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The federal and provincial
governments are taking steps
to close the commercial ,
fishery for collaand chinogk
salmon on Lakes Huron, Erie
and Ontario because. of high
levels of polychlorinated
biphenyls, Natural Resources
Deputy .:.. • Minister J.K.
Reynolds said 'on Saturday:
In an ' address to the
e'
;'National, Convention of the
Outdoor Writers'•of Canada at
Dorset, .. Dr, ,Reynolds said
•that the• Mirii'stry of Natural ,
Resources and the Fisheries
and :Marine.. Service of
Environment ,, Canada are
satisfied that F'CB levels are
sufficiently in excess of ,the
tentative guideline of -two
parts per million to warrant
the closing. - `
The deputy minister said
moves were also being made
to close the .fishery for eels
and channel catfish • in. Lake
Ontario because- of high PCB
levels:
"These . stepsare ieon-
sidered necessary, to ensure
•that contaminated fish are
•not offered for sale to cell- •
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su,mers at retail pullets," Dr.
Reynpplds said.
Although considerably
more investigation 'is
required into ., the entire
question. of contamination by
PCBs, there • was sufficient
prelimihary evidence to
-cause concern about the
regular consumption of some
species,.he said.
• •l3r. Reynolds said . the
Ministry was reluctant to
impose angling restrictions
because . angling :: provided
'recreation and relaxation.
°We want' to deniphasize'to
6CHURCH NEWS "
Rev. H: G. Dobson spoke•on
"Fishing" at Sunday service
in Dungannon United Church.
He'„,published the banns of
marriage between John
'Robert Stanbury.and Kathryn
Anne Bere, • both of
Dungannon United Church.
The Annual Church service
and picnic at Menesetung.
will be held on June 6 at •11
a. m: ; •
.Two beautiful flower
arrangements from Mrs.
:,,Ryan's funeral were placed in
the church'bythe family.
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RECENT DEATHS „
The sympathy of .,. the
community is extended to
several families . following
recent deaths.
Sympathy to relatives and
friends of Mrs. Jack Ryan.
who passed away in
Georgetown on' Thursday •in
her 90th. year. The funeral
was in' Godetich on Saturday
with interment at Dungannon;
.Cemetery:.
-Sympathy to relatives and`
....friends of Mr, Wm. Reed who
died in Wingham'. His funeral
service was on Saturday.
Sympathy to relatives and
friends of Ronald Reid of
Mitchell who passed away •
recently:; He was a nephew of
Stuart and Gordon ' Reid of
Dungannon area:
GO OP NEWS
Congratulations to Mr. and
Mrs.. Gerrie Glenn (nee.
Bernice Thompson) on the
birth of•a daughter, Amy,•on
May 11 in Wingham Hospital
a sister for Angela, Arleta
and Andrew.
PROJECT POTATOES
Theyoung people from the
Christian Fellowship Church
sowed . the seeds of a new
project last week when they.
'launched Project Potatoes by
planting a plot on the farm of
Ken Wagler east. of
Dungannon. The. potatoes,
-when harvested will be sold
arid the money used by the
Young People for church..
.work. -
After working hard plan -
•
ting the potatoes the young
people enjoyed.' a Weiner and
marshmallow roast. • -
Mr. Hubert Lawrence from
Monetville some 300 miles
north and east of Dungannon,
was guest . speaker at
Christian Fellowship Church
on Sunday, The morning
service was special in that.the
congregation enjoyed the
music of a piano: which was a
gift to the church and for
which they gave thanks to•
God for His blessings.
The boys and Girls Club of
Christian Fellowship Church
met at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Peter Martin on
''Saturday. The . girls -.made
centrepieces for the nursing
home in Lucknow and the
boys went fishing.
SOCIAL NEWS
Mr. and Mrs. Gordon.
Kirkland called on Mrs. Mary
Bere and Mrs. Cecil Blake on
Sunday- evening. It• was the
Kirkland's 40th' wedding
anniversary.
Congratulations! •
• Mr:- and .Mrs: Marvin Smith
visited members of their
family at Essex; Stoney Point -
and Chatham last weekend.
• Mr. and Mrs. Bill Wiggins
visited with Mrs. Dave
Horton of Goderich on .
Saturday. .
Mrs. Blanchette's Grade 3
Class at 'Brookside presented
a puppet play, "Snow 'White
and the. Five Dwarfs" for the
primary classes last week.
- Mrs. Graham's Grade 6
class enjoyed .a bus trip to
Niagara Falls on Friday.
Mr: and Mrs. Graham
McNee visited Mr. and Mrs.
Ross McNee. and Mrs. Ger-
trude Bell in Huronview on
Sunday. '
Mr. and.. Mrs. 'Wm. Berry
have moved from a trailer
park in Goderich .to a trailer
home in Dungannon ona lot
bought from Mr. and- Mrs.:
Pon Pengelly. ••
Miss Flora Durin of Tot-
•Lenham visited Mrs. Lorne
• beers on Monday.
On Tuesday Mr. and; Mrs.
Gordon Smith, Goderich,
Mrs. Thos. McPhee,, Nile and.
Earn more
on your
savings
Get -,4% -ori your regular: savings.
Pay no service charge on `cheques if
minimum. balance of $1,000 is main-
tained (and even if this :balance is not -
maintained) ycu get 12 free cheques per
quarter and pay only 19 cents for each
cheque Over the 12. Compare this with
your average "savings account" paying
only 3% and costing you a'service •
charge of 20 cents for every. checttie.
-Special Savings (non chequing) accounts
pay 8% per annum calculated on .
niini'ntuni monthly balance.
Funds deposited prior' to May 1 Sth•and
'left on deposit Barn full interest for all
. :Of May. ' ..
Member Canada .Deposit Insurance Corporation
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Serving Ontario
since 1889
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Manager J.D..(Dove). Cross
S24-738 Goderich
her sister Mrs, Ted Bell of
Saskatchewan •calleddon Mrs. .
Ivers in Dungannon and Mr.
Ivers . in Pinecrest Manor,
Lucknow. • .
Mr. and Mrs. 'Robert Irvin,
Mrs. Lorne Ivers and Mrs.
Cecil Blake visited Rev. C.
and Mrs. McClenaghan„ at
Paisley on• ' Sunday. They
returned by Wingham so
Robert -could visit his father
Mr-. and Wm. Irvin' in
Wi h h s ital
anglers, however, that close:
attention be paid to the advice
of Iirnittl' •.Tr,rtr':thnuteatfng'
the fish caught," hp added,
The Ministry, of Health has. .
advised people to ' eat only
occ.a,sional mealW of the -kinds
of fish ,already referred to
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from Lakes Huron, Erie and
• Ontario. For : example,; .not
More than one meal per :week
of thesefishchould'bereaten. •
Women who. are, or may, be,
, pregnant should not eat any,
such .ffsh. -. -
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Whenever possible tlieswe
fish should be skinned before
' cooking so as to remove fatty
deposits which are known to
store PCBs. i
Results of analyses to .date
ha ..
a,ve been ,consistent for
almost all coho, chinook, eels{'.
and catfish, all of which•
contained more a than two
parts per million of PCBs, Er.
Reynolds said...
,;."Other results do not seem
to Us: tb be consistent enough
to. justify management action'
at.present;" he added: ',lathe
case' of smelt from' several
Lake Ontario locations, sone
levels ` were - just above two
parts per million,: and others
were well below." Y•
Ministry biologists said'
they• were somewhat sur-'
prised that tests on rainbow.
t'rout .from the ,Ganaraska
River, sampled in the fall of
1975, were almost' allbelow'`
the two parts per •million
ievel!
Some of the larger:ye.11o'w
pickerel, sm.allmouth bass
and white bass were above
the two parts per •million
level Fewsamples of trout
and or•• splake were
available., but • preliminary
results indicated high
readings. A number of other
species, including' yellow
perch, appeared to be within
safe limits.
Hc.rb:or:
Report.
BY•RON GRAHAM'.
,Mayr '1.2• the Agawa Canyon
arrived light from Serpent
Harbor for sit. May .12 the
Agawa Canyon cleared
harbor for Toronto with salt. '.
May'12• the Mondoc arrived
light from Thunder -Bay to
load salt. May 12 the Mondoc
cleared harbor with salt for
Thunder, Bay. May 13 the
tugboat Doyer arrivedtewing
a barge. May 16 the Algorail
arrived, light from. -Serpent •
Harbor to load salt. May 16
the Algorail cleared' harbor
with salt bound for'
Milwaukee. May 17 the Pic
River arrived from Thunder
Bay with,grain.
":Most,.of,- the F " analy.'ses
available. to date have been
from samples of Great Lakes
fish," • Dr. Reynolds said
"Results -indicate that
problems are, most severe in '
the 'lower' '!Takes, obviously
•because efgreater 'con-
centration . of industry • and .
development here.
-However, .there is also..a
need to study results for the
Upper Great Lakes as they'
become available to !defer:
Mine -the extent o£ problems
with some species there,. he
said °
Samples of:Lake Simcoe''
fish: showed low 'levels' of
contamination and Ministry
of Natural* Resources_
biologists' expressed op-
timism that this • Was'.
generally indicative of the
situation • in small inland •
waters of the. province until
.further. sampling : :anti
analysescould, be arranged.
Dr. Reynolds stressed to
the outdoor writers the im-
portance of factual reporting
based on .;accurate in-
formation because of the
complexities of the problems
related to mercury and PCB
contamination.
"Can you, as writers-, or we,
as government,- justify
creating public panic by
making incorrect statements
-Tina the .,face of, limited
available `scient `ic data?" he'
asked.
The Ministry, of Natural
Resources worked with other,
Ontario government agencies'
as- well as with departments.
of the federal 'g'overninent•on
problems , 'of ,mercury and
PCBs, the• deputy minister•.
said.
`There is a., res ensibility,
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on the part of'the writelrto �be
surethe facts are resente `
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fairly and . ,Here is a -
responsibility.on the part -of
government .to ensure ;that
the facts, as best they p
known,are, available• to the
writers,- Dr. Reynolds said,
e, yn ,
our doors are always open
to "you when you need . in.
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Ladies and Gentlemen, Girls and Boys. Children of.ALlf. Ages. Get ready for a
glittering cavalcade of S'eduinried Acrobats, Arabian Tumblers, Canada's;
Prettiest Girls, Daring Trapeze Artists, Trampoline Hi-jinks; Chimps, Lions,
Elephants,•Your favourite Cartoon. Characters, -and Tots, LOTS more.
You've guessed it. Here comes Canada's own Garden Bros. 3 Ring Circus, on
display. at Goderich Memorial Arena, Friday May 21st at 4:15 and
8:00 p.m. for' two jumbo -size performances.
Say,s, Bill Lurnliy, popular Arena Manager: "Garden Bros. is rated.
among North America's top three circuses in size,.scope, and solid amusement,
value. Its triple -ring 1976 production provides enough thrills, chills, and Clown '
Alley spills to please grandpa to,the tiniest tot."
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4 15 and 8:Ob p.m.
A literal highlight of this year's bill is Tino Wallenda Zoppe of the famed
1NallendaHigh Wire clan. Tino represents ,the•SEVENTHGENERATION of
this century old circus family to risk his life on theperilous sfeel cord.
Equal action explodes on'the-ground as Prince•Bogino smartly Commands
eight fully -grown male lions through their paces. . '
Both laughs and wonders come thick and plentiful asrlVferle Cook's comic
auto provides a madcap motor mix-up: those craiy circus clowns send a man
to the moon: The Cycling Bertinis ride FOUR HIGH on a bif('e;.and master
.illusionist Roy Huston not only saws a lady in half - but transforms a sweet
maiden into a snarling tiger - right,before your eyes. ,
General Admission is S3.00.for children (14.aid under), Adults7$4.00,
both plus tax. Door;; open one hour before show times.
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