baker, who has
been chief technician for
all systems since "day
one;" and Donald Stin-
son, operating manager
of Com -Cables.
Under the purchase
plan4 Evoy would own 50
per cent with Baker and
Stinson having 29 and 21
percent of the voting
shares respectively.
McIntosh's family and
the wives of the three
other officials are also
involved in, the share
transactions to a minor
degree.
Apparently, the CRTC
sees no problem with the
transaction because the
principals have been
informed they will not be
required to appear at the
hearing. The item is
sfheduled as a "non -
appearing item."
The McIntosh story
goes back td 1965 when
he, as assistant manager
of the Moore Municipal
Telephone System in
Corunna after being a
lineman, was asked to
build a cable TV system
for the telephone com-
pany. McIntosh and
Baker, who was chief
technicain at the rural
phone system, developed
an interest in the new
type of television service.
McIntosh applied to the
CRTC for a licence to
build a system in
Strathroy, got it and left
Moore Municipal, taking.
Baker with him. Evoy, a
friend who worked at P
Polymer, invested and
ANNUAL MEETING
Howick Farmers' Mutual
Fire Insurance Company,
Wroxeter, Ontario
The 106th Annual Mooting of the Company will be held
at the Company Head Office, Wroxeter, Ontario on
Tuesday, February 27
1979; at 1:30 p.m.
Purpose:
1. To receive the Annual Statement and Auditor's,
Report.
2. To elect two Directors to replace Lloyd Michie and
Jim Malr, whose term of office expires. Roth retiring
directors aro eligible for re-election.
3. To approve the adoption of the following by-law; No.
34 1- Meetings. No. 61 & 62 . Hold Harmless Agreement.
4. To appoint an Auditor for 1979.
3. To transact any other business ,Which may rightly
come before the meeting.
Ron McMichael
President
Rand` Hutchinson
Manager
joined them. The success
of the Strathroy operation
led them to build the
other systems.
"It's become too much
for me," McIntosh said
fast week. "The 70- - and
80 K hour weeks after 15
years on the cable
business..."
He said he's bought a
130 -acre farm near
Strathroy that he hopes to
work. However, he hasn't
decided whether he and
his wife will move to it
from their Goderich
home.
"I definitely want to
farm. It's a dream I've
had .since boyhood," he,,
said. But there's the
cable company in the
Port Elgin -Southampton -I
Paisley area to which
he'll have to commute.
McIntosh has a fond-
ness for horses and at one
time he and a partner
owned 11 race horses.
Now be only has one. He
dabbled in horses enough
to know it's "a rich man's
sport." The Strathroy
farm won't be a horse'
farm:
Absentee owners worry HFA
' BY ALICE GIBB
The issue of absentee
foreign-owned, farm land
is still a matter of con-
cern to the Huron County
Federation of
Agriculture, according to
a brief presented to
MPPs Jack Riddell and
Murray Gaunt and MP
Bob McKinley at the
federation's annual
members' of parliament
dinner in Clinton on the
weekend. '
Gerry Fortune of
Wingham, first vice-
president of the
organization, told the
three politicians that the
organization's concern is
about land owned by
people who don't live in
the province.
"Enough non-resident
foreign ownership in any
one area can affect the
whole social structure of
a community," Mrs.
Fortune said, and
mentioned decreased
population for use of
community schools and
hospitals and lack of
buying support for local
businesses as some of the
results of absentee
ownership.
She told the members
of parliament that "local
residents simply cannot
compete with foreign
capital under the present
economic circumstances,
The devalued dollar and
lower interest rates of-
fered in other countries
put Ontario buyers at a
distinct disadvantage".
She said the danger is
that the, Canadian
agricultural industry
could eventually become
foreign -controlled and
farmers would end up
growing crops totally
unsuited to Canadian
needs, but entirely
suitable to foreign in-
terests for their own
export purposes..."
In her brief, Gerry
Fortune -said one town-
ship in Huron County
already has just slightly
less than 2,000 acres' of
farmland owned by
people living outside the
country.
To protect farmers
from having to compete
with foreign investors,
Mrs. Fortune said, "we
need legislation in place
now, while we still have a
chance to control a
situation which could
escalate fasterthan the
government could move
.on short notice."
QUESTION RAISED
Jack Riddell, MPP for
Huron -Middlesex Liberal
• What is the colourful history
behind Wedding day White ?
• How do you choose the "right"
wedding band? '
• Planned your budget for two?
• Ever heard of a
"Shower of Hours"?
. Mind these questions interesting? Ito they
apply toyour plans in the immediate future?
If so, don't miss the answers, all the
answers, in
agriculture critic in the
Ontario legislature, said
he had already raised the
question of . foreign
ownership in the
legislature. He said- the
provincial minister of
agriculture said his
department hadn't been
monitoring the situation
since a 1973 study found
only, ane percent of
Ontario land was owned
by foreigners.
Riddell said the Land
Transfer Tax, passed in
1974, hasn't' been an ef-
fective tool in preventing
foreign ownership since
foreign buyers simply
form a Canadian com-
pany to get around the
legislation.
He said William
Newman, the minister of
agriculture, has agreed
to study the question of
absentee foreign -
ownership in two coun-
ties.
Riddell said his party
has asked that Huron and
Lambton counties be the
two counties where the
foreign ownership
question is studied. He
added his own party
.would have trouble
following up the issue
since "researchers are
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Dance held
On Friday February 16,
a 50's dance was held for
students of grade 7 and
Each person was ts) dress
up the way they did in the
50's. Admission was 25
cents but $2.00 was
charged if you weren't
dressed up.
Each person was
allowed to invite a friend
from another school, but
they had to be in grade 7
or 8.
Health nurses
visit
On Tuesday, February
13 the health nurses came
to the school. They in-
noculated pupils " from
grades 1 and 5 for
tuberculosis. The nurses
had their station in the
staff room.
Assembly
On Monday, ,February
12 ap assembly was held
in honour of the
"International Year of
the Child."
Mrs. Pride, a
representative from
Children's Services in
Clinton, and Mr. Watt, a
representative from the
Salvation , Army in
Goderich, were the guest
speakers. Mr. Watt
showed a film on services
provided by the Salvation
Army and Mrs. Pride
showed slides on family
services.
Bake sale
On .Wednesday,
February 14, a bake sale
was held to support the
"International Year of
the Child." Another sale
was held the next day to
sell the goods from the
previous day.
The proceeds will be
split up and distributed
evenly among the
Salvation Army and the
Children's' Services.
Total earnings equalled
$250 from the sale and
from donations.
Volleyball
tournament,
On Saturday, February
10, a volleyball tour-
nament was held at
Central Huron Secondary
School, including five
other schools.
The boys placed third
in standings and girls
fifth. The coaches world
like to thank the team
members for playing so
well.
Curling
The grade 7 and 8
classes will be curling on
Wednesday afternoon
and Thursday afternoon
for six weekly sessions at
Vanastra Curling Club.
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