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The Huron Expositor, 1975-01-23, Page 5Iliews of Vanastra Real__, estate discusses market e• FIRST PRIZE SNOW SCULPTURE — SPS studentS Dave Hulley, Dave Ellis, Joan Racho and Patsy Muegge pose with their first prize winning snow sculpture at the Optimist Winter Carnivgl• on Saturday. The four created Oscar, the Sesame St, TV characterwho lives in a garbage can,, in snow to win first prize. (Staff Photo) Cromarty Correspondent R. Laing HURON MAPLE 4'x8' • BEAUTIFUL • DURABLE • WOOD OR VINYL Match the decor of any room in your home from our large stock of new panels. Wood or vinyl face in stock. We carry matching moulding. * Cameras - lens 2.„5% OFF • • (one Week only) HURON CAMERA-CENTRE (Eric Carman Photography) 112 The Square, Goderich Huron County's New Camera Centre "fir t .,tfun0,0..gxeo.prt0.174 OMN:y.ARY.,23i19,15" Corre.sponOent Karen Lehnen John Duddy has a Branch 4 Office for Don Hoist 'Real Estate Ltd., at 5 Toronto Blvd., Vanastra to serve the Clinton-Vanastra area. He reports the company sold 14 Vanastra homes in 1974 with the average price $18,021.00 Prices ranged from a low Of $12,100.00 to a high of $34,000,00 In the Spring of 1974 there were rapid increases in house prices with a levelling of price by mid year. At present it is a "Buyer's Market" and prices are compar- able to last spring. John recommends" that future pur- chasers buy now while there is a wide selection of low priced homes at Vanastra. The factors affecting the Vanastra housing market are no different than those affecting the market in general. High interest rates, ',Unitive taxes on investors, '' shortage of cash and general pessimism in the economy have created a slump expected to• continue until later this year: "If you don't really have to sell, sit tight for a while until the market. Improves." advises John. If you must sell your home it should be ' priced realistically.. ,Most people Will compare 3 or 4 homes before Y deciding which one to buy so a sirn;lar property can not be priced $5,000 higher than another down the street. The majority of purchasers of Vanastra homes are local people with some from the Lqndon, Kitchener and Toronto areas. One lady has moved to Vanastra from Michingan in recent months. John believes the Vanastra homes are better than mapy of 'the older homes in area towns. All Vanastra homes offer 'full, dry basements, modern updated wiring, sewers, town water, paved streets, reasonable taxes, absence of heavy traffic and accesstato shopping and excellent recreational facilities. John admits there are some problems, one example is loose dogs. He feels dog control has been ineffective and should be a Township priority for 1975. _\ CMHC Visits , Recently a representative for Central Mortgage and Housing Corporation visited Vanastra. Thd homes here meet the required CMHC standards and most could qualify for-- NHA mortgages which cover up to 95 per cent of the cost providing purchasers meet income requirements, etc. Alternate financing can also be arranged through Trust Companies, Banks or Mortgage Companies, some will mortgage up to 75 per cent of appraised value. First mortgage interest rates are around 12 per cent while many Vanastyd'homes have small •first mortgages at 8 per cent. It can often help when selling a home if the'vendor will .... assume a first -or second mon• gage at a reasonable interest rate. Loose Dogs After interviewing John Duddy and then redding about the three year old SaskatcheWan boy killed by stray dogs, I felt Vanastra residents should seriously con- sidetswhat John' meant by "the problem of loose dogs". If you own a dog please take care of bin, and if you see stray or loose dogs call our dog catcher, Dick Eisler at 524-8148. March Underway The March of Dimes, Ability Fund is underway. Proceeds are used to assist adults with physical-. disabilities by providing them withIraining and job placement, direct help in purchasing wheel: chairs, artificial limbs, respirators and aids to daily living. Also maintenance of loan cupboards, travelling medical ''clinics and advocacy at the provincial and municipal level to point out discrepancies in legislation with respect to housing, transporta- tion; recreational facilities and economic benefits. Captain for Vanastra is Edna Jeffrey and the marching mothers are Lois Evans, Esther Handy, Heather Plumsteel, Sandy Win- field, Karen Lehnen, Moran Duddy, Sue Ginn, Marg Briere and Julia Salton. Watch for these ladies sometime between January 20 and february 3. SaturdaY afternoon with Mr. & Mrs. Carl Merner, Sandy, Julie Ann, Michael and Michelle. Mr. & Mrs. Jim Preszcator, Bill Debbie and Michael; Mr. & Mrs. Ken Preszcator visited over the weekend with Mr. & Mrs. Ralph Glew and boys of Dorchester and' with Mrs. Mervyn Webb and Girls of London. Susan DeGroof of Clinton spent the weekend with Kerri Kedd. Sunday visitors with Mr. &' Mrs. John Wammes were Mr. & Mrs, Leo Sanders, Jennifer and Jeffers' of RR4 Brussels, Mr. & Mrs. Ed Wammes and Ronnie of Clinton, Mr. & Mrs. Marros Bos, Sharon,Kenny • and Michael. Congratulations to Mr. & Mrs. Paul Stevenson on the birth of a daughter. noon with Mr. & Mrs. Edward Regele. Mr, & rs. Edward Regele recently visited with Mr. & Mrs. Clarance Dennis of Moncrief. Mr. & Mrs. 514don Wall and MrsOlVilliantStnrpy,AttgndOda family Moved On the weekend family shower for Nancy Rckertin from the former Luther Sanders St.. Patricks `pol74p pp residence to Sarnia, • Sunday artgrIMOn prior to Mr. & Mrs. Dave Collins of . marriage in FobrUaty to :44 Walton visited on Thursday ,Storey. evening with Mr. Carl Merner/ Foresters Family Bowting, wtts Sandy, Julie Ann, Michael and held on Sunday eve*, lit the Michelle. Clinton Bowling Lanes with pot' Mr. & Mrs. Jerry Harris of attendande with 6 lanes plaYing. Paisley visited on Saturday with Mr. & Mrs. Sara White, Mr, Mrs. Jack Medd and Kerri. & Mrs. Nelson McClure attended Mr. & Mrs. Tom Merner and' the taping of the T.V. Show Jason of Mt. Brydges visited on "Night Out" on Monday evening. along with the Old Time Dance Club of Clinton. • MCKILLOP Correspondent 'Mrs. Ed. Regele Mr. & Mrs. Harold 1VloCillum were recent visitors with Mr. & Mrs. James Stevens of Britton. Mr. & Mrs. Leo Murray of St. Columban and Mrs. Doreen Marchand of Windsor called on Mrs, Marg Thornton and Mr. & Mrs. Ed. Regele recently. Miss Joan Hopper of Seaforth visited with Miss Joy Hey one evening last week. Mr, & Mrs. Stanley Preszcator of Credit n spent 'Monday after- Jack's Jottings Retutnable bottle report weak, as packagers outnumber consumers 4 On December 19th, the - three 'volume repoli of the Environment Ministry's Solid Waste Task Force was tabled in the Legis- lature by Environment Minister William Newman. The main , subject of the detailed report centres on the problem of just how much waste is caused by throwaway bottles and cans and A what can be done to encourage the use of returnable bottles. While the facts in 'the report nt ke clear the need for a ban on non-refillable bottles and cans, no strong recommendations were made' because of the -greater number of industry represen- tatives over consumer and environmental representatives on the Task Force. • A The Provincial Task Force was , formed• back in the fall of 1972. to look at the problems of solid waste and the then 'Minister of the Environment, -James Auld asked that it concentrate on the packaging of milk, carbonated soft • drinks and alcoholic and other beverages. These problems were seen as the most pressing solid waste 'problems at the 0 time. ,, Two sub groups, the Beverage Packaging Working Group and Me Milk Packaging Working Group were formed to study these issues. However, half of the members of the Solid Waste Task Force virere representatives of the interested , industries and the in stry representatives further jnv tn • o numbered consumer and ironmental 'group ' .., representatives on the two working groups by two to one. , The representation on these groups did nothing more than polarize the industry and consumer ii.terests. Since the business of the Ta ',k Force and the Working Gr,,,ups were decided by majority vote, the AN composition on, the groups was very significant. In fact, the Beverage Packaging Group which contained seven representatives from related beverage industries and three consumer repro- sentatifes were unable to agree on anything except that the 16 "'recommendations it did offer would be inadequate in themselves to produce a. a s- substantial improvement in the availability of returnable bottles. However, an approach was made to making returnable bottles more available to the public. What the finding of the report do show, is that non-refillable containers are environmentally harmful and that "any switch from the use of non-refillable soft drink bottles and cans to refillable '10 bottles is beneficial to the environment". The Solid Waste Task Force recommended adoption of the Working Group reports. The report of the Milk Packaging Working Group was tabled in the Legislature months ago. The report of the Beverage Packing Working Group produced 16 recommendations of whip, the *Government has accepted 14. the first recommendation of the Group was that, where soft drinks By Huron MPe Jack Riddell were being sold, they must "be available in refillable containers as well as throwaway containers. This would make sure that consumers had a fair choice in the market place since it is extremely difficult today to find a retail nutlet who stocks returtiable bottles. This was a key recommendation when compared to the others but one which was rejected by William Newman. Also , rejected • was the recommendation Mat -the deposit' price for beer 'Containers be increased from the present 2c to encourage an even- greater return, of the bottles. One Adopted The one recommendation adopted which requires response from the beverage industry islhat the pull tab on cans be phased out over the next twelve months. The cans themselves, however, would not be banned. The fact that this was the only recommendation which required- any action from the beverage industry is even more significant When one considers the fast that industry was already working on this question. On December 22nd. only three days after the Task Force Report was made public. the Continental Can Company of Canada Ltd., announced a new type of flip top can that is opened by a foil strip that remains attached to the can. Also recommended and adopted was that a Waste ManagPment Advisory Board be established to provide a permanent group to 'look at the broader issues whichhad escaped the work of the Solid Waste Task Force. :The other adopted recommendations dealt merely with "urging" or "encouraging" soft drink companies to promote the sale of refillable containers. These recommendations will do nothing to encourage the use of returnable bottles but will merely force the vendor who now does sell returnables to be more regulated - than • before. In effect, while the Conservative Government themselves have defined non- returnable containers as a problem. they have not taken any action to deal with the problem in the last four years. Reduce non-Veturnables It was back in 1970 that George Kerr, the then Minister of the Environment promised legislation to reduce the use of non-retprn- able pop containers. In March 1973 Environment Minister James Auld stated that "the Province has a very definite commitment to hold the lihe on the increase in the amount of garbage. S t'rong leadership will be taken in this field so that we cut down as much as possible on one way disposable cartons that will include cans, bottles, and plastic containers." Today, this so-called "strong" leadership has sparked Environment Minister William Newman to merely ban the flip-top on non-returnable cans, along with sitting down with industry to "encourage': them to use refillable Containers. Solid Waste in Ontario now exceeds six million tons per year. Garbage disposal costs the taxpayers of the Province $100 million per year. In 1972, the composite beverage industry generated an estimated 241,846 tons of waste at a cost to the taxpayer of ,S3„869,000. The estimated waste amounted to 6.76 per cent of the ' estimated 3,575,000 tons of solid waste colleed by municipalities in that year. Further, different surveys show beverage containers to make up between 9 per' cent and 33 per cent of total litt in Ontario, at an estimated cost for.' collection anywhere from $834,005 to $13,168,500. In 1972, the total energy' consumption connected with the manufacture and disposal of primary containers amounted to 3.233 billion kilowatt hours. This energy is sufficient to heat 25,500 average sized Ontario homes for a year and this degree of energy consumption would be valued at $32.3' million: The .ideal environmental solution would be to eliminate waste at its source. That is - to get rid of things that we do not really use such as excess packaging, and replace things that are discarded after one use with things that can be re-used. many times over,, A switch from the throwaway can arrt*..bottle toy the returnable container would provide an excellent example. Inability to Act In it's inability to act on the question of non-returnable containers for the last five years, the Government has done nothing more than intensify the problem. It has created the situation which would result in employment disruption and, make a ban more difficult. Ausauble Au thority gets ,flood control grant Hon. Leo Bernier. Minister of Natural Resources has announced approval of a provincial grant of $12,500 to the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority to cover the cost of emergency flood and ice control and for flood warning and recording. The Authority is requesting the establishment of an. emergency flood control fund in order that it may react immediately to any flood situation which might arise and be ready to undertake control measures such as ice breaking and sandbagging along with lesser expenditures in connection with flood warning and the recording of highwater marks and extent of damage to assist with future studies. All -municipalities arc designated as benefiting and will pay the Authority's share of the cost. The Solid Was te Task Force has also studied this question of employment disruption by a ban on non-returnable bottles. While the container industry has estimated that 1,749 jobs would be lost by a ban, the analysis of. the Task Force shows .that a ban on the use of disposable containers would in effect -result in employment for 2,435 people; a net increase in employment of 645 jobs. A return of the system of refillable containers would save the consumer, over $7 million. produce over 600 new jobs, and have significant environmental effects. However, 4 the environment has once more been sacrificed by the inability of the Government to conic tb grips with this issue and provide any meaningful recommendations. If the Government has been unable to deal with,this clear cut issue in a meaningful way in five years, what 'solutions can we expect+ from them to more complex problems. Positive steps Must he taken now for the elimination of non-returnable containers through a gradual ban in favouf of re-usable containers. Smiles Mother: "Be careful on that floor. It's just been waxed." Son: "Don't worry, mom. I'm wearing cleated shoes." Tbe businessman wished to impress a visiting executive from another firm. He flipped on his intercom and harked to his secretary. "Get me my broker ! " The visitor was duly impressed until the secretary's voice floated back into the room loud and clear: "Yes, -sir. Stock or pawn?" Mortgages get quick action That addition to your • home or cottage --- get it done now so it will he ready in the Spring. Borrow the money you need from Victoria and Grey the old established company that has been custom building mortgages for people like you since 1889. Start your Winter work today at Victoria and Grey. t4UST COMPANY diktE 1880 Cromarty Ladies' Aid .met at the home of Mrs. J. Carey with Mrs. R.Laing presiding. The meeting opened with a reading, "Better to Striverld hymn 373, "The Great Physiciari,. Mrs. Charles DoublaS read an article on food safety which listed those ingredients most apt to be involved in food poisoning and ways to prevent them from spoiling. - Nine members answered the roll call with a household hint and the payment of a, membership fee, Mrs. Carey gave the December Minutes and read you notes from persons •• received shut-in boxe's at Christmas. Mrs. John Miller gave the treasurer's report, During- the business, the group decided to buy Bibles for use in the Sunday School. Catering prices revised at the Mardi meeting. Layettes for Unitarian Services will be turned in at the same meeting; ' The' closing hymn was 553, "Sun of My Soul:, followed by the Lord's Prayer in unison. Personals Mr. Anthony Leyland of Eng- land has. been a guest for the past three weeks at the home of Mr, & Mrs. John Scott. On Saturday. Mr. &: Mrs. Carlyle , Meikls and family attended a New- Year's gathering at the home of Mr. & Mrs. Jim Meikle, Exeter. • Mrs. Thos: L. Scott spent Monday and Tuesday in London at a meeting of the .Board of Congregational Life of the Pres- ' byterian Church. in Canada. Mrs, Scott was a delegate front the StratInrd Presbyterial of the W.M.S. - Mr. & Mrs. Carlyle Meikle and family visited recently with Mr. & Mrs. Garry Finlayson, RR2 Kippen:r.. Mr. & Mrs. Otto Walker celebrated their wedding anni- versary at' the home of their daughter and son-ih-law,, Mr. & Mrs. Hugh Currie, Dorchester.- Atso present were Mr. & Mrs. R. Hulley, Winthrop. Mr. & Mrs. A. Walker, Mr. -& Mrs. J. McGhee..,, Londonand their families. Mr. K. —Walker, London and Mrs. Larry Gardiner, Steven and Leanne,' Cromarty. 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