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HomeMy WebLinkAboutClinton News-Record, 1983-09-14, Page 3C1ir to t el , s vac=-:tioners By Wendy Somerville Another summer season is now over and Clinton and area tourist booths have had their doors closed since September 5. Susan Jefferson was employed throughout the summer at the Clinton booth. For a six week period from June 20 to Ju- ly 31, 1983 a number of visitors came to the booths operated by the Southwestern On- tario Travel Association (SWOTA I. Clinton had a total of 765 visitors to its booth. Goderich had the highest in the area with a total of 3,959 visitors and Stratford came in a close second with 3,572. Forest had only 36 visitors making it the lowest visited booth in the area. In total, 20,963 visitors stopped in at SWOTA's 15 booths across Southwestern Ontario. Last summer, in this same six week period, they had a total of 17,549 visitors. The additional 3,414 visitors represents an increase of 19.5 percent over last summer. Some interesting facts about tourism in Ontario are highlighted through the Municipal Awareness film, Tourism: An Opportunity to Discover. In 1981, tourism was Ontario's second largest industry, second only to the automobile industry in terms of export dollars. Also, in the last five years, the growth of tourism spending has been im- pressive. In 1981, tourists spent about 8.7 billion dollars in Ontario, and this leads to the projection that by the year 2,000, tourism will be the province's largest single Income generator, the largest employer and the largest direct taxation producer. A total of 12 per cent of southwestern On- tario's total employment, results from the tourism industry. Employment is created in many industries including public transportation, accommodation, food and beverage, amusement and recreation, retail sales and service stations. Stratford had a total of 903,000 visitors this year and tourists spent a total of $42,600,000. Because of tourists, Stratford was able to employ 1,500 people during the tourist season. A total of $269,000 was received through municipal tax revenue from tourism. Municipal expenditures on tourism were $97,000. Grand Bend had 457,000 visitors this year. It is estimated that tourists spent $11,000,000 in Grand Bend and employed 1,100 people. One hundred thousand dollars was received through municipal tax revenue from tourism. Municipal expen- ditures on tourism were a total of $75,000. In Goderich they had a total of 115,000 visitors. Tourists in Goderich spent $4,300,000. Two hundred and fifty people were employed through tourism this year. Goderich received $432,000 in Municipal tax revenue from tourism. Municipal ex- penditures on taxation were $38,000. All above statistics were measured in person years of employment and accom- modation and restaurants only. Huron Federation elects new regional directors There are some new faces among the regional directors elected at the September 8 regional meeting of the Huron County Federation of Agriculture. Directors and delegates for the Ontario Federation of Agriculture's annual meeting were chosen for the remaining regions. Hans Rasmussen was named director of Huron north east region with the delegates being Murray Crawford, Bob Harrison and Eric Prescott. ' Mr. Rasmussen replaces former director Gerry Fortune who resigned from the position after six years. Paul Klopp remains as the director of the Huron south region. The delegates from that region are Garry Baker, Greg Love, and Hugh Rundle. The Huron east central region has a new director, Bert Saunders, replacing John Nesbitt who has retired after three years. The delegates are John Nesbitt, Doug Garniss and Ralph DeWeerd with Carol Finch as an alternate. Jim McIntosh remains as a regional director for Huron West Central. The delegates are Uwe Wisch, Stan Mcllwain and Ivan McClymont with alternates Larry Sturdy and Brenda McIntosh. The director for Huron north west is Barry Mason, replacing Merle Gunby who served as director for six years. Delegates for Huron north west are Don Dow, Tony McQuail and Walter Elliott with Les Caldwell as alternate. THE HOLLOW Benmiller Inn R.R. No. 4 Goderich 524-2874 CLOSE-OUT SALE SAVE 1 O(Y°TO 5O°boFF OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK...10 AM -6 PM The frost will soon be on the pumpkin! Warm up with HOT BEEF and GRAVY or The Freezer TOP QUALITY BEEF SPECIALS Long Loins Sides Fronts Hinds Chucks (5,U3 kg.) (3.29 kg.) (2.62 kg.) (3.51 kg.) (1.1" kg.) [Consists of Wing, T -Bone, Sirloin 149 Ib. A19 Ib. 159 Ib, 1171b. 269 Ib. Steaks] Homemade Pure Pork Sausage (3.51 kg.) 1591b. Our Own Beef Patties 10 Ib. Bag (4.17 kg.) 199 [No Fillers] lb. Roston Blue Fish Fillets 5 Ib. box [While supply lasts] 99 COMPETITIVE PRICES on all cases of Frozen Fruit and Vegetables"PLACE YOUR ORDER MOW!" Prices In effect till noon Sat. Sept. 10th Steam engines come in miniature versions, as seen in this display owned by Edward Leppington of Palmerston. Lloyd Brown and Bevis MacKay, both of Paisley studied the model display. (Shelley McPhee photo) Animal welfare movement outlined for Huron FOA BY STEPHANIE LEVESQUE It's up to farmers to think about and find a solution to the criticism levelled at them by the animal welfare movement. ''7 Dr. Frank Hurnik, a professor in the animal and poultry department at the University of Guelph, gave the above advice and eclipsed the history of the movement which started in the 1960s in Great Britain, at the Huron County Federation of Agriculture's September 8 meeting in Londesboro. The university professor advises farmers to take steps to face the issue and develop rationales to answer the movement's criticism. A slide presentation developed by an American animal welfare movement and shown by Dr. Hurnik depicted what it considers to be abuse of farm animals. Considered cruel treat- ment .of animals_ by the movement is the restraining of calves used for veal; large numbers of poultry, swin and cattle in one room; poultry penned in small cages; debeaking of poultry, and castration of cattle without anesthesia. Now, those involved in the animal welfare movement are more factual than they were 20 years ago, said Dr. Hurnik. "You can't dismiss them as not being familiar with real life," added the professor. The movement is having its effects, added the University,. of Guelph professor. He referred to the increasing number of people becoming vegetarians. Five freedoms for animals outlined by the movement ,are that animals should be able to lie down, get up, turn around, groom themselves tretch their limbs. Some advertising by the movement can affect con- sumers noted Dr. Hurnik. 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On May 24, Blyth Council had received a slap on the wrist from the Ministry of the Enviornment when waste was found smoldering at the site. William Page, district officer for the ministry said that no burning of domestic wastes should be allowed to occur. According to Clerk Larry Walsh, the dump can burn paper and wood products but other garbage must be segregated and not burned. Mrs. Street claimed she could smell plastic materials burning at the dump. She was also upset that when the dump is lit at night, the smell lingers in the air until morning. "I don't see why we have to put up with it. We came here to get away from the pollution and we get more here than our laints children get in the city," said Mrs. Street. Landfill site operater Joe Mahon told council the only time he could burn the paper and wood materials was at 4 p.m. on Saturday when the dump was dosed. He said higher winds during the day and the danger of people getting hit by debris from the fire was a risk he didn't want to take. Dr. and Mrs. Street asked council if they could install an incinerator at the site to rectify the problem. "An incinerator would cost $2 million dollars," said Mr. Mahon. Mr. Mahon told the two person delegation that if he didn't burn "the site would be closed within a year" because of the lack of space. He went on to explain the only other burning done on the site was to kill some rats. "I counted 20 large rats in the hole and I scorched them rather than have them run loose," said Mr. Mahon. Councillor William Howson agreed that the dump was a problem and sympathized with the situation. "In the future the dump will be our second biggest expenditure next to education," said Mr. Howson. The council came up with no immediate solution to the problem at hand and will investigate the problem further. @rib HAS YOU COVERED NO MATTER WHAT OR WHERE! 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