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Crocker, the Seaforth clerk. He adds that
there have been numerous articles in the
Huron Expositor, Seaforth's weekly paper,
about the need for a sanitary landfill site.
In fact, this need was discussed in an
open meeting in July 1982, almost a year
ago.
Mae
Govenlock counters that all
meetings of the Seaforth and Area
Sanitary Landfill Site Committee are held
'in camera'. Thus ratepayers are only able
to hear the reports presented to council,
but not the arguments.
The group is worried that still unknown
problems will surface in the future. Said
VandenHengel: "No one knows what
chemical reaction will be discovered fifty
years from now."
They also are concerned about the safe-
ty of traffic on the main county road no.12,
from where most of the refuse will be
trucked in. The intersection is "hidden"
and 24 times a day a schoolbus passes
the intersection.
The protesters are not all negative. Mrs.
Govenlock says that they could agree on
one of the 29 alternate sites considered in
the engineer's study.
It is either coincidence, or far-
sightedness of Seaforth council which
took the option on part lot 24, Conc.4
several years ago, and the recommenda-
tion by the consultirg engineers to locate
the dump on that site.
Or the option could simply be one of the
arguments in favour of this site which tip-
ped the scales. Whatever it was, the storm
is gathering strength, and the first gusts
were felt at two recent information
meetings held in Seaforth's townhall.-
Bruce native
named ag. rep.
Bruce county native, Bryan Boyle has
just become Lambton county's
agricultural representative and he will be
based in the ministry of agriculture's
Petrolia of fice.
Boyle, son of Francis and Irene Boyle,
R. R. 3, Ripley, was raised on a beef farm
and graduated from the University of
Guelph's animal science program. He has
been with the ministry's Peterborough of-
fice since 1976, concentrating on farm
business management and youth pro-
grams.
In Peterborough, Boyle developed a
weight weaning program for beef pro-
ducers and co-ordinated the Ontario Farm
Adjustment Assistance Program for the
area.I i
Canadian Horse
Council created
The new Canadian Horse Council is
ready to serve Canada's horse industry.
"The general goal of the Council is to
represent the concerns of the horse in-
dustry to both the provincial and federal
governments and to advise the two
government levels on policies and pro-
grams that will affect the industry," Doug
Palmer, chairman of the new Council
says.
The Council will also strive to increase
the contact and communications between
the various parts of the horse industry.
The Council will concentrate on pro-
moting and developing international trade
and more work in such areas as research,
marketing, education, disease control and
general policy.
"We are already working with the
federal government to find solutions to
such problems as bloodtyping and taxa-
tion," Palmer says.
"I believe we are already seeing good
results from these efforts. Already
meetings have been held on the taxation
issue with very positive results."
Membership consists of the various
breed associations and horse industry
organizations. The Council is funded by
the horse industry.
"We're really a diverse group, ranging
from race tracks and thoroughbred in-
dustry to heavy and light horse breeds,"
Palmer says.
Although still at the organizational
stage, Palmer sees a promising future for
the new Canadian Horse Council.
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