The Huron Expositor, 1990-02-07, Page 1940. IN MEMORIAM
HICKEY
(n loving ..njemory of a Pear Mother, Marie
Hickey, deceased Feb, 7 19.80. -
Godgave me a wonderful Mother,
More precious than wealth untold,
He sprinkled her hair with silver,
And moulded her heart of gold,
He needed a new star in heaven,
A beautiful light to shine,
So from out of this world, He chose
That wonderful Mother of mine.
"God bless you in heaven today".
Lovingly remembered, Mary. 40-6x1
RUSTON
In loving memory of my wife and our mother
Gwen who left us suddenly February 8, 1989.
We do not need a special day
To bring you to our mind
A day we do not think of you
Is very hard to find
They say time heals all sorrow
And helps 4s to forget
But time so far has only shown
How much we miss you yet.
Dearly loved and never forgotton, Lawrence,
Marjorie, Donald, Maureen, Madelaine, Bradley,
Richard, Daniel, Bruce and families. 40-6x1
STAPLES
In loving memory of Gordon Staples who pass-
ed away Feb. 6, 1985.
Memories are like threads of gold
Never tarnish or grow old
Sadly missed along life's way
Quietly remembered every day.
By wife Catherine, children and their spouses,
grandchildren. . 40-6x1
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Panel membera,, whiph also included
Maitland Valley Conservation Authority
Chairman Bruce McCall and moderator
Tom Prout of Ausable-Bayfield, took turns
presenting views and possible solutions to
the water quality problem. Susan Bragg, of
Maitland Valley focussed on the special
contamination control challenges posed by
manure spreading and stored•waste runoff
Winter spreading, she stressed, should be
avoided or kept to an absolute zriitiitnum.
She pointed out that 50% of the fiiitrogen in
the manure is lost to the soil in the sprjng
runoff, leeching instead into the Water
sources. Other suggestions included
avoiding wet weather spreading; ensuring
a 200 -day storage . capacity _for _solid
manure; not spreading manure near water
sources; avoidance of over -application to
the fields; close monitoring of drainage
equipment in the fields; and planning for
at least 24 -hours `accomodation time', the
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manure to work its way into the soil
before anottteVapltlication should beMade
,Qne area that is,.bemg-closely. omtolred
by environmentalists: and agricultural
researchers is the effects of Bouid manure
spreading. Panna Dean of the Ausable-
Bayf fiend Conservation i4ut1onity has been
preparing .a report onthe issue, and has
come up with :some sobering, fin The
final 'report will not be completes. d for
another, two :or three months, but initial
res!!ita acre ahowing that liquid manure is
legching 'through thesoil and con-
taminating, the drainage and water systems
within two hours of application.
Bob Redwood urged all present to close-
ly examine their own fanning methods and
take decisive steps towards
decontamination.
"The bacteria that we put into our tiles
percolates and grows, and we end up tak-
ing more bacteria out than we put in," he
remarked.
"We, as farmers, are the original en-
vironmentalists," he continued.
"A few people in the towns and cities
District girls' marching band
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Soviet Union.
"We're one of the best marching bands
in Ontario," says Kalbfleisch. "We get
calls from all over. Just last week I got
a call from Scarborough asking us to
play for a corporation birthday party in
the Skydome."
Unfortunately the birthday falls in the
middle of exam week and the students
were not available.
The 75 girls who make up the band will
have their parade competition and field
drill in Fort Meyers Friday night. Satur-
day they will march in the second largest
night parade in the United States, which
includes 5,000 bandsmen and many floats
from the Orange Bowl Parade. There is
about $5,000 in prizes for the winning
bands.
Kalbfleisch says the band will also
receive audio tapes of their perfor-
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mances, and will hear criticism of their
performances. "So it's a good ex-
perience."
The band is sponsored by the Huron
County Board of Education, and it is im-
portant that the trips also be educational.
Kalbfleisch says in Florida the girls will
see the Thomas Edison Museum which
displays Edison's many inventions, San-
ta Belle Island which is the second best
spot in the world to collect ocean shells,
and the Everglades. "And that's just a
few things. We're doing something all the
time."
Kalbfleisch is a teacher, head of the
history department at Goderich District
Collegiate Institute, and an ardent musi-
cian. He has been involved with the
Laketown Band in Goderich, the Zurich
Centennial Band, and the Western
Mustang Band. Ile started the Instrumen-
tal music at GDCI, although he is no
longer involved with that program, and
knows how to teach people to play.
"Participation, because of part-time
jobs, has declined. Football at GDCI is
gone because of part-time jobs, so this is
the sad thing," says Kalbfleisch. "Some
parents think money is more important
than participation, but these are lifetime
experiences."
The band is for girls of age 13 to 19,
and some are from elementary schools.
"And if they're not a musician we can
put them in a color party. But they have
to be dependable, that's the number one
thing," says Kalbfleisch.
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Walt that they've really foot('. something.
when they talk about the. envItonment,"
Dt Clare Rennie ,of the 0 *(04 Mu»iatly
of .Agrz'eulture, and Food ant ;fernierassns-
tent "agricultural representative for Buren
CeWity moo), discussed the numere is
eddeatippal and inceiative programs that
are' In place geared towards soil and water
conservation. These include pesticide
education seminars, Food 'Systems 2002,
the QSCEPAP program, Land Stewardship
incentives, SWEEP and Tillage 2000.
"Educate, not regulate, is our philosophy
as a Ministry," he told the audience.
The guest speakers hosted an informal
panel discussion at the end of the presen-
tation, fielding questions from members of
the audience. When quizzed about the
historical lack of government funding for
conservation projects and fndividtial farm
projects, the panel agreed, but was quick
to voice their optimism for the future.
Second stage
"The Ontario :government spent sa
million less In 1989 oa water conservation
efforts than they are'ljkoly to; give to Lon^
don ($15 mil 4n;) f r. pi$elfr a to the rake so
that they cati.'Watett their lawns," Ar. Ren-
nie noted.
He was countered by Murray Blackie,
agricultural. specialist with the Ministry of
the Environment in London. "Society today
is much less tolerant, if not intolerant, to
anything being in their food, their air, their
water," he commented.
"It's certainly putting a lot of pressure
on government, and on regulatory bodies."
More information on water quality can
be `obtained from either the Ausable-
Bayfield or Maitland Valley Conservation
Authorities, or through the OMAF offices.
Dr. Rennie summed up the purpose of
the informative presentation.
"We can't always be playing catch-up
where the environment is concerned."
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will have the least environmental impact,
or areas where impacts can be mitigated.
The weighting factors are then applied to
the potential sites, and a recommendation
of the most appropriate location, or loca-
tions, is made.
Copies of the Stage 2A Preliminary
Report are available for loan at all main
branches of the Huron County Public
Library, the Lucknow Public Library, all
Huron County Municipal Offices (although
not for loan outside of office) and the
Huron County Department of Planning and
Development.
Copies of the Stage 1 Final Report are
also available at the same locations. A
Tuckersmith council un
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tra $1,200 levy on the township.
At the Seaforth Fire Board meeting, ex-
penditures were reviewed and salaries
were set for another dollar per hour in-
crease. Employee benefits were upped and
Workmen's Compensation was raised from
$25,000 to $30,000.
The purchase of a new pumper -tanker
unit for the Seaforth Fire Department has
been figured into the 1990 capital expen-
ditures budget. Quotes have come in at the
$150,11r mark for the unit, but no tenders
have been called for. The fire department
can sell the current pumper and tanker for
$32,500. Legislation allowing the sale of fire
vehicles over 15 years old, persuant to
them meeting safety requirements, is in
the final stages of approval.
"If it can be sold as a fire vehicle, why
can't we keep it as such?" argued Coun-
cillor Bill DeJong, voicing Council's
general ,'sapproval of the purchase.
Councillor McGrath agreed, noting that
the' old unit is stored "indoors, tested and
maintained regularly, and used
sporadically.
A' motion was passed to defeat accep-
M Usury
limited number of copies of both reports
are available for sale at the Huron Coun-
ty Department of Planning and Develop-
ment, at cost. Following the public review
period (ending March 9, 1990) public com-
ments will be incorporated in the Stage 2A
Preliminary Report document, which is
then issued as the Stage 2A Final Report.
Public meetings to gather input on the
Stage 2A Preliminary Report have been
scheduled for Wednesday, March 7, 1990 at
the Hensall arena at 7:30 p.m., and Thurs-
day, March 8, 1990 at the Blyth Arena at
7:30 p.m. Informal Open Houses will be
held prior to the public meetings. In
Seaforth that open house will be at the
municipal office on Monday, February 26,
1990 from 3:30 to 7 p.m.
impressed
tance of the budget, with note being made
that corresponding vehicle maintenance
costs will rise if the capital expenditures
budget is cut.
' COUNTY RESTRUCTURING
The draft of the Terms of Reference for
the proposed restructuring of the Huron
County municipal governments was receiv-
ed by Council. Colborne Township also sent
Tuckersinith a copy of their own reply to
the Terms of Reference, disapproving of
the dpcument. The proposed changes would
drastically reduce the representation of
townships and municipalities with popula-
tions under 4,11.14 and would, in many
cases, combine township governments.
"Personally, I feel that simply saying
that we agree with Colborne and sending
off a letter is like signing a petition - total-
ly useless," remarked Councillor Rowena
Wallace; It was decided that Councillor
Wallace and Deputy Reeve Carnochan will
meet with Clerk Jack McLachlan to go
over the document in detail and draft a
reply to the county.
"If we are concerned about
municipalities being combined and losing
autonomy, we'd better say something about
it," Biu Carnpchan said.
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structures. But the buildings are regard-
ed by many on council as perfectly ade-
quate despite now falling short of many
Ontario requirements for seniors
facilities.
But recently, Johnston said, the
ministry has refused to share renovation
costs for portions of the complex, and is
likely to continue doing so.
"At this point, there's no tallying the
total costs," said Johnston. "What
bothers us as county councillors is what's
the end result? What's the total dollars?'
I can't vote on this until I know what
happens to the old building." He said
while the ministry promise of 50 per cent
funding for the new buildings may be
considered clear, that's only a portion of
the total project.
A year ago, Johnston told council
Thursday, ministry employees told Huron
the province had set aside $5 million for
new construction, and $2 million for the
attached alternative housing apartments;
a 50 per cent share of $14 million. With
the current cost estimate at $8 million
more than that, Johnston said council
must now get its information from the
minister, and not his staff.
"CAN'T TRUST MINISTRY"
"If the ministry staff doesn't support us
on renovating, it's the same staff that
was confused about funding...we can't put
any stock in what the minister's staff
say."
Exeter Reeve Bill Mickle agreed, say-
ing other than establishing the exact site
for the Brussels building, council con-
tinues "going in circles."
Warden Lionel Wilder said Riddell had
promised to arrange a meeting between
Huron council members and Beer while
all were at the Rural Ontario Municipal
Association conference this week in
Toronto. He said the county wants the
minister to consider paying more than
the 50 per cent share promised, since
Huron has a disproportionately high
population of seniors. The county also
wants "a clear dollar commitment,"
Wilder added.
But Riddell said Beer had promised to
accept "a brief" from the county, but
had refused a formal meeting.
Wilder and other county officials were
attending the ROMA conference this
week and were unavailable for further
comment.
Meanwhile, Huronview committee
chairman Tom Tomes told council that
the committee is continuing to develop a
detailed plan for possible county approval
late in March. That plan would then go
on to the ministry for final approval.
"The detailed plan at this point seems
to be at the seedbed of the stumbling
block," said Comes.
At the same time, a committee of
council has been considering a com-
prehensive plan for future use of all
county owned buildings for several
months, but has yet to report to council.
Local real estate "healthy"
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as investment properties. "It's hard to go
out, buy a home, fix it up and sell it and
hope to tum a profit."
All of the real estate agents agreed that
the higher priced homes, anything over
$100,000, are slower movers on the Seaforth
market. "Prestige" properties require
more extensive advertising, aimed at a
specific purchaser, and remain on the
market for quite a while.
"You get into the $130,000 -plus range,
you're looking at a very special kind of
buyer," says Henry Mero.
Building lots, always in high demand,
are few and far between for the potential
home builder. Culligan Real Estate reports
that there are very few choices in lots left
close to uptown, but that there are still a
number Left in the golf course area, around
William and Front Streets in Egmondville,
and around the Optimist Park. Sharon
Medd and Henry Mero have noticed the
scarcity of lots on the market as well, and
have had to turn down a number of
inquiries.
"I either sell lots or houses," says Mr.
Mero. "I have homes here that I've sold
upwards of five times."
`I'm expecting an upturn in the farm
market," he predicts when questioned
about the agricultural sector. "I sold eight
just last year - for a one-man operation,
that's healthy."
There is a high demand for the smaller
operations, 50 to 100 acre cash crop farms,
with dairy and poultry operations also
moving well. Hog farms, notes Maureen
Wi1d$ong, are up-and-down depending on
the hog market prices.
One somewhat disturbing development in
the farm property market is the large
number of "city farmers" infiltrating the
market, committers looking for "100 to 200
acre building lots."
"It's making it harder for the actual
farmers," Henry Mero says. "Now they're
competing (for property) with these urban
dwellers." Many land buyers are purchas-
ing and share -cropping out their land, set-
tling themselves into effective tax shelters.
As with homes, the larger and more
specialized the farm operation, the longer
it has been taking to sell. Henry Mero has
sold property in the $2.5 million dollar
price range, but concedes that smaller
holdings make up the brunt of his farm
listings.
With rumblings of the GST and its possi-
ble detrimental effect on the real estate
market, are local realtors concerned?
"I haven't heard a lot of comments on
it...I don't know if it's going to affect us
this year," says Henry Mero. He adds that
the General Sales Tax payment problems
may be sidestepped in future deals via
conditions of the sale, ie. `We'll sign the
deal if you pay the GST and conditions.'
Is a rush of buyers, wanting to avoid the
GST, being anticipated for the local real
estate market? Not particularly, it seems,
but agents are expecting nothing less than
a brisk trade in 1990.
"I think this year is going to be another
busy, busy year," remarks Sharon Medd.
"Property in the area has always been
a good investment," Henry Mero sums up.
I don't think people have ever lost
money on a real estate transaction—if they
have, it was a forced sale."
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