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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1975-12-11, Page 20$ qui PAGE 613-r-QODE RICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1975 Blake Evans' (left) and Rene Jones of the Ministry of Natural Resources office in W ingham played hosts recently to Fred, the amiable pelican who stopped off in Goderich harbor a, couple of weeks ago. The bird, reportedito be very tame, was netted here and finally transported to Metropolitan Toronto zoo where he can be viewed by all in the spring. (W ingham Advance -Times photo) • Safe and famous Personable pelican rescue from cold winter on lake Fred - or is. it Freda? .the pelican is a celebrtt'y in this part of the world. The big bird was captured in Snug Harbor recently by M,rt'iiwstry „,pf Natural Resourcespersonnel. Fred', as the bird has been named, landed in Lake Huron at Goderich about,two weeks ago. Despite his efforts to make himself i conspicuous among the se gulls in the harbor,' Fred as' spotted by London' Free ress' reporter Chip Martin who lives in Goderich. For a 'while, Fred took up residence aboard a barge•in the harbor. That was where he' was. taken captive by Officer. Blake Evans of the Wingham office 'of the ' Ministry' of Natural Resources. • Mr. Evans said he was concerned spout the pelican's welfare with the approach .of winter. Fred was transported from " Goderich ,to the Wingham office on the front seat. of Mr. Evans' car and after an overnight visit at the office, was removed to Metropolitan Toronto zoo. Ministry officials -are still trying to figure out just how - Fred' arrived in this area.. Biologist Rene Jones says the pelican, was about 400 miles out of h'is way. The farthest east .the white pelican normally travels is the Lake of the Woods in Northern Ontario. Although there have been isolated sightings in the Great Lakes regions, they are rare. Another mystery about Support Christmas. funds only. by personal choice Prior to the Christmas season, each year, hundreds • of thousands of dollars are. solicited by telephone and .collected by professional fund.;rai`sing people. ' All of these telephone solicitors indicate, or lead people to believe, that these donations will be used for the benefit of underprivileged children or other worthy I' causes. The OAntarie Provincial Police Anti -Rackets Branch has been receiving enquiries in -regard to province wide telephone solicitations for funds, •or requests fhgr v donations -^ to . various, charities. N With the Christmas season . approadhing, the ' main solicitation now is for Christmas parties for ` the', iheedy or handicapped children. Solicitors are requesting funds from the public or advertising in 'Christmas party programs or for .the .purchase of •tifekets . that are to be given to the • ,underprivileged, or han- • dicappedchildren. Participation in these schemes must „be by- in- dividual choice. The Ontario' Provincial Police remind you that a very small portion of the gross collections ever go any further than the fund raiser's pocket. POISO + Tabte Tops Mirrors • Sliding Windows • Aluminum Storm Windows a Doors • Rt*screening + Patio Doors ---Commercial --Industrial Institutional —Residential GLASS & ALUMINUM odwich lass MILT PLACE 50 LIGHTHOUSE STREET, GODERICH Just Off The Square SA -2671 k 524-2672 k•' Fred was his friendly attitude toward people. "He was very friendly, and very quiet, not at all afraid," Mr. Jones' said of Fred. Mr.Jones was able to pet the bird, and Fred responded by following Mr. Jones wherever he went. So Fred - or Freda - is'a resident t now" of the zoo in Toronto. By spring, , it is expected that officials there will have determined the correct name for Goderich's famous visitor, Ontario cuts .conservation spending by 25 per cent It1)XE'1'ER Planninv substantial increases in its land at'quisition program ant j provt' i pts and development to conservation areas. the Maitland Valley Conservation Authority learned it will have -to drastically curtail spending in 1976. At the neral t,tc'eting of the Authority held Dec. 3 in the Wroxeter headquarters. Secre- tary -treasurer Marlene Shiell of Lislosvel told members the pros.tnce has cut back sharply in spending. "Wt' will be allowed a tllaxitliiini t.ticreas of from two to five per cent over our 1975 budget amount tor administrative costs and our capital expenditures are to be 2,5 per cent less in 1976 than they wi•e this year," Mrs.. Shiell said. \ ' Listost'e 's representative on the Airtht ity.. Reeve Vince Judge, said t 25 per cent reduc- tion 1n• capital expenditures would apply to '•`prOvincia1 fund- ing." Mrs. Shiell sal( the Authority learned of the' provincial cut- backs at a meeting on Dec. 2 at, the London regional office of the conservation authorities branch. of the Ministry, of Natural Re- sources. As a result the cutbacks, Authority' Chairman 'Jack of Milverton said the proposed budget for 1976 calling for: ex- penditures of approximately $660,000 "is a whole bunch of ,nothing." He addedthat he would not be surprised if .the province also moved to cut capital ex- priditures by municipalities in a' similar manner, • • . Mrs. Shiell said if the Maitland Valley Authority "was lucky" it might be allowed to spend as much in 1976 as in 1975.. Total expenditures' for 1975 were ap- proximately $400,000. Ministry•- officials- told the 11/4 l,i1 . dl's eluli0p111ettt nt i'onS,eanon areas throughout the Authority tor $84.000. In the water management pro- gram, the Listowel conduit ac-, counts for $70',000 $40:000 for final design. legal fees and contingencies and '$30,000 for initial construction). The entire program regarding the conduit will cost an estimated $660,000. Other 11'iiter management pro- grams proposed are: fill line mapping $45.000, ground water . studies $5,000, lakerihore develop- ment st,ud ' $20,000, erosion control at Blues ale dads and' pond $15,000. 1Iarriston channel int- prnvements $20.000' aticl ''t,1t►(1 warning .stern $17).ono , .'l(egarding th'e programs. Chairman Graul said, "We have a lot on paper: we've had one study after another but as yet no action. Our question is 'What happens next''' " 1;I11 I)eslauriers tdTd Auth,S►rity mem- bers the priority iters as far as ';1 ui ,letltll�lttirl wt. i•oncer'nett 1• the Saratoga Ssvantp. "If land becomes available in this area — and 11'joixks like it is becoming available then we will have to purchase it at the expense of some of our other pro jects such as lthe McKillop poplar swamp, the Lakelet. Lake area, the Galbraith area and the Morris Hill forest tract," he said.. 'AS for the effect or the pro- vincial cutbacks on land acquisi- tion, Mr. Deslauriers described it as "a terrible laugjt+r' In the proposed land acquisi- tion program for 1976 $40,000 was budgeted for- the Saratoga Swamp, $20,000 for the Goderich floodplain, $25.000 for the McKillop poplar swamp, $20.000 for the Lakelet Lake -area, $5,000 for the enlargement of the Gal= braith conservation' area and Authority at •the ,London meeting $2.1;;0'00 for the enlargement of the that $9 million ori,nally pro- ' Morris Hill forest tract. vided by the province for the Reporting on land acquisition Southwestern region had been in 1975, committee chairman slashed tci$5 million. ' Lorne Murray of Moorefield said , "It will Ube up' to the regional With the ' pending Ministry ap- office to. 'decide. how ' this $5 proval of the Brewar property (53 million Will be allocated," Mrs. acres on•part. lot 24, con. four of Shiell said. Morris 'Township which the Of the proposed budget of Authority expects to get' for $660,000 the Authority had $9,000)', the Authority. this year planned to spend •413e.f 0•;-fo1: ickiuired sane -',3412 acres and administrative. costs. "This will have to be cut to about $95,000, Mrs. Shiell said. Administrative costs in 1975'were $90,000. In her report, Mrs. Shiell stated, "The most significant " �•, increases«in the 1976 proposed budget are attributable to admin- istration costs,' land acquisition and -water management pro- gram In the ,proposed budget the water management program accounts for $200,000, land II0W has a total land holding of 1.903 acres excluding the 849 acres under agreement ss ith the :llinistry of Natural Resources "N'e have bel.tn told that this Authority ct)ittutttes to, purchase la11(1 11 the iu'te(' of ass Authoi'1ts _ 111 the region,,' Mr. Rlurrav • ttti "'('his is one phase ttr oil( pi are getting good value, for our n►ney " ltt Iter'.( 19751 'interim financial report, Mrs. Shiell said admjnis- (continuued on page 7B) (NATER WELL DRILLING DAVIDSON WELL DRILLING LIMITED OFFERS YOU - 75 years of successful water desetcipment The most modern fast equipment available Hiyhiy tro ne perso"l•et Fast service and true estimates Guaranteed wells at lowest cost PUT EXPERIENCE TO WORK FOR YOU I .� - --.. • • DAVIDSON 4 Rotary and Pei cusslon Drills PHONE 357-1960 WINGHAM WELL DRILLING LIMITED` "ONTARIO'S FINEST WATFtr WELLS SINCE 1900" Work experience for that first job Ontario CAREER t 1. co n Available to unemployed persons, p aged 16 to 24, under the Ontario Career Action Program. •••••••e••••••••• •••••••••••••••• •e••••••• • • • • • • • • • rogram More than half of the unemployed in the Province are young people. 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