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Winners acclaimed.
Winners of the Howes Memorial Trophy at the Goderich Figure Skating Club Open Senior Free
Style skating' event were (left to right) Cheryl Gaverluk, second; Debbie Jeffrey, first, Alma
Craven, presenting trophy and Lori Gaverluk, third. (staff -photo)
VCA. ,budget approved.
Levies total s:78,300
from 29 municiaclities
The member'municipalities. of
the Maitland Valley Conservation
Authority approved a $397,950
budget far 1975 at the- Friday
annual meeting in Brussels. The
adopted budget will require total
levies of $78,300 from the 29
member municipalities which
constitute $10,900 in special levies
and a per capita levy of $1.7612
for the 44,339 population within
=r the 1,000 -square -mile authority.,
Secretary -treasurer M'rs,
Marlene Shiell said this is a 15 per
cent increase 'over the 1974
figures.
The levy
sitated by
constituting
and -a dec
figures from
ich, Listowe
were assess
percentage f
Wingham as
tributor. MV
Graul said. th
of the lowest
ties in Wester
The budget w
in government
gated"donation
of $14 000 is
ti'area
$80,000 allotted
Management Program.
Major projects to be under-
taken by the MVCA in 1975 ,iip-
clude a property acquisitions
program, flood plain mapping,
erosion corftrol studies and an
.erosion control assistance
program. The' latter program has
been allotted $2,000 in the 1975
fbudget, and enables the MVCA to
offer a 50 per cent grant to
private landowners not to exceed
'$500 for private erosion, projects.
Under the proposed and ap-
proved program the MVCA will
, review both they plan ' and the
' finished project prior to award-
ing the grant. •
Mr. Graul explai
'chairman's address th
important project w
called "Project Meth
plained: `If you want
prepare to sell it :to.
council ... get your m
to,aaccept it .. , then com
increase is neces-
the deficit of $7,002
the net loss for 1974
rease in , population
1974. In 1974, •Geder-
and Elma Township
ed the three highest
gures in levies, with
fourth largest con -
CA' chairman Jack
e Authority is "one
per capita authori-
ri Ontario."
ill require $261,750
grants and antici-
ef•$25,000, A total
udgeted for con -
programs, with.
for 'the 'Water
•
ned in,his
atthe ost
as what be
d" and ex -
a priject,
your own
unicipality
e,to us' as
Gardening
in your home
The Home Gardening
correspondence ,course offered
by the University of Guelph can
provide . a greater un-
derstanding of plants and their
cultivation. It includes �Yn
explanation. of plant
classification and growth; soils
and fertilizers; pl'ant-
pro.pagati•on; culture of
vegetables, herbs, fruit,
houseplants, trees, shrubs, and
lawns; landscaping; and pest
control.
"One year of home stud
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course," says Ontario Minis
of Agriculture and Food h
ticulturist,°D.•B. McNeill, "h
this period can be e. ctended f
reasonable reasons, such "£
illness. A. Horne 'Gardens
Certificate is awarded t
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Thq cost of the Horne Gar
„denting correspon.denee
program is $30 for Ontario.
residents and $50' for others.
Textbooks cost approximately
$30. -
is
the
ry
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O y
y
an advisory board or as an execu-
tive ... this -is how projects get off
the board." He said the MVCA
would do their utmost to work
with .the ,member municipalities
on any appromed projects.
Leonard Johnson'of the Ministry
of Natural Resources charac-
terized the authority's job more
succinctly; "It's a case of, beat
drum, build dam, beat drum."
;Vlembers at the MVCA annual
meeting also elected the execu-
tive for 1975. Jack Graul was
acclaimed for his fourth term as
MVCA chairman, and Lorne
Murray' was acclaimed vice-
chairrrian. The advisory board
membership for• 1975 was ap-
proved as follows: Water
Management—chairman Jack
Alexander, vice-chairman Allan
Campbell, provinci 'l appointee
Everett McIllwain, William Man-
ning, Roy Williamson, David
Gower, Edwin Illman and Eldon
Vines; Reforestation, Land Use
and Wildlife—chairman Harold
Errington, vice-chairman Arden
Bark , Norman Alexander,
Gran McLellan, R. George
Bridge, William Miller and Ross
Taylor;
Public Relations—chairman
Vince • Judge, provincial repre-
sentative George • McCutcheon,
ex -officio member -Dave Curzon,'.
Harold Hyndman, William Dale,
Ross Wilkie, Earl C. Smith and
William Evans; Conservation
Areas—chairman Garnet Wright, •
provincial representative Allan
Ross, Robert Grasby, L. M. Sei-
fried; Jackson Dunkin, Ralph
Jewell, J C. Krauter and John
Coghlin
MVCA says
"yes"
to Wingham
dam
" The Maitland V,a1Iey Conserva-
tion Authority has received the
go-ahead signal from ,its member
municipalities to negotiate with
Wingham on ownership of the
Lower Wingham • Dam "if and,
when the time arises". Authori-
- nation was voted for the execu-
tive at the MVCA annual meeting
Friday in Brussels in the form of
• a motion stating: "That the
Authority accept 'ownership of
the Lower Dam and pond
(but, will not guarantee the re-
construction of the dam , . . and
that the proposal for rehabilita-
tion of the area, which would be
mutually acceptable to the Au-
thority, the Conservation Authbr-
'ities and the Town of Wingham be
prepared." ,
Both MVCA chairman JaLk
Grant and Resources Manager
Ian DesLauriers, explained the
motion would become effective
only "if and when""Wingham au-
thorities, finally decided what
they wished to do in the situation.
Mr. DesLauriers . carefully de-
fined the situation for new_MVCA
members, using maps and charts
of the area. He stressed that the
passing of the motion would' im-
pose no commitments on the
MVCA.,, •
During a break in the meeting,
. DesLauriers said that the
if approached by the
Wingham authorities to take over
the ..ismer—dant. and. -pond, WQult
almost certainly decidenot to re-
build the dam. "I'm 99 and 44 one
hundredths per cent sure we
won't decide to repair it," he
said. He explained that a major
factor in the decision would be
the costs involved. Mr. DesLaur-
iers said that about $100,000 of
MVCA. funds •had already gone
toward dam and pond mainte-
nance in the past, and that anes-
timated $18,000 alone would be
needed for engineering studies.
Cost estimates for dam repairs
were quoted at one million dol-
lars, with one estimate at
one -and -a -half million, he said. .
An alternate suggestion • for
about 90 per cent less cost than
repair would be a by-pass pond.
Mr. DesLauriers said the by -past
pond would bejust as effective Ii
that area and much more practi-
Cravell trophg awarded
The winners of the Craven Trophy
of the Goderich Figure S.kating Club
° Campbell and Carol Anne Wilson, second; Eunice
at the
were
ti
Saturday competition
(from left) Michele
McConnell
cal. He explained that if the
MVCA accepted ownership of the
area, it would obligate itself, to
maintain the 15-20 acres involved
and that 'Authority ownership
could pave the way for grants for
landscaping and maintenance.
- - ..The. MVCA.. motion.- .puts .the.
onus for the first step onto the
Wingham authorities., The deci-
sion and responsibility have been
btted back and forth several
times since the original collapse,
of the dam in May 1974, and are
now balk in Wingham's territory.
But once Wingham authorities
decide on their course of action,
m
and if Wingha decides to
approach the. MVCA, the execu;
tive is granted by the motion
authorization and direction . to
bring the dam issue to a "mutu-
ally acceptable." conclusion.
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Fitness: •
something that
no one else
can do. for you.
and Vicky Dierolf, first; Alma Craven (between the winners)
presented the trophy; and Nancy Jacobsen and Dana Elsom,
third. (staff -photo)
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