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The Canadian Statesman, Bowmanville, Wednesday, August 7, 1996 15 Hi, I'm "Chomper"! 1 11 months black LAB/COLLIE with shots including rabies shot. Intelligent and great with kids, likes other dogs, no cats please! Clarington Pet-Connection Telephone: 623-6631 Sponsored by Forsey Signs ,R.R. 4, Bowmanville Telephone 623-2865 11 - ® JP P Tyrone Correspondent Returns from Holidays By Jacqueline Vaneyk First of all, a thank you to all those who were nice enough to say that they missed my column the last few weeks. The Vaneyks have been travelling travelling through Eastern Ontario, including die Ottawa Carlcton area, and also the Orillia- Alliston area. Nowhere are the crops any better than here. It is obvious that weather has been and will continue to be the vital vital factor. Planting dates were really important this year, and fields right next to each other can have a two foot difference in the height of the com. Some . Sexy European seeks hassle-free relationship. Nothing long term. 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Sales, sen/ice, ,leasing, body shop, all makes. , Rentals in Canada, USA and Europe, overseas delivery. 1425 Dundas St. East, Whitby 686-6410 1-800-263-2676 TOP DOLLAR FOR YOUR TRADE! rn TBY , HW Y 2 1 ? h 1 35 MINUTES EAST FROM DOWNTOWN TORONTO of the soys have a long way to go and silting in water docs not help. The city of Ottawa is full of tourists and construction and underground parking less than 6'4" high. Our truck just doesn't fit. The bus tours arc great, and the Canadian Museum Museum of Civilization is a beautifully beautifully designed building. Orillia Orillia was preparing for the opening of the casino, with new parking lots and signs everywhere. everywhere. The building itself is set back from Rama Road and looks impressive. It will bring enormous changes to that community. community. Changes at home too. Congratulations Congratulations to Laurie and Brent Mason on the birth of their daughter, Meghan. Proud grandparents arc Carole and Grenville Byam. Tony and May Jantz.cn have sold their home and are moving moving to town. The Jantzcn family family have lived here for forty years. Church services have moved to Tyrone Church. They will begin at 9:30 a.m. until (and including) Septem ber 1. Andy Wilson will be leading worship until August 25 when Reverend Norm Scli returns. Tim Southwell is the organist organist for those Sundays. Tim is involved with a new Summer Theatre at the Resource Centre in Oshawa, so look for information information on it. He is also playing at Bethcsda's Decoration Day Service on September 1, so he is really busy this summer. The Annual Pig Roast will be held at the Community Centre Centre on August 25. Tickets arc available from Lydia Byam, Glenn Smith or Jim Woodley. If you wish to help, any of those people can tell you what is needed. Summer Bible Camp will be at Tyrone Church during the week of August 19-23. Starting time is 9 a.m., but someone will be there at 8:45 if you need to drop your child off earlier. earlier. To register, call Jacqueline at 263-8460; cost is S5.00 per child or $10.00 per family. Fruit, crackers, cheese, juices would be welcomed for snacks. Call Jane at 983-9861 to volunteer your help. CORPORATION OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF CLARINGTON PUBLIC NOTICE A special meeting of the General Purpose and Administration Committee has been scheduled for Friday, August 9, 1996, at 9:30 a.m., in the Council Chambers, Municipal Administrative Centre, 40 Temperance Street, Bowmanville. The special meeting has been called to consider the matter of Ward Boundaries in the Municipality of Clarington. Council appointed a Restructuring Committee which has been reviewing various scenarios and are now seeking public opinion pertaining to this issue. A copy of the Committee's report will be available August 2, 1996 at the Clerk's Department. Any person in attendance at the meeting will have an opportunity to address the General Purpose and Administration Committee. Following the General Purpose and Administration Committee meeting, the Restructuring Committee will be finalizing it's recommendation for presentation to a special meeting of Council which is scheduled to be held on August 12, 1996, at 7:00 p.m., in the Council Chambers, Municipal Administrative Centre, 40 Temperance Street, Bowmanville. Any outstanding matters which require immediate direction from Council will also be included on this agenda. (Clarington ONTARIO Date of Publication: July 31 and August 7,1996 CS-6517 MUNICIPALITY OF Patti L. Barrie, A.M.C.T. Clerk Municipality of Clarington 40 Temperance Street Bowmanville, Ontario L1C 3A6 Cute as a Button Everybody likes to collect buttons, especially ones that you have made yourself! Clarington Library summer student Chris Wood took these small, colourful creations and turned them into buttons for the children who attended attended the "Read to the Future" summer reading program. On Wednesday, July 31. About 50 children were in attendance attendance at the program room of the library last week for the summer reading program. Warning Issued A recent death in a silo on an Ontario farm has prompted the Farm Safety Association to issue a warning about entering silos during danger periods. The death involved an individual individual who entered a sealed silo where lack of oxygen and possibly gases contributed to the death. The Association warns that any silo should be considered a confined space and appropriate safety measures should be taken. taken. Silo gases can form in silos immediately after haylagc or com silage is put in and can last up to three weeks after filling filling is completed.' Sealed silos with high moisture com have an oxygen deficiency due to build-up of carbon dioxide. Both of these areas should not be entered unless the rules of confined space entry are followed, followed, including the wearing of appropriate self-contained breathing apparatus. Basic Entry Procedures for Confined Spaces: 1. Test the atmosphere for oxygen, toxic gases and explosiveness. explosiveness. 2. If dangerous atmosphere exists, you must wear a self- contained breathing apparatus. Ventilate the area if possible. 3. All mechanical and electrical electrical equipment must be locked out. 4. Use die "buddy system" and wear a lifeline. Sufficient equipment and manpower must be available. The extra person is there to summon assistance if needed. 5. Establish some form of communication: verbal, hand signals, line signals. 6. Never re-enter a confined space widiout retesting or venting venting the area. Gases may be a significant problem in areas where crops were damaged due to hail or where excessive rains have contributed to weed growth. Weeds and stressed plants tend to harbour higher concentrations concentrations of free nitrates which are MEET SOMEONE NEW! This is a free telephone call. Callers must be at least 18 years age or older & have a touchtone telephone. FIRST 50 PEOPLE PI AC l NO A VOICE GREETING AI) RECEIVE 10 CASH HACK Send coupon to: Mil V IK I I'l ltM IN VI S: .M75IIT ill. (Jl 11 NSWVYSt I I I 527. IK Hilt ( Ikl. « IN l. N I'll 5115 Name: Address: For verification purposes, please enter the 4 digit mailbox number assigned to you. j 1 | 1 j 1 j j Make a move the right direction. TO CMl 7U'mediny'?^ To place your FREE print ad & FREE voice greeting Call 1 -800-763-7138 Ext. 88 converted into silo gas or nitrogen nitrogen dioxide when put into the silo. For more information on silo gases contact: Ted Whitworth, Whitworth, Field Services Manager, Farm Safety Association Inc., 22-340 Woodlawn Road West, Guelph, Ontario NIH 7K6. Telephone: 1-800-361-8855 (Ontario), (519) 823-5600. Fax: (519) 823-8880. Field Crop Club Holds Meetings The third meeting of the Durham East Field Crops 4-H Club was held on June 4, at John Graham's place near Ncwtonvillc. During the meeting, Peggy Graham told the club about the precautions to be taken and regulations that had to be met in order to store pesticides, herbicides herbicides and fungicides. Since they do so much custom spraying spraying for farmers they have to store a large amount of chemicals. chemicals. We toured the chemical sheds and the loading area witli a cement pad which had curbs around it to contain any spills if they occur. Next we saw their big truck with a sprayer boom on the back which they use to spray fields. Tlic fourth meeting was at Thompson's Grain Elevators near Pontypool on July 2. During During litis meeting, Steve Car- ruthers told us all about which crops they handled, how a sample sample from a truckload of grain is taken, and how they measure dockage and moisture. He also talked about how to market a crop in storage or in the field by contract. We went on a tour of their seed warehouse, chemical storage storage room, the grain elevator control room and the big grain and corn dryer. The size of the silos was quite impressive when you stood at lie base and looked up. Tlic next meeting is on August August 6, at Tambiyn's near Oro- no.