The Lucknow Sentinel, 1980-08-27, Page 1out ine ire
Lucknow Firemen adtwered a call to
thelarm of Allan Miller, concession 2
Kintoss early Saturday evening when
a combine caughtfire. Firemen
extinguished the fire and damage to
the combine is estimated between
$3,000 and $6,000. After the fire was
out and everyone had • left the scene
reports Mr. Miller, 100 bushels of
grain was dumped from a gravity box
onto, the ground.
Forster not
responsible
Following -the August Meeting of
Lucknow Village Council, Donald Den
nis, Stauffer Street, Lucknow, brought
forward information regarding broken
sidewalks in front of his proPerty-
Council had 'discussed at their meeting
that Ronald Forster would be Contact-
ed regarding the damage because it
was believed he was responSible.
According to Mr. Dennis, the damagel
was done several years ago when tree
limbs were being removed and a large
-limb fell from -the truck breaking the
sidewalk. Council has since instructed
the clerk-treasurer Alf Herbert not to
contact Mr. Forster concerning the
damage. Mr. Forster questions why
the town engineer does not provide
road access to properties when streets
are being reconstructed, to prevent
damage to sidewalks by vehicles
attempting to enter the properties. ► • t 4
OntariP. Health. Minister Dennis Timbrell
said in Wingham on Monday he has "abso-
lutely no intention of =closing any hospitals in
the province,"
Timbrell told the Wingham hospital board
Hof „goyetri,krs,,,,,small_hcispitals will alwa
have a role to play and because they do, they
are, safe; Re:said. overall, he doesn't see any
reduction in institutional bedS, .but, added he
doesn't know what the health minister ten
years from now may 'decide to do.
Timbrell, who was paying a courtesy call
to the Winghain and. District Hospital, said
there will be an ongoing shift from acute to
chronic, rehabilitative and extended care as
needs change in the provinee's hospitals,
He said despite the headlines about bed,
cuts, institutional beds have increased by
3,200 beds in the paSt 18 months. Many
smaller hospitals haVe .chronic .care now
which should have bad chronic care beds
before Timbrell began bed reassignment, or •
they have better organized chronic care said
the health minister.
"Few hoSpitals are smaller than they were
P. • 18 months ago," he observed. When Tim.7
brell was told he was sitting in one such. It may look like this lad is leaping up to meet the sunshihe, but he's actually performing hospital, he looked surprised and asked the aspiffyAlive at. the swimming pooL Enjoy it while you can kids, there's only a:few more hospitals executive;, director if this was true. days of summer holidays left !Photo by Cath Wooden!' Norman Hayes,: executive directOr for
Wingham hospital, informed Mr, Timbrell,
Wingham has .14 less beds now than, 18
months ago.
• Timbrell said he will continue to reorder
services and reassign beds as needs change
in different communities and then the local •
newspapers will carry the headline, "Tim
,brell here to cut beds.." Timbrel1 pointed out
yamostreassignment of beds wit" be necessary
in larger centres where tiere7ii a glut of
beds in One department at. a hoSPital and a
lack of beds in that department in another.
Timbrell said he isn't surprised .when •
people make a fuss about a change in,
services.
'Most people ih Ontario live in small
towns or wish they did and they will fight
like hell to protect their local institutions,"
he commented.
He said he doesn't believe any bospital
came away behind as a result of the changes
his ministry has made. "We have a larger,'
overall better organized chronic care proa
gram" because of the changes made, stated
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EY TERRI POLILLO been extensive. For example, in 1954 when
UCO. joined CRF, this Co-op-sold 53 varieties
of feed: the current list contains 201 varieties
and in addition there's another 175 custom
feeds. These feeds are formulated from 454
feed ingredients_licenced_under the Canad-
ian Feeds Act.
A, change in the. western Ontario
playoff schedule will see the Lucknow
Legion Intermediates playing against
Ayr. The opening game of• the series
will be played Thursday evening at
8.30 p.m. in Lucknow. Previously the
Lucknow team was to play Palmerston
with .the series too begin Wednesday
evening:
The new United Co-operatives of Ontario
feed mill, situated just north of Wingham on
Highway 4, is an _example _of how new
technology and design_in Teed-mills and
research have been- combined to promote
success-tn-Lthe feed-industry.
"UCO is part of the largest feed research
network in North America -- Co-operative
Research Farms (CRF)," said Bob Coal
thard, UCO president. "With that. kind of
quality as backing for our products it's; no
wonder we've been first in feed sales in this
province, for some titne. Farmers'trust our
product and the people who work for the
Co-op. After all, the business is owned by
farmers. themselves."
The CRF, network has more than 50
scientists from across North Arnerica,
pooling their expertise and evaluatingthe
research trials being done on six farms in the
United States.
Each of these farms specialize in a
particular sector of agriculture -- dairy, beef,
swine, poultry, rabbits. Their program has
.d dies
in farm
accident
An Ashfield Township child died suddenly
on Thursday evening when a tractor driven
by- his father backed over hinr.- - --- •
Benjamin Debold, 2, died in the accident
which Occurred in the yard of the family
farm, concession 2, Ashfield Township.
Benjamin is survived by his parents,
Elmer and Betty Debold, sisters, Debbie and
Doreen, both at home. lie is also survived by
his grandfathers, Walter Debold, Mitchell
and Arthur tlailam of Vanastra. The funeral
was held Saturday, August 25, 1980, from
Stiles Funeral Home, Goderich with burial in
Ball's Cemetery, Auburn.
-'•'-an-acIded-significance- with-the
Wingham feed mill is the fact that all of this
research and investigation is now available
in a local outlet. We're proud of that. At
Wingham we'll be able to buy local grain
and to bring to the farmer international
expertise," Mr. Coulthard said. •
OFFICIAL OPENING
During Ws speech at the dedication of the
new mill last Thursday, which attracted -
several hundred people, he said, "At a time
when the increasing costs of energy are
impacting on:all levels of our economic and
social environment, the concept of a modern
regional feed plant, operating with, the latest
technology, the latest in quality control and
shipping techniques, and staffed by compe-
tent operators makes a lot of sense."
"Equally important is the region -in which
this feed mill"will operate contains top flight
feed grain, production and an ever-expand-
ing livestock and poultry industry. Combine
these factors with-escalating transportation
costs, and location of a feed plant in this area
is a natural marriage."
During the all-day official opening cerem-
onies Julian Smith, chief executive officer of
UCO, said the mill will satisfy the need for
more efficiency and increased feed volume.
He said the continued growth resulted hi
inadequate manufacturing capacity to meet
co-operative members' demands. "After all,
it has been 10 years since we built the last
central feed . mill at Glencoe,...near . chat:
ham."
"This condition was complicated hy the
disastrous fire'hat destroyed the Teeswater
feed mill in 1978, and Prior to that the loss by
fire of the Co-op feed mill at Mount Elgin, in
Oxford County."
"Wingham was chosen as the location for
this new mill because it is the centre of a
high level of demand for Co-op services and
because it is nearer to substantial surplus
grain production. This mill can provide a
market for local grain, and at the same time .
save freight costs on a major ingredient of all
complete livestock feeds," said Mr. Smith.
Ronald McNeil, parliamentary assistant to
Lorne Henderson, minister of agriculture
anstlood, said the feed industry, "is a
challenging business". He explained that
the Ministry of as
handed down research and worked with the
UCO to, keep the feed business competitive.
He pointed out ho* corn yields per acre
have grown from 55 bushels to 90 over the
years, 'and soya beans now have a higher
protein content and are hardier.
Other members of the platform committee
for the ceremonies were William Walden,
mayor of Wingharn, Brian McBurney, reeve
of Turnberry Township, Richard Moore, vice
chairman of Belgrave council, Douglas
Cameron, secretary of the Lucknow Distrcit
Co-op, Stu. Luckhardt, .a UCO director, and •
Orville Monk, chairman of the official
opening committee.
WINGLIAM MILL
The $3 million structure sits on a 40-acre
property about two miles north of Wingham.
Its metal clad mill, enclosed receiving dock,
bulk loadout area and warehouse are
operated by a computerized panel 'in a small
room, which is the heart of the mill.
The operation can be run manually or by
the computer which' formulates all ingred-
ients for feeds automatically, based on
formulas in a mini computer. Ingredients are
weighed automatically in self cleaning bins.
One or two men can operate the automatic
bagging area where a large bag is accurately
weighed and filled every 20 seconds. "we
should be moving feed out of here pretty
fast," said one employee, adding that
farmers will be able to pick up feed at the
mill if they make arrangements 'through
their local Co-op first.
The loading area has 24 overhead loading
bins with more than a 400-tonne capacity,•
and a Toledo platform with an 80-ton
weighing capacity.
The plant, featuring a 200-HP pellet mill,
complete with cooler, .crumbler and screen-
er; three molasses mixers; and. a 150-11P
horizontal oil fired boiler, is said to -be the
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