The Lucknow Sentinel, 1977-02-09, Page 11WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1977 PAGE ELEVEN THE LUCKNOW SENTINEL, LUCKNOW, ONTARIO
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DISASTER
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
Niagara blow on page 1 and on the
national news on TV. -
To begin with, this area has more
dollars, per capita, by necessity,
invested in snow removal equip-
ment, and the small population
base is such that this part of
Ontario is where the real crisis is.
A small . number of people pay a
high cost to keep their roads snow
free.
So it would seem "typical
Queens Park" that when a study of
storm related damage is done in
Ontario the counties of Huron, ' Bruce, Perth and Grey were not
included.
Murray Gaunt, Bob McKessock,
Jack Riddell and Eddie Sargeant,Kinloss
. . all members of the provincial
legislature serving this area, have
asked Premier William Davis to
extend .the terms of reference to
include the counties listed above.
a statement issued at Queen's
Park, the Members said that
"attempts to cope with the disaster
storm conditions of the past week
are financially -crippling to municip-
alities, which have neither the
equipment nor the funds to open
roads which have been blocked by
huge snowdrifts.
"We believe that the Provincial
Government should give immedi-
ate financial assistance to municip-
alities, by means of road subsidies
for snow clean-up and removal.
"Many farmers, particularly
dairy farmers, have experienced
enormous difficulties in shipping
their milk and other commodities,
because of the disaster snow
conditions. A number of dairy
farmers have been forced to dump
their milk because ' of impassable
roads, We are calling upon the
Minister of Agriculture to initiate,
with a minimum of delay, a
program to compensate these
farmers for their losses.",
Probably hardest hit in this area
were the lakeshore municipalities
where the winds off Lake Huron
continually blocked township
roads, and filled them in just as
quickly as they could be opened.
Both Huron and Ashfield Town-
ships were hard hit by the lake
winds and and West
Wawanosh also experienced trem-
endons problems in keeping ahead
of the roads. The writer and his
family made a trip• to the family
cottage at Amberley Beach on
Sunday Where one could walk from
the snow drifts onto the cottage
roof with one easy step.
In talking to Jim Hunter on
Monday, he said that it is the hope
of Ashfield Township that all roads
will be open in the township by late
Tuesday night, barring no more
rwind nor mechanical problems.
Jim, who is road superintendent
in Ashfield, said the township has
been using its three graders on a 24
hour basis, five hired bulldozers on
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a 24. .hour basis, three contract
blowers as well as approximately
100 farmers who have. volunteered
their assistance with any equip-
ment they had on a free basis.
Costs are estimated at $5000 to
$6000 per day, and that's a big
chunk of money when you compare
the tax base of Ashfield with those
of municipalities in the Golden
Horseshoe.
After more than a week of
isolation and semi isolation for
some people, the 12th and 10th
concessions of Ashfield were slated
to be completely opened *by
Monday night. The 4th and 6th
were opened by Sunday. All
sideroads were hopefully' to be
opened by Tuesday. , The 9th
concession, which is a Huron
Count road, was opened by the
township crew themselves. The
township garage and work depot is
on the 9th and they had to open this
themselves in order to get out to
work at the other roads.
Jim reports the snow drifts were
packed like cement, and difficult. to
move.
. While we did not have the
opportunity to talk with other ,road
superintendents in this area, we
assume that the problems are alike
in all quarters.
that the It is to be hoped that
committee studying the hardships
of the winter storms, financially,
look beyond the end of their nose
and cast a hard look at Huron-
Bruce. While we may be capable of
handling the storm situations,
which arise frequentl-y, it does not
mean that our pocket books are any
more capable of paying for our
skills. The municipalities in this
area are going to be faced with a
staggering snow removal deficit
this year.
Let's hope. thal some. serious
deliberations are made by the
committee before any funds are
awarded for disaster storm condi-
;bons. . .
People problems can be
serious pmblems.
This is what Ontario
is doing to help solve
them in advance.
Recently arrangements were made for a group of Indian •
children to attend the public school in a northern Ontario
town. The principal of the school in the town,was aware
that Indian children sometimes had a rough time at the
hands of other students, and to try to forestall this kind
of situation, he called in a Human Rights Commission
counsellor to talk to the other children. The counsellor
asked the children if any of them had ever moved to a new
school, and what they thought it.would feel like if they were
the strangers. In this way he helped them understand how
the Indian children would be feeling when they arrived, and
the integratipn proceeded relatively smoothly.
Community counselling is one of the major roles of your
Ontario Human Rights Commission. We hold seminars
and discussions with police in areas where there are
communication barriers between them and minority
groups, to help relieve tension and promote mutual
understanding. We attend meetings of immigrants and
native-born minority.groups to explain to theth both their
rights under the legislatiOn and their responsibilities as
citizens of this Province.
We also help bring people into contact with local
agencies like home-and-school groups, community and
government agencies, and churches, which are available
to help but which many people don't even know exist.
Wherever there's a difficulty based on race, language,
colour or creed, the Human Rights Commission is available
to generate discussion and motivate people to develop
understanding and respect for the other's point of view:
Our job is to help bring people together and encourage
healthier relationships among all groups. .
If you would like more information or assistance, contact
the Human Rights Commission at any Of the following
addresses:
HAMILTON
KENORA
PETERBOROUGH
1 West Avenue South
808 Robertson Street 267 Stewart St.
Postal Zone: L8N 2R9
Postal Zone: P9N 1X9 Postal Zone: K9J 3MB
Telephone: 527-2951 Telephone: 468-3128 Telephone: 743-0361
LONDON
OTTAWA
SAULT S TE. MARIE
560 Wellington St. 2197 Riverside Drive 1.25 Brock Street
Postal Zone: N6A 3R4 ' Postal Zone: K1H 7X3 Postal Zone: P6A 3B6
Telephone: 438-6141 Telephone: 731-2415
Telephone: 949-3331
SUDBURY
THUNDER BAY
TORONTO
1538 LaSalle Boulevard
435 James St. S. 400 University Avenue.
Postal Zone: P3A 1Z7
Postal Zone: P7E 6E3 Postal Zone: M7A 117
Telephone: 566-3071 Telephone. 475-1693 Telephone: 965-6841 •
WINDSOR
KITCHENER
500 Ouellette Avenue 824 King Street West
Postal Zone: N9A 1B3
Postal Zone: N2G 1G1
Telephone: 256-3611 Telephone: 744-7308
Ontario Human Rights
Commission
Ministry of Labour
Bette Stephenson, M.D.
Minister
William Davis,
Premier
Province of Ontario