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Times-Advocate, 1988-03-02, Page 2GIC RATES 81/4% 93,8.10%10380 Short Term" 1 Yr. 2 Yr. 4 Yrs.A 1 0,,2% 5 Yrs. Page 2 Times -Advocate, March 2, 1988 • CONGRATULATE AUTHORITY CHAIRMEN,- Don Lithgow is the new rhairman of the.Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority. Above he is be- ing congratulated by newly elected vice-chairman Fred Lewis while retiring chairman Gordon Johnson looks on. WELCOME TO LO. = O -. Bill Thirlwall, the Lobo township representative -cn the Ausable Bay iald Conservation Authority welcomes Doug Gilpin of - T Bedford to Friday's annual meeting of the ABCA at the Lobo Community Centre in Coldstream. - BOARD OF EDUCATION WINS - The Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority group conservation award was won by the Huron County Board of - Education. Above, incoming AC.BA chairman Don;Lithgow makes the pres- entation to board member Tony McQuail and superintendent Arnold Math- ers. WINS CONSERVATION AWARD - Tom Doherty was named the indi- vidual winner of the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority conservation award. Above at the right, he receives the award from incoming chairman Don Lithgow. Dohbrty stresses reforestration on his 669 acres in Bosan- quet and West Williams townships. INVESTMENTS FINANCIAL CENTRE 122 The Square Goderich 524-2773 1-800-265-5503 • HAYTER'S TURKEYS HAYTER TURKEY FARMS Hwy. 83 just west of Dashwood 237-3561 —Winter Hours Fri. 9-6 Sat. 9-5 Featuring: • Breast Roast • Patties • Burgers • Schnitzer • Cutlets • Ground Turkey • Wings • Drumsticks SPECIAL FILET lb. 2. while quantities last also FROZEN TURKEYS available Authority budget goes up 7.7 percent Directors of the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Authority approved the 1988 budget at Friday's annual meeting at the Lobo township mu- nicipal centre in Coldstream. General manager Tom Prout said the budget of S1,909,573 is project- ed as final approval has not yet been received from the Ministry of Natural Resources for transfer of payments from the province. The increase in the budget for 1988 is 7.7 percent. Actual costs for the just completed year were 51,773,357. Finance chairman Fred Lewis re- ported a balanced budget in 1987 with revenue in excess of expendi- tures of S95,844. A year ago a defi- cit of S44,254 was reported. %Continuing Lewis said, "While ter shed and paying the most in le - we were able to maintain a bat- vies arc the townships of Stephen arced budget with some reserves in and Bosanqutt and the town of Exet- hland, we must keep our local mu- i'cipal levies up. These levies are ly 10 percent of our total bud- '." The proposed general levy will generate S230,049 in 1988. That amounts to $5.43 per capita for the approximately 40,000 ratepay- ers m the watershed. On the subject of levies Prout added, " While the percentage in- crease looks high it really isn't in dollars. The charge of S5.43 per capita is not much for what you get." The three municipalities with the largest assessment in the wa- er. In 1987, local levies for Stephen were S22,044, Exeter paid S13,478 and Bosanquet's contribution was S13,015. The smallest contributors are the townships of Blanshard, Nut- let and McKillop. The other towns involved and their 1987 levies are Parkhill S3,361; Scaforth S4,069 and Clin- ton S5,507. Previous per capita levies were $3.76 in 1985; 84.11 for 1986 and 84.53 in 1987. Peter Rumball of the London re- gion office of the Ministry of Natu- ralResources said he was optimistic the 1988 budget would be approved in the near future. Rumba ll said he: was pleasedwith the erosion control work completed last year in the area of the Nairn ce- metery. In the long term, the pro- ject protects more than 300 grave sites in the cemetery from beinb eroded into Naim Creek. He listed projects which he felt would he approved this year. They include flood damage reduction in Sealorth: phase three of flood fore- casting and information and flood plain mapping at the Cut and along the Lake Huron shoreline. Ruinball said the ABCA was playing a strong role in shoreline mapping and. protection. Funding factor on Authority programs "Ptovincial funding restraints have bcen and will be the largest limiting factor on conservation au- thority programs." Those words were spoken by Gordon Johnson who stepped down as chairman of the Asuable Bay- field Conservation Authority at Friday'§ annual meeting after serv- ing three years in that position. Johnston followed with a ques- tion, "How much is the user and local municipality levy prepared to pay?„ He went on to say, "There is no doubt in my mind that the users will have to start paying or pay more for the services provided by the conservation authority. The general tax base has traditionally provided the basic capital costs of a service, but the costs of maintain- ing these services are now being passed on to the user. Participating municipalities will have to.let this authority know what their priori- ties and needs are."" The outgoing chairman contin- ued, " I foresee as early as this year the authority and its member 'mu- nicipalities having to decide wheth- er to increase the general levy or start cutting services. Other factors which will continue to affect oper- atingcosts are the uncontrollable items such as liability insurance and legislated items such as pay equity." Reduced municipal representation will provide as many improve- ments for the conservation and management of natural resources as did the union of the Ausable and Bayfield rivers into one conserva- tion authority according to John- son. Johnson paid tribute to members of the Exeter -Morrison Corridor Planning Committee for their dedi- cation in reviewing and updating this plan. He added, " The new version of the master plan will provide guid- ance for future land acquisition; de- velopment concepts; site locations for various types of development; approximate development costs; which agencies will will assist with development and maintenance costs." In his general manager's report, Tom Prout talked about a new re- view of the Ontario Conservation Authorities' Role and mandate which is expected to be released shortly. Prout continued, " With trueop- timism I anticipate that we will all have a clear understanding of what conservation authorities have been MIDDLESEX SCHOOLS The Board of Trustees of the Lon- don and Middlesex County Roman Catholic Separate Schools has been informed that the London Board of Education docs not have sufficient secondary school space to share, or a total school available for transfer to the Catholic school system. The trustees, teachers and parents of the Separate school system in cooperation with the Minister of Education and the Government of Ontario mtist now move forward to find solutions to the accommoda- tion needs of the Catholic secondary schools of London and Middlesex. The immcdiatc.problem that must be resolved is the need for a new John Paul II school in northeast London. This new Catholic school is growing rapidly and will soon re- quire a permanent site and building to accommodate 1,000 students from that section of the city. The Board has confidence that the Government and the Ministry of Education will recoanizc that a lo- cal solution to this problem has been sought and cannot be Lound and therefore that the Province must assist the Board. to build a new building in that section of the city. The trustees of the London and Middlesex County Roman Catholic Separate Schools express their ap- preciation to the trustees on the London Public Board for their ef- forts and consideration. ONE AQCIbENT The only accident investigated this week by officers of the Exeter town police department occurred Saturday. Vehicles driven by Thoum Man- ychanh and Danny Hennessey, both of Exeter collid in a Zane-. way near 285 Wellington street. ana snouts be aotng to conserve auu manage our natural resources fol- lowing the full public and political review of the "Reform, Responsi- bilities and Financing" report. Then our energy can be.chanelled towards doing a job instead of talking about what we should do." As of February 1 of this year, Conservation Authorities will be the sole commenting agency on plan input and review matters relat- ed to shoreline land use issues. This delegation of responsibility meshes well with the plan input and review responsibilities for floodplain man- agement which conservation author- ities already have. The shoreline floodand erosion hazard concerns, to be addressed through the planning documents of Photos and stories by -Ross Haugh the shoreline municipalities will re- quire up-to-date, state-of-the-art mapping as a foundation from which planning documents can be. developed. The Ausable Bayfield Conserva- tion Authority in co-operation with the Maitland Valley, Si Clair Re- gion and Saugecn Valley authorities will have shoreline flood and ero- sion risk mapping prepared during 1988 on behalf of its lakeshorc mu- nicipalities. The general manager added, " Al- though lake levels have subsided during 1987 we must not forget that • prevention is a wiser management tool than is an emergency response. By working together we will be able to lessen the impact of high lake levels on life and property. The public becomes concerned when there is too much'watcr, when there is too little water and when the quality of water is not adequate for use. In 1987 the Ausablk Bayficld Lonservauon Hutnority participated in its second year of the Provincial Rural Batches Program. The Desjar- dine Drain was selected in 1986 as a target sub -basin in which there was a known water quality problem. The Desjardine Drain was also chosen because it Ties upstream of the pub- lic beach at Grand Bend which has been closed to swimm ing on various occasions. The primary land use in the Desiardinc Drain is agriculture. . The water quality analysis to date ticarly indicate that today's inten- sive livestock operations contribute high levels of .bacteria to the water- course. This fact is not as startling as the survival rates and, multiplica- tion rates of bacteria in watercourses and closed municipal drains. Certain bacteria can survive for over a year in .the water and in sediment col- umns of watercourses. Bacteria have also been observed to multiply in tile -drains. In two spcciftc cases tl�e blockage of.,two tile drains can be. attributed to bacterial growth. - TALKING CONSERVATION - Shown talking during Friday's annual meeting of the Ausable Bayfield Conser- vation Authority are Clinton representative John Deeves, Goderich township's Grant Stirling and. Lionel Wilder of Hay township. Deeves was named to the board of directors as a member -at -large. 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