The Huron Expositor, 1978-03-09, Page 1577
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Members. . of - the Maitland
Valley Conservation Authority
meeting' in. Wroketer gave their
approval, without discussion or .
opposition, to a proposed, three
quarter million dollar budget for
the authority' n 1978. ,..,
The budge, at $765„818, is '20
per cent higher than fast year's
budget of $640,200, but' the
portion to be raised by general
levy is up only about-six per cent.
Approximately _half the
inereaseis accounted for. by a
bigher budget figure for down-,
stream improvements to . the .
Listowel yonduithe authority
- has set asid"e'VT63T618 for the job
this year, with approximately
i$5a400. of the total to' come from
( Listowel as special benefit ing
municipality. ,
Last year . $200,000 was
• budgeted for that Project but,
most ofthemoney reverted to the
,:government when the work was
'postponed. t- • '',
Other areas which have gone
.up include a-dministration, up
$8,000 m to • $116,000; general
maintenance, upto $65,000 from
$50.00010 more accurately reflect -
last year's actual expenditures of '
$64,668; and water and related
land management, up :,almost
$30,000 to about $247,000: •.
Of the total budget $110,395 is
to be raised by a geneyal,levy on •
municipalities in, the water shed;
that is upfront $104,150 last year.
A further $74.524,is to come from
"special levies assessed against
inunicipalities benefit' ing from
particular projects; $40,000 from
- gate receipts"at the Falls Reserve
' conservation area;.: $5,000 from
--• --su-ircir3r- - revalues. a-it d the
remainder, some $536,000, from"
provincial government grants.
Conduit in Doulat
Although planned repairs to
the downstream section of •the
Listowel conduit make up more
than one third of the budget:
there is still some doubt the work
will go ahead this year.
Doug' Trench, the new repre-
sentative from Listowel on the
authority taking the place of
Vince Judge, who resigned, said
the town is not sure it will be able
to afford its share of the job since
it nigh be facing a hefty bill for Li
bfidge replacement. '
The TC conducted a study tin
the bA'it • Listowel last year
and while the town hasn't
received the report from that
study-yet it is bracing itself for the
,, ,
• worst, he said.
"If the bridges are turned
downit's a whole new ballgame,"
he, told the other members. "If
' both bridges must be replaced
'Listowel might not be able to
afford anything else." ..
He pointed out that the portion
of the conduit in the town is
"mostly bridge", The bridges
were built .in 1912 when "1 don't
know if Ford even had a one tan
truck", he said. "Now we have 80
ton trucks with air' brakes,"
The conservation authority also
Plans to approach the ministry of
natural resources this year for
money to complete a detailed
impaled ering study on the down-
town section of the conduit. This
would consist of preparing tender
documents for the next phase Of
construction, the conduit itself,
but doesn't . mean construction
would' start next year, MVCA
Resources Manager Ian
Deslauriers told the Meeting. .
Since the Listowel Conduit is
considered a special project Much
of the money budgeted for' it
would again‘revert to the pro/ince
if the job ,does not' go ahead tItie
'year and could not be used for
Other projects, R.. I). Hunter, a
representatiVe trent Ilie'regional
1VIVCA EXECUTIVE — Harold Robinspn, Garner of the Maitland Valley Conservation AtithorifY.
Wright, Bill Crump, Ross Taylor and (seated)-Dave .Marlene Shiell is• MVCA secretary-treasurer.
GoWer and• Lorne Murray form the 1,978 executive
• conservation aut r is branch in
London told th members. •
Mr. Deslauriers said yesterday
as far as the authority is
'concerned work on the down-
stream im'provements will start
hovkver, , he said ,the decline in
the number of producers stems
from a law passed by the Ontario
• Milk Market Board in 1977: As of 0 . A research program thatis vital needed' for. use. ' Methods of -September 1 of last year all milk to further . develonment of application are under study.,
, >---'- Canadian sunflower' producers have to io bulk
productioo,_,,,,, Dr. Huang is also exploring • ' • ' •
produce
- . uting mechanical cooling who also ran unopposed. Mr. has received an extra bOOst from cultivated and wild sunflowors frit-Gower was formerly chairman the
"My salary is okay--it's the
take-home pay,1 can't live onl - ..,
A reduction in the size of the
Huron County Milk Committee •
was -brought about MOnday as a
result of a major' decrease in the
number of milk producers in the
county, In December. 1977 there
Were 593 milk producers in Huron
County as compared to • 815 in
December. 1976. It is estimated
the number of ,milk producers in
Huron County 15 years ago was
1600.
Chairman of the dairy farmer's
annual meeting,. john Campbell
of Bayfield, read a proposal to a
group of about 150 milk prodtleers
requesting a reduction in the size
of the milk committee from 15 O.)
12 producers. The by-law was
readily accepted by all but about
Industry assists
s-u—nfiDwer research
fiVe of those present.'
--One. opposer of the by-law said
he felt the north e.nd of the, county
was not adequately represented..
The majority of the Holstein.
herds, are 10 the north, he 'saki,
and, therefore he—felt ' the milk
producerS from the north should
have ample say. He foli the
decision to. reduce the numbersof
committee members was made
",at 'the top".
"Why does the meeting haie to
belield tit Cli nton?" he asked.
"Why not have it in the north end
(of the county) where the
producers
'Campbell answered th'e
*Won ad. mitring' the , annual
nieeting dries not • necessarily
have. to be in Anton. He pointed'
o‘t„ however, • the ministry of
agriculture for the county is
located in Clinton so that would
seem the appropriate location for
the milk producers to.rneet.
Another,. man from the flo ,x
stated th'e decision to reduc$ the
number 9f committee memb
was not made "at the top". 1- e
decision was made at other
i • nieetings, he said, because there production or quitting, and many
are half as Many milk producers
as -there used to. be. He said if
producers from the north 'bf the'
county Want to be heard they
should nominate a representative
oinpitihdeonnsext election to voice their
Douglas Trewartha, secretary
treasurer for the Huron milk
producers, said'after the Meeting
it was his opinion milk producers
from all over the county aire''
represented equally. He said {he
Matter was not brought Up again
in the question' and answer
period. • .
Ian Kennedy, who works in
milk quality contrd1 for the •
Ontario Ministry,'of, Agriculture
arid • food, . said the 'constant
decline in the. number of -milk
producers in the county is a result
of large operations taking over
the business. In the last year,
steel tanks, holding from )00 to
several thoiaiand' Minds,
Kennedy Said,
iHeexplained that.farmers we
. faced, with either producing in
bulk, Changing' , to cream .
quit due to the increase in costs.
"The milk indsutry has had a
difficult year'," Kennedy told,the
dairy farmers. "Everyone is
aware o i 1.1
Chair an of the Ontario Milk
Marl e g Board, Ken-
' Me-Kin n, old those at the
meeting h as., "really amazed
in the prdducer reduction in
Huron county." He said the rest
7 Otthe provitne have about half as
many milk producers as have
existed but -Huron County has
abotit one-third. He blamed the
high drop in the number of -dairy
farmers just recent! o he' high
milk _quota value. He rned
farmers to produce the ,quota of
milk set for. them, by the
marketing -board and -said they
should riot worry too much about
over-producing a little:
"We'ye, _got_ to sell this
product `° he'said "Industry and
individuals suffer more if dairy
farmers under-produce."
McKinnon said.lre does not feel
the .1ast year has been more
difficult. than, any other year for
the milk pucers. In fact he said
'most people had more income
than the previous year. •
"It's been a clacult Year but
not much' more difficult than any
year' in the indUstry," he sake
McKinnon, who is also.„the
elected representat ive for the
Huron, Bruce and Grey region on
the Ontario MarketingBoafd as
well as ,chairman' of the Dairy
Farmers of CnnaAa . told the
registered.
Mr. beslaurierS described the
mapping as basically Permissive
rather than _restrictive. It is
intended to encourage safe
development, not to stop develop-
this year. All treeessary ment h?i-aid;• ,
approvals,' including that of He told' the members -less than.
Listowel, havd: been' 'given and'10.‘per. cent of ,applications for:
unldss the reports on the bridges building permits would fall into
are very bad there should h,e• no • . areas designated' as potentially
holdup, he said., hazardous on the maps and that
Gorrie Dam • of these probably nine out of 10 .
Another project the authority ' could be approved- anYwav•
had hOPed, to ,get underway this The maps warn of floodplain
year, the replacement of the and unstable soils. •to prpteet
washed-out Gorrie,Dam, appkars present and future property
to be back on the shelf for lack of owners from unsafe development,
rministry funding.' • . • . he said, and the authority can,
At its, general meeting in once a map isgegistered,'-prevent
December' the authority singled building in a location it can prove
out the dst as a pria•ity project is likely to be unsafe.
rid ay/ afternoon Some municipal councillors on / tie Murray told 'the' authority were unhappy with
'Honick Reeve Harold • Robinson! sheidea„,„ suggesting it restricts
"'We-spent all'McifilihdT,alghp11; -Ithe;; of:.7 \ he to 44 ship
the. Gorrie Dam but,, I've nothing -councils to make • their, own
decisions. '
Mr. Deslauriers said, seven
councils have already accepted
1 line mapping and "we're
on an eighth", but he
Perth County
limit on'. another major project, • ties have yet accepted i They
the acquisition of land in the have been caution a. n'%their
Turnberry floodplain. 7 • eounty,planner it takeS away local'
Mr. Deslattriers explained the 'autonomy, h said.,
M'C,A ' is approaching the. • Lorne Murray. of Maryborough
$200,000 limit already and a bad Township was again acclaimed to'
flood this year could PUtit over:"—the position of chairtitan of the
He'Said the assessed value of the authority for 1978. The vice
remaining '''priority one" chairman's spot, vacated' by, the
properties, those which are liable ' resignation.pf Mr: Judge. was
to the worst flooding, is- around .• Filled by Dave Gower of Goderich
$85-$86.000, with the cost of
. demolition _And landscuping "• .
PI:aiingthe total still to' be spent
to about $130,000,
Turiiberry Township must give
its an-pi-OS/al to any new spending
in the floodplain and the revised
limit will be set, in consultatioe
with that council, Mr. Deslaurielif
added.
The authority Is also working
toward a waterbSsin study on the
watershed of the Nine -Mile River
around Lucknow, he said. It plans
to approach the nitural 'resources „
ministry for cooperation in an
inter-ministerial study.
Conservation authorities try to
get .the ministry involved in
studies on large water basins, he
explained later, 'because 'they
have the staff",
Fill Line Mappiqg
Following • some 'heated
discussion' the meohers gave
their' approval to a motion that
completed fill 'line mapping be
registered with the province. The
mapping, which warns of
development hazards it 'rural
areas; must be .approved -by the
affected municipal council and
the -local MPP before it can be
• _
explained dairy farmers had
----,......- - The program, headed by- nry "'Sclerotinia. •
Huang at Agriculture Canada's' port some success
shipped milk in 80-pound cans' in board. ' "We can 're
,
Bill Crump of Lucknow was ' research station at Morden, in identifying ' resistance to
thhaendpieadst.
and
Theseweremanually
Man.,'is being .provided with a sclerotinia wilt in sunflowers, "
ft on cooled in elected as .the new chairman , of
unacceptable ways, such as in that board in a close race with technician for 18 months by CSP . he says. "This could be another water troughs, he said. Now Jack Alexander of Wingham. The • c Foods, ,a company with 'air way of controlling it. ' theo milk is pumped into stainless vote was, tied after the first ballot Aniseed-crushing plant at Altona, forcing-Mr. Murray to break the `Man:, and head :office in tie. He .gave .the nod to "Mr. Saskatoon, • ,,Sask. 'The support, Crump, explaining Mr.. from the company--a subsidiary Alexander had formerly chaired of Manit ba and • Saskatchewan , „. thatf-dvisory board and the- Pool Elevators -- was. arrange.d,in authority prefers to have ' co-operation with Agricultufe members move around , ' onto Canada's New Crop Development different boards. ' • • Program.
Ross Taylor of East Wawarrosh , • Dr. Huang, is working on was • elected chairman of 'the biological Control • of scletotinia reforestation, land, use and ,wild- ' wilt of sunflowers.. The diseake' life advisory' board over George has become, one of -the major Bridge of Palmerston; r, . ' limiting factors; ,for sunflower. Mr. Robinson of Howick Production in Canada.'No of Township was elected" -7V.67
Russell Xernighan of,, Colborne feotive .'control, measures are
finish Allan Ross' uncompleted ' - effects. 'Township and Mr. Alexander to da tiallstle.h'a''s7re;altaantidng'
term .as chairman of 'the conser- throughout the sun flower
vation areas advisory' board. ,„ growing regions of the Canadian
7 *mantes•' . Garnet W right of, Goderich '. • "We feel ' we are progressing Township is in the second year of !veil ' in ,biblogical control his term as chairman of the,i i information • ,and education stu-'es.' '
adviSory board. Dr. ,Huang says. . .
.• The scientist has found in local
soil an organisO that attacks and
-Cons tance kills the sclerotinia pathogen. , . .
Field trials indicate that the; . .
.. • organism could control , the • Correswn d en t
• Mrs. Near Merrier - - - , pathogen and., therefo}e, reduce
• Sincere sympathy is extended the wilt incidente in sunflowers,
. from the community to the family • .The life .expectancy`of the.
of the laith=4-enore Whyte, ' , • " organism now is under careful
Inside ' with n i'y ' ' study to assure its viability when : . • e •'
but- dast
Chairman L
concrete to tell' you yet.-
' The budget ,for this 'year
contains only $3,000 for detailed
design-work:On the dam°. , •
Authority members approved orkin
raising .,the $200:000 spending not e d n
' ALFA gip.
two to four years.
water management adyis,ory tine 'industrial sector. ' , a source of resistance to
systems, he said,
He
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