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Entertaining show The Scott Woods
Band put on a show Nov. 20 at the Hensall Com-
munity Centre with the proceeds going to the
Hensall United Church.Among the band mem-
bers were from left, stepdancer Meryl Norris,
Bruce Woods on drums and Scott Woods. (photo/
Pat Bolen)
Deadline fast approaching
By Lindsey Kuglin
WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES
GODERICH Ques-
tions remain unanswered
after a presentation to
Huron County munici-
palities from the Ontario
Provincial Police.
The county has been
moving towards a group
policing contract, but
with the Dec. 15 deadline
fast approaching, and
many issues still up in
the air, the seven or eight
municipalities involved
are wary to sign on.
OPP Sgt. Dino Tsitome-
neas said after the dead-
line the 2008 cost structure
will take affect about 40
per cent more than the
2003 collective bargain-
ing agreement that will
be honoured if the mu-
nicipalities get on board
before the deadline.
But the municipalities
were unclear on how the
$6.8 million bill would be
divided up.
Central Huron Dep-
uty Reeve John Bezaire
asked if the data could be
pulled out from each mu-
nicipality as to what their
service level is, and the
municipalities could sign
individual contracts.
Emerald ash borer making itself at home in Huron
By Lindsey Kuglin
WINGHAM ADVANCE -TIMES
GODERICH Huron County council
heard from a representative from the Ca-
nadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
recently about a confirmed infestation of
emerald ash borer in the county.
Brian Hamilton told council that the
pest was confirmed in Bluewater in a
private campground last month.
"At this point, it s still specific to ash
trees. We have no reason to believe they 11
move on," Hamilton said.
The emerald ash borer is an invasive
species native to China and Eastern Asia.
It was first found in Ontario in 2002.
The insect infests ash trees and the
larvae will bore under the bark, which
stops the flow of water and nutrients to
the tree.
"It essentially chokes the tree," Hamil-
ton said.
The CFIA has a Slow the Spread strat-
egy that imposes regulatory restrictions
on moving goods such as nursery stock,
trees, logs, wood,
rough lumber
(wood pallets),
bark, ash wood
and bark chips
and firewood.
The areas un-
der regulation in
Ontario are Es-
sex County, the
Municipality of
Chatham Kent,
Lambton County,
Elgin County,
Middlesex
County, Norfolk
County and the
City of Toronto.
Hamilton said
that moving any species of firewood is a
ticketable offence, and trading restricted
goods in regulated areas comes with a
maximum fine of $200,000, and / or im-
prisonment not exceeding two years.
He said the best way to fight the pest
is to limit the spread of wood products,
and that removing infested trees is not a
viable option.
"We always find more outside the de-
termined area," he said.
Hamilton said there is no lure or trap
for the beetle yet, but the CFIA has used
an injectable organic pesticide that was
registered only for emergency use, but
the licence to administer it expired in
August.
Hamilton said scientists are hopeful
that predatory wasp populations are on
the increase, which may naturally control
the spread of the emerald ash borer.
According to Hamilton, the Slow the
Spread approach is the best way to curb
the infestation. Research shows most
adult beetles will only travel approxi-
mately 500 metres themselves, so local-
izing infestation is the best defence.
"All the money in the world is not go-
ing to eradicate the emerald ash borer in
North America. So, it s here and we have
to deal with it," he said.
The adult ash borer is 8.5-14 millimetres
long, and metallic green on the outside,
with a flat head and kidney shaped eyes.
There are a few mimic beetles, Hamilton
said, but the shape of the eyes is unique
to the emerald ash borer.
But "the real problem is the larvae,"
Hamilton said.
The larvae are white, flat, segmented
worm -like bugs. The segments are
uniquely bell-shaped. They re identifiable
from other larvae species by their two
processes on the backside.
An infested tree will have s shaped
marks on the tree under the bark, and
there will be D shaped emergence holes
in the bark.
If you suspect there are emerald ash
borers on your property, or have seen evi-
dence of them elsewhere, call the CFIA at
1-866-463-6017.
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