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The Wingham Advance-Times, 1974-02-14, Page 1• One of the PreSaing i. this at a :of Western Ontar10 at the ' present time Is that of ° the lacat n Of -the neceSSOY power lbl POrridor to carry electrical from DOnglaS VOW to the high conaumptioni region . to the a011th a , eaet, Ontario Hydro has held a series of meetings over the past few months, at which .farmers, whose lands may be' affected by the location of the power lines, have been asked to express their ,Ob- jections; and opinions. A new series of such meetings is about to start,.. the ' first of 'theins• at Walkerton on Feb. 25 and pro- ceeding to Mount Forest on Feb. 26: Fordwich, Feb. 27, Arthur, Feb. 28; Listowel, March 4 and on subsequent dates in Elmira; Wat- erl and points farthersouth and_ east. Hydro representatives will appear before .Huron County Council on Feb.22.•' eb Township o p councils and conservation people have also been invited to attend. Final location of the power corridor from Bradley Junction to Seaforth is the most urgent. portion of the over-all plan at present and the farmers whose lands are likely to be required have also been holding a series of meetings and have named their group the Bruce -Huron Power Negotiating Committee. One hundred and sixty. properties will be affected in the Bradley Junc- tion-to-Seaforth sector. 'Of these about 120 property owners have yet to settle with Hydro, although notices of intention to expropriate have been received. - The farmers' committee has prepared a brief, outlining their fears and -or objections to the' route. The brief was.presented to the Ministry of . Agriculture and Food last Tuesday, along with the request for , a meeting. of.. coin- - f e e Lives. with the ee s t t a l�pr n "r spree ministers"rte OgIs of eMinistries 4, c t �� tt1 t A l. � �" 1 mid' R'M,KNa' yr'R'Itail 0 cce; Energy and Environment.. That meeting .was agreed to and has been, set for today (Thursday), NOT MONEY The Power Negotiating Com- mittee members insist •that rate of compensation for lands oc- cupied by the tower line is not the point of the brief; indeed that the , brief does not refer to rates of compensation. Rather they say the document requests a final study of the proposed corridor for the purpose of making certain that no valuable' farm lands will be involved where there is an al- ternate route over less pro-, ductive acres. Employing available statistics, it is pointed out that Ontario has a total of 22 million acres of farm- land, of which only 10 million are Class 1 and Class 2 — those lands on which the great percentage of food crops are produced. The figures indicate that since 1971 farmlands have been decreasing at a rate of 228,000 acres per year and that in a span of 40' years all the available Class 1 And 2 lands ALONG THE MAIN DRAG • By The Pedestrian • By The Pedestrian PAYS TO KNOW HOW— Charlie Hodgins, Wingham, won angling recognition in the Metropolitan Miami Fishing Tournament when he caught a 7 lb. 14 oz. bonefish in the Spin Casting Division. He was fishing out of J & J Marina at Key Largo, Florida. He will be awarded a citation and arm patch. 0--0-0 NO HAMS???— It would seem there are not too many budding Harlows or Valen- tinos in town. The Wingham ToWne Players are struggling to increase their membership, so if you are interested give Barbara Bender a call at 357-1175. 0-0--0 PAPER DRIVE— Well March 30 isn't as far away as you think so don't forget to save those papers and magazines for the Cub and Scout paper ° drive. They can use all . the support they can get. SPRING IN THE AIR --- If you have been following our spring countdown you'll know it wasn't in the paper last Week but we couldn't let it miss again this week could we? There are exact- ly 35 days left before winter fades into oblivion. will '.have been swallowed Ip by urbaneloPMent hlghways, PAW And pipe_ The brief also urges thatfuture nuclear power development be located much closer to the heavy-; usage markets along the Great Lakes, thus minimizing the amount of land over which power corridors would have to pass, NOT DESTRUCTIVE Ontario .Hydro contends ,that the construction of power b cor- ridors does not mean permanent damage to farmlands and has a plan of come a sation to farmers for the inter u • ted crop :pro- granis rearming from construc- tion and maintenance work. A recent trews rail apse from Hydro says "Every ing from grain, to vegetables, fruits and tobacco are grown beneath'trans- mission lines. Cattle graze under them andin urban areas sbftbali and soccer er games are played be- tweenttowers.. "For the past few years Hydro has encouraged the multiple use of its power corridors and in- troduced new landscape tech- niques and tower designs to make Gerrie youth seriously. hurt Two 16 -year-old Gorrie youths ^were rushed by ambulance to Wirgham and District Hospital after they were involved in a single car `accident on Huron -County Road 7 west of Huron County Road 12'on. Feb., 5. • Kenneth Harrison, the driver of -the car, was hospitalized with multiple lacerations to his face and right leg, a fractured left leg concussion and shock. John Cr'. Stephens, a passenger in the car, was treated in hospital for facial lacerations and: an injured ankle. e a6 i� del' R lied. t e� A �y t h `l. tIe elri�estiwYbatedat On Feb.~ 4 Grant ' Ruihble of Wingham and Grant Elliott of Blyth were involved in a two -car collision on Hwy. 4 south of Hwy. 86. Beth Mr. Rumble and his wife, Linda; were taken to Wingham and District Hospital. Mrs. Rumble was treated for a whip- lash • and released while Mr. Rumble was treated for shock and released: Damages to both vehicles were estimated at $350. Charges • are pending. Randy Zinn of'RR 3, Wingham, was injured in a single car acci- dent on Concession 6-7 at Side - road 31, East Wawanosh Twp. Feb. 5. Mr. Zinn is in satisfactory condition in hospital with con- tusions to his hips and arms. There was an estimated $400 damages to his vehicle as well as damages to guide posts and wires. On Feb. 5 Goldwyn Gallaway - struck a mail bole post on Hwy. 86 east of the CNR crossing in Turn - berry Twp. The mail box was owned by Kenneth Chambers of RR 4, Wingham. Damages to the Gallaway vehicle were minor. James Bardawill of London was involved in a single truck, accident Feb. 7, on Hwy. 4, south of Huron Road 16. Damages were set at $1,200. On Feb. 10, Henry P. Carter of RR 2, Wingham, and Abraham Haasnoot of RR 4, Wingham, 'Were involved in a two car col- lision on the Wingham Sports- men's Club parking lot. There were no injuries and damages to both cars were about $100. A single auto accident on Sun- day afternoon on Huron County Road 12 south of Brussels demolished the car and sent two Listowel area youths to Uni- versity Hospital ' in London, in critical condition. Ralph COneybeare, 18, of RR 4, Listowel, the driver and John McIntosh, 19, also of RR 4, Lis- towel, a passenger, were taken to London after receiving em- ergency treatment at Seaforth Hospital. A second passenger, John Ballantyne, 19, of RR 1, At- wood, was treated and released from Seaforth Hospital. • —Misses Kathy Pattison, Sandra Currie and Elizabeth Armstrong presided 'at the con- sole of the church organ during the matting worship service at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church on Sunday, due to the absence of Mrs. Don Robertson. Misses Janet McGee and Olive Lapp sang a duet, "How Great Thou Art". the rights-of.way es attractive as .possible„ These are the policies that willa y to kV Bradley - Georgetown 'transmisalon line which WiU be the subject of the next around of Ohne "No longer does down everything Wale a transmission line and Mainta it as a no -mall's land~ "Farming On right‘or•waY Hydro opens new of power line meeti Citizens from 'Fordwich and. Walkerton to Hanover and. Mount Forest will have a third oppor- tunity to participate in the ,selec- tion- of a route for Ontario Hydros, two proposed 500 kV transmission lines from Bradley Junction to the Georgetown -Mt- chener area. Public meetings will be held throughout this area over a three-week week Pe -toil beginning ng. February 25 in Walkerton and ending . March 15 in Brookville. Based on the public opinion ex- pressed at meetings last March ana October, as well as the, re- sults of its own technical . `and environmental studies, Hydro has established locations for specific rights-of-way within each of the broad alternative, corridors discussed in October. At this month's meetings, Hydro experts will present; their evaluations of these rights-of- way, asking for'inti rther public comment to assist in the selection of the best two routes needed to bring power from the Bruce 'Generating Station into the planned province -wide 500,000 volt bulk transmission system. Following; the meetings, Hydro will complete its review of the alternate routes and prepare, a final 'report of recommend*. for presentationto the Minister Eqergy, hopefully by June- T, ninster Will then either .stet Hydro's recommendatiki►n directly to the provincial -cab for ;a decision,or first real ' The .per . matter to further public .rev Public involvement has ra an important nt ro to in the p of the °Bradley -Georgetown `i for the past year and conthrid citizen participation at the 4 p coming meetings is vital to Panning process, according to Ontario Hydro. Prior to the •nextsift of, Meet* ings, residents who could ,bp _af- fected f-fected by the lines will receive maps showing the rights f- y selected in each of the pr�evio 1y announced corridors. The times and locations for the meat- togs will be announced ting newspaper' ads and mailings. Anyone unable to attend Hose sessions can still participate by sending ;;their.: comments, by March 31, to Ontario' Hyd Room H-1242, 620 Univers:kr Avenue, Toronto, MSG 1X6.;, School at Eli face el` A special meeting in Clinton of the Huron Board of Education was rocked by a ; heated dis- cussion over the demands by Dr. G. F'. Mills, the Huron County fMedical Officer of Health, that provements in the sewage dis- posal system at Blyth Public School be made immediately . or have the school closed. 1 J. Cochrane, director of education, attacked Dr. Mills for acting "in a unilateral and arbi- trary manner" thatcould only cost the taxpayers added ex- pense. The Village of Blyth has applied to the Ministry of the Environment to start work on overhauling the village's entire sewage system in 1976. . The MOH first ordered the school board's plant superin- tendent to pump the school's septic tank oil a continuous basis February 4. The board has arranged to pump twice a week continue pp to=te base of towers, and m many areas of southern Ontario is conducted Ander ;fit such conditions,' Many farmers even use the area .immediately below • : the tower for . Stomp space. '"I'houglk Hydro may havee to purchase up to 0,000 acres of land for the Bradley -Georgetown line, only about 45 acres at the bases of the towers will actually be taken out of .production. In most cages the remainder of the arable land can be leasad,back from Hydro. for fare at $1 acre � . per pet �, puts a sum equivalent to the takes, "Where lines pass through a rural woodiot, Hydro wilt -cut only. trees that .interfere with the con- struction and safe o ation of the line. This procedur. is called selective cutting.. , ever, in eases where a landowner night prefer his woodlot be, turned into pasture or cropland rather than be selectively cut, Hydro will consider his proposal. • "While Hydro now leaves trees . standing on its rights-of-way, the utility is also prepared to reforest an acre of land for, every acre selectively cut in townships where less than 15 per cent of the farm area is in Woodlot. To facil- itatethis progratn, and other re- forestation projects, thousands of a seedlings have been plantedin olding areas near generating and transfornier stations for `future use. ."Tree screens will be left, or planted where corridors .cross roads, and berms (artificial hills) constructed in .some sections. In open, non-agricultural areas, a suitable ground cover such as shrubs, grasses or legumes, will be planted to soften the visual im- pact of the lines, reduce the pos- sibility of soil erosion and provide ishelterr tor•wildlife. • towers will still be visible all. these .eftorta, ybut`'he todiaiiing*.frovtdea pi to focalpoint for the eyes. `:Existing rights-of-way are also being improved by planting trees, some of them as high as 15 feet. As well, thousands of seed- lings are being - planted along river banks to control erosion. In the current fiscal year, 1973-1974, Hydro has budgeted $1 million to- wards the upgrading of existing lines. "The new approach to right-of- way use involves more than land- scaping techniques, as Hydro would like to see parks located on corridors in some areas. The utility will lease .land to mun- icipalities for such purposes, at the rate of $1 per year, and will make Hydro personnel available • to assist with the planningaof the parks and, recreation areas. "Ail these projects are part of Ontario Hydro's program to make its right-of-way greenbelts more productive and .attractive, minimizing their effects on the environment." ata cost of $25 per. day: The problem with the sewage system is that ponding in the - sewage • bed occurs during periods of -thaw or heavy run off. The MOH has now demanded that the school board Aeal off the septic tank and haul fhe sewage away until .the improvements have been made. Mr. Cochrane charged that he wasnever contacted by the health unit and Dr: Mills by- passed him and issued the orders directly to the plant superin- tendent. Caught in the middle, board trustees expressed regret that the orders had not been preceded by discussion with the board. The board also plans to contact the Ministry of the Environtnent and the Ministry of Health in an at- tempt to get the sewer project started sooner.. LOIS PENNINGTON, Cheryl Gavreluk and April Moore were among four youngsters presented wifh prizes for selling the most tickets for the Wirloham Figure Skating Club's Winter Carnival last Saturday evening. Mrs. Sally Campeau presented the prizes. Un- fortunately one of the winners, Robbie Willis, was absent when our photographer took this picture. (Staff Photo) PAM GE RRI E was presented with the 'Marguerite, Burrell -trophy at Saturday night s Wingham FigureSkating ClubWinter Carnival. Mrs. Qinrt.�avr luk Presented her i s ,' the large trophy and Harold Brooks presented her withan individual trophy::The trophy presented to the Senior skater showing the~most- improveaxlent, .personality ,and Tall -round`. help to the Wingham Club. • AtStaff:-- - to as r sellin • The Wingham PUC has decided • to go ahead with plans to build a prestressed concrete standpipe that will cost the commission about $140,000. That decision was made during the commission's regular meeting last Thursday. Burns Ross, a representative of B. M. Ross and Associates who are the consulting - engineers on the, ,project, presented the ion wit s o cotpmYss - � three 'set f and for11* „specificationstees , a �,. t i iees. Vete' H toiiSteol Worlds, $1101,46 ifb1 a steel structure, McCormick Silos, $127,251 fora reinforced concrete standpipe and Canadian Gunite $125,400 for a prestressed unit. A fourth and as yet unnamed company was asked. to make a submission but the consulting firm did not receive reply from them. - Mr. Ross pointed out what he called a "flaw" in the Horton Steel submission; they would not be able to begin construction until May 1975. He suggested that in the light of the other two sub- missions, which almost guarantee construction this year, the Horton submission was "out of line" in terms of time and cost. The commission concurred 'with, Mr•. Ross' views and examined the two concrete structure proposals. Because the proposals were so close in price the commission opted for the prestressed structure which they felt would be a better investment. The difference betweenrein- forcing concrete and prestressing is that in the latter process concrete is poured and then wrapped in steel to provide pressure towards the centre of the tank, to counteract the out- ward pressure of the water on the walls when the tank is filled. A subsequent application of con- crete is made to the outside of the tank. There was one point in Canadian Gunite's proposal that caused a great deal of consterna- tion among the com- mission's members. The com- pany asked for a letter of intent from the commission so that they could order the necessary materials. Their submission explained that with the cost of steel spiralling upward, if they did not order 'now the total cost of building the could escalate. The problem in sending a letter of intent to the company is that the commission has to wait for an Ontario Municipal Board ruling allowing them to deben- ture for the project. If that permission is not granted the commission would have to pay the company 'any out-of-pocket expenses incurred under the ten- tative agreement. But both Commissioner Roy Bennett and Superintendent Ken Saxton declared that the new standpipe is necessary because of the condition of the old tank and therefore the commission would have to take tile -chance that the OMB would rule in time. Mayor DeWitt Miller, a commission member, suggested that he should go to Toronto to try and impress the urgency of quick decision on the OMB and perhaps. expedite the matter somewhat. There still is no ;guarantee that the OMB will' act quickly on the matter; - Mr. Ross ` estimated that the total cost of the project would, be about $140,000 after engineering costs to date for the project and various expensesthat willhave to be paid�+to theit��yyc�,om commission are taken •intq aeon*. SU Mr, ttnli at -1]r ,�h .N. 0 ssilin'r r asp 30,000out of its i it cashed in . some holdings.: e: test :; would have to be hili selling • debentures 'water rates irrtovim.•; stated that even if raised, Viringhani''s: 'still be lower . th municipalities in decided Festival of only two. w Another . group of lucky prize winners picked up their awards in the weekly Festival of Values draw last week. This was the third draw in the six-week shopping promotion sponsored by 35 Wingham merchants and service , people. Three more weekly draws will be made before and immediately after the conclusion of the \` `Festival" event. Last week's winners were Carl Whitfield; Blyth, a knife set from Bridge Motors; Doug Ward, R.R. 5, Lucknow, knife set, Stainton's Hardware; Ross Hastings, Wingham, carving set, Mid- dleton's Home Furnishings; John Hamilton, Bluevale, set of steins, from C. E. McTavish; Mrs. Jack Gillespie, Wingham, hair dryer from Walter's Store and Mrs. Bob Moffat, lady's shaver from Gemini Jewellers. In the previous list of winners The Advance -Times had to admit that the name of one prize-winner bad been misplaced. She was Barbara Hamilton of Lucknow, who won a knife set from Harris Stationery. The reason her name was left out was because she was unable to get into town for a picture to be taken with Miss Harris — but she did receive her prize. Don't miss the special values which are offered by the spon- soring merchants. You will find them displayed on two pages of this issue of The Advance -Times. If you have not yet taken ad- vantage of their special offers, do so soon -- and don't forget to fill out your entry ticket for the Festival of Values draw. Participating merchants and businesses are: Triangle Dis- count, Sunrise Dairy, Miller's Ladies' Wear, Wingham Service Centre, Wingham Sunoco Ser- vice, Bill Tiffin, Imperial Esso agent, McDonald's Bridal Bou- tique, Callan Shoes, Rac and Break Billiards, Hodgins -Mc- Donald Lumber Ltd., Readman's Texaco Service, Burke Electric, Wingham Drive-in Cleaners, Wingham Firestone Stores, Bridge Motors, The Decor Shoppe, Jenny Wren Shoppe, Warren douse, Middleton's Home Furnishings, Stedman's, Vas ce's Rexall Drug Store, Vahie eeks to g Gemini Jewellers, Daugherty Pro Hardware, Chris Gosling Chev,Olds, Stainton's Hardware, McGee Auto Electric, C: E.1VIac- Tavish Fina Service, Harris Sta- tionery, Lewis Flowers,Hayes Family Clothing, Walter's De- partment Store., Hanna's Men's. and Boys' Wear, R. A. Currie and Son Furniture, Readman 'Clean- ers, Bennett's 5c to $1. Area artist to represent Canada i n\ Italian show Alan Weinstein, an artist from Teeswater, was recently chosen as one of four artists whose works will represent Canada in the VI International Biennial of Graphic Art to be held this summer at the Palazzo Strozzi in Florence, Italy. All four artists were chosen by a national art jury set up to select the Canadian representatives who would send their art to the Italian exhibition. The other three artists chosen were: Walter Bachinski of Guelph, John Esler of Calgary and Tibor Kuvelik of Toronto. Each artist will send five graphic art prints to the Biennial. Mr. Weinstein was born in Tor- onto but now makes his 'home in Teeswater. He studied art at the Ecole du Louvre in .Paris and a number of American univer- sities. Mr. Weinstein has travel- led extensively through Europe and at one time resided in Spain... Between 1966 and 1969 he was an assistant professor of art at the University of Saskatchewan. His works are on permanent display at a number of galleries across Canada including the galleries of the University of Guelph, the University of New Brunswick and the Burnaby Art Gallery in 'B.C. At the present tune he is exhibiting some of his works at the Kitchener -Waterloo Art Gal- lery. That exhibition ends March 3. —Mr. and Mrs. Russel Gaunt of Edward Street are visiting this week at Ajax with Mr. and Mrs. Don Dirstein and family.