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Seminar with Brian to follow at 7.30 p.m., AprIl 10 at Goderlch District Collegiate Institute..
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Certificates of Merit were awarded, by Legion Branch 109 to (L. to R.) Don Stemp, Norm
Leddy, Don Kernick and Anne Anderson who also received a certificate from the Ladies
Auxiliary. (Photo by Bluewater Photography) 9
A Life Membership in the Branch was
received by Claire Bedard at the annual
Honours and Awards ceremony of Legion
Branch 109. (Photo by Bluewater
Photography)
Drivers can
test their skills
Conestoga College is issuing an invitation
to Class M motorcycle licenced drivers to
test, their skills at special Challenge Days on
Apr. 19 and 20 in Waterloo.
Again this year, Conestoga is offering its
popular Motorcycle Driver Training course,
sactioned by the Canada Safety Council. The
Challenge Days are intended to allow ex-
perienced drivers to see if they practice the
high level of safe driving skills that students
acquire in the course.
The test course, similar to the test re-
quirements necessary for a Class M licence,
will be open on the Challenge Days from 1-4
p.m. at Conestoga's Waterloo campus, 435
King St. N.
There is no charge for the test. Drivers
need pnly arrive with a. mechanically sound
motorcycle and proof of liability insurance.
However, participants under the age of 18
must be accompanied by a parent or
guardian.
For more information contact the Conti-
nuing Education office at the Waterloo cam-
pus, (519) 805-0300. Office hours are noon - 8
p.m. from Monday through Thursday and
noon - 4 -p.m. on Friday.
Today's students will be
managers of tomorrow
Today's students will be our natural
resource managers oftomorrow. That is the
strong belief of the Ausable Bayfield and
Maitland Valley Conservation Authorities,
and it has led to their involvement in the.
Huron County Science Fair..
The Ausable Bayfield and Maitland
Valley Conservation Authorities, in co-
operation with the Huron County Science
Fair Committee, will present a conservation
award to encourage students to explore the
complex and exciting field of conservation.
The award will be presented at the conclu-
sign of the county -wide science fair.
Conservation education has long been a
concern of the two Conservation
Authorities. Each one operates its own
education program. These are programs
where Conservation Authority staff conduct
the teaching.
"The conservation award should promote -
conservation education beyond the facilities
and capabilities of the Conservation
" Carol Kuipers, the new owner, is putting
these selected items on sale so she can
meet her customers ... new and old!
Authorities," according to Gregory
Pulham, Community Relations Co-
ordinator with the A.B.C.A.
Pulham says that the award could .extend
conservation education to schools,
classrooms and students who have not been
involved in the. Authorities' programs. - "It
also givesstudents cause to study con-
servation in•more detail," he says.
Debra Perkin, Conservation Education
Technician with the Maitland Valley Con-
servation Authority, explains that the coin -
petition is open to students in Grades 7 and 8
and that the project must depict an aspect of
the wise use of soil and water resources.
"Posters and brochures have been sent to
all Huron County public schools so now it's
up to eager students to develop their pro-
jects,"
says Perkin.
The Conservation Authorities have includ-
ed topic suggestions in their brochure and
they advise interested students to see their
teachers.
Report on alachlor in drinking
water available from ministry
A comprehensive report is now available
to the public on the findings of the 1985 inter -
ministry monitoring program for the her-
bicide alachlor in municipal and private
drinking water supplies, Environment
Minister Jim Bradley announced.
Alachlor, produced by Monsanto Ltd. of
St. Louis and sold under the traded name
Lasso, was widely used in Southern Ontario
to control weeds in corn, soybean, field bean
and potato crops.
In 1984, based on animal studies, Health
and Welfare Canada expressed concern
about the cancer-causing potential of
alachlor. Agriculture Canada subsequently
banned the sale and use of alachlor in
Canada, effective, Jan. 1.
In 1985, due to concerns about water con-
tamination, Environment Ontario set up the
alachlor monitoring program in co-
operation with the Ministries of Labor,
Health Agriculture and Food, and the
federal Department of Agriculture.
From May to November, 1985, 'samples
were taken for analysis from municipal
waterworks, private wells, beaches and
tributary streams. To establish guidelines
for the monitoring program, Health and
Welfare Canada recommended an interim,
limit for alachlor in drinking water of five
parts per billion (ppb).
Sampling at municipal waterworks
detected alachlor in untreated water at-.
Dresden water treatment plant on six occa-
sions, ranging from 1 to 9 ppb. No alachlor
was detected in Dresden's treated drinking
water, however the herbicide was found
once at trace amounts (below the detection
limit of 1 ppb) in the treated drinking water
of Paisley and Oneida.
Due to previous alachlor monitoring in
1984, which detected alachlor in the treated
water at Dresden, .:Harrow and Alvinston,
powdered activated carbon was installed at
those three water treatment Plants, and at
Mitchell's Bay, at a total cost of $70,000. The
powdered activated carbon filtration pro-
cess appears to be effective in removing
alachlor from treated water.
'l wentyxone private wells were found to be
contetn(ttlated with at least 1 ppb of alachlor...
p'ifteen,of the 21 wells were used as drinking
. water sources. Alternate water Was offered
to the well users by Ministry of Environ-
ment where alachlor was detected over the
interim limit. In all cases, regardless of cir-
cumstances, the well users at sites where
the interim limit was exceeded were
notified.
Twelve beach and tributary stream sites
were sampled once a week for 16 weeks, un-
til the end of August, 1985. No alachlor was
detected in any samples taken from recrea-
tional beaches. The Rondeau Bay inlet
stream tested positive for alachlor on nine
occasions; while the Pittock Lake inlet
stream contained alachlor on three' and
Wildwood Lake inlet stream contained
alachlor on one occasion.
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