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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1973-07-26, Page 7U'1nw M bt • to • a Inverhuroncommittee charges Hydro wit MacKenzie, chairman of mmittee of Concern, has Ontario HydTo with misrepiesentation of the Energy Control Board has stated Hydro n°on of the nuclear take-- action to curtail operations in the event of a serious malfunction of the heavy water plant, the severity of the action would be governed by the status of the Inverhuron Park area." a a ` M. MacKenzie feels that i• f at the Bruce Nuclear w Hydro ants the park on the Development has, basis of this information, it do with the takeover must consider, that a serious malfunction With the acconl panying risk tohuman, animal and vo"getative life is a possibility. rhur°n Provincial. Park. that the park must be because of directives the AECB in relation to ivy water plant. MacKenzie stated, that written to Dr. p• G. president, Of the AECB, t the reply puts holes in 's position. regard to an exclusion rrounding heavy water sites, lir Husrt stared, e case of heavy water the board has not ed in any precise way a nding controlled area..." rio Hydro has specified prelimina' „evaluation the protective measures. on behalf of the campers form of warning systems Welters are a short term n only. egard to this, Dr. Hurst's stated that,"In accepting Measures neither the nor its &dvisers specified e limit." Hurst went on to state, should the board have to kamfllm bras �. kletter, Webb Billy . Graham Lost tion, features special ap- ses by Art Linkletter agnet" star Jack Webb. etter,, whose- nd g ter died as the result of th f drugs, discusses—drug inAmerica, endpoints to is being done voitintarily ny teen -tigers to combat oblem. Webb states his on the role of the police and his relationship' to ws of our society. eneration, filmed in' ncolor.by World Wide s, is a probing docnmen- hich takes a close look at itudes and morals of the Location filming was in Alaska, the Southern on the farms and in the towns of mid -America, in the dying Haight- ryyhippie district of San o. t Generation will be on Saturday July 28 at oodnews Drive In, three west of Clinton. There no admission for the .m. showing. film is being shown in ction with "His" Youth al, featuring Meryle Jerry Sheppard, . Ted y, Hugh Ouwehand, The Edition and The Wat- Quartet, which starts at re, If Hydro doesn't want it for expansion, it must be for the risk according to Mr. MacKenzie. - Hydro has stated that there is very little chance of danger from the hydrogen sulphide gas to the surrounding c munity. But as far as th(committee is concerned, Hydro wants the park but for one reason - expansion. They believe this because of the lack of directives in Dr. Hurst's letter and because of what Natural Resources' Minister Leon Ber= nier said in -the legislative assembly. Mr. Bernier stated on June 15 that, "It was felt, with 1 long range planning, that this extra land was required that made up part of Inverhuron Park." The Committee of Concern'is fighting tofhave the Ministry of Natural Resources retain title to the park so that Hydro will be unable to expand into it at a later date. It would also like to see an inquiry of the.proposed takeover by a neutral professional group. Long term goals call for the preservation of the park and an investigation of the smell coming from the park. As far as Mr. MacKenzie is concerned; --"too much dignity has_ been given to Hydro's preliminary evaluation." He questions ' the report's manpower figures in light of'in- formation he received a three weeks ago." His figures show 3,328 working at BNPD- as compared to Hydro's 4,200. There has been no dialogue with the community and in the community concerns section of the booklet, air pollution, a big fear, hasn't even been men- tioned. AIR POLLUTION Mrs. Jurie Ruddock, another very active member of the Com- mittee of Concern, has been worried about the air pollution from the BNPD for some time now. According to Hydro, "existing and committed facilities are designed and operated, so that emissions to the atmosphere are below levels allowed by the regulatory authorities." Investigations by Mrs. Rud- dock have not shown this to be they case. According to the Air Pollution Control Act, sulphur dioxide is above the control _-standards if there is .26 prts of sulphur dioxide per million parts of air by volume for any giY,en hour. An: engineer . at the Air Management Center in Toronto informed Mrs. Ruddock that sulphur dioxide can be smelled at double the accepted level. As -sulphur dioxide can be smelled r, for some distance around the plant, Ontario Hydro is breaking the law. _ However, Mrs. Ruddock was told doesn't the presence of the law mean that it will be ,.,enforced. If the smell hit a high rise in Toronto, the plant would have to shut down. This is apparently not the case in a low density area such as this one. Although there are standard regulations across the province in regard, to air pollution, the enforcement of the regulations does not appear to be standard. The engineer went on to in- form Mrs. Ruddock that the reason she was smelling things was that she had a couple of specks of particulate in her nose:. According to Mrs. Ruddock, the gas smelled 'so. often by residents of the area is not. This week has been one of Mitchelmore, Steve Durst, Pat nis courts. Final plans have not the busiest weeks of the `year at Murphy,,. Tony _ Bedard,_. and =been made for the new practice e�"'bhe Maiktand.The women are Tom Fincher. green. We welcome your com- ments. There is a definite need and desire for tennis courts and they "would be an asset to the club, but it is a difficult task to find a good spot for everything. )UPPORTYOUR }CAL RED CROSS getting set for their invitational The girls should keep their touraninent, add playing in the eyes open for information about .,Roseb.Qwl playdowns. The men 'their tournamentwhich is are down to the •finals in their coming up soon. Scotch two -ball, and final Sixty-one men took _part in preparations- .are . being made Men's Night op -Monday night. for the President's Ball. Whew. Finger lickin' good Vic Pope - I'm exhausted just writing— came up with his best score about it! ever - he had a 3$,, to lead the The ladies. 'have certainly winners. Following Vic• were Ed ,.Jessop, Tony Bedard, Al ,Sumner, And John MacKay. The men are down to the semi-final,round of their Scotch two -ball competition. This round must, be played by August 15th. , Next week the men begin their Club Championship match play competition. The first game must... -be played by August 12th. To enter, contact either Karl Campbell or Art Mountford.' Steak night for the men is on August 13th: This will not only feature a steak barbecue, but also they hope to get Bob Mar- tin from London to put on his marvelous display of golf techniques. It is also hoped that John Mason will be able to obtain films to show. Tickets for this "do" will be on sale next week for $4.00 which in- cludes everything. You will have noticed by -now that there are stakes around the practise„ putting • green. These mark the spot, ten- tatively, for our proposed ten - been taking advantage of this beautiful weather for Ladies' Night. Last week the following were winners: FirstFlight, Shelagfi Sully (36), and Marie Huff (371/2); Second Flight, Hazel Beaver (371/2) and Marg Evans (39); Third Flight, Jane Deathe (36),. 'Bertha McGee (40), Muriel Murphy (43), and Pearl Needham (44); Fourth Flight, Pauline Parsons (44), Joy Hutchins (47); Mado Tur- cotte (48), and Carol Hunter (49). For those ofyouu who are not sure, -the number in brackets indicates the Net score not their ages! The junior boys had a great - day last Thursday, at their tournament. Winners in the First Flight include Andrew Harper, Dennis Reed, Steve Davey, Scott Walter, Steve Palmer,, and John Hanly. In the Second Flight, the ,winners were Iain Lambert, Paul MacKay, Lindsay Griffith, Scott MacEwan, Rick Rawson, and Rob Sht'ier,__Third Flight winners were Dave Bedour, Del Saturday night is the big night of the year. Johnny Downs Orchestra is booked for the President's Ball. Com- plimentary cocktails will be served at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Murphy from 8 - 9 p.m. and then the dancing begins! Tickets . are limited; and may be purchased either at the Bank of Nova Scotia or at the club. Lewis item incorrect say readers The Signal -Star, halbeen ad- vised of several errcfrs in the GDCI History essay which ap- peared in last weeks paper concerning; the Lewis family. • Among other things, it., was noted in the essay that the last surviving member of the Lewis family was Catherine B. Lewis whv'passed away November 17, TMw1967 :.� The Signal -Star has since learned the only surviving member of the Lewis family is -Mrs. Julia D. McIntyre, Goderich. { 4. Mn sd *ION iaatr yed a barn awned by C►enfs of Wei a 10:00.air. Monday «tbnate of damage has been set but the bis soma Insurance.' Lost lb the flames were t; .same plgs, pig feed, Mraw., iid a 0at'wNh her litter of newt'► born kittens. The fire oaN was answered by the Qoderlch and Blyth Fire Departments. Slight damage was done to the Clements nearby house. (staff photo) hydrogen .sulphide, bt.'. the already mentioned sulphur dioxide. This gats comes from the steam generating station on v the site which burns'bunker C oil. The sulphur in the oil com- bines with, oxygen to form the gas when the oil is burned. The other source of sulphur doixide is the.flare stack at the heavy water plant. When hydrogen sulphide is burned off at the plant, a byproduct is sulphur dioxide. This gas combines with water in the atmosphere to eventually form sulphuric acid. It is this gas that has destroyed the vegetation around Sudbury. T --While itis doubtful that this could' happen here, Mrs. 'Rud- dock believes that air pollution standards should be upheld in this community. The committee is of the opinion that there has been no environmental studies made and that Hydro has no idea of alternatives. It will be some time before it is known whether or not the committee will achieve any of its goals but in -the meantime, support for the organization seems to be. growing. The Wildlife League, the Federation of Ontario Naturalists, the National Provincial Park Association, the Conservation Council of Canada and a number of local organizations and individuals have pledged support to the group. Towns seek Hydro aid The towns of'Port Elgin and Kincardine would, like more financial :aid from Ontario Hydro and they have set out to get it. • Each town will choose a representative and the* two representatives will--visit`s the,T surrounding townships to s4e if. they would be interested in' GODERICH SIONAL-STAR, "tHURSDAY, JULY ;ql, s,—r,A(, t 1 misrepresentation Two sources of Pollution at the Bruce NPD are pictured above. On ,the right Is the stack of the steam generating plant while on the left `is the flare stack that burns off hydrogen sulphide from the heavy Water plant. Kinette girls softball season progressing, well. .The Goderich Kinette Girls' Softball League is off the ground successfully with 62 girls registered. They play every Tuesday evening at Agricultural Park from 6:30 until 111:30. This in- volves all four teams in two games. The teams are the Belles, Zoomers, Swingers and the Wreckers.. At the time of writing, each team has played ?our games. a Currently the Belles are in top spot with six points while the Swingers and the Wreckers are tiedwith four points and the Zoomers in last place with two. points._ _--. The league coaches are Mrs. Donalda MacDonald, Mrs. Barb Meriam, Mrs. Vi Fuller, joining the towns. - The two towns would like to approach Ontario Hydro and the government as a unit in an attempt to gain more financial said from Hydro. At the moment,all municipalities affected by ,the plant, split $10(?,000 a year. I:.tn Guess spin nor- , onr 6olmsa sy 1 .-Toa foul ' Mi�t�aoele t You're one Sounds Die muhyrl. t>rht OoDtrich SIGNAL -E71\1174 11rs. Ruth Oke, Mrs. Del Mit- chelmore, Mrs. Melba Maillet and Mrs: Jean Cruickshank. Last Saturday under the lights, an exhibition game was played between the Clinton Bantam Girls and an all-star team of the Kinette girls. The . Clinton Girls are a W.O.A.A. competition teary, The local girls seemed a little stage- struck as, they were defeated 36-13. In the nine in- , ning ,encounter, three bad in nings hurt the local girls as 25 runs were scored.. One Goderich pitcher, Lori Keller registered five. strike -outs. Members of the Goderich team were Marion Vanden Heuval, Brenda Fuller, . Marg Burns, Kris Maillet, Brenda • Lougheed, Joanne Schoemaker, Susan MacDonald, Theresa Streeter, Diana•,.,,Oke, Diane' Mitchelmore, Patti Denommei Joni Thompson and Lori Keller. f• Future contests are planned with a team from Benmiller ' and a return match with the Clinton team. 1 FOR THE FINEST IN --- HUNTING FISHING & SPORTS EQUIPMENT —SPORTING - GOODS —HOBBIES —CRAFTS HUCK'S SPORTING GOODS 73 Hamilton St.' 524-6985 14,444 ARPETS PALE Itt LIFELESS? 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