Times-Advocate, 1985-07-03, Page 13A -B summer tour visits Rock Glen,. Sylvan
The 1985 summer tour of the
Ausable-Bayfield Conservation
Authority proved very interesting to
the more than 120 participants.
Included on the seven hour tour
were authority members and addi-
tional representatives from each par-
ticipating municipalities and their
spouses.
Acting as guides on the three buses
were general superintendent Ted
Jones, Paul Eason and Dan Kennaley.
The first point of interest was the
Morrison Dam Conservation area
which has now been expanded to 188
acres.
In addition to being an important
part of Exeter's water system, Mor-
rison Dam provides opportunities for
fishing, hiking, picnicking and cross-
country skiing.
The tour there swung westwardly
past Mount Carmel where two types
of windbreaks were pointed out.
Next came the Parkhill Dam which
was completed in 1969 to provide flood
and erosion protection along
the
Parkhill Creek including the fertile
farmland of the Klondyke area.
Then on to the Ausable River Gorge
which begins at the Hungry Hollow
bridge and runs upstream along the
Ausable River to the Highway 7
bridge and provides a significant area
of natural and scientific interest.
More than an hour was spent hik-
ing around'the 66 acre Rock Glen Con-
servation area. Rock Glen is famous
for its extraordinary fossil resources
and many of the visitors were reward-
ed with a find or two.
RECREATION SEMINAR SPEAKER — Ken Campbell, the director of the Seaforth and District Communi-
ty Centre, was the speaker at the Recreation -Seminar held Thursday. The seminar, held at the South
Huron and District Recreation Centre, discussed funding problems with recreation and ways to deal
with them.
Area reg reps agree
on maximum iCe rentals
An agreement to devise minimum
and maximum ice rental rates was
the major accomplishment - of a
seminar on "Today's Recreation - Is
It Affordable?" held on Thursday at
the South Huron Recreation Centre.
The seminar was a follow-up to one
held March 30 in Hensall. Represen-
tatives from Exeter. Stephen, Hay.
Usborne, Zurich. Hensall and Stanley
attended.
The representatives met in two
groups. The group with represen-
tatives from Hensall, Zurich. Hay and
Stanley discussed the ice rates in.
their arenas, and decided to convene
a meeting of their four represen-
tatives plus representatives from
Tuckersmith and Clinton. The
meeting will be an opportunity to fur-
ther discuss rates. and develop a
three to five year plan to meet rising
costs. Rates will not be raised for the
'85 - '86 season, but the changes will
start in '86 - '87.
It was also decided to work on a
system of minimum and maximum
rates, instead of one standard ice
rate; each municipality would set its,
own rate within that range. The group
will include the grants and other
methods of subsidizing minor hockey
and figure skating in their
-discussions. -
The group decided the public should
- be better informed as to how much it
-- costs to run the ice surface and why
arenas need to charge the rates they
do.
The other group also discussed ice
rates. They have decided to hold a
meeting with Exeter, Stephen,
Seaforth arena board, Hensall and
Zurich, to discuss ice rates. The idea
of a minimum and maximum appeal= -
ed to this group as well.
Eventually there will be a meeting
of nine area municipalities, to
discuss the ice rates range ideas.
This will include Hensall, Zurich, Ex-
eter, Stephen, Seaforth, Tuckersmith,
Hay, Stanley and Clinton. Usborne
was invited but declined the invita-
tion. Carolyn Merner, Betty Oke, and
Melanie McLaughlin will be organiz-
ing this meeting. One council member
and one parks or recreation board
member from each municipality will
attend:
The Exeter, Usborne and Stephen
group also discussed a joint operating
agreement. Exeter will host - a
meeting of these three municipalities
plus a representative from Hay to
draw up a draft operation agreement
for councils to consider when Exeter
council hosts a later meeting.
The speaker at the seminar, befor
those attending split off into two
groups, was Ken Campbell. Campbell
is on the board of the Seaforth and
District Community Centre. He spoke
'about joint agreements, detailing the
collapse of one Seaforth arena and the
work that went into building another.
A joint agreement was made before
the new arena was built, which so far
is working. The•building of the new
arena was so well organized that it
was paid off even before construction
was finished.
Campbell talked also about how ice
is the real culprit, which set the stage
for the later group discussions.
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IT'S DEAD During Friday's Ausable-Bayfield Conservation Authority
tour at Rock Glen, Cathy Zavitz, Roy Johnson and Ted Jones examine
a snake skin. T -A photo
FINDING FOSSILS - Jack Tinney, Jack Kinsman and Don Johns look
at fossils on Friday's A-8 tour of Rock Glen. T -A photo
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After a delicious steak lunch at
Rock Glen, the group moved on to
Camp Sylvan. Here the visitors were
told of what a typical school group
does on their usual two and a half day
stay.
Next came a quick look at the Port
Franks wetlands and forested dunes
and the Armstrong property which
will hopefully be acquired by the
Authority with help from the Natural
Heritage League.
The Ausable Cut was next on the
program. This man-made channel
was constructed in 1875 to drain the
Ttiedford Marsh and is believed to be
the first municipal drain in Ontario.
The Cut was straightened in 1952
and was one of the first projects of
any Authority in the province.
A look was taken at some of the
many erosion control efforts under-
taken in Grand Bend.
On the way back to Exeter along
Highway 83, conservation tillage pro-
jects on the farms of Tom Hayter and
-Bert Visscher were viewed.
The last project on the tour was the
Hay Swamp area. The A -B Authority
now owns 3,000 of the 7,000 acres in the
swamp and is currently investigating
the manner in which through wise
management the beneficial
characteristics of the swamp will be
protected.
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TRYING OUT THE BUNKS — Roy Johnson of Grand Bend, Cecil Des-
jardine, Stephen and Jack Tinney of Hay try out the covered wagons
on Camp Sylvan. T -A photo
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