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Home My WebLink AboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-11-03, Page 3lg { t Vis' alds; l dao . ht bee and ral d ee tett facil and [raged can, der tbl freq sn't sls� for tot sses he 1 to hek edical' the 1 once her in and dis ie, fyj few he her Ile a pass seas M �unty eports unty health unit ch agreement. uron Conte Boo doe and employees health unit accepted onth agreement re at sets out wage in - for 1977 and 1978. The reported to county Friday that the ent gives employees ealth unit a six per crease in salary ef- July 1, 1977 and four effective January 1, ject to the approval of Inflation Board. terms listed in the • rli a K Gua sel lite 10 its +e witha ped out f Wo TIC 311 agreement were an increase in the employer's share of the dental plan for employees from half to two-thirds of the c'6st effective January 1, 1978, Mileage rates for employees using their own vehicles for health unit business was set at 21 cents per mile and employees required to work overtime will be paid time and a .half or, receive the equivalent time and one-half off. Public health inspectors supplied with leased vehicles who drive the vehicles to and from the office are now required to reimburse the county at the rate of 16 cents per mile. When the present lease for •vehicles expires there will be no personal use of the vehicles permitted under the new lease. The unit employees also receive pay for Heritage Day or any other day proclaimed by the federal or provincial governments as pard holidays. orestation scheme s limited success JEFF SEDDON . responsibility of the town - Huron County ship. The townships can tion Scheme has ted success after its r of existence and a to Huron County riday revealed that e landowners are in the project. Four Marvin Smith from the s have contributed Wingham office of the nder the tree plan- ministry of natural resources eme and five Ian- reported to council that 21,000 turned over 25 acres trees had been planted under rreforestation. the scheme and that the n was implemented county share of the costs was ginning of the year $1,370. He broke the expenses cally involves an down to great detail showing nt between the that the county portion r, the municipality covered half the planting is in, the county and costs, repairs to the planting istry of natural machinery and the costs for s. The ministry the nursery stock. The total the manpower and costs for the planting were to plant the trees $2,21.6. osts are paid by the Smith reported that 2,000 and county. trees were planted on a four e costs are paid by acre parcel in Ashfield and half left to the township, 5,000 trees on six choose whether- to pay thew half themselves or pay a quarter of the costs leaving the remainder for the lan- downer. acres in Goderich township, 4,000 trees_ on five acres •- in Hullett township and 10,000 on 10 acres in East Wawanosh. Two types of trees were planted according to the report which showed that 17,000 white pine trees were used and 4,000 red pine. The project requires consenting landowners to turn over their land for reforestation under a 20 year agreement. Once the owner agrees to have the trees planted, the property is protected for reforestation for two decades. The agreement prevents :the owner from harvesting the trees -or from cutting them. down before they are mature. According to Smith after the 20 years have expired the county tree cutting bylaw protects the matured trees from being harvested. unty needs fresh- oney in economy EFF SEDDON County has to tourism and more f it wants to create mployment in the d a fresh source of complement the agricultural base. unty development pence Cummings ty council Friday n has not escaped nt slump in the economy nor the unemployment gs told council that sing of three in the county with no new in- ating in Huron has eople out of work. that three firms, ibres of Goderich, G&F Farm Machinery in great deal to do with Exeter and Huron Acoustics agricultural economy but he of Vanastra, had closed their pointed out that the county doors recently and no new needed a fresh source of business had arrived to money to complement replace them, agriculture. He said the two He said the county already prime areas that money could has 1,500 people out of work be found were manufacturing and jobs were needed for and tourism. those unemployed and for Cummings said that the people coming into the work development committee had force in the county in the been working steadily to coming year. He said the jobs encourage industry to locate were for people who are in Huron but had met some residents of Huron County obstacles due mainly to a and were not involved in slumping economy. He said agriculture. many industries were staying Cummings explained that where they were and not Huron County has an expanding and in fact were economic base in agriculture just trying to crake it through and that the agricultural the year. economy is fairly constant. He said three firms were He said he realized that planning to locate in Huron, weather conditions had a one in Exeter and two in Vanastra, but he had no definite report on how many Meal Makers Great for the Budget and a Treat forrthe Fam:ly UND STEAK $1.99 • MEATY. SPLIT E RIBS .. $1.39 FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS NOW FEATURING RBECUED CHICKENS OR SAUSAGES Please order ahead of time 4.1.06 -SHOPPERS SQUARE RICHPhone: 524-4222 T, Serrke with a Smile" people they would employ. He added that oil companies had been carrying out seismic work in Huron and if oil and gas were found in substantial enough amounts to merit mining, the economy here would get a needed boost. The development officer said that one area that the county could promote itself was tourism. He said that tourism in Ontario is big business and employs about 165,000 people turning an annual revenue of$2.6 billion. He said it is hard to estimate Huron County's share of the revenue but pointed out that it is significant. Cummings referred to a recent survey done at the nearest United States entry point, Sarnia. He said that the survey shows that travellers coming through that point spend $19 million in a tourist season and that 48 percent of the tourists are from the United States. He said that- the promotion of that source of money for the economy and the jobs it creates is important for Huron County. He said the county should take steps to encourage tourism by establishing new facilities and by advertising itself in newspapers, radio and television. GOAERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3,'"'19 7,,.,-PAOE3 ,,.,..s•i? .,, M• 00, $••• 0. 'Y Tremendous savings for you on your favourite Irene Hill fashions. Lots of good looking clothes to take you right through the winter into spring. 1 3 F SELEC;hED FAIL SPORTSWEAR Including sweaters, jackets, pants, skirts, co-ordinates. SWEATERS Acrylic striped and solids in cowl neck and turtle neck pullovers. S.M. L. 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