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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1990-05-09, Page 1ra: 4. Births — 5A Civic Corner — 4A Obituary — 1 3A Recreation — 14A Queensway — 7A faces division. See page 13A. Serving the communities and areas of Sealorth, Brussels, Dublin, Hensall and Walton Seaforth, Ontario WEDNESDAY, MAY 9, 1990 The Best o the Batch EGGSTRORDINARY - Pattyann Gridzak of Scott Poultry Farms shows off the prize eggs which garnered top honours in the Ungraded White category at the 1990 Poultry Industry Conference and Exhibition. Pattyann was presented with the Master Feeds trophy at the London exhibition, which received a record-breaking 195 en- tries in eight categories, with exhibitors flocking from across the province. Elliott hoto. Some Egmondvi I Ie trees face their last • summer BY PAULA ELLIOTT Ontario Hydro has revealed to Tuckersmith Council its plans for hydro line installation in Egmondville, and the blueprints call for the trimming and removal of a fair number of trees in the hamlet. Roads Superintendent Doug Poulton had reported to Council at their April 17 meeting that Ontario Hydro was consider- ing extensive line reconstruction in Egmondville. At that time, underground construction was considered to be the best route. Ontario Hydro, however, has more or less abandoned that idea and is opting for overhead wires. "It's a lot more costly," Mr. Poulton told Council members when asked why the underground wires were no longer being considered. "There's so much work to be done on the streets (in Egmondville), and every time you go in now you're fighting hydro cables." Added cost to the customer would also go along with underground service, and Ontario Hydro is hoping to sidestep com- plications that might have arisen. "With putting the service underground, if there's one house along the street that doesn't agree to the hook-up, that eliminates the whole street," Mr. Poulton explained. Council members went over the map of Egmondville detailing the specific tree removal and trimming sites, and express- ed concern over the amount of removal to be carried out. Although the work will not be done until 1991, this will be the last summer for a lot of trees in the hamlet. Mr. Poulton assured Council that smaller "mini -trees" will be planted in place of the ones being removed, but this in itself sparked some debate. Councillor Larry McGrath strongly suggested that Council look into exactly what kind of trees On- tario Hydro would be planting before full 50 cents a copy McKillop tire fire burns twice BY SUSAN. OXFORD McKillop Township landfill site near Walton was the scene oa tire fire twice 'on Saturday April 20. There were no in- juries. An Ontario Moistly of Environment (OME) employee stated that the tire fires caused no environmental impact. The fire is thought to have been caused ile located beside theers tire pfrile. The burn pile is used for the burning of brush and wood and was burning April 28. An attendant at the site noticed the fire and tried to put it out, Milt the fire began to burn uncontrollably . The Grey - McKillop fire departuref t was called at 4:i o p.m.and they fought the fire with water and foam until 6:50 p.m. At 10:00 p.m. the fire department was called when the fire started up a second time and fire fighters stayed until 1:30 a.m. In March, after the Hagersville tire fire where two million tires,;burned and .caus- ed considerable environmental impact, the OME issued letters to Ontario landfill sites recommending standards for the stockpil- ing of tires. The letter suggested tires be stocked in piles up to 3 meters ! 'gh, 1 square meters in area, and tire piles be separated by 3 meter strips of brush -free land. It also suggested tire piles be at least 50 meters from burn piles and 30 meters from active working faces. Despite the let- ter, the McKillop landfill site wasn't up to the recommended standards. Brad Knight, Grey Township clerk - treasurer, said after the Hagersville tire fire the township did look at their landfill site and had the tires pushed further from the burn r' ilegiMore room will/be made at the Ian, site when a"U: dBit based coo- ' patty picks , the scrap,' sel this summer. He said there will belle oliey changes or tipping fees charged:.4or accepting tires at rt ,y ".tti; g 0` The Seaforth and District Ringed Association Pet;en the litte for•e g the ing of quer 475 at the Seaforth Arena Wednesday, and ,organizers are 'smalen over. the evening's turnout and the sur' a, running of the .show. the McKillop landfill site. "Ours is a small landfill site," said Mr. Knight. "It's expensive to dispose of tires. Hopefully there will be pressure to hurry and develope other uses for tires. "The $5 tire tax funds were to be used to develope a disposal or recycling method. For the first few years the fund will pro- bably go into cleaning up Hagersville." Tom Williamson, a McKillop landfill at- tendant working April 28, saw black smoke coming from the tire pile and tried to put out the fire. Mr. Williamson said the tire fire came as "a complete surprise," and the Grey - McKillop fire department was called. Grey - McKillop fire chief, Garry Earl, arrived on the scene and helped 14 other fire fighters. Mr. Earl estimated there to be 1,000 tires and 500 of them on fire. Fire fighters used water pumped from a pond at the landfill site and three pails of foam before extinguishing the fire. While the tires were burning a bulldozer separated the tires and spread them around. By separating the tires it was easier for fire fighters to soak them with water, although after the soaking stopped the tires would start smouldering again. When smouldering stopped the fire fighters left. Fire fighters, eight men, were called back to the tire fire site at 10:30 p.m. when the fire started up again. They separated the, tires again so they could completely soak them with water and finished extinguishing the second tire fire by 1:30 a.m. Mr.:Earl said the tire fire was the first majo " ire at the landfill site, Last year the f1 department was called to the land- fill site when the household garbage sec- tion caught fire. Fire fighters spent one- half hour extinguishing the fire. tie Rio e•ding Knot Wrapping up: rile evening, Lot "They (the township) are moving the tires away from the burn pile," said Mr. Earl. "That will make it easier for us. Hopefully it will never happen again." Reeve for Grey Township, Leona Arm- strong, heard about the fire the next day at church. She went to the site Monday and saw a bulldozer spreading tires around, separating the burnt from unburnt. "Six weeks ago there weren't that many tires at the landfill site," said Mrs. Arm- strong. "The tires got to the site with spring house and garage cleaning, or they could have come from wrecking yards." Despite the relocating of the tire pile, Mrs. Armstrong felt more could be done to prevent any further problems at the land- fill site. She said the site could last longer if more people reuse and recycle. "We are investigating an alternative to the McKillop landfill site, but we can make it last longer, said Mrs. Armstrong. "I don't think enough people are composting what garbage they can." Environmental officer for OME, Ron Farrell, inspected the McKillop landfill site the following Wednesday as a follow-up to a phone call received on the ministry's Spill Action hotline (1-800-268-6060). He was satisfied the fire was completely out and inspected the site for more proper location of tire and fire piles. He saw no evidence of any environmental impact. The OME has suggested to the McKillop landfill site that all the tires involved in the fire be buried. The McKillop landfill site is due to undergo an annual water inspection in May. Engineers contracted by Grey .Township will take water samples.from.the... site's nine drilled test wells to determine if it is safe for continued use as a landfill site. 'ns The W g People front'.r: siders io to =tire stage with a stunt tg se ection: bridal 7e ,: fcrci-. l'wear acid stens: wedding fashions. Mrs. Wood.paints out that the show ran r xeet txlat tt went really well" remarks much more stmoothly this year^, And that Joan Weoi, who masterxeiutded the the ` they were right oir schedule• "for thea parade iof seri and etmrner fasiliotls� evening ghty tfiree ria oils, m of the from 1fi+'e had to1ll Colhn t b Ei f s o e ready fpr the Seiiforth ares, shifted thou f 9 0, t nd , Oar interaniaatett at Seaforth clotitirlgc,sfari. , thel tttittg•'A+sirla's yy�� $1118 iasmo"ns from the 19$8 total, Dress Shoppe, Boon's S ' 'iti• Leisure, �tfNe first :i ateran l otp asn:;t called'. Ceetom Art 171 ,Hospital AUU'�iaf , . ntil well past 10 p.pmy AS welt some of Kids Kloze, $eal# **soar. o a you tl vt �ty Ok.0: s ushered' out onto S'hinrinn. 7 m,d.y'n DL,.... •i... ..1..,. a si s cf displaying ever 200 fashions froom °e ht 0• i," silo Qatar , e rihow, was cut :back by Sewing Centro from tratfora was No Kldtiiti l" our Clintorr�and tltel�ed- glory- imps :0l4+e• • dee. chapperones, sp eding, hat, although a few onto the steel. fF in style once Cr • twice for a second look at the crowd. • The stage itself was beautifully bedeck- ed in floral arrangements by Hildebrand flowers, who also designed the bouquets for the Collins . segment of the program. The trellis entranceway to "Putting on the Ritz" was :designed by Flower Magic. Ken Cardno and Audrey McElwain step- ped in as the hosts for the evening, while Carol Carter provided constant musical ac- eomp}antment . on the piano. Alouette Coseiretics supplied the make-up for the models, and 'Bill Teall and Bruce Whit- more •.took on the formidable task of il ting the show. Ringette faminilies looked after the crucial -part of the evening, whipping up enough cheesecake for the close to 500 speetatois. approval is given. "I'm not into this twig business," Coun- cillor McGrath remarked, commenting on the sickly trees that are often planted. "I can plant a twig." The main sites for tree removal will be a) the southwest corner of West Bayfield and Church St., b) south Water St., c) the northeast corner of Victoria and Water St., and d) four trees to be removed along the length of William St. In addition, numerous trees will be extensively trimmed back, in- cluding several around the Van Egmond House. "There's no recourse," Mr. Poulton told Council when asked if the work procedures could be reviewed or put off. "The work's got to go through, it's got to be done." It was also noted that Ontario Hydro will no longer be responsible for streetlights in smaller municipalities, including Egmond- ville. It was suggested that Council begin inquiring into tenders for streetlights and look into contracts for when work on lights is needed. In the meantime, Council will acquire new lights for Egmondville and have them installed when Ontario Hydro comes in to carry out the power line work. ,11/1.0. . HOLLWOOD, HERE I COME - Jill Carnochan (left) lends a helping hand to Vogue hopefuls Ashley and Melissa Marion (centre), while Kristin Ho h^ d_ (right)._ twill gives a reassuring word to Tory Dears, who appears kind of awed by the whole production.