The Citizen, 1987-08-26, Page 9Auburn Mites finished an undefeated season
THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 1987. PAGE 9.
Auburn
( ompiled by Mrs. Mildred Lawlor. Phone 526-/589
WMS hears of China
Hope Chapel service Sunday
Hope Chapel Memorial Service
will be held August 30th at 3 p.m.
Pastor Don Vair of Belgrave will be
in charge of the service.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hallam
returned home from a holiday to
Parry Sound and surrounding
areas last Monday.
Miss Christine Busch, who has
been visitingwith Jake Middel-
kamp and family and all her friends
in the Auburn area has recently
returned home to West Germany.
Please make a note that Knox
United Church Sunday School will
start again on Sunday, September
13, during the same hour as
Church.
Knox United Church Service will
commenceon September6at 10
a.m.
I he monthly meeting of the
Presbyterian W.M.S. Society was
held at the home of Mrs. Martha
Daer. The President Martha Daer
presided and opened the meeting
with a poem.
She welcomed all present to the
meeting which included four
guests. The devotional period was
in charge of Mrs. Lillian Lether-
land. The scripture portion was
from Psalm 37 verses 1 - 20 which
were read alternately.
The meditation was on Abigail a
woman of the Bible, followed by
prayer. ThestudywasonChina
and was given by Agnes Lamond
who had recently returned from a
trip there. She gave a splendid talk
on the different customs and
cultures of the country and was
enjoyed by all present. The
September meeting will be held at
the home of Mrs. Warner An
drews.
Fun day held
Avery successful Sunday School
fun day was held on August 12.
Songs, stories and crafts were
shared by 45 children and 10
teachers and helpers. A special
thankyoutotheU.C.W. and Lillian
Hallam for their help with the
lunch.
1987 Chev Pick-up, heavy duty
1986 GMC 1/2 ton
1986 Pontiac Bonneville, 4 door
[2 to choose from]
1986 Mercury Topaz G.S., 4 dr.
1985 Pontiac Bonneville L.E., 4
door
1985 Dodge Aires wagon with
air
1985 Chevette
1984 Olds Delta88 Brougham, 4
door
1984 Pontiac, 4 door station
wagon
1982 Chevette
1979 Olds Regency, 4 door
HAMM’S CAR
SALES
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•Gas Pumps ^Repairs to most
makes and models
Manure spill on hold until cold weather
Dave and Marie Middleton’s
well water samples have been
tested as safe, but thousands of
gallons of badly contaminated
water and sludge remain in the
once-picturesque interlocking
ponds on their Hullett Township
farm, with no help in sight to help
solve the problem.
Mr. Middleton said Monday that
representatives from the Ministry
of the Environment (MOE) offices
in both London and Toronto have
been to the farm to view the results
of the massive manure spill from a
nearbypigfarminlate July, but
that none of them were able to offer
any help, financial or otherwise.
The clean-up could cost thousands
of dollars, Mr. Middleton said.
“The only suggestion they had
was that we leave it as it is until the
cold weather, when the sludge will
settle to the bottom and the water
can be pumped out so we can see
what’s left,’’ Mr. Middleton said.
“They said it could take up to five
years for the ponds to come back to
life.”
The Middletons first noticed the
pollution, later confirmed as liquid
pig manure by the MOE, seeping
into the uppermost of their ponds
on July 29. They immediately
notified both the MOE and the
township, which responded by
dumping several loads of earth at
the entrance to the pond to stem the
flow. However, heavy rains a few
days later washed out the tempor
ary dam, and the black muck
cascaded into the first of several
ponds.
Within hours, thousands of
small dead fish had floated to the
surface, and within a few days of
hot weather the surface of the top
pond was patched with effluvium,
with signs of pollution visible in
lower ponds as well.
Tom Cunningham, Reeve of
HullettTownship, has vowed to
bring the matter up at County
Council, and says he intends to
push for tighter controls on the
present liquid manure by-law, and
for the present, the pigs have
apparently been moved from the
site of the spill.
However only time - and money -
will solve the problem at the
Middleton farm, with no guarantee
that it won’t happen again before
further action can be taken.
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