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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1982-08-25, Page 9ii J Officers and executive chairmen of Goderich Legion Branch 109 for 1982-83 are,.front row, left to right, Carolyn Holborn, secretary, Alvin Blackwell, second vice- president, Claire Bedard, president, John MacDonald, first vice-president and Clarence Hoy, treasurer; centre . row, left to right, Harold Chambers, property chairman, Eleanor Worsell, house chairman, Walter Sheardown, ser- vice officer, Don McArthur, finance chairman, Howard Carroll, poppy chairman and Lorraine Jones, assistant secretdry; and back row, left to right, Harold Beadle, entertainment chairman, Bill Burke, past president, Alex Gauley, assistant sergeant at arms, Ray Barker, sick and welfare chairman, Don Kernick, sergeant a4 arms, Ernie Porter, assistant treasurer, Rick Duckworth, membership chairman and Neil Shaw, public relations chairman. Absent for photo were Bea Powell, sports chairman and Les Riley, veteran and community service chairman. ( Photo by Eric Carman) Trends in water quality of Maitland River studied Evaluating historical trends in the water quality of the Maitland and Saugeen Rivers in Southwestern •Ontario is the subject of one project in Environment Ontario's Experience '82 program. A first year physics student at the University of Western Ontario is ' preparing the - important Preninary work for intensive watershed studies scheduled for 1984•. She will examine water samples for nutrients', . such as phosphorus and nitrogen, biochemical oxygen demand, and suspend- ed solids as indicators of water quality. Co-ordinating . -that information ,with historicaL.data, .trends-in_water quality can be seen. The 1984-88 studies will use this data in establishing basin management plans to im- prove or maintain water quality in Southwest On- tario. About 189 students are working on 90 projects this summer through Environment Ontario's Experience program. . "Thi. program gives young people interested in their environment some practical experience in pro- tecting it," said Keith C. Norton, Ontario Minister of the Environment. "In return,. the Ministry benefits from their enthusiasm and dedication." Ontario's Youth Secretariat organizes the Pro- vince's overall Experience '82 "program, pow in its tenth..year.. It.offers.a.wideyariety of. summer jobs.in..., government ministries and community organizations to students with appropriate skills and education. Removing stains from concrete is not difficult Removing Stains From Concrete Have you ever had to remove stains from con- crete? Sometimes it's needed to prepare a surface for painting, or just to im- prove the appearance. One of the most common stains is oil on floors or driveways. If you remove the oil quickly, there won't be much danger of staining. You should soak the oil up immediately with an ab- sorbent cloth or paper towel. Avoid wiping, as it spy the stain and drives it into the concrete. Cover the spot with a dry, powdered, ab- sorbent, inert material such as portland cement and leave it for one day. Repeat this procedure until no more oil is absorbed. If this doesn't work, you'll have to use Plan "B". Scrub the stained area with a strong soap, scouring powder, OF trisodium phosphate. Then make a poultice with a solution of onepart trisodium phosphate:in six parts water. Apply this to the st.,ain and allow it to dry. Remove the dried paste and scrub the surface with clear water. Voila! No more stain. - Ron Fleming, Ag. Eng. Hydro to Hydro is spending $2.3 million this year to decrease nitric oxide emissions at Nanticoke and Lakeview generating stations. The pilot program in- volves modifying burners at the stations to reduce the flame temperature. Testing '• on the Unit 8 boiler at Nan- ticok.e, after burner modifications in 1980, show- ed a lower temperature would. cut nitric oxide emis- sions by as much as 27 per. eH dro staff wilt install the equipment at Nanticoke's Unit 5 in late Aug-ilst Jiiit"5 is due back in service in -November with—extensive -testing to follow. Similar equipment will be installed in Unit 4 at Lakeview during September, with the in- serVice date alsp_ set for November. If the pilot program is suc- cessful, Hydro will spend $52 million over the next 1(1 years to modify all burners at Nanticoke, Lakeview and Lambton stations. Transmission plan approved Hydro received approval Measure Grain Harvest Losses No matter what combine you use, or how new it may be, there will be some loss: The questions 'are: How much loss is too much? What is an acceptable loss? How do you measure that loss? Sticking your hand under the sieve and catching a handful of straw and chaff and examining it doesn't give you a good check on the loss. Nor does scrambling in the straW behind the machine. Either way, the chances are you . are wasting your time. In a survey of 47 farmers who sampled losses this way, only nine were prepared to. estimate the • loss when asked. Of these, only two were within 50 percent of the actual measured loss. In four cases, the loss was^ double the estimate and, in one case, eight times greater. So, don't guess. But if , you see grain laying on the ground behind the combine, don't panic either. For two reasons: grain losses may not be as high as they might seem and the lost grain may not be passing through the combine at all. Losses may not be as high as they seem. For instance, in a bushel of wheat, there are about 1,000,000 kernels. In a bushel of oats, there are about 500,000 kernels. decrease from the Joint Hearings Board for additional transmission facilities in southwestern Ontario. The board's report, releas- ed June 18, approved a plan' for a double circuit 500,000 - volt line between Bruce and Essa and two single .circuit 500,000 -volt lines from Lon- don back to Nanticoke generating station. A public hearing on six possible Hydro. transmission _'plans was held in Stratford last :iaiidh y 'hhe `approved plan has the least impact on . primeagrictiltural.land. Buyer sought Hydro .is__looking_for pro- posals fromprivate interests to buy and rede,Vitep. its Galata generating station. Located on the Mississagi River near Arnprior, the 800 - kilowatt station, built in 1907, _was shut down last summer because of its poor struc- tural condition.. Concrete tests have also shown that the ,,edam must soon be. replaced regardless of Galetta's future use. Hydro policy is to en - if you check losses by catching the discharge at the back of the combine in your hand and happen to catch 10 kernels in half a minute, same people would say that too much grain was going out with the straw and chaff. Is it? Counting 10 hours a day and 26 days a month, it would take over three months to catch a bushel of wheat, at this rate. In order to lose five bushels in a day of 10 hours, there would have to be 140 kernels escape every second, or 8,400 every minute. It takes about 25 kernels of spring wheat, 20 kernels of durum, 11 kernels of oats and 12 kernels of barley per square foot to make a loss of, one bushel an acre. Lost grain may • not be passing through the com- bine. M.E. Dodds, well- known researcher on grain harvesting at Swift Current, Saskatchewan, found that grain losses due to natural cause, reel and cutter bar losses, and pickup losses can vary from one to one -and -a - half bushels an acre. None of this grain goes though the combine. Grain' losses during har- vest occur four ways: Natural losses, Reel and Cutter Bar loss, Pickup losses and Threshing and separating loss. -reprinted from "The Grain Grower" emission courage private interests to develop small hydro -electric sites. Nuclear performance costs Recent cost performance studies show that in 1981, Pickering and Bruce nuclear stations produced power at nearly half the cost of Lamb - ton ton generating station, Hydra's most efficient coal- fired station. The total energy cost for Pickering was 1,41 cents per kilowatt-hour, while Bruce supplied power for 3.40 Ben s per kilowatt-hour. In comparisons: Lambton's total energy cost would have been 2.80 cents per kilowatt- -fiour. if it hadoperated at Pickering's capacity. Contract awarded CAE Electronics, of Quebec, has been awarded an $11 million contract for a training simulator to be used at the Pickering "B" nuclear station. Simulators, to train nuclear technicians, are pro- vided for each nuclear plant, based on the difference in design features. GODERICH SIGNAL,STAR, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25,19112•=PAGE; 9 Bioiogists check river fa eei lamprey Friday morning six marine biologists of the Fisheries and Oceans Department of the Federal Fisheries and Environment Division conducted an assessment of the lamprey eel population in the Nine Mile River at Port Albert. Using three small boats, the surface of the water was sprayed with the chemical Bayvuside. The chemical granules sink to the' river bed where it affects the respiratory system of the lamprey eel causing them tp( come to the surface for o ygen. Cruising the sprayed area for one hour after- wards, the affected lamprey are scooped up by means of dip nets. Over a dozen lam- prey fingerlings were cap- tured. Another method used is electric shock treatment, and this was used in the water upstream from the fish ladder. The chemical spray is non-toxic and has no harmful affect upon swim- mers. Extensive research has been conducted in the United States on the product used. The biologists are cover- ing the Great Lake's area and work out of head- quarters in Sault Ste Marie. Fishing Fishing at the Nine Mile River in the village has been poor this week and Con- servation Officer Roy Bell- inger reports that it has been due to the high winds which we have been experiencing. Saturday afternoon this correspondent had the op - =to interview three Sam Cino of Hamilton. who is a frequent visitor to Port Albert; wasn't having much success but PORT ALBERT NEWS Tom Livingstone, 52 61-7845 5 three days previously, he had caught three bass. Dan Stephenson, 14, of Ingersoll, a frequent viiiitor to the Nine Mile River at Port Albert, wasn't very. successful and neither was Jim Coyne of St. Catharines who was on his first visit to Port Albert. Social news Port Albert residents Nor- val and Ruth Anderson recognized a picture 'in the London Free Press magazine section of August 14. The picture, entitled 'The Fightless Fort' is an aerial view of Fort Prince of Wales at Churchill, Manitoba, taken from a R.C.M.P. plane by Sergeant Gerry Ander- son, son of Norval and Ruth who are summer residents of Port Albert. Sergeant Ander- son was in charage of the R.C.M.P. Detachment at Churchill, Manitoba. Larry Gibson, who -is vaca- tioning in the village with his family from Hamilton, recently, while walking in a wooded area in the village, observed an owl perched on a tree and what appeared to be its nest nearby: Don and Barb Harrower of Holly, Michigan, who vaca- tion at Port Albert during the summer, are spending a week . in Montpelier, Ver- mont visiting their son Scott and family. DON'S BACK TO SCHOOL GIVE-AWAY Salo midi Sgpt. S . ASTRO One of our newest lines from Levi's for feet FREE! TUBE SOCKS Regular '3.3 . With any purchase of our Unisex Ladles', Men's and Boys' Joggers. Sizes 41/2-12 POWER, BAUER, KANGAROOS, NORTH STAR ***************•**************>it ALL CHILDREN'S CANVAS JOGGERS BY BUSTER X, BROWN, SESAME STREET OFF sizes s-0 '******'*********************** 60 Main St. Seaforth Don's Shoe Place sencoestman "Because You're Worth ft'' Goderich Lillian Clapham, who has been spending the summer at her summer home in Port Albert, has returned to her home in Auburn Heights, Michigan for a few days. Clyde and Betty Cowan and children, Kelly, Guy and Jason of Stouffville are visiting with their parents, Sam and Nancy Cowan at Cedar Beach, Port Albert for a few days. Church news Communionwas observed at Christ Anglican Church, Port Albert Sundaymorn- ing. The Reverend Robert Crocker conducted the ser- vice. Walter Tigert, a former organist at the church, and now retired and living in Goderich, was guest organist for the day. Visitoat°s were in attendance from Toronto, London and Goderich. TrShoot Five Canadian boys cap- tured the trap shooting event for the second successive year on Monday, August 16 at Vandalia, Ohio. On the Canadian team were Mark Russell of Strathroy, Steve Deschamps of Corunna, Jamie Whitechurch of St. Thomas, Gary. Conn of St. Thomas and -Geoff Lahn of London. Coach was Joe Woods of Kerwood, Geoff Latin, a summer resident of Port Albert and,a member of the team, reports it was ex- tremely atremely competitive with teams from many of the States participating. The team from Ontario was the only Canadian team in the events. In the final contest, the Canadians . defeated In- diana -State by one target; a score of 925 out of 1,000. - Geoff Latin is the Junior Champion of Ontario and was invited to participate -in the Shoot of the Champions. This was extremely conn ve wigvee many of t�e US.States participating. Lahti achiev- ed a score of 95 out of 100. This was a low score. However this was a distinct honour to have a Canadian taking part in such an in- teresting event. In a few days, Geoff, son of Mery and Myra Latin of Lon- don, summer residents of Port Albert, will be leaving for Switzerland where he is enrolled in Neuchatel Junior College and will be studying Canadian Grade 13. Record set An Ontario Hydro nuclear reactor has set a record for performance.. Unit 3, one of four 750,000 kilowatt reactors at the Bruce "A" generating sta- tion, has been running non- stop since May 11, 1981, 24 hours a day. As of July 31, the 436 days of continuous operation far outstripped the previous Hydro record of 336 days set in 1974-75 at Pickering generating station. . FISK P215 75 R-15 Steel Belted WS ;70.00 BFG P205 75R-15 turd goo WS $65." •00 Cavalier P235 R75-15 Fabric WS. Cavalier P225 R75-15 Fabric WS - Cavalier P215 R75-15 R Fido WS . • Cavalier P205 R75-14 holt WS 59• Cavalier P195 R75-14 ;57 00 B.F.G. GR70-14 Penult BW '69.00 B.F.G. 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