The Lucknow Sentinel, 1987-03-11, Page 9Lucknow Sentinel, Wednesday, March 11, 1987—Page 9
Agriculture better for firm stand against Hydro
To the Editor:
We are all part of this instant and
disposable era - it takes the hard work out
of everyday occurrences and allows for a
fast and efficient lifestyle. This automated
era has a short history, but rapidly we are
paying for it with the after effects of its
waste products - pollution of our water, air
and soils.
Ontario Hydro has made a commitment
to society to encourage this instant and
disposable era, despite the financial or
ecological costs. This sentiment has been
further encouraged by lenient govern-
ments who provided, for Ontario Hydro,
the exemptions to the very legislation that
was meant t'b protect this Province.
Agriculturalists care about the environ-
ment, they depend upon it for their
livelihood as well as for their recreation.
1200 landowners of Bruce, Huron and Mid-
dlesex Counties provided the Consolidated
Hearing Board the ultimate plan that
would protect the environment, protect
agriculture, prevent acid rain, preclude
nuclear waste and reduce the overloaded
landfill sites - all without a change in ,
lifestyle. It was rejected for the more
fashionable and popular solution.
Due to proficiency and efficiency,
agricultural commodities have glutted the
market - is this the cause of a misguided
theory that agricultural land is a
LOPS Insider
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Owen, Cailin Clarke, Angela Breckles and
Mandy Peck, with a solo by Angela.
Next, a wonderful quartet consisting of
two trumpeters, Marita MacDougall and
Erin Johnstone, one tuba, Jennifer
MacKinnon, and one horn, Connie Husk
played three beautiful church hymns.
On Saturday night,, five of the band
members participated in the Lions Club's
Family Fun Night. Those five people were,
Denise Hiller and Jill Campbell who
played two songs, and Erin Johnstone,
Marita MacDougall and Justin Murray
who played Bobolinks.
Family Studies
The Family Studies students are making
it easy for the school to eat nutritionally
during March which is National Nutrition
Month.
The Family Studies students have been
preparing healthy snacks such as yogurt
and pudding pops, peanut butter balls and
snicker doodles. The snacks are sold at
lunch instead of the too salty, too oily
potato chips.
Students are eating well-balanced lun-
ches and earning house points at the same
time. Lunches that contain a section from
each of the four food groups earns the stu-
dent a house point. Students are also earn-
ing house points by correctly answering
the nutritional quiz on the morning
announcements.
On Wednesday, the Grade 8 Family
Studies students prepared a luncheon for
the Kinloss Women's Institute. Homemade
lasagne was the main dish, served with a
relish dish, fresh buns, tossed salad,
creamy garlic dressing and celery seed
dressing. Homemade chocolate cake with
coffee and tea completed the meal.
Mr. Pike's Reminders
On Wednesday, March 4, the Block
Parents Association met with mr. Pike to
discuss concerns about student behavior to
and from school.
A number of ideas and plans were
discussed. Some of the ideas discussed
were: use of sidewalks, signs showing
school area, courses provided at school to
educate the students, older students walk-
ing with younger students, staggering
dismissal times, and parental patrol. In-
centives for good ,,,behavior was also
suggested.
All suggestions were reviewed and plans
were made for implementation of many of
them. It was pointed out that, legally, the
school has no authority over the discipline
of the students once they leave the school
property, yet Mr. Pike explained the
school is concerned, and will help
wherever rossible.
One general theme that continued
throughout the evening is that parents
must call each other and discuss problems
before they become major confrontations.
Mr. Pike asks that if your child is having
troubles while going to and coming from
school, that you contact the parents involv-
ed. Your co-operation is appreciated.
disposable resource too? Today, we have
sufficient good agricultural land; today,
Canadians have the cheapest food in the
world; today, we have a glut of grains - but
what about tomorrow?
We gave the Hearing Board a plan to of-
fer to the Ontario Government an oppor-
tunity to regain control of Ontario Hydro.
We gave them a plan to use electricity effi-
ciently. A plan to reduce acid gas emis-
sions, to reduce nuclear production of elec-
tricity and thereby nuclear waste, to pro-
duce electricity from our natural
resources and to utilize energy efficient
technology ( available but hidden from
view). We gave them a plan to protect all
aspects of our environment - air, water,
forests, wildlife and lands. We gave a hope
to the future generations of our Province.
The Board rejected this plan. Instead,
they favoured eliminating a transmission
corridor in the north, and recommended
the use of agricultural lands for the
building of transmission corridors be --
ween Bruce to London and London to Nan-
ticoke. Nothing else will be changed - acid
gas emissions continue, nuclear wastes
continue to grow with nowhere safe to put
them, garbage sites invade our backyards
with their cancerous sediments leaching
into our waterways and Ontario Hydro
continues to crack the whip over the On-
tario Government.
Who really won that public hearing? We
all lost, our environment will continue to
decline, our agricultural resource will be
irrevocably invaded, and the future
generations will be the ones to bear the
cost.
The Foodland Hydro Committee is down
TO
but not out, we won some battles and we
lost some, but the war is not over yet. For
once agriculture stood firmly together. We
are better for it and we hope that the
Government of Ontario will recognize the
opportunity we have placed before them -
to change the future of this Province
without changing its lifestyle.
Yours truly,
Jane Rose, ( Mrs. )
Foodland Hydro Committee
RR 1 Ailsa Craig
Ontario
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