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en, and it didn't appear that if
uld get any run-off,
The village had rain not long
fore the downpour, and Mr,
lag said the ground was
asonably damp.
The Maitland River wasn't
on as high as during spring
n.off, he said,
Mr. King remembers the
urricane Hazel level storm in
954, "I don't recall it being that
lous, not around here." The
iggest problem was trees
ming down, he said.
Charlie Thomas, chairman of
assets Flood. PlainCommittee,
'd he thought from five inches
six inches fell in Brussels last
eekend. He said the height of
river was a long way from
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Storm challenges floOcV.predictions
"below the bridge.
At the dam, he said, the maps
were ten feet below the maps
prediction. "ft was a long way
from being ,where it was supposed
to, be, " be said.
Ian Deslauriers, resource
manager for the MVCA, said it is
premature to say whether the
flood plain mapping is way off
base on its predictions, because
the Hurricane Hazel-level storm
hasn't been 'reached.
The criteria is six inches on
saturated soil over 48 hours, and
this means an average of six
inches in, the area. "This
condition does not exist."
Unless Brussels had similar
amounts of rain falling upstream,
you aren't going to see any kind
of flooding at all, he said.
Besides, the soil wasn't
saturated, he said, but in the
present state, if another couple of
inches of rain fall in the next week
the village could be in potential
danger of flooding.
He said the MVCA -is watching
the water levels very carefully, for
mother nature can turn around
and make everyone look silly by
underestimating the MVCA's
predictions.
"Every addition to the water
being a record, and there was no
danger from flooding whatsoever.
The Brusiels Flood Plain
Committee was formed in May
after a public meeting was held to
oppose the flood plain mapping.
Mr. Th auras said; "We think
the engineering could, be re-
examined. It's 'obvious their
calculations didn't work."
He said lot of fields flooded,
small creeks over-flowed their
banks, but the river only reached
it's peak Monday night, and it
was much lower than at other
times.
Mr. Th omas said the flood
plain mapping predict the water
level to be two feet above the
' bridge after a Hurricane Hazel
level storm, but water was 16 feet
honourable mention for the
community service awar d, for
which CCNA-member papers of
all sizes compete, for its coverage
of the campaign to get -a day care
centre for Seaforth.
Other prized winners' among
local -newspapers were a fourth
for general • excellence for the
Clinton News :Record and alhird
for the Goderich SignalStar.
Mary Oltman Reddock, White-
horse, Yukon, won '$400 and a
gold 'medal for speaking -her•
mind about the Canadian press.
Mrs. Reddock lived in Ontario a
few months ago and wrote her
statement about the Kincardine'
News. She topped hundreds of
entries from all over Canada in an
annual journaliSm award ' which
seeks to let the readers say just
what "the hometown paper"
means to them. Presentation of
the medal and prize money,
sponsored by Dominion Textile
Limited, was a feature of the
Canadian Community Newspaper.
Association annual convention at
Saskatoon last week. •
Judge of the award for this
year was Senator Keith Davey
whose senate committee five
years ago studied the mass media
of Canada._ In his comments,
Senator Davey noted that all
entries were excellent and that
community newspapers of the
country today are "better than
ever".
He said he was impressed
"with the way in which most
weeklies seemed to have involved
their Subscribers in a one on one'
relationship. The commitment to
Canada, which is so much a part
of this country's weekly press,
was also apparent,"
It was accidental "but perhaps
appropriate" that in this Intern-
ational Women's Year the four
best submissions were all by
women readers, Senator Davey
reported.
Mary Reddock's assessment
stressed that with World news
containing "so much destruction;
so much injustice, so much terror
and death, so much utter
despair" the weekly newspaper
canie as a great relief, bringing
neWS about things of immediate
concern which are "of a positive,
constructive nature at least as
often as those that are not"
News reports served readers of
the community newspaper as
"our diary", a documentary
record Of the. funetioning of the
readers as a dorturiunity, she Said.•
R.O. Sheller of Goderich,
pttbliSher of the Kincardine
NeWs also received a cash award
and a gold medal als ptiblishet of a
newspaper With the calibre to win
Such understanding front itr
readership. He was similarly
honoured in 1972,
table is critical right now," and
"there is still danger of more'
severe flooding, Mr. Deslaurier
said.
There are flood stakes located'
in key spots in the flood plain, and
now they are really concerned
about the Wingham dam, where
sandbagging is occurring, he
said.
Mr. Thomas said the flooding
may prod the MVCA into taking
another look at the engineering
.study. This ,may lead them to
suspect whether the figures were
correct and may encourage the
MVCA to check the figures based
on the experience of the flood, he
said. -
At present, the Brussels Flood
Plain Committee is waiting
official confirmation of a meeting
it had with the Minister of Natural
Resources, Leo Bernier.
When the committee met with
the minister in mid-July, Mr
Thomas said he was given the
impression that he was
considering reviewing the criteria
used all over Ontario.,
"We're not the only area in
Ontario who has complained."
Mr. Th omas said he thought it
would probably be difficult for the
minister to change the criteria
used in Brussels without
changing it all over Ontario.
He said he received a letter
dated July 28, in response to their
meeting of July 18, which said the
minister was "not prepared to
recommend approval of the fill
and construction regulations" for
the town of Wroxeter and
Brussels until he had time to
review the criteria.
Mr. Thomas said the minister
, said he could expect an official
statement to be available for
publication.
He expects this to be available
within the next few weeks,
because the people want to know
before the. election what the
government is going to do and
, what action can be taken.
A member of the committee
has also heard from the provincial
treasurer, Darcy McKeough who
said the official statement will
-make the government's position
more clear, Mr . Thomas said.
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CNA m eets
Post wins fourth
for excellence
Ernest Neufeld, publisher of
e Weyburn Review, Weyburn,
skatchewan, is the new
esident of the Canadian
ommunity Newspapers
ssociation. He was elected
ring the annual convention of
,C.N,A. at the Bessborough
otel in Saskatoon last week
Neufeld succeeds C.S.Q.
oodspith of the North Shore
mes, Vancouver, B.C., who
w becomes Chairman of the
and following the retirement of
,Y.McLean, The Huron
xpositor, Seaforth. Charles A.
acLean, publisher of the
amrose Canadian, Alta., was
eted First Vice-President, and
nn Lashbrook, publisher of the
odney Mercury, Ont., was
ected Second Vice-President.
Appointed as Treasurer of the
sociation is J. C. R. McKnight,
ublisher of the TillSonburg
ws, Ont. Continuing as
rporate Secretary is Bill
ennedy, publisher of the
arham Chronicle, Durham, Ont.
The following were elected to
Board of Directors:
British Columbia: Cliff Hacker,
bbotsford, Sumas & Matsqui
as, B.C. (one more director to
elected at the -annual meeting
the British Columbia
mmunity Newspapers
sociation in the autumn)
Alberta: Charles A. MacLean,
ose Canadian, Alta. Howard
wes, Leduc Representative,
a,
Saskatchewan: Ernest •Neufeld,
eyburn Review, Sask. Frank
tkemarin, Saskatchewan Valley
ws, Rostherri, Sask. Joe
hfield, The Whitewood Herald,, sk.
Manitoba Ian MacKenzie,
rtage Leader, Man. Harold
cCallum, Dauphin Herald,
Ontario: Lynn Lashbrook,
hey Mercury, Ont., Bill
needy, Durham Chronicle,
J.C.R.McKnight,
burg News, Ont., Mac
Connell, Tilbury Times, Ont,
Quebec: Lou Miller, The
nitor, Montreal, Que.
Atlantic: Roy Mailman, The
°niter, Bridgeto*n, NS,, trick. Hardy, Windsor Hants
1,11U, N.S.
he Association Which
resents more than 700 weekly
licatiohs across CAnada will
t next year in Halifax.
Expositor and BrUsSels Post
blisher A.YM .cLein and Mrs-
Lean attended the Saskatoon livention.
e 13rassels Post was judged
nil in its size class for _ general
'elltnee, The Blyth Standard
second prize in the same
e Huron Expositor won att