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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTimes-Advocate, 1982-01-13, Page 23'Ca *,.."KAit 'U .}.'?Y,4;.. , ,, 4 ,l.t` • Zurich building convortsd Times -Advocate, January 13, 1982 Pegs 23 Project provides needed offices Businesses looking to The building was com- locate office space in Zurich pletely gutted and new in - will soonbeaccommodatedln lectors bunt. a building :.onverted to of- Thiel said this was fices by Leroy Thiel. probably easier than The building, across Froin building a new building and the post office on Goshen allowed the existing founda- Street, has been rebuilt to tion and cement walls to be house three offices on the ground floor and a single bedroom and a two bedroom apartment on the upper level. Thiel said there had been a demand for this type of of- fice space in the village and there was never anything available. Each office is ap- proximately 350 square feet with separate washrooms. Thiel said a dividing wall can be removed to provide for a double -size office. Thiel hopes to rent the of- fice space to professional people such as accountants, insurance agents and lawyers. The rear of the building is currently storage space, but it may be rented out to a small repair shop or small business Thiel said: The building was formerly owned by Bob Farquhar to house an aluminum fabrica- tion shop. used. The design of the building matches the Swiss architec- tural style of Zurich's municipal offices. Thiel said he likes the style and noted that the village and the chamber of commerce at one time en- dorsed the theme and would like to see more of the style in the village. He added that it was not the cheapest style 'to build but he obviously likes the design. Thiel ran the Pro Hardware business in Zurich until last year when the business was sold and con- verted to the Zurich Home Hardware. Thiel still owns the hardware store's building and it too matches the Swiss style. "I'm fascinated in seeing what you can do with old buildings" Thiel said, ad- ding, "Mind you it's not a cheap sport". The site was originally that of an old hotel barn. The current bulding was built in 1937. Thiel said Milton and Stewart Dietz ran a garage and later a feed mill out of the location. Thiel, who is 59, was born in a building next door. He has lived in Zurich all of his life and has pursued a varie- ty of careers. After leaving school he drove a mail route his parents had run before him. This involved meeting the train in Hensall twice a week. Later he worked in a grocery store, was a car salesman and even drove a transport truck. ' Thiel took over the hardware store in Zurich in 1960. Thiel has also pursued a career in local politics. He has been a council member for about 20 years, having served on police village council before the village was incorporated. He also served on the utilities commission for 15 years. After 20 years in the hardware business, it was time to get out Thiel said. Though he didn't actively try to sell the business, Thiel 'said an offer came up and the building across from the post office was available at a good price. Ideally, he said, he should have kept the hardware business for another five years. but the office building is now his retirement pro- ject. "To keep me out of mis- chief", he quips. After the Zurich Citizen's NEW OFFICE BUILDING — Leroy Thiel stands outside the Zurich building he converted to use as new office space. The architecture reflects the Swiss style of the village office and Thiel's former hardware store. ' Say more newspapers. should join press counci The new chairman of the Ontario Press Council and his predecessor today called on all English-language dai- ly newspapers in Ontario to make them selves accoun- table to the public by par- ticipating in the Council. Both J. Allyn Taylor, the new chairman. and David- son Dunton noted that only THE 1st Centralia Beavers, Cubs & Scouts are holding an r• Qp.nHouse on Sat., Jan. 23 10 123.8 percent) of the province's 42 English- language dailies participate in the Council, just two more than the eight that founded the organization in 1972. - However, they emphasiz- ed that the percentage of participating newspapers does not reflect the true im- portance of the Council as an instrument available to the public to complain about the conduct of the press since the ' 10 daily member newspapers have 55.3 per- cent of the daily English- language circulation in the province. "Our emphasis on English-language dailies does not mean neglect of dai- ly newspapers published in other languages or in weekly newspapers published in any language." said a statement by the two men. "More than once since the Council began. it has invited Ottawa Le Droit, the province's only French - language daily, to par- ticipate in the Ontario Coun- cil on behalf of those readers living in this province. Le Droit already participates in the Quebec Press Council on 'behalf of its Quebec readership through its membership in Les Quotatiens of Quebec, an association of French - language dailies. "Only 14 of Ontario's 282 weekly. or community, newspapers have joined the Council. A warm welcome awaits any others who wish to participate. 'Signs abound that the public and governments share a growing mistrust of all forms of media. The Kent Royal Commission on. Newspapers of 1980-81 and the Special Senate Com- mittee on the Mass Media in 1969-70 arose in large part from that feeling. "Significantly, each in- quiry in its findings perceiv- ed a growing credibility gap between the media and their audiences. a gap they said press councils could help to close." The two men stressed the spirit of independence that pervades the Ontario Coun- cil which has 21 members, 10 from the public and 10 from member newspapers, under an independent chairman. "The Council's ad- judications stand up well and represent a sound' body of precedent on the ethical con- duct of newspapers. Many complaints that come to the Council are far fromstarth- shaking. But they are all matters of enormous con- cern to the individuals or groups involved." Mr. Taylor reiterated remarks he made in October after his appointment, say - at the Rec Centre Annex Huron Park Anyone interested in joining come and see the fun the boys have at their meetings each week. Refreshments will be served. Liberal Leadership Delegate Meeting A meeting to select members of the Huron - Middlesex Provincial Liberal Association to act as delegates to the Ontario Provincial Liberal • Leadership Convention being held in Toronto February 19, 20, �Z 1 will be„ held at Hay Township Hall, Zurich at 8 p.m. Thurs- day January21. All persons who are members in good stan- dingif and on the membership roll of the Huron Middlesex Provincial Liberal Association 7 days prior to the meeting are *legible to vote. The constitution also allows that any past member of the association may r*new his or her m*mbership at the meeting prior to the comm*ncement of voting. BE A+ BLOOD DONOR Red Cross Blood Donor Clinic Thurs., Jan. 21 2:30 - S p.m. 6:30 - 8 p.m. at Huron Park Annex Sponsored by Stephen Optimists and CCAT Plan french immersion The Huron -Perth Separate School Bard is open to meet with a group from Stratford hoping to establish a french immersion program. Director of education William Eckert previously met with representatives of the group. At that meeting the representatives agreed to return with more detailed information, including names of families, number of children and their ages, and the religious affiliations. While the board did not want to commit itself at the present, it was agreed it is board policy to meet delegations. Hoping to establish a kindergarten french im- mersion class by September of 1982, the groups is presently only looking at the City of Stratford area. Ministry of Education funding is available, but there are no details at present. News closed its office on Victoria Street, Thiel purchased the building and had planned to build his of- fices there. But another offer came up and the loca- tion is now a car wash. But for Thiel the project is more than just a business. If the right offer comes up, he'd sell this building too, but not to retire, to start on another one. "1 don't know what I'd do if I have to retire," Thiel says. - He said he never had time to develop a hobby, and has no patience for fishing. He added that he feels guilty if he sits down to do nothing. One of the projects Thiel would like to establish is a civic garden along the highway in Zurich's park. He said it would be an ideal project for several retired people to build and tend a garden there. He laments that he may have missed his calling as a landscaper. Though he has no prospec- tive tenants for the building as yet. Thiel felt he couldn't show the offices before they were finished, he feels be has an ideal location. "Across from the post of- fice." is ideal, Thiel said. "Just about everybody hits that location in a day." gYP SUMIVORTHY 'Jr YES -YOU -CAN VAILOVERNGS Up to 50%f Vinyl, and vinyl coat e�wa'coverings Also discounts on Discontinued lines of paints' The winner of our Christmas Draw was Pam Megans, Kippen Exeter Decor Centre 15 Gidley St. E. 235-1010 ing that he is still surprised and disappointed in the narrow newspaper par- ticipation in the Council. "I said then, and I repeat now. that every daily and every weekly newspaper in Ontario ought to participate voluntarily in the Council because it is a valid instru- ment for monitoring press behavior. The public needs an independent body like the Council to monitor the press, just as it needs the press to monitor society. - "Moreover, the Council has another role of par- ticular importance at this time - defending the public interest in the freedom of public expression, including the freedom of the press. • This issue concerns newspaper readers as much as it concerns newspapers because it involves the traditional right, shared equally by individual people and media. to comment free- ly on public matters. Full support of all Ontario dailies would greatly strengthen the Council's efforts to dis- charge this responsibility successfully." For his part. Mr. Dunton, chairman from the Council's inception in mid -1972 until last December 31, summed up the organization's first nine years by saying that "we have contributed a great deal to society, and to a truly free and responsible press." Mr. Taylor noted that 1982 not only brings the Council a new chairman. but a com- plete change from the original 1972 memebership. Along with Mr. Dunton, the other remaining members - Marianne Barrie of St. Thomas and Ron Tipler of Simcoe - retired at the end of 1981 . Last October the Council appointed as their successors Mary Monro of Burlington. vice-chariman of the Ontario Environmen- tal Assessment Board, and Dr. E. G. Pleva, retired head of the department of geography at the University of Western Ontario. Although the Council itself appoints the public members, member newspaper publishers ap- point the 10 professionals. They have made one change for 1982. appointing Alex Beer. managing editor of The Spectator of Hamilton to succeed Susan MacArthur of The Spectator's adver- tising department. Ten Ontario daily newspapers and 14 weeklies particpate in the Council. The dailies: Ottawa .Citizen. Toronto Star, The Spectator of Hamilton, Brantford Expositor, Kitchener -Waterloo Record, London Free Press, Windsor Star.. Owen Sound Sun Times. North Bay Nugget and Sault Ste. Marie Star. The weeklies: Alliston Herald, Blyth Standard, Brussels Post, Exeter Times -Advocate, Ingersoll Times, Kapuskastng Northern Times, Temiskam- ing Speaker of New Liskeard, Orangeville Citizen. Perth Courier, St. Marys Journal -Argus, Huron Expositor of Seaforth, Shelburne Free Press and Economist, Smiths Falls Record News and Sttttsville • News. STORM RESULTS truckloads of snow from the village's equipment. Hensall road crews were busy Tuesday piling up and removino Hensall's main street. Three front end loaders were used to o«ict Car accident rate down Motor vehicle -related accident statistics for the first nine months of 1981 show a 9.8 percent reduction in fatalities over the same period in 1980, Ontario Transportation and Com- munications Minister James Snow said recently. "There was a decrease of 115 fatalities from a total of 1,179 to 1.064," Snow added. "The decreases were most notable among drivers, from 525 to 480, and pedestrians, from 195 to 154. "The only mar on the record," he continued, "was in the case of bicyclists where, unfortunately, there was an increase from 31 to 37 fatalities. "The most notable reduction recorded was in September coincidental with the stepping up of the educational and en- forcement programs on seatbelt usage. "During the entire June- July-August-Septem ber period," Snow noted, "driver and passenger deaths dropped from 471 to 401, or 14.9 percent. And the figures for September were especially encouraging - a drop of 32.2percent, from 171 to 116 - the lowest September monthly total since 1959. "While these figures are encouraging, they still represent a loss of life that must be considered unac- ceptable. "Measures, such as seat belts and lower speed limits, have been effective but they can only do so much," Snow added. "There is an equally important responsibility on the part of each and every motorist to drive with due care and caution. "With every driver's co- operation, maybe we can make a furtherdent in the statistics especially in the injury figures which con- tinue to rise. These in- creased from 73,199 to 74,906, or 2.3 percent, during this nine-month period. "There is one decrease I would like to mention," he continued, "because pedestrian injuries dropped by 105 or 2.3 percent, from 4,651 to 4,546. • However, they still represent a great deal of pain and suffering which could be diminished if motorists would make a point of watching for pedestrians at all times. "In the past," Snow concluded, "the month of December usually records the highest number of ac- jriuzarutieuf Tew4 "Waste Not---" has become a motto at Huron - view as a new deadline has begun to appear at the cancelled stamp collection boxes at the nursing stations throughout the building. This new deadline for _ used stamps will also be, taken more seriously by the Day Care Centre and the County Health Unit. Mrs. Grace Peck Is responsible for treating the posters on display that now bear the deadline April 30, 1982. The initial used stamps collection to which residents and staff and friends of Huronview contributed prov- ed a most surprising par- ticipation and through December the Used Stamp Project received a total of 2,465 stamps. Sunday January 3, Rev. Cecil Wittich, Protestant Padre for Huronview accepted the first half of these stamps, they will be added to those being collected by Rev. Wittich's own United Church in Blyth. The presentation of the box of used stamps was made by resident's council member Mr. Norman Walker. The cidents. Extensive holiday travel, combined with un- favourable driving con- ditions, probably contribute to this figure. • "Still, the statistics, so far, show a favourable trend, and, I sincerely hope this holiday season will be one of the safest on record. ft -'GENETICALLY IMPROVED PUREBREDS" Silir What was a dream a year ago is reality now in 1982 here at G.I.P Farms of Canada. The first offspring of the imported Norwegian Landrace and Yorkshire have just been weighed off test both at the farm and at the Government R,O.P test station. Not only have their offspring met our expectation; but they have surpassed them in all areas. Six pure Norwegian Landrace boars selected at random and tested at New Dundee test station have the following in performance: - B.F. 10.4 ADC. 89 F.C. 2.45 Days 144 Index 130 • Why not start the new year olf right with some G.I.P. Genetics? There is no other! G.I.P. Farms of Canada Limited is the purebred seedstock source of the future. You must use them to appreciate their value in your program. G.I.P. Farms genetics are the results of a program involving generations of controlled matings and in-depth assessment of the resultant progeny. The program is con- tinuous, as are the. improvements in G.I.P. genetics. The seedstock used in the breeding program has been chosen specifically for better mothering ability, larger and stronger liners, higher weaning weights, structural soundness adapted to con- finement and uniform performance in the areas el backfat thickness, average doily gain and feed convention. Besides this ever popular Landroce and Yorkshire, we also have a top quality herd of Durocs; developed as a terminal line tocomplement►he Landrum and Yorkshire. This herd of Duroc has been selected on its ability to stand on total slats with good perfor- mance. Tomorrow's Genetics Are Here Today. Breeding Stock Available At All Times. For Further Information, Coll: - G.I.P, Farms of Canada Limited R.R. 3 St. Marys, Ontario. NOM 2V0 Tel: 519/284.2735 or 284-3878 BEAT THE COLD.. (And Trounce Inflation!) All Winter Clothing balance of this initial collec- tion of used stamps will be given to Rev. Wittich on Sun- day January 17. During the little ceremony of acceptance and dedication Rev. Wittich explains that these stamps will be turned over to the Canadian Bible* Society along with others collected by Blyth United Church to further the Bible Society's Christian effort around the world. The Over 90 Club met Wednesday afternoon and listened to Frank Bissett at the piano A demonstration of the new coloured video which was bought through the New Horizons grant was given. As Frank was having his coffee. he was able to view himself in concert. Mrs. Prouty conducted Bi- ble Study Thursday after- noon assisted by Mr. Milford Prouty who read several poems. Sympathy is expressed to the family of Bill Hoggart. Huronview would like to welcome Mrs. Ruth Orr from Godetich. Also we would like to welcome Mrs. Margaret }Judie from Clin- ton. Now Clearing At 20% 60% * Top Quality * Top Fashions OFF 25% OFF WINTER BOOTS JERRY MacLEAtI & SON AUTO & SPORTS Ltd. OUR STORE iS BiG ENOUGH TO SERVE YOUR NEEDS BUT SMALL ENOUGH TO BE FRIENDLY Exeter 235-0800 1 i