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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1979-02-15, Page 156 BY ALICE GIBE Environmental issues, includingwaste and' he need for t energy conservation, Were; again among the main topics, discussed at the annual a1 membersof parliament dinner,. sponsored by the HuroI; .Federation, of Agriculture, and, affiliated commodit Y, groups, held in Clinton on, Saturday. Jim McIntosh, of R.R.3, Seaforth an OFA regional director, toldJack a .k R Ri d d ell,. ;MPI' for Huron -Middlesex;" Murray Gaunt, MPP for Huron -Bruce and Bob McKinley, MP for Huron, that agricultural land can't continue to be the dumping. grounds for urban waste. Mr. McIntosh said agriculture is Ontario's biggest industry and: the amount ;of "prime agriculture land taken for a "duni site" is only one of agriculture's majorconcerns." The director said an even greater, concern is; "the potential time bomb effect these sites: maybe to future generations." Mr. Mclntosh•said there are already 4,000 known chemical disposal sites in the. Grea .t Lakes basin, which will provide continuous contamination of the lakes. • Now the question facing society i's`liov many, mere dangerous chemicals are being dumped' into land fill sites, MrkMclntosh Said- He :told the three politicians that 'PL JARG ,arc nese hers have stated; there are .00 to S , new organic compounds ap- pearing on the market every y.:.r, whileno ea,, t ri gid testing program for the chemicals exists. Pointing out that pesticides must pass rigid tests before°they can be used on farms, Mr, McIntosh called for more research into, the effects of the .chemicals: being . disposed. of in dun% -sites;` the next 10' to 20 to 50 or 109 Years, these chemicals could enter ther nd 8 ou. . water and chemically poison many thousands of acres of for an farm, l. future. food production, or by being inthe ground water, poison many farm supplies, -the director said. Mr. McIntosh called.for more government .research to determine ways to safely recycle the chemicals or convert them top roducts• that are safe for the' environment; Murray Gaunt .said he agreed with Mr. McIntosh that "industryhould: test st as vigorously and actively as .agriculture is testing." He said as of Jan. 1, 1980, the Ministry of Environment isbanning all new liquid industrial dump sites. However, he said some of the present sites will continue. in use after 1980, if they are considered safe, Mr. Gaunt told the federation; members that recycling is, eertainly the answer to the problem of wasTe but "there axi`some Very real problems in recycling, due to the ,cost, not the technology." Mr. Gaunt said the teehnot gs° is there to transform some waste products into neutral blocks by adding chemicals,. He said a Fort Erie company wanted to build a plant to transform, waste materials into building materials, but the council turned down the proposal. Bob McKinley said before the government funds expensive pilot projects to lookinto waste disposal, they should check whether similar projects have already been carried ;out in other countries. Jack Riddell the Liberal, agriculture critic in the' ` legislature said, protection of the environment is one of the a greatest dangers facing government and industrY today and, added if' emissions. from, 'industries, aren't controlled', "48;000 of our lakes in 'northern, Ontario will be pretty well destroyedto they point where we can't bring• them bac'k." Prom the farmer -'-.viewpoint; Mr. Riddell, liners at* app,ee,sted or 80814°8v WO. Rd Ebro. On, N38 2C9 Country living "�s easy? Bu11 roars You can't. wait to get your home in the country? You want to:get away from the city or the town? You want to bring. up your family in the rural; atmosphere? • �ou work, You search a Xet h rid c r }a f r'tha crf ' s c, t ec acs h o t e or two. or three or .10, You 'finally •et a severance andt y g c get your house'built_.-Maybeyeneven-build a bar -n -at: -the back of your. HURON EXPOSITOR, FEdRU.AAY Ili 14 Jar<k Wan Wonderer, of the'Goshen Line '°r"presenting the Stanley' Township Vcler,ttion of Agriculture, also presented a brief dealing with an environmental issue. He spoke about the ti,;insition in ,agriculture in the last 40 years from horse and buggy to "big tractors gulping in.excess of seven gallons of fuelan B u .. . hour Noir Mr. Vein' Wonderen pointed out, the farm corttmuriity is :faced with the problem, ,of fossil fuels becoming, ,scarcer and :more , expensive while' farmers must keep; their machinery going to compete on the market.. 'Nile called for! . more research by Agriculture Canada into alternative forms of energy. which can. be Used: to operate farm machinery. •Both. Bob McKinley and. Murray Gaunt agreed that more research was needed into the question, of fossil fuels and agriculture. Mr, Gaunt said the . United States and Canada already fare the possibility of fuel. rationing due to the instability in Iran;. He said this situation "makes us .realize how - dependent we are on fossil fuels," Tony McQuail, of the Lucknow areal another federation director, also made a plea for less dependence on fossil fuels, saying Writing for "Write' for Better Farming" --That's the, title for the effective writing course Karl Schuessler'will present the next three. Saturdays. ` • February 17, 25 and March 3 are the dates. Times. -10' a.m.•.to 4 p.m. at the East. Wawanosh Central School at Belgrave. "Write. for Better Farming", will be offered free of charge, except for the you When y ou get to tnc a half -hour -late jobLour late tor work, $4.95 cost of the textbook, your boss looks at you with a questioning look'. He cannot "Please BeAdvised, . .This +- figura out why you are not on time; He has jumpedinto his Is No Way To. Write", car warm from rm thegarage or the underground parking; arca, The three Saturday course n his apartment You try' to explaiir that is it snowing and will interest anyfarmer or blowin _in-the..c 4 t tri 8 ountry, lit: the wide open .sp � It I t . farmers lot for:a:horse or 'two or: a steer or seine' chickens. Then, you sit back and, enjoy it ail. Bull roar. Or .words,to the. Same effect that May not be appropriate. in this family journal. W. have bean living in the country now for almost t5 years: And at this time of year -'every year - I could:casily^glue it up. for an apartment. some place, in the city aces: — agricu ora rcpresen, attve- • He has driven a 'few :'blocks on well -plowed streets who uses words forP er` i' He doesn't even know there is a winter going on out there. .suasion --in writing or in You. try to describe the sno vdrift h b i ki h hardships, blit he•.looks�at elasthoiigh to question 'our speeches, news releases, let sanity, ,�m tees; memos and reports.. He smiply;cannor feahhl that, in the 'cout1 tr the wind Sessions : will help .make y? writing` easier and faster•, • where someone else has the responsibility for -taking care of o• les u t sttag through four or 500 acres and .ticmps the things. snow on your lane, He thinks' winter is nothing but ski • • • through. -letter planning,, simple style, more thorough research and human interest approaches:' The course of- fers ways ' to cut through bureaucratic, Ared,• tape . and government jargon: Included also are ways to say "no'' while retaining 'people's goodwill. Course leader, Karl Schucssler, liar . been:. teaching letter writing, re- port writing, public speaking and listening skills for provincial government and • business for the past seven years He won t 'see wards or writing CBC documentaries last year. His. weekly. ..column AMEN appears in this area in the Huron. Expositor. newspaper. F r instance: Got up this morning and couldn't get•the back. door open for snow, It was 'like a third degree: piled .higher and deeper, a PH- 0. Had to go out the front door, find the snow:shovel buried in the snow and shovel"four feet of snow` from the door. Went to the barn plowing my•w ay through snowdrifts up to here. Had to struggle` to get the barn door' Open. Shovel was back at the house. Went back to the house. Tramped all the way back to thebarn again to shovel the snow • away from the barn door. Let the horses out. and that fool buckskin was so frisky she Clipped ' me with her head as 'she went out the barn door. Knocked my glasses into the snow. Spent five minutes trying to find then'. Froze my fingers. Chased those fool horses all around the corral trying to get them bak in again to cat. Fell • 'twice in a snowbank as those crazy citturs caromed past me; Got back into the' house', wet.; cold and mad as a wet hen., Took a hot show er, Tripped over the bathrnat and darn near broke my'sheuldcr. ' Finally got a decent breakfast and promptly got stuck in the lane trying to get to work on' time. 1 know: 1 know. You've heard all this before in this column. But. it is a regular occurrence when you're living in . the Plan .new bridge .. HuIIe1t: buy Huilett council has l pur- chased new furniture for its council chambers. Purchased were a conference table- 48" x 144'" from Bali & Mutch Furniture with walnut top and chrome legs and 20 'chairs from Shop -rite. Council had a special meeting January 24 with. Henry . Uderstadt, O.L.S., and Several' drainage .owners in theLondesboro Com munity Hall on the above date, to consider the Report on the Muriay Lamb Drain. Approximately twenty-five owners attended repre- senting Grey" Hullett. McKillop and Morris Town- ships and C.P.'Railway. The Council 'discussed' the engineer's report on the • Murray'_ Limb Drainage %Works. weekends and a snowpile in front:.of his. drives • In other words, country living is great'seine of"t time. But not all ofthc time. Don't let anyone talk you into.it unless you , are prepared for a couple or three weekends every year, when you and your family are incarcerated in thc.cabin..When throe or four days out of the winter term. your kids are hilariously happy because the school' busses are not running.°When 'you are surrounded in the house by.drifts higher, than your waistline on all. sides of the house. When even the;cats won't, • . venture.outside because the north wind, she doth: blow. And:, blow. -And blow. The next 'timeyou walk half a block in the biting wind and snow, think of the many thousands of country people who are: forced' to walk. many more "blocks"- just to survive and keep their livestock surviving. And then don't shake your head. because the price of beef has gone up 10 or 20 or 30 'cents a pomid. • Those farmer's' earned every cent that increase. f Unfortunately. much of it didn't get into their pockets.' because the: rest of the food chain got a big bite::of. it. But . that's another story: Right now; l can't wait for spring to get sprung. Mr.: Uderstadt explained at length the development of the report and answered. questions. There was con- siderable discussion on the ;report. Council decided to hold the engineer's report until the next ` council meeting on February .13th for further discussion and possible ex- tension. Council decided to instruct the Road Superintendent to advertize for gravel tenders for approximately -18,000 cu. yd. of 5/8 gravel to be supplied, crushed and de ivered'. Tenders to be in the hands of the Road Super- intendent by March 5th at 12 noon and will be opened at 2 p.m. March 5th. N �J e, chairs. They were also going to instruct him to apply for the , remainder of the 1978 Subsidy'. • The Council had a special meeting on January 23 and met with Ken. Dunn of Burns Ross, & Associates and MTC' Inspector Ross Jackson and D. ;LeSuter, 'to inspect the "''Bridge #12-110 and discuss what be needed. Mr. Dunn is to prepare. plans. for 'a new bridge. The group went -to the new Township Building to inspect the work and recommend corrections. K. Dunn ig" to investigate' the possibility of changing the stairway in the garage. , .-Possible dates for the of ficial opening were; dig-, cussed, such as May or July. Prove to yourself which is best•. Three popular brands of high yielding seed corn to choose from ,Pioneer. Funks .Asgraw. Good varieties still available LT N J. :iIETZLId. Purina Chows -- SanitationProducte— Seed Corn — Provimi Feeds Ventilation (Wholesale &Retail')•--- Pesticides .Spraying Equipment. •5eaforfh, Ont. Phone514'527.0608 The - Huron -::.County Federation, of Agriculture An Expositor Classified and Conestoga College are will pay you dividends.. Have "co-ordinating'the course with you tried one?.Dial 527-0240, help from Brenda McIntosh. and Gerry. Fortune. For more information,'' call 335..3801. 01a pte ress er$l Pill them out! Send them in! You've already received C'uaranteed Income Supplementapplication forms in the mail =-- if you've been getting the Supplement. To continue receiving the Supplement you must fill out the appli- cation and return it in the addressed envelope which was enclosed. • if you haven't done so, please fill it out now. Return it immediately and continue beyond March 31st, receivingthe Stlpplementto your,pension 1+ Health and Welfare Canada Monique Begin Minister Sante et Bien•t'ltre social Canada • McKillop .reeve, , Allan •• Campbell who presented the_ Huron Plowmen's Association brief Saturday. "the days of cheap, unlimited energy are. Past.," Mr,; McQuail suggested the goyorntpett could ,encourage the development of ,alter: native approaches by rnaintaining the best agriculture land for agriculture; by en- couraging more co-operation among farmers: in sharing .machinery' .and: by . ensuring farmers get enough: return on thein invest- „rrtent to spend money on new technology and' to experiment with new ap ,proaches. Mr. McQuail-said ,more emphasis should. be placed on cropping systems which require r.,r.w-r .so,,.retkos•abie energy outputs. fie also called for, a new program ,ot farmer instigated . energy research: to respond :to situations encountered: by the farm population. He recommended grants: of up to. 5.10,000 to assist farmers ittexperimenting with. . alternate p energy forms. Both Agriculture Canada and 0.M-A.F. could. then keepfarmers posted, on the con - nervation servation and renewable energy techniques developed under the pro rare, Mr. McQuail said. 8 • • Murray Gaunt t:omillimented Mr. McQuail on his own experiments: with energy conservation aid told, the audience that the Lucknow area fanner' is• installing a wind generator on his 'fann ,and hopes to, feed excess power;; hack ,to Ontario Hydro: from the -generator.. The IiurontBruce MP also said if the capital grants program is renewed by die government, it will operate :in a different: form, and might apply .to projects like the one Mr. McQuail had undertaken. Frank Wall, a member of the MA 'executive, told Mr• McQuail he looks forward to the day when "Ontario Hydro with - he sending you a cheque every month." Mr. McQuail said his philosophy on the . matter is "let's use Hydro but take away some of the monopoly control they have.., make it a shared resource," Jack Riddell agreed with his fellow' politicians that there should be a research: and development fund to assist farmers like Mr. McQuail who are experimenting with alternate energy uses: est _office bill will be carefuI Iy looked at BY R.E. MCKINLEY, M.P. Last Tuesday when the. House of commons resumed, the Toronto Globe and Mail ran a headline which read, "M.P 's' just runnig out clock as house resumes," and; they quoted one long-time member as saying that from now until the election, the government is not likely to introduce legislation of any great economic importance. Bills currently scheduled for debate include two that are sure ' to affect most Canadians. One is a bill to turn the post office into a crown corporation. The other is a bill tochange the central -h mortgage and.' ousin _ g. • subsidize interest paid .to',. private mortgage holders" This bill is likely to receive close scrutiny from op- position members to ensure that taxpayers' funds are not used, for example, to sub- sidize mortgages on private luxury hotels: Both, .these. bills will bear watching. Before Christmas the ,(Continued from Page 14) instead of lending mortgage money at low rates, itwill U1IU! i e're clearing our' complete stock of Glidden quality paints spred- satin latex wail paint on+ al Paint including spred' lustre semi -gloss enamel oft spred* lo -lustre alkyd eggshell, finish Decorate and save now at this low money saving price We will mix the colour of your choice at no extra cost Clinton 482-3405 Seaforth' '527.0910 ensall . 262-2418` • ..•..�. mow.,.