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237 Josephine Ste,
Wingham, Ontario.
3574022
Member of Canada Deposit
Insurance Corporation
Turnberry Township
Council turns dow propos•:.I
to zo e for gravel extraction
Members of Turnberry
council are concerned that a
proposal by the Ministry of
Natural Resources to zone
several areas in the township
for. gravel extraction would
limit farming operations in
those areas,
Council turned thumbs
down on the proposal at last
Tuesday evening's meeting.
Members felt it went against
the grain of the township's
official land use plan's aim
of preserving agriculture as
the main industry of Turn -
berry.
Council met with
representatives from the
county planning department,
the MNR and the Maitland
Valley Conservation
THE case
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will be in the area
-every Tuesday.
It simply
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and no cost to you. And there is so
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Authority to discuss two
proposed changes to the
plan. Wayne Caldwell of the
planning department briefly
explained the planning
process to new members of
council,
Almost . six years ago,
Turnberry council requested
the department to research
and draw up a land use plan
for the township. A series of
line and public meetings
were held to get feedback
from the ratepayers.
After the information was
gathered and compiled,
council approved the plan
(March 24, 1980) and copies
were circulated to the
planning board, the county
and the Ontario Ministry of
Municipal Affairs and
Housing. Then the ministry
circulated the plan to
various other government
agencies for their comments
and those comments were
presented at the meeting.
Mr, Caldwell said the
MNR has determined a more
extensive area of gravel
deposits in Turnberry than
was included in the original
plan. The long-term use of
those areas should be con-
sidered, he continued,
therefore it would not make
sense to allow a lot of
building on those properties.
After studying the map,
which pointed out where all
the gravel deposits are
thought to be located in
Turnberry, Deputy Reeve
Doug Fortune noted that,
according to the map, some
of the best farm land in the
township is affected. But, in
some cases, known pits were
not even marked. •
Reeve Brian McBurney
asked Terry Carter of the
MNR what difference it
makes to his ministry if
those areas are zoned ex-
tractive.
Aggregate is not a
renewable resource, Mr.
Carter replied. Turnberry,
neighboring municipalities
or even higher levels of
government will need
reserves for future use.
Proper zoning of areas
known to contain gravel
would protect them.
But council has been' told
there should be enough
gravel in the township pit to
last for 150 years, said Mr.
McBurney.
"But it's not just the town-
shipwhomightmakeuse of
the gravel," Mr. Carter said.
ZONING EFFECTS
"How will this zoning
affect a farmer who doesn't
want to extract?" asked
Councillor Donald Morrison.
It's ultimately up to the
landowner, replied Mr.
Carter; he doesn't have to
extract if doesn't choose to.
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"One of council's biggest
concerns in zoning certain
areas for gravel extraction
would be its effect on pro-
hibiting landowners from
building on their own farms.
There always is a potential
for building, said the reeve.
"Why can't we leave it
agricultureand, if «the need
arose, spot -zone?" he
wondered.
Mr. Fortune said he was
very concerned that much of
the time, effort and money
put into the prepartion of the
secondary plan has been
wasted. "All we're doing
now is being dictated to."
After further discussion,
Mr. McBurney suggested
leaving those areas, other
than already -licensed pits,
as agricultural land.
"I hate to be suspicious,
but those areas zoned
aggregate (on the map) are
located awfully close to
roads and railways," he
said.
Mr. Caldwell agreed it
would be possible to zone
only licensed pits as
aggregate and include the
map in the appendix of the
plan to indicate potential
gravel reserves.
"It's quite a step to
designate a man's farm as
extractive," commented Mr.
McBurney.
Land zoned agricultural
elm he rezoned extractive
anytime in the future, but a
plan amendment and a
zoning change 'bylaw would
be necessary. That would be
a hassle, said Mr. Fortune,
but maybe that's not a bad
idea because maintaining an
agricultural community is
the whole idea of the plan.
The revised section of the
plan will be recirculated
among the government
agencies for their comments
and then returned to council.
MVCA REQUEST
The second request for a
zoning change to the plan
met with council's approval.
Phil Beard of the MVCA
said a certain area in Lower'.
Town, upon which the
Sportsmen's Club is located,
should be zoned natural
environment because of the
boggy soils and a high water
table. The area currently is
zoned residential in the plan,
but is not suitable for
building and should be left
for natural environment
uses.
"That's one of the more
reasonable requests I've
heard," said Mr. McBurney,
and other members agreed it
was a good idea.
Council decided to status -
zone the club, which will
allow the group to remain on
the property and even
rebuild, if it chose to, in the
future.
The Wingham Advance -Times, Jan. 19, 1983—Page 5
TRACTOR PULLERS Mary and Frank Verheyen of Ker -
wood and Barb and Art Helm of Lucknow will be leaving
Jan. 30 to take part in an invitational tractor pull in Rot-
terdam, Holland. The Verheyens and Helms have the
distinction of being the first Canadians to be invited as
Mr. and Mrs. Russell
Gaunt, Edward Street, have
returned to their home after
spending two weeks with
their grandchildren, Richard
and Carolyn Durstein, while
their parents, Janet and Don
Durstein, enjoyed a skiing
holiday at Montebello Lodge,
Quebec.
Huron farmers get
advice from bankers
About 100 farmers were
encouraged to look to the fu-
ture, forget the past aI!d
work on, financial manage-
ment of their farms.
Three representatives of
the banking world, Bob
Morris an agrologist with the
Toronto -Dominion Bank in
London, Dave Gowing of the
Farm Credit Corporation in
Stratford and. Paul Mc-
Clusker of the Federal Busi-
ness Development Bank in
Stratford, spoke on financial
management at the Huron
County Federation of Agri-
culture's January meeting in
Exeter.
All three spoke on money
management matters identi-
fying budgeting methods.
The bankers told those
present to work out their
finances and go from there.
Federation member Merle
Gunby asked the banking
community to accept some
of the responsibility for the
economic crunch faced by
farmers. He is opposed to
farmers being labelled as
"bad managers" and
pointed to the financial diffi-
culties faced by such cor-
porations as Massey -Fergu-
son and Chrysler.
"We have received a lot of
good advice here tonight. I
wish some bank managers
had as much knowledge as
you gentlemen," commented
Mr. Gunby.
"I don't think farmers as a
class are bad managers.
`Bad' is more the inability to
cope. Farmers are more
often than not able to adapt,"
responded Mr. McClusker.
Planning was emphasized
by the money lenders. and
Mr. Cowing said oto survive,
farmers should plan their
credit requirements. He
added farmers should avoid
large capital expenditures.
"I believe you should be
open and honest with all the
money lenders you deal with.
When the banker under-
stands your particular situa-
tion he is more liable to
support you," commented
Mr. Dowing.
' He suggested farmers be
more flexible in their pro-
duction techniques and take
a more business -like ap-
proach in dealing with the
banks, Mr. Gowing also rec-
ommended farmers ensure
their debts are properly
structured.
Mr. Morris presented a
consolidated net worth state-
ment which should be con-
sidered on a daily basis.
"Current assets should be
greater than the liabilities
but unfortunately many are
not," said Mr. Morris.
The agrologist suggested
any financial decisions
should be made on the past,
present and future of the
farm operation. He said
when working on costs,
farmers should forget the
market value of the opera-
tion and Focus on the actual
costs of assets.
"Identify all costs and
either reduce them or get rid
of them altogether," said
Mr. Morris.
He encouraged farmers to
have a wide source of mar-
ket information to provide
more correct information.
"When a farmer blames
bad advice for his situation,
he is publicly stating he
hasn't done itis 'homework,"
commented Mr. Morris.
When a business is running
into difficulty, Mr.Morris
suggested non-farm items
should be gotten rid of with
the proceeds used for cur-
rent liabilities. Surplus farm
items could be sold, possibly
even.. land, said Mr. Morris.
The next step is to reduce
inventory, then go over past
records and possibly re-
structure debts,
"Determine your credit.
worthiness before you ask
for more credit," said Mr.
Morris.
The Toronto -Dominion
agrologist concluded by
stating he has more op-
timism this year for farmers
than in the past five years.
Mr. McClusker empha-
sized the importance of a
financial statement. -the key
to success is cash flow, he
said.
"Farmers have to have a
cash cushion to ensure their
economic survival," said
Mr. McClusker.
"In order to cope with the
possibility of failure, you
have to see it coming," noted
Mr. McClusker.
Each speaker suggested
farmers take management
courses and follow market
trends in the financial
sections of newspapers. Mr.
Morris suggested even The
Wall Street Journal would be
of benefit to Canadian farm-
ers.
guests of the promoter of this European pull. All four will
be competing against tractors from England, Germany,
France and Holland. Behind them is the Veryehens'
Rolls Royce powered "Gold Digger", shipped to
Holland for the meet. (Sharon Dietz Photo)
First from Canada
Tractor pullers invited
to compete in Holland
By Sharon Dietz
Lucknow tractor pullers
Art and Barb Helm, together
with Frank and Mary
Verheyen of Kerwood, will
leave Jan. 30 to take part in
an invitational tractor pull in
Rotterdam, Holland, on Feb.
5.
The Helms and Verheyens
are active members of the
Great Lakes' Tractor
Pullers' Association, which
promotes pulls in south-
western Ontario and
Michigan. Mary and Barb
are also the first women in
the history of Canadian
tractor pulling to compete
actively as drivers. Both
couples will be driving in the
Holland competition.
For the previous three
years, American.. tractor-
pullers
merican'•'tractor-
pullers have been invited to
the Rotterdam pull. This
year the Helms and
Verheyens have the
distinction of being the first
Canadians to be invited as
'guests of the promoter.
The tractors going to
Holland are the Verheyens'
"Gold Digger", powered by
a V-12 Rolls Royce engine,
and the Helms' "Second
Choice", with its V-12 Allison
aircraft engine.
The tractors were loaded
into a sealed container and
Grey to contact MOE
on sludge regulations
BRUSSELS — The
Ministry of the Environment
had a "moral obligation" to
contact Grey Township
council before sludge was
spread on local fields, a
township councillor con-
tends.
At a council meeting here
Jan. 17, Coun. Graeme
MacDonald said he had
learned from a newspaper
article that the sludge, which
was from the Brussels
sewage plant, had a 25 per
cent oil content and also
contained cadmium and
zinc.
"I am concerned as to the
adverse effect it could have
on our prime agricultural
land in this township.
"If this land is devalued
with an overabundance of
oil, then we are not only
losing prime agricultural
land, but also assessment for
our tax base," he said.
Coun. MacDonald said that
the sludge was to have been
spread on farmland in
Morris Township. However,
the operator hired to spread
the sludge tried two field
locations, became stuck, and
had to dump the loads.
"This apparently prom-
pted ( ministry officials) 'and
the contractor to find a
different location for the
spreading operation," Coen
MacDonald said,
The sludge, he reported,
was spread oil fields at Lot 1,
Con. 6 of Grey Township.
"I believe the Ministry of
the Environment had a
moral obligation to consult
this council and ,the
surrounding neighbors
before any spreading took
place."
Coun.-MacDonald said that
before the sewage treatment
plant was built, ministry
officials visited a farmer "to
strike a deal to spread this
sludge on his farm".
The landowner, who has a
farm adjoining the plant,
advised the ministry that
before he would enter into
any agreement, the ministry
"would have to provide him
with an accurately com-
pleted test of what this
sludge contained, and
documented evidence that
there would be nothing
harmful to agricultural land.
"The ministry did not call
back .... I don't know why,
but there could be several
assumptions," Coun.
MacDonald said.
"As a member of this
council and as a resident of
this township, I am fed up to
the ears with the Ministry of
the Environment.
"They seem to think that
this township is a test spot
and dumping ground for
their pet projects."
He asked fellow council
members to take "im-
mediate decisive action to
inform them (ministry of-
ficials) that we will no longer
condone these practices".
Coun. MacDonald added
that he would "like to see the
matter brought before the
legislature".
i would be interested in
knowing what's in that
sludge," said Coun. Murray
Bray. He said he became es-
pecially concerned "when I
heard it was being dumped
out in one spot."
At the suggestion of Colin.
Fred Uhler, Grey Township
council will contact the
ministry and ask for rules
and regulations governing
the spreading of sludge.
"If we don't know these
rules, we'rb in the dark,"
Coon. Uhler said.
Deputy Reeve Lyle Pet-
tapiece agreed.
"Before we can fight it, we
have to find out what rules
they're playing by," he said.
Youth choirs
will meet at
Listowel festival
The second annual Youth
Choirs in Concert music
festival will be held March 4-
6 at Listowel.
Choral groups from
Ontario and Quebec will
meet for a weekend of work-
shops and musical fellowship
under the skilled and,
energetic leadership of Prof.
Deral Johnson from the
University of Western
Ontario.
Prof. Johnson's ac-
complishments include
conducting the Ontario
Youth Choir for two seasons,
the London Pro Musiea and
the Faculty of Youth
Singers.
A concert featuring a mass
choral and orchestral per-
formance of Vivaldi's
"Gloria" will be conducted
by him° at 2:30 p.m. on
Sunday, •March 6, in the
Listowel District Secondary
School auditorium to con-
clude the weekend activities.
For additional in-
formation, contact Betty
Ann Acres of the Listowel DIOtTA 51110
Chorus at 291-1c:r0 or 343- 4 BLUE CROSS
2657. 5101 4 .,
shipped to Toronto Jan. 9 for
the trip by rail to Montreal.
From there they will be
shipped via a Polish ocean
liner to Rotterdam, with an
expected arrival date of Jan.
27.
The Helms and Verheyens
will be leaving from the
Toronto Interhational Air-
port the evening of Jan. 30
and will arrive in Holland the
following day. They will
spend the week helping to
promote the pull before
competing in three classes
during an afternoon and
evening session Feb. 5
Turnberry council
against tractors from
Britain, Germany, France
and Holland.
Following the pull, they
will spend a week on holiday
before returning Feb. 17.
The two families have
competed at tractor pulls
throughout Ontario and
Michigan as well as at the
prestigious Louisville
Kentucky Farm Show
tractor pull. This will be the
first time either couple has
competed in Europe.
They said they see the
European trip as a chance to
promote their sport in
Holland.
No action taken on
bounty for beaver
• Turnberry council
members agreed it probably
*Wad- do much good to
petition the Ministry of
Natural Resources to put a
bounty on beaver, as was
suggested in a letter to
council from Culross
Township.
Similar efforts in the past
to curtail the beaver
population have not met with
much success and Deputy
Reeve Doug Fortune said at
last Tuesday's meeting he
does think that neighboring
municipalities would "have
a prayer" in getting the
MNR to go along with put-
ting a bounty on beavers.
The problem with nuisance
beavers in Culross prompted
that council to write a letter
to neighboring councils
asking for their support in
dealing the pests which
cause irreparable damage
each year to municipal
drains and waterways.
Culross council suggested
a bounty system for beavers
be instituted, just like the
one for wolves. The bounty
system seems the only
recourse because local
trappers say the low price of
the pelts on the open market
does not justify their time
trapping and skinning the
animals.
What Culross proposes is
to set up a bounty which
could be administered three
ways: local townships, the
MNR and the provincial
government.
There' is a problem with
beaver....in_ ....some . areas. of
Turnberry Township,
members agreed, but they
did not think the ministry
would go along with such a
progralm, even though it is
its responsibility, according
to Councillor Randy Scott.
In other business, Clerk -
Treasurer Dorothy Kelly
reported that Turnberry
resident Elmer Sleightholm
has petitioned the Ontario
Drainage Tribunal for a
hearing into the McCreight
Drain. Mr. Sleightholm was
unsatisfied by engineering
work done on the drain by
the firm Gamsby and
Mannerow. Mrs. Kelly said
the notice must be recorded
by council.
Council donated $25 to the
Ontario March of Dimes.
The next meeting of
Turnberry council is
scheduled for Feb. 1 at 7:30
p.m. in the municipal office
in Bluevale.
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