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Times-Advocate, 1986-07-30, Page 3Times -Advocate, July 30, 1986 Cabinet ministers could vie for spot County will b.eome one provinelal riding The possibility of two incumbent cabinet ministers campaigning for candidacy the same riding during the next, provincial election is a possibility as the result of a bill just passed by the Ontario legislature. The Representation Act, which revises the boundsr4 s of Ontario's electroal-districts, *ill take effect TRIVITT ANGLICAN BARBECUE — A very successful chicken barbecue was held at Trivitt Anglican Church in Exeter, Friday night. Shown serving up a couple of dinners are Kim Genttner, Deb Heslinga, Florence Genttner and Karen Wallen. T -A photo Survey is underway regarding conservation If you receive a call in the near future from someone who wants to know what you think about conserv- ing our natural environment, don't be alarmed. It won't he a vacuum cleaner salesman trying a new sales pitch. Dan Kennaley, a researcher from the University of Guelph, has been hired by the Ausable Bayfield Conser- vation Authority to conduct the survey and find out how much people know and how they feel about conser- vation, and the conservation authority. Kennaley used to work for the AB - CA and is now completing his masters degree in the University of Guelph's School fo Rural Planning and Development. He says the results of the survey will enable the Conserva- tion Authority to improve many of its programs. "The conservation move- ment in Ontario has always recogniz- ed the importance of grassroots co- operation and has further recognized that this co-operation is largely dependent on people have a positive attitude toward conservation. We want to find out how wide spread and how strong people's attitudes toward conservation are, but we also want to find out what factors contribute toward those attitudes." Kennaley will be concentrating on the flooding, soil erosion and water quality aspects of the Conservation Authority's work since these pro- grams are highest on the ABCA's list of priorities. The survey will take three to four weeks to conduct. "We are contacting a sample of 300 peo- ple" says Kennaley. "and each telephone interview will take approx- imately 20 minutes. The telephone numbers will be selected randomly which means that we will be able to generalize the results to the entire 42,586 people living within the Authority's jurisdiction". "If we know what factors con- tribute to people's attitudes to the Conservation Authority we can make recommendations as to how the con- servation authority can make people more aware of the need for the wise use of our natural environment." Pam MacGregor from Parkhill and Al Pym from Usborne township will be assisting Kennaley in conducting the telephone interviews, coding the data and entering it into a computer in preparation for analysis. A report is expected to be ready by the end of September. • Bell Aerospace closes Continued from front page at Grand Bend in October, 1985 and since then the staff has dwindled to the present nine. They continue to supply spare parts and maintain key people in the various company disciplines in the hope of winning new orders. Bartlett said he felt the potential for the air cushion vehicles, which can carry payloads of up to 30, tons at speeds of 50 to 60 miles an hour, is still good, but the firm couldn't wait for changes in the current market situation. The machines cost five to eight million dollars each. Attracted to Grand Bend by the former airport facility in a sparsely populated, rural area close to Lake Huron, the loss of the plant will be felt in the area, Bartlett suggested. The firm had a payroll of two million dollars annually and used the IN FAIR PARADE Two Zurich and area youngsters in Saturday's Fall Fair parade were Brion Denomme and Chad Desjardine. SI tom,, services of many area firms. Bartlett said Bell Aerospace was one of the largest users of the Hay Township Municipal Telephone System. He cited the technological advances generated at the Grand Bend facility and said the hovercraft had certain- ly not been a failure. "There have been a lot of brains pass through this organization". The equipment from the plant will be dismantled and shipped to Virginia, which has been the final _ assembly point for the hovercraft. "We built the tough part", he said in reference to the work completed in. Grand Bend. PLAYHOUSE DONATES Huron Country Playhouse is donating a number of scripts of past productions to both the Lambton County and Huron County Library Systems. Scripts of such plays as Balderston's Dracula, William Gib - son's The Miracle Worker, W.W. Jacob's The Monkey's Paw, Bill Manhoff's The Owl and the Pussycat, Lawrence Roman's Under The Yum Yum Tree and Neil Simon's Califor- nia Suite, The Star-Spangled Girl and ' Last of the Red Hot Lovers, have been left in the capable hands of the Huron County Head Librarian, Bjll Par- tridge in Goderich to circulate throughout the library system. Says Partridge, "Huron County Library appreciates the co- operation of the Playhouse with this ncltv service of scripts from past Ways produced. This practice will help our patrons and promotethe activities of the Playhouse and we thank them." The Playhouse is actually situated in Huron County, although it is much closer to the Lambton County Library in Grand Bend where Judy Bowman, Ilead librarian is receiving copies of such scripts as Thomas Brandon's Charley's Aunt, Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap, Herb Gardner's A Thou- sand Clowns, lfaimsohn, Miller and Wise's Dames at Sea, George Kelly's The Show Off, Philip King's Pools Paradise and Robert Emmet Sher - wood's The Petrified Forest. Says Ms. Bowman, "Grand Bend is very for- tunate in having high calibre theatre this close, here at Huron Country Playhouse for its permanent and summer residents to enjoy. git I r .r READY FOR FOOTBALL Ron Bogart of RSD Sports presents prizes to the winners in Friday's kick the runner contest while they show their techniques. From the left are Tim von Dam, Craig Schwartzen- truber and Chrissy Parker. T -A photo following the first dissolution of the legislature after August 31, 1986. The boundary changes will now mean the counties of Huron, Bruce, Grey, Perth and Wellington will each form one separate riding. The Huron -Bruce riding of Health Minister Murray Elston and Huron Middlesex riding of 'Agriculture and Food Minister Jack Riddell will no longer exist. Both cabinet ministers reside in—Auron County ---Elston in Wingham and Riddell in Stephen Township - and, though likely a remote possibility, both conceivably' could seek the nomination of the Liberals in the newly created constituency. In addition to the nearby consti- tuency changes, the new act - as well as increasing the number of seats by five to 130 -also makes changes to most of the' other existing ridings. However, the extent of the change does vary. Only slight changes will occur in 58 of the ridings while 51 have undergone more significant shifts. Sixteen of the ridings have remained intact. The last redistribution took place in 1975 when the number of seats in- creased from 117 to 125. Usually distated by population increases which dictate the need for change, redistribution rarely - at least in the past 50 years - occurs more frequent- ly than about every eight to ten years. The passage of this bill culminates three years of legislative review, public hearings and study by all par - By MRS. ROBERT LAING Many friends and relatives of Shirley Miller gathered in Cromarty Church basement on Wednesday evening and presented her with gifts in honour of her approaching mar- riage to Martin Van Bakel of Dublin. Wanda Martyn was in charge of the guest book and Cathy Elliott was mistress of ceremonies for a short program consisting of a piano in- strumental by Joanne Wallace, a reading by Bev Templeman, musical numbers by Sharia Freestone and Eva Laing, and a humours skit by Cathy Elliott and Pat Taylor. Jill Norris read a short address and the bride-to-be was assisted in open- ing her gifts by Karen Dolmage, Kathy McKellar and Joyce Dietrich, Shirley spoke briefly thanking everyone for the gifts and those who planned the shower, Roberta and Beverly Templeman, Cathy Elliott, Mary Jane Parsons and Fay Martyn and Nancy Bertens. ties. Nearly 600 presentations were made at public hearings conducted throughout the province by the On- tario Electoral Boudnaries Commis- sion, which wass responsible for the review. The commission released its first proposals for change in February of 1984 and public hearings began in April and May of that year. Hearings were held in Windsor, London, Kit- chener, St. Catharines, Hamilton, Barrie, Peterborough, -Kingston, Ot- tawa, Toronto, Sudbury and Thunder Bay. The commission submitted its report to the legislaturein November of 1984. Following a period of review Pogo 3 by members of the legislature, debate on the proposed changes began in Ju ly of last year and continued in (h tober and December. Debate concluded in January of Oil-. year and a final report was issued .n March. The bill was passed on July 10, 1986. The Hon. Justice Samuel 11.S. Hughes, member of the High Court of Justice for the Province of Ontario acted as chairman Zff the three-man commission. The two other members were Warren R. Baillie, chief election officer of Ontario and Professor J. Neville Thompson, associate pro- fessor of history at the University of Western Ontario. I%ntucky ftiedClucken. 0WIlfJ% ON US '•� WITH ANY CHICKEN PURCHASE WE WILL GIVE YOU A aet DISCOUNT CO 1l 1.E u�r Mr UPON S7L i!1 Bur 1 adult par &iftv 1 «wrr w 1 child emu FREE FOR THE WORLD FAMOUS African Lion Safari go wild!!! Peeieg ore. 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