HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1988-08-23, Page 5Sportsfest '88 committee
says thanks for support
Dear Editor:
On behalf of the Sportsfest '88
Committee, I would like to extend a
big thank you to you and the staff of
The Advance -Times for the support
we received. We really appreciate
the coverage of events, the ad-
vertising given through editorials
and written articles as well as the
"open door" policy you maintained
when we were constantly seeking
advice.
We would also like to thank you, as
well as Norm MacLennan, Audrey
Currie, Marg Stapleton and the
many staff members behind the
scenes, who worked so hard to again for your "craftsmanship".
produce the Sportsfest '88 par- Sincerely
ticipants' booklet. The interesting Phil Beard
historical sport reviews certainly Sportsfest ' Chairman
complemented the theme of Sports -
fest '88 and helped to remind both
residents and visitors that Wingham
is indeed a community of individuals
who enjoy the fun and fellowship of a
variety of recreational activities.
Local newspapers are definitely
the cement needed to mould a town
into a "community". The staff of
The Wingham Advance -Times has
certainly proven that this is true as
reflected in the success of the"
weekend's festivities. Thank , you
Livestock, contribute to
pollution of our waterways
Dear Editor:
The front page of the Aug. 9 edition
of The Advance -Times carried _ a
picture of cattle standing in a creek,
demonstrating their solution to this
summer's heat wave! I would like to
point out that the cattle are doing
more than keeping cool, they are
contributing to the pollution of our
streams and rivers.
While the practice of allowing
livestock access to streams and
rivers has been common for
decades, it is now recognized as a
significant source of pollution.
Cattle defecating in the stream
contribute pathogenic (disease -
carrying) organisms that can lead to
sickness in livestock watering
downstream and the contamination
of swimming areas.
Livestock also contribute
nutrients to the water that foster the
excessive growth of algae and
aquatic plants.
Studies underway by the Maitland
Valley Conservation Authority
(MVCA) have compared water
quality upstream and downstream
of cattle access sites. At four
separate sites, water sampled
weekly throughout the summer -of
1987 showed the level of bacterial
pollution averaged four times higher
downstream of the access, com-
pared to upstream.
The MVCA is trying to make rural
landowners aware of this problem
and other sources of pollution
related to agriculture, including
milkhouse wastes tiled directly to a
watercourse and runoff from solid
manure storages.
Grants currently are available to
fence livestock from watercourses,
improve manure storages and con-
struct milkhouse waste disposal
systems. The MVCA will provide
technical advice to those con-
sidering such a project. For more
information, contact the MVCA at
335-3557.
Sincerely,
Bob Fuller,
Resource Technician.
Advanced research vital
to prosperity, reader says
Dear Editor:
Support for advanced research in
Canada is vital if we are to maintain
the prosperity we enjoy in this
country.
The president of the Canadian
Institute for Advanced Research
recently warned that Canadians
don't understand that we are ill-
equipped to survive in a global
economy based increasingly on
science and technology-based
products. Our traditional reliance on
primary products and raw materials
cannot carry us into the 21st cen-
tury.
The Guelpli-Wellington region is
uniquely poised to be part of a new
commitment to advanced research
to keep Canada competitive in these
changing global markets. Local
industries and universities are
proposing research ventures in
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areas such as food science and
engineering to find new technolo-
gies, markets and uses for conunod-
Hies we, produce.
The federal government must now
assist. Because of the huge in-
vestments required and the return to
all Canadians, private industry
cannot be totally relied on to finance
high technology.
It is vital that we lend our support
to leading-edge efforts by industry
and university, and participation by
the federal government.
Having dealt with significant
agricultural and environmental
issues as a municipal politician, I'm
eager to present this point of view in
Ottawa.
Sincerely,
Frank Gauthier
Liberal Candidate
Guelph -Wellington
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Twenty-eight Ontario high wheel
students have been given an
opportunity to, participate in a
seven -week workshop about
conservation, sponsored by the
Ontario Ministry of Natural
Resources.
The program, started in 1986,
gives young people first-hand
exposure to natural resources, their
management, and conservation
issues.
The participants, who come from
all regions of the province, are
selected by a panel of ministry staff
on the basis of their age and their
answers to a questionnaire on
environmental issues.
Workshops are located in four
different areas. Conservation
authorities in North Bay evaluate
wetlands, while others develop new
hiking trails in Sault Ste. Marie. The
Maitland Valley Conservation
Authority will benefit from students
helping , map the physical and
biological features of a neighboring
creek while students at the Upper
Thames River Conservation
Authority will study water erosion.
The students work under the
supervision of , ministry and
-conservation authority staff. They
receive a living allowance, meals
and accomodation.
Agricuiturg and Food
Ministr
New Post
Bruce MPP Murray Elston has
been appointed Ontario Minister of
Financial Institutions by Premier
David Peterson.
While retaining his important
position as chairman of cabinet's
management board, Murray will
now also have responsibility for
regulating financial institutions in a
manner which , maintains their
solvency, protects the interests of
the public, and ensures confidence in
the system.
Murray's new responsibilities also
include responsibility for the office
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of the Spperintenderit ef Insurance
and the Pension Commission of
Ontario,'
I am pleased with the appointment
of MtuTar to this poSition, as he has
always shown himself to be an
extremely capable and dedicated
minister of the Crown as well as an
excellentrepresentative of the
citizens °ibis riding.
Murray takes over the financial
institutions ministry from Robert
Nixon, who retains his position as
treasurer.
Research Boost
More than $500,000 for natural
resources researchwill be provided
for 33 research projects to be
conducted at a number of Ontario
universities and the Royal Ontario
Museum, Natural Resources
Minister Vince Kerrio has
announced.
As a result of the funding,
scientists at the ROM and
universities in Guelph, Thunder
Bay, Ottawa, Sudbury, Kingston,
Toronto, Waterloo, and Windsor will
be able to conduct or proceed with
studies in such areas as the effects of
acid rain.
Grants Announced
Health Minister Elinor Caplan has
recently approved an annual
operating grant of $109,800 for
Clinton Public Hospital for the new
obstetrical wing.
Seaforth Community Hospital has
been advised of health, ministry
approval of a capital grant up to a
maximum of $1.4 million.
Housing Minister Chaviva Hosek
has recently announced Ontario
Home Renewal Program grants to
the following, municipalities: tc
Turnberry Township, the Town of
Seaforth and Howick Township,
$40,000 each; and to the Town of
Clinton, $30,000.
JEFF WEBBER of Seaforth was
one of the Sportsfest '88 partici-
pants in last Saturday's singles
tennis at the Wingham Tennis
Courts.
NDP leader
set to open
headquarters
Bob Rae, leader of the Ontario
New Democratic Party will open the
new headquarters of the Huron -
Bruce riding association. He will
open the newly -renovated office in
Dungannon at 3 p.m. on Aug. 27.
Following the ceremony a family
potluck picnic will be held at the
McQuail farm which is southeast of
Lucknow in West Wawariosh
Township. Everyone is welcome to
attend -and meet Bob Rae.
The nomination of the candidate
for Huron -Bruce will be held after
the opening if the federal election is
called before Aug. 27.
Bob Rae who is leader of the
Official Opposition in Ontario, is
visiting Baron County with his wife
Arlene and their three children. He
will be attending the play, "Fires in
the Night" at the Blyth Festival.
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A JUNIOR GOLF TOURNAMENT was held last Friday at the Wing -
ham Golf and Curling Club. Here lan Morton of Belgrave tees off in,
the 11 a.m. shotgun start.
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