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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-02-27, Page 25�s 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 allowed for completion of 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 everyone who successful' finishes the course." 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 r- ut dr S r 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. 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