The Lucknow Sentinel, 1982-04-07, Page 2LU
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Single Copy 35*
Lueknow `• 'ambore '83
Published In Ltsdmow, Ontario, Wednesday, April 7, 1962
16 Pages
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After a week of mild temperatures causing
flood conditions in some areas, winter blew
it again, paralizing the area in a storm which
saw blowing and drifting snow create
hazardous driving conditions.
Winds reaching 70 kilometeres an hour
caused nil visability throughout Saturday
evening and all day Sunday.
Highway 86 east of Wingham through
Listowel to Elmira was closed and parts of
highway .4 were also closed. •
One good thing about the storm,: it put•the.
swollen rivers on freeze, easing the flood
conditions which threatened, as the spring
runoff began.
.Answer fire call
Lucknow Fire Department answered a call
to a barn on the farm owned by Dr. H. R.
Cieslar of Goderich, on highway 86 just west
of Lucknow, about 3.30 : a.m. Friday
morning. The roof :of the ..barn was already
destroyed by fire when firemen arrived.
Fire chief George Whitby said there is no
estimate of damage as yet and the cause of
the fire is unknown.
Car Accident
Lucknow firemen were called to the scene
of a car accident at: South Kinloss Church at
the north end of Havelock Street in Kinloss
Township about 2.25 a.m. Saturday morn-
ing. • A car driven by . Wayne Newhook of
Lucknow left the road and struck the front of
the church.
Firemen were called to the scene to assist
in the . extrication of the driver_ and the
passenger, Alex Mewhinney of Lucknow,
who were pinned in the car.
'Bruce County
budget up 19%
An increase of half a million dollars in
welfare payments is the main reason the
Bruce County budget is so high this year,
according to Kincardine Reeve Bryan Grant.
The county's proposed 1982 budget is
S7.95 million, an increase of •19.3 per cent or
$1.3 million dollars over last year's budget of
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Ever met an elephant? Debbie. ;Newman had a cenveriation with this elephant when the
Owen:Sound Children's Theatre Mime presented a show for the public at the Lucknow Town
Hall Friday evening; The troupe presented a workshop on mime at the Luekmow Christian
School earner in the day. They are well known "acrose Ontario for their shows In schools,
hospitals and parades.
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Farn'Credit
loans set
,at 16Y2 %
Farmers "struggling with high interest
rates will be able to borrow money from the
Farm Credit Corporation at 16.5 per cent, . it
was announced by Agriculture Minister ;
Eugene. Whelan March 31.
The interest rate on the loans dropped a
fraction of a percentagepoint from the 16.75
per cent rate prevailing since October.
The announcement came just after the
Senate began debate on the bill which was
given final. approval • March 30 in the
Commons. .
The agency will now be permitted to go to
private sources for additional funds. Pre-
viously the funds allotted to the agency came
from government sources only. The corpor-
ation ' has about $500 million to lend to
farmers at the new rate, which is a couple of'
points below the current commercial levels.
According to Huron -Bruce MP Murray
Cardiff, an individual will be eligible to
receive, $300,000,' up from the $200,000 limit
and partnerships ' will be "eligible for
$400,000, up from the -previous limit _ of
$300,000.
Cardiff explained that if F.C.C. borrows
private sources at 12 per cent interest; the
' from, private sources at 12 per cent interest,
the corporation will blend„ it with the.:161
per cent rate and lend the money to farmers
at 14 per cent.
Cardiff said the new bill.also gives F.C.C.
the option of calling the mortgage if the
farmer does not report the sale 9f the farm to
a foreign investor. Cardiff said he hoped for
legislation which would demand the loan be
called if the .F.C.C. mortgage is passed to a
foreign' investor.
\ • The corporation argued however, this
would prevent a retiring farmer from making
a good deal for his ,land. Cardiff observed
that an F.C.C. mortgage has never been
passed to a foreign investor purchasing' land
from a Canadian' farmer. He believes F.C.C.
will take this concern into account should the
situation arise.
Study to determine port needs at Douglas Port
. Transportation and Communications Min-
ister James Snow . announce& a joint
federal/provincial feasibility study to ,deter-
mine the need for marine facilitiesin the
vicinity of the Bruce. Energy Centre • at
Douglas Point.
"The proposed development of an indus-
trial and agricultural park in the area by the
Bruce Energy Centre Development Corpor-
ation," Snow added, "has been the impetus
to investigate area port requirements."
The corporation consists of Anderson Flax
Products Ltd., Consumers' Gas, .'Huron
Ridge Ltd., McNaughton,' Hermsen Plan-
ning Ltd., Weston Energy. Resources, and
the . Ontario Energy Corporation. •
Snow continued: "A ngtuber of industries,
interested in locating in t >l a park because of
its proximity to a source of economical steam
power, expressed a . desire for adequate,
accessible .port facilities. •
"Ontario made a commitment to look at
the appropriate »ort development for this
location under our BILD program announced
in January, 1982," Snow said
"However, because the authority for ports
rests with the federal' government, we
contacted Transport Canada about this
project. And the decision reached was that
any new facility should be jointl planned,"
Since there are already .ports ih the area,
including Goderich, Owen Sound and, Col-
lingwood, a feasibility study was proposed to
determine the advantages of a new location
as compared.to the expansion of one of the
existing facilities.. -
The study will be carried out by a consult-
ing team from Marshall Macklin Monaghan
Ltd., Thorne Stevenson & Kellog, and Carr.
and Donald and Associates, all of 'Toronto.
"It will • be sponsored jointly," Snow
continued, "by the Ontario, Government
through the BILD ' program; Transport
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Organize HUFFI-Ontario to demand foam removal
Huron and Bruce County HUFFI Organ-
izations (Homes With Urea Formaldehyde
Foam Insulation) have joined as part of a
federation of 22 districtswithin the Ptovince '
to form HUFFI-Ontario. A' central office,
located in Hamilton, Ontario, will be open-
ing this month.
HUFFI-Ontario is participating to -day,
April 7, 1982, with other HUFFI protest
groups across the country, in simultaneous
news conferences to clarify their demands of
the ' Federal and. Provincial Governments.
The Federal Government is' being' asked
for full compensation for losses sustained
through the installation of urea formalde-
hyde foam insulation, commonly referred to
as UFFI. The Federal Government's current
remedial programis acceptable , as a
temporary measure in emergency situations
only. '
It is HUFP1's opinion that the .solution to
the p.:oblem is the total removal of the foam,
'the chemical treatment of homes to neut-
ralize gases, and the restoration of the
building structure, and they are not prepar-
ed to settle for less. •
' The Federal Government is urged to
re-examine the mode of decision making by
such agencies as,, the Canadianeneral
Standards Board so that in future Canadian.
Citizens are protected ' from ' disastrous
mistakes such as the acceptance of UFFI as a
safe and effective product.
On a Provincial leve), the Government of
Ontario is being asked to accept its moral
and jurisdictional responsibility and to aid
homeowners in the following two ways.
First, grant reductions in tax assessments
that adequately represents the depreciated
value of the propertiesl. involved. British
Columbia and New Brunswick have alreadyl
granted such reductions. Secondly, assist
those homeowners who have had to vacate
their properties' because of foam related
health problems.
• UFFi has been installed in over 100,000
homes across Canada. People living in these
homes have been' exposed` to a serious
potential health hazard and homeowners
have suffered severe financial losses due to
the depreciated value of their properties. it
is the responsibility of the Federal Govern-
ment to protect the Canadian people from
health hazards and ineffectual components
in building materials used in the eonstruc-
tion industry.
It is HUFFI's understanding that,the
government was privy to information rom
its own departments and experts which .cast
serious doubt upon the safety and effect
.iveness of this material. On .the basis of
information received to date, HUFFI believ-
es that this disaster could have been avoided
had the government listened to its own
professional people.
In Huron and Bruce Counties alone there
have been several `families reporting severe.
Wealth problems apparently as a result of
exposure to UFFi. Some of these people
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